Author's Note. Well, I am honestly not sure why I wrote this. I tend to get random ideas from time to time when I get depressed, so here you go. It is much shorter in length than my typical chapters (I tend to write 12 000 words a chapter for this type of story.) However, I decided to make these chapters shorter so that they are easier to consume for Star fans.

I intend to write chapters for this as a mini side project, but depending on how well received it is, and how many people like/follow/review, I may put more priority into writing it. (Higher demand = more of my attention to it.) As it stands, I think this was fun to write, so expect more sometime in the future.

Legal Trash. I do not own Star vs. the Forces of Evil or any of its associated characters. Don't sue me. K Thanx.

The Twilight Walk.

"It is strange how I came here for her. At first, I didn't realize it, but then it dawned on me that I needed her. I feel my broken heart sinking inside of me, and I just wish it could go back to the way it used to be before I came to Mewni." Marco thought as he lay on his bed in the castle. His eyes were staring up at the ceiling in the cold darkness.

Ever since that day on the beach when he had his revelation he couldn't keep his mind off of it. Star's delicate lips pressed against Tom's in their place on the sand. He could feel rage and sadness every time the image played itself out inside of his mind.

"Why did I have to be so stupid?" Marco said out loud to himself and drew the strings on his hoodie so that it shrank down around his head and part of his face.

He now felt that coming here was a mistake and that he had destroyed his chances of happiness with Jackie entirely by doing so. All those years of being in love with her and wishing to be with her were now gone.

"Rrr" Marco made an angry sound and then grabbed his pillow and shoved it over his face. Was he going to cry? He sure felt like it was coming.

"No... I just, you need to stay cool Marco." He told himself and took in a deep gasp of air. He couldn't take this any longer; he needed to clear these negative, painful thoughts from his mind.

He rose from the bed thrusting his hood off and made his way through the dark room towards his bedroom door. The light of Mewni's moons shining through the windows lighting his way to his destination. It might have been a bit late, but he couldn't concern himself with such things.

He reached out his hand and placed it on the handle of the door and with one swift pull it came open. Marco immediately jumped the moment he saw the other side of the door. There, through the darkness, was somebody standing right before him.

"Ahh!" Marco shouted pathetically but was immediately met with a "Shhhhhh!"

He squinted his eyes, and with the help of the pale moonlight, he could see that it was Kelly standing before him. His mind briefly wandered back to the soulrise, and how she had wished him a happy birthday, something that even Star herself failed to do.

"Do you want to wake up everyone?" Kelly asked in a whisper.

Marco searched his thoughts and couldn't come up with a single reason Kelly would have to visit him at half past midnight.

"Kelly? I… What are you doing here? I thought you'd be busy at Star's slumber party?" He thought for sure that she would be preoccupied with that even at this hour.

"I, everyone fell asleep, but I just couldn't. I honestly was expecting you to come hang out with us, but you never showed up." Kelly sounded somewhat disappointed, and Marco could feel a slight bit of guilt. He usually frequented Star's slumber parties; tonight just wasn't the night for him.

"I…" Marco paused trying to figure out a lie he could say. "Just had some things I needed to do. Write my parents and all that. You understand?" He said. The night was cold, and Marco just stared at Kelly's silhouette marred in shadow.

"I understand, I just stopped by to hopefully get some company until I was tired enough to sleep." In truth, Kelly just wanted to see Marco, but she was never going to admit that. Like Marco, she too kept thinking of that day on the beach, but her perceptions of that day were remarkably more positive than Marco's.

Marco stood there in silence for a minute. He really did just want to be alone but could sense that she needed more support over the whole Tad thing.

"I was thinking about taking a walk out of the castle. Would you care to join?" Marco extended an offer to her, and though he knew it probably wasn't the best idea to wander around Mewni at this hour, he really needed to escape this castle.

"Outside? Now?" Kelly now sounded surprised and turned her attention down the dark hallway. She knew that if she wanted to hang out with Marco, this was probably the only way she was going to accomplish that.

"Ok let's go then." She said to him without the slightest hint of hesitation.

Marco walked out of his room and shut the door behind himself making the hallway ever darker. The two looked at each other in the shadows, and then Kelly moved over to grab Marco's hand. "This way." She said pulling him along.

Marco could feel the warmth of her hand against his, and he usually would be quite embarrassed to be touching a girl in such a manner, but before he even had the chance, he was being dragged along the dark corridor. Once they reached the door around the corner, Marco could see the faint glow of light from underneath the crack at the bottom of the door.

A few more steps and the door swung open revealing the stairs downward. Marco turned his attention to Kelly, and he could now see her glasses shining from the lights on the stairs. She was dressed entirely as if she knew he was going outside and was looking quite a bit nervous.

"Is something the matter?' Marco asked her.

"N-no nothing at all." She pulled her hand out of Marco's grasp and started to make the long descent down flights of steps. Marco looked at his hand for a second and then began to follow her to their destination.

After several minutes of walking the two emerged from the stairs into a lit hallway, adorned with fancy paintings and decorations. They were on the ground floor, and it was just a little further until they could make it out to the courtyard.

Marco followed behind Kelly and watched her aquamarine hair as it bounced with each step. He wondered if Tad was still within her hair but knew better than even to bring up his name at a time like this.

"Here we are," Kelly said and opened the door leading to the courtyard. Marco stepped out into the night and was mesmerized by the brightness Mewni's moons. It wasn't like he hadn't seen it before, but perhaps in his current state of mind, he was more sensitive to things.

He walked forward and could hear Kelly shut the door behind him, after a second, he could hear Kelly's boots sprinting on the dirt. He looked over just as she reached the position next to him, and he could see her staring back at him.

"Just where are you going?" Kelly asked, as she had assumed when he said he wanted to go out, that he desired to be in the courtyard.

"I just need to be away from the castle is all," Marco said in a defeated tone, and it was evident he was sad.

"You mean you want to go into the town?" She was looking at him concerned, but Marco now had his gaze fixated on the dirt that he was walking on.

"Yeah, I guess so." He put his hands in his hoodie pockets.

The two walked in silence and were almost approaching the gate of the castle when Kelly spoke once again.

"Why?" Her voice rang out into the chilly night.

The question caused Marco to stop in his tracks, and he became overwhelmed with emotions. He wanted to admit why he needed to be away, but it was excruciating for him to do so.

"I just. I need a break from everything." He tried to start talking, but it came out low and unenergetic.

Kelly nodded and had an understanding he was upset, but the real reasons for it eluded her for the time being. They continued forward together until they reached the gate guarded by two Mewnian guards standing watch over the entrance.

One of the guards stared at them and looked as if he might say something about their late-night walk, but since Marco was now the knight apprentice of Star Butterfly and Kelly was not the princess herself; there seemed little need to speak up.

The two exited the castle gate and made their way into the silent and sleepy village that sat around the castle. Much of it was completely dark, save for the intense beams of moonlight that illuminated the community from overhead. Marco may have been feeling down, but he too could see the beauty and splendor the moon created for the world of Mewni.

"It really is somthin' huh?" Kelly asked, feeling mesmerized by the scenery.

Marco turned his attention to her and could see the light shining off her glasses once again, and the brightness revealed the prettiness of her face. To Marco, this was the genuinely mesmerizing thing for him, and he just stared without a word.

After a moment passed, Kelly took notice of his stare and turned her attention to him with a small smile. "So, do I have something on my face?" She asked jokingly.

Marco shook his head as he came back down to reality and started to stammer a response. "N-no I mean, I was j-just lost in thought!" He let out a nervous laugh, and then a sigh realizing it was apparent to her he was looking at her.

"Look, I am sorry I didn't mean to stare." He admitted apologetically. "I just, I have a lot on my mind." He said while walking through the village streets.

Kelly looked down slightly embarrassed and then began to speak up. "Well, why don't you tell me? You helped me with Tad and uhm… kept me warm during the soulrise." She could feel her face heat up despite the coolness of the night, and she almost regretted adding that part in.

"I..." Marco hesitated while their feet carried them. He was really considering telling her about Star and his feelings, but at the same time, he didn't want anybody to know. He had just recently figured it out for himself, and it was hard enough as it is.

Kelly smiled at him as she patted him on the back. "I know that look, and I can tell that it has to do with Star." In truth, almost anybody but Star and Tom could see it. They were too busy wrapped up in each other to notice really.

Marco looked horrified for a second and was immediately about to start denying it, but the look on her face was as disarming as it was cute. "I just, I didn't realize I cared until it was too late." He said in a sad tone.

Kelly was somewhat surprised to hear him admit that. She knew how hard things could be if you loved somebody, and she also knew that it usually took the company of somebody else to help you feel better about it.

"Look, there is no point in trying to convince Star to like you because that will end up hurting you both." Kelly tried to give him advice.

Marco knew her words were right, but he also felt like he should fight for the things he cared about. He was confused and depressed as ever and wondered if things would ever return to normalcy.

The two walked across the bridge that led out of the small village, and Kelly stopped once they had reached the other side.

"Marco, I think we should head back now. We have been out for who knows how long." Kelly was hesitant to leave the safety of the Mewni kingdom, but in reality, Marco was not ready to turn back now.

"You can return if you need to. I really just need more time." Marco was in a depressed stupor, and nothing seemed to be pulling him out of it.

Kelly frowned and then let out a sigh, as she grabbed his arm around his wrist and started leading him away from Mewni.

"If you need to walk, let's walk." Kelly really wanted to make him feel better, and Marco was surprised by her sudden change in demeanor.

He allowed her to lead him, and they walked for a while in silence until Marco opened his mouth to say something.

"Thanks, Kelly…" His voice was a mix of shame and appreciation.

She turned to look at him and blinked in surprise. "For what?"

"I don't know. I just haven't been myself lately, and you have been putting up with me. I just... I don't know." He really didn't know how to quantify it. His mind kept wandering back to the day of the soulrise, but instead of the fateful kiss from before he now kept recalling the warmth of Kelly's body as she shared his hoodie with him.

She smiled a bit and looked at the ground to hide her slight embarrassment. "Well, what are friends for?" She finally said.

The two roamed, lost in their thoughts of one another. They were not paying attention to where they were heading and instead fixated on the next thing to say.

"How are things, with you and Tad?" Marco brought up the touchy subject, but since they were sharing an intimate moment with one another; it now felt appropriate to ask.

Kelly looked up at the sky which was now blocked by endless trees, and she felt sadness take over her. "I, we, he finally left. I don't know if he will ever try to come back, but for now, I am free. I got so tired of loving him and then becoming angry at him the next minute. I mean, I love Tad, but I just realized that a relationship like that isn't worth the grief."

Marco slid his wrist out of her hand, and at first, she thought it might be because of bringing up Tad. She felt somewhat foolish for doing so, knowing that Marco was the one who was depressed now. Marco peeled off his hoodie and draped it over her body once again, like that day on the beach.

"I could feel you shivering..." Marco admitted as the nightly autumn wind could become quite chilly.

Kelly blushed slightly and wrapped it around herself. "But won't you be cold?"

"Nah, I am used to colder weather than this, besides. I owe you for dragging you out into these woods." He let out a small laugh.

Kelly got caught up in the moment and let out a small snicker. "Well, at least you seem to be feeling better." She said sliding her arms into the hoodie sleeves.

Marco nodded and took in a deep breath of chilly air. "I think things are going to be ok. I mean if Star loves Tom I guess I should just be happy for her." Deep inside though, he still wanted Star to himself, but if he couldn't have her, why waste his time?

Kelly smiled, and then took to looking about the scenery. She could see thick, dense trees surrounding her and a well-beaten path leading in two directions beneath her feet. Slowly she realized where exactly they were, and her expression changed from happiness to one of concern.

"What is wrong Kelly?" Marco asked upon seeing her expression change.

"The Forest of Certain Death..." She said in a low tone.

"The what now?" Marco didn't understand what she was talking about at first, but then, as he looked about at the trees, he finally understood.

"We need to turn back right now!" Kelly said slightly worried. It wasn't so much that she couldn't handle herself. It was that it was the grave twilight hours, and she had no idea exactly which part of the forest they were in.

"Turn back where?" Marco looked left, and then right. It all seemed like the same dense forest.

"We just need to follow the trail." She pointed at the ground they stood on. "We kind of aimlessly wandered into the forest by following the trail."

Marco tried to think how they could wander into such a dangerous place without noticing, but when he thought about it, he was either staring at Kelly or the ground.

"A-alright we just got to follow the trail then." Marco acted brave, though he felt fear within himself.

The two now aware of their surroundings walked back along the trail. It was desolate, crowded with trees, and hard to see. The thick treetops blocked most of the beautiful light that Mewni's moons had to offer, and the longer they walked the closer they huddled together.

"Well, this has certainly been some walk," Marco said abruptly trying to lighten the mood.

Kelly looked at him for a second, and then back to the trail, and her mind went blank. In the path was a crossroads leading down several pathways into the woods. It wasn't just a simple backtrack any longer.

"Oh no." She said frustrated.

Marco blinked and rubbed his head with annoyance. "Great, just great Marco, you go for a walk with a girl and get her lost in a deadly forest." He berated himself aloud.

Kelly shook her head. "Now's not the time for this, we need to figure out which way to go." She said.

Marco thought and pointed down the path that was straight across from the one they were on. "Didn't we walk a straight line, so wouldn't that have to be the one?"

"Did we walk in a straight line?" Kelly asked him. "I honestly wasn't even paying attention."

"I…" Marco stopped talking. He had no idea if they walked in a straight line or not.

Kelly was frustrated, but not with Marco; she felt like she should have been paying better attention. "So, what do we do then?" She asked.

Marco looked up at the tops of the trees and could see nothing but the leaves in their transition from green to their beautiful autumn hue. He looked back at the trail, and then made his suggestion.

"How about we pick a path and follow it to see if anything seems familiar, if not we can just head back to the crossroads and try again." His voice sounded slightly unsure, but the suggestion sounded right to Kelly's ears.

"Alright let's try that." She took the lead, and they went down the leftmost path.

They walked for about ten minutes, and the further they got, the less familiar it seemed to get. The woods were hazardous and contained many a beast and man-eating plant. Both of them were unwilling to separate, and neither of them wanted to try going off the trail.

"I think this way is a bust; maybe we should turn back now," Kelly suggested.

Marco nodded in agreement and wrapped his arms around himself to keep warm. He was fine earlier, but the longer he stayed outside of his hoodie, the worse it felt.

"Do you need it back?" Kelly noticed his chilliness, but he shook his head at her.

"I will be fine, we just need to focus on getting out of here, and then we can sit by the royal fireplace or something." He said.

Kelly was appreciative of his high spirits, and she came over, wrapping an arm around him and pulling him closer to her body.

"Ah!" Marco said in surprise but welcomed the warmth of her body against him.

"Is that better?" She asked.

"Y-yeah." Marco stammered, feeling embarrassed by their closeness. Even at a time like this, he was still a boy first.

They had turned around to go back the way they came, but as time went on. They were starting to wonder if they had missed the crossroads somehow. The road seemed endless and unfamiliar to the two of them. The woods began to become choked with a thick mist that hung low to the ground.

The uneasiness was building, and all they could do was keep close to one another as they wandered at the mercy of the forest. None of this was making sense, and Marco felt as if he were going crazy.

"Something's not right about this Kelly," Marco admitted out loud what Kelly was thinking inside of her head.

"I know but..." Kelly began, and then stopped herself.

"But?" Marco asked her and then turned his attention towards what she was looking at.

Through the thick mist and trees sat a sacred forest glade, and in the center of it sat a giant stone circle. The trees above it were parted in just such a way that vibrant, beautiful moonlight pierced through, and covered the glade with seemingly ephemeral beauty. Flowers blanketed the grass, and there were beautiful decorative stone ponds that sat on the four corners of the circle.

This place was beautiful and brought a great sense of relief to Kelly and Marco. It was like nothing else in the rest of the forest, and it led them to believe that if it existed here, that it must be close to Mewni kingdom.

"Whoa!" They explained in unison and broke off from one another for the first time in a while. They walked forward slowly and surveyed the beautiful scenery.

Kelly looked down at the beautiful flowers, and they were an assortment of beautiful colors and patterns. They looked rare and gorgeous, and she felt tempted to pick one.

Marco looked at the four corner ponds surrounding the stone circle jutting up from the ground in the center. In the lakes were water-loving plants and a few fish that seemed content with their decorative ponds. Deep in the clear water, something incredibly shiny caught Marco's eye. It glimmered bright and beautiful in the moonlight, and it almost forced Marco to reach in and grab it.

The fish swam away, and Marco closed his hand grasping a bunch of small things inside of it. When he pulled them out, he noticed that there were tons more of the shiny stuff, not just at the bottom of this pond, but all of them.

Marco opened his hand, and to his surprise, he was holding a plethora of beautiful, and exotic gems. They were the kind of treasures one could only dream of finding.

"Holy cow!" Marco shouted in shock, causing Kelly to come over and look herself.

"Wow!" Was all she could say. There were enough gems here to buy even the kingdom of Mewni itself.

"What is this place?" Marco pocketed the three beautiful gems and started contemplating how he was going to start carrying all of this stuff out of here, completely forgetting he didn't know the way out of here.

"I don't know, but this place... It seems like nobody has been here for such a long." Kelly said. It looked ever beautiful, but nobody in their right mind would leave all of this untouched if they happened upon it.

Marco turned his attention to the center of the glade where the stone circle sat. At this distance, he could tell that it was an old well. It was made of cobblestones and covered in moss. It was placed as if it were the most critical thing to exist here, and yet it looked the least beautiful. It was inelegant and straightforward unlike the rest of the area.

"What is that?" Kelly wondered, it was not like Kelly hadn't seen a well before, but this particular well seemed to serve no purpose and lacked a bucket or rope to be of any use.

Marco stepped forward and stood next to the well. He peered down into it and could see nothing but the blackness of the abyss. He turned to Kelly who took her place Next to him and stared down.

"Helloooooo!" Kelly yelled into the well, and it echoed downwards as it went.

Marco turned and started looking at the ponds, and then back to the well. It all seemed so familiar to him, but why?

Kelly sat on the side of the well and turned back to Marco. He sat next to her on the well's side so that he could rest his feet and think for a minute.

"I really don't know what to make of any of this," Kelly said, she was excited to find such riches, but something felt off to her about it.

"Marco leaned forward and took out the three gems he had grabbed from the pond, as he sat there and thought. It was starting to dawn on him what this place's purpose might be.

One… He threw a gem into a pond.

Two…. And another.

Three… Once more.

They all landed with a plop into the surrounding ponds, and Marco stood back up with enthusiasm.

"What are you doing Marco?" Kelly asked from her sitting position on the well.

"I know! It's a wishing well!" Marco explained as he turned to look down into the well.

"We have these on earth!" He reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out some earth quarters he had never bothered to get rid of.

"Wishing well?" Kelly asked.

"Yeah, you just take some money, make a wish to yourself and toss it into the bottom of the well. It is supposed to make your wish come true." He explained the tradition on earth and was frankly surprised that Mewni had something similar. He wasn't sure if the gems were Mewni wishes or not, but it was rather exciting to him.

Kelly lightly smiled at him, that did sound quite nice. She had only seen wells used for water, never one for wishing. Marco reached his hand out and gave Kelly an earth quarter. "C'mon let's make a wish!" He said

Kelly sat there in thought and knew her most immediate desire was to find a way out of here. There was also a profoundly selfish side to her that believed if a wish were to come true, that it would be better spent on something she really wanted. She wondered what that something might be and turned her focus to Marco.

Marco held the coin in his fingers and thought as hard as he could. So many things came to mind, but one just kept coming up over and over again; "Star." He hesitated slightly, as he stared down into the well. If he could have anything he wanted was that indeed his desire?

"Yes." He thought.

"I wish that Star Butterfly loved me as I love her and that we could be together forever." With that, he flicked the coin up into the air, and it twirled all the way down into the black pit that was the well. Marco could not hear a splash or any such thing and wondered just how deep was this well?

Kelly watched him make his wish, and even though it seemed a bit foolish, it did take her mind off of being lost. It benefited her in that it lightened her mood, and for that, she was willing to play along. She looked down and saw the earth quarter in her hand, and her mind began buzzing with real wishes she could make.

She looked up briefly as Marco moved, turning his attention away from the well and now putting it onto the beautiful exotic flowers. It seemed that making a wish, even if it were never to come true, had raised his spirits.

"Hm?" She thought, and wondered if she could wish to go on a date with Marco? It was simple, but the thought of doing it brought her intense happiness. She gazed down at his hoodie she was wearing.

Crack...

Kelly heard a noise and was jolted from her thoughts, she started to look around the glade, but she didn't see anything except for the flowers and Marco. Maybe she was imagining things, she had just been and still was lost in the Forest of Certain Death.

She looked down at the hoodie once again.

Crack…

It came again, but Kelly ignored it this time, she wouldn't let her fear take hold of her imagination.

"No… I know what I want." Kelly thought.

"I wish for Marco to be happy and have whatever his heart really desires, even if it has nothing to do with me." She raised her hand.

CRACK!

"Ahh!" Kelly felt her seat give away before she could even throw the coin.

Marco heard the loud crack and slamming as well as the scream and turned his attention to Kelly.

"KELLY!" He yelled in shock.

She was falling back into the well. The side made of old stones had collapsed inward due to her weight, and it forced her to slide off suddenly. Marco leaped forward and reached out to grab her hand, but he missed.

"AHHH!" She screamed as she fell further into the well.

Marco rapidly pulled himself forward and reaching his other hand in he grabbed ahold of her pink boot.

Ah!" She panicked with her entire body dangling inside of the well, and nothing to grab hold of.

"Rrr Kelly!" Marco grit his teeth as he used his other hand in a feeble attempt to keep her from falling. She was in such an awkward position, and he wasn't his muscular older self any longer. "D-don't give up Kelly. I-I got you!" He reassured her. His heart was beating so fast, and he was so afraid of losing her right now, that he could think of little else.

"I. I don't know what to do!" She yelled swaying back and forth in the shadowy well.

Slip…

Ah!" Kelly started to bounce further down.

"NO!" Marco struggled to hold her with all the strength in his body, but it was clear to him that her boot was slipping off.

"Marco. I" Kelly began but then slipped further down.

"AH!"

"Kelly! I... I'M!" He pulled once more to try and grab securely onto her leg, but it was her undoing.

Slip…...

"AHHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhh!" Kelly screamed as she fell downwards. Her body swallowed up by the darkness, and her screams were becoming ever softer the further she slipped away from him.

Marco stared in shock and heartache, as he pulled himself away from the well. In his right hand was her pink boot. "Kelly… Kelly! NO!" He shouted in disbelief. How could he have been so careless? How could he have let her fall like that?

He knew there was no way she could survive a head-first collision like that, even into water, and still, he heard no sound from the well. The screaming had ceased, and there was no splash or indication she had landed.

"He dropped her boot on the ground and leaned over the collapsed side of the well; once again peering into the sinister abyss before him.

"KELLY!" He yelled into the well.

There was no response.

"KELLY PLEASE!" He cried out again.

The crisp autumn air blew, and the flowers rustled, but there was no sign of Kelly.

Marco was in complete panic mode, he didn't want to think she was dead, but he knew there was no way for him to get to her or check. His heart was breaking, and he started to turn around.

"Star..." She was the only one that could help him now. He needed to get to her; he needed to have Star use her magic to get Kelly back. He knew he didn't know the way back to Mewni kingdom, but he knew he had to try, even if it meant going off the path and facing the worst monstrosities the forest had to offer. He needed to get Kelly back.

He turned away from the well and was about to start running when he was hit with the sudden overwhelming feeling of dizziness.

"O… Kelly... I" He struggled to move forward, but his body felt heavy, and his feet felt as if they were glued to the ground beneath him.

"Kelly... I" He said again grabbing his face. The forest around him started spinning, and he became disoriented and confused.

"I… I'm sorry..." He said with the last ounce of his strength, and with that, he had blacked out completely. He dropped to the ground with a thud and lie there in the glade, unconscious and surrounded by the most beautiful flowers he had ever seen.

The moon shined brightly through the trees onto his body, and it was as if Marco Diaz himself had become one with this sacred portion of the forest. The only remnant left of his lost companion was her pink boot that lay inches from his outstretched hand.

Wrap Up. Well, there you have it. Don't know what's going to happen? Good! Figured out the entire story already? Good also! As long as you had fun, that is what matters to me.