It's here, after for so long

...The FINALE of One More Shot!

Reviews:

(To: Sugar) To answer your question, Marco doesn't realize that Star already loves him. He thought he was doing something wrong since Star was always avoiding him (Not because of hatred mind you). Hence, Marco went to the ball with a 'Go big or go home' attitude. And he sure as hell ain't going home.

(To: Useful76) Glad you enjoyed the Starco kiss. As for 'Past Timeline' Tom's memories not transferring to 'New Timeline' Tom, I just want to make something clear. When Hekapoo created the 'special scissors' for Marco, she said it will have an effect for everyone in the last timeline. This is an effect where everyone will forget everything about Marco. Which means, Marco is the only one who had his memory transferred to him.

(To: dariusb559) You died of happiness?! Oh great, the police are here to arrest me of murder! Thanks a lot for dying!

So, I guess this is it...The two final chapters for OMS. Man, this has been some sort of journey for me. I remember releasing this and 'Brothers and Sisters' back in April. I remember it as if were only yesterday. Before I start, I just want to say a few words. First of all, to all of my readers (old and new), I just want to say thanks for sticking me throughout this entire story. I'm really grateful that you guys stuck to me from start to finish, I really am. Second of all, I have a surprise to tell you in the end. Just keep reading to see the surprise.

Let's get this over with before I get emotional.

Disclaimer: Star Vs. The Forces of Evil belongs to Daron Nefcy.

Story is mine.

All Or Nothing [1-2]

- At the Diaz Residences -

- Marco Diaz' Room -

Inside his one and only room, sat Marco with his small notebook in hand. He was reviewing everything that has happened in the timeline. Apparently, he had done something wrong at the Blood Moon Ball. Ever since he kissed Star at the ball, she avoided him even more! His oh so simple plan turned into a disastrous mess. When he realized that Star disappeared from his sight and didn't appear regularly, he knew something was wrong. Whenever he tried talking to the blonde girl, she'll either go away or she won't acknowledge the boy. Did he screw up THAT badly? He knew that Star ignoring him was not part of the plan. And as much as he hated to admit it, this was the first time in this timeline that he DIDN'T know what to do.

Marco kept on reading his notes until he heard a voice calling from downstairs.

"Marco! Dinner is ready!" Angie shouted from the stairs.

"I'm coming, mom!" He shouted back.

Marco got up from his seat and hid the notebook in his pocket. He then went outside of his room and went downstairs. While he was walking down the stairs, he was hoping that Star would show up at the kitchen to eat as well. He wasted to resolve his problem of her avoiding him. His hope was broken when he went to the kitchen and saw two empty seats out of four. It was most likely for Star and Marco. Marco sat down in silence and waited for his dinner to arrive via mother. Angie placed a plate with burritos, tacos, and meatballs in front of Marco with a side dish of cheesy nachos. While he was busy contemplating, Rafael and Angie were prepared to dig in.

"I know it isn't healthy for us to have dinner with these types of food," Angie started, "But it was all I could find on the fridge, I didn't have time to go to the grocery store earlier."

"It's okay, honey." Rafael told her wife.

"Yeah mom...it's fine." Marco told her with a dull voice.

"Is there something wrong, Marco?" Angoe asked with concern.

Marco's eyes widened before looking at his mother with a smile; a fake one. "No, I'm okay. I was simply lost in my thoughts."

Rafael eyed his son suspiciously before letting it go. "Okay. Where is Star by the way?"

"I...don't know." He honestly answered. "In her room, I guess?"

"I'm sure she'll show up sooner or later." Angie reassured her son.

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After Dinner

Inside the kitchen, Marco was washing the dishes after his family had eaten dinner. Surprisingly, Star didn't show up at dinner, which is why her plate is still on the table. Marco was almost done with the dishes and was already planning on how to get Star to talk to him. He needed to know why she had been distant to him and doing nothing won't help anything. He planned that after he was finished washing the dishes, he'll go to her room, apologize for something he doesn't even know about, ask her some questions on why she was avoiding him, leave. Simple and staightforward. Marco knew that it wasn't going to be that easy and that he might do something wrong in his four-step plan, but it was a good draft nonetheless.

And so as soon as he finished with the last dish, he then set out to execute his plan. Marco went past his parents; who were still watching some news on the T.V, and went upstairs. He then approached Star's door. But before he went inside, he prepared mentally for what he's going to say and what he was going to do. After five minutes of preparing, he was ready. He was about to knock on the door until he heard some static come from the room. Marco knew that it was Star calling someone from her mirror. Since he didn't want to invade on Star's personal messages, he went on to leave the door and try doing his plan later. He was about to enter his room until he heard something that intrigued him.

Calling Mom...

"Huh?" Marco looked at Star's door once again. "Why is Star calling her mom? She rarely does that. Unless..."

Marco then connected the pieces together before being hit by shock. "No!"

Marco went back to the door and pushed his ear on the door to hear from the other side. He knew it was bad to involve himself in family matters. But he didn't have a choice. He wanted to make sure that it is not going to happen once again. He had to make sure that it wasn't what he thought it was. He didn't her to leave him again. If once was enough to turn him into a sadistic, depressed, and suicidal maniac, twice will be worse than that. Marco then focused on his right ear to hear what the conversation between Star and her mother will be.

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Inside of the room that was larger than the castle, stood Star Butterfly facing her mirror-phone. Her heart was beating harder than ever. There was only one reason she was calling for her mother at this time...

She wanted to leave Earth.

After what Marco did on the Blood Moon Ball, Star was getting mixed feelings for him. She wanted to leave for one reason and one reason only: Star wanted to leave Earth because she knew that she was falling for Marco. When she had first met the boy, she developed a crush on him that caused her to be shy around the boy. It was still okay at first, because she was able to hide it rather cleanly. But as passed, her crush for Marco had gotten worse and worse to a point where her heart was anxiously beating even if she wasn't around Marco at the time. Then the kiss happened, something that made a drastic change on her.

Ever since the Blood Moon Ball, Star started to think about her future a lot more seriously. She thought that if she were to fall in love with Marco, it would then cause problems for both of their and friends and families in the near future. And she included the fact that if she was going back to Mewni to become the queen, it will be a lot more harder to separate from the boy since they already head-over-heels for each other. She also added the possibility of Marco living with her in Mewni. If Marco did this, then his relationships back here in Earth like his parents or friends, will deteriorate. And if that happens, then everyone will either hate or break their relationship with Marco. She wanted to keep all of Marco's friends and family close and intact, and she's going to do that by breaking her own friendship with said boy. She deduced that it was better for Marco to lose one person rather than multiple people.

After waiting for what seems like eternity, Moon finally picked up the mirror-phone. She was wearing a nightgown and it was nighttime, Star figured that she was probably sleeping when she decided to call her mother. Moon's hair was rugged and her eyes was a little red, she must've had a tiresome day.

"Star? What's wrong dear?" Moon asked before rubbing her eye and yawning.

"Mom..." Star inhaled deeply before continuing. "I want to go back to Mewni."

Moon's eyes opened even more after hearing what her daughter said. "What?! Why? I thought you were having fun with that Earth-boy that you're always with."

"I'm just feeling a little homesick, you know?" Star lied through her teeth. It must've not worked since Moon just eyed her suspiciously.

"Star, I could tell whenever you're lying to me." Moon stated with disappointment in her voice.

"Okay! I want to go home because I don't want to fall in love with Marco, Mom!" Star responded truthfully and rather angrily.

"No need to shout dear, I'm not deaf yet." She joked around a little before adapting a serious expression like her daughter. Moon sighed before continuing, "You're falling for a boy, what's wrong with that? That's not a good to leave Earth, dear..."

"Mom..." Star's eyes were now getting a little bit watery. "I just want to go home...please..."

Moon looked at her sympathetically before ultimately sighing. "Okay...but before you do, I want you to do something for me."

Star wiped her eyes before listening. "What is it, Mom?"

"Tell me why..." Moon prolonged before continuing. "Why would you rather go back here in Mewni and live with you heart broken rather than stay there with the boy you love? That bo- no Marco, he's rather kind and honest, it would be such a waste if you were to leave him alone."

"Oh Mom," Star replied with a slight smile and red eyes. "I want to go back home for one reason, Mom. And that reason is to protect him. Do you know what will happen if we become a couple? Bad stuff would happen, Mom! Ludo or someone stronger might take advantage of this relationship and use it against us. I might love the way he looks, the way he smiles, and the way he kissed me, everything about in general. I love it. But I'd rather let him be a 'safe kid' rather than a 'wild man' more than anything. I may screw around most of the time, and you know it more than anybody else in the world. But for once, Mom, I want to be responsible."

Moon was shocked with her daughters answer. She never expected it to be...honest. She mostly expected Star to just drop the topic and ignore it for the rest of her life. But this, this was something else. Star mostly danced around the truth whenever she made a mistake or wanted to do something. But her answer was the truth and she told it in the most wholesome way possible. Moon just smiled at the sudden change of her daughter's attitude, and she knew the one and only peron that could've changed her.

"It looks like you already changed my daughter's attitude, Mr. Diaz." Moon mentally told herself. "Unless you have some way of convincing my dauther not to leave that dimension of yours, I'm afraid I won't be of much help young man. Act quickly, or you might lose my daughter's love for you."

"Are you sure, dear?" Moon tried to convince one last time. "Looks like this Marco boy will be such a waste if you leave him for the rest of your life."

"..."

"I'm Positive."

XXXXX

Marco slowly backed off the door after hearing the conversation between Star and her mother. He then thought more of his previous interactions with Star. At first, he didn't see anything wrong. Since he just told himself that his past interactions with her were just another way of getting close to her faster than the last timeline did. But he did it once again, then he was struck by lighting. From that point onwards, Marco then realized his one and true mistake...

He pressured Star into loving him.

Marco then knew that he was rushing his relationship with Star. Remember those movies where people say that love comes naturally and isn't supposed to be rushed. He didn't believe it first, but he then deduced that love DOES come naturally and cannot be rushed. Marco felt stupid for his past actions. He should've made cohesive and subtle moves that slowly; but will surely make Star love him. But instead of doing that, he went in headfirst without thinking about Star's feelings and only thought about himself. And now, he deeply regretted it. Not only because his best friend is going to leave twice, he's going to be alone for another three years for the second freaking time!

Marco needed time to think for a plan. He can't go in without a well-prepared plan. Otherwise, he'll make things worse. Not really wanting to plan in the hallway, he went into his room. Marco then sat on a chair and pulled it next to his desk. He wants to get this plan right. No, he NEEDS to get this plan right. And with that in mind, he pulled out his small notebook from hid pocket and flipped through a couple of pages. When he reached a blank page, he then started writing his plan.

STAR IS LEAVING!

The plan to convince her not to leave. Need to get this right.

Possible outcomes:

-Star stays here and lives with me.

-?

-?

-?

XXXXX

The day after.

After staying up all night, planning on how to convince Star not to leave Earth. Marco finally finished his plan. There were a lot of frustrations and migraines during the planning of what he was going to do. But stress wasn't the only thing that was present in his mind, the was fear and anxiety mixed in that bowl of stress. He feared that if he failed to convince Star to stay, he'll turn into a monster like his 'past timeline' self. He can't afford to do that. He can't afford to go crazy and become the outcast that Star turned him into...Not anymore.

After the long night, Marco's body was beginning to break down. He had to get sleep soon. And with that in mind, he got up and lied down on his bed. He took off his shoes and pulled up the blanket just below his armpits before shutting his eyes. After five minutes had passed, Marco opened his eyes once again. He couldn't get himself to sleep, he knew that the anxiety was keeping him from sleeping, not to mention that the migraine that he was having for hours was not helping his case either. Marco stood up from his bed and went to the bathroom. He then went to the mirror and opened the first aid cabinet. Looking for a certain bottle, he grabbed the sleeping pills that his mother uses once or twice in a year when she really can't sleep. Marco took three pills from the bottle, and ate all of it. He felt his body become weaker. As if it was like jelly slowly melting into water. Marco took this chance to quickly go back to his bedroom and throw himself on the bed. He felt his body wearing out, his vision darkening. Once he made it onto the bed, he finally got the rest that he deserved.

"I think I'll stay for the moment. Just before I become Queen."

"Are you sure it's okay with you that I'm leaving?"

"Sorry, but I've got to go."

"Marco! Don't!"

Marco shot up from his bed after hearing the rather familiar voices in his dream. He breathed heavily and looked around his surroundings. He saw that he was still inside his room, safe and sound. Marco then turned his head to the right to look at the clock. It was already 4:50 PM, ten minutes before he sees Star wail in despair. Marco got up from his bed before mentally preparing himself for what he's going to do with Star. Marco continued remembering the details of his plan over and over, he did this for ten minutes. The time has finally come, the moment of truth.

Marco walked into the hallway and went right outside Star's door. He then closed his eyes.

"Here we go...this is it."

He placed his hands on the door knob, not really opening it. He opened his eyes before...

"All or nothing."

*Click*

And were going to leave it there.

Now I know you're angry about me leaving it on a cliffhanger. But I think that this chapter was long enough and decided to end there. One of the reasons for this is because I'm going to take a lot of time planning the ending of 'One More Shot'. And I want it to be one of the best endings I could give for this story. So please forgive and bear with me for the moment.

Remember what I said earlier in the top AN where I said I have a surprise? Well I do have one, and I'm sure you're gonna like it!

I'm...

Going...

To...

Release...

One More Shot...

SEASON 2!

This story and the poll results motivated me to continue this story. And since you wanted a season 2 of this fic, you get it.

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Thanks for reading the second to the last chapter of 'One More Shot'. And I will see you in the next one.

Crazyman out.