Last Time on Dimension Hoppers...
"What's going on!? Who are you!?" The owner cried. "Skyblade!" Star cried. Falling from the sky in a golden spotlight was the famous sword. It landed in his hands. He pointed it at the owner.
"Normally I would tell you who I am and shit but it's getting late and I need to hurry up before someone certain gets suspicious of me. Whenever I'm near you, my ring starts to glow. That ain't normal! That means you know where the Zodiacs are! Tell me! Where are they!?" Star cried. "I-I-I don't know what you are talking about!" The owner cried, stuttering. "Don't play stupid with me! Where are the Zodiacs!?" Star cried. "I really don't know, sir!" The owner cried.
Star sighed. It was obvious this was going to continue to go on and on. He then realized that the owner was looking at Star's ring. "Why do you keep on looking at my ring? Is it cuz it's glowing so bright? It's because of you, dumbass," Star answered. "Mewni..." the owner mumbled. "Huh?" Star asked.
"Starious. The Maßöffner are clever creatures. Not only can they open gates to many dimensions, they can also shape shift. That's what makes them so hard to deal with. As soon as you realize the person in front of you is not the person they say to be, do not hesitate to attack. They are going to go after your ring. You must protect your ring at all costs. If they get it, all hope is lost. And also...WAKE UP! STOP SLEEPING WHILE I AM TEACHING!" Hekapoo had told him.
Oh fuck. There's a Maßöffner right in front of me. It registered in Star's brain. He looked around and saw that he wasn't in Bon Appetite. He was at some sort of weird looking temple covred with vines. The Maßöffner musf have sent them to that dimension. Star gripped on tight to his sword.
"Looks like it's time to go hunting."
Quest Buy...
"AHHHHH! WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LAPTOP!?"
After waiting for almost an hour, the Viking fixed and handed Macaria back her laptop. It looked the same as it did before Star broke it, but it operates differently.
Specifically Macaria now has access to the universal web.
The Viking said something that Macaria didn't even care to try to understand. All she knew was her laptop was different. "Tch, humans. All they know how to do is complain. The weakest creatures in the universe. They haven't updated to modern technology so of course this human is complaining about the update. Red, she should be thanking you, not criticizing you. Charge her double," a random customer told Viking. Macaria glared at the customer. "What did you say about humans?" "That you guys are the weakest creatures in the whole universe. The Great Creator's Mistakes," the customer said with a straight face.
If this were Earth, Macaria would have calmed down.
But this ain't no Earth, which means Macaria can fight this dude.
Which is exactly what she did.
With great ease, she pinned him to the floor. "Ha! Saying that humans are weak and shit! You just got pinned down by a human girl!" She cried before she threw punches at him. After a while, security grabbed her off of the customer. "Ma'am, you need to come with us for a minute." She cursed.
Where's Star...? Macaria thought as she sat in the officer's office. "Ok so planet of origin?" The officer asked. "Earth," Macaria answered. "Earth? How did you get here? Humans haven't discovered dimensional travel yet," the officer asked. "Oh, I used Dimensional Scissors," Macaria answered. "How? Humans aren't supposed to know about those," the officer asked. "Star used them to take us here," Macaria asked. The officer blinked.
"Star? As in Star the Destroyer?" "What do you mean?" Macaria asked. "Does this man look familiar to you?" The officer asked, putting a simple cube in front of her. "What man?" Macaria asked. Suddenly, a few holographic screens shot out of the cube. The screens showed a familiar blondie causing trouble. That was Star. "Yeah, that's him!" Macaria cried. "So you are with Star the Destroyer. Well, he's wanted here," the officer said. "What!? Wanted!? What did he do!?" Macaria asked, surprised. Then again, him being wanted did explain a lot. As they were making their way to Blacksmith's Lair, Star would keep on hiding or go the other way whenever there were officers around. He even wore some sort of weird disguise. Earlier, Macaria had just assumed that Star was just being his weird self. Turns out, he was trying to hiding because he's wanted.
"Well, it's more like what does he do. Throughout the universe he's known as Star the Destroyer. He's no Mewman king in our eyes and we won't treat him like one. He's destroyed so much here in Quest Buy as well so he's wanted," the officer explained. Macaria awkwardly slumped in her seat. "Oh." "Yeah."
Awkward silence.
"I'll let you off with a warning and I'll pay for what you came here for. Just as long as you promise not to ever bring Star the Destroyer back here," the officer said. "Really!?" Macaria asked. After paying for her laptop repair, the officer showed her how to use the Universal Web before he sent her back to Earth.
Act 2: goddess of beauty.
Some unknown dimension...
"Maßöffner...come out come out wherever you are..." Star softly sang. In the strange temple dimension Star got transported to, it was night. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where the monster is. That, and it's dark. The temple was filled with all sorts of growing vines along the walls, pillars, and ceiling. The only sound you could hear for miles other than Star's calls were the chirping of the crickets and the rustle of the leaves from the forest that surrounded the abandoned temple.
Oh, and the sound of the blade part of the Skyblade being dragged across the marble floor.
"You know, it would be a lot easier for the both of us if you just show me how you really look, but I'm just saying," Star said. No other movement was made. "Oh! Is it because I have the Skyblade? Sorry for scaring you. I'll put it away," Star said. In his hands, the Skyblade faded into golden dust particles and scattered into the wind. That's when he head some other movement. The rustling of the bushes that were near him. So you were hiding in there, Star thought.
In the pockets of the Fans hoodie he was wearing (he stole it from Macaria's collection of oversized hoodies), he had stolen some Power Bombs from Quest Buy. He didn't think he would need them but due to the way Hekapoo was acting about the Maßöffner, he stole them just in case. Turns out they would be used. The bombs were quite small. In fact, they were about the same size as glitter. Tiny, but mighty. He reached into the pockets and grabbed a small handful of the Power Bombs. Then, he threw them at all of the bushes that were near him. "Aiit, Maßöffner. You win. I'm leaving," Star said. He started running. The last thing he wanted was to be caught in the explosion.
By the time he was at the other side of the huge temple thanks to his super speed, the bombs went off. The whole temple shook and soon started falling apart. Fuck, I didn't even think about the side effects... Star thought. Soon, the floor gave out and Star found himself falling.
"Ahhhhhhh!" He yelled. As he fell, he tried to grab onto the stones and vines that were on the walls. Eventually, he landed in an underground cave. "Aiit, now I'm pissed! Skyblade!" The sword landed in Star's hands. With it and his strength, he started to destroy the underground cave. "Fuck these vines! Fuck these rocks! Fuck this cave! Fuck you temple! Fuck you Maßöffner! Fuck you responsibility! Fuck you Hekapoo! Fuck you Earth! Fuck you human girl!" He stopped and remembered what his own mission was: to find the Zodiacs. The Zodiacs could very well be trapped inside of a dimension. That means they might be in this dimension.
With a new goal in mind, Star started running deeper into the cave. As he went deeper, the cave seemed to come to life. The stones somehow turned into monsters and the vines into hands. They all started coming for Star. "Nope, I ain't fucking with this shit!" He yelled. With great ease, he sliced arms and shattered bodies of the monsters that were in his way.
After running and destroying for a while, Star started getting annoyed. He stopped running and slammed the blade of his sword down into the ground. With both hands he grabbed the hilt. "Zodiacs! Assemble!" He yelled. A golden wave was released from the sword and he waited until the Zodiacs appeared. This was Star's special spell that he uses to call his elite guard. It usually works. Just this time, it didn't. "So I guess the Zodiacs aren't in this dimension. Time to leave I guess," Star said. He grabbed the Dimensional Scissors that were in one of the pockets of his joggers and started cutting the air.
Nothing happened.
At the same time, rock monsters and vine arms started to surround Star. "Do I seriously gotta fight lowlives like you!?" Star cried. Sighing, he got into position. The vines were the first to come at him. With great agility he dodged them and sliced them off. Soon the rock monsters caught up in the action. They would slam their big, boulder fists onto the ground, hopping to smash Star in the process. Unfortunately for them, Star was too fast. "Gold Wings!" Star yelled. He threw his sword up into the air and the golden wings that were on the hilt started fluttering. Star directed the movement of the blade with his pointer finger as the Skyblade went in the direction he motioned for it to go, destroying monster and vines.
Star blinked.
He was back at Bon Appetite. "Wasn't I just at some temple dimension? This is freaky," Star said. In his hands, he saw a shard. Suddenly, the shard vanished and his ring quickly lit up before going back to normal. Shrugging, Star made his way back to the Diaz house. "Hey, Marco," Star said as he entered the house. Macaria was on the couch, typing something on her laptop. She just waved without looking up and continued doing her thing. He then froze. "Wait, how are you back?" "The police brought me here. Apparently, you're Star the Destroyer," Macaria answered, still not looking up. "Oh. Oops," Star said.
He then sat next to Macaria on the couch. "Why you dress in all black?" She asked, still not looking up. "Reasons," Star answered. He looked over her shoulder and saw that she was at settings. "What are you tryna do?" He asked. "I'm tryna make my laptop go back to normal. I don't know what the fuck the Universal Web is but I don't want it," Macaria answered. "The Universal Web is a good thing. Keep it and believe me when I say it's gonna be so helpful," Star said. "You use the Universal Web too?" Macaria asked. "Uhh...yes and no. We don't use much technology on Mewni. Why? Cuz Mewmans hate change. But, ima change that when I become king. Anyway, if you want info you have to go to the Library of Minerva. It's everything on the Universal Web, but in book form. It really sucks. Having the Universal Web on your laptop is a blessing," Star explained.
"Hm...I guess I can keep it for a while," Macaria answered as she closed out of setting. "Watch TV or something. Don't look at me!" She cried when she looked up and saw Star looking at her. "Aiit." As Macaria browsed through the Universal Web, Star grabbed the remote for the TV and turned it on. The channel that was playing was the news channel.
"-accidentally landed upon. Right now I'm in front of the brand new restaurant Bon Appetite in Echo Creek, Los Angeles, California. An hour ago, a suspicious silhouette was seen breaking and entering the restaurant. A few minutes ago the silhouette was seen leaving. When one of the employees came back because she left something, she saw the body of the owner. He was found dead."
Star froze.
"Hm? What?" Macaria asked. The remote fell to the floor and Star's eyes were glued to the screen. "Star? What's wrong?" Macaria asked. "...I think I killed someone..." Star mumbled. Macaria gasped. "YOU DID WHAT!?" She yelled. "I-I-I dunno...we was at Quest Buy and I left cuz the owner was suspicious so I broke into Bon Appetite and saw the owner again-" "So you killed him cuz you thought he was suspicious!? Is that how you Mewmans operate!?" Macaria interrupted, standing up. "Let me finish, Earthling!" Star cried. Macaria sighed as she sat back down.
"So I threatened the owner and shit but then he turned into this wolf thingy and started attacking me. When I blinked I was at some weird temple place. Then the temple crashed and I was in some cave. The cave itself attacked me and when I blinked I was back at Bon Appetite," Star explained. Macaria blinked, unimpressed. "You expect me to believe that bullshit?" "You believed I'm a demigod," Star answered. "Because due to the number of times I've seen you that seems to be true. Also, it's been backed up by truth and it even seems believable," Macaria said. "Then how come you don't believe me right now?" Star asked. "Because what you just told me is just plain stupid," Macaria answered.
Star sighed. "Well, whatever you did, the owner's dead. What are you gonna do about it?" Macaria asked. "...I dunno..." Star answered. Suddenly a thought appeared in his mind. "What if the Zodiacs are...also dead...?" He pondered. "I dunno what to tell you. Ok, lemme ask my uncle what to do. He's killed a lot of people in the past. But that means you're coming with me," Macaria said, setting her laptop down and getting up from the couch. "Uncle Enrique? I thought you aren't supposed to see him," Star answered. "It's complicated," Macaria said.
Star and Macaria entered Ordinary Store and working (more like sleeping) at the cash register was Jan Ordonia. He woke up suddenly when he heard the bell on top of the door ring. "Hu!? What!?" He then saw Star and Macaria. "Diaz? Grimaldi?" He asked sleepily. Then it hit him. "What!? Macaria Diaz and Alister Grimaldi!?" "Shut the fuck up!" Macaria hissed. That caused Jan to be quiet.
"Why are you guys here? It's past midnight," Jan asked. "Reasons," Macaria answered, glaring at Star who looked down. "I'm guessing you guys are not here to buy anything," Jan said. "Enrique de la Cruz is here. We're seeing him now," Macaria said. "Uggg wait I'm coming," Jan groaned.
The 3 entered the Dog House (the area where Enrique and the gang members usually are) and found the members working on something. "Hola," Macaria said as she passed some people. Sitting at a table drinking Tequila was Enrique de la Cruz. "Ahhh! Diosa!" Enrique cries as he saw Macaria walk towards him. He stood up and hugged her. "Why are you our so late? It's dangerous," he asked. "It's an emergency," Macaria said. Enrique laughed. "Girls will always be dramatic, am I right, hahahaha?"
"A friend of mine killed someone."
That caused Enrique to lose his smile. With a serious expression now glued to his face, he slowly sat down in his chair and took a sip of Tequila. After, he carefully set it down and cupped his hands together. "Who is the friend?" He asked. "Alister Grimaldi. He's right behind me," Macaria said as she moved out of the way so Enrique can get a good look at him. Jan gasped. "You killed someone, Alister!? But you just got here!"
"Um, hi?" Alister answered. "Make sure he goes to confession first of all. Take him to church with my sister also," Enrique said (his sister is Angie, Macaria's mom). "Obviously of course, but what do we do about the body? He killed the owner of Bon Appetite. Not to mention the footage. The FBI might even be looking for him as we speak," Macaria said. Jan gasped again. "You did!?" "The Perros and I will handle it. All you need to focus on is cleansing him. Hmmm, since we did him a favor, he owes us. To pay his debt, he will work for us," Enrique said.
Jan gasped.
Star blinked.
Macaria gulped.
"Um, what did you just say?" Macaria asked. "The boy will work for me," Enrique answered. "Ummm no, he ain't gon work for you," Macaria said. "Then the deal is off," Enrique said as if it were nothing. That pissed Macaria off. "Uncle, we're family! Family does stuff for each other without asking for anything in return!" Macaria cried. "What's so bad about working with me? The boy made a mistake and now he can learn from his mistakes. He'll learn responsibility and a lot of other stuff," Enrique said. "Because you guys are thugs!" Macaria yelled.
The Dog House grew quiet.
"So, our little goddess thinks we are thugs? We have nothing. Absolutely nothing. We try to be decent, we really do, but do you think the world is fair on us? We are the lowest of the low. So we have no choice but to stoop down to the low. Ok. We sell drugs. We kill people. We steal. We do a lot more atrocious things. But we do it to survive. This gang is a whole family of misfits. We have all made a mistake and as a result, we are now here. Do you think we wanted to be thugs? We have no choice. We have families to feed and lives to live. We do what we have to so we can survive. Do you know why your father is in prison? It's because of you. He risked everything to give you the life of a goddess. Now he's paying the price and you decide to waltz in and call us thugs. Why the labels? In the end, humans are humans. Macaria, I thought you of all people understood that. I really did. I'm disappointed in you. It's late so you children should start heading home," Enrique explained.
Without saying anything Macaria left first. Soon, Star and Jan followed. They went Ordinary Store. "Jan, go home. I'll take care of the store," Jerrol, Jan's father, told him. Jan nodded.
Currently they were outside, aimlessly walking around the place. Star and Jan were on either side of Macaria. Star has his arms crossed and was looking around. Jan has his hands in his pocket and was looking down. Macaria just had her fingers holding to the sleeve of her hoodie and was looking straight.
"He's still going to help you anyway. He'll just do it in the shadows," Jan said, hoping to break the awkward silence that had formed. "I know," Macaria answered. "You ok?" Star asked. "Yeah," Macaria answered. She felt bad for calling Enrique and the Perros thugs. She understood that "thug" is just a label. According to Tupak, thug is an acronym that stands for "The Hate You Give". In the end, thugs are still human. She sighed. She really shouldn't have said that.
"So...mind telling me why Alister killed the owner of Bon Appetite?" Jan asked.
Star and Macaria both stopped walking and looked at each other with wide eyes. Are you fucking kidding me!? Star mentally yelled. Just make something up! Macaria mentally yelled. Jan was just standing there, waiting for his answer. After their little argument, they turned to face Jan.
"Um, I went to Bon Appetite to try it since I'm new here and I'm looking for a normal hang out place so I suck into Bon Appetite so I can judge it and then the owner was walking by and I accidentally scared him then he got a heart attack so yeah," Star said very quickly.
Jan blinked.
Star did a fake smile.
Macaria face palmed.
"Ohhhhh! I see! But then how come Macaria's in this?" Jan asked. Star and Macaria turned to face each other again. Don't you dare tell him we're living together! Macaria mentally yelled. Chillax! I got a good story! Star mentally cried. They then turned to face Jan who was waiting for them.
"Macaria and her mom came earlier to try out the food but they left something so Macaria had to go back then she saw me running and asked what happened and I told her so yeah," Star said very quickly.
"Ohhhhh! For a second there I was thinking that Alister was some sort of demigod prince who came to Earth because of dimension opening monsters and that he lives with Macaria and that he has this weird ring that glows and he got suspicious of the owner cuz it glows when he's near the owner then he snuck in to find out what's going on and he got taken to some dimension or something! I have a big imagination!" Jan cried.
Star and Macaria froze and looked at each other.
Suddenly they realized that they have to laugh to make it unbelievable so they laughed. Their fake laughs were soooo fake a baby wouldn't believe it. Jan, surprisingly, believed they were genuinely laughing.
"So, see you guys at school?" Jan asked. "I thought we agreed that we don't know each other at school," Macaria said. "That was from that day we met onward. We met again today so the deal is invalid," Jan said. "Don't play smart ass with me, I'm not in the fucking mood," Macaria growled. Jan our his hands up. "So we back to acting like we don't know each other...das lit..." "Yo, what's your name?" Star asked Jan. "Jan," he answered. "Janna, you are welcome to be my ally," Star said. "Hahahahaha you're funny! Aiit yeah let's be friends! Also my name is Jan," Jan said. "I'm surrounded by idiots..." Macaria groaned.
"OMG! It's Alister Grimaldi!"
Suddenly a bunch of girls came charging at Star. "Ladies, ladies! Chillax! You Earthlings wanna touch my face?" Star asked. The girls started screaming. "Form a line. You Earthlings get 3 second each. One at a time. Oh, and try not to fight each other, Star said. "I was first!" "No, I was!" "I'll kill you, bitch!" "Ahhhhh!" Soon the girls started fighting each other anyway and Star simply left the group of girls to fight. "Woah! How To Handle Girls 101!" Jan suddenly cried, appearing next to Star. "Eyyyy!" They both cried as they did their own handshake.
"So, is there something going on between you and Macaria?" Jan asked. "What do you mean?" Star asked. "Dude, she's single. And pretty. She doesn't talk to boys though. She don't even look at them. Even if they need help she wouldn't come over to help. Yesterday though, she helped you and shit," Jan explained. "I dunno man. Every girl here seem to have a crush on me. Maybe she has a crush on me too," Star said, shrugging. "Really!? Dude, what's your secret!? I been crushing on Macaria since like, forever!" Jan cried. "Yeah, you have a lot to work on..." Star said, looking at Jan up and down. Soon the bell rang and some people started going to their classes while other people just waited until 1 minute before the late bell rings.
Star and Jan continued to talk and hang out until the late bell rang. "Fuck!" They cried. As a result, they started running to their math class. "Get tardy passes," Miss Skullnick said. "Alister's the new student so I had to show him around!" Jan said.
In the end, they got tardy passes.
It's been 30 minutes and the high school seniors in the forensics class are still waiting for their teacher to arrive.
Star was asleep.
Jan was drawing in his sketchbook.
Macaria was listening to Brittney ramble on about something.
And Jackson was busy "running the class" with his friends by calling out role and giving detentions.
"Um, sorry, students. An accident has happened and your current forensics teacher has to be sent to the emergency room. Until she comes back, you will be getting a new teacher. She should be on her way," a voice said over the intercom. As soon as the voice said that, the door bursted open.
The students watched as the new teacher walked in. She had black thigh high boots, a red pencil skirt outlining her curves, a white dress shirt not all the way buttoned and the sleeves were off her shounders, a black choker, long red acrylic nails, red lips, long eyelashes, messy maroon-ish hair, a few piercings on her ears, a tattoo of the numbers "666" near her chest, and a silver cross necklace around her neck.
The new teacher sat on the desk and crossed her slender legs. "Hello, students. My name is Malika Kanaan." She then looked at Star. "I will be your new teacher." After, she glared dead at Macaria. "I am the real goddess of beauty."
Star woke up with a jump. "Damn, I just had a nightmare!" He cried. He noticed the class was quiet. Curious, he looked around the classroom. Then, he saw...her. She, Miss Kanaan, was giving Macaria the death glare. "Oh...shit...my nightmare just came true..." he mumbled.
After class, Star waited until all of the students left the class. After, he walked over to Miss Kanaan's desk. "Yes? How may I help you?" Miss Kanaan asked, tapping on her phone. "What are you doing here?" Star asked. "Your former forensics teacher got a heart attack so she got sent to the emergency room. I'll be subbing until she comes back," Miss Kanaan explained. "We both know damn well that you was the one who gave the teacher a heart attack," Star said. "You're so funny!" Miss Kanaan said.
"Why are you here, Venus?"
Miss Kanaan looked up from her phone.
Suddenly, a student walked into the class and saw Miss Kanaan. "Damn...she thick!" He cried. Star left the classroom.
Star took out his phone and texted Macaria.
Me: yoooooo Jan taught me how to use a phoneeee
Marco: why u texting me?
Me: cuz i needa tell u that u gotta stay away from miss kanaan
Marco: ummm and why should i listen to u?
Me: im tryna save ur lifeeee
Marco: ?
Marco: explain
Me: thats venus
Marco: who dat?
Me: my girlfriend
Marco: ...
After school and their practices, Macaria and Star waited until there was nobody in the gym before they entered it. "So Ms. Kanaan is actually Venus, your girlfriend?" Macaria asked. "Yep..." Star said. "Is she a Mewman too?" Macaria asked. "No, not really. She's more like a demon," Star answered. "A demon!?" Macaria cried. "They're not really demons, but we call them demons. Mewni, my planet, is kinda complex. Underground there's this whole other kingdom called Demonica. The Mewmans of the underground, we call them demons, live there. We used to fight them but I guess we cool or something. I dunno. Anyway Venus is the princess of Demonica and I'm the prince of Mewni," Star explained. "Ohhh! So it's like some sort of alliance between kingdoms," Macaria said. "...you can say that," Star said uncertainly.
"What is she doing here on Earth?" Macaria asked. "She's not supposed to be here," Star answered. "What do you mean?" Macaria asked. "She's not aloud to leave Demonica. It's complicated. Demon rule or something," Star answered. "Oh..." Macaria said. "Yeah...oh and if I were you, look twice before you walk. She gave you the death glare so she's planning to do something to you," Star warned. "Do something!? Do what!? I didn't do anything! I just met her!" Macaria cried.
Suddenly, the lights in the gym started flickering. Star summoned his Skyblade and stood on guard. Macaria froze. "When I say run, run," Star whispered. "Where to?" Macaria asked. "Anywhere but here," Star answered. From above, one of the lights snapped off and started falling. The two didn't realize it until it was practically on top of Star's head. "Run!" Star yelled. They both ran out of the way from the light which was now wedged into the gym floor. Macaria tried to run out of the gym using one of the exits but the door was locked. She tried to kick it down but it wouldn't budge.
Footsteps were coming towards them.
"Where are you guys going? The party just started," a voice said. "Don't you have papers to grade or something, Venus?" Star asked. He looked over his shoulder and saw that Macaria was still in the gym. "What the fuck!? Why you here!?" He yelled. "Hop off my case!" Macaria yelled back. The lights of the gym stopped flickering. "The real goddess of beauty has arrived," Venus announced, walking out of the shadows. She was looking at Macaria. Star noticed this so he put his arm around Venus and faced her away from Macaria.
"Hey, baby, why you here?" Star asked. "I heard about what happened in Mewni so I'm here to help," Venus said. "Come on, babe, I know you know who I am. I'm the great Demigod of the Skies. I know what I'm doing so you should go to Demonica before your mom comes here and try to kill me," Star said. "Starry, yeah, um, who's the bitch?" Venus asked. "What bitch?" Star asked. Venus turned and pointed at Macaria who flinched.
"You thinks you're the real goddess of beauty. But, you're just a mere human. How can a human like you try to compete against me? I don't like you, bitch. Two goddesses can't be in the universe. One of us have to go. Spoiler alert, it's you," Venus said. Macaria glared dead at her. "So, what are you gonna do to me?" She asked in a sassy tone. Venus did a low snicker as she walked towards Macaria.
"Anything that will kill you, darling."
The whole gym turned black and Venus' laugh could be heard all over the whole gym. Soon, the lights came back on and standing in the gym were Star and Macaria. The Skyblade vanished and Star ran towards Macaria who was looking down as she slowly sat down on the floor. She had an unreadable expression on her face. Unsure of what to say, Star sat next to Macaria and watched her.
"Um, I know what you're thinking but she's actually for real dead serious," Star said. Macaria slapped him. "Gee, thanks for cheering me up."
Macaria carried on with the rest of her day. She had work so she went there. Dealt with annoying children, parents and boss but at least she got through it. By the end of the day, she was dragging her legs all the way to her house. "I'm home!" She cried as she walked through the front door. She glanced at the living room before blinking.
Star and Angie were dressed in white tank tops, camouflage joggers, combat boots, and camouflage military hats. Angie was sitting on the couch, looking very in to it. Star was walking back and forth, holding a black pointer stick. They both turned to look at Macaria when she announced she was home. "What? I have something on my face?" Macaria asked. "Sir, I will prepare snacks like you ordered, sir," Angie said. "Make sure grapes are included, soldier," Star said. Angie saluted before walking to the kitchen.
"You do know we don't wear shoes inside the house, right?" Macaria said as she walked over to the couch. "Is this how you thank me for helping you survive Venus? Judging me?" Star asked. "Oh," Macaria said. Star walked away and came back with a portable white board. "So, here's the plan." He grabbed a marker and started to doodle on the board. Macaria sat there, curious about what this demigod king has in mind.
Star was done and put the red marker down. On the board was...well...it was a circle with 2 point on its head and squiggles coming down from the top of the circle and inside of the circle was just a big mess. "This is Venus. To describe her, she's a bitch. I kinda already told you about her but when she says she will do something, she will do it and will do it with full force. She don't like you right now and wants to kill you. Let me list some of her weaknesses," Star explained, pointing at the weird drawing of Venus before putting the pointer down and writing some stuff about Venus around the drawing in black marker.
"You have the worst hand writing," Macaria commenter when he was done. "I didn't have to write anything back on Mewni and the language here is soooo different. I'm still learning how to write so leave me alone!" Star cried. "Wait, if Venus is your girlfriend, then how come you're helping me? You're going against your own girlfriend," Macaria asked. "Cuz I don't think that what she's doing is right," Star said. "Then talk to her. If you're in a relationship, communication between each other is one of the key ingredients," Macaria said. "...it's complicated..." Star said, rubbing the back of his neck.
Macaria then clapped her hands together. "I got an idea. Talk to Venus and tell her this is wrong. Convince her. Beg her if you have to. She'll listen to you. It's obvious she loves you." "...it's complicated..." Star repeated. "You said that twice now. Why?" Macaria asked, standing up. "I mean, relationships are complicated. If you was in one you would understand," Star answered. "I do understand, but they are only complicated when you make them complicated," Macaria said. "What do you know? You're still single," Star said. "I have a boyfriend. I know what I'm talking about," Macaria said, crossing her arms. "Oh, you do? How come I haven't heard about him?" Star asked.
"Cuz we dating in secret," Macaria answered. "Why are you guys dating in secret?" Star asked. "Cuz we have reputations. I'm the good girl and he's the bad boy. Our reputations would be ruined if we went public," Macaria answered. "But you hear about those good girl x bad boy stories. It's fine if you guys go public," Star said. "Those work in books and movies. It don't work like that in real life. In real life, you only stay with your league. You don't go outside of it. And if you do, others around you will make sure you suffer. You just can't be yourself in real life. You just can't," Macaria explained. "So you decided that you and your boyfriend should secretly date?" Star asked. "No, it was my boyfriend. He was also the person who told me all that stuff about reputations and society and stuff. I agree with him about that stuff. We have the same mind set," Macaria answered.
"Hmmmm...why did you guys start dating?" Star asked. Macaria blinked. "What are you doing?" "I'm known by many things. The Demigod of the Skies Prince Starious Sire Regulus Butterfly. Star Butterfly. Star the Destroyer. Alister Grimaldi. The Accidental Matchmaker. Th-" "Accidental Matchmaker?" Macaria interrupted. "Tell me about this secret boyfriend. I'll decide whether you guys are meant to be together or not," Star said. "What were we talking about before we started talking about relationships? Oh yeah. Tell Venus to leave me the fuck alone or we gonna have bigger issues," Macaria said before storming off.
Angie entered the living room carrying a basket of chips. "I went to the store and bought these, sir. Are these ok for our military strategic planning, sir?" She asked. She then noticed Macaria was gone. "You got any grapes?" Star asked.
In the morning, Star showed up to Venus' classroom. He sighed as he approached her desk. "You don't willingly come to me unless you want something," Venus said. Her feet were on the table and she was tapping on her phone. Star sat on top of one of the desks that were in the front of the room. "Leave Marco alone. She's been bothering me all night about you," Star said. Venus sat up in disbelief. "So no hugs, or kisses, or presents? And since when did you start telling me to stop what I'm doing? We have this mutual agreement to let the other do what they want as long as it won't affect each other," Venus said. "What you're doing is affecting me. Marco is the only human who knows who we really are. She's a valuable ally and I'm not ready to lose that ally. Stop before Marco kills me, " Star explained.
Venus slammed her hands on her desk. "So you listen to that goddess wannabe now!? I'm your fucking girlfriend!" She then thought of something. "What are you thinking?" Star asked. Venus snapped her fingers. A flame appeared on her pointer finger. She blew and the flame flew out of the window. It landed on a tree and that tree caught on fire. It soon started to spread onto the walls of the school. Seconds later, the fire alarm went off. "What are yo-" Star realized Venus was gone.
Fuck, she's going after Marco!
On Macaria's side, she was in the bathroom and fixing her makeup with Brittney when they heard the fire alarm. All of the girls screamed and ran out the bathroom. "What's going on!?" Brittney cried as she and Macaria quickly packed their makeup bags.
"The fire alarm is going off. That means fire!" Macaria cried. "Ohhh! Cari, we have to go now!" Brittney cried. "Aiit, I'll be behind you!" Macaria said. Brittney nodded, shoved her makeup bag into her black bookbag that has a golden crown on it, and ran out. Macaria was about to do the same when the fire started to creep into the bathroom. "Fuck!" Macaria cried. "I heard humans die from inhaling the smoke before they even get burned by the fires," a voice said. Macaria turned around and saw Venus sitting on the bathroom counter cross legged. "Why you here?" Macaria asked. "Don't worry about me. Just focus on dying. I already told you, there can only be one goddess of beauty. And don't worry about Star. He busy with something else," Venus said.
The smoke filled in around the bathroom and Macaria found herself struggling to breathe as Venus watched with a smile on her face.
Now...it's time for...
Dimensional Interviews!
Macaria: This better be worth my time
Journalist: It will be, don't worry!
Macaria: I'm just saying...
Journalist: So, I'll be asking questions now
Macaria: Careful what you ask
Journalist: How do you feel about being the main character in Dimension Hoppers?
Macaria: I'm the main character? Ew...
Journalist: Tell us about you and your family
Macaria: It's just me and my mom. My dad is dead to us. My mom's side of the family is always visiting and it's hella annoying
Journalist: Ohhh. Next question. In the 1st chapter, you were in a party bus when you saw Star fall from the sky. What happened after the bus left?
Macaria: I thought it was weird but then I forgot about it. The party was fucking boring so after that I went back to using my phone
Journalist: Ok. So you and co-star Jacksol Lynn Thomas are secretly dating because the both of you have reputations. How did you guys meet and start daring?
Macaria: I mean, Jackson and I grew up together. When we were younger we used to play all the time at the park. We would always joke around a play house and stuff. Whenever I was sad he would take me somewhere fun to get my mind off of whatever made me sad. We told each other secrets and whenever we got in troble we helped each other get out of trouble. We were very close. Sometime in middle school I got a crush on him. I don't know how it happened but soon things started getting awkward between us. I was starting to get more and more involved in school while he was starting to get in trouble more often and popular. In our freshman year of high school, Brittney was the new girl and we quickly became friends and rivals. Around that time, we were no longer close to each other anymore. Last year on the last day of school of the first semester, Jackson went to my house and asked me out. Of course I said yes. During the break we started dating more publicly but when school started we realized we had reputations and they can't be destroyed so we started dating in secret.
Journalist: What a cute love story! Oh, and why is your dad in prison?
Macaria: He's dead to us so it don't matter anymore.
Journalist: Ok...how did you meet Brittney?
Macaria: Freshman year. She has been going to a private school for rich people in South Korea but her parents wanted her to go to public school when they moved to America. I was a peer leader then so I had to give her a tour. Soon, we just clicked.
Journalist: Ohhh I see. Why do you meet your uncle in secret when you aren't supoosed to talk to him?
Macaria: It's...complicated.
Journalist: What's up with you and life plan?
Macaria: If you don't have a plan for life, you won't go far.
Journalist: Ok. What do you think of Jan?
Macaria: He's so dumb! But, he is easy to work with at times.
Journalist: So it seems like you feel out of place when you are around high quality stuff. Why?
Macaria: Cuz I just am.
Journalist: So you and Venus have beef. How do you feel about it?
Macaria: Is this therapy?
Journalist: Why do you think she wants to kill you?
Macaria: Can we please srop talking about her?
Journalist: I'm just saying. Anyway, how do you like going to other dimensions?
Macaria: It's shit.
Journalist: Wow, you didn't even hesitate to answer that! So, when's your birthday?
Macaria: November 28th
Journalist: So a Sagittarius?
Macaria: Sure.
Journalist: What's your favorite food?
Macaria: Gummy worms.
Journalist: That's not food, but favorite color?
Macaria: Rose red.
Journalist: What do you like?
Macaria: Everything going according to plan, winning, loyalty, art, roses, traveling, and skateboarding.
Journalist: What do you dislike?
Macaria: Things not going according to plan, clingy people, losing, and being too open. Like now.
Journalist: ...ok? Um, what are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?
Macaria: My strengths are my planning skills, beauty, and my intelligence. I'm not telling you people my weaknesses.
Journalist: Fine then. Tell us a fun fact
Macaria: Ok, let me think. Brittney introduced me to anime and kpop. Now I like them both.
Journalist: Ok, last one, what do you think about Star?
Macaria: I jusr want him out of my house and life. He's caused so many problems for me!
Journalist: I see. Thank you, Macaria Diaz for letting us interview you! That's the end of Dimensional Interviews and don't forget to continue Dimension Hoppers!
Next Time on Dimension:
Star honestly felt bad. "It's ok, man," Jan said before entering Ordinary Store. As the door was closing, Star grabbed it and entered the store. "Take me to Enrique de la Cruz," he said. Jan gasped. "What!? Why!?" "I owe him, remember?" Star answered. Jan slowly nodded. "Ok. Follow me."
Leaving through the back door, Star and Jan entered the hidden Dog House. Loud Mexican music was playing and they noticed almost all of the gangsters were gone. The only ones that were left were 3 of them who were counting money and Enrique who was on the phone. He was yelling something in Spanish but stopped when he saw Star and Jan.
"Hola, Sunny," Enrique said, hanging up and shoving the phone into his pocket. "I owe you so much. I've been thinking that I should work at Ordinary Store with Jan," Star said. Jan gasped. "What!?" "Sure, I'll let you work at my store. You will learn so much about being a man and responsibility, hijo," Enrique said. "Also...lemme help out with your underground business," Star said.
Act 3: work work work.
Me: Guess what!? It's ya gurl, sugarsugarrush! Anyway, y'all know what time it is! Reference time!
1.) Marco- I think it's gonna be a running gag now. In the original series, Macaria's name is Marco. In this story, Star calls Macaria Marco because she acts like a boy (well, to him she does) and he's bad with names
2.) Thug- So, you guys know Tupac, right? And I'm pretty sure everyone has heard of the word "thug". Whenever people hear that word, they think of thug peoppe like gangsters for example. So, Tupac came up with this acronym "THUG LIFE". It stands for The Hate U Give Little Infants Fucks Everyone. It's mentioned in the book and movie The Hate You Give (that's some deep shit). The explanation is self explanatory. I thought it would be cool to put that in, especially since it fits with the theme
3.) Janna- Once again in the original show, Jan is a girl and her name is Janna. Star calls Jan Janna because he acts like a girl (well, to him he does) and he's bad with names. I think him calling characters by their original names is gonna be a running gag
4.) 666- I think we all know what that means
5.) Earthling- Technically, Star is an alien so he has the right to call everyone Earthling
6.) Running the class- So Jackson was running the class when Venus was running 30 minutes late, right? Yeah, that actually happened to me. Our substitute teacher didn't show up to class until the last 10 minutes so this girl in my class decided to run the class. She was giving out detentions and taking attendance and stuff
7.) Malika Kanaan- Like Venus' human identity? Malika is the Arabic word for queen and Venus is the future queen of Demonica. Kanaan is Arabic and it means beauty. Put it together and that makes "Queen Beauty". That fits her since she believes she's the (real) Goddess of Beauty
And so that's all. Oh yeah, I remembered there were more things this story is inspired by:
Aladdin (who's exoted for the live action to come out? I am!)
Edens Zero (manga)
Nightmare Factory (Webtoon)
A Korean Odyssey (Korean drama)
The Nutcracker and the Four Relms
Star vs. the Forces of Evil (duh)
Lemme make one quick change: Star is 17, not 18 so if things had gone according to plan, Star would leave the Dominus Cloister when he's 24.
So...will Venus kill Macaria? What the fuck is Star getting himself into? Where are the Zodiacs? Just how dangerous are the Maßöffner? All will be revealed soon!
P.S. This whole entire month has been so hella busy for me. I'm only able to update this now because I been writting littke parts of the chapter on notes during the times I actually have free time and copy and pasted them down here. School's ending so yay but that's so stressful. Testing and shit. Then after school ends I'm going to Europe for most of June, then July...that's a whole other story. I honestly have no idea when I'll update and there's a chance I'll update when school starts back up in August...
Anyway.
I hope you guys like this and leave me a review or PM me! Later, yo!
