"I don't know about this, Marco…" Star murmured, sliding on her now green dress.

"Don't worry, Star." the voice purred, echoing around the room as if they were walking around.

"If you say so!" She shrugged "It's just weird that I gatta get changed in the middle of the day."

"Star, it's starting to turn to darkness, it isn't the middle of the day anymore."

"Yeaaah whatever!" she let out a puff of air at him before moving her dressing room away, turning it back into a mirror. "I'm just glad to see you." she then moved over and gave him a hug. She had no idea why she felt the need to hug him or why she missed him so much, it's not like he had gone anywhere.

Marco hugged her back, giving a squeeze and not questioning anything.

"You know, Im glad youre going through your weird Earth body transformation, that weird thing you called puberty or whatever; your voice sounds a lot deeper!" She laughed and let him go.

"Yeah yeah Starstorm, don't keep bringing that up, it's not important." he waved it off and started walking. "Let's go for a walk on town, yeah?"

"Yeah!" Star beamed, skipping after him.

The two of them made their way out of the house, the sky was clear and beautiful; stars shining and sparkling in the distance. It wasn't even that cold or windy out!

Marco chuckled, looking over at Star "What a beautiful night." he gave her a soft look.

"Yeeah…" She sang softly, tilting her head as she kept her eyes glued to the skies.

"I'm so happy I get to spend it with you, Starstorm."

"Awwwwww! Marco! You're too nice!"

"Only the best for you, Star."

Star laughed, skipping around the street with her wings fluttering, letting her hover in the air for a second, maybe a few. She threw her arms up, enjoying the moment of this night, no worries in her head, there was nothing to worry about anyways! Marco was here, the night was beautiful, everything was calm, what was there to worry about?

The sound of fire crackled for a few seconds before dying down, the houses wouldn't be on fire very long, for some reason the magical fire vanished quickly. There was screaming in the background, sirens blaring from far away. They couldn't reach her though, they didn't dare. They seemed to be going further and further away; was it being smart, or was it the magic?

Star Butterfly stood suspended in the sky, large wings blooming from her back as she wore a long white flowing dress; the one that she was found wearing in the tank. She danced across the sky, shooting spells at cars, houses, anything that would cross her path. Her face was expressionless, eyes glowing as she continued her shooting.

"What are we going to do on this beautiful night, Marco?" Star ran over to her friend and grabbed his hands, spinning him around.

"Let's just, walk the town!" He grinned wide, pulling her close. "A relaxing stroll, maybe smell the flowers, anything!"

"That sounds great! Let's go!" Star gave his hand a squeeze and started to pull him along, skipping slightly as she did. She didn't know why she wanted to go so badly, this was fun even though they weren't doing anything besides walking.

"Hey hey hey! Starstorm let's not rush okay? We have to take our time and smell the roses; which might I add, aren't as pretty as you."

"Ohhh Marco!" She teased, waving a hand as a small blush made its way upon her cheeks. "But fine, let's take our time then." a small giggle escaped her lips as she let go of his hand and glanced at him over her shoulder.

"Good good." His smile twisted, almost in a creepy way, but Star ignored it.

Star continued down the road, whipping spells everywhere as she floated five feet above the ground. Vacant houses and cars caught fire on the edges, burning for a second then vanishing as quickly as it came.

The air twenty feet in front of her rippled for a second before getting cut opened; blue scissors came out first before a foot could be seen. Soon enough the body made its way through, a body stepping out of the darkness, the only thing that is able to be seen is a dirty red hoodie.

Marco shoved the scissors into his pocket, puffing out his chest as he took a breath of fresh air. The dimension behind him vanished as he squeezed his fists, staring at what was before him. His face was cut up and dirty, some dried up blood here and there; his expression was serious like he had been preparing for this his whole life. His hoodie was no longer long sleeved, it was ripped at the shoulders and same with his shirt underneath. Some pieces of his old sleeves had been used as wrapping to stop some wounds from bleeding. His hood was up as he glared, he had been through a lot, and his messed up, dirty body could obviously tell that.

He couldn't hold this seriousness for very long though, for the sight before him was too much, he honestly didn't even know what was going on; maybe Star lost it?

"Star?" He called, stepping forward "What in the world are you doing?"

Star stopped, slowly turning her head to stare at him with her blank white eyes; it was quick, but she soon just turned to look away and continued on with what she was doing.

"Star!" Marco yelled once more as he dashed towards the girl "You have to stop doing this! You aren't this type of person! Star! Snap out of it!"

She continued to ignore him and kept going with her path, moving along and shooting things as she went. Finally Marco go upset, picking up a rock and throwing it at her "Star you better listen to me!" Star turned to look at him again and frowned, aiming her wand and shooting. Marco dodged and squinted "What the heck, Star…"

"Ow!" Star squeaked, rubbing her arm. "What was that? That hurt!"

Marco looked around and rubbed the back of his neck, looking a bit nervous. "Oh uh, it was just me, Star! Don't worry! I pinched you that is all!"

She frowned at him before turning and walking away from him. "Don't do that! You're acting so weird… Why would you hurt me?"

"Star! Don't be that way!" He chased after her and put his hands on her upper arms "I was just being silly, alright? I don't want you to be upset, alright?"

She squinted at the floor before turning and squinting at him for a couple of seconds. "Alright," she rolled her eyes "I can't stay mad at you!"

"Good," he cupped her cheek and gave a warm smile "I never want you mad at me."

She blushed once more and closed her eyes. "Ow!" She yelped once more, jumping away from him and rubbing her other arm. "Marco! What the heck?"

"Starstorm! Don't be upset! I just gave you another pinch! It's a game now you get to pinch me!"

Marco continued to throw rocks at the floating Star; they were small, less rocky and more… pebbley. "Star!" he screamed as he cautiously kept advancing towards her. "Can you please stop this!"

"Diaz…" A voice hissed from the sky next to Star.

Marco couldn't see him at first, but as soon as the boy next to Star showed himself a bit more, Marco frowned hard. "Walter! You leave Star alone! She doesn't want to marry you now go away!"

Walter frowned, not going very far from Star. "Starstorm obviously loves me, why else would she do all of this for me?" He gave a twisted smile.

Marco stared helplessly at the two, thinking hard before speaking up "You… You clouded her mind…" he shook his head violently at the realization now filling his mind "You… You put her in that tank! You weren't draining her power! You were abusing it! You weren't taking it out of her, you were putting evil in!"

Walter laughed, not believing that this stupid human actually figured it out. "You will never be able to get her back, boy. She is forever in love with me, we shall take over this world and rule it as our own. Please, try as hard as you would like, but you will never get her back, and soon you will die." he laughed again as he started to vanish again, soon slipping away into the darkness in which he first appeared.

"Darn you!" Marco screamed, throwing a rock at where this man once floated.

"Marco… You look very pale…" Star mumbled as her best friend looked as if he just lost half the color in his face… To think of it… Did his hoodie look sunbleached? Or… See through? Was she looking through Marco?

"Oh… What? No no, no I don't." He waved his hands as color soon came back to him. "You're just seeing things." He laughed and continued down the path.

Star frowned and looked at the ground, walking right behind him as she went. "Okay, Marco, whatever you say."

"Don't worry, Starstorm, you're not going to lose me."

She stopped and stared, grabbing him and pulling him close. "Please," she pressed her face against his shoulder "don't ever leave me… In any way… Dont let me lose you…"

Marco grinned and held her close. "Never."

Marco had jumped off roofs and grabbed her, thrown pebbles at her, dodged all of her blasts, but still no luck. Was what Walter said true? Would he never be able to save her? Was she going to be stuck in this mind boggling state forever?

Finally the boy stopped and hid behind a car, taking deep breaths as he tried to calm down and think of a way. He stared hard at the ground as he concentrated, but nothing was coming to mind as he did so. Why was this so hard? His mind went blank as his head slowly moved up until he was staring at the sky… It was his last chance.

He got up quickly and dashed into the street, running at Star. Before she could turn her head and aim her wand at him once more, Marco jumped and gingerly grabbed her hand, dragging her down to the streets with him. That hand then moved to her waist as the other slapped the wand quickly, having it go flying onto the ground. His hand then moved to grip her own as he started to move swiftly; gracefully moving with her.

He stepped forward with his left and her reaction went with his, moving her right back and then moving her left to her left. The two then started dancing.

Star and Marco had been walking for some time before Star stopped and looked at him. "Wait…"

"What is it, Starstorm?"

"Have you always… called me Starstorm?"

"Of course!" Marco grinned wide, almost as if he was trying to hide something.

Star stopped and started taking steps back and away from him.

"What's the matter, Star?"

She shook her head and rubbed her arm, where was her wand? She usually bit on that when she was having some panic like this… "Uh…"

"Star… Come on, let's continue walking."

"No." she said and looked at him. "There's something… Off…"

"Come on Star, stop being silly!"

She didn't listen, moving a hand up to touch… Wait, where was it? "My necklace…"

"What?"

She didn't respond, instead just frowned. She never took it off… But… Where did she even get it from?

"Star stop being so silly!" Marco tried to laugh and held out a hand.

"No." She furrowed her brow. "Don't hold out your hand to me like that."

He frowned and dropped his hand, taking steps towards her.

She continued to walk backwards, but wait… Where was the street? It was all so… Dark… They were both standing on grey platforms, but he seemed higher up than she did. Where was she? This wasn't right. "Stay away!" Star said, fear in her voice.

He continued to march towards her.

Star stopped moving and backed up, her eyes looking towards where the sky was. The moon shining down at her.

Her eyes slowly moved down to look at him "You're not Marco…"

"Stop being sill-"

"Marcos dead."

Her dress had grown short once more, slowly changing back to red in the moonlight as Star stared emotionlessly at Marco; Marco staring hopefully back at her.

Finally, Marco spun her, leading a great dance as they moved in circles. It was then that he dipped her, pressing his face close to hers, lips an inch apart.

Her grip tightened on him as the moon seemed to be a spotlight for the two of them, her eyes closed then slowly opened.

"Marco?"