Author's Notes:
I do not own Star vs. The Forces of Evil or any of its plots or developments, however I do own this one.
Like many of my other stories, there will be lemons, but more mildly than the rest.
This tale takes place right after the Episode "Toffee".

An Explanation to Start

After finally ridding themselves of one of their most heinous foes, Toffee of Septarsis, Star and Marco were unsure where to start. Mewni was in decent shape, but it would take some time to rebuild and regain the people's trust once more. Lying to them on multiple occasions, causing mayhem and the most important of all, not fulfilling the role that is carried by the Butterfly name.

Marco started to stretch hoping it would ease his aching body after being punched into a wall. To his surprise it helped a lot, he turned to look at Star, who was looking around to see if she could find her mother. Buff Frog was looking along with Star, but they could not see or find Moon.

Queen Moon

"Bless us all that she is still encased." Moon sighed, relaxing after knowing that one of her worst fears was still trapped in crystal, unable to wreck havoc like Moon worries she'll do if she is released. She could of swore that Eclipsa would have been freed by now due to their agreement.

Moon started to walk back to her daughter and the rest of them when she heard the sound of the crystal starting to crack from behind her. Turning around she saw that Eclipsa was already released and walking towards her, with a smile on her face. It was too late.

"Looks like our deal has been finally fulfilled my great granddaughter, look at how much you've grown since the last time we have chatted." Eclipsa said as she started to encircle Moon, giggling like the mad woman she is. "Don't worry I do not intend to ruin the fun that you have started, nor do I intend on returning to Mewni, however I would have to ask kindly that you leave me be or you'll come to find misfortune." Her face losing all emotion, serious about every word she was saying. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'll be taking my leave, ta-ta." Disappearing into black cloud of smoke and darkness.

Moon just stood there, shaking, she couldn't do anything, afraid of what Eclipsa might possibly do. It was a shock that Eclipsa didn't do anything as soon as she was released instead just vanished, now she had to explain this along with everything else that has happened to The Magic Council. "What Have I done." she sighed, as she walked her way back to the others, thinking of countermeasures in the slight chance that Eclipsa's return.

Back

"Mooon!?" Buff Frog huffed as he lifted up one of the boulders, that once used to be part of the castle walls. "I don't know Star Butterfly, but I can not find your mother." he said scratching his head.

"Well she's gotta be around here somewhere." Star exclaimed after stopping her search for a moment. "Marco, do you see her!" she screamed out to the boy across the mountains of rubble that lay between them.

"Nope sorry Star, don't see her." he said, as he got over to where she was. "she'll probably turn up shortly, she probably had something important to do, you know how your mom is." he said as he patted her on her back.

"Yeah you're right, who knows what she's doing right now." she shrugged, and faced Marco. she didn't know what to say, neither of them has said a word about what she said right before she abruptly left the party the other night. she wanted to hear a response from him really badly, but at the same time she dreaded what hewould say, nothing is worse than being rejected.

hewas looking at her and thinking the same thing, except hedidn't know what to say, let alone do. she professed her crush on him in front of everyone at the party, even in front of Jackie. hehadn't really been himself when she left, hedidn't talk with anyone that much. Even with Jackie, the last thing hewanted was to make things between them too awkward.

"Um-" she opened her mouth to speak, only to have her mom come running up to her.

"Star, I'm so happy that you're alive, I think we finally defeated Toffee, we can rest for now at least." she sighed, hugging her one and only daughter, the thought of not seeing her ever again almost making her want to cry. she had thought about a few other things on the small trip back to them, the most important being her daughter. she wanted to give her daughter a little more credit because if anyone had earned it, it was her especially after her victory against Toffee.

A portal opened to the right of the group, making them jump back and prepare in case of another fight. To their surprise, a certain yellow horned girl popped her head put of the portal. "Yo." She laughed. She walked through, along with Rhombulus and Omnitraxus Prime.

"Are you sure you guys should be up and walking around with what you've been through?" Moon inquired, worried about her allied friends.

"We're fine, to be honest we feel fantastic, it's been a while since we've felt this good." She grinned, forming a massive fireball in her hands and juggling in between her two hands. Rhombulus and Prime nodding in agreement.

"Oh if it isn't H-poo." Marco smirked, looking at the the pale girl standing near the other Council Members.

"What was that human?" she smiled, looking over at the red-hooded boy. "You know I hate being called that Marco!" she yelled at him, crossing her arms.

"Um, did I miss something? Have you two met before or something, when did you guys become friends?" Moon questioned the two, confused to what was going on.

"Well I don't know about friends, I was in H-poo's dimension for 16 years, so I hope she at least considers me to be an acquaintance." Marco informed her, with the smirk still on his face.

Hekapoo vanishes and reappears behind Marco and smacks him upside the back of his head, not burning his hair, but with a little extra force. "Of course we're friends, you are one of the few humans that I find tolerable and not completely lame, and also one of the few that have given me a run for my money." She looks at him and grins, giving him an unexpected noogie.

"Wait, why did you guys just show up all nonchalantly, when the last you probably remember anything was when you were at the abandoned monster cave?" Star chimed into the conversation, trying to understand their logic.

"Well, we woke up in Sanctuary, covered in magic, so you had to of fixed the magic, which was probably tainted by Toffee." Prime answered her question, still in his floating skeletal skull form. "I'm right, so you don't have to respond." he chuckled.

Star held her finger up, ready to respond, but his deductive reasoning was correct. "Well, that is only part of what has actually has happened, but good to see you've caught up that far." she smiled and looked at her mom. "I figure you want to go speak with them privately about what has happened and all that other junk." she sighed, walking slowly over to Marco again.

"Star wait, I did a little thinking and I've decided that you should be part of at least this discussion, since you were a big part in this battle." she smiled at her daughter, who perked up at the thought of not being treated like a child. 'Glossaryck and Baby were right, she is on her own path and far past my abilities' Moon thought to herself.

Star turned to look at Marco who standing next to her, just taking it easy. "Marco, give me a moment, I'll be right back and I won't disappear this time." she told him with a smile and walked over to the council with her mother.

"Star we are going to have a talk about Marco sometime." she said, with a straight face.

"About what, we have nothing to discuss about Marco." she let out, sweat running down her face.

"Sure we don't, but that is for another time, right now, just listen." Moon smiled, seeing right through her daughter.

The council we already talking amongst themselves, discussing on what their plan should be now that the threat has been handled. It looked to be one of their more civilized discussions, usually they ended up fighting and bickering. Moon was a little surprised at this rare behavior, but it seemed appropriate given the situation they had just went through.

"Ah Moon, care to fill us in on the rest of what happened and are you sure you want Star to be here or this?" Prime questioned her, surprised to see Star standing beside her mother.

"Yes I'm more than happy to fill you in, however I have another matter to tell you as well. As for Star, she has shown her ability, even though she disobeyed me and came to face them alone, no matter I'm still proud of her." she sighed, knowing the trouble she has caused and the earful she'll hear about for it.

"First I would like to hear about this matter you spoke of, sounds urgent." he asked, curious as to what it is.

"Well if everyone's memory serves them right, I met with Eclipsa the first time we fought with Toffee, well to receive the spell I needed I had to give something to Eclipsa in return." she choked, regretting the deal she made that day.

"Yeah, didn't you say something about B4 and a snookers bar?" Hekapoo questioned, confused because she was already told this information once.

"Well something like that, she wanted that and her freedom." Moon answered.

"Tell me you didn't!" Rhombulus asked, pushing his past way Hekapoo.

"I know - I know, I was under so much pressure at the time, with the death of my mother and becoming queen. She didn't seem to be as evil everyone made her out to be at the time, but I'm afraid our contract has been fulfilled after all these years." she admitted, some tears starting to form.

Star and the others looked at Moon and didn't say a word. They knew it wasn't easy on her when she became Queen and Mewni and under all that pressure and she was still able to pull off a miracle. She might have made a mistake when she made that deal with Eclipsa, but they all knew that she regretted whether Eclipsa is everything she is said to be or not.

"Well I guess that is over already, she's long gone and she said she wouldn't be returning to Mewni and the best thing is to leave her be. The best thing is to worry about what we can do for the kingdom and the people at the moment" Moon explained.

"I agree, there is nothing we can do about Eclipsa, so what happened to Toffee?" Prime concluded the topic of Eclipsa.

It took Moon quite some time to recap everything that had happened to the group after they were taken out of the game. The Council was quite shocked at the story, if it was anyone else telling the story, they would've probably not believe them. Most of the things that were covered seemed impossible, but magic is never simple, always seeming to change its own rules as it goes along.

"Well that's a lot, well for one, congrats Star, for defeating one of the monsters that your mother couldn't." Hekapoo chuckled, looking at Moon. Star laughed and Moon looked at her daughter with a stern face.

"I'm glad to see that Star is starting to show at least some signs of maturity." Prime chuckled, much to Star's embarrassment.

"Hey, I can be mature when I want to be!" she yelled at him, softly. "We weren't the only ones that helped today, Marco and a few of the castle's entertainment helped, but mostly Marco." she added.

"Well I don't know about the others, but I have an gift for the two of you, well it may be more of an chance so why don't you bring him over Star." Prime offered, with a smile.

"Sure." she said, turning from the small group and walking over to Marco. Buff Frog was already leaving when she got over to Marco. "Wait, where is he going, I didn't get a chance to thank him?" she asked him.

"Well he told me that he had just had gotten his babies to sleep when he came over with your mom, and it is around the time that they usually got up and he wanted to be there before they did." he replied.

"Oh, well I guess I'll have to thank him some other time, by the way Prime wants to talk with us, he says he wants to give us something." she quickly told and started walking back, trying not to make it anymore awkward than it already was.

When they got back to the other group, Hekapoo, Rhombulus and Moon had already went off to make arrangements to start the cleanup. "Glad you can join Marco Diaz, it's pleasure to meet you, I am Omnitraxus Prime, or the space-time-guy if you will it. Now for what I have to offer, it's something along the lines of a chance to look at things at a perspective, however it is a one time thing. I can't do it too many times for one person, I've helped Star once, but that was because the fabric of space-time was in jeopardy. To explain it more, I'll give you one chance to look at the possibilities that you may or may not choose whenever you'd like." he finished, looking at the two to see if they really understood what he was saying.

Star seemed a little confused, but that wasn't the same for Marco. "So we both get a chance to see what our futures can hold depending on our choices we make?" Marco asked.

"Well in a sense, yes." he replied.

"Would that include how it affects another, not necessarily their future, but the outcome?" he asked, with a hopeful tone in his voice.

"Well if it has to do with you, I can do their futures as well. Why, are you wanting to use your chance right now?" he asked, making sure if the young boy wanted to use his chance.

"Yes, I think that is what I want to do because I could really use that right now." he replied with a smile.

"Are you sure Marco, you only get this one chance, I was thinking of using mine like when I can't make up my mind on what to do when I'm bored or what to wear." She said with a goofy smile. He chuckled, that was Star, the girl he wouldn't want to change for anything. That's why he needed to use this chance now, because he was going to have to make a big decision soon.

"I'm sure Star, I think I should use my chance right now." he smiled at her.

"Want to tell me why?" she asked him.

"I'll tell you eventually. So how does this work Prime and don't you have to help the council with the arrangements?" he asked him. Star didn't like the response, but she knew Marco would tell her in time.

"Meet me in my dimension and we'll talk. As for the council, I've already discussed this with them when Star came to get you." Prime told hold him with a smile, shrinking into nothingness.

"Well I'll be here when you get back, gonna go see what I need to do to help around, that is if they want me to help. That is also if you are coming back." she said looking at him, her demeanor changing.

"I'll be back don't worry." he reassured her with a smile. He pulled out his dimensional scissors and opened a portal to the time dimension and stepped through.

Star just stood there for a moment longer and stared at the spot where Marco left. She nodded and turned to go look for her mom.

Well, it's been a long while since I have written anything. I hope you enjoy my little tale, and the journey is far from over.
On another note, it will take me some time to write each chapter from here on, that is until I can find my groove.
Thank you for your time.