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Star pulled Tom along through the cobblestone streets of Mewni at a breakneck pace. It was still winter, so Star had put a fluffy pink coat over her blue dress, and Tom had on a red sweater and a black toque over his flaming hair. Curious Mewmans pointed out the princess, excited to see a member of their royalty or nervous about what mayhem she was getting up to now. Probably both.
“Are you trying to tear my arm off?” Tom said jokingly.
“Only if you can’t keep up, slowpoke!” Star laughed. The young couple playfully made it to the edge of the city, where the colorful domes of the palace could be seen in their full glory in the morning sun.
“It really is amazing that you get to live there,” Tom sighed.
“You know what else is amazing?”
“Huh? What’s that?”
“This!” Star tackled Tom to the ground and rolled around in the grass with him, both of them giggling incessantly. They shared some light kisses before they flopped onto their backs and stared at the sky.
Once they caught their breath, Star spoke up. “Okay okay okay. So. Do you wanna see something reeeeeeally cool?”
“Even cooler than what we’re doing right now?”
“Oh yeah.” Star got off the ground and brushed some dirt and grass off her dress before walking a few paces to the crest of a tiny hill. Tom rolled over and sat up on his knees, watching Star attentively.
With a puff of magic, Star transformed into a golden, glittering being with six translucent wings and six arms. She clasped her first pair of hands in front of her face, which was split into a massive grin as she watched Tom’s reaction.
The demon boy’s jaw hit the ground. He froze in awestruck silence, completely ignoring how the grass around him was starting to catch on fire.
“Uh, babe…?” Star murmured, pointing at the ground.
“Wha-gya!” Tom yelped. He hopped up and stamped out the tiny flames, letting out a breath of relief when all that was left was some scorched grass. Star laughed and began circling above Tom.
“Weeeell? Whaddya think?”
“That’s amazing!” Tom said. “Is that hard to do?”
“Not really. It was a bit of a rollercoaster getting to that point, though, lemme tell ya. That’s not all though. Lift up your arms.”
“Um...okay?” He complied. Star swiftly flew behind him and hooked a pair of arms under Tom’s, scooping him up into the air. She gently wrapped her other arms around his torso to secure him and swooped up into the sky. Tom cheered and laughed as the two zoomed even further from the castle. He didn’t even notice that his knit hat had flown off.
Star treated her demon boyfriend to a dozen aerial tricks, including loop-de-loops, barrel rolls, and sharp dives. The show didn’t really begin, however, until she used one of her front hands to open up an interdimensional portal.
First, she used what little she learned from Earth school to transport her and Tom to the Grand Canyon. She flew deep enough into the chasm that Tom could soak in just how grand it was; it was mind-bogglingly wide and layered with millions of years of striped sediment. The two unknowingly whizzed by some tourists, who were dumbfounded by the sudden butterfly girl and demon boy.
Next, Star portalled them to the Seabunny Dimension, where the ocean had no limit in sight. She hovered over the waves so that Tom’s feet brushed the seawater, making him yelp in surprise. Star guffawed at Tom until he splashed some seawater in her face. She spluttered before opening a portal in the side of a pirate ship.
They kept on flying together from dimension to dimension, over snow-capped mountains, foreign castles, purple nebula-like mazes of clouds above the Bounce Lounge. Star opened up a dimension at random to find even more spectacular views.
The two teens flew into a world baked by a blue sun - no, two suns; the second was much smaller than the first and was nearly impossible to see in the light of its larger sibling. The hills were covered in sand that truly white with red stripes, but was tinted blue by the powerful sunlight. Tom could feel the massive uptick in heat, but didn’t mind it, being used to places literally burning will hellfire. Star, however…
“Uh, Star? You’re sweating a lot,” he said. “I can feel it through my sweater.”
“Yeah?” Star gasped between huffs and puffs.
“We rea-EEYAH-!” Tom yelped as Star unexpectedly dipped in midair. “We really should go somewhere a little cooler.”
“You’re...right,” said Star. She lifted a closed fist, ready to open a portal off the boiling blue world, but faltered before she could do so.
Her wings stopped beating. With a puff, they disappeared.
The pairs of arms holding Tom vanished. He flailed around in the air, trying to turn himself around so he could get a hold on Star, who he saw was back in her blue dress and pink jacket, as well as completely unconscious. He grabbed her hands and pulled her towards him. He switched to holding her bridal-style before blasting fire out of his feet to slow their descent.
As Tom’s feet touched down on the white sand, it melted into glass, making a flat platform to stand on. He took a moment to catch his breath and let his heartbeat slow down after the bolt of panic. Gently, he took off Star’s pink jacket and tied the sleeves around his neck like a makeshift cape while making Star the tiniest bit cooler.
He looked around at the barren desert, looking for any relief from the burning sunlight. There was nothing in sight but striped dunes.
Tom sighed and began walking.