By sorrowXdarkness

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Synopsis: Marco and Star agreed to see other people after Star and Tom became engaged. It was difficult, but both realized that being close as they were, could prove fatal to the stability of the kingdom of Mewni and everyone involved with it. Despite living with the Butterflies for some time now, Marco decided it was time to move once more.

Luckily for him, he became good friends with Kelly who was in fact looking for a roommate. How convenient, right?

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"Marco! I'm so getting you back for this!" Shouted the fire witch as she blocked another assault from the ferocious 'furballs' that attacked them. Marco was holding his ground as well, as Lanz simply awaited to resume their excursion.

"I told you to follow my lead!" Marco retorted as he pulled back and then thrust forward. Piercing the belly of the beast before they disappeared through the dust. The 'kittens' spat balls of fire at them. Marco was quick to open a portal to return the attack back at them. Ending with the stage being covered in dust for a moment before the wind blew them off. "There! We should be fine for a while. Please do what I say for now on. I don't want to fight a battle that could easily be avoided." Marco said, sheathing his blade back in place before returning Hekapoo's pair of scissors. Through Marco's discovery, they could not create portals out of Dela Etreum. But, they could create portals within this plane, which aided in them fending off the flaming furballs directed towards their person.

Hekapoo scoffed. "Fine! But after this, I'm so going to make you pay." That kept the girl from making anymore noise as they resumed their walk. Lanz was already moving after they finished off the last kitten. Catching up, Hekapoo spoke to Lanz of how rude it was to go ahead. Lanz said not a word, refusing to acknowledge her presence. Making the woman in charge of inter-dimensional travel angry.

"Look…" Marco began. "He's not someone easily intimidated. Let's just focus on the mission." Marco placed a soft touch of his hand on her shoulder.

Hekapoo sighed. This was not the way she was hoping to go about on this mission. If there was anything to say about this, was that she was putting the mission in jeopardy. Since coming here, Marco was the one pulling her out of trouble and taking charge. Honestly, she recruited the human so she could travel through the plane without a hitch, but it seemed she was the one standing in her own way. Perhaps it was better if she simply put aside her anger and focus on what was in front of her. "Okay. I'm sorry. Let's go, Marco."

With that, they kept their walk. Something that Marco noticed, but said not a thing, was how she referred to him by his first name.

"We're here." Lanz spoke as they stood before a shrine. It was guarded by two skeletal creatures with massive wings. Each one held a weapon; a trident and scythe.

"Finally!" Hekapoo said. Looking around for any abnormalities. Nothing. "So where is she?"

Marco did the same as he looked around. "I don't sense a thing. Do we have to wait for her to come again?"

"Exactly." Lanz spoke. "It seems that she is searching for something or someone. She usually come around this time. So she should be here soon." Lanz said before clearing up his throat. "Which brings me to this." He activated something as his body began to glow, followed by the two guardians. Just before their eyes, the guardians began to animate. Shifting slowly off from their pedestals with glowing eyes. The weapon they presented in their hands were covered in dust, but became not an issue as they slammed them down on the floor. The effect was a well sharpen display of weapons.

"I need your help in stopping that intruder. Would you mind giving me a hand?" Lanz said, staring at them with the guardians standing behind him.

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"Are you sure he's in there?" Kelly asked as they arrived to their next destination. It was faint now, but Jorby insisted that Marco was inside that strange portal below them. They stood by a cliff, viewing the portal still sucking in any nearby creatures.

"Definitely." Jorby said before he felt Kelly's weight now gone. "Whoa whoa whoa. You're not thinking of entering that portal, are you Kelly?" Jorby began.

"Marco's inside there. He needs me." Kelly said before jumping off. The portal's force began to pull her in midair, but Kelly quickly threw a chain toward Jorby. "Jorby catch!" Jorby reacted quickly as he charged toward the end piece and grabbed it with his mouth before falling down on the ground. He made sure to keep his distance as he saw his friend being sucked into the portal.

"You better be grateful, Marco Diaz. It's not every day that Kelly go out of her way to help."

On the other side, Kelly went through the intense eddies. One after another before finally coming out on the rough ground without any warning. Kelly groaned as she picked herself up from the floor. She coughed up from the dust she swallowed. She was on some pedestal, but it was hollow in the middle.

Kelly then heard the roar of a familiar beast that descended toward her. "Nacho!" She affectionately caressed the winged beast before popping her number one question. "Where is Marco?"

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Author's Notes:

Who is this 'intruder'? Find out next chapter! So until then, see you next time! Oh, before I forget, I will try to write more often, but until my schedule becomes consistent, it would be difficult in keeping that promise. So, I'm sorry if you don't hear from me through my updates. -sorrowXdarkness