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Chapter Two: Green on the Tavern

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  Chapter Two: Green on the Tavern             “I don’t know how I let ya’ll talk me into comin’ here.”             75-year-old Alice Green curmudgeonly gawked at the menu for what seemed like hours, trying to figure out what half of the items were. Gusteau’s was one of those high-class restaurants in New York City and a far cry from better joints like Pizza Planet or Hoots (Alice’s favorite hangout spot). But, of course, her 40-year-old son Bill wanted to pick a fancy restaurant for their “fancy dinin’ night out” (as he called it), a very rare event for them and Bill’s two children (Alice’s grandchildren), Tilly and her little brother Cricket.             It didn’t make a lick of sense to Alice. They weren’t even dressed fancy, standing out like a sore thumb amidst the other diners that wore expensive suits and dresse...

Chapter One: Recruiting Day

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  Chapter One: Recruiting Day 38 Years Later             Aboard the bridge of the USS Enterprise, Star Butterfly led in a joyous sing-along to her favorite tune, Madonna’s “Lucky Star.” It was a tune she discovered while trotting across the multiverse with her best friend, Marco Diaz, and felt a deep connection with it (for obvious reasons). In fact, she called it, “The theme song of my life.”             Marie Jace, captain of the starship Enterprise, sanctioned off on the festivities to relive tension built up from months of interdimensional traveling. Their five-year mission turned into a journey to find their way back to their home dimension, having been dislodged between worlds. However, upon picking up Star and Marco (two other travelers), as well as Milo Murphy and his friends (Zack Underwood and Melissa Chase), there was question if the Enterprise crew would ...