Star Arrives.

Today was a special day for the kingdom of Mewni. After almost a year after her birthday, Star quickly managed to get the hold of the wand in a surprisingly fast way, even faster than her mother or any other queen. Today was Star's graduation. She could finally say goodbye to the training and do whatever she wanted while she waited her turn to become Queen of Mewni.

"…And now…" Glossaryck said in a ceremonial tone. "I will give you the approval of the wand, showing that you are a worth holder of magic." He said before clapping twice.

A pink light appeared above Star. The pink ball of magic started to slowly descend upon Star before it touched the princess' head, disappearing into her body.

Star looked at all this show with excited eyes and barely holding herself into the place.

When the ball of magic was fully absorbed by her, Glossaryck looked at her into the eyes. "Congratulations, princess." He said with a proud smile.

Star jumped excitedly into the air. "Woo-Hoo! I did it!"

"Congratulations, pumpkin!" River congratulated her daughter while hugging tightly, barely holding his own excitement as well.

"We are really proud of you, dear." Moon said as she put a proud hand on her daughter's shoulder.

"Aww! Come here!" Star said as she hugged both of her parents.

The rulers hugged back as well in an almost immediate manner.

The family stayed like that for some time before Glossaryck interrupted. "I know your training is already done and all… But…"

At these words, the royal family turned their attention to the little magic man.

"But what?" Moon asked with a confused look on her face.

"Nothing, I was just going to suggest a final test for the princess, that's all." Glossaryck said with indifference.

Star rolled her eyes. "Another test. Classic Glossaryck." She thought to herself.

Glossaryck looked at the annoyed look of the princess, noticing her lack of interest in his words. A small smile crept into his face.

"What kind of test?" Moon asked with total interest on the topic.

"Well, there is this dimension where a strange phenomenon happened not too long ago. The phenomenon eradicated all life in one of the dimension's planets or transformed the people into monsters." Glossaryck said, noticing that now he had Star's attention at the mentioning of the word "monsters."

"Monsters? Like, real monsters?" Star asked with interest.

"Yeah, real monsters, princess."

A smile was drawn on the princess' face, knowing where the situation was heading.

"Wait, Glossaryck." Moon intervened between the blue man and her daughter. "You are not telling us that Star will go to this dimension to fight monsters, right?"

"Actually, no." Glossaryck said, getting a disappointed look from Star. "She is just going to fight one monster."

"Explain…" Moon said with an authority tone and crossing her arms.

"With pleasure, my queen." Glossaryck said while bowing before explaining the test. "Recently, I have discovered that there are some survivors in this affected planet. Not much, but some. Star's test will consist into going to this dimension and empty the prison from its prisoners."

"Oh, well, that sounds good enough." Moon said, satisfied with the explanation.

"And the monster?" Star asked, getting straight to the part of her interest.

"The monster that you'll have to fight is very powerful, considered a king among its kind. That monster has the survivors trapped in the dimension due to his rare ability to block the exit from the dimension." Glossaryck stated, finally getting Star's full attention.

"A monster king?! This is going to be fun!" Star shouted excitedly.

"But wait, how is Star coming back to Mewni if that monster blocks the exit?" Moon asked concerned.

"Easy, Star only has to kill it. Once dead, she will be able to return to Mewni without troubles. Sounds easy enough, right? She goes in, kills the monster, and comes back."

"Well… That actually sounds good, I guess…"

"So, when do we start?" Star asked, impatient for getting into the dimension.

"When you're ready, princess. But before I forget, there is one more thing that it obviously has to do with her graduation." Glossaryck approached at Star and took the wand. "You'll have to go without this." He said before throwing the wand into the Book of Spells.

"Hmm… it seems fair… Since she can already use magic on her own… What do you say, dear?" Moon asked her daughter.

"I say… What are we waiting for?" She asked with lots of energy, wanting to leave to face that great monster right away. She quickly teleported to her room and returned with their parents with the teleportation spell once she got her dimensional scissors.

Moon sighed, knowing that she could not do anything to change her daughter's mind. "Where is this dimension?"

"It's called the Earth dimension, and is actually not that difficult to reach." Glossaryck said as he grabbed the scissors from Star and opened a portal, ready for the Princess of Mewni. "So, Star, you can leave whenever you're ready."

Star turned around to face her parents.

"Take care, dear." Moon said, still not sure about the idea.

"Don't worry mom! I'll be back before you know it!"

"That's my girl!" River said as he gave a quick hug to his daughter.

"Thanks dad!" Star said hugging back before breaking the hug.

"I wish you the best of luck with that monster, pumpkin!"

"I'll bring you his head if it is not that big! Promise!" Star said before walking towards the portal and looking back at her parents before going through.

"Good luck, dear. Take care!" Her mother said while waving goodbye.

"And have fun!" River said as he waved goodbye at her daughter as well.

"Goodbye, see you later!" She said before walking through.

Immediately afterwards, the portal closed itself.

"Good luck." Glossaryck whispered to the princess when the portal had close.

In the middle of the darkness, a bright blue portal appeared, letting out the princess of Mewni into the strange dimension.

"Wow, this place is really dark!" She said in a playful way before getting her own heart marks to shine bright, illuminating the place. "That's more like it!" She said happily while looking at the empty place she was left in. "And more boring…" She said, slightly disappointed.

Princess…

Star was startled by the sudden call. "Who said that?" She asked while looking around the place with her guard up. "Show yourself!"

Please… Beware… In this place, nothing is what it seems…

The voice said before a torch illuminated itself in one corner of the place, revealing a big door that almost look ancient.

Star looked at the door with a suspicious look. "And why should I trust you, then?" Star asked.

But nobody answered.

"Hello? Are you still there? Hello?!" Star shouted, trying to get a response from the mysterious voice that had left her alone once again. Star sighed and proceed to walk towards the door with her guard still up. She positioned herself in front of the door and tried to open it.

But it was locked.

"Oh, so you want to play this the hard way, huh?" Star asked to the door, like if the door could reply to her question. "Alright, as you wish! But don't say I didn't warned you!" Star said before kicking the door aggressively.

The door opened at the brute force, letting Star into the old room that it was blocking.

The room was big and old, lots of spider webs were visible thanks to the great illumination that this room had, compared to the empty space from earlier.

Star turned off her cheek marks and walked into the room, inspecting the surroundings. "What is this place?" She asked herself.

"Hi there!" A cheerful voice said behind the girl, startling and making her to turn around. Behind her, a little spider waved at her.

"Oh, hi there, little buddy! Hey, can you tell me what place is this?" Star asked with a happy mood.

"Yes! Welcome to our little home!" The friendly spider said excitedly before other spiders started to shyly emerge from the corners of the room. They all looked at Star with big widened eyes.

"Aww… You are so cute!" Star told to them while petting the little guy in front of her. "This must be the survivors that Glossaryck told me about. Now all I have to do is to find the monster and get these little guys to Mewni!" Star thought to herself.

The little spider in front of her blushed. "Oh, a genuine compliment!" It giggled. "As thanks, let us give you something special!" The spider said as the other spiders got near Star with friendly smiles on their faces.

"Aww! You shouldn't bother yourselves! I am just trying to help you!"

"To help us? Well, that's good to know! Cause, you see, we have one little problem that needs to be fixed!" The little spider told.

Star rolled her eyes in a playfully way. "Here we go." She thought to herself. "Oh, really? And what problem would that be?" Star asked with a friendly smile over her face.

"Our never ending hunger!" The little spider yelled with force and an evil voice.

Suddenly, all the spiders quickly wrapped Star into a cocoon with their webs.

With a loud thud, Star fell to the ground. "Hey! What do you think you-!" Star was cut off when she saw the adorable pair of eyes of every spider in her sight turning into eight red eyes, looking at her viciously. "You! You tri-!" Star was again cut off when the spiders silenced her, wrapping more web into her mouth.

The spiders did not reply, they just hissed at her like the wild animals they were.

Star, angered, started to gather all the magic she could into her body, getting ready to blast herself out of that problem, but once again, she interrupted her actions when a foot stomped the spider in front of her. She looked up and saw a boy.

"Back! Get back I said!" The boy yelled angered while stomping the spiders near the girl.

The spiders started to back away, hissing with rage at the boy.

The boy grabbed the cocoon where the girl was trapped and proceed to walk to a big open door that was behind them while dragging the cocoon through the ground, being unable to lift it completely from the ground.

"The door! Is open!" One of the spiders yelled while pointing at the door.

"Don't let him close it!" Another spider yelled, causing all the spiders in the place to run towards the two teens.

The boy fasten up his pace, managing to get them both through before he proceed to push the heavy door, slowly closing it.

"We're free! We'll finally be free!" The spiders shouted as they ran towards the exit, knowing the boy was too weak to do anything to stop them.

The boy tried to push harder under the pressure, but could not make the door to close faster. Then, by act of magic, the girl he had rescued was now pushing the door alongside him, closing even faster than before.

"NOOOOO!" The spiders shouted in unison before the door closed in their faces. "Curse you, humans!" The spiders shouted angrily before everything was silence in the other side of the door.

The boy panted while sitting on the floor, trying to get his breath back. "Phew… That was a close one…" He finally managed to say before turning his head to the girl that was sitting by his side. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah, thanks to you." Star said while looking at the boy in front of her.

"It was nothing." The boy said while standing up. Then, he offered a hand to Star to help her stand while having a smile on his face.

Star gave back the smile and took the boy's hand.

He helped the girl to her feet while getting a good look at her. "Hmm… Are you new? I haven't seen you here before."

"Well, yeah! I mean, I just got here." Star said to the boy.

"Really? …But how did you arrived here in the first place?" The boy asked while scratching his head.

"With these!" Star exclaimed as she retrieved the dimensional scissors and showed them to the boy. "Dimensional scissors!"

"Dimensional scissors?"

"Dimensional scissors! They help you to open portals to go to another dimension." Star stated with a smile.

The boy just looked at her with confusion.

"Oh, right, I think I should have introduce myself first!" Star said before clearing her throat. "I am Star Butterfly! Magical princess from another dimension!" She said as she played some magic in her hand, making it visible to the boy.

"Woah… You're serious? Is that how you got out of that cocoon?" The boy asked with wide eyes.

Star nodded with a smile.

"That's great!" The boy shouted excitedly. "I have to take you with Mr. Gnath at once!" He said excitedly before realizing something. "Oh, forgive me! I haven't introduce myself yet. My name is Marco Diaz, nice to meet you!"

"Nice to meet you, Marco!" She said while shaking his hand in an overexcited way. "Now, could you please tell me where am I and who is that Mr. Gnatch?"

"Gnath…" Marco corrected.

"Whatever." Star said while shrugging it off.

"Fine… So… Welcome to… Echo Creek?" The boy said with a doubtful tone in his voice.

"Don't you know where we are?" Star asked to her new acquaintance while raising an eyebrow.

"I-I do! I do!" Marco exclaimed nervously. "But I just don't know exactly the name. And because, technically, we are under what used to be Echo Creek, then this should still be Echo Creek as well, right?"

"I did not understand a word you said…"

The boy sighed. "Never mind. Welcome to Echo Creek." He said while pointing at their surroundings.

Their surrounding only consisted on a corridor that lend to another room.

"Well… Echo Creek is kinda empty." Star said, still confused by all of this.

"Or at least this room. For your information, my house is a little up ahead. But…"

"But what?" Star asked with a suspicious tone.

"The way to my house is filled with deadly traps, you know, in case those spiders escape…" Marco said while pointing at the door behind them.

"Oh… Right."

"I know the way home by memory, but I'm worried about you."

"Don't worry about me too much, Marco. I have magic, I can handle this!"

"I know you can. I mean, you escaped from that cocoon and you probably didn't even needed my help in the first place, but your magic is exactly the problem…"

"What do you mean by that?" Star asked while looking with a suspicious eye at the boy.

"Well… How should I put this? This place is really fragile. One little crack in the wall could make an entire room to collapse."

"Oh, well, I guess I'll follow you then!"

"Alright, then I shall be your guide!" The boy said happily before walking to the corridor. "This way, Star."

Star started to walk towards the boy, but something stopped her on the spot.

Nothing is what it seems here, Princess…

Star stopped, turning around to try to find the source of the voice.

"Star? Is everything alright?" Marco asked concerned.

"Yeah, I keep hearing this-"

Please…

Star was, once again, interrupted by the voice.

"You keep hearing what?" Marco asked, waiting for an answer.

"…Never mind. Let's go to your house already!"

"Alright, then let's get going already!" Marco said as he led the way.

Star followed him, never taking an eye out of the boy or her surroundings.