Wow, a lot has happened in the past month, especially in regards to the series finale of Star vs the forces of evil. And yes, I have seen the finale, which I wont spoil for anyone who hasn't, but here are some of my thoughts on it:

I thought it was a good ending. Yes, while I can agree that it could've been way, WAY better than what we've got, it probably should've been a longer finale.

Furthermore, a lot of things could've been expanded upon. Janna just kind of showed up out of nowhere and it felt weird since she really didn't do anything that warranted the growth they sort of indicate near the end. The blood moon ball resolution fell very flat, Globgoar was great and I wish he got more screen time, the sudden return to earth felt a bit off, and of course, the shipping just went in every direction that I think the creators almost forget which one was the endgame. I actually think season 4 over was pretty good in terms of the monster acceptance subplot. It's been around since season one, and it has had great development. I think my favorite part about it was the fact that it showed both sides of the problem. Yes, the whole prejudice the mewmans have is wrong, but the way Eclipsa choose to initially handle it was wrong too, and the people were right to be wary.

So it could've been better, but as an end for the show, it was fine, average, and at least it had an ending people could accept and was built up, albeit flimsily. As for this story, now that the show has ended, I can definitely say I have a concrete ending in mind, as well as how I'm going to intertwine the four seasons with the 5 of Steven Universe, especially to the timeline of events from each show.

Anyways, I own nothing, and enjoy.

Star was never one to call herself a 'morning person'. Sure, she loved waking up to breakfast and her family every morning, but the process of waking up was a whole other mater to deal with, especially when you're the house guest of a goody like Marco, who at the moment proceeded to barge into her room with those dreaded books she never bothered to read.

"Star, time to get up." Marco rudely interrupted her slumber as she did her best to drown him out. It didn't help the Marco dumped the books on the floor. "School doesn't start later just because you get up later."

"Well, maybe it should." She murmured into her bed before pulling her face out of her pillow. "You'd think they would know the teachers job's would be a little easier if they just started school later. Why else would half the class be sleeping during first period?"

"I'm pretty sure a teacher's job is designed to never be easy. Besides, you're not tired because you have to wake up early, it's because you spent the entire night hanging out with your brother." The boy's eyeroll couldn't have been stronger on the princess.

"It's not my fault we have so much fun together. When the opportunity strikes, we take full advantage of it."

"All you guys did was bounce in a bubble for three hours."

"Hey, bubble time is when we're able to do out deepest thinking and express our innermost thoughts. Besides, that was only for two hours. The last hour we played volleyball, with him as the ball."

"Whatever, we're going to be late as it is, so chop, chop." Star refused to move and buried herself back under her sheets. Turning around, he grabbed the tail end of her blanket and pulled it off as he left the room.

"Fiiiiiinnnneeee, I'll get up." She slowly emerged knowing she would return to bed anytime soon. She didn't even bother to take the time to show, having already slept in her usual attire. Grabbing her headband and purse, she walked out without grabbing anything else. "Lucky Quartz. He doesn't go to school. I bet he doesn't have to deal with morning like this."

"That's the last time I volunteer to be the ball." An equally groggy Quartz moved his body slowly as they day greeted him all too early. Usually the kid was the type to greet the morning back with a bright smile and a hello, but today was not that kind of day. Last night's events had left the boy almost completely drained.

"Why did I agree to be the ball for an hour? Was it for cookie cats? I already have lion for dimension hopping, so there's no real leverage there anymore." He pondered to himself as he tripped over himself getting out of the door. "Did she really have to use the wand for it? I already float, no need to hit it that hard."

At least today wasn't going to be soo chaotic. Sure, Mom's training later was going to be a killer, but at least he could prepare for that. There's never preparing when it came to Star, and for someone seeking a quiet day today, that was something he intended to avoid for now.

"I mean, she still has a lot of stuff to do back on earth. I shouldn't be bothering her so much." He told himself, though the voice in his head was telling him to be honest: he needed a break from Star. "That doesn't make me a bad brother, right?"

"Ah Quartz, what are you talking about? Taking a moment to actually open his eyes, he saw he somehow made his way to the dining room without noticing, and his dad was starring oddly at him as he gobbled down his morning meat on a stick.

"Oh, nothing." Actually, his dad was the perfect person to talk to about this. "Hey, so you always go out whenever Mom's not around.."

"..Something that's only presumed to be true.." The king shouted out loud, searching for any signs of his wife. "..It's just so silly to think about fighting monsters when there's so much work to be.."

"Dad, this isn't like the time Mom wanted to know who kept eating her pies. I'm totally asking this without her oversight. Also, I never said anything about monsters, so you kind of gave yourself away there." Just another one of the few secrets he had to keep from Mom, yay.

"OOOH GOOD!" River exasperated with relief. "Ah, what I mean is, thank you. She just doesn't under the importance of keeping the offensive. Our defenses can only do so much for the average corn-napper. Anyways, ask away, my boy."

"So you always sneak out to fight monsters because you need a break from what you usually do." Quartz continued, feeling a little less guilty about asking now. "So it's not bad to just go out and not do what you do?"

"Why of course not. I may be King, but that doesn't mean I abandon what I love to do. Camping, hunting, getting down and dirty just to feel alive again, and sometimes just smashing a nearby rock so I can re-feel the strength I had in my youth!" River got a little more excited than Quartz expected, actually standing on the table now. "Is that the feeling you get?"

"Sort of, but kind of the exact opposite." Quartz admitted, making the king slightly frown. "I've been hanging out on Earth with Star the entire day, and don't get me wrong, I love ever minute we're together, and hate when we have to be apart, but sometimes, sometimes it can feel like a little to much whenever we do something."

"Quartz, what you have is not a problem. You just need an entire day to yourself." River scooted closer to his son and held his shoulder. "You're growing up quickly, you're power are growing, you're emotions are becoming bigger and more sensitive.."

"Wait wha.." Was this turning into another awkward father-son talk?

"..and soon you'll starting dating and have to win the approval of the girl's family,, which trust me, is a life accomplishment all on it's own. Hey, have I ever mention the time Moon-Pie's cousins try to roast me alive over.."

"Dad, what does this have to do with me and my situation?"

"Absolutely nothing. I just needed to rant a little." River admitted. "The point being, is that you are just a little bird, sitting in the nest. But soon, you will become a mighty eagle and leave the nest, soaring the skies to parts unknown. This is your time to get ready, my son. Go, flap your wings and fly!"

"But, but I still have stuff I need to do with Mom.."

"GO OUT AND FLY!"

"Okay, okay!" Quartz jump out of his seat and flew into the hallway with a new energy carrying. "I shall fly!"

"Yes, go my child, fly, fly away!" River continued to praise, unaware of his wife's sudden entrance.

"Moon, did you see where Quartz was going? We got a full day planned, and I would like to hop to them quickly."

"Forget about it! He's going out flying, Moon Pie. Our little boy is finally becoming an eagle!"

It looked like training today was going to have to wait. "So is that just your way of saying you don't know?"

"Okay, okay, planning, planning..." Quartz once again spoke to himself as he reentered his room, this time with a notebook in hand. "Today is a day just for you, so what do you want to do with it?" That was kind of a hard question to ask. "If I were me, what would I tell myself what to do?"

The first obvious answer was of course 'hang out with Star', though he crossed that out right away, right before he also placed a question mark beside it. "Just keep all options open." Right, so what did he like to do? "Okay, so music for one, that's a thing. Ohh, and cookie cats. Wouldn't hurt to visit that dimension today."

Wait a minute, he had Lion! "Oh lion!" The pet didn't answer his call. "Oh my loyal and obedient pet, where art thou today?" He dramatically moped, swinging his arms back and forth. "Haven't thou abandoned me in my time of need? Oh, the sweet sorrow, for I long for my pink companion, who has shown to care not for my dilemma." Did it work? He looked to every corner in his room. Nothing, as usual. "I'll by you a lion licker later."

Thump. Out of nowhere, the Lion appeared from behind and immediately began sniffing the boy. "No, no, I-I don't have one r-ight, stop that! Your nose tickles!" The beast pinned him to the ground, showing neither disappointment or thrill at seeing his 'owner'.

"Oh you silly pink cat, you just like getting in trouble, don't you?" Lion responded with a neutral growl. Quartz took it as a yes. "Ready to spend the entire day together and get our hands dirty together? Well, paws in your case. Blink if you answer is yes." The beast remained unmoved. "We can go see Heckapoo again." The Lion immediately lifted the kid on it's back. "I'll never understand why you don't like her. Anyways, we can't go now, I have to get ready." Quickly slipping off his companion, Quartz dove into his closet to pick something out. "Okay, no Star today, so no armor or sword." He wouldn't be looking for trouble, so there wouldn't be any trouble. Instead, the boy opted to wear a simple outfit: A half blue, half yellow shirt with an equally divided pair of pants, along with white shoes. He didn't know why, but blue and yellow really stuck out to him.

"Okay, so first on our list, we go out and explore the forest, than we use you're portal making skills and jump around randomly like you usually do, sound good?" The lion only blinked. "Of course, there's always the chance that Star will try to call me." That would be a problem, but that could be solved easily. "I'll just hop into her room and explain everything. Nothing wrong with doing that."

"Star, Star, hey Star?" The princess hardly paid attention as she leaned against her window. The bus fortunately found itself moving at a slower pace today, so she was taking in the opportunity to close her eyes. This was the last time she would play volleyball. "Star, Star."

"WHAT?!" Star screamed, nearly stopping the entire bus. She ignored the dozens of stares she was attracting. "What's so important right now!?"

"Chill girl, I was just asking if you were okay." Jana sat right behind her, standing on her own seat and leaning against Star's. "And also if you could make today's bus ride a little more exciting. I found a new curse I can place on people, but it'll only work if I can raise my heart rate. So could you, I don't know, turn this old hunk of metal into a rollercoaster or something."

"Oh yeah, sure, sure." She waved off her friend's request as she tried to comply, reaching into her purse to grab it. "You'll, you'll be super thrilled once I.." the purse feels slightly more empty. "..I, I, I.." she shoves away her sleepiness as she becomes more and more frantic. "..where the heck is my wand?"

"Jana, stop trying to exploit Star." Marco glared at the troublemaker, who just short of shrugged it off. "And Star, just stop listening to her. One moment you think you're having a normal conversation, and the next, you find your wallet half empty and your left shoe missing. Still never got that shoe back."

"Yeah, yeah, you have shoe problems, but I'm in the middle of something important right now." Emptying out her entire purse, she somehow was able to shove both her arms into the tiny item. "I don't have my wand with me!"

Of course Marco knew why Star would be so worried and panicked right now. That wand had basically been the source of any trouble if it wasn't from Star herself. In fact, Marco was certain he never seen her without the precious heirloom in hand. With that said.." I think that may be a good thing." If Star's hands weren't currently stuck in her purse, she would've slapped Marco for saying something so crazy. "At least for today."

"Marco, this is the royal wand we're talking about, the most powerful thing in the universe! The wielder of it could spell the difference between life and death itself! It's not just something you can get rid of so easily, like a phone, or your karate belts."

Marco tried hard not to be offended by that last bit. "Okay, first of all, those belts are trophies of my accomplishments, with each one symbolizing how far I've come in my training, so there's no ever replacing those things. And second of all, you used the wand last night to make popcorn."

"Yeah, I used it to make food, which is what gives me life! Hence what I said before!" She remained unchanged.

Marco rolled his eyes. "Well, the last time you saw the wand was last night, right? So that means the wand is somewhere around the house, right?" It took a while for Star to connect the dots to his logic, but she eventually nodded. "And the last time I checked, a magic wand isn't on the back to school list of supplies, so I think you're good."

"But school is soo much more boring without it! How am I going to blast away those books the teachers always leaves on my desks?"

"You could try not blowing them up and actually try reading them." Star looked a little uneasy at that suggestion. Marco sighed. After the whole thing with Miss Skullnick, it wasn't like getting a good grade was her highest priority. Looked like he needed to tackle this at another angle. "Look, your wand is going to be waiting for you once you get back, so why don't you take the opportunity to shake things up a little. Take as a chance to tackle a difference kind of adventure, a new type of quest that requires you to not have magic."

Star leaned in intrigued. Usually the words school and adventure were far away from each other as possible. " Sounds like a challenge. Tell me Diaz, exactly what kind of adventure are we talking about?"

"Well Star, you may not know this, considering you draw on you desk instead of listening, but everything the teacher's tells us is vitally important for us to hear. Without their sacred knowledge, there is no future for us." He continued in a rather self-important voice to grab her attention.

"My future? But I have so many plans for the future."

"Exactly, and in order to do anything you plan to do in the future, you have to read everything you're given." He handed him the history textbook that she had neglected to read for the umpteenth time already, and that was assuming she actually knew it was a book and not just a fancy coaster. "In this book alone, there's lessons and guides on building nations, trampling empires, and how corn was originally used."

"Well, Mewni does take it's corn very seriously." Star flipped the book open. It actually sounded more exciting. And here she thought history was about old people in cowboy hats playing in dirt. "Aww, boo! This thing's like a thousand pages long!"

"But each page contains information you'll use in life. Pass this challenge, and you'll be ready to pass life."

"Really? I thought I was already amazing at that. Hm, guess there's no harm in doing so!" Standing up from her seat, she proclaimed to the entire bus. "LOOKOUT LIFE, STAR BUTTERLY HAS THE KEY TO KICK YOU IN THE BUTT!" Without anymore thinking, she jumped out the window with the history textbook in hand, forgetting the fact that they were still about a mile and a half away from the school. "I'M OKAY!"

Marco sheepishly looked back at her before sinking into his seat. "That worked a little too well. I just wanted her to be ready for the history test tomorrow."

Quartz walked up to the Diaz house a little sluggishly, only taking a few small steps every so often. "It's okay, just got explain myself and get out, nothing complicated about that." Why was it so hard to rip the band aid off? It wasn't like he was denouncing her as his sister. "Am I making this too complicated?"

His pet lion just found a spot on the sidewalk and slept, his snore's being the only reply. "Yeah, I'm putting too much worry for something so small. I'll just go up to her and say 'Star, I need time for myself, so I'll be unavailable to you for a day or so. No offense, of course.'" SNORE. The pink beast tossed and turned a little. "You're right, Star would phrase it with a lot more pizazz. I shouldn't be boring about it. How about 'Heya sweet sister of mine! I'm off on my own adventures, so don't bother trying to call me today!'" Lion just sort of grumbled. "I love the little talks we have. I learn so much about you I never did before."

With a lot more confidence in his step, Quartz knocked on the door and waited patiently to be let in. What he didn't expect however was a large bucket of red paint to come crashing down on his head. "It already feels like a typical Star greeting."

"Ohhh, so sorry, so very sorry." An upbeat and accented voice chirped from the house, revealing a man in a yellow button shirt and various colors of paint slathered all over his body. "Hehe, here, let me get that for you, just got to wipe a little paint off of, well everywhere."

"No, no, that's fine Mr. Diaz. It's hardly the worst or messiest greeting I've ever had." He reassured as he failed to wipe away the already drying paint. "Though I will say it's the most colorful."

"Oh, don't mind my husband. He was just trying to touch up his latest masterpiece." A lady with long a bushy brown hair invited him inside, not seeming to mind the dripping paint now being printed on the floor. "Say, aren't you Star's little brother, Quartz right? I mean, those little Star's on you kind of give it away."

"That's right madam, Quartz Universe Butterfly: Knight in training, malady." He playfully bowed and planted a small kiss on the women's hand. "Sorry if I'm barging in unexpectedly, I just needed to tell Star something."

"Well, you just missed her. She and Marco are about halfway from school right about now." Mrs. Diaz clarified. "You are more than welcomed to stay until she gets here. Any family of Star's is always welcomed under our roof."

"That's okay, it's nothing I have to tell her in person." And it also conveniently made him feel WAY more relaxed about the whole thing. What was it that Star always said? 'If you can't handle a problem, avoid the problem!'. "I'm pretty sure I can just leave a note in her room or something." Quartz quickly changed his direction to upstairs, only to turn right back around as he spotted what was working on. Occasionally, the grown man would mutter 'no, not right at all' as Quartz tried to piece together what the man was trying to make. "Hey , what exactly are you trying to paint here?"

"Trash! That's what it's going to be if I can't get it right!" The grown man whined a little, even getting a bit teary eyed before immediately realizing his guest was still there. "Oh, sorry little Star brother, I'm just can't seem to get this painting right, no matter how I mix it."

"Really, it doesn't look bad at all." Quartz stared at it for a lot longer. To him, it just looked like a huge swirl of colors all meshed together, but it was at least a pretty swirl. "It fine for ah, rainbow cloud blob...?"

"Aw, I knew it was horrible, I just knew it!" How it was possible for a man's voice to reach such a high pitch, he'll never know. "You're sister has quite the lively influence around the house, so I've been trying to find the perfect way to reflect that magical spark she has into my paintings, but I just can't get it right." Depressed, he drops the paintbrush he was using on the ground. "Marco's lucky. He gets to experience that kind of magic everyday."

"Well, yeah, but she's always been like that, even before she got the wand." Quartz, without really thinking, created a bubble underneath him, and was able to maintain a perfect balance on it. "She just has a way of taking almost any situation and turning it into something extraordinary. She makes slow things go fast, low things high, meetings of high importance into wrestling matches.."

"Wait, wait, wait, hold still." has seemingly ignored most of Quartz's speech as he picked up the paintbrush once more and vigorous splatted more color on his canvas. "I think I have something new here!"

Quartz kept quiet, choosing not to complain, though his feet already began to fall asleep from the lack of movement. "Don't worry about it, inspiration is only part of the process for him." affirmed to the kid. "You'll only need to stand here for at least an hour before the determination and imagination kicks in."

After nearly passing out from posing, Quartz finally excused himself upstairs as he entered Star's room. Back when she moved out, he wasn't aware of the transportation spell she used to move the entirety of her room to Earth, so Quartz spent a good chunk of the day afterwards paranoid of castle being potentially haunted before his mom explained what happened. Every brick and mortar, every poster, even a few scattered clothes on the floor, pretty much everything was exactly the same. If he closed the door shut and covered any openings to the outside, he would've convinced himself he was still on Mewni.

"You really made yourself feel at home here, didn't you Star?" Quartz spoke out loud to himself, planting himself on Star's bed as he continued to look around. There was even stuff around him that he didn't recognize, magazines for various items that didn't come from quest buy, one of those light switches Star showed him, she really seemed to become familiar with Earth culture already. "You certainly have a life here. With school, with the wand, with magic." A life that didn't really require him to be in the picture.

"That's fine, that's totally fine by me. She's able to have her own thing, I'm able to have my own." He spoke to no one once more. "Now is there a note I can leave here or something?" His sister had such a mess in her room he wondered why she even bothered keeping most of it. "I mean, who leaves have eaten hotdogs and a wand on the floor? That's just a waste." He ripped off Star's bedsheets looking for some paper. "Maybe if still keeps that diary under all this I can just leave a note there." He frisked every inch of the bed looking for it, only to do a bit of a double take once he looked to the ground again, taking more of a notice to their royal heirloom thrown like yesterdays news.

"Star, you didn't, you really didn't." His words hardly did anything to convince himself otherwise as he gazed at the object in all its glimmering beauty. Nowadays, it was more common to get so close to the mystical item, but even so, he still looked at it with giddiness and awe. Despite actually using it twice before, he still questioned if he was worthy to so much as gawk at it. Butterfly upon Butterfly held the wand for generations, and it was only by shear luck that he was able to hold that name.

Which is why it stung him a little to just see it sitting their like it was trash. "You are soo glad Mom doesn't send herself to check on you." With a slow caution, Quartz slowly raised the wand, but it didn't change like it did before. "No need to use it now, just going to give it back anyway." Okay, so his me day was going to be taking a back seat for just a little more today. He wasn't trying to delay anything, he just needed to do something important for the sake of the universe.

"Yeah, I'm not avoiding any problems, I'm solving a problem before leaving all my problems behind me." And besides, wasn't it better to tell something to someone in person? This clearly needed to be addressed face-to-face. "And I clearly should stop talking to myself when I'm alone." Tucking the wand away, he hopped out the ledge of Star's room and floated safely to the ground. "Now exactly where did I leave that rambunctious rascal of a lion?"

"Sir, are you sure this plan is best course of action?" A familiar accented voiced rang in the air, causing the boy to duck and hide by the side of the Diaz house. Sure enough, taking a peak at the side of the house was Ludo and his usual band of cronies. The big frog man followed the bird man obediently despite the objection in his tone. "It sort of feels we've repeated the same plan over and over. Sort of feels a bit lazy."

"Oh, I didn't know you've became the leader in the last 5 seconds, by all means, take charge, take my helmet, heck, take the wand we never seem to grab because of YOUR FAILURES!" Ludo threw his helmet to the ground as Buff Frog stepped back a little. "I'd like to see you get creative after years of the same pattern."

Quartz took out the wand again and wondered what to do. Okay, so these guys didn't know Star was here and didn't know she didn't have the wand on her. "What to do, what to do? What would Star do in this situation?" He asked himself as he looked at his sister's wand. She probably knocked them all away with a single rainbow fist punch. "Wait, what would I do in this situation?" A group of monsters, most incapable of simple tackling, and the last time he checked, he was more of a associate enemy of Ludo than a main rival. With a lightbulb being lit above his head, he took another look at the wand before making it glow once more and strapping it behind his back.

"Hey guys, what exactly are you doing here?" Quartz walked to the group like normal as he eyed their still opened portal to Mewni. Without Lion, this was the best way to get the wand as far away as possible. "Is this another one of those Star traps you always try to pull?"

The other monsters, while initially startled, just sent him confused looks. Not that Star sent the fear of god down their spines, but they learned to be a little wary of the powerful princess. Quartz on the other hand didn't exactly install the same aura of menace they usually associated with Star. "Oh brother, the Princess's brother." Ludo moaned. "Well, what pathetic speech do you want to shove down out throats this week? Teach us to make friendship bracelets out of the sticks you beat us with? Sprinkle us with the magic of friendship as you blast us off again?"

"Ah, I was just asking if I could please use your portal. My ride is kind of out of commission." Later on, the boy would find the pink beast coughing off whole lizard tails, only to swallow them whole again before he could question anything about it.

The monstrous minions only took a second before nodding yes, clearing the way for him to pass on through without any trouble. "Wait, wait, hold it, hold it." Ludo stepped in front of the prince and halted him before he could enter it. "You morons do realize he's the enemy here!? We don't help our enemies! That's just common sense!" The monsters actually looked a bit reluctant to follow that.

"But he helps me all the time. I've learned to be less angry at the world and focus more on my emotional turmoil's." The bear monster chimed in, encouraging more of the minions to speak out.

"He shared his ice cream with my one time. That's a true sacrifice you never forget."

"He waited five minutes for me to catch my breathe before blowing a bubble at my face. The princess would've never been that kind to me."

"If he's the enemy, shouldn't that mean we should treat him better than how he treats us?"

"No it does not! We're the villains here, not the host of a party!" Ludo's screamed made them cower a little. It actually made the little boy wonder why such big and beefy creatures were so submissive to a guy even smaller then himself. "If they beat down one of our own, we beat them back! If they turn their heads, we strike them when they're distracted! We punch below the belt, spit in their eyes, and show no mercy to anyone that dares to pity us!"

"That sounds a little mean and underhanded, don't you think?" The two headed man sheepishly asked.

"That's the, what are, where you even..!" Too flabbergasted to complete his sentence, the little bird man walked around it circle, kicking the grass off as he curse in a language Quartz couldn't quite understand. "Just, just go. You're fortunate enough it's you sister that actually incurs my wrath."

"Okay, I'll be sure to thank my sister the next time I see here." He gleefully addressed Ludo before walking towards to portal again. Finally, it looks like he would finally be out of the woods.

Thunk.

The bright and colorful instrument slid off his back and fell to the ground. Before he could grab it, the giraffe creature, just being generally polite, picked it up to give it back. "Hey, I didn't know you played.." He strummed a single string of the ukulele, unleashing from it a bright purple blast of magic that uppercut him to the ground, leaving everyone to stare more closely at the instrument, more specifically the jewel that was placed at it's top.

"Hah, well you know what they say about the world of music and how hard it can be. That's probably why my mom didn't go anywhere big with her skills. Great teacher though, got to give her that." The monsters were still speechless. "Well, I'll just take my totally normal and not magical ukulele and enjoy the rest of the day far away from here. See ya!" He dashed into the portal before anyone could grab him.

"He has, he has, HE HAS THE WAND!" Ludo screech could be heard all over the neighborhood, though to most, they thought it was the sound of someone running over a cat. "After him, after him, AFTER HIM!"

Quartz found himself on the other side in no time at all, and without real thought going into it, he ended up running into the forest of certain death. Through most of the run, the boy found himself using his floating to jump great distances, though it proved to be troublesome as the momentum made him crash through several thorn bushes and branches, scraping him up quite a bit.

With ever new step the Prince took he felt like taking a nap, each jump proving to be more draining than the last. He couldn't though, for every time he began to let up, a thundering roar or a thistle in the background would pop out, urging him to push further on no matter the pain or strain building up. It was getting harder and harder to catch his breath, until he reached the point of exhaustion and fell on his side, the wand nearly slipping out of his firm grip, passing out as a long, shadowy figure covered him, swooping him off the ground.

An unspecified amount of time later..

"Hey, you, you alright? Guy, guy, hey, guy?" A unrecognizable, high pitched voice entered Quartz's ears, making him stiff as he struggled to force his eyes opened. "Hey, you look pretty beat. Here, eat this dirt." Quartz had no trouble waking up after that, for a spoon full of mud was shoved right into his mouth, nearly choking him as he got a good long at what seemed to be his savior. "I wasn't sure if you were going to wake up, so I had to move you to someplace a little less hectic so I could think a little more clearly?"

"Ludo?" The figure looked almost like a an exact replica when it came to the head. Other than that, there was nothing. He was a good three, maybe four feet taller than him, his arms were covered in feathers that actually looked like they could be used to fly, and he wore brown pants with a plain tank top. "Who are you?"

"Ohh, eh, My name is Dennis. Sorry, I just, flew over you and thought you were dying or dead. I've never seen a dead body before, so please understand how confused I was over this." The taller boy nervously explained. "Sorry, I've, I've been through a lot and I haven't even asked you your name."

"Quartz. Nice to meat you Dennis." Quartz said as his mind quickly returned to the wand once more. Even in his forced slumber, his grip refused to let the heirloom go by even a morsel. "At least this thing's safe."

"What is that exactly, some sort of instrument?" Dennis stood way above Quartz trying to get a better look. "Not many people would've tried so hard to hold on to something before passing out. You looked really sick from all that running."

"It's just something really important to my family." Quartz answered as he felt more trembling on the ground. "Look, I really need to get out of here and there's a large group of nasties trying to take my ukulele away. You wouldn't mind giving me a hand getting out of here?"

"Of course! I can take you to my big brother! He'll know exactly what to do." Dennis excited scooped the prince onto his back and flew upwards, allowing the boy's to get a great view of the landscape overall. "He knows a thing or two about being obsessive over stuff, so he might be able to lend a hand."

"Thanks Dennis, I really appreciate it." Huh, for once a monster helped him out, and he didn't need to do a thing. Weird how the universe decides to work. "So, you and your brother, are you guys really close?"

"Oh yeah, we're really close! Closer than two people have the right to be to be honest. We're so close, it should probably be illegal." He chuckled rather lamely. "Actually, we haven't really spoken to each other ever since he left our family. He's kind of been the odd once out of all my brothers and sisters. Do you know what that's like?"

"Ha, not really Between my sister and I, there's never really been a question about how odd we can be. In fact, I'm sure Mom's the only sane one out of any of us. I'm sure one of these day's we'll eventually drive her insane."

"I wish that's something I could do to my parents. Maybe they could finally leave me alone." Dennis grumbled, with Quartz sensing his growing irritation. "My brother's the only one that's ever stood up to them and won. He claimed our ancestral home as his own, pursued his own career, and never let anyone or anything get in his way. He's the only hope I have of ever making it out on my own." Quartz could feel the wave of sadness now filling the bird boy. "I just hope his willing to accept me. Without him, I'm nothing."

"Well, he has to, he's family." Quartz placed a hand on Dennis's shoulder. "I know what it's like to look up to your sibling. We bicker, we can disagree, but we have to take that chance that they know what they're doing, and we stick by them. I couldn't imagine a life without looking up to my sister. When I see her, I, feel reassured that we'll make it through okay."

"Thanks. You know, you Mewmans aren't as bad as others say. You're able to talk to me and you're not nearly as ugly as told in the stories." Dennis did his best to compliment, while Quartz did his best to ignore the clear error in perception. For the longest while, the two were just comfortable with starring into the sky without a single care to drag them down. The two eventually just started to get to know each other, going back and forth with small talk about little things such as board games, the best kinds of mud to sleep in, and of course, corn. "You know, my family doesn't get enough of that stuff, but personally I don't see the appeal. Cornbread, corn chips, corn shakes. It's just too, corny for me."

"Eh, when's the only vegetable able to grow for miles, you just take what you can get I guess." Quartz offered his opinion, keenly spying down on the forest as he scanned further. "So, exactly what does you brother look.." Quartz didn't finish, as his eyes picked up a dangerous sight. Ludo and his gang of monsters had just come unto the sing, with another portal opened up, waiting to be used. "Dennis, when I say dive, get ready to dive."

"What?"

"DIVE!" Quartz, taking full control, grabbed the bird boy by the shoulders and forced them downward towards. With no control over his actions, Dennis began descending down like a rocket towards the group, specifically towards Ludo, who held his own pair of dimensional scissors close to himself. "Get read to turn.." Quartz eyed his family's long time enemy. Funny how he was the one trying to take something from him for a change. "Now!"

With Quartz finally releasing his grip on Dennis, he wasted no time trying to elevate himself upwards again, which allowed Quartz just enough time to do what he needed. "Hey, isn't that?" Ludo could barely recognize the figure above him, as they quickly swooshed past him before he could properly focus his eyes. The one thing he was certain about was the lack of scissors in his hands. "Hey, no fair! I was the one stealing from you!"

"Sorry, but also very much not sorry. Nobody should be trying to steal from anybody!" Quartz quickly shouted before ripping another portal into existence for him and Dennis through.

"Quartz, wait! My brother! He's.."

"No time, we have to go through know!" Dennis initially resisted, doing his best to stop himself, but the momentum he had built up was far to great by that point as he felt himself forced into the portal, with Quartz dropping the scissors behind.

The next thing they knew, they entered the next dimension through what they could only describe as 'falling up'. With the initial tussle the bird boy had, the kids found themselves thrown into opposite directions on the ground, though the impact was largely absorbed by how strangely soft the ground was. Quartz face was nose deep into it, as it felt like he was putting his head into lion's mane. "Huh, weird."

"Dude, dude, what the heck was that all about!" Dennis demanded as they both got on their feet again. "My brother was right there! He could've helped us out!"

"Sorry, but those goons were there, and I'm trying to get this thing as far away from them as possible." Quartz defended. He quickly checked his person to see if everything was in order. The wand was still strapped to his back, but the scissors were now gone. "Great, looks like I left our way back behind."

"Wait, so your saying we're lost!?" Dennis freaked, pulling the hair(?) he had on his head and walked in a circle. If Quartz didn't know any better, he say was watching a dodo attempting the chicken dance. "I've never even left the forest before! How the heck am I going to live in another dimension! I, I barely know where food comes from!" He dropped to the ground, pulling the fur like grass off and quickly shoved it in his beak. "This counts as food, right?"

"Easy, we're getting out of here, so no eating the ground fur." Quartz replied, allowing Dennis to spit out the contents that now overwhelmed his mouth. "I wasn't thinking too clearly when I used the scissors, so I guess we'll have to walk around a little until we can find a way out of here. You with me?"

"It's not like I have much of a choice." Dennis said rather glumly. The two began their walk, taking the new world's mostly hairy atmosphere. It seemed everything they came across, the mountains, the trees, even the rocks, they were all covered in long and poofy hair. Even the town the two stubbled into, people all around were covered in what looked liked piles of hair. "Huh, and they say monsters are weird looking."

"Different dimensions, different rules. These people are called Woolets I believe. I'll go see if I can ask for help." Walking up to a tall purple figure, Quartz stuck his hand out politely. "Hello, me and my fried here were wondering if there was.." Quartz sound found himself ducking a sudden punch the hairy figure threw. "WAIT, I only wanted to.." A powerful kick to the stomach was next for the young lad. Man, was it a bad day not to wear his armor. "..ask about.." Another punch was throw, only for Quartz to summon his shield and push the man back to a wall. "..any portals in the area!" The man remained silent, and it took a second for Quartz to realize the man had been knocked out. "Dang it."

"You boys are new here, aren't you?" A fluffy green figure came up from behind Dennis, who got scared and hid himself behind the recovering Prince. "You exposed yourself too much when you reached for his arm. Besides, your hair's way too short for it to be practical. Kind of day one Wool-let education."

"We weren't looking for a fight, we're just trying to get out of here." Quartz nervously replied. With all the eye now planted on him, it seemed his little display was attracting a bit of a crowd, and not the type he was comfortable in. Something told them these weren't the hi-5 type. "Doesn't look like we'll get far though."

"Not to worry, I think I can help. Name's Kelly by the way." The girl started walking pass them. "Well, aren't you going to follow?" Looking back at each other, the two just short of shrug before wordlessly agreeing. They still attracted a lot of staring, though they would going along with their day as soon as Kelly started forming her fists.

"So, this is your first time exploring another dimension?" Quartz tried to ask, but felt a bit regretful once he saw Dennis's face. He was shaking all over like a rattlesnake's tail, and looked as sweaty as Dad on bog beast hunting. It looked like he would keel over any second. "Are you..."

"You don't hate monster's, do you?" Dennis asked with his voice too fearful for someone of his height. It just dawned on the prince that he was probably younger than he looked. "I mean, it's fine if you do. I'm just wondering why you didn't run away if you were just going to avoid my brother like that."

"I, no, no Dennis. I don't hate anyone." Quartz spoke with a nervous tone. "But that gang of monster's have been chasing after my sister's wand ever since I could remember, and I don't want to take risk losing it to Ludo." Dennis faced changed to one with more shock and confusion. "I know this probably isn't how you pictured your day going, and believe, I have experience with that. I promise you we'll get you back with your brother as soon as possible."

The confusion on Dennis's face was even greater than before. "But, but my brother is.."

ROAR

A thunderous blast of sound whooshes pass the two, almost knocking them to their knees. The source of this, a very familiar pink fur ball lazily laying about, almost unfazed by the sight of his owner. "Well, here he is. He's usually around this spot whenever I come here. He opens a portal to a new dimension and I'm free to just hop around." Kelly explained. "Good luck trying to get him to help you though. He just does what he does most of the time. Maybe if we.."

"Lion!" Quartz ran pass her and straight into the Lion's hide, who only curiously glanced at the prince, before returning to it's slumber. "Is this where you run off to all the time? Why don't you tell me these things that you do?" The Lion only muffled a snarl in response. "There's only some many times that excuse will work on me you know."

"Wha.."

"Oh right, Lion belongs to me, sort of. He likes to run around a lot, so he's less of a pet and more like that stray dog or hobo that stays because you give it food. Isn't that right, you adorable pile of fur?" Quartz cooed his pink companion on and on.

"Come on, I've been trying to get this guy moving for weeks! It's the closest thing I have to a dragon cycle at the moment." Kelly exasperated, trying her hardest not to pull out her own hair. "At least tell me he's just highly trained and only responds to specific commands."

"Nope. I just say please and he does what I tell him to do." Her face fell as she tried to hide her disappointment. "Come on Dennis, our ride is waiting. Hurry before he gets too lazy to do anything else." The Prince rushed, climbing aboard the beast.

Dennis looked more reluctant and confused than ever now. The sweat coming off of him was starting to gain a strong scent, making the other three in his vicinity back away. It looked like he wanted to throw up "Quartz, you said didn't hate me or other monsters, right? Because right now, I have so much going through my head right now, and I really need to say something before my guts spew out."

"Dennis, what are you trying to say?"

"Ludo is my.." Before he could say another word, a familiar ripping sound once again filled the air. "Oh come on!" With the tear getting bigger, more and more monster goons fell out of the air, surround the four people all around. "You guys are seriously making me look worse every time we see you!"

"Huh, an army of monsters. Been a while since I've enjoyed a good brawl. Stay back boys, I got this." Kelly announced, tying her hair up in some sort of fluffy pony tail revealing a dark skinned girl with thick glasses. She took out a huge and thick sword and began to swing it around widely. "I knew there was a reason I always carry this around!"

"Huh, I guess everybody here just likes to fight. Come on Dennis, we should probably lend her a hand.." The bird kid was out of his sight. "Dennis? Dennis? Don't tell me he got scared off." He looked far and wide, ducking several punches and leaping over the brutes, but no sign of him. "Polly want a cracker?"

"I'm a kappa, not a parrot you know!" Dennis shouted from behind the still sleeping Lion's mane, ducking a soon as one of the minions started to get closer to him. "Your being a little insensitive with that remark."

"Oh, so you don't want the cracker I have in my pocket?"

"...I never said that." He blushed before shaking his head. "Whatever, there's no time for any of this! We need to get out of here now!" He kept tapping the Lion's head, hoping to awake him. All he got back in return were light snarls. "Get up you stinking beast! We need to get out of here now!" He pounded his fist on the hide of the feline, causing him the roar furiously in an attempt to bite his head off. "Aggggh!"

"Easy boy, he's just scared. Just think about all the Lion Lickers I'll give you if you don't kill him." Quartz held the beast back. "You alright?"

"Alright? ALRIGHT? How can I be aright when your pet just tried to bite my head off! How can I be alright when I'm scarred for my life, lost in another dimension, with absolutely nothing making sense and nothing going right for any of us?! How can anybody deal with that?!"

"One day at a time." Quartz offered with a small smile of sympathy, only to turn his head at the sound of Kelly's groans. "Listen, I need to help her, so hold on to this for me, will you?" He gives the frighten boy the wand.

"But, but it thought you said you couldn't let anyone get their hands on it?"

"Think of it as assurance. I will come back to you, and I will get you home, promise." He said nothing else as he dove into battle, summoning his signature weapon and blocking a punch coming from Kelly's back.

"Whoa, thanks kid! Almost didn't see that!" She thanked as she tossed one guy over her head. "Sure you want to fight with that overgrown dinner plate you got? I have more than enough swords, believe me." She three several small daggers at the next wave of goons that tried to grab her. "OOOh, that's going to need stitches."

"Thanks, but no. I'm better at defense than offense. Plus, you can't do this with a sword: Boomerang shield!" Throwing it out, the disc went around in a circle back to him, hitting every goon head before coming back to him. "Boom. Nothing tops that."

"I don't know, I think I can think of a few things that can." Smirking, Kelly forced the tip of her sword into the ground, and catapulted herself into the next minion in her way, punching and kicking every part of her face. "Woohoo! This the most exciting thing that's happened here in a while."

"You should meet my sister sometime then! She really knows how to bring the excitement." Again, while fighting wasn't the kid's preferred afternoon activity, he could hardly deny the thrill and adrenalin now coursing through his veins. It was exhilarating, blood pounding, and dare he say it: fun. There was no real worry when it came to these guys. Now he was starting to wonder why he was trying to avoid this all day. "Wait, was it this or Star I was trying to..."

"Ah kid, pay attention!" With another mighty kick, Kelly stayed by the prince's side, getting the boy out of his trance. "Never daydream during a gangbang. That's like rule number one of street fighting." Nodding, the kid held his guard up, waving his shield at anyone that dared to come closer. "Ok guys, how about you give it up now! We've clearly got you outmatched here, so leave before it get's too embarrassing for you."

"You know, she really has a point here. The fighting really is done right now." The crowed of minions backed off, making sure to give their tiny master all the room he needed. "After all, there's no reason to fight the battle when the war's already over." Ludo's confidence was not out of character, but rather out of place for the Mewman prince.

"What the heck are you talking about? Your goons hardly gave us a scratch back there, and, well, you're not the most intimidating person here." Quartz couldn't figure out why Ludo would proclaim victory so suddenly. "And it's not like we're just going to hand over the wand.." Click. "Wait, what did you do to Dennis?" Quartz tried to jump forward in accusation, but the frog goon held him back, despite all attempts to wiggle out. Kelly likewise was apprehended by giraffe guy. "If you hurt him.."

"Hurt him, hurt him?" Ludo's angrily replied, lightly slipping him to the boy's shock. "What kind of monster do you think I am? After all the things you and Star Butterfly go through, I'm surprised you of all people would ever assume something so horrid." Those words, why would Ludo use them like that? What was he saying? "Why on Mewni would I ever try to harm my little brother?"

"BROTHER? Wait, you're Dennis's.."

"..Older brother, yeah. It's what I've been trying to tell you ever since we've got here." Dennis came out from behind Lion, still clutching onto the instrument-shaped wand. Sheepishly, he waddled his way towards them. "If you stop to listen for more than 5 seconds.."

"Alas, even the nicer one's can only hold so much sympathy for monster's. It's not like he was your friend or anything, you just met." Ludo 'defended' his brother. "I mean, really? You run from a kappa, run into another kappa looking for his brother, and don't think there's a connection there?" Quartz gave a small blush. "That's dumb. Everyone, I need you all to laugh at how dumb this kid is." The laughter lasted for about a minute. Ludo laughed the hardest while Dennis forced out a chuckle.

"Dennis, was this all a trick to.."

"No, yes, maybe, I, I don't really know?" Dennis cried out. "All I saw back on Mewni was a kid running for his life, another kid that I thought I could help. Now I'm, I'm just confused here. I, I shouldn't even be here, I, I just want to go home now!"

"Don't worry, my little brother. Just hand the wand over to me, and we'll have the power to go wherever we want, whenever we want without consequence." Sticking out his palm, Ludo eagerly waited for Dennis to drop the wand in his hands, which he begun to do so.

"Dennis, wait!" Dennis did so, much to Ludo's ire. "You can't give that thing to him! He'll take over the universe with that thing! He's the bad guy!"

"Of course Mewni's little brat would say that! His family has persecuted me for years, when I've had nothing but the best of intentions when it comes to me rule."

"The last time you had your hands on it, you tried to use it to annihilate my sister!"

"She interrupted my shopping day and left me indebted to Quest Buy for life!" He huffed with a huge sigh. "Now quite whining already. You've lost already, so at least shut up so I can enjoy gloating about this victory."

"Dennis, please, you really can't just give my sister's wand to him!" Quartz continued to argue. "She'll never forgive herself if she knew she lost it, and I'd never forgive myself for failing her!"

"Well, I, I can't fail my brother either Quartz! Did you ever think about that?!" Dennis got into the Prince's face. "I told you before, he's the only one I can rely on. What can of a brother would I be if I didn't back him up? You told me yourself, you back your sister no matter what." Quartz sweated as the wand came closer to Ludo's hands.

"But that doesn't mean I'll always agree with her. I told you that we can argue and disagree!" He blurted. "Do you know why I was on my own today? It's because I tried taking a break from what I usually do with Star, which didn't really turn out well for me. We try to do everything together, but ever so often, we'll do something that's uncomfortable or not right, or just a little too reckless to handle, which is why we have to learn to say no, or to just stay out of it. Sometime supporting your family means knowing when not to support them."

"You don't know my brother, and you certainly don't know my family!" Ludo's anger erupted, pulling Quartz's hair and bringing his head closed to himself. "You don't know how long I've had to endure mockery from how much 'weaker' I was, how much my brother's and sisters left me behind! Me and Dennis, we're all we got. He's nothing without me." Ludo confidently answered.

"Then it sounds like you too need to know each other better." Quartz snarked back. "Because a good relationship with siblings is like peanut butter and jelly. Sure, they're amazing when together, but they're still pretty great when on their own." He turns his head to Dennis. "You don't need Ludo to be somebody, and you don't have to follow him if you don't agree with it. It's perfectly normal too.." Buff Frog placed a hand on his mouth before he could continue on. "Mpph Mphh umph!"

"Thank you, I thought he would never shut up. Now, where were we?" Dennis still held out the wand, though he slowly began reeling it back. "Dennis, we've literally spent all that time trying to ignore the brat's sappy lecture. Don't waste any more of my time by actually thinking about it." He kept his teeth shut as he spoke.

"Well, this does seem to be a bit excessive for a ukulele, don't you think?" Dennis defended. "I mean, we can always work this out diplomatically.."

"We don't live in a democracy, we live in a world where I make the decisions and everyone else follows me or get's thrown out!" Staring at his younger brother with a more threatening glare, Dennis nearly fell over in fear of his brother's anger. Realizing his mistake, he attempted to lighten his tone with little success. "Don't make me throw you out Dennis. Give me the wand, and we can do what you want to do."

"What I want.." Dennis thought those words over as he stared at Quartz's pleading glare. Was it actually possible to get eyes that bulgy and sad. "What I want to do know is give this back to Quartz!" Before Ludo could protest, Dennis threw it up high in the air, causing everyone to scramble for it by scattering all over the ground. In the sudden burst of panic, the goons had let Kelly and the Prince go.

"Kelly, how good are you at corn ball?" Turning to the older girl, Quartz encased himself in a bubble. Within seconds, she caught on what he was trying to do. "Because the whole universe might depend on it."

"Okay, adding a lot of pressure there, but I'll see what I can do." Smirking, she lifted the surprisingly light bubbled boy and threw it overhead at breathtaking speed. Unbubbling, Quartz reached out and grabbed it without a problem. The minions upon seeing this, began scrambling away as the prince made his slow descent to the ground.

"Sorry guys, but just know you're physical pain is equal to my emotional pain here, so no hard feelings?" He quickly said before strumming the instrument in his hand. It started a soft but quick rhythm, quiet with a tone of somberness in it. As everyone in the area stopped running for their lives, they could help but be drawn to the melody in the air, which only seemed to get louder the closer the boy got to the ground. Furthermore, with every note that he finished, a large, brightly colored music note would appear above him. As he reached the ground, their was well over 100 of them in the air.

Ludo, knowing what to expect by this point, withheld telling his monsters to retreat in favor of saying the obvious. "This is going to be painful."

"Sadness musical note projectile rainstorm!" With a final loud strum, each not shot down like a missile towards everybody, save Dennis who took Kelly by the shoulders and flew her above the chaos. He caught a good glimpse at the monsters groaning in pain, especially Ludo who he saw cry a little after a note hit him in the face. The sight became a little too much for the bird boy to watch, so he quickly set his attention towards Quartz again.

"Wow, that, now that's something else I got to say." Kelly slapped Quartz shoulder, who winced in pain. Doing that big of a spell really took a lot out of him. "Do you do that with every new friend you meet?"

"I try not to if it can be helped." He replied with a small smile, though it quickly vanished when he turned back to Dennis, who still looked a bit shaken up. "You alright?"

"Yeah, sure, whatever." He mumbled with is head facing the ground. Quartz couldn't tell if he was more angry or more sad, but both emotion were very present. "Just get out of here before they come to." He walked away to face the inevitable."

"Wait, you're not coming with us?" Sure, he knew Ludo probably had his pair of scissors back, but he was surprised that Dennis wasn't trying to this tense situation. "Well, okay, but would it be possible for us to see each other again?"

"I, I don't know Quartz. Maybe?" He asked himself more then he did Quartz. "Just, just leave."

"Thanks for helping me." Quartz hopped on his pink companion with Kelly riding in the back. With a small smile, Lion picked himself off the ground and made a portal back to earth. In no time at all, they were gone, leaving Dennis to stare at nothing but the air.

"So, the time has finally come, hasn't it? Once more, my own family has gone out of it's way to scorn me to no end." Ludo came from behind him, and Dennis did his best not to face his brother. "No surprise there. Why should I care if another stomps on everything I do."

"Ludo, you know that what you're doing isn't right.."

"I DON'T CARE!" Ludo voice forced the kid to face him, and the seeping anger made the tall bird feel as small as an ant. "I finally came close to winning this time! It was in your hands, the hands of the one I trust the most, and you failed me, just like everyone else I meet!" Taking out the his scissors, Ludo made a portal to Mewni. "Go back home Dennis, and don't stop by soon."

"But Ludo.."

"Go." Not another word was spoken out of the two Kappa's as Dennis wept his way into the portal. Ludo just start at the open portal long after his little brother had stepped through. Somehow, the lost seemed quite bigger than anything he had experienced before.

Quartz wasn't sure how to feel about his all too short trip back to Earth. Sure, he got his sister's wand out of villainous hands, but he probably lost his chance at making a new friend to do so. Not even Kelly's joyous uproar could completely get him out of his slump. That wasn't even mention the fact he lost pretty much the entire day do to this little excursion.

"Whoa, now that's a wild ride!" Kelly was in ecstasy as Lion planted himself at the Diaz residence. "Come on kid, be more excited. You own this big lug, you're the lucky guy here."

"Yeah, Lion's great." He said with as much enthusiasm he could muster, his downtrodden expression refusing to leave his face.

"Look kid, I'm not sure exactly what happened today with you and that other guy, but I had fun at least. At least be happy knowing you made one friend today." She offered her hand, which lifted Quartz's spirit's just enough for him to smile more genuinely. "And since we're friends, you wouldn't happen to mind me taking your Lion for a joy for the next few hours or daysormaybeeventherestoftheweek?" She passed through the last bit like she was on fast forward.

Knowing exactly what she was doing, Quartz only smiled as he agreed. "Go ahead. Just don't too crazy with him, he's grumpy if he missed naptime." He knocked turned his back and chuckled, already hearing the chaos that was unfolding with Lion's new rider. "Still a whole lot less wild that Star's riding." Speaking of which, the light's in her room were on, so Quartz decided to take the easy entrance. Jumping to her room, he found her surprisingly face deep in a book, hardly noticing who had just entered. Quartz snorted as he lightly tapped the book to get her attention.

"Hey bro, whatcha doing?" She sweetly said before tackling him with a bear hug. "I was just going through this history book, and frankly, I think it's outdated. Nothing about it tells me about how corn fits into their government, and not once has it mention Mewnipendence day. I think I got to do something about that."

"Nice. Oh, before I forget, I should probably give this back to you." Quartz unstrapped the wand from himself and handed back to Star, who was in awe, and not because it transformed back to it's 'normal' form.

"Wha, but, wha, how, why did you have this." Huffing, Quartz told her everything, what led to it, Dennis, the portal hopping, the whole shebang. Throughout Quartz's retelling, Star's face shifted weirdly, mainly focusing on the whole starting point to this series of events. "Quartz, if you wanted some me time, you could've just told me."

"Aghh, I knew it! Why did I have to make myself feel weird about it?" Quartz slapped his forehead. "Well, I guess I just missed how things were back on Mewni before you came here. We spent all of our time together, because we wanted to be together, but now that you're here, there's so much I can do on my own, but, but I don't really know what that is."

"Well, you outsmarted those dingdongs, used your own magic and spells, made new friends, and got back what I lost in one piece. I think you're doing just fine on your own." Another hug initiated. "But hey, just so you don't become a sad sack again, why don't we work on that. You and Me, we're going to plan every single thing you can do when I'm not around, that way we can always have fun, whether we're together or apart."

"Like peanut butter and jelly." Quartz smiled. Even when their not together, Quartz could always count on Star to have his back.

Next time: Laser Light Canon