Diaz Family Vacation

Marcia smiled as she put the finishing touches on her present.

"Mom and Dad are gonna love this," Marcia said tying a bow on her present.

Once the bow was to Marcia's liking she left her room and headed over to Star's.

"Star, we're about to celebrate my parent's' anniversary. Come on," Marcia said

"Oh, no! I didn't get them anything!" Star said

"Don't worry about it. My gift can be from both of us," Marcia said

"But I wanna give them something just from me, 'cause your parents are actually cool," Star said

Marcia got wide-eyed and stared at Star blankly, "Cool"?, She turns around and slowly closes the door, "Cool….."

Marcia and Star made her way down to living room. She saw her parents on the couch while her mother stroked her dad's chest hair.

Star stood there smiling at the couple while Marcia looked at them slightly grossed out.

"Oh please don't tell me I'm gonna wanna do that to my husband in the future," Marcia thought

Having enough of this Marcia coughed catching her parents attention.

"Oh, hello, kids!" Mr. Diaz said

"Happy anniversary, you guys!" Marcia said handing them a box.

"Ooh!" The couple said happily taking the present.

Mr. Diaz opens the box, and Mrs. Diaz takes out a red book.

"Wonderful Marcia! What is it, honey?" Mrs. Diaz asked

"It's a scrapbook, of you two together, go ahead open it," Marcia said with an excited smile.

Mrs. Diaz opens it and the couple gasps seeing lovely memories of them.

"I found this old box of photos in the attic and I thought why not put together a memory of your love," Marcia said

"Oh Marcia that's so sweet," Mrs. Diaz said

"But check deeper in the box there's more," Marcia said getting more excited.

Mrs. Diaz reaches back into the box and pulls out a red and green fanny pack, "Wow, Marcia!...more fanny packs."

"Okay, I know you guys are non-believers…" Marcia lifts up her hoodie to reveal a purple fanny pack, "...But these are way cooler than last years. They have everything you need, like a dilemma whistle, non-drowsy antihistamine, and a hand knitted blanket made for two!" Marcia said pulling out a hand knit blanket.

"Oh, yes, you know how much we love to travel and see the sights," Mr. Diaz said

"Oh, Marcia, you put so much thought into this. Gifts are such a great way to show how much you really care about someone," Mrs. Diaz said

In the background, Star was slowly freaking out the more Mrs. Diaz talked.

"I didn't think it was possible to love you more than I do right now," Mrs. Diaz said

"MmmmmmmmmmMMMMM...! And I'm giving you a trip to Mewni!" Star yelled jumping to the couple.

"We're going to Mewni!" Mr. and Mrs. Diaz cheered.

"Awesome….?" Marcia said tilting her head confused, "We can use our new fanny packs!"

Mr. Diaz hugs Star and Mrs. Diaz and jumps up and down.

"We go now, right?" Mr. Diaz said

"Right now?" Mrs. Diaz said

"I want to go right now!" Mr. Diaz said

"Can we go right now?!" Mrs. Diaz asked

"Oh I really hope Mewni isn't as dangerous as Star is," Marcia said

Marcia's parents packed up and the group was off to Mewni.

"Welcome to Mewni!" Star said

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz pull out cameras and start taking photographs.

"Is this where you grew up?" Mrs. Diaz asked

"No-ho-ho. I live there," Star said pointing up.

Everyone looks up to see a large castle.

"Ooh!" Everyone said

"Oh. Higher," Star said

The Diaz's tilt their head back to look up higher to see and even bigger castle in the clouds.

"Ooooh!"

"Higher!" Star said with a sing-song voice.

Everyone looks up higher to see the Butterfly castle.

"Ooooooh!"

"Wow!" Marcia said

"Let's go there," Mrs. Diaz said

"Aw, you don't wanna see that lame, cheesy, touristy stuff. What you want is the real Mewni experience," Star said

The group looks around to see the lower city of Mewni. A woman is seen trying to corral 14 children. There's a herd of 12 goat-pig hybrids. A woman who looks to be a witch is stirring a pot of stew. A boy reaches for the stew, and the woman grabs the boy and drops him in the stew. The boy giggles and swims around the stew.

Mrs. Diaz walks up to a little boy whose hunched over holding something.

"Oh, hello, little boy," Mrs. Diaz said

The boy turns around to reveal a horned rat, that he had taken a bite out of. He hissed screaming and then runs away.

Mrs. Diaz just giggles.

"Well that was unsettling," Marcia said

"Um...Oh, look, an open-air market," Star said p

"Get your hydra trail apples!"

"Half off shrunken goblin heads!"

"Want pickled giant's toe? Is good."

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz approach a merchant with purple hair wearing a large trench coat. He opens the coat looking like he was flashing them.

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz gasp.

"I got what you need."

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz take photos of the merchant. Marcia looks over to see the merchant's coat filled with various wares including sundials, wind chimes, jewelry, and a chicken.

"I'll take the wind chimes, please," Mrs. Diaz said

Marcia was standing next to a goat-pig pen petting one of the animals. Star runs up and drags her into the middle of the pen hiding among the animals.

"Whoa! Star, what the...?" Marcia said

"My dad's here," Star said

"Your dad?!" Marcia said

"Yes! I don't know what he's doing here, but if he sees me, I am dead!" Star said

"Breathe Star. Look I know you wanted to give my parents their own gift but if you tell them the gifts are from both of us, and we can go home," Marcia said

"But they're actually enjoying my gift. I don't wanna ruin this for them," Star said

Star and Marcia look up to see Mr. and Mrs. Diaz taking photos of the goat-pigs.

"Uh, okay! Uh, next, I wanna show you, uh...Oh!" Star said looking at a scary dangerous forest, "Mewni's natural beauty!"

"Sounds thrilling!" Mr. Diaz said

"We love nature," Mrs. Diaz said

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz approach the forest and take various pictures. Marcia sees a sign that reads FOREST OF CERTAIN DEATH.

"Forest of Certain Death?!" Marcia said scared.

"Oh, don't read too much into the name. Hurry up!" Star said

The group enters the forest with Marcia looking around cautiously.

"So it's really kind of important to keep moving. There's a bleeding willow tree," Star said

"Ooh," Mr. and Mrs. Diaz said.

A centipede monster quickly slithers past Marcia freaking her out.

"Aah! Whoa!" Marcia said scared.

"Here's a carnivore blossom," Star said

A swarm of baboon-faced bees flies over Marcia, and she ducks to the ground.

"Are you guys seein' any of this?!" Marcia said pointing around.

"See it?" Mr. Diaz questioned as the three look back at Marcia.

A giant's foot stomps past behind Star and her parents.

She stares blankly at the group.

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz just smile at their daughter before skipping forward into the forest, "Best anniversary ever, best anniversary ever! Best anniversary ever, best anniversary ever!"

"Wait! Come back!" Star shouted to them.

Marcia walked forward to see a carnivorous plant with its mouth open laying on the ground, "Oh, yeah. Nice try, path."

Marcia reached into her fanny pack and throws a few sticks of gum into the mouth and it snaps close to chew on the gum.

"Hey, guys, did you see what I just did with that bubble gum?" Marcia asked with a smile.

She looks forward to see everyone gone.

"Of course not," Marcia said

Marcia runs forward to catch up to her parents and Star and passes by some large roses.

"Oh how pretty," Marcia said

She goes to sniff one but then monsters pop out of the ground attached to the roses.

"Uh... Uh...!" Marcia screamed out, she reaches into her pack and pulls out a whistle-blowing it. The flower monsters look scared and immediately sink back into the ground.

"Hmm. It worked," Marcia said with the whistle still in her mouth. She looks around to see her parents climbing up a tree followed by Star. She goes to follow them when she starts to feel the call of nature.

"Oh no," Marcia said

After spending some quality time with a bush Marcia reappears.

"Ugh nothing' makes you feel less like a lady than goin' to the bathroom in the woods," Marcia said

Star appears and pulls Marcia into a hiding spot.

"We gotta go. It's not safe here. Look. My dad is right there," Star said

"This way!" King Butterfly said pointing in a direction.

"Let's just get your parents and go home. Okay, Mr. and Mrs. Diaz, that concludes the tour. Hope you've enjoyed your…" Star said but stopped talking when she noticed the married couple gone.

"Mr. and Mrs. Diaz?" Star said looking around.

"Where did they go?" Marcia said starting to freak out.

"*GASP* Look! Footprints!" Star said

Star and Marcia look to see Mr. and Mrs. Diaz's footprints leading toward a skull-shaped cave.

"GAH! Scary skull shaped death cave! Never a good sign!" Marcia said grabbing Star and pulling her to the cave.

As the two approach, the cave bats fly out of it.

"Look! It's their stuff!" Marcia said

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz's clothes and belongings were splayed out on the ground. Marcia picks up her mother's wind chimes.

"But where are they?" Marcia questioned

Marcia and Star hair blows back and they look behind them. Star shines her wand inside a hole, and it breathes on her. An eye opens revealing the hole is actually the nostril of a hydra.

Star gasp as the hydra sits up and reveals it has six heads.

The monster roars at the two girls making them scream and grab each other.

"Let's get outta here!" Marcia yelled

"No! That thing ate your parents!" Star said

Star points up and muffled screams are heard in the hydra's stomach as it moves around.

"Look out!" Star yelled

She pushes Marcia out of the way and one of the hydra's heads eats Star.

Marcia gasps and grabs her face, "You let go of my bestie!"

Inside the hydra's mouth, Star dodges its tongue.

Marcia jumps on the head that ate Star and shoves her hands inside the hydra's nostrils and pulls Star out.

"Super Rainbow Dolphin Slam!" Star said

Star blasts the hydra's heads with magic dolphin blasts.

"There!" Marcia said

Star blasts another head giving the girls enough time to run away but the hydra chases after them. They keep running but unfortunately reach a dead end.

"A dead end?!" Marcia yelled

Star blasts the hydra with more dolphin blasts. As Marcia uppercuts one of its heads. The hydra opens on of its mouths breathes fire at them. Star and Marcia run around trying their best to avoid the fire. Marcia opens her fanny pack and takes out her knitted blanket.

"Quick! Under here!" Marcia said

Star and Marcia duck under the blanket, protecting them from the hydra's fire breath.

"Wow!" Star said

"I know. I made it insulated, it can also protect us from electricity," Marcia said

"What else do you have in there?" Star asked pointing at Marcia's fanny pack.

"I pretty much used up everything when I was schoolin' the Forest of Certain Death. Well, everything except for this miniature miniature book of knots," Marcia said pulling out a tiny book.

"So cute," Star said

"Hehe, I know right," Marcia said

"Wait...Did you say knots?" Star asked

"Yeah. Why?" Marcia asked

Star and Marcia jump out from under the space blanket.

"Bet you can't catch me," Star said waving her arms around.

"Over here!" Marcia said on the opposite side of the hydra waving her arms.

Star and Marcia run in opposite directions. Four of the hydra's heads follow Star and the other ones follow Marcia.

"Hey, you! Yeah, you! You can't catch me!" Star said dodging the heads.

The hydra's necks start to get entangled.

"Over here!" Marcia said

Marcia jumps up and dodges the hydra's heads, making their necks get even more entangled.

"Come and get me!" Star yelled

The hydra's necks gets so entangled, that they end up tied into a knot. The hydra chokes out and falls over.

"Whoo-hoo!" Star cheered

Star and Marcia cheer but stop when they hear a loud yell. They look up to see Star's dad wearing nothing but a loincloth with war paint on holding a spear.

He jumps from the cliff ready to challenge the hydra, but he stops when he notices Star and Marcia.

"Star?!" King Butterfly said

"My parents are still inside that thing!" Marcia said

King Butterfly cuts an opening in the hydra's stomach. Several people run out of the stomach cheering but there's no sight of Marcia's parents.

"They're not here?! Quick, to the large intestine before they're fully digested!" Marcia yelled running into the monster.

Marcia squishes through the hydra's innards, gagging. Star and King Butterfly look in the stomach worried.

Suddenly the sound of giggling could be heard.

Star and King Butterfly look over to see Mr. and Mrs. Diaz are seen enjoying a hot spring.

"There's nothing like a steamy bath after a long day of exploration," Mr. Diaz said

Marcia pops out of the stomach, "Mom! Dad!"

"You're alive!" Star said

"Aaaand you're only wearing the fanny packs," Marcia said

"Ah, King Butterfly! Care for a dip?" Mr. Diaz asked

Mr. and Mrs. Diaz giggle and start to make kissy faces at each other.

Marcia turns away and pretends to fake gag.

"As inviting as that sounds, I need a minute with my daughter," King Butterfly said grabbing Star's arms.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow," Star said as she was dragged away.

"How about you Marcia? Would you like to join us?" Mr. Diaz asked his daughter.

"Nah nah I'm good. I'm just gonna ya know wait over there," Marcia said scooting away with an awkward look on her face.

"Star, you know you're not to leave Earth! What are you doing here?" King Butterfly said

"Okay, okay! Uh, but the thing is, it's not exactly my fault! There-it was an anniversary! It all started with the fanny packs...Hey! Aren't you supposed to be giving some boring lecture?" Star said

"Uh, yes! W-We got a little lost. The directions were, uh...hah, It all started with fanny packs…*sigh* There is no lecture. Being king is exhausting. Every once in awhile, I need to sneak away and fight monsters. It keeps me sane. And it's good for my throne posture," King Butterfly said

"So I get my monster fighting from you. Cool...Cool!" Star said

"I suppose so," King Butterfly said

Star and her dad start laughing.

"Are you gonna tell Mom you saw me?" Star asked

"I didn't see you and you didn't see me. But just this once," King Butterfly said

"Hugs!" The two said hugging each other.

"Farewell," King Butterfly said

King Butterfly leaves, followed by his manservant's.

"It's cool that you guys bonded and you got to see that side of your dad," Marcia said

Mr. Diaz walks by whistling and naked. Marcia covers hers and Star's eyes.

"I wish I hadn't seen that side of my dad," Marcia said