"Are you sure about this, Star? I mean, slaughtering an entire village of evil bats is one thing, but taking their gold? That's excessive," Marco questioned, as Star Butterfly approached the kingdom's gold collection.

"Ah, relaxxxxxx, Diaz. They're monsters, it doesn't matter!" replied Star, stuffing three gold bars into her backpack.

"Que diablos estrella," Marco sighed, facepalming. "Let's just hurry up and go home."

"Whatever, Marco," Star remarked, raising her wand in the air.

When Marco's parents became a foster family, Marco knew that he'd encounter many, many, many, many, different kids with many different personalities that he would have to either love to deal with or hate to deal with. He's made and lost more friends then he can count on his fingers. He's even fell in love with a couple of them, and well, relationships are serious commitments. It wasn't until this girl from another dimension and planet made him realize that she was special. Something about her. The way she always had Marco's back, they way she smiled whenever casting a spell. It was magic to Marco.

Star immediately clicked with Marco the day her parents sent her to Earth. She admired Marco's light naivety partnered with his determination and smile. Marco felt like a piece of her, like someone who she'd do anything for. And after the Blood Moon Ball, Star began to notice how awesome Marco really was.

Having a crush on your best friend is normal, right? To Star, it was. Helping Marco trying to get with Jackie took a toll on Star. Knowing that the boy, who's her best friend, was crushing on another girl, hurt her. She pushed these feelings to the side, for now, not willing to risk their beautiful friendship.

Star and Marco looked around the treasure room for anymore things to collect. Marco gazed upon the many paintings that lined the room's light blue walls.

"Star," Marco started, walking up to one painting of the Queen Bat. "You do realize that the monsters you kill have loved ones, too?"

"Marco, you don't think I know that?" Star replied. "Marco, these are monsters. Monsters are evil. It's what they are, you should know that, remember Lobster Claws?"

"Yeah, yeah, I know that, Star," Marco said, shifting his view to Star. "But, *sigh are you going to do this for the rest of your time before you take your mom's place? Have you ever given thought to what you're going to accomplish while you're still with me?"

Star turned around, facing Marco, walking up to him.

"Marco, my fate is set in stone. I have to be queen of Mewni, whether I like it or not. I have like 10 years left of freedom, before I have to run a damn kingdom," Star started to sob. "I can't stay young forever." Star began to cry, cold tears dripping down her eyes, as Marco brought her into an embrace.

"Star, it's okay. If you don't do wild things while you're young, you'll have nothing to smile about when you're old," Marco started. "Have fun while you still can! Now, let's get out of here."

Marco put his hand on Star's cheek, admiring her smooth skin. Star's blue eyes resembled an ocean, and Marco wanted to dive into its beauty. Star held on to Marco's other hand, as their faces began to merge close to each other. Both were hypnotized by the other's features. Star's adorable hearts on her face, Marco's mole. These brought the two closer to each other, as their lips finally came into contact. Marco's lips were soft and delicate, comforting. Star's lips were relaxed and velvety. The two separated, still staring into each other's eyes.

"Let's go, Star," Marco calmly said, giving Star a side smile, which made Star giggle in laughter.

She stepped away from Marco to give her spell casting space, as she raised her right hand in the air. Floating 8 feet off the ground, Star lifted her wand high.

"TANGY TELEPOR…"

BAM

Thick smoke filled the room, coupled with pieces of flying debris. The sound of footsteps and gun cocks charged up the room. Star and Marco looked at the origin on the blast, the entrance to the treasure room, and as the smoke cleared, they made out the shapes of guns.

"HOLY CRAP, MARCO!" Star screamed. "Get behind me!"

Marco followed, and concealed himself behind Star. Raising her wand, she decided to cast a spell.

"STELLAR STARFRUIT SHIELD!" Star exclaimed, as a transparent wall formed in front of the two kids, spanning from wall to wall, floor to ceiling. The smoke cleared, and the perpetrators became in view. Intergalactic Ranger Station soldiers. Star recognized the logo on one of the soldier's helmets. Speaking of the soldiers, they came in many species, ranging from human to giant centipede.

An alien bee-like soldier stepped ahead of the others, lifting up his weapon, and aiming it at Star and Marco.

"Star Butterfly, you are under arrest under the Intergalactic Ranger Station!" the soldier said. "Lower the shield, or we will use deadly force!"

"Like hell, I will," Star grunted. "DONUT WAVE OF DECAPITA…"

"STAR BUTTERFLY!" a booming voice rang out, one Star recognized immediately, causing her to drop her wand.

"M-M-Mom?!" Star gulped.

The soldiers then stepped aside, clearing a path, and walking through the leftover smoke, was none other than Queen Moon.

"MOM!? WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK!?" Star yelled, causing Marco to back off of her a bit.

"First of all young lady, your language and tone," Moon started. "And second of all, I sent these guys."

"WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"

"Because you're reckless, Star! Your father and I have been noticing you slaughtering more and more monster villages over the past months. Lord Brudo and Lady Avarius are close to us! They see you treating these other monsters like dirt, they'll surely not trust us!"

"Well, why the hell did you call the damn Rangers?!"

"Because I asked them to. You'll be in prison for a month, Star. You need to learn that reckless magic causes pain to not just people, but monsters, too."

Star lowered her wand, and gave her mom a hard death stare. Star had always known that she was on the dangerous side. It's what made her her. She never knew that her recklessness was hurting people.

Still staring at her mother, Star finally budged. "AUGHHHH, FINE!" she yelled at her mom, lowering the shields. The soldiers immediately rushed in to handcuff Star, as Moon started to instruct some of the soldiers.

"Marco!" Moon yelled, causing Marco to shriek in fear.

"Yes, your m-m-majesty?" Marco stuttered.

"You're going back home to Earth. Star will come back, just wait a month," Moon addressed, as she got some dimensional scissors from her pocket and cut a hole. Moon motioned Marco to the portal.

As Star was taken to one of the IRS spaceships, and as Marco was about to enter the portal home, they gave each other one last goodbye nod.

Moon walked over to where Star had dropped her wand, picking it up in her hands.

"You better learn Star, you better learn."