(Tom's House)

A light blue portal opened and Star and the comatose Marco jumped out of it. Star soon shaked Marco and returned him to consciousness as the portal blinked itself out of existence, and once he woke up, Star released him and looked around.

"Alright, here we are." Star remarked as she cracked her knuckles. "Let's look for Tom, force him to tell us where he hid the Sugar-O's, and then we'll beat him up before eating some of that delicious cereal!"

"You realize that Tom probably did this as a trap?" Marco suggested as he began the investigation. "Think about it, why would Tom even buy so much Sugar-O's if he didn't do it to bargain it for something in exchange? He'll probably bargain that he will return the cereal if you return to being his girlfriend."

"Don't be ridiculous, Marco, how would Tom even find out that I love Sugar-O's?" Star replied with a dismissing wave.

Marco briefly thought about it, shrugged and continued to investigate. A long time passed and the teenagers weren't having any particular success, up until Star found a Sugar-O's box laying on the ground for completely no reason. "Hey, I found a box of it!"

Star ran to the box and Marco, thinking it was a trap, ran after her and catched the girl just as she touched the box, which opened a trap underneath the duo. They screamed as they fell and went down a slide inside a rocky tube, with various pictures in the tube's walls that showed a sad Tom doing a lot of stuff, like dressing up as a clown, eating ice cream while crying, and so on.

"Wow, I didn't knew Tom was so heartbroken by our breakup."

"You won't be his girlfriend again, right?" Marco asked with a muffled tone.

"Of course not, what he did back when we were dating was just too much for me." Star hastily replied. "I will never be his girlfriend again! And that's a promise!"

A long time passed in complete silence between the duo as they continued to slide, which was soon broken when Star found what looked like an exit they were heading. The duo went through it and landed on a royal sized bed, although they were more interested in what they first saw: a huge pile of Sugar-O's nearby it. And another one, and another one...

They then got off the bed and scanned the area to see hundreds of Sugar-O's boxes and hundreds of piles of the cereal laying around. The boxes were assembled into a giant pyramid with a single eye, though how that was even made is something the duo couldn't figure or care about. "Well, looks like we found the Sugar-O's." Marco remarked in amazement.

Star quickly went to the Sugar-O's pyramid and took a few of the base level cereals. "Quick, let's grab a pair and escape before 'he' returns!"

"Before who returns?"

Star returned to Marco as he scanned the area for the source of the voice, which he soon found when he turned to the entrance and spotted Tom with a serious look and his arms behind his back. He narrowed his eyes as the duo got ready to attack if necessary and he walked closer to them.

"Tom!"

"Me indeed. And I see you have found my secret cereal stash. Congratulations."

Star hissed like a cat and Marco did some karate moves at a quick pace, all of which failed to hit the demon, who quickly dodged them with ease. He then grabbed Marco's hand, lifted him and then threw him as Star saved the cereal box in...her pockets, I guess, and jumped and grabbed him before he got hurt.

Tom simply snickered as the duo eyed him with defiance and anger. "Now, let's get to business, shall we?" and then he raised his arm, which was surrounded by a red aura as he spoke. "A business that's between me and Star, and nobody else. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for your turn, Marco."

Marco was surrounded by the same red aura as he and Star noticed that he was starting to float against his will, shortly before Tom waved his hand and threw Marco into a pile of Sugar-O's, earning him an angry glare from Star in response.

"As you can plainly see, I have what looks like an endless supply of Sugar-O's. And let me tell you, they weren't cheap. You see, ever since we broke up I haven't been able to get over it, so I decided to hatch a plan in order for everything to turn back to normal." Tom explained as Star growled like a dog. "Since you love Sugar-O's so much-"

"How did you find out I love Sugar-O's?!"

"Because you just told me, silly!"

"Darn it!"

"Anyhow, since you love Sugar-O's so much, and you don't want to see them destroyed, I have a little offer for you." Tom walked to the princess and showed her a rose as he spoke. "Be my girlfriend again, and you can take as many Sugar-O's as you want back to the earth. And if you say no, I WILL BURN THIS ENTIRE STORAGE TO THE GROUND!"

At the second part, Tom's pupils became flames and the flower was incinerated, which made Star flinch a bit before he returned to his more calm, reasonable tone. "So, what do you say, Star?"

"You're a monster!"

"No, I'm a demon. believe it or not, the two are pretty different." Tom lit up his hand as he continued. "So anyway, what is your response, dear Star? Become my girlfriend, or say goodbye to the Sugar-O's?"

Tom extended his burning hand as Star tried to think of a decision. She glanced at Tom, who was smiling deviously, and then glanced at the pile where Marco landed, and she saw the unconscious boy laying around, which made the girl flinch with worry.

After a few more moments, Star grabbed Tom's burning hand, and the demon smiled before he felt Star's grip becoming tighter and he saw Star's expression turning serious in an angry way. "I pick, KICKING YOUR BUTT!"

Star lifted the demon and threw him to a wall, which left a crater shaped like him behind as he slid down and hit the ground. Star caught her breath before turning to Marco and running after him, and she was about to help him before she heard a monstrous roar coming from Tom's direction.

She turned and saw Tom standing up, with his pupils both being on fire and his teeth turning jagged, spiky and shark-like. "You'll regret that!"

Tom transformed into a big winged red demon with long claws and a...pink mane? And then he rushed towards Star, who planted a magical bomb and then jumped out of the way before Tom hit her, and the bomb exploded when one of Tom's extremities hit it, sending him flying back. And just as he was about to land, Star shot a cupcake blast that made him fly even further, so further that he hit the same wall as before.

The transformed demon growled and flapped his wings to fly out of the girl's reach. Star tried to shoot some cupcakes and narwhals at him, but the demon simply dodged it and then flew down to trap the girl with his hands. Unable to release herself, Star quickly reached for her wand, put it on her mouth and used it to shoot a pillar nearby, breaking it in the process.

Wait, how long has that been there?

Anyhow, the place started to shake and Tom soon realized what that meant as Star smiled victoriously. "No!" Tom exclaimed in horror as the ceiling started to break apart. "What have you done?!"

Star simply giggled before punching Tom and jumping out of his reach just as the demon was hit by a piece of debris, which knocked him out cold. Some more piece of debris fell as Star went to the piles of Sugar-O's and took Marco out of them, and just in time too, since a piece of debris obliterated the pile shortly afterwards.

"Come on, Marco, we're leaving this place!" Star stated as she took out her dimensional scissors.

"But Star, the Sugar-O's will be destroyed!" Marco stated with worry. "If the Sugar-O's are destroyed, this adventure will have been for nothing!"

"No cereal is worth sacrificing the life of my best friend!"

Marco stood silent at the girl's response as Star gave him a sincere look, with a few tears shed as well. Star grabbed Marco's hand, closed her eyes and took a deep breath before opening them and speaking.

"You're...you're more important to me than the cereal, Marco." Star uttered with complete honesty. "If I had to sacrifice your life just to get the cereal, I wouldn't have gone to this trip in the first place. I just wish I had realized that before I forced you to go on this trip with me."

"Hey, at least it was kind of a fun trip."

Star remained silent for a moment, then smiled and turned to Marco. "Yeah, I guess you could say that." and the ceiling started to crumble. "But we can talk a bit more when we're not in danger of death."

"Good idea!"

Star cut open the dimensional portal and she and Marco jumped through it as even more debris fell and hit the ground, completely covering it as the portal blinked out of existence. Shortly after that, a long moment of silence passed as some murmuring could be heard...and then Tom's transformed hand breached through the debris, followed by his demonic roar.

(Diaz Household, Living Room)

A light blue portal opened and the exhausted teenagers jumped out of it. Star put her scissors back on her pockets as she and Marco went to the couch and sat on it. Just as they started to relax, Mrs. Diaz came by holding a plate full of sandwiches, which she put on the table before noticing the duo.

"Oh hey, Marco, Star, I was starting to wonder what was taking you so long." Mrs. Diaz remarked happily. "How did your quest go?"

"We managed to find some, but we had to escape from the collapsing location and left them behind." Marco explained.

Mrs. Diaz blinked twice and looked around before nervously replying, "Oh, well, you have my condolences, I guess?"

"It's okay, I can wait until tomorrow to get some. Besides, Marco's life was more important than some simple breakfast." and then Star's stomach growled. "And speaking of breakfast, Let's eat the sandwiches!"

The duo started to devour the sandwiches like there was no tomorrow, and Mrs. Diaz simply giggled before leaving them alone with their breakfast. As she left, she was grabbed by Mr. Diaz, who carried her upstairs, much to the indifference to the teenagers.

The End