It was a beautiful morning in the town of Echo Creek. Lots of people were getting up to enjoy the sunrise. And one house in particular that waking to greet the day, was the Diaz family household. The Diaz's were a fine family that loved to enjoy the sunrise, but one resident of their house that really liked to greet the day was their magical and exuberant exchange student from another dimension, Star Butterfly.
Star would usually wake up and greet the Diaz family with a warm welcome. But, for some reason, there was little to no sound coming from her room. It was most unusual, especially for her best friend, Marco, who was used to Star's early morning shenanigans. Marco woke up and stretched with a yawn. As he got out of bed, Marco started with a few more stretches and then went to go brush his teeth and put his clothes on.
He then walked past Star's room and told her to get ready for the day. "Star, come on. Let's go get some breakfast!" Marco called to her closed door. But as he was about to go downstairs, Marco stopped and then turned his head back once he heard some muffled moaning sounds coming from her room. "Star?"
He then turned back and opened the door to see what was going on. "Hey Star. Are you in here?" Marco asked but only heard more moaning that made him feel uneasy. He cringed as he heard it again and slowly walked into Star's room. It was dimly lit and there were some of her clothes, food, stuffed animals, and, a few of Star's weapons everywhere on the floor. Marco tiptoed around everything nervously, hoping he wouldn't hurt himself on anything.
As he inched closer to Star's bed, the moaning sounds were getting louder. Marco flinched at what he saw on the bed. There was more junk scattered about and what appeared to be something lying flat under the covers, which he assumed was Star. Now that Marco was almost right next to Star's bed, he could hear the moaning much more clearly, but from there, it sounded more like Star was wheezing in pain. Marco grew worried and slowly walked up to Star's bed, hearing her faint breathing and painful groaning.
Reluctantly, he then gave her a small tap to see if she was alright. "Star? Star, is that you?" Marco nervously asked. The figure under the covers slowly rose up as the junk covering the bed fell off. Marco then steadily pulled the blanket off and flinched in shock to see what became of Star.
It was Star Butterfly alright, except for a few differences. She was so sweaty and pale, her long blonde hair was a mess, her nightgown was all wrinkly, her eyes were red and watery, and her nose was also red and really runny. "Good morning, Marco." Star said with her voice sounding really low and scratchy.
"Star! Are you alright? You look terrible." Marco asked in concern. He then felt her forehead and it felt scorching hot. "You're burning up, Star."
"I'm okay, Marco. Nothing to worry about. Now, let's go and get some breakfast." Star was about to get out of bed, but the moment she stood up straight, her legs felt all wobbly and she instantly grew dizzy and began losing her balance. She nearly fell forward until Marco caught her just in time.
"You're not okay, Star. You're sick. Very sick." Marco countered and then brought Star back to sit on her bed.
"I'm not sick, Marco. I'm-I-I-" Star was about to answer back but then felt a tickling sensation in her nose. The next thing she knew was-"ACHOO!!!" Star let out a massive sneeze and out of nowhere, a burst of her magical energy was discharged from her and Marco ducked right in the nick of time.
"Gesundheit, Star!" Marco saw that the magic blast she sneezed out kept going and hit one of the drawers in her room, causing it to grow spider legs and walk out of her window. Marco was initially creeped out by what he just saw and then realized that Star was magic, so magic sneezing blasts were probably normal where she came from.
"Wow Star, did you really do that?" Marco asked. But Star was far too dazed to answer as she felt herself fall over again, only for Marco to catch her once more. He then placed Star back flat on her bed and put the covers back on, with only Star's head sticking out this time.
Star groaned in pain as she opened her eyes to look at Marco, which brought her a small amount of relief. "Oh Marco. I don't feel so good. I feel like-like-Ah-ah-ah...Achoo!" Star let out another magical sneeze burst which hit the chair in her room turning it into a giant blue squirrel.
Marco ducked again to avoid it. "Star, you're very sick right now." Marco said, gently patting her head to comfort her. "Don't worry, I'll help you get better. You just stay in bed and relax, Star. I'll be back soon with something good for you to eat." Marco said as gave a small smile. "Oh and try not to sneeze too much! If it happens, just grab a tissue and sneeze into it!" Marco said before finally leaving her room.
About 20 minutes had passed and Star was still laying in bed trying to keep herself from sneezing again. But even with her tissues to block it out, it was pointless as they ended up getting turned into random things as well. Finally, Marco had returned to her room holding a tray of nice hot oatmeal and a cup of orange juice for her.
Marco was weirded out to see what happened to Star's room as it seemed that she couldn't keep her random, magical sneezing in check. "Star, I thought I told you to use the tissues." Marco said in a small irritation.
"I tried Marco, but it was no use. Even my tissues couldn't hold it in." Star replied pointing to the tissues that were now flying oranges.
"Right. Here you go Star, this should help." Marco said laying the tray on the nightstand next to her bed. He tried to get Star to sit up, but she was just so weak that she could barely hold up her upper body. Not even her arms could support her anymore. "Come on Star." Marco kept trying to get Star to raise herself up, however, right out of nowhere, Star was about to let out another magical sneeze. And this time, there was no way Marco could escape.
Star let out a sneeze and Marco was so close to her that there was no way for him to get away in time. "ACHOO!!!" Star let out a magically-charged sneeze right in front of Marco, engulfing him in a multicolored rainbow of it. When Star opened her eyes again, to her surprise, Marco was suddenly gone. "Marco?" Star looked around and saw no sign of him before lying back on her bed.
Marco blacked out as soon as that wave of magic hit him. But then he quickly got his bearings together, and shook his head to clear up his vision. "Gesundheit, Star." Marco groaned as he stood up and was shocked to see his new surroundings. It definitely looked like Star's room, except, everything was so much bigger. The furniture, the stuffed animals, even Star's bed towered miles above him. Marco could even hear the sound of Star's groaning, but it sounded a lot louder than before.
"What the? What happened to me?!" Marco said in surprise. He looked around him once more and finally realized what happened. "Oh no! I Shrank!" Marco shouted. He realized that Star's sneeze shrunk him down and he was now reduced to about an inch tall. "Star! Hey Star! Down here! HELP!" Marco tried shouting up to Star, but it was no use as Star was too weak to care and barely even heard his tiny pleas for help.
He had to get Star's attention somehow. So he figured he would have to get closer to her. With a part of the blanket on the floor, Marco grabbed onto the fabric and Started climbing on it to get to the top of the bed. It was hard to keep his grip and it took a little while but Marco managed to get to the top of the bed where he saw Star sleeping on it, much to his dismay.
He then walked over to get closer to Star and called to her again. But Star was so weak she couldn't hear him. The next thing Marco knew, he got on top of Star's body and tried to wake her up.
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