This is it. The last chapter. Thank you guys for all the support and I'm really happy that you all liked it! Anyway, enjoy!
Marco was dragged through the portal and, once again, found himself in a strange place. This place, however, was much stranger than Mewni. It looked like it was designed to look like Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory. The entire area was colored various shades of blue. Clocks of different sizes were found as far as the eye could see. Random gears were scattered about and various giant animals roamed the land.
"What is this place?" asked Marco, as he looked around, trying to comprehend how and why such a place existed.
"It's the Plains of Time. Now, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon!" replied Star. Then she grabbed his hand and continued to drag Marco across the blue landscape.
As they traversed the plains, Marco was amazed by all the weird and extraordinary things, and even more amazed by the fact that Star seemed completely unfazed by all of it. They saw turtles that moved hundreds of miles an hour and rabbits that could barely move at all. They encountered a river that had clocks floating along with its current. These clocks, Marco discovered, could change their ages randomly.
The strangest site by far, however, was the large man, riding a giant hamster wheel pulled by four giant hamsters. He had a long beard and wore a tunic. The color of his hair, as well as the color of his clothes and the color of his skin, were impossible to determine. He, the wheel, and the hamsters were all caked in mud.
The man waved to them, and Star smiled and waved back, then mumbled something under her breathe about stopping time to play in the mud.
Soon after, the duo arrived at a large structure filled with television screens. Each screen displayed different scenes. These scenes, however, all seemed to be major historical events. Everything from wars to inventions, speeches to assassinations, dinosaurs to the moon landing.
"Do these screens show the entire history of the universe?" asked Marco. Then he pointed to one of the screens and shouted, "Hey, Battle of Lexington! Nailed it."
Star ignored him. Instead she ran to the center of the room and started flailing her arms in the air. "Hey! I know you're up there! C'mon! I need your help! It's important, I promise!"
Marco stared at her. "Uh… are you feeling ok?"
Suddenly, a panel in the ceiling opened up and a large tentacle-like arm extended down from the ceiling. Marco jumped back in shock as the end of the arm opened to reveal an eyeball. "What the hell is that!?"
Once again, Marco was ignored. The eye began to move towards Star. "No, not me. Him!" she shouted as she pointed to Marco.
"What?! Nonononononono, not me! Not me!"
The arm began to move towards Marco, stopping only inches from his face. Suddenly, all the screens changed and the arm backed away.
On the televisions now was footage of Marco as a child, playing with building blocks in preschool. Next was footage of Marco, from third to eighth grade, nodding at Jackie as she skated by. Marco groaned. "God, I wish I could forget that. I looked like an idiot."
After the nodding, there was a long period of static before the images reappeared. The footage was now of Star and Marco fighting off Ludo's army. Marco with a tentacle arm, as Star trying to blast it back to normal. Star and Marco watching Old Youthful erupt. Star and Marco digging in the dumpster of donuts. Star and Marco dancing at the Blood Moon Ball.
Star and Marco hugging at Stop 'n' Slurp.
Star and Marco hugging while covered in maple syrup.
Star and Marco hugging by a pile of purple, scale-like hearts.
Star and Marco hugging at the edge of a crater.
Star giving up her wand for Marco.
Star kissing Marco.
The screens turned black.
Marco stood motionless for a moment, surprised by what he had seen. It was undeniable that he was the boy in that footage and that Star was the girl. The screens only seemed to show history; there was no way those moments were fabricated. It was all real. It had all happened.
In Marco's mind, behind the block created by Queen Butterfly, his memories were fighting. Then one broke loose. Then another. And another. Soon Marco's memories came flooding back. He remembered all the crazy adventures that Star had put him through and all the joy those adventures brought him. He remembered the sorrow he felt when it came time for Star to leave. He remembered what he regretted never telling her. He remembered the important thing that he had forgotten.
Marco spun around on his heels to face Star, who had a hopeful glimmer in her eyes. "Well, Marco. Did it w—"
Star was cut off as Marco pulled her into a kiss. Star was shocked at first, but soon relaxed and deepened the kiss. After a few moments, their lips parted, and Marco pulled Star into a tight hug.
"I'm sorry, Star. I'm so, so sorry. I forgot you. I forgot my best friend. I forgot…" Marco pulled back a little so he could look her in the eyes. "I forgot to tell you I love you."
Star's eyes began to water as she smiled and pulled him back into the hug. "I love you too! I love you too!" she declared.
A few yards away, the King and Queen of Mewni watched the heartfelt reunion with mixed feelings. "Well, I guess they will be married," sighed Moon. "I hope they're ready if Mewni comes under attack."
"Don't worry so much, darling. Those two can handle it," the King replied. He looked back to the two teenagers and smiled. "As long as they're together, those two can handle anything."
And that's it! Once again, thank you guys for reading this, and I apologize to the people who've been saying they're sad to see it end so soon. I guess I could write about Mewni coming under attack, but I prefer to end it here. Maybe I'll have time to write more stories later, but it's getting late and I'm losing sleep writing this, so until next time, I wish you all the best!
