Marco was a mixture of nervousness and excitement. He stood in front of his school, his friends and parents were there to see him off.

"Well Marco Diaz," Principal Skeeves shook his hand enthusiastically with a wide smile on his face. "Due to your excellency in academics and overall positive attitude, it's no wonder why you were the one chosen for our new transfer program to Mewni High. You must be quite proud of yourself for being able to join such an exclusive academy."

"I sure am!"He addressed politely. "But, would you be able to tell me about the place? I couldn't find anything about it on the internet, honestly, I'm kind of concerned that there isn't a school at all."

"Oh Marco, we would never lie to a student of grandeur. I assure you, this is really happening."

"Oh, my baby's leaving!" Angie Diaz's weeping was a mixture of sadness and pride at the thought of her son leaving but was given a once in a lifetime opportunity. She ripped her son away from the short, balding man and held her close to her bosom with tears flying from her eyes.

"Mom, please," he attempted to rip himself from her, feeling embarrassed, but she had a grip like a vise. "It'll just be a few months, and I'll make sure to call regularly to let you know how I'm doing. Not to mention I'll be visiting over the breaks."

"Marco, your mother is just emotional." His father gently pulled the two apart and looked his son in the eyes. "It's your first time living alone, we didn't expect this to happen so soon, she's just anxious that she won't be able to see you very often."

"I know she is dad," he was glad to have some breathing room again, but he nervously looked to his mother who failed at holding back tears and back to his father. "But you know dad, you're taking this rather pleasantly."

Marco was now pulled into his father's chest, which was far less soft and burlier.

"My son, I am at my wit's end." Rafael Diaz now began letting the tears he's been holding back fall like a dam opening the floodgates. "How will I know if you're eating properly, or what if you get hurt, or what if you meet a girl and get your heart broken and we're not there to comfort you?"

"DAD!" Marco pushed as hard as he could to get away from his father, feeling particularly embarrassed about that last possibility being mentioned. "I promise you I'll take care of myself. And I will call you guys, especially if I need emotional support."

"If only your sister were here!" Marco's mom latched on to him again, creating a group hug with Marco at the center. He sighed in defeat as tears rained down upon him from all direction. But his mom did have a point, Marco was disappointed that his younger sister couldn't make it to see him off, but she was out on a club camping trip currently. At least she called him earlier that morning to wish him luck at his new school.

"Okay, that enough!" He was finally capable of squeezing out of their grasp and brushed himself off. "My escort is going to be here at any moment. Speaking of, when is he supposed to be here Principal Skeeves?"

"Right now." Marco let out a small scream and jumped back when someone silently appeared behind him. He was a slightly pudgy man that had neck roles squeezing around his suit's collar and had a long nose.

"How do you do Mr. Diaz? I am Manfred, secretary to the dean of Mewni High. I have come to escort you." He stood straight up with professional etiquette and spoke eloquently. "Now, there is much you will learn about our school today so I suggest you make your goodbyes quick, time is of the essence."

He took the secretary's advice and faced his closest friends, Ferguson and Alfonzo.

"Well, see you guys. I'll make sure to tell you how things are going on my end."

"See you, Marco," Alfonzo, the tall, skinny one of the duo said in a garbled voice. "Tell us all about it!"

"Yeah, and if there are any cute girls make sure to drop us a line." His other friend, who thought himself a smooth lady's man chimed in. All Marco could do was roll his eyes in amusement and ended their interaction with their special handshake which consisted of a complicated combination of slaps, fist bumps, and finger locks.

Next up was his parents. Again.

They visibly fought back to shed any more tears. Marco couldn't handle their pleading eyes and outstretched his arms, inviting them in for another hug. This time he was far less embarrassed and more welcoming to the physical attention.

"Bye, I'll make sure to call you guys after I get settled in." Admittedly, being separated from his family for the next few months was going to be difficult for him to adjust to, and he was anxious about leaving.

"Just take care of yourself, honey." His mom wiped the tears from her eyes with a handkerchief.

"And remember to be confident son, ladies like that." His father added thinking it was solid advice.

"Yeah, okay, bye dad. See you mom." He responded in a rushed voice, reluctant to be getting dating tips from his father. He slung on his backpack and pulled his rolling suitcase and accompanied Manfred. "Okay, I'm ready… Uh, where's the car?" Marco noticed that the only vehicle around was his parents' car.

"Oh don't worry about that Mr. Diaz, it will be a short walk."

"It is?" Marco was confused by the statement as the secretary pulled out a pair of white scissors from behind his back with a large blue jewel in the center. He did the most extraordinary thing Marco had ever seen with them: a large blue swirling vortex appeared out of thin air where Manfred had swiped the scissors. Everyone but Principal Skeeves was surprised by this.

"After you, Mr. Diaz." Manfred stretched a hand that pointed towards the anomaly, guiding Marco to proceed. He was hesitant and highly skeptical at first; and nervous, very, very nervous. He eventually mustered his courage and walked towards it and stopped a step short to look back at everyone, who were too petrified staring at the vortex to notice him. On the chance that someone did notice he gave a weak smile and waved goodbye, then disappeared in front of their eyes with Manfred closely behind him.

As the portal disappeared, four of the onlookers were at a loss for words until Rafael's sense came back to him.

"Well, that's not alarming." He said in a some-what composed manner, being absolutely alarmed.

Marco Diaz was slack-jawed as he didn't understand what had happened. One minute he was in front of his high school at Echo Creek, the next a new, larger school was before him in a location he didn't recognize. It was three stories tall and despite looking modern, it had the designs of a castle. A pole stood out with a flag flapping in the wind, it had a white unicorn with a purple mane and tail and a golden butterfly on its flank. In the background were two cob corns crossed behind the unicorn and an MH in the foreground, identifying as Mewni High. Manfred walked past him without missing a beat.

"Come along Mr. Diaz, you'll be meeting the dean first thing." Marco mentally lagged behind until he realized he was physically lagging behind and rushed to catch up to his escort. "Now I'm sure you have many questions but I ask you to refrain from them for now, any questions and inquiries will be answered by the dean."

"Um, okay," Marco said in a shaky voice, he had a million questions running through his mind. He didn't understand where he was, how he got there, or WHY WERE MOST OF THE STUDENTS HE PASSED BY MONSTERS!? Some of the students looked human, but a larger portion were clearly other species. He saw fish people, flying unicorn heads, slimes, lizard people, and a pigeon that rode in a robotic device that's purpose was to have him walk around in human legs. Nothing made sense to him!

Marco had to climb to the top of the school until Manfred stopped him at a door. A sign was on it that read Dean Eclipsa Butterfly. Manfred politely knocked on the door and opened it without hearing a response from the other side.

"Marco Diaz of Earth has arrived ma'am." Manfred held the door open for Marco and ushered him inside. There was a woman sitting at a desk in the center, a window behind her allowing natural light into the room.

"Hello Mr. Diaz, please sit down." She spoke in a sweet voice.

The dean was a pale-skinned woman with greenish hair wrapped up in a bun and had spades tattooed on both cheeks. She wore a dark purple button-up shirt with a broch that had a crescent moon over her heart and light purple opera gloves. She gave off a friendly appearance, but her maroon lipstick, black mascara, and purple eye shadow darkened her presence to be almost intimidating.

Despite her stand-offish appearance, the girl who stood quietly beside her was far more distracting. She was a girl, at least Marco believed she was a girl, who was about his age. She wore a headband with small devil horns on it that kept her long blonde hair out of her face with the exception of her bangs. Two enormous transparent butterfly wings were on her back and she had two extra arms on each side of her body. She also had cheek tattoos like the dean, but hers were hearts, not spades.

Although she had very alien features, Marco couldn't help but think she looked kind of cute. He quickly dismissed the thoughts from his mind and sat down in one of the chairs in front of the dean's desk, setting his belongings beside him.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Eclipsa Butterfly, dean of Mewni High." She clasped her hands together to politely address him. "Now, I'm sure you have plenty of questions and are having a difficult time understanding what's going on, so I shall answer the broader questions, and if I leave anything out or you have additional questions, feel free to ask me. Firstly, you are in another dimension and magic does exist."

That first bit of information was a lot to digest. Marco always wondered if there was other life out in the universe, but if there was, he thought he'd get his answer from the stars, not from dimensional travel. And the fact that magic existed, it certainly explained a lot of what he saw and experienced in the last few minutes, but coming from a world of science, he found it difficult to immediately accept.

"Now, you are the first ever person from the Earth dimension to be accepted here. Mewni High is a school that accepts all young individuals from every dimension and educates them to help them grow to help better the universe. Now, we say that we accept people from all over but there are exceptions that we don't invite beings from more primitive worlds like yours, we fell it's a bit too much for them to handle. Now when I say primitive, that's not to say that you're barbaric in nature, but rather that you have little to no knowledge of pre-existing magic. It's not your fault, some dimensions are without magic or are completely oblivious to it. However, your dimension is different, magic is a universal and easily replenishable source of power, the fact that your world has been able to advance so far and quickly without it has piqued the Magical Highschool Commission's interest and agreed that your world may be ready to join the rest of the universe. The reason Echo Creek was chosen is that despite the insignificantly low activity in magic, it was still the one place in the world with the strongest connection, tragically that's not saying much. You were chosen amongst the number of candidates because, well, must it be said? You are an exemplary student Marco Diaz, and it's not just your academic record or peer reviews that we gathered in choosing you, it's also due to the quality of the person you are. We have kept tabs on all the candidates and determined you were the most qualified. We believe you shall achieve great things here. You may very well end up in the history books someday back home when you help to slowly bring your world into a new age. Your classes will consist of the usual math, sciences, physical education, and history, you shouldn't have too much trouble with them. There will also be classes that will be completely foreign to you, but most are not mandatory but optional should you join them. There are club activities on campus that I recommend you look into; it could help you to better understand other people from other dimensions. So, have I missed anything?"

The gears in Marco's head were turning so fast that he may have overheated from his orientation. Information lag finally caught up to his consciousness and he snapped back to reality.

"Um, what are some of these optional classes you mentioned?" He now had a million more questions than when he started with when he entered Dean Butterfly's office.

"Oh, there's a number of them: Defense and Taming of Wild Beasts, Dimensional Navigation, Advanced Magic Casting, Botany. Those are just a few, your class schedule has already been planned out to best accommodate you, though I recommend you look through our itinerary if you wish to join or drop any classes." She pulled out a list of classes from her desk and passed it to Marco. "You'll be able to learn more about them on your computer."

"Wait, you have internet here?" Marco was surprised by that.

"Oh no, we have intercore, it will allow you to access information all throughout the universe. Though, yes, it does function exactly like your internet."

"Okay, I told my family I'd call them, will I be able to do that? They're probably freaking out more than I am right now."

"Oh yes, we have communal mirrors on the first floor. Though I'm sure Star here could help you get your own compact mirror." She gestured to the bug-like girl that Marco legitimately forgot was there. She had a wide small on her face.

"Okay, if I wanted to go back to Earth, how'd I do that?" Eclipsa looked a bit hurt and slightly disappointed but did her best to cover it.

"Oh Marco, I'm so sorry. If you want to go home we can do that immediately. I've been so pushy with you that I never considered if you didn't feel like you belonged here, I suppose it is a lot to take in."

"No!" Marco quickly tried to rephrase his meaning. "It's okay, I mean, you're right, it is a lot to take in. But I'd like to stay. What I mean is, I was just wondering if I'd be able to visit them over the school breaks or on weekends?"

"Oh, silly me." Eclipsa laughed at her misinterpretation and sighed in relief. "Any students who wish to return to their own dimension over the school breaks will be delivered by a staff member to their designated location and shall be picked up one day before the beak period is over. If you wish to leave on weekends, I'm afraid you will have to speak to Hekapoo of the Magic Highschool Commission who oversees all interdimensional school travel. She will either give you a rental pair of scissors or you can earn your own personal pair, but I warn you, it's not as easy as asking for permission. Every student must administer to a test for personal use or ownership of dimensional scissors, they can be a very helpful tool or a terrible weapon if misused. There is a lot of responsibility when it comes to having scissors."

Well, don't run with scissors now had a new meaning to Marco. Though he would definitely have to meet with this Hekapoo person at some point. "All right, I think that's all the questions I have for you. Other than, where am I staying?"

Manfred, who was always behind Marco, presented him a key with a chain and a tag that had the number 244 on it. "You'll be given your own room at the dormitory; Star can show you where they are. She is here to show you around campus so you can get more familiar with the facilities, any questions about our campus can be directed to her who is eager to help."

"Hello." The young girl finally spoke and waved to Marco. "Come on, this'll be great, you'll really like it here!"

Marco gathered his luggage and followed close behind her.

"Marco," Dean Butterfly stopped him. Marco looked back and saw a gentle and warm smile from her. "Welcome to Mewni High. I'm sure you'll do great here."

When the door closed Eclipsa and Manfred were the only two left. "Do you really think this was a wise decision, ma'am? He's the first ever Earthling, your plans may not go over so well."

"The Magic Highschool Commission was skeptical too Manfred, but I believe Marco Diaz is the key we've been searching for."