The next day, Marco wore an apron as he brought Star a nacho sandwich: basically a bunch of nachos in between two loafs of bread. As he feeded the princess, since she refused to eat on her own for some reason, Marco called Jackie using her cellphone.
"So, I got your voice message yesterday. You got a pair of scissors that can cut open portals through dimensions, right? Sounds cool." Jackie said at the other end of the call. "In fact, you gave me an idea: maybe we could both go together to Star's home dimension and figure out why she acts like such a bitch? And, just maybe, find a way to turn the tables?"
Marco nodded with a smile.
After a couple seconds, Jackie replied, "I'm going to take a guess and say you agreed. Good! I'm currently outside, so when you have some time alone without the beauty peagent princess, let's talk, okay? See ya!"
Marco hanged the phone and, once he finished feeding Star, the princess got up and walked upstairs as she told him, "Listen, slave, I'm going upstairs to speak with my mother. Maybe if you act nice, I'll let you meet her. So don't think about doing anything stupid while I talk with her, okay?"
The guy nodded and waved goodbye as Star left. With her out of the picture, Marco went to the backyard, where Jackie was sitting on the grass. "Oh hey, you're here!" she said once she noticed the boy. "So, wanna discuss the plan?"
Marco nodded, but first, he took out and presented Jackie the interdimensional scissors Pony Head gave him.
The scissors quickly caught Jackie's attention. "Oh, neat, I guess. What do they do?"
Marco cut open a portal to the interior of what looked like a castle, and he grabbed Jackie's hand before jumping in, closing the portal afterwards.
Meanwhile, with Star, she turned on the mirror in her room and waited until it revealed her mother, Queen Moon Butterfly, on the other side.
"What do you want, Star?" the queen inquired, her tone showcashing her impatience rather prominently. "I'm a busy woman."
"Mom, I'd like you to know that I'm having steady process on my mission." Star answered. "I already got one slave and-"
The queen laughed out loud. "Oh Star, you can't expect me to be amazed by the fact that you have only one slave!"
Star narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?"
"When I was your age, I already had 108 slaves at my command!" Moon boasted. "Granted, some of them didn't remain slaves for long, either because I sold or got rid of them for their incompetence, but it doesn't change the fact that I had what amounts to a platoon of slaves, while you're stuck on Earth with a measily little slave."
"Well-"
"I sent you to Earth to gain as many slaves as you could, remember?" Moon harshly stated. "The royal Butterfly family has gained fame for their large collection of slaves over the past generation, and I don't want you to stain that honor by keeping only one slave!"
"Listen, mom, Echo Creek doesn't have that many people to enslave so-"
"Did you really expect to reach the quota with a single city? Get all of the people in the city, then move to the next one, until you have as many slaves as I did at your age." Moon hissed, right before adding in a mocking tone. "Did I mention I had 108?"
"We're done with this conversation, mom." Star stated.
Moon's tone changed from playful to annoyed in an instant. "True, you have work to do. Don't return here until you have enough slaves, Star. You're already a big disappointment on your own, don't be a disappointment to your family name."
And with that said, Star looked at the ground as the mirror turned off.
