A few hours had passed and everything seemed good. Whatever was happening to me before had vanished and I couldn't have been happier. After meeting Tom, Marco made some nachos and we watched a movie, this time with mom and dad. It felt good being in the same room as them. Kate had passed out halfway into the movie, Marco was sharing the nachos with mom and dad, and I was trying my hardest to look interested in the movie. I looked over at Star and was surprised to see her staring deeply at the TV, she usually didn't like movies. My surprise quickly faded when I realized that she wasn't staring at the TV... she was staring at the wall. She had been strangely silent ever since Tom had visited and, whenever she did talk, she seemed to be somewhere else. I had a feeling I knew what was on her mind, but I decided not to assume. Being bored, I decided to talk to her.

I got up and took a seat next to her, "Sup," I said.

She jolted out of her trance, glancing around the room as she did. Her eyes landed on me and she seemed to calm down, "Oh... hey Landin."

I reached over and got a nacho, "Something got your mind?" I asked, taking a bite of it.

She sighed, "I don't really know," she said while turning to the TV.

"Let me guess," I shoved what was left of the nacho in my mouth, "Tom?"

Silence crept into our conversation. I thought she forgot I was there when she finally said something, "I guess." She sighed, "I don't want to think about him, but I still am." She paused, "Do you got any advice?" she asked.

I chuckled, "I have a lot of advice, but I've only been in one relationship, so I don't think you should take it." I saw her frown, "But if you want some advice," I pointed over at Kate who was about to fall out of the chair she was sleeping in, "Ask Kate, she's been in so many relationships that I couldn't count them all on both of my hands."

She looked at Kate, then back at me, blinking a few times as she did, "Really? Kate!?" I nodded with a smile, "How many people has she dated?"

I thought back to all her past relationships, "A lot, and from what I've seen, they were all decent relationships."

Star shrugged, "I guess it's worth a shot."

"Great!" I stood up and walked over to Kate, her quite snoring was now apparent. A small amount of drool leaked from her mouth and the bags under her eyes were huge. I grabbed both of her shoulders and started to shake her with all of my strength, "Hey Kate!" I screamed near her ear.

I was getting weird stares from Star when Kate shot up on her feet, her eyes were bloodshot, "Yeah?" she said without looking at me. She nearly lost her balance but Star helped her stay up.

"Sorry about waking you up but we're in a class ten emergency," I said.

She spun around, "Did you get asked out by your ex?" she asked me with dull eyes.

I cringed remembering how often that happened, "No, but you were close... Star got asked out by her ex."

She snapped to Star, "Really?" she asked with a smile, Star slowly nodded. She grabbed her by the arm, "Follow me. I'll tell you everything you need to know," Kate said, dragging Star up the stairs, she hesitantly followed with a smile.

I felt someone's gaze on me, "What was that about?" mom's voice came from behind me.

I turned to her and smiled, "Girl problems," I said. I walked over and took a seat on the couch, "So... what'd I miss?"

Some time passed and nothing had happened. I heard the occasional bang come from upstairs but, otherwise, nothing. I was watching the movie, it was some cliche romance film. I think it was called, "Daylight," but I'm not entirely sure. It was... how do I put this lightly? ...It was the most boring movie I had ever seen. There was nothing else to do, so I stared at the screen. Time ticked by so slow that when the sun finally set, I had thought two days had passed. Feeling incredibly tired, I decided to go out and look at the stars. I walked out of the house, cold air blasting me in the face as I did. It was almost Fall at that point but I didn't mind, I liked the cold. I looked up but no stars were visible. Instead, a dimly lit red moon took up the sky, it seemed to stare back at me. It wasn't like your average red moon, it was blood-red and everything emitted a faint blood-red glow because of it. I couldn't help but stare, it was a mesmerizing view.

A bang from an upstairs window snapped me out of my trance. I turned to the sound, Star's face was planted against the window, she was looking at me with a smile. I couldn't quite make out her hair, but she definitely had makeup on. She said something to me, but her voice was far too mufled for me to make out anything. I mouthed "What?" since I knew she wouldn't be able to hear me. She cracked the window, "Kate wants you and Marco to come up here," she said.

"Okay!" I shouted at the window. She gave me a thumbs-up before leaving the window. I walked into the house and approached Marco, "Kate wants us to go check out Star," I said. I may have been assuming, but I was pretty confident that was the reason Kate told us to come up. He nodded at mom and she paused the movie, I guess he was into it. He followed me as we walked upstairs.

I assumed they were in me and Star's room. I went up to the door and knocked. A few seconds passed and I heard something shatter, "Ah, shit," I heard Kate say. I decided the smart thing to do was to wait, Marco seemed to agree with me. A few minutes passed and I finally heard Kate's voice again, "Come in!" I opened the door and saw a sight I wasn't expecting. Kate was holding a blanket in front of what I assumed was Star, Kate had a big grin on her face. "You two ready to see my handy work?" I looked over at Marco, we both shrugged at the same time. She dropped the blanket, "Voilà."

I must admit, Kate had outdone herself. Star, simply put, looked gorgeous. The makeup on her face wasn't too strong, but it wasn't too weak either. Some of her hair was in a bun, but most of it laid free over her shoulders and back, two curls of hair sat on either side of her head and her devil headband laid perfectly in the center. (Yes, I changed the hairstyle. I thought the "big bun" look was stupid.) She wore a sleeveless red and pink cocktail dress off her right shoulder. A small bow was tied around her waist and she wore white gloves and white boots. "How do I look?" Star asked, slightly adjusting her hair.

I smiled, "You look great..."

"You look amazing..." Marco said at the same time as me. I looked over at him, his jaw looked like it was about to unhinge.

I gave him a quick slap on the shoulder to bring him back to reality before looking as Star, "I guess this means you're going?" I asked.

"I might as well. I mean, it's free food!"

A small chuckle escaped my mouth, "Good point." I glanced over at Marco, he still hadn't fully returned back to reality, then I looked back at Star "What time are you leaving?"

"In about..." she looked at my alarm clock and her eyes widened, "Now."

"Do you want anyone to come with you?" Kate asked.

She didn't say anything for a second, "Nah, I'm good." She rushed over to her bed and picked up the bell and hammer.

"You sure Star?" Marco asked, finally returning to Earth. "I don't have the best feeling about this whole thing."

Star walked into the middle of the room, "Guys, I'm fine. I have a wand, remember?" she lifted up the bell, "Besides, what's the worse that could happen?" she said before she rang the bell. A ball of fire surrounded her before it burst into black smoke, similar to how Tom had left. The bell and hammer clanked against the floor, they didn't come with her for whatever reason.

Once the smoke settled, I looked over at Kate, "Why don't you dress me up that good for dates?"

She walked by me and out of the room, "Because you never ask," her voice echoed from the hallway.

I stared blankly at the door, "Fair point." As I started to leave the room, I noticed the lack of Marco's footsteps. I turned to him, he was just standing there with a blank expression, his eyes firmly planted on the bell. I tapped him on the shoulder, "You okay?" I asked.

He glanced over at me before looking back at the bell, "I guess," he said in a monotone voice.

"You gonna come finish the movie? You seemed to be liking it."

His eyes stayed on the bell, "Maybe in a bit. I'm going to stay up here for now."

"Okay. Just..." I walked over to the door, "Don't make a mess." He nodded without looking at me. As I started to shut the door, I looked at Marco one last time, "Don't worry so much, Marco. Star can handle herself." My attempt to reassure him seemed to go right over him, his eyes never moved from the bell. I sighed and shut the door.

The hallway had seemed to become darker, but I decided that it was just my imagination. I began to walk to the stairs with my head down, thoughts flooding my mind as I did. Who's Tom? Why did Star break up with him? What was so special about the Blood Moon? Why was Marco so worried? I tried to stop thinking, but more questions came as a result. I was so caught up in my head, that I didn't even notice how long I had been walking for. I looked up, despite the distance it felt like I made, the staircase was still far away. I started to pick up my pace, nearly jogging. The hallway seemed to get longer and longer the more I walked to the stairs. I began to run but no matter how fast I went, I never reached the end.

I stopped to catch my breath. I almost froze when I felt something touch my shoulder. I was so close to turning around when James appeared in front of me, "Don't!" he simply said, causing me to halt my movement. He stared up at the thing behind me, "This is all in your head, Landin. But for the love of God, don't look behind you."

Despite his warning, I still felt tempted to turn around, "What do you mean this is in my head?" I said in an attempt to ignore the urge.

He looked at me with a blank stare, "You're walking down an endless hallway. What do you think I mean?"

Now that he pointed that out, I felt stupid for not realizing how unrealistic the situation was. "Oh..." I said in relief, "Man, I'm stupid." Everything in the scene but James began to collapse around me.

I was back in front of the door of my room, the hallway was as bright as I remembered. I began to walk down the hallway, for real this time, and James joined my side. "What was behind me anyways?" I asked him.

He looked away from me and began to shake his head, "You don't want to know." He was right, I didn't.

I walked down the stairs and took a seat next to Kate. Mom looked over at me and Kate, then at the stairs. She stared at them for a bit longer before turning back to us, "Why aren't Star and Marco coming down?" she asked both of us.

"They're...um..." My voice trailed off as I tried to come up with an excuse. My brain, making it apparent that it didn't like me that day, gave me the worst excuse possible, "...They're just hanging out...in my room." Mom raised her eyebrow at me but before she could say anything, a bang came from upstairs, "They probably dropped something," I said with the fakest smile. I grabbed Kate by the wrist and began to drag her across the room, "I think they need our help, Kate," I said through my teeth as I basically carried her up the stairs.

Once we reached the top, Kate pulled my hand off of her, "What the hell are you doing!" she whisper-screamed.

I pointed at my room's door, black smoke was leaking out from under it, "Marco clearly did something! Did you not hear the bang?" I asked. Without giving her time to answer, I pushed open the door. Black smoke Star had vanished in hit me in the face as I began to cough my lungs out. Once the smoke had finally settled, I saw that Marco was missing, the bell and hammer in place of were he was standing. "Great," I said as I walked over and picked the two up, "I knew I shouldn't have left him alone."

I heard Kate walk in, "He went to the ball, didn't he?" I turned to her and nodded. Nothing was said for a few seconds then Kate began to walk to my dresser, "I guess we're going then too."

I nearly dropped the bell, "What!?"

She opened it and threw it's contents on the floor, "Knowing Marco, he'll probably mess things up." She found what she was looking for and threw it at me, I thankfully caught it. It was a black tuxedo and dress shoes, something I hadn't worn in years, "Now get dressed."

I looked at her dumbfounded then examined the suit, "I don't even know if this thing still fits me."

Kate searched a little more before tossing a red tie at me, "No point in not trying." She walked over and started to push me into my bathroom, "Go change. I'll borrow some of Star's clothes." I gave her a blank stare as she shut the door in my face. Feeling like I had no other choice, I walked in front of the mirror and began to change.

Quick A/N: Time skip, not perspective shift.

If you looked straight into my eyes, you may think I'd look good, but the moment you analyzed my body, it would hit you that I looked terrible. The suit was a bit tight, but nothing I couldn't handle. I had only briefly learned how to tie a tie, so mine sat crooked around my neck. My face stuck out like a sore thumb compared to the suit, it was obvious I did not belong in it. The shoes looked fine, but that's all the praise I could give myself. I sighed, straightened my collar one last time, and walked back out of my room. Thankfully, Kate had finished changing. She wore a simple blue floor-length dress. Designs were carved into her sleeves, making some of her skin visible. Her hair was similar to Star's but more of it was free and the thing holding the bun together was a red ribbon. Her eyes examined me up and down before a small smirk came on her face, "You look weird," she simply said.

I wanted to tear off the suit right there, "Yeah... I didn't think it looked good on me either," I said.

She shook her head, "No, that's not what I meant. You dress up quite well actually." She walked over and picked up the bell and hammer, "It's just weird seeing you without your jacket."

"Oh..." I was speechless, "...Thanks...I guess."

She smiled, "No problem." She walked up next to me and held the bell up, "You ready?" she asked. Thinking I had no choice, I nodded, "Okay," she raised the hammer up, "Time to save the ball from our brother," she said.

Right before she gave the bell a ring, a beam of lasers shot out of my closet. The closet fell apart and Grim came running at me with full speed. I sighed, "Come on, Grim! Star has had to repair that six times in the past week!" I said. He whined at me before barking a few times. I swooped him up, "I guess he's coming along too." Kate blinked a few times, shrugged, and gave the bell a ring. The fire appeared a lot quicker than I expected and, without realizing it, we were already sucked up into it.

With a bang, our surroundings completely changed. By the looks of it, we were in hell. It was colder than you'd expect and only a bit of torture was happening. A gate taller than most houses sat in front of us, people were walking in and out of it. Kate leaned over to my ear, "If anyone asks, we're royalty from Mewni," she whispered. I nodded as I felt Grim try to get out of my arms. He barked a few times but, after a while of struggling, eventually gave up.

Kate began to walk towards the gate, I was shortly behind her. We were getting weird stares from the demon-looking things we were passing but I tried my best to ignore that. I still couldn't believe we were doing this and I still couldn't believe Marco just dropped everything and went to the ball. There was a big line, but that was about the only difficulty we encountered. Once we got past that, the view that sat in front of us was...anticlimactic. Don't get me wrong, the place was nothing like on Earth, the designs and items laying about the place made that very clear. It just screamed the "middle school dance" type of feel. A group of demons were going around and checking out all the chicks, people squeezed in their stomachs and would shuffle between the crowds, the air had a taste of desperation, not a single being dared to step onto the dance floor, and no one seemed to be enjoying themselves.

I tried my best to keep up with Kate but the large crowds eventually split us up. I began to walk around randomly hoping to find someone I knew. I felt unwelcomed, and the dog in my hands that was shooting lasers at people didn't help either. Everyone looked somewhat meaning while also harmless despite the fact that most were 4ft taller than me. Without warning, Grim jumped out of my hands and began to sprint in a direction. "Shit. Grim!" I shouted out, hoping he had learned his name by then. Judging by how he was still running, he hadn't. I began to sprint after the puppy, trying my best to push through the literal demons in front of me. I was doing a good job keeping up until I had a head-on Collison with someone.

We fell onto each other but I rolled off of them; I had fallen on people too many times to not know to get off of them. Everything had happened so fast that I didn't get a good look at them. I looked around the place hoping the puppy had stopped. Surprisingly, he had. He was sitting right next to me, wagging his little tail and having his tongue out. I swooped him up before he could do anything. I looked down at him. "Why'd you run Grim?" He barked at me in response. I shook my head at him before standing up and offering my hand to the other person without looking at them. "Sorry about that. I was chasing my dog and wasn't-" I stopped when I saw there face. I felt my eyes get wide. "Wait, Comet?"

It was indeed Comet. She wore a dress similar to what Star had worn, maybe a bit less fancy, and, minus her hair being a bit more curly, looked mostly the same. She looked up at me and smiled. "Hey, Landin!" she said in a happy tone before taking my hand.

I pulled her up then rubbed my face. "Why are you here?"

She rubbed her neck. "I forgot I never told you my job. I'm the royal mage of Mewni; I do the magic when the queen doesn't have a wand."

I squinted at her. "Aren't you a little young to be the royal mage?"

"Well, technically I'm an apprentice, but my mom, the now current royal mage, can't be bothered to do her job, so I mostly fill the role."

I chuckled. "That's the opposite on Earth. The kid can't be bothered to do anything, so the parent had to do it all." A few seconds of silence pass and I realized she never answered her question. "What you said still doesn't explain why you're here. I mean, why would a mage come here?"

She smiled. "Oh yeah. Well, if the queen doesn't want to go to an event, she'll make me go instead since I'm one of the few Mewmans that can hold magic. The thing that makes Butterfly Kingdom so special is that our queen uses magic."

"Oh, I didn't even know there were other kingdoms in Mewni." She nodded as I finished. "Well, is this one of those events?"

She nodded. "Yep. I'm representing Mewni so that we can stay on the Lucitors good sides." She once again rubbed her neck; she seemed to like doing that. "I'm honestly surprised we have considering how bad Star and Tom's breakup was."

I almost laughed. "If things go well tonight, you'll be only really good terms."

"Yeah, I know." I raised an eyebrow; she giggled in response. "Remember? I can read your mind."

I nearly facepalmed, how could you forget someone is a psychic? I couldn't ger a word out before Grim suddenly jumped out of my arms again and went sprinting in a random directing, barking as he did. I rolled my eyes. "That's my cue to leave." I began to sprint after him. "It was nice seeing you!" I shouted back at her.

"Same!" shouted out before being swallowed by the crowd. Grim was quite possibly the biggest pain of this entire adventure. Thank god I brought him though because he led me straight to the person I was looking for. He eventually stopped running and I got the chance to catch up. I was about to swoop him up when, without warning, he began to wag his tail frantically before lasers came flying out of his eyes. A familiar voice shouted out, "Ow!" I looked at the puppy with a blank stare before running to the voice.

After pushing through the crowds, Marco sat in front of me. If my Spanish wasn't failing me, he wore a Día de los Muertos mask and black tuxedo. He was scrambling on the ground trying to pick up a red sombrero, two black smudges were on it. "Marco?" I said.

He was able to pick up the sombrero before looking up at me, "Landin?" he stood up, "Why are you here?" he asked. I couldn't get one word out before he spotted someone in the distance. He immediately left my side and started pushing through the crowd. "Star!" he screamed. My attempt to chase after him failed when Grim jumped out of my arms.

The puppy was about to run off to who knows where when Kate came out of nowhere and swooped him up, "I don't think so, little guy," she said. The pup whined a few times as she walked over and handed him to me, "You're lucky I noticed him," she rubbed the pups head, "This little guy could have been lost forever."

I didn't get to say anything before a familiar sound echoed through my mind. Ding... Ding... Ding... Ding... the clock I couldn't see echoed. I was thankful for the lack of a headache, but the weird feeling still settled over me as something was pulled out of me.

"Star!" I shouted once more, it looked like she still couldn't hear me. Was she death or something? I started to pick up the pace since she started to walk away. I might have gone a bit too fast because I ran into her. She nearly fell over but I was able to catch her, "Star," I said under my breath as I held her by the arms. She began to look up at me, her eyes becoming wide as she did. She didn't say anything to me, she just stared. I couldn't help but stare back.

Our staring contest was interrupted by microphone feedback piercing my ears. I tried my best to pinpoint the speakers, "Good evening, ladies and gentlebremen," the snooty voice boomed over the speakers. "It is my pleasure that I request you now to turn your heads skyward." Following their direction, I looked at the roof. A metal hand lowered itself down and a crescent-shaped opening appeared on it. "When the light of the blood moon drubbles down and selects two lucky souls, binding them together for eternity in its hypnotic, ruby brodum," the voice finished. An organ began to play an eerie tune as a red light began to pour in from the opening.

I looked back down at Star and noticed that she had grabbed onto my arms as well. People began to flood on the dance floor as I felt the increasing urge to let go. Before I could comply with the urge, the red light leaking in formed a direct beam on me and Star, almost like a spotlight. Star looked up at me with an enchanted gaze as a waltz of sorts began to echo from the organ, letting go now would be more awkward than if I kept my grip on her. Not wanting to just stand there, I did the only thing that felt right and began to dance.

Star, judging by how I had to drag her along at first, wasn't expecting that. After a few seconds though, she was in the flow as well. We didn't say a word to each other, we didn't need to. I would toss her across the room and, almost as if she was expecting it, she would toss me back. I would twirl her around and she would effortlessly twirl me back. I had never been so in sync while dancing. It felt amazing. I wish I could've just stayed like that forever. We stopped in the middle of the room and stared at each other, breathing heavily as we did. Even though I should have been, I wasn't surprised when Star closed her eyes and began to bring her lips to mine. The trance she was under must have entered me as well because I felt the need to do the same, so I did.

I could hear someone stomping towards me but I didn't care, Star's lips were too close for me to stop now. Her hot breath blew onto my lip as I heard someone dash behind me, "Not so fast, demon boy," Landin's voice came from behind me.

Star halted, "Landin?" she asked. She let go of me, "What are you doing here?"

For some reason, disappointment flooded my body as I let go of Star and turned around. Landin was standing in front of me, Tom in front of him, all of his eyes glowed red and he had a white suit on. Kate stood next to Landin. "We were making sure Marco wasn't going to ruin the ball," he said, he was aiming his puppy like a gun at Tom.

"Marco is here too?" Star asked.

"Yeah, he is the person you were about to kiss," Kate said. She looked back at us, "You knew that was Marco, right?" Star's jaw was about to fall off as she turned to me, I took my mask off and cringed.

"I know this is a very awkward situation and all," a ball of fire zoomed past Landin's head before he could finish, "But we have a FUCKING DEMON that's going to kill us!" he screamed. I turned to him, Tom had a wall of fire behind him and he was floating. Grim shot a laser at him, it deflected off of Tom and hit the ground instead. Landin looked back at me, "Make amends quickly please!" Without saying a word, Star got out her wand and stomped next to Landin's side. Tom screamed something that I couldn't make out before Star froze him with her wand. Landin stopped aiming Grim like a gun, "Thank you-" Star slapped him in the face before he could finish. He grabbed his cheek, "Ow," he simply said.

She gave Kate a death stare as she marched over to me. I cringed, "H-hey Star-" before I could finish, her foot came flying up to my crotch, the worst pain I had ever felt ensued shortly after. I heard an "Oof" come out of Landin's mouth. I grabbed my crotch as my eyes began to water, "I deserve that," I was barely able to say as I fell onto my knees.

Star looked like she was about to punch me but she held back, "You deserve a lot more than that!" she said before storming off. She was right.

Strangely enough, a sound I wasn't expecting began to echo in my head. Ding...Ding...Ding...Ding the alarm of a clock went off in my head. I was trying to think of a reason when I heard a pop.

The weird feeling thankfully left me, but the pain I felt for Marco didn't. I examined Tom, the ice he was in was slowly melting. Grim jumped out of my arms and ran over to Marco before he started to lick him. Feeling terrible for everything that happened, I walked over to Kate, she was comforting Marco, "I have the dimensional scissors whenever you guys are ready," I said.

Kate patted Marco's back a few times, "Give him some time, that kick was hard." She was right, I was concerned if Marco could still have kids.

I nodded, walked over to Tom, and leaned against his frozen prison.

A/N

And that's all for now! This took such a long time because I got pneumonia and believe me, it's hard to write with pneumonia. I know that ending was a bit anticlimactic, but I thought it was a good stopping point. Next chapter is when things start to heavily differ from the show, so be prepared for that. Also, the next chapter is going to take place in a certain castle. Good luck guessing which one. Sorry for the wait, more updates should come out after I feel better. Until then, have a great day or night. This is the author, signing off.