A few days later, summer ended. It was a shock to me, I hadn't even been keeping up with time. My nightmares had strangely stopped, replaced by pleasant dreams. That had never happened before. It was the morning of the first day of school, mom was making breakfast so I had time to relax. I was in the living room, staring at a blank TV. I was more focused on my mind than reality, I was more specifically thinking of what my future self warned me about. Kooper... who is that? What do they have to do with me? Why can't I trust them? Questions like those flooded my mind, outlandish theories shortly following after. So outlandish that there's no point in describing them. I thought I could hear footsteps, but I was so detached from reality that I didn't care.

The TV suddenly flickering on snapped me out of my trance. I glanced around the room, I saw Kate, remote in hand, standing behind the couch. Her eyes were filled with concern and had dark rings under them, "You okay?" she asked.

I searched my head for an excuse but none came. After staring at her, not saying a word, I decided to tell her the truth. I looked away from her and shook my head, "No. No, I'm not," I said.

She came over and sat next to me, "What's on your mind?" she asked.

I chuckled, I knew she would do this. "Kate, you don't need to worry about me-"

"No, I insist," she interrupted me, "Tell me what's wrong."

I sighed, I knew she wouldn't leave. "It's just..." I thought for a second. There was no reason to tell her every little detail, "On Mewni, I was told by the fortune-teller not to trust a guy named Kooper and I haven't stopped thinking about it since," I finally said.

She stayed silent. She blinked a few times, "That's it?" I slowly nodded, "I was expecting more, Marco is usually the one who gets hanged up on little things like that," she said. She didn't say anything for a few seconds, "The fortune-teller was probably wrong, it wouldn't surprise me," she said.

I smiled, even though she was completely wrong, it was nice knowing she cared for me. "Yeah," I said, I knew if I told her the actual details, the conversation would go on for a lot longer, "Yeah, you're probably right. Thanks, Kate."

"No problem," she said with a smile, "I always enjoy helping out my brothers." She stood up, "Now, onto the reason why I came in here," she walked to the kitchen but stopped halfway and turned back to me, "Breakfast is done," she said.

I stood up, "Hell yeah!" I said, following her into the kitchen.

Breakfast was good. It was refreshing seeing everyone, including mom and dad, at the table. I took my normal seat next to Star but she didn't talk to me that much like she normally did. Instead, much to my surprise, she was chatting with Marco. They weren't enemies before, but I wouldn't have called them friends either. Before, their conversations were awkward and slow, but now, they were talking like they had been friends for years. I wasn't mad, in fact, I was actually happy to see Star talking to someone other than me, it just wasn't a sight I was used to. After breakfast, we grabbed our bags and headed to the bus stop, once again, Star and Marco were chatting. After about a century of sitting in the damp bus stop, the school bus finally arrived. Inside, the bus was quiet, mostly because everyone was taking a nap. I took a found an empty seat and took it, Marco did the same in front of me. Seeing as how she had been talking with Marco for the past hour, I expected Star to sit with him. She destroyed my expectations and took a seat next to me, Kate doing the same with Marco.

The rest of the bus ride and even the school day was uninteresting. After we got off the bus, we headed to our class. Mom must have been bribing Principal Skeeves because me, Marco, and Kate had always ended up in the same classes, this year was no exception. We even had Star with us this time. The first day of school was usually interesting because I would get to meet my new teachers but not this year, I had already had all these teachers before so I was incredibly bored. After a lifetime of staring at the clock, the lunch bell finally echoed down the hallways. I, without thinking, stood up and bolted out of the classroom, most of the class shortly following me.

"No Running In The Halls!" I heard Miss Skullnick, our current teacher, echo from the classroom. It didn't stop me from running as fast as I could to the cafeteria.

I was one of the first people in line because of my running. I got my food and sat down at our group's spot. The first to join me was Daniel, "Long time no see," he said taking a seat in front of me.

"What'd you mean?" I asked, "It's only been three days since the park."

"Well, you didn't talk to anyone that day, so I'm not really counting it," he said reminding me of how I sat under an oak tree the whole time.

"Oh yeah," I scratched the back of my head, "I kinda forgot that I did that."

He looked at me with a raised eyebrow before starting to eat his food. He glanced around the table, "So where's Star? She's usually with you," he said.

I shrugged, "I don't know. I rushed here so quick that I don't think she had time to catch up." I realized how easily she could have got lost, it put a pit in my stomach. I tried to ignore it, "She's probably with Kate or Marco," I said, I'm not sure if I was trying to reassure Daniel or myself.

Jackie came out of nowhere and took a seat next to Daniel, "You two glad to be back in this prison?" she asked.

"Oh yeah, definitely," I said, "I just love learning something I probably will never use," I said, my eyes rolling.

"I know! Isn't it the best?" Daniel said, joining in on our sarcasm.

Our conversation went like that before, eventually, Janna joined the table. She joined in on our sarcastic remarks and things mostly went the same. Then Ferguson and Alfonso joined. Then Kate, Star still nowhere in sight. I was tempted to ask her but decided to wait for Marco to come. Eventually, he did, Star not with him. The feeling from before reappeared in my stomach, this time stronger than before. I tried my best to push it away but that only made it stronger. I'm probably just overreacting, I thought, She's probably in the bathroom. I noticed Marco was staring intently at the seat Daniel was occupying. I pondered why before it hit me, Jackie was sitting next to Daniel.

I winked at Marco before turning to Daniel, "Hey Daniel, could you move next to me?" I pointed at the empty seat next to me, "I need to show you something."

He didn't say anything for a second, "Umm... okay," he said, picking up his tray and moving next to me. I winked at Marco again, he looked at me with a grin from ear to ear before taking the now empty seat. Daniel turned to him, "Oh, Marco, that's my-" I elbowed him in the stomach, still looking forward. "Oooo..." was the sound the air escaping from his mouth made.

I got really close to his ear, "Marco is trying to sit next to Jackie," I whispered.

He looked up at me, his eyes were watery, "You could've just said that," he was barely able to say.

I turned back to the group, Marco was staring at him, he had a frown, "Oh... do you want me to move?" he asked. Despite my best attempts, he seemed to get the message Daniel was trying to convey.

Daniel put his head back up, I gave him a death stare. He looked away from me and back at Marco, "No, it's fine," he took a deep breath, "I wasn't gonna go back anyways," he said.

Marco's face once again lit up and his body jolted. He looked at where Jackie was sitting, his eyes widened when he found her staring back, "H-hey Jackie," he said, his voice trembling.

"Sup!" Jackie said with a smile.

I grinned before turning away. I once again realized the lack of Star causing my grin to fade. That feeling came creeping up again, this time stronger than it had ever been. I knew speculating would do nothing so I finally did the smart thing. I turned to Kate and Marco, "Hey Kate, Marco," I said. They turned their heads to me, "Do you know where Star is?" I asked.

"I thought she was with you," Kate said, her mouth still full of food.

Marco was glancing around the room, it looked like the same feeling I was experiencing was creeping up on him. "Same," he was able to say.

I sighed, "Great," I said, burying my face into my hands. I'm so stupid! I thought, I knew how easy it is to get lost in this place and I still let her walk off on her own.

"We could go look for her," Kate suggested.

I kept my face buried, "We'll never find her in this place, it's huge."

Her footsteps echoed next to me before she pulled me up by my arm, "With all of us searching, we'll find her in no time," she turned to the group, "Right guys?" she asked.

Jackie and Daniel looked at each other and shrugged. Marco and Alfonzo were already standing, ready to go. Janna had, well, she had vanished, her tray still where she sat. I looked over at Ferguson, he slowly pushed his tray away. I could hear his stomach growl from here, "No, I'm sorry Ferguson Jr., my friends need me," his stomach growled back, "I know, but there's time for that later," he stood up, "Right now, it's adventure time!" he stood in a pose that a superhero could only dream of achieving, "Charge!" he screamed before running out of the cafeteria. Alfonzo shorty followed him with a battle cry of his own.

Jackie stood up, "I'm glad we have those two in our group," she started to follow in their footsteps, running just like they did, "It Makes Life Fun!" she shouted back at us before leaving the cafeteria. Daniel stood up before walking in her footsteps.

I looked around, everyone was staring at us, I didn't really mind it though. Thankfully, the teachers that were in the cafeteria didn't give a shit, so we had free reign over the hallways. Me, Marco, and Kate nodded at each other before following everyone else. Every one had luckily waited for us. We decided to split up into two teams, Kate, Marco and me, and Jackie, Alfonzo, Daniel, and Ferguson. We would each search half the school. We went our separate ways and began to look. There was no sign of her, not even in the bathrooms. We kept searching but no matter how hard we looked, we couldn't find a trace of her. Well, that is until I noticed something glowing out of the corner of my eye.

I turned to it, a familiar pink object greeted me. "Is that...?" I said. I heard Marco and Kate stop in their tracks. I walked over and bent over, it was clearly Star's wand. It glowed a faint gold. "It is!" I said, picking it up. For whatever reason, it was hot to the touch. I walked over and showed Marco and Kate what I found.

"That isn't a good sign," Marco said, "Not a good sign at all."

"How are we going to get to her now?" I asked, the heat from the wand was getting progressively hotter.

No one said anything at first, then Kate snapped her fingers, "Oh, I know! We can use those scissor things," she said. I pulled out the dimensional scissors, "Yeah, that thing."

I was confused, "How? I don't think it can bring us to people," I asked.

"Just hold the wand, think of Star, and cut into the air," Kate said, "It's worth a shot."

I shrugged, "Okay..." I tightened my grip on the wand, if I didn't let go of it soon, my hand would start burning. I thought of Star, the way she looked, the way she dressed (If you don't remember what she wears in this universe, it's a blue shirt, Star necklace, and black sweatpants.), the way she acted. Then, I cut into the air. The blueish-pink portal from a few days ago opened in front of me. I felt a sudden pulling on the wand. I tried to pull back, but it was sucked into the portal. Without thinking, I rushed in after it.

A sight I wasn't expecting greeted me on the other side. A throne room, taller than most houses on Earth, was in front of me. It had huge windows letting me see the familiar landscape outside. Two golden thrones sat at the end of the room. Unexpectedly, Star's mom sat in one of them. In front of her was Star, her wand was in her hand. A red carpet led to the thrones, it had golden edges. I had come out just behind Star, it sounded like we had just interrupted a conversation. I heard Kate and Marco enter the portal before it closed. Moon eyed all three of us, "Ah, just who we were talking about," she said.

Marco was the first to speak, "I-" he looked at me, I still had the dimensional scissors in hand, "W-we can explain," he said with a shaken voice. Sweat was already rolling down his forehead, I knew he wasn't used to getting in trouble but his reaction was a bit overkill.

"Okay then," Moon leaned back in her throne, "Explain.

Seeing as Marco was in no state to talk and Kate didn't look like she had any intention to, I decided to speak up. "It's simple," I paused to think about what to say, "We know about Star's magic," I eventually said. Moon rolled her eyes and opened her mouth but I spoke before she could say anything, "But," I looked back at Kate and Marco, "I think I speak for the whole group when I say this," I turned back to her, "We'd never tell another soul if it meant we got to keep Star around." I heard Kate and Marco's neck pop as they nodded their heads. Moon once again opened her mouth, but words came out of mine first, "And-"

"Could I speak?" Moon asked. I had forgotten she was a Queen.

"Oh," I said, embarrassment rushing to my face, "Yes, please do so."

"Thank you," she looked at the whole group and not just me, "Now, as I was trying to say. Obviously you know about Star's magic, which is not what I wanted to happen." She paused for a second, "But after seeing how well you four work together, I think I'll allow it."

Kate took a few steps forward, "What'd you mean, 'after seeing'? This is the first time you've seen us together," Kate asked.

"Well," she gestured at Star, "As I was saying to Star before you interrupted," she turned back to us before taking a deep breath. "Star's mirror has a camera in it, of which I can access at any time. I just so happened to tune in during your battles. The way you four work together can't be found in even the best of armies. That is why I'm letting Star stay on Earth," she said. I couldn't believe it, and judging by the gasping from Kate and Marco, neither could they. We didn't even have to defend ourselves. I was about to thank her, "But there will be some ground rules," she said before I could. She turned to me, "Landin, Pony Head gave you those dimensional scissors. While the origin of them is questionable at best, they are yours now, I cannot take them." I was relieved to hear that, "But, you, your siblings, or my daughter are not allowed to go to any dangerous dimension with them. And believe me, I have someone watching, I will know if you do." I nodded, it seemed like a reasonable agreement. She turned to the group, "I don't know if you had any intention to, but you are not allowed to tell anyone about Star's true origin," she looked at Star, "That goes for you too Star," Star slightly nodded her head. She smiled before she snapped her fingers, the sound of time and space tearing came from behind us, "Now go, I believe you're in school right now."

I turned around, there was the familiar blue portal I had gotten so used to seeing. Kate and Marco hesitantly looked at Moon before walking in. I was about to do the same when I heard Star's voice, "Thanks mom," she said.

"No problem sweetie," Moon said back before I walked through the portal.

On the other side was the school hallway. According to the clock on the wall, only five minutes had passed here. I heard Star walkthrough before the portal closed behind her. That entire interaction was still unbelievable. I looked around, Star and Marco were already heading back to the cafeteria. I looked at Star, "I remember your mom being meaner," I said.

Star took a deep breath, "Yeah, so do I."

I looked over Star, I had expected her to be more of herself when everyone found out about her magic, but nothing really changed, she's kept her boring "Earth Mask", on. "You know, you should act more like yourself," I said out of the blue.

She raised an eyebrow, "What'd you mean?" she asked.

I sighed, "I can tell you're putting on a mask when you're on Earth. I've seen your 'true' self a few times, you should start letting that version show more. As long as you're not blasting magic in people's faces, they won't care."

"You really think so?"

"I don't think so, I know so."

"Well, if you're sure," she aimed her wand at her self, "I'll start with my clothing," she took a few deep breaths before a white blast came out of her wand. It surrounded her entire body in a blinding white. Eventually, it dissipated. Once the white completely faded, a Star I wasn't used to seeing greeted me. Her blue shirt and jeans were gone, replaced by A sea-green short-sleeved dress with a white-collar, white lace on the sleeves and skirt and a cute pink octopus on the front Her casual socks and tennis shoes were now orange leggings and dark magenta boots with a rhino design. Her Star necklace had transformed into a star-shaped purse. Her entire outfit screamed "Star Butterfly." She stretched her arms out, "How do I look?" she asked. She put her wand in the star purse, "This is what I'd wear on Mewni."

I smiled, "You look like Star Butterfly."

The sudden grabbing of my shoulder activated my reflexes. I snapped my head at whoever grabbed it, Jackie's face filled my view, "We search the entire school for you guys and you're right outside of the cafeteria," she said, relaxing my nerves. Behind her, I saw an out of breath Daniel, a starving Ferguson, and Alfonzo punching Ferguson in the stomach repeatedly. I decided not to ask.

"Yeah, sorry about that," Star said before I could, "I was looping this hallway searching for the cafeteria."

Jackie smirked, "Sounds like you." She looked over Star's body, "I like the outfit, by the way. I'm surprised I didn't notice it sooner." Star smiled in response. Jackie let go of my shoulder and turned to me, "Where's Marco and Kate?" she asked.

I gestured towards the door, "They went into the cafeteria after we found Star. They sounded pretty hungry."

"Good because we got some hungry people too," she turned to Ferguson, Alfonzo immediately stopped punching. "What the hell were you two doing?" She asked them, causing Daniel to turn to them as well.

"Ferguson Jr. wouldn't shut up, so I got Alfonzo to knock him out," Ferguson said.

Jackie sighed, "Okay then," she took a second to recompose herself, "You can head back to the cafeteria, we found her."

"Hell Yeah!" Ferguson shouted before running to the cafeteria, Alfonzo, and Daniel shortly following.

Nothing happened for a few seconds, then Star ran past us, "Race you to the cafeteria!" she shouted.

I smirked, "Oh, you're on," I said bolting after her. Jackie's footsteps not too far behind.

A/N

And we're done! A shorter chapter, but I think it does what it needs to. I got plenty of ideas left, but if you want to suggest any, do so in the reviews cause we got about eight more chapters until Storm the Castle (That one's a doozy.) Speaking of reviews, thank you Starco4everr for being the only one in a while to leave reviews. While they may not be the most constructive, it lets me know I'm doing something right. After re-reading this fic, I've noticed that there are a lot of times where the characters aren't in character, Star putting her classic outfit from the show on is my way of telling you that that will change here. I hope I do a better job mimicking them. The next chapter should be out in about a week, it's the "Mewberty" chapter so be ready for that. Thanks for spending your precious time reading my take on the SVTFOE fandom, I hope you enjoy/ have a great rest of your day/night