Hey everyone.
A quick, cheesy one-shot taking place after the end of the first episode of the show.

You know the drill: English is not my first language, so feel free to laugh at me.
Hope you enjoy!


A Good Start
A semi-retelling of what happened after the end of the first episode of the show, "Star Comes To Earth".


"Wait!"

This is the only word he managed to splutter out the moment he saw her walking away, hiding her teary eyes under her golden locks of hair.
He awkwardly ran towards the princess that came in his life earlier that day and carefully put a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't want you to go... I want you to stay with us!"

The girl's reaction was what surprised him the most.

"Really?! HUUUGS!"

And she literally wrapped her arms around him like tentacles, strangling the teenager in the most affectionate hug he ever experienced.
Marco just stood there for a moment, without even knowing what he was supposed to do.
He would have normally felt embarrassed or even panic, but he felt good instead and just smiled at the affectionate blonde princess, even though she couldn't see it.

Eventually, the girl let him go and the two began walking home.

"Are there gonna be monsters attacking us all the time?" he asked.

Yes. Monsters. Like, actual, evil monsters.
Apparently, Princess Star Butterfly's presence in his life also brought lots of risks.
Which he loved. He always wanted to take some risks to spice up his dull, boring routine, in spite of his "safe kid" nickname.
And his admittedly cautious personality.

"Yeah, probably!" she replied.

"All right! Sounds so... dangerous!"

The princess was amused by how much the boy enjoyed fighting with her.
And, actually, quite surprised as well: the scrawny human displayed some impressive fighting skills (which he simply called "karate").
He was just looking at him talking about how much he loved dangers, until he felt his hand on her shoulder, his joy almost turning into fear.

"Whoa!" he stopped her. "Let's cross at the light."

"Okay... wild man!" she chuckled, shooting a harmless, silly fish-shaped magic stream from her wand.

The boy and the blonde princess kept walking side by side, the streets almost completely empty.
It was dinner time and they could see lights coming out from inside the houses around them.
Earth wasn't really a peculiar dimension, but Star found it really "cute" and fascinating for some reason.

"Hey..." the kid in the red hoodie was the first one to break the soon-to-be awkward silence. "Sorry about before... I shouldn't have yelled at you."

Star was once again surprised by this dorky human's behavior.

"Oh... no need to apologize, Marco Diaz. You had all the rights to be mad at me." she admitted. "I literally created a black hole in your room. I swear if that happened to me I would be so mad!"

Against all odds, the boy just laughed a bit. "Yeah, that was crazy."

"But don't worry! I just remembered that it's a reversible spell. I'll make that black hole spit out your room in no time!"

"Really?!" he was so visibly relieved. "Thanks, Sta- oh, sorry... I mean Princess I guess."

"What was that?" she asked, puzzled.

Marco just rubbed his neck a bit, as if he was embarrassed by something he did (or didn't).

"It's... you know... I've just realized that you're a 'magical princess from another dimension' and I've never addressed you properly. I'm such an oaf!"

Star simply chuckled in return and put a hand on his shoulder, genuinely touched by how a regular boy from Earth would care so much about this formal stuff.

"It's fine, Marco. I don't care, really. I prefer my name anyway! I'm literally named after the stars!" she said, pointing at the night sky above them. "Why waste it?"

The boy smiled, reassured that, for once, he didn't look like a fool with a girl (or any person, really).

"Besides..." she continued, mindlessly rubbing the crystal embedded in her magic wand, avoiding eye contact for moment. "...you've been really brave back there, when you protected me. So... no, you're definitely not an oaf..."

Marco was confused and smiled awkwardly. "Pffft... come on! I saw what you're capable of... Star! You're the great warrior here, while I could barely protect myself!"

"True... I'm pretty good at fighting!" she proudly said, with a smirk, the wand "tingling" in approval. "But hey, at least I found a decent battle-mate!" she chuckled and gently elbowed him. "And you are brave, Marco. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise..."

"Well... I guess I'm the 'safe-kid' because I keep people safe then..."

The two stared at each other for a moment, smiling.

"That was a really cheesy thing to say, right?" he admitted.

Star just nodded, amused by how dorky this boy was.
The two laughed and resumed walking.
They didn't even know why they were laughing, but it felt good.

"You know what?" the boy walked in front of her. "Let's start all over again, OK?"

Marco stuck his arm out, his hand reaching for hers.

"I'm Marco Diaz, welcome to the Earth Dimension!"

The princess chuckled a bit, but was confused by that arm.

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Here on Earth, we shake each other's hands as a sign of peace or friendship..."

"Friendship?!" the princess' eyes glittered with joy.

She took the boy's hand and almost crushed it with her excited grip, comically wiggling her arm up and down.

"Glad to know you, Marco. I'm Star Butterfly, princess of Mewni!"

The boy massaged his hand and laughed. "Well, that's a good start I guess..."

"Yes. A good start..." she nodded.

There was another moment of silence, this time interrupted by a weird, growling sound.
Star's heart-cheeks turned redder than usual.

"Was... was that your stomach?" Marco asked, trying not to burst into laughter.

"I'm so sorry! I'm just... I'm starving! It's been a busy day with the wand, leaving Mewni..."

"Fear not, princess." he said. "As your guide, it's my duty to introduce you to our customs and traditions, such as... Taco Tuesday..."

"I don't know what that is... but it sounds delicious..." her pupils turned, fittingly enough, star-shaped.

Marco laughed, satisfied by the girl's interest in his family's culinary habits, and took the hungry, tired princess by her wrist.

"Let's go home..."

The End