A/N welcome to the first chapter of my third fanfic. I would just like to ask before delving into the first chapter: How am I doing? I've asked before but didn't really get a lot of feedback... I'd really like to hear what you all think. That being said, enjoy

Chapter 1: touchdown

It was a normal day in echo creek. Well... As normal as it can be with an interdimentional princess wondering around, and all the trouble that entitles. This particular day was nothing out of the ordinary for the teen princess and her best friend, Marco. Ludo was trying to steal her wand, but wasn't having much success.

"C'mon Ludo! It's like your heart isn't in it anymore." Star teased as she blasted a foe with a cannonball made of flowers.

"Silence, girl! I'll have that wand sooner or later if it's the last thing I do!" Retorted the short villain. This was responded to with a kick to the face by the hoodie clad 'safe kid'.

"Later rather than sooner. Or in your case, never." Marco said with a chuckle. The one-sided battle continued and nearly concluded... Had the sky not exploded. Everyone present instantly stopped what they were doing to gawk at the anomaly in the air. They saw, descending from the sky, a strange object with a crash course to the nearby woods. Everyone looked at each other for a moment before breaking into a run towards it. The next couple of minutes consisted of Star, Marco, Ludo and his minions pushing and shoving each other in an attempt to reach the thing first. In the end, it was a tie, but no one cared about the results of the race. They were more focused on the strange pod that had embedded itself into the ground. The dirt around it was charred by the impact and smoking a bit. A minion poked the pod and retracted his hand quickly. Apparently, it was still hot from entering the atmosphere. The minion sucked on his finger as the others studied the pod. It was strange... Not human-made. But before any further enquiries could be made, the pod hissed as its pressure sealed door popped open. A strange mist poured out of the pod as its doors fully opened, preventing anyone from seeing inside. However, they did made out the silhouette of a figure inside. Ludo looked at his minions and smacked them.

"Well, go check it out!" He commanded. The minions pouted but did as they were told. They entered the mist and approached the pod and figure. But just when they got within arms reach, the figure opened its eyes to reveal beautiful luminescent iris's. Then all heck broke loose. The mist intensified, obscuring view totally. What was left was only the audio of punches landing and minions screaming. At one point, a minion tried crawling out of the mist only to be dragged back in and silenced. Then it went quiet. No one dared to speak. Then, suddenly, the figure began to emerge from the mist. "...nope! I'm out!" These words from Ludo were uttered moments before he turned tail and ran away. Which left Star and Marco alone with the strange being. Marco stood in front of Star protectively, shielding her from it. The being with the glowing green eyes stared at him as it began walking out of the mist.

"So..." It said in a deep voice. "This is the famous Marco Diaz I've heard so much about. I must say..." The figure stepped out fully from the mist. "I was expecting someone wearing nothing but padding." The figure, finished, their voice at a more normal pitch. The person was a boy, around his and Star's age. Average build, dark brown hair, green eyes, and what seemed like emerald-encrusted light armor but cut off from the forearms and knees down, making something of a royal t-shirt and shorts. Star's eyes widened as she tackled the mystery person. Marco went to aid her in her attack, but stopped once he heard her laugh and... Hug him?

"Uh... Star?" Star didn't respond. Instead, Star seemed to be hugging the boy just a bit too hard, as evidence by the boy's pained groans.

"Ah! Stop it! Ugh! Help!" The boy pleaded, but Star ignored. That was, until Marco cleared his throat. This got Stars attention, causing her to release the boy and stand up with him. Star was grinning wildly.

"Mike..." She started. "This is Marco." She started.

"Uh... Hi." Marco said as he shook boy's hand.

"Marco..." Star giggled. "This is my brother." Marco looked at her with wide eyes.

"W-wha...? Who...? How...?" Marco stuttered.

"Yea, and don't give me any trouble about the name, Okay? I know it's 'earth-y', but mom and dad had a glass too many of mew wine before naming me..." Marco took a few moments to collect himself.

"Um... Ok... Mike. Star never told me she had a brother." Star cocked her head at him.

"I didn't? I could have sworn... Oh well." Mike looked at her.

"You never told him about me? pfft. Some sister you are." Mike smirked as he crossed his arms playfully. She punched him and laughed.

"Sorry bro. Listen, we can talk this all over at the Diaz residence. They're awesome." Star began walking towards Marco's home with Mike in tow, telling him about the Diaz's all the way. Meanwhile, Marco was still standing there, trying to process everything. Star rolled her eyes and grabbed him by the hoodie.

"Gak!" The boy groaned as he was dragged away.