A/n = author notes

(A/n: after chapter 3 let’s prepare ourselves for a much shorter chapter…all about having school spirit which Mabel and Star seem to have a little too much of.)

“Oh, my gosh! I can't wait.” Star says. “I can't wait. My very first pep rally. I am so excited.”

“So am I! Our old school had them every other month.” Mabel says sitting next to Star.

Two days after the fishing trip, Marco, Dipper, Star, and Mabel was at the school’s prep rally for the upcoming football game.

“When aren't you two excited?” Marco asks.

“Shh.” Dipper says.

“And now, Brittany Wong, who became head cheerleader on her own and not because her dad made a generous donation to the school.” The principal says on the microphone.

The cheerleaders lead by Brittany begin to chant.

“Go, Echo Creek!

We’re easy to beat!

Go, Echo Creek!

We’re easy to beat!

Go, go, go, go, yeah!

Make some noise if you love the Awesome Opossums!”

“I love opossums. They carry their babies on their backs.” Star says.

“I find that cool.”

“Wait… what does they mean by ‘we’re easy to beat’?” Dipper asks.

“You know she's talking about our football team, right?” Marco says. “We're going up against the Warriors.”

“Warriors?” Star asks.

(A/n: If I remember right that was the opposite team they had to go against.)

“Our rivals from Silver Hill Prep.” Marco says. “Every year their team slaughters our guys. It's gonna be a bloodbath.”

“That's terrible! We must do something!” Star says.

“What can we do to support the team?” Mabel asks.

“Well, you could join the Spirit Committee.” Marco says referring to the students down below. “Those kids are relentless when it comes to supporting the team.”

“Opossums!” one of them shout.

“Relentless.”

“What a great idea.” Mabel says.

“We better pick up some supplies.” Star says.

“As fun as that sounds, you two can go without us.” Marco says.

“We’re going to stay for a while” Dipper says.

“Okay.”

“Hey, Sculzy, what's your favorite weapon?” Star asks the math teacher.

“Battle axe.” She replies.

“And now, our new mascot, that I never approved of, the Awesome Opossum.” The principal says.

(A/n: that’s because they probably didn’t pay you….hmm reminds me of Stanford…)

“Whoo-whoo!” One class mate calls.

“All right! Come on, Opossum.”

“No. Where's the real possum?”

“Did the Warriors steal it again?”

“Those jerks.”

“Sadly, the real possum wasn't playing possum.”

(A/n: Or maybe it was….and it took Dipper’s flashlight in the last chapter)

“I hiss, I bite, I shake my tail like that!” Says the new Mascot.

“Hey, that's Ferguson!” Alfonzo points out.

“He's our new mascot?” Dipper asks.

“Oh, no! That means the Warriors are gonna steal him!” Marco says.

“Oh, that's silly.”

“The only thing that's silly is how the Warriors are gonna look when they try to steal my friend!”

“Oh so many brave young men, so many tragic losses.” Star says wiping her tears as she looks at the picture that showed the old football team.

Mabel and Star was looking at the School’s show case

“Alpha Team One, commencing security sweep for the Warriors, over.” Marco says pretending to be an agent.

(A/n: Marco is trying so hard to be a spy XD)

“Oh, Marco.” Dipper says mentally face palming. “You’re doing it all wrong.”

“Hiyah! Ow.” Marco says when he accidently hit his hand against the show case.

“How can we prevent another tragic loss to our team?” Star asks.

“Well, if I knew anything about football, I'd use the element of surprise.” Marco says.

“You guys can always create a diversion.” Dipper adds.

“Of course, of course, of course.”

“I’m taking notes.” Mabel says.

“Surprise them.”

“Bring out the kitty cat outfits.”

“Yes!”

“Maybe even throw a couple of big bombs.”

“Ohh…Glitter bombs…”

“Bombs! Yeah, we've got to go tell that to the Spirit Committee.” Star and Mabel then take off.

“Bye.”

“We have an all clear.” Marco says to Ferguson. “Move! Move! Move!”

“Let’s go.” Dipper says.

“This is not the respect a guy in a possum suit deserves.” He says as he and Alfonzo follows Marco and Dipper.

(A/n: Yup Marco is going to be creepy in this chapter…)

“Don't worry, Sabrina.” Brittany says. “The spirit boys are gonna catch you.”

Star and Mabel bust open the door.

“Grow some pom-poms.” Star says.

“Huh?” The spirit boys says. Instead of them catching her, Sabrina hits the floor. “Ugh.”

“What the-”

(A/n: I hope Sabrina’s okay…because that must have hurt…)

“Do these explode?” Star asks as she holds up a pom-pom. “Maybe we can set them on fire.”

“Good idea! Maybe they can explode glitter and rhinestones.” Mabel says holding up a pair.

“Uh we're kind of in the middle of something.” Brittany says waking over to them.

“You're the leader? What's the plan?” Star asks her.

“Yeah tell us.” Mabel says whispering.

“This year, we have a secret weapon.” Brittany says. “We're gonna distract them with our booty-shaking dance moves.”

Star and Mabel both stand there watching the cheerleaders dance.

“Do you know nothing of combat?” Star ask. “No Warrior's gonna be distracted by Chandelle's booty!”

“What?” Chandelle says turning around.

(A/n: Yup that true….lol)

“Lucky for you, my mom assigned the Royal Guards as my babysitters.”

Flash back….

Star is 5 years old and a guard is teaching her how to fight.

“You know you've done it right, when you hear the neck snap.” The guard says dim straitening with a stuff toy. He snaps its neck in half.

“Yay!” Star says clapping.

(A/n: wow I never had babysitter like that…)

End of flashback…

“I know on planet Moo-ni, or wherever it is you're from, it may be okay to be stupid, but no pesky magical foreigner or her sweater loving friend is gonna question my leadership! You two are officially banned from the Spirit Committee!” Brittany says whipping her hair.

“Fine.” Star says. “It looks like it's all up to us two, Mabel.”

“Let’s go.” Mabel says.

“Okay, thanks for coming out. Come back never!” Britany shouts as the friends leave.

(A/n: You know Brittany reminds me of Pacifica from Gravity falls…)

Time skip brought to you by Brittany…

“Okay, if a Warrior tries to kidnap you,” Marco starts “- blow on this stranger danger whistle.”

Dipper hands Ferguson a whistle. “Here.”

“This is ridiculous.” Ferguson states. “I just wanted to dress up like a possum to pick up on ladies.”

“Wha…have you been taking classes from Mabel?” Dipper asks.

Ferguson nods his head. “Yeah”

“Hey, this whistle's gonna save your life! Put it in your mouth! Do it!” Marco says.

“No!”

“Blow it!”

“Never! You get it away from me.”

“LET ME HEAR YOU BLOW.”

“Get the whistle away from me.”

(A/n: yup Marco is becoming really creepy.)

Outside…

“You guys ready to be part of our kitty cat offense?” Star asks.

Mabel and Star were in the dumpster looking for cats.

“We got tuna!” Mabel says holding up a can of tuna.

One of the cats meows shaking its head.

“Oh, fine.” Star says. “Then I guess we got to do this the hard way.”

She whips out her wand. Mabel grabs her graft hanger.

“Kitty! I got you now!”

(A/n: yikes…I would never fight cats…I don’t want to get scratched.)

Back in Marco’s bedroom…

“Why can't I go home?

Dude, it's Taco Wednesday, it's a day we eat all the leftovers from Taco Tuesday!”

“Because your house would be the first place the Warriors would look when they try to kidnap you!” Marco says.

“That’s true.” Dipper says.

“It kind of feels like you're trying to kidnap me.” Ferguson says.

“I'd watch that talk if you ever want to see your parents again!” Marco snaps at him.

(A/n: He just threaten him….yup definitely crazy)

“Marco! Dipper! Hey, guys, do you have any highly flammable liquids?” Star asks out the window.

“We’re going to need some!” Mabel shouts from below.

“I’m not sure” Dipper says.

“I don't know.” Marco says. “Check the garage.”

“Cool.

Thanks.”

“All right”

“Man, I bet I could get a lot of action - if I had a real prehensile tail.”

“Oh, yeah.” Alfonzo says.

Today was the night of the big game and everyone was getting ready.

“Hey, ladies, you care for a drink?” Ferguson asks a nearby girl. Dipper and Marco pushes him away.

The cheerleaders were on the field chanting.

“Two, four, six, eight, distract them with our booty shake.”

“I don’t know how that’s going to work.” Dipper says watching them.

(A/n: Neither do I Dipper but let’s just roll with it)

“Oh, oh.” Marco says glancing at his watch. “It's almost game time and thanks to me, no Warriors have even gotten close to you.”

Before Alfonzo, Dipper or Ferguson could say anything Star and Mabel appears with a club and armor.

“Who's ready for a bloody, bloody, bloodbath?” Star says sing-songy.

“I know I am!” Mabel says.

“What the-” Dipper says.

“What's with that crazed look in your eyes?”

“What do you mean?” Star asks even though she and Mabel both had it.

“Watch, Ferguson.” Marco says to Alfonzo tossing him a whistle. “We need to talk to Princess Cuckoo Pants and Sparkle Crazy Girl.”

As Marco and Dipper pulls the girls to the side two Warriors come up and take Ferguson.

“Stranger danger. Stranger danger!” Alfonzo says blowing the whistle.

(A/n: ….But nobody came…heh…heh…heh…)

“Okay, Star, Mabel, what are you girls up to?” Dipper asks.

“Exactly what you guys said.” Mabel says.

“We booby-trapped the battlefield.” Star says proudly.

“What?! Star, the Warriors weren't actually going to kill our team, they were just gonna beat them in football, - which is a game!” Marco says.

“Oh Oh, no.”

“Everything's going according to plan.” Mabel says.

On the field as the warriors run towards the football on the other side magical cats spring out towards them.

“Let me guess, the kitty cat offense?” Dipper says.

Mabel nods her head glumly.

(A/n: yup you guessed it right…)

“We have to do something!” Marco says.

“All right.” Star says taking out her wand.

“Dude, you're awesome!” Alfonzo says.

“Uh Thanks,”

“Marco!” Mabel says as a cat almost tramples Marco

“No, no, no.

No! Mending Heart Hurricane!” Star says turning the cats back to normal.

The friends all hear screams as they turn around to see Giant squirrels chasing off the cheerleaders.

“Out of my way! I'm too pretty to die!” Brittany says pushing her fellow cheerleaders out of her way so she could escape…

(A/n: WOW…self-preservation kicked in real fast.)

“Mending Heart Hurricane!”

“Nuclear Heart Healing Hurricane!”

Star turns each squirrels back to normal.

Now for the other animals….

Meanwhile…

“Come on, fellas, can't we discuss this man to possum?!” Ferguson says to the warriors who kidnapped him. They are suddenly basted away.

“Hey, Marco, you were right, they were trying to kidnap me!” He shouts running on the field that was booby-trapped.

“Ferguson, get off the field!” Marco shout.

“What? I can't hear you through all the explosions.”

“GET OFF THE FE-” Mabel starts but is interrupted when a mine near Ferguson explodes.

“Oh no.” Dipper says as they all rushed over to him.

“Ferguson! No, buddy! I'm sorry.” Marco says. “I failed you.”

“Look at me.” Ferguson says sitting up. “Dude! I was just playing possum!”

“Huh?”

“It's what we do!”

“You're alive!” Dipper says hugging him.

“This is why you only have three friends!” Marco says.

(A/n: it’s sure better than having none at all Marco.)

“We really messed up.” Mabel and Star says.

“You mean, we all really messed up.” Dipper says.

“I should have been watching out for you.”

“Let's get out of here!” One of the warriors says. They all leave the field.

“Hey, they just forfeited! We win! Yeah!” The students cheer.

“Why do I have this weird feeling we’re forgetting something?” Star asks Mabel.

“Hmmm… I don’t know…” Mabel says.

Something snatches up Marco and he screams.

“That was it.”