As Steven, Star, Connie and Marco follow Greg to his van, Star and Marco passed by the other residents of Beach City. Some of the residents noticed them, like Buck and Onion, and they waved at them because they knew who Star was. Star waved back at them.

"You sure got a lot of friends in Beach City, Star." said Marco.

"I know. You should've been here when I first met Steven." said Star.

Greg brought them to the van. Steven got shotgun while Star and Marco got to the back. They all buckled up and Greg was ready to drive. Greg turned on the engine, and the van was going onwards to Connie's house.

While driving the van, Greg asked Steven something.

"Hey, Steven. You wanna listen to some music while we're going to your friend's house?" he asked.

"Sure." said Steven. He went through some of his dad's music until he found a CD, which was called "Let Me Drive My Van into Your Heart". Greg blushed a little bit, as he found his music a little personal.

"Are you sure you want to listen to that? C'mon, Steven."

"You c'mon." said Steven, putting the disc inside the player. The music started up. As the music began playing, Greg turned red a little bit, feeling embarrassed by his work.

I know I'm not that tall.

I know I'm not that smart.

But let me drive my van into your heart.

Let me drive my van into your heart.

"Steven, I'm feeling a little embarrassed by this. Can we listen to something else?" asked Greg.

"What's wrong with your music? It's awesome. Besides, Star is loving it." said Steven. Greg turned around to see Star happily dancing to the music, tapping her toes, and snapping her fingers to the beat. Marco seemed to be loving it as well.

"You like my music, Star?" asked Greg.

"Of course. You sing very well, Steven's dad." said Star, continuing to dance to the beat.

"Wow. You were great being a rockstar." said Marco.

"Well, I'm glad more people are liking my work. My old boss was a little harsh at my work back then."

I know I don't have a plan.

I'm working on that part.

At least I've got a van.

So let me drive my van into your heart.

The music continued playing until they were finally near Connie's house. As the van parked, Steven stopped playing the DVD and put it back in the jewel case.

"Okay, Star and Marco. We're here." said Steven. "Let's get down."

Greg, Steven, Star and Marco got down the van, as Steven rushed to Connie's house.

"Wait up!" said Star, also running to follow Steven. Greg and Marco continued to walk while they were talking to each other. Just talking about their lives, just like how Star and Steven talked about their lives when they first met.


When Steven and Star got to the front door, Steven knocked on the door, waiting for Connie to open it. Instead, the person who opened the door was her mom, Dr. Maheswaran.

"Why if it isn't little Steven." said Dr. Maheswaran. "And your…friend I never met."

"Oh, um…this is my friend, Star Butterfly. And another friend of hers is coming here." said Steven.

"Well then, nice to meet you…Star. You can call me Dr. Maheswaran." she said, shaking hands with Star.

"Nice to meet you, too." said Star. Both of them stopped shaking hands.

"What brings you here?" asked Dr. Maheswaran.

"I'm going on a trip for the day to my friend Star's neighborhood, and I wanted to ask you if I can bring Connie along." as Steven said this, Marco and Greg arrive at the front door.

"I don't know if I can trust you to do so ever since that winter…" she stopped when she saw Marco. "So is this your other friend, Star?" she asked.

"Yes, I am." said Marco. "My name is Marco Diaz, and I'm known as the 'Safe Kid'." when he said this, it interested Dr. Maheswaran.

"Really? You're known as the 'Safe Kid'?"

"Yes. I'm concerned about the safety of everybody." said Marco. He was about to say that he got a little danger in his life when Star came, but Dr. Maheswaran's look of interest stopped him. Dr. Maheswaran looked at Steven.

"Well, sure. Sure, Connie can come along with you." said Dr. Maheswaran. "We Maheswarans are all about safety. Come on in." she invited Steven, Star, Marco and Greg inside. She brought them to the couch as she calls Connie from downstairs.

"Connie. Your friends are here!" said Dr. Maheswaran. Connie slowly went down the stairs, and went to the room where she saw Star and Marco. She quickly smiled and ran to them.

"Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you since last week!" said Connie. "It's been a long time, Star! You too, Marco!"

"It's only been a week, but yeah, it's been a while." said Marco.

"So, how's life in the neighborhood?" asked Connie.

"Well, there was one time when Marco and I froze time by accident, and there was another time when the sun was gonna consume the entire planet and I had to stop him by spraying him with water." said Star.

"Kids and their wild imaginations lately." said Mr. Maheswaran, walking past the living room.

"And now, Steven wants to bring you on a trip to my place for the day. What do you think?" asked Star.

"That's perfect! When do I go, mom?" asked Connie, turning to her mom.

"Well, I'm sure you can go now. But remember, be back before dinner, alright?" said her mom.

"Deal." said Connie.

"Well, now that we have Connie with us, let's go!" said Steven.


Steven, Connie, Star, Marco and Greg left the front door, after saying goodbye to Connie's parents. They got back to the van, and were driving back to Beach City, while listening to some more of Greg's music. Star just loved his music, happily tapping her toes, and snapping her fingers with each song being played. Greg smiled as he was happy that more people were starting to like his work.

After a while, they finally arrived at Beach City, and parked near the Beach House. After getting off the van, Greg left, as he was gonna do some more Guitar Dad lessons with some of the people in Beach City.

"Alright, Connie. You ready to hang out in Star's neighborhood for the day?" asked Steven.

"You bet I am!" said Connie. "Let's go!"

"Okay then!" said Star, cutting open a portal with the scissors. Everybody hopped through it, and were ready to have some fun in the Diaz household first.

But what they got…was something different.

When they arrived in the neighborhood, Star and Marco got a shocked surprise. Everything looked completely different. The houses were twisted. The roads were bent. And nobody else was around the four. Everything looked like a twisted painting.

"T-this isn't what the neighborhood looked like a while ago…" said Star, completely confused.

"This neighborhood looks like that Relativity painting." said Marco. He was right. The whole neighborhood had no laws of physics or gravity or whatever, just like that painting by M. C. Escher.

"Is this what your neighborhood looks like, Star?" asked Connie. "It's…very odd to me."

"No, no, no! This looks nothing like my neighborhood!" said Star.

The four of them began to walk through the neighborhood, wondering how this all happened.


Alright, that's it so far. What did you think of this chapter? I'll see you all in the next one.