Hello to everyone coming from The Chosen One! If you're not, You will probably be very confused, so I suggest you start on that one. Everyone else, enjoy the extension of TCO!

Oh, and about the cover... I'm not exactly an artist, if you know what I mean. I think my Star fail pretty badly, but hey, at least we have a cover!

We have three new followers/favoriters: heliomant (who already followed and has now decided to favorite), GrizzledEngi, and DeXidious. Thank you!

I'd also like to mention that TCO hit an all-time high on views yesterday when I posted the last chapter: 580. That'sl almost 160 more than any other day! Glad to know you're all eager to keep reading!

Thank you reviewers: robertkellett, Star's Keyblade4114, and Oracle6044.

Robertkellett, your input is always greatly appreciated. :)

Responses to Reviewers

Oracle6044 - Glad to know you're eager for the sequel! And yeah, Star's relationship with MarcO is pretty messed up.

Star's Keyblade4114 (response to both) - That's my job; to surprise you! :D

Aaaaand, here we go!


A knock came on the door. A puzzled look crossed Marco Diaz's face. "Who could that be?" He got up off the couch and peered through the door's peephole. He saw a reptilian face. "AH!" He stepped away from the door.

The reptile outside sighed, busting open the door with a spell.

Marco backed into a fighting stance. "You don't want me, Toffee. Star and I are done."

"Exactly why I came."

There was silence.

"You hate her, don't you," Toffee remarked. It was less of a question and more of a statement.

Marco's face fell. "Yeah…"

"So do I."

Marco realized what was going on. "No!"

"No?" Toffee was surprised.

"I'm not sinking down to your level just because of what Star did to me. You're pure EVIL. And I'm not!"

Toffee looked uncomfortable. "You are entitled to your own opinion."

"I'll seek my revenge on Star in a more humane way. But… I won't stop you. At least, not yet. Go."

Toffee, a bit flustered, left; he was not used to plans not going his way.

"Good riddance!" Marco exclaimed. "Won't anyone just leave me alone?!"

He sat on the couch for five more minutes, growing restless. "I've gotta do something!"

He picked up the dimensional scissors Star had left and exited the house, not bothering to take the house keys. He took a few steps outside then cut a portal. He stepped inside.

The car rolled into the garage, and the Diazes got out. As Rafael walked in the door, he shouted, "Star, Marco, we're home! Star? Marco?" The parents saw their son's phone on the coffee table.

"Where are they?" his wife asked.

They searched the house but found no one, only dozens of ripped pictures that used to have both Star and Marco in them.


"So, I was just taking a walk in the forest. I did it a lot since it helped me cope with my dad… dying." A single tear formed in Gia's left eye. "But I was just walking through and all of a sudden black smoke surrounded me. And… well, I thought I had , I woke up in front of the castle. You guys came a few minutes later. It was like my body had a mind of its own. It was like a dream. I could see and hear and smell everything, but it was like I was outside my body, watching myself. It was awful, seeing myself doing all those things." Gia shuddered. "I'm glad those puppies are okay."

Star put an arm around her. "It wasn't your fault." Her mind drifted back to the note she had left Marco, which had contained those words. She sighed. I just wish we could be normal again. But it really was her fault, wasn't it? When she had said, "I'm not having you ruin my life again," she really meant, "I ruin my life every time I'm around you," didn't she? But things were okay, now, so she had to forget about Marco and move on. Plus, she convinced herself, Gia needs my help more than Marco. She lost her father and was physically manipulated by Toffee. She squeezed the girl toward her hip. "It's okay. We'll get you back to your mom."

"After we find the shard. I'm not letting that lizard do to anyone else what he did to me."

"Alright, lead the way."

While Gia tried to sense Toffee, Ludo and Star chatted, the latter speaking first: "So, how did you get to Earth, Ludo?"

"Funny story. So, right after you went through the portal, I saw Gia toss an onion into a bush. 'What would she need an onion for?' I thought. Only one thing came to mind: fake crying. That made me really suspicious, because why would she want us to think that she was crying? Well, to make us believe her story. And that meant her story was fake.

"So I snuck into the Mewni Castle-by the way, you need to upgrade security at that place-and I managed to steal some dimensional scissors. Then I used them to get to Earth-"

Star gasped. "Do you… still have those?"

He took them out. "Yeah, why?"

"I… left mine at the house."

"Well, we have some, so we're fine."

"Yeah, yeah," said Star distractedly. She was thinking. If Marco found those scissors, who knew what he'd do?

Ludo continued, "And that's when I saw Gia eating your dogs. I knocked on the door and she let me in after I told her I was a friend of yours. You know what happened from there."

Star nodded, shifting her gaze to Gia. The said girl turned, pointing toward where the sun would soon set. "He's over there. But not in this dimension."

Indexus popped out of the pocketbook. "Do you need a map?"

"Yeah, thanks," Star said, taking out the book. It expanded, then Indexus flipped the pages to one in the very back. Indexus unfolded it, stretching it to a five foot long map. The title read: The Interdimensional Map. Star studied it, finally finding Earth. "Huh. What direction is that?" She pointed to where Gia had.

"West," Ludo stated.

"How do you know?"

"The sun sets in the west in every dimension."

"Okay, cool." She planned her finger on Earth then moved it west. "Let's see… Venezala. Never been there before." Still looking at the map, Star distractedly took Ludo's scissors and made a portal.

"Aren't you supposed to focus when you cut a portal?" Gia mentioned. "Especially if you've never been there before."

"Yeah, whatever, it'll be fine. Come on!" She leaped through the portal.

"Wait!" Ludo called. "Star, you forgot your… ugh. Guess I'm carrying it. I don't know what Star'd do without us."

Gia was lost in thought. "She certainly depends on her friends."

Ludo smiled. "Then let's be there for her!"

The two grinned, then stepped through the portal.


Toffee stood in a dark room. The figure seated upon the throne in front of him was completely concealed. The figure spoke: "You do not have the wand, do you?"

"N-no, sir," the usually calm and composed Toffee stuttered.

A hand struck Toffee's face. "You good-for-nothing lizard!"

Toffee stood there, stolid.

"And what about the boy?"

"I couldn't recruit him. But he will still hinder Star, and therefore Ludo."

"You really are good for nothing, aren't you?"

"I may be able to recruit some… other reinforcements."

"All right, whatever gets the wand away from Ludo."

"And the family heirloom is still the reward?"

The figure sighed in exasperation. "You won't do it for me otherwise, will you?"

Toffee smiled. "Of course not."

"Then the heirloom it is."

Toffee cut a portal to Venezala and stepped inside, grumbling, "What does a lizard have to do to get a magical artifact?"


A/N: There's chapter 1! Not much action, per say. I wanted to set up Star, Gia, and Ludo just kind of hanging out and being normal friends, and also tie up some loose ends I left on TCO. Until next time!