This chapter is a bit shorter but it is cute. Let me know in the comments what you think should happen next. Thanks again for keeping up with this story. It was supposed to be a one-shot but I started to make it more, but it still remain shorter than the other stories. Once again, my grammar is horrible, but I hope you can manage. If not then let me know and I'll actually through it.

Marco PoV

Kelly walks into Star's room, setting a bowl of cereal in front of Marco's feet. He looks at it but covers his face with his knees. Marco had sat in that room for ten minutes and Kelly was already fed up with him. Rather than getting up and do something, he would rather sit down and mope. Kelly knew that she wasn't going to get him to move or do anything unless Star returned. He cared too much for her.

"Look, Marco, you have your own inter-dimensional scissors, right? Why don't you use them to find Star?" She said holding them up."You're right Kelly!" He said standing up. Both him and Kelly blush as they kiss each other on the cheek. Their relationship wasn't real. They only used each other to distract each other from their real feelings. They decided that they would be "breakup buddies", but Kelly couldn't fake it, because the feelings weren't.

"But where would Star be? She could be anywhere in the universe." Then it hit him. Star would have a strategy. She wasn't dumb, she knew her way around the universe. She would search the places she knew the Magic High Commission members lived in, which would either be Heakpoos or Omnitraxus Prime. He knew Star, she'd look in Hekapoo's dimension. That would be the first place she would look. He cut a hole in the air and the portal appeared.

"I'll be back Kelly." Kelly looks at him as he stands in front of the portal. She knew that time moved differently between those two dimensions, but it hurt her that Marco would go to the end of the world to find Star. She wanted that connection that Star had with Marco, but she knew she could never have it because Star held that special place in his heart. She waved goodbye and he stepped through.

Marco arrived in Dimension X-103. His body returned to his ripped and buffer size. He was surrounded in a forest with tall trees. Looking around, everything seemed the same. Tom must have been here. Marco started looking for any trace of the two. He kept walking until he felt something under his foot, Star's inter-dimensional scissors. His stomach dropped as he picked the broken pieces up. If she didn't have these, that means she's stuck here. Whistling, Marco called Nachos, who he briefly reconnects with before mounting

"Star! Tom!" He yelled as he traveled through the apocalyptic dimension. Marco worried for Star. He knew about her magic weakening, and no matter how many times he wanted to tell his best friend, Tom, Star begged him not to tell. She was worried that he would start treating her differently. He did not know what she was thinking, but she could be in danger, and she needed him. And he needed her. Marco rode Nacho raced through the trees looking for her, desperate to see her safe. This dimension, Dimension X-103, was special to Marco. He had gone here many times, each having different outcomes. But he wouldn't take his 15 years spent here for granted. The memories that he had created here came back too, he felt the happiness to go back home, but the sadness of leaving his life he created behind. Marco remembered when he gained his own scissors and then when he nearly got Star killed when she was in her mew-puberty form. It all took place in this dimension. Star was a special person in his life and he couldn't bare have something happen to her. He had to protect her. Marco knew about Star's magic deficiency. And if he knew Star, she was too stubborn to sit down and rest. It pained him, as Marco watched her grow weaker and weaker

Just a few minutes later, Marco came upon a cave where an orange hue emits from it. It must have been Tom's flame, he was sure of it. It was night time and he assumed that they had they would have stopped to take a break. He pulls over and parks Nachos near a fallen tree. Marco straightened his jacket and walked into the cave, to see Star curled up in Tom's arms. He knew that they were together. He's seen other times when Star and Tom were affectionate towards each other, but this time, seeing Star curled in Tom's arms, broke his heart. As Marco approached them, Tom jerks up and shoots a fireball at his head.

"Woah!" Marco said punching Tom's flame away. The couple jumped to their feet, ready to fight. Marco shakes away the remaining flames from his burned hand.

"Who's there!"

"Calm down, it is me!"

"Marco!" They drop they're fighting stance and welcome him into their makeshift home. Star rushes up to him and embraces him in a tight hug. She smelled the husky sent of his jacket. A second later, she pulls back and looks at him with curious eyes.

"What are you doing here?"

"Someone had to come to rescue you," Marco said with a wide smile. He was relieved to see Star a little bit beat up, she was well and alive. She pulls away and places her hands on her hips

"Rescue me?"

"He smiles again and nods. "Why didn't you tell me before you le…" Her smile quickly turned to a frown.

"What am I to you?!"

"What do you me..." She interprets him again.

"Marco, I thought we were past the knight protects the princess." Tom stands behind as he watched the two of them unfold their anger. Marco looked at her, her eyes filled with anger. She refused to let her frown drop. Why was she mad at him? He was coming to save her and protect her. With her magic deficiency, she couldn't handle herself, much less find the members of the High Commission.

"I came to save you. Why did you not tell me you were leaving? " Marco said crossing his arms. Star was fed up with him. He disappears after confessing his feelings and then shows up wanting to protect her, to save her, be her savior. She did not need him.

"Because I did not want you to come with me!" Marco's heart stopped when he heard that. For the first time, his best friend told him that he was not needed. Ever since he knew her, she was always improving. She was always extra. She was never afraid to express herself. She was unique. She was special. She was his Star. And she did not need him.

"I'm your squire!" Marco said waving his arms in the air, obviously feeling annoyed. He was coming to save her and this is how she was treating him.

"Don't you dare pull that title on me! You didn't earn it, I gave it to you so you would shut up about your place on Mewni, which I might add that you appeared out of nowhere. You don't get to do that. I can take it away as fast as I gave it to you." She wrapped her arms around her face and screamed. Star did not understand why Marco thought that he needed to protect her, he has never been like this. He had always let her take care of herself because she could.

"Star, let's calm down," Tom said placing his hand on her shoulder. She brushes him off and stands in front of Marco. Pointing at his chest she speaks in a demanding voice. She wanted him gone. She didn't want to see his face. Marco wasn't going to stop her from her mission.

"Marco. Go home." Shocked, stunned, hurt, Marco turns around and drops Star's broken scissors next to his feet. He hears her stomp away. He pulls out his own pair and cuts a hole in the air. Tom stood there, between his girlfriend and his best friend, not knowing what to do. Before Marco walks through, Tom pulls Marco into a hug.

"Don't take it personally, she just needs to sort this out." He said. Marco sighs knowing that she has been through a lot, regretting that he yelled at her. He places his scissors in Tom's hands.

"Please protect her." He said in a calm voice. Tom nods, as Marco disappears.

Star Pov

Star continued to stomp down the cave. She pulls out her compact and turns up the brightness. The compact lights up her path, just enough for her to see where she was walking. She did not understand Marco. He has always been her best friend. He never has been overprotective. He knew that she could handle herself and yet, here he was, acting all high and mighty for her. She was the Princess of Mewni with magical powers to defeat monsters, or now anyone that comes between her and her family. Star was happy that her mom, former Queen Moon, had agreed to come back to the castle. She recognized that Eclipsa could not do it herself. She just wished that they would see her as more than just a kid. She knew she was just a kid, but she also has grown and learned from her time on Mewni. The cave comes to and ends with a large body of crystal blue water. Star stops and takes a deep breath in. She closes her eyes and shuts off her mind. Holding her hands out she speaks her incantation"

"I summon the All-Seeing Eye to tear a hole into the sky. Reveal to me that which is hidden. Unveil to me what is forbidden." The All-Seeing appears in front of her, and she moves it around. First Rhombulus's dimension, then another and then another, but she found nothing. She was at a dead end. Star started continued to use the spell, as she felt a lightness in her head. Holding her head, she regains her focus.

Finally, Tom walks up behind her and places his hands on her shoulder. He wasn't going to annoy her about her using her magic, he wasn't going to have her get mad at him. She was already emotional enough. It was obvious that magic wasn't going to help her find them. She was going to have to use her smarts and knowledge. Star drops her spell and turns to Tom.

"Lets jump dimensions. There is nothing here." She said as she held her hands up ready to open up her own portal. But before she can, Tom picks up Star and flies over the pool of water. she holds onto him, knowing exactly what he was going to do. He looks at her with a mischievous smile and lets her go. Within a second, Star summonsed her sticky hand and wrapped it around his ankle, bring him down with her. She hits the water. Tom follows suit. They remained underwater, looking at each other in the eyes. The cold water stings her face, but through the clear blue water, star sees the shine in Tom's eyes. He smiles at her. Star's blond hair dispersed all around her face. Tom swims over to her and pushes her hair out of the way. She grabs his cheeks and brings her lips to his. Tom wraps his arms Star, digging his fingers into her dress. She runs her fingers down his strong chest. The water surrounded the two as they kissed. Coming back to the surface, they hold onto each other, out of breath and flushed. They climb out of the water and sit on the ground as Tom uses fire to dry the two of them off.

"Wow, real mature Tom," Star said clapping her hands, trying to conceal her laughter.

"Got you to smile thou." He said winking with his right eye. Star rolls her eyes pushing Tom over.

"Oh please."

Finally, Star smoothes off her teal dress and once again starts to open her portal but when she looks over at Tom, he is holding up Marco's scissors.

These scissors were Marco's life and blood. He worked so hard to win them, and when he finally did, they gave him the ability to jump dimensions. He was able to see his parents whenever he wanted. Now he gave them to her for her journey, he cared so much for her. She wished he didn't. She wished that he'd forget that he liked her. She couldn't go back to those feelings for Marco. Those feelings brought too much pain, too many memories. It wasn't worth it.

She wraps her arms around Tom and kisses him on the cheek. Star knew that Marco cared for her, and she treated him like he was nothing. She knew that she had hurt him. He had always been there for her. She wanted to apologize to him, but she couldn't because part of what she said, wasn't a lie. She didn't want him to come, but not because she didn't like him or hated him, but she wanted to keep him safe.

Tom swings Star around and she holds tightly around his neck, before cutting a hole in the air.

Kelly PoV

Marco enters back through the portal. It had only been seconds since he left. But when she saw his face. She saw the pain in his eyes. She pulls him into a hug and hugs her. He didn't have to tell him. She knew she knew it was Star. He valued her, he treasured her.

And so Marco told Kelly about how Star hurt him. She was shocked that Star would treat him like that. She had no excuse for her actions. Marco's breathing was uneven and his heart was beating fast. Kelly rubs his back, soothing him.

"Everything is ok."