AUTHORS NOTE:
Hi im an amature writer trying to currently trying to write a book and 2 cartoon scripts and am doing this fanfic as practice and a sort of side passion project. another thing i would like to note is that i very much encourage feedback and criticism of my story and do not mind if you are harsh as one of my main goals is to improve my writing so i can become the best i can be. i will be writing this story in more of a book format so it will not flow like your traditional story scince the perspective of character changes between marco and star to add more character development. I will update every week on weekends usually saturday or sunday. This story is a different take on the svtfoe story with some twists and different lore but will follow the same beats.

Star stepped out of the carriage and lifted up her silk blue dress as she began to touch the ground. She walked over to where her parents and podrick where standing before her mother turned to her and handed her something. "I think it's time you have this back, do you remember how to use it?"

She said handing her the royal wand. star held it and stared into the reflection of her in the jem at the center. The wand almost seemed foreign to her although it was hers. 'Do i remember how to use it?' She thought to herself as she decided to give it a whirl. A small cupcake popped into her palm from her wand as she said "Yea i think i remember most of it". "Podrick open the portal" Moon said looking over to podrick. River and Podrick entered but moon stopped star. "Star i want to apologize again im really sorry, i -" Moon was cut off by Star "It's fine, you didn't know what would happen. now can we go?" Star said. "Ok sweetie let's go" moon replied

Star was greeted to a small room with a little chubby man sitting at a desk on the other side of the portal. The small man immediately asked "Is this and invasion?". "No sir, nothing like that" River replied with Moon adding 'Actually we would like to enroll our daughter in your program". "And where are you from?" the chubby man asked, seeming pretty nervous. Star noticed how the man was sweating uncontrollably, but that easily could just be the humid climate in the room."We are from another dimension known as Mewni" River said proudly, tightening his chest a bit as he spoke. "Ok well i don't think that we ca-" the man was interrupted by Moon putting a chest of gold on top of his desk and opening it. " I think we can work something out" he said with his eyes surveying over the gold with his eyes. "Now she is going to need a guide" River said. "And somewhere to live if you can help with that" Moon added. " I think i have an idea" the man quickly responded.


(LOUDSPEAKER)"Marco Diaz please come to the principal's office" Marco heard wiping his head up from his math sheet and looking around. He threw up his hood and groaned as he stood up. He walked to the door and left. He arrived at the office pretty annoyed. 'Why did he have to interrupt my work this time' he thought to himself walking in. Upon entering he was stunned, as a beautiful girl stood before him. She had long golden blonde hair, on top was a headband with horns on it holding it in place. The head band was slightly crooked but he thought it looked better that way. She had smooth red lips and eyes as blue as the oceans deep blue core. She had baby smooth skin and was wearing a beautiful silk thread dress paired with a gem encrusted necklace and heels."Nice dress" Marco blurted out before he could stop himself. 'Well damn it it' he thought to himself expecting an awkward silence but was quickly greeted with "Oh thank you. That hoodie looks good on you, red really is you color". "Thanks" He shyly spoke out noticing she was smiling at him. His attention was quickly turned to Skeeves as he heard "Marco" come from his direction. "Would your family like to host another exchange student this year?" Skeeves quickly added.

'Shit' was Marcos first thought. Se realized that Skeeves knew that his family would host another kid no matter what he said and would call them anyway. He was praying that the girl next to him was not going to be the person living with him as he answered "They probably wouldn't mind". "Well i'd like you to meet Mrs. Star Butterfly here, she is an exchange student and i would like you to be her guide for today" Skeeves quickly replied. 'Shit' and 'Of course' were his first 2 thoughts, but he didn't have much time to process his thoughts as Star extended her hand and said "Hi, its nice to meet you Marco Diaz". maybe her voice, her smile, her genuine tone, marco didn't know but something made him actually want to talk to this girl. She came off so nice and friendly. He noticed something he hadn't before as he looked at her, she had little hearts on her cheeks, they were like tattoos or something. "It's nice to meet you too" he replied shaking her hand. They broke of the hand shake as he followed up with "You can just follow me i guess". "Ok" she replied still giving him that inviting smile.


Star followed Marco out of the office and they started down the hall. "Hey can i pull you aside somewhere that's isn't this large corridor?" She asked him "You mean hallway?" he questioned. "Yes that, i have something rather important to tell you before we go anywhere" she responded. "Ok, umm i guess we can use the stairway to the basement since no one goes down there" he replied in an unsure and shy tone guiding her to the stairwell. He walked to the steps leading down into the basement and sat on the top step. Star leaned on the wall next to him as she spoke."So here's the thing, i uhh... i'm not from earth" "What?" Marco quickly responded during the small pause. "Yea, im... a... a magical princess from another dimension" she stumbled out in an awkward voice. "Ok, sorry but i don't associate with cra-" Marco was cut off on his way out of the stairwell."Wait, tell me something you want" Star said pulling out her wand and turning to Marco who was now standing in the doorway of the stairwell. "What?" Marco said looking around at Star who was pulling out her wand.

"Tell me something you want, i'll give it to you with my magic to prove i'm not lying" Star responded. "Uhm okay, i guess it's worth a shot, hmm, what about the full mackie han movie collection on dvd?" he said turning back around. "I don't know what that is but sure, here you go" Star said as the dvd set poofed into marcos hands with a quick blast from her wand "Woah... that's so cool, you're like really magic? Can you do other things with your magic too?" Marco said excited. "Yea i can do lots of things, i can fight, make things, and also conjure stuff, like i just did for you, build, stuff like that." "that's awesome. do you ever use it to make people like you, or like to make yourself stronger? ya know stuff like that?" "Well that wouldn't be very responsible... but between you and me, i do use magic for myself a bit-" (school bell rings) "ALARM" Star screams before Marco had a chance to calm her down "NO NO NO..that's just the schoolbell saying the day is over." Marco quickly reassured her. "Oh well then, i should uh, go see where i'm staying, i'll see-" "Dont bother" Marco said cutting star off "I can almost guarantee that my parents will agree for you to stay with us, they love hosting exchange students. Just wait over there by the front door while i grab my stuff, ill double check to make sure your staying with us while i'm gone as well" Marco started running of towards his locker. "Ok" Star said as she walked to the door. 'He seemed nice' she thought to herself standing next to the door.

She stood and watched as all the people flooded the door, bumping and shoving each other to get out the door as fast as possible. 'Kinda crowded' she thought as she watched someone approach her. It was a girl. She was a short and slim girl with short black hair and beenie on her head. Her eyes were dark brown and she had a rather pointy chin. This was all she noticed before the girl said something to her. "Your the new girl whos supposed to stay with Diaz aren't you?" "How do you know that, i just got here?" Star responded confused. 'How did she know i was staying with Marco, i don't even know that yet'. "Lets just say i hear about everything that happens in this school, you'll learn that soon. Can i ask something of you?" the girl said. "Uhm... sure i ... guess" Star said unsure of what else to say. She had no idea who this girl was yet she felt like she was being backed into a corner by her presence. "Be nice to marco, he doesn't have many friends and spends most of his time on schoolwork, so if you hurt him your gonna have to deal with me, got it?" She said, succeeding in being intimidating. She wasn't scary in a 'im gonna kick your ass way' but more of like the homeless people that like to eat raw rat in mewni, she was scary cause you had no idea what she was going to do. "Ok sure, ... but i was planning on being friends with him anyway since i don't know anyone here." Star responded nervously. "Ok well that all works out then,just a tip, call him safe kid. Have a nice first day in echo creek." the girl said walking away. "WAIT I NEVER GOT YOUR NAME!" star yelled over to her. "That okay you weren't supposed to Star" the girl said back. 'Wait, i never gave her my name either'. Star noticed Marco coming back and waved to him while giving him a smile.

She noticed him carrying what appeared to be earths version of a mirror in his hand and put it into his pocket. "Ok so my parents said you are staying with us so i was right" Marco quickly said as he got next to star. "Ok, so you guys have mirrors here on earth to?" Star asked confusing Marco a bit. "What?" he replied. "That thing you put in your pocket, it was a portable mirror wasn't it?" "You mean this?" Marco said pulling it out. "Yea that" Star added. "No this is a phone, We call each other on it, i don't know what that has to do with mirrors" "Well on mewni we call each other with mirrors" Star answered. "Oh, well that's a little odd." Marco said. "How is it odd?" "Well on earth we just use mirrors to see ourselves." "Oh, we do that too" she responded. "Well you ready to go?" "Yep just lead the way Safe kid" she responded with a smile. "ok - wait? Who told you i was the safe kid? Did Janna tell you that? I'm not the safe kid anymore, if anything i was a misunderstood bad boy" Marco said in a defensive tone. He seemed to immediately regret the little outburst as did Star calling him safe kid. 'I knew i shouldn't have trusted that girl' "Ok then bad boy let so go" she said trying to lighten the mood. "Yea sorry he said stepping in front of her to lead her out


Marco and Star walked down the street to Marcos house side by side. 'i'm in pretty deep now' Marco thought to himself. He knew that he was attracted to this girl and now he had to share a house with her, he was definitely in for some awkward times this year. He was able to stop gawking over her and talk to her in the stairwell, and a bit after that, but they had been quiet all the way to his street. He was afraid that if he spark up a conversation that he might go back to gawking at her. 'Maybe i'll get used to it' he thought realizing that if he was living with her he would see her every day. He was about to ask her a question when she piped up first. "So what do you do for fun on earth?" "Well, i personally like to practice karate, but there's lots of things to do. You could watch tv, or go to a live theater, or you could go see a movie." "What are you going to do today?" "I'm gonna watch the full mackie han movie pack you gave me and have some homemade nachos." "Can i join you?" Marco suddenly stopped his train of thought. 'Did i hear that right.' he turn his head to the side to face star and said "I'm sorry, i didn't hear you what did you say?" "Can i join you and have some na-ch-os too?" Star said sounding out nachos. 'Why is this girl so nice?' was his first thought before he spat out "Sure i guess... i mean i don't see why not" noticing they were coming up to his house. "What are na-chos" Star asked pronouncing it slightly better. he lead her up the pathway. "Nachos are triangle chips" Marco said opening the door.


Star followed marco into the house. she was planning on asking marco what chips were but was quickly greeted upon entrance. "You must be Star butterfly" She heard from a woman on the couch. "Yes and you must be Mr. and Mrs. Diaz, it's nice to meet you" Star responded. She walked over to the couch and extended her hand to greet them. Her mother said to shake hands with the people she meets on earth as it's seen as a formal greeting. "It's nice to meet you too!" Mrs. Diaz said shaking stars hand.


"Oh Marco, wont it be nice to have someone so pleasant around the house" "Yea, can i just show her the guest room already?" Marco said sounding a bit embarrassed, Star kind of understood, but she liked his parents more than her own, they were much more kind and pleasant. Her parents were always dealing with the kingdom and never really agreed with Star, that's why she was sent to st o's in the first place. "Sure sweetie, go ahead." Mrs. Diaz said releasing Stars hand. Star followed Marco up the steps as he carried her bag into a small room with a bed and some pictures on the wall. she thought it looked pretty dull, she didn't like how empty the room was or the color of the walls. "Can i decorate a little?" she asked Marco. "Sure, you are gonna be living here i guess. now i have to go do some homework" he replied leaving the room.


"BOMB EXPAND" and some cracking sounds was all Marco heard before he turned around to see a huge tower where the guest room once was. "Woah" was all he could say as he walked inside. "Much better" Star said jumping on the silk bed in the center of the room. "That's so cool" he said in awe of the tower she had just poofed into thin air. He was truly amazed more and more he watched Star use her powers. He felt pretty lucky to have her stay here now, but he still wasn't looking forward to the awkward moments. The way his always life went, something stupid would happen and it wouldn't be good for him. "Well i should get to my homework then, bye" He said trying to leave before Star stopped him. "Weren't you going to make nachos and we were gonna watch something" "Yea just after i finish my homework" he said turning the corner to go to his room. He heard "Oh ok" as he started down the hall to his room.

After Marco had finished his homework he looked to the clock. It was five o'clock so he decided to go downstairs to start the nachos. On his way to the kitchen he noticed his mom on the couch reading. "Hey mom can me and star have the tv tonight? We want to watch this Mackie han movie pack she gave me." hee said to her. "Sure thing miho, just make sure you kids behave." Mrs Diaz added. "Yea ok mom" Marco said walking into the kitchen. His mom must've left while he was making everything because after was done and put it in the oven he noticed she was not sitting on the couch. He went to go sit down as he heard star rush down the steps. "Your mom said your making the na-chos without me!" she stated still not pronouncing the word correctly. "Yea i just put them in the oven."He replied. "But i wanted to make nachos too, why didn't you wait for me?" "I thought you just wanted to eat some and watch the movies, im sorry Star." he said. "Just make sure i make them with you next time, we only have corn on mewni and i wanna know how to make earth food." She quickly responded. "Ok i will" Marco said sitting down on the couch. "I'm gonna start the movies now if you want to start watching."Marco said putting in the dvd. "of!" Star said excitedly as she hopped over the armrest and onto the couch. Marco set up the movie and hit play, sitting down on the couch next to Star.

Marco and Star sat watching each of the mack hands in order, using up about 3 batches of nachos in the process. Marco was having fun though, he was watching his favorite movies of all time after all. He and Star would have little conversations in between putting the movies and then she usually would ask questions through tje movie. Marco didn't mind though as he knew Star wasnt from earth and he had seen most of these before anyways so it didn't bother him. Marco actually was enjoying her company, something he couldn't say about most people. He found her to be very pleasant and was a little sad as the last movie came to a close. "Okay well th-" he noticed something as he looked over to Star, she was sitting there like she had been all night. she had actually fallen asleep and must have fell onto Marco because she was leaning up against his shoulder. 'How didn't i notice this' he said to himself trying not to wake her. He slowly got up, guiding her head to a pillow on his side of the couch. 'I knew something like this would happen" He thought to himself as he lifted her legs onto the couch. Although he felt like what he was doing was weird although he knew he was being nice. 'It only feels that way because she's pretty' he thought to himself grabbing a blanket out of a closet. He walked back over to the cush and put the blanket over star before heading up to bed himself. 'See, nothing to worry about. She didn't wake up so there's no awkward moment.' He thought to himself before falling asleep

AUTHOR POST NOTE :i apologize for the grammer and spelling mistakes in the first chapter as i was so excited to release it i rushed a bit much but i am paying attention more as i write the second chapter. just as a warning for anyone who dislikes hidden plot themes i will have various clues as to shere i am heading with the story.