Authors note: So I just saw the season finale for Star vs. The Forces of Evil, and it was so fucking awesome. The part with the Italian unicorn as funny as it was kinda threw me off and we still have many questions unanswered, but other than that, I loved the finale. Sadly, this means we have to wait a WHOLE YEAR for season two.

Oh well, more fanfiction for us. Hope you enjoy fanfiction stories, we're gonna be on hiatus for a LONG time. This chapter won't have anything about the Beastials, but we'll get to them very shortly, and Star has… other problems as you will see soon.

P.S. - If you haven't watched the finale yet, don't read this until you do because there's SPOILERS AHEAD! You've been warned.

Chapter 1: A Normal Day

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It had been a whole year since Star Butterfly arrived on Earth, one year since leaving Mewni to train herself how to control her wand, one year since she met Marco Diaz the "Safe Kid" and best friend, one year since she started going on adventures with her best bestie, fitting in with normal earth life, and even celebrated her birthday on Earth.

But there was still something she couldn't shake out of her mind. Six months ago, she had to save Marco from a horrible monster, and while the name Toffee wouldn't really matter to most people, it mattered to Star a whole lot. She wanted to forget about him and move on, but after destroying her wand and getting it cleaved, Star didn't find it easy.

"Toffee isn't like Ludo."

Those words rang in Star's head as she tossed and turned on her bed, shifting uncomfortably in her sleep. That monster Buff Frog was right, Toffee was far worse than some greedy, power hungry buzzard, he was a real monster. It was either destroy the wand or let Marco die, Star knew immediately to choose Marco, she didn't regret her decision and she would do it again in a heartbeat, but that didn't mean it didn't hurt.

"You've made it."

The first words Star ever heard from that creature, so polite and yet so sinister, she blasted him and took his arm off in the process before fighting off the usual routine of monsters, she wished that she could have blasted more than an arm off.

Then the rage inside took her over, her heart shaped cheeks, her magical wand and her eyes glowed white, unleashing a power in her that she had yet to master or understand, something that even Toffee was surprised at. But it wasn't enough to save her friend just yet.

Star kept moving around under her sheets, making low groans and grew more uncomfortable in her bed, living through that nightmare again for what seemed to be the millionth time.

"That's no way to treat our guest of honor."

More of Toffee's vile words echoed in Star's mind, that monster who managed to get up and grow back his arm, as if were a flesh wound, and pushed a button to crush Marco in a pancake inside the unbreakable cage he was trapped in. All Star could do was watch and struggle in futility as Marco was about to be killed right before her eyes.

"That's not going to work again."

Toffee reminded Star of her magic that he despised in such a calm manner, knowing that she wouldn't be able to break through Marco's prison unless she was willing to make a deal. Star didn't say anything about a deal, she simply dropped her wand in front of Toffee to give, willing to let her most powerful family artifact go to the hands of a monster to free Marco.

Toffee simply stared at Star, unimpressed by her willingness to forfeit power and ignored Ludo's sad attempt at grabbing the wand before one of his monsters grabbed him.

"Do you really think I'm like Ludo?"

Toffee pushed back the wand, he wanted more out of it. That, would blow the princess's mind.

"Destroy it."

Star couldn't believe it, Toffee wanted it destroyed, and while she claimed she didn't know how, Toffee somehow knew she was lying and even knew what she had to do to destroy the wand. How did he out of everyone know about the whispering spell, an ancient family secret?

Star had to do it, she couldn't let Marco die because of some wand, so she complied with a heavy heart and whispered the spell that she never thought she had to use.

Toffee kept his word and spared Marco surprisingly, but he suffered the price of the whispering spell as the wand began to blow up right in front of him. Star would never forget Toffee's last moments as she went inside of his magical cage with Marco, that evil grin and lowered eyes at the self-destructed magic, that… Monster. He looked like he enjoyed what was happened, pleased with what he had made Star do and died knowing that he not only broke the wand, but broke Star as well before the castle exploded in a pink haze.

*GASP*

Star jolted up from her bed, quickly grabbing her wand from behind her pillow and pointed it around her, expecting some monster to attack her.

She sighed as she fell back against the mattress, realizing she just woke up from her nightmare and she was safe in her room. She never really could get past that part of her nightmare, the explosion always woke her up, but she knew how the rest of the story went.

That's when she realized that she was holding nothing in her hands, no wand to speak of was in her possession anymore after the Toffee incident. The last time she saw it was when she gave it to her mother to fix it, but she hasn't heard anything about the wand ever since, "The Toffee incident", as Marco called it. Now Star had to do things on her own without magic to help her, and while she adjusted just fine being as normal as a magical princess from another dimension could be with Marco helping her out, she still felt a part of her missing.

Normal human girl without a magic wand just didn't really feel like her.

The blond girl yawned as she looked out of her palace like window in her room, seeing that the sun was out and shined in her room, warming her up as she got up from bed and did her morning routine, minus the magic.

Fully dressed in her favorite outfit, sea greed dress with a white collar, white lace on the sleeves and bottom, and a cute light purple squid design on the front. She also wears pink and orange stockings, dark magenta boots with a rhino design, and a little yellow star-shaped side bag with a face, and how could she forget her signature red headband with devil horns. Star had to admit, she looked adorable in that outfit, especially that squid on her dress. It reminded her of that video game she likes to play with Marco, but not as messy or OCD inducing.

She chuckled to herself at the thought when she stepped outside her room and walked down the hallway, how Marco got so flustered about that one little spot that was pink instead of red, which happened over and over until she managed to beat her bestie at a game she barely knew how to play, ten times in a row.

There may be no wand, but she still has Marco, along with those dimensional scissors to go pretty much anywhere in the universe.

Today was a weekend on Saturday, so Star thought it would be a great idea to have some breakfast, hang out a bit in Marco's house while figuring out what dimension to go to, and then going to said dimension for another wacky adventure. It helped take her mind off of Toffee, that's for sure.

"Marcoooooo! I'm up and I'm hungry for waffles!" Exclaimed Star throughout the house, hoping to have some of those waffles he would help his mother make.

No reply came back, which made Star concerned about the silence.

"Marco?" She called out again. "Are you home, or did you get kidnapped again?"

It sounded like a friendly joke, but with Star's recent nightmares, she's been getting as paranoid as Marco lately.

Star eyed at Marco's room door and quietly snuck up to it, sporting a smile and thinking that he's still asleep.

"Alright, Diaz. Time for a good ole Star wake up call." She whispered to herself as she turned Marco's room door knob open.

She creaked the wooden door slowly, just peeking out of the corner and whispered in a hushed voice like something out of a horror movie.

"Marco… POLO!"

She burst the door wide open as she shouted after her whispers, jumping inside with fanfare and expected to see the Spanish boy leaping from his covers.

But he was nowhere in his room. His bed was neatly made, nothing in his room was out of place, and his favorite red hoodie was gone.

"I see. I'll play along with your game." Said Star suspiciously, looking at his closet door.

Star then opened the closet door wide open, expecting Marco to jump out and surprise her as revenge for last time, and yet Marco wasn't there either.

"Huh… you're not there either." Star walked out of the room, looking around the hall for Marco. "You're getting really good at this now!"

Star looked all over for Marco upstairs, her bedroom, his parent's bedroom, and even the bathroom, and no one was upstairs, not Marco or his parents.

That was starting to get Star nervous. She just had a nightmare about Toffee, did he come back?

"No." Star mumbled to herself. "He's dead. Like, explosion dead. Marco's gotta be here somewhere."

Star quickly slid down the rails of the stairs, jumping off in time to land perfectly at the living room to find the Diaz family. She didn't even call out for them, seeing as they weren't in the living room either.

"Did they go on a trip to another dimension without me or something?" Asked Star to herself.

The house was eerily quiet for her taste, and assumed that the family must be in the kitchen making waffles already.

"Alright guys, you fooled me!" Called out Star as she walked to the kitchen. "Now let's make some-

Star was cut short when three figures stood up from behind the kitchen counter, actually surprising Star and made her jump back.

"HAPPY ANIVERSARY!"

If she still had her wand, she would have blasted the figures in front of her out of surprise, so she settled for kicking whatever one of the figures was holding into his face, her reflexes doing the talking for her.

It was at that moment when she realized who was in front of her.

"Happy uh… anniversary." Said a muffled Marco covered in cake.

It was the Diaz family.

Marco and his parents were wearing party hats and had thrown confetti for this occasion, and Marco was holding a delicious strawberry cake in his hands… before Star kicked it in his face.

"Opps! Sorry Marco. I didn't know about the surprise." Apologized Star, wiping away some pieces of cake for Marco to speak, and even tasted a piece herself.

"That's kind of the point of a surprise." Clarified Marco, as he tasted some of the cake with Star and smiled with her. "This cake is still good, though."

His parents simply smiled at the sight. Those two couldn't really get mad at each other, and even when they did, they made up for it.

"Don't worry about it, Star." Replied Mrs. Diaz, getting a few napkins for her son. "We got an extra cake just in case this would happen."

"It's always a good idea to have extras for our guests and family." Said Mr. Diaz, getting out another strawberry cake in the fridge.

"Aw, you shouldn't have." Star then had a confused look. "But what's with all the party stuff? My birthday already passed."

"You don't know, Star?" Asked Marco, with Star shaking her head in response. "It's our one year anniversary!"

"We're married?"

Marco blushed at the question and was flustered red.

"N-no Star! It's our one year anniversary since you came to earth."

Star looked up and just noticed the colorful party banner hung up that said "ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY" with neat drawings of her and the Diaz family across the banner, it even had butterflies and rainbows as extra decorations.

"Oh uh, I tried making it very, Star like." Admitted Marco. "So I drew all of that for you."

"Marco is our little artist." Said Mrs. Diaz as she pinched her son's cheek, much to Marco's annoyance.

Star felt overwhelmed with emotion at all of this, feeling so happy that the Diaz family put up all of this for her and were actually glad for her being here.

"I can't believe you guys did all of this for me." Star mumbled lowly, dropping her head down.

Star then jumped with glee as she hugged the family in a crushing bear hug, everyone still smiling despite Marco feeling his bones being crushed by Star's more superhuman strength.

"THIS IS AWESOME!" She exclaimed happily. "You're all the best!"

After the little hug, Star and the family settled down and celebrated despite it being early in the morning. They ate the strawberry cake together, one that didn't have Marco's face all over it, and chatted about all kinds of things from their mornings to some of Star's adventures.

However, midway through a conversation about Star using her wand to save Marco from some monster, Star quietly stared at her cake.

"Star? Are you okay?"

Star looked up to see Marco giving her a concerned look, along with his parents who were equally concerned.

"Yeah, I'm good." She replied lowly. "Just a little… tired."

Marco frowned at the response. "You know you can tell me anything, right?"

"I know that. I'm just really tired, Marco." Lied Star. "I'll be fine."

Marco nodded, but only to get off her back for now.

He knew something in Star changed after the whole Toffee incident. She may be good at hiding it from his parents and everyone else she knew with her cheerful demeanor, but Marco is her best friend, he can tell when Star is upset about something, and he knew it was about Toffee.

He knows that the, "Toffee Talk" has to come sooner or later. The two had been avoiding it for months and whenever Marco tried to bring it up, he'd get shut down by Star and the subject would change. Marco would talk to her about it eventually.

But for now, it was time to enjoy her first anniversary on Earth.

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Disclaimer: I do not own Star vs. The Forces of Evil.