Hey guys sorry again about the super long wait, so many things keep getting in the way and I never have time to write! So yeah sorry about that one, anyway Autumn is finally over (The story mind you not the actual season)! It was super fun to write and I'm really really happy that you all liked it! And on the theme of things ending, it seems this story to is coming to a close. Don't fret we've still got a couple of chapters to go, but we are getting very close to the end. I'm not sure what I will do after this, maybe another story, a series of one shot's, a sequel? I don't really know. Now not one to dwell in things depressing onto this chapter! This chapter they finally arrive at the destination but get lost in a city nearby. The city is based off Billings Montana but I represent it as a little bigger (I don't have to be exact to real life!). I hope you guys enjoy and see you at the bottom!

"We're so close I can feel it!" Marco said as the Diaz's glided across the freeway into Bearing City.

Today was the final leg of the family's long journey north, soon they would be arriving at Mr Diaz's little brothers house and get ready for the wedding. At long last they didn't have to sit for hours crammed into a small car and travel across miles of empty desert. Now they could relax in a warm home and watch tv all day.

Star could barely contain her excitement "We're almost there!" she squealed with glee.

Mr Diaz brought the excitement down to earth, "We're not there yet. We still got a bit to go, not to mention that my brother moved so I don't have anything to go on but his street address!"

"I'm sure we will find it just fine!" Mrs Diaz reassured.

When they pulled off the exit ramp and into the city all was not fine though. The city had grown quite a bit since Mr Diaz was last there. Sure it was no New York or anything but it was a lot bigger now then he remembered. This was bad because he happened to be the only one who sort of knew his way around the place.

"Ok... Yea don't remember that, or that." Mr Diaz said nervously as they passed building after building.

"It's alright I'm sure we'll find our way soon enough!" Mrs Diaz said, ever the optimist.

But optimism alone does not suffice when trying to find you're bearing in an urban maze of clogged streets and blinking lights. Even with Star's absolutely amazing advice to just drive straight though the buildings they were still lost as ever.

Marco moaned "I thought we already went down this street before!"

"No no that's the other one you thinking about! This one is new... I think." Star (kinda) corrected.

"Alright you know what?" Mr Diaz exclaimed, "I'm pulling over and we're going to sort this out!"

Mr Diaz pulled it a small empty parking lot, it's old grey pavement cracking, letting weeds weasel their way to surface.

"Ok everyone out!" He proclaimed.

Everyone got out of the car, confused onto what exactly his plan of action was.

"Ok were splitting up!" He stated to the group.

"What?" The rest responded in unison.

"I mean we're splitting up to find directions!" He repeated.

"Why are we doing that?" Marco asked.

"Well you see, each one of you has just as much an idea where were going as I do, so if we all split up to find directions it would increase our odds!"

Mrs Diaz pursed her lips "Hmmm, maybe we shouldn't just split up I think it'd be better to go in pairs."

"Ok then, Marco you and Star will go that way...' Mr Diaz said pointing down a road to the left, "And your mother and I will go this way." He finished pointing to the right.

"Sounds like a plan!" Star said happy to explore the new city with Marco.

"We will meet back here around six ok?" Mrs Diaz told the group.

Everyone nodded in response and then said their final goodbyes before heading off in their separate directions. Star and Marco waved to Mr and Mrs Diaz, as they vanished into the shifting crowed.

The two teens started off down the city sidewalk, and by they I mean Marco, as Star was constantly being distracted by the many shiny things on display in the glittering windows of stores.

"Come on Star let's go!" Marco griped.

This was fifth time stopping in four minutes walking.

"Awww but Marco would you look at that scooter, I NEED IT!"

"Star you do not need a scooter, now let's go."

Star drew a long breath as she was swiftly pulled away from the window of many amusing objects.

But Marco's determination to find directions was of course no match for Stars short attention span and thus they had once again stopped at a store window only thirty seconds after walking again.

"My goodness Star let's just go!"

"But Marco you don't understand look at all the things, THE THINGS MARCO!" She said gravitating towards the door.

"Were not going inside Star!"

"Pleeeeeease?" Star's eyes desperately pleaded to go into the store and Marco being the softy he was didn't stand a chance.

"...Fine! But not for too long!"

This was Marco's grave mistake. The store in fact happened to not be just a store, but a collection of stores. Marco had just let Star loose in a mall.

The hours were sucked away as he was helplessly dragged from shop to shop. First a shoe store, then a toy store, then a book store, heck Star didn't even like to read! Why on earth was he stuck in a book store!?

And it wasn't like he could just sit outside when she went into some random woman's clothing store either; he literally had to be there with her. She was from a completely different dimension after all.

"Star do you need to try everything on? We have like only twenty bucks it's not like we can actually buy anything." He called to her while looking at a selection of girly bracelets and charms.

"Well where's the fun in that? You gotta try it on!" She called back from in the change room, hanging a pearl pink dress on the door.

"Yea yea..."

Marco sighed and sat down on a small bench and waited, so so much waiting. Just then though his quiet misery was interrupted by a sound. It was an odd sound, very soft and it sounded vocal.

He turned to take a look and saw a couple of female store clerks behind a counter cooing at him. Marco instinctively blushed and tried to ignore them, pushing them to the back of his mind.

"Are you done yet Star, like come on!"

"Just wait, sheesh you're impatient."

There it was again the sound... then it hit him, they weren't cooing at him, they were cooing at them! Him and Star together as a couple! Marco blushed even more now, red as a tomato. Obviously the store clerks had gotten the wrong idea.

Star stepped out of the change room and chuckled at his beet red face"Marco are you ok?"

Marco forcefully willed the blush away, "Oh these store clerks... actually never mind I'm fine, it's, it's nothing."

Star grinned and raised an eyebrow "Alright then... Now let's go I'm bored!"

"Finally you take forever!"

Star giggled "I do not!"

"Mmmm hmmm whatever you say Star."

She folded the cloths she tried on and placed them back in their correct places and joyfully skipped out of the store, "Come on slow poke!"

"Yeah I'm the slow one." He scoffed and walked out of the store but not before some clerk could give him a wave, making him blush a bit again. When they got out of the perfume scented store and into the air-conditioned mall Star let out the bad news (for Marco at least).

"Alright just one more store and I'm done!" She chimed.

"Another? Star we've been here for hours and we need to be back at the car soon!"

"Come on it'll be quick!"

Marco rolled his eyes and followed, "You? Quick? Yea right."

Star glanced over at Marco and shot him a playful glare "I am so quick!"

Marco laughed "Oh really?"

"Yes I am!" Star retorted and cracked her fingers "I'll prove it." She said with a confident smile.

Marco's sly grin dropped "No wait Star not like th-!"

But it was too late, Star whizzed away down the mall corridor brushing past startled people while Marco jogged behind and apologized to everyone she pushed out of her way.

Marco tumbled out of the crowd lost for breath, "Why Star... WHY?" he said panting.

Star laughed flicked her hair "I told you I was quick!"

"I didn't mean it like that Star!"

Marco was expecting her to realize the mistake and probably apologize but what he got instead was...

"I know." She said laughing as she walked to the next store, "Now come on here's the last store I want to check out!"

Marco groaned at her shenanigans and trotted along beside her. As they walked it was soon apparent where Star was planning to go.

"Star why are we going to a jewelry store, don't you Mewnian royals have enough gems?"

"Yeah, enough Mewni gems! I want to look at some earth jewelry!"

There was a problem though as the store was, much to Star's disappointment, closed.

Marco smiled at his luck "Welp that's too bad I guess we'll just have to be going then won't we!" he exclaimed with a smile and began to walk away from the closed store.

Star however was not following; she stood in front of the locked door and chewed on her wand. Marco turned around to see her scheming away a devious plan.

"Star... don't get any ideas..." Marco said a tinge worried.

"I have an idea!" Star pronounced in spite of Marco's warning.

And Marco knew exactly the idea she had brewed in her crazy mind.

"No! Star we are not going to break into a jewelry store!" He said probably a little too loud as it had caused a few passersby to glance over with a questioning glare.

"Awww come on Marco why not?"

"Because I don't want to go to jail Star!"

The princess paused for a brief second before responding.

"Fine then we can go." She said calmly, albeit a bit too calmly.

Marco raised a very suspicious eyebrow, Star never gave up that easy.

"Ok..." he agreed with a cautionary tone.

The two began to walk away from the store, Marco eyeing Star's eerily calm demeanor.

"Wait I have another idea!" She pronounced once more.

Marco smiled, this was the star he knew "Does it involve breaking in to the store?" he asked warily.

"No actually it doesn't!"

Marco's eyes narrowed, "Well what is it then?"

Star smiled, "If you're so worried about time I can just teleport us to the car using my dimensional scissors!"

Marco frowned; it was a really helpful idea, but that's what worried him...

"Hmmmm, I don't know what you're playing at Butterfly but I guess we can try it..."

Star beamed and then pulled out her dimensional scissors. With one swift tear in space she created a portal. Star hoped right through and Marco followed suit and he stepped out of the portal and into...

"THE JEWELRY STORE ?!" he blurted.

Star quickly closed the portal to make sure they couldn't go back right away.

"Come on just for a bit...?" She pleaded.

"No Star we can't be in here! We have to get out before an alarm goes off or something!" Marco whispered frantically.

"Come on nothing's going to happen! I'll just look around for a bit and then... what was that?"

A soft sawing noise echoed from above quietly filling the silence with its eeriness.

After a while Marco's mind began to race, were they stuck in the middle of a heist? Was an earthquake happening? Was the roof being eaten by a swarm a nasty termites that would eat them to?

As it turned his first guess was right when a small circular patch of roof fell down and with it two robbers dressed in black and wearing equally black ski masks.

"AHHHHHH!" Star and Marco screamed at the sight of two masked men.

The robbers looked at each other and screamed themselves "AHHHHHHHH!"

Then due to the racket everyone was making the alarm went off causing all four to scream even louder, thus increasing the chaos by one hundred percent.

"What do we do, what do we do?!" Star said frantically.

"It's ok I know how we all can get out of here and not get put in the slammer." One of the robbers said in a deep and raspy voice.

"And why should we trust you?" Marco replied with a bit of sass.

"There's no time for this I will just use my scissors!" Star feverishly exclaimed and opened a portal.

Star and Marco jumped through the swirling vortex and were followed by the robbers. When they exited the portal on the other side of the tightly locked store door the police were already on the scene waiting for them.

"What was that?" One of them asked astonished at the sight.

"Who cares just get them!" The commander shouted and pointed at the robbers.

Marco turned to Star "Time to show me how quick you really are, RUN!"

They bolted away and a couple of officers followed in hot pursuit. Star pulled out her wand and as she ran began to fire spells back at the police, which even to her credit was just making things worse.

"ICEICLE SHARD BLAST ULTRA!" She screamed sending a ray of icy death at the pursuing police.

"Star that's not helping!" He shouted to her.

"Hey at least it's something!" She shouted back.

The two burst out of the malls polished glass doors and onto the sidewalk.

Star turned to Marco "Which way do we go!?"

"I don't know! Ummm there!" he said pointing to a small yellow taxi.

They jumped inside its cigarette scented cabin and Marco threw the twenty bucks he had at the driver, "Get us away from here as fast as you can!"

Except that there was no driver and Marco had just thrown his twenty bucks on an empty driver's seat.

"Why aren't we moving?" Marco said irritated and glancing around in fear.

"Marco there's no driver!" Star replied with a slight giggle in spite of the situation.

Marco huffed and then crawled into the front seat, "I guess I'm the driver now..."

Marco turned the key that had been left in the ignition and floored it. But as noble and valiant his intent, Marco could not drive. They swerved and skidded down the street narrowly missing cars, trees and poles alike.

"Marco do you even know how to drive!?" Star said from the back, clinging to the seat for dear life.

"Not really...' Marco replied as he barely avoided a hot dog stand.

Marco and Star's joyride soon came to end though when Marco turned the car into a grey lamppost and stalled, leaving them stranded. The police officers didn't have much of a challenge finding them. They just followed the tire skid marks over to the now inept vehicle, steam pouring out of the hood.

"Would you two just wait for goodness sake? We're not going to arrest you kids, we just wanted to ask you some questions!" One officer said in annoyance.

Mr and Mrs Diaz came rushing over, having seen the scene from afar "Are you two ok!" Mrs Diaz exclaimed.

Marco pushed open the car door and stumbled out into the daylight "Ya were alright..." he said a little queasy.

Star stumbled out of the backseat, a little less green then Marco. "Ugh..."

"What happened to you two and why were you running from the police!?" Mr Diaz said gesturing to the officers.

"Well you see..." Star began.

Marco cut in front of Star "It's a long story, I'll tell you later."

Mr Diaz sighed and rubbed his temples, it had been a long day "Officer do I own you anything, a fine or something?"

"No no, just keep your eye on these two; it seems they accidentally got involved in a jewelry heist. We knew it was going to happen, we were just surprised when these two kids showed up out of nowhere!"

"Oh thank goodness." Mrs Diaz said in relief who had feared the worst.

"Yea Star really wanted to see some earth jewelry or something..." Marco said nervously.

"Anyway have a nice day, and keep a close eye on those trouble makers of yours!" The officers said walking away.

Once the officers had left Mr Diaz spoke up, "Look you two, I would be pretty angry with right now if it weren't for the fact that me and Angie found a way to Donato's place!"

Marco wiped the sweat from his brow and leaned over to Star "Looks like we dodged a bullet on this one!" he whispered to her.

Everyone piled into the car after what had become a very long day. They drove out of the city and to Mr Diaz's little brother's country home. When they arrived dusk was falling and the air was becoming chilled by the onset of night. Yawning and tiered eyed they rolled into the driveway. The hum of the engine came to a stop plunging the car into exhausted silence. Outside at the front door a single light came on and the door creaked open...

Sorry about the cliff hanger, I couldn't help myself! The next chapter is going to be all about Star meeting Marco's extended family! Thanks for reading guys and see you in the next one.