"YOU WILL BE NOT GOING ANYWHERE! MUDEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERR!"
The shriek of his older brother just cause the clone to run even faster. With his heart beginning to pound faster, it was now harder to face the pain that has spreaded half of his bitten face. He could hear nothing but the quick pounding of his footsteps and his harsh panting. Sweating bullets, he turned to find somewhere to hide, but can only find empiness in the hallway. He then entered the next room which began to grow darker. Not even noticing what place he was in, the only next thing he noticed was that he was falling. One by one, he would feel his body getting slammed on each steps downwards, causing his head to spin where he was going. As soon as he slammed on the last step, he could feel himself slipping away with parts of his body a bit injured from the fall.

He tried his best to wake himself up and to atleast raise his head up only to just loose half of his consciouness from the pain and dizziness. He could feel his thoughts drift away.
"BROTHEEEEEEER!"
Like as if somebody has somebody has slapped him, his mind jerked awake as he open his eye to look up from what he has discovered that he has fallen down the stairs. All the way above, he can see his brother's shadow appearing.
"YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM ME!"
Without even thinking, he used all his strength to force himself back up and continued running. He continued to run without even daring to look back. But when he has been looking around this area, he remembered something: This was the area where he was created.

His heart sank a bit in sadness. And where he met his older brother for the first time. He can feel his vision change to when he has woken up in a labratory with a pink humanoid made out of bubblegum smiling at him. Next thing he knew, his creator left him looking for what she said would always accompany him and...
The second Lemongrab snapped back to the present. This was no time for looking at memories. He had to find a way to get away from him. As he was running, he noticed the first wooden door of the hallway. The clone knew that if he just kept continue running, it would lead him to the dungeons which would also lead him to a dead end. So he had no choice but to atleast try to hide in there.

Going towards it, he quickly twisted the doorknob. His heart jumped in panic. The door was locked!
He turned when he began to hear his brother screeching in the distance. Rapidly, he digged into his pocket to pull out the keys which had the forms of lemons on the tip of them. Which one is it?!
He flinched from his screeching getting louder causing him to try each lock. Each time he tried one by one, his hands begins to shake even more.
"Come back here, you!"
His head sweated more lemon juice as he picked out the last key and praying that this one might be the one. He insert the key into it and turned it.

Ka-chunk!

Smiling and praising one of the gods, he took out the keys, twisted the knob, and the door swung open. Looking at his shadow reappearing one last time, he rushed into another dark room and slammed the door shut behind him. He collapsed on the floor in exhaustion with his eye widened and his lungs still making a harsh panting sound. He later on began to hear footsteps growing louder and louder. Then the sound immediately stopped to where it was very close to the door.
"Humm?!"
The clone rapidly covered his mouth in panic realizing that he can hear it. But, it was too late. The footstep echoed towards the door until it once again stopped with the clone trying his best to think of a plan.

The door swung open with the light pouring inside as the other lemongrab appeared into the room with his black suit. He squinted in suspicion from the empty room that lay in front of him not even noticing that his target was hiding behind the open door sitting against the wall. For a while, the older Lemongrab sniffed at the room only to find a trace which made him knew somebody was in there. Noticing the sound of his realization, the clone shivered even more with his teeth clenching. So this is how life ends? Getting eatten by his brother inside a labratory where he was created? He wondered how Princess Bubblegum would think when she would ask his brother where his younger brother was. He doesn't want to cause her any suspicion on his brother's behavior. Atleast, not yet.

But he just braced himself for his brother to begin tracking him down. He waited, but it never came. Instead, his suspicion soften but his narrowing expression never faded.
"YOU have one this time, brother. But if you ever break your brother's rules again, I WILL find you...I WILL GET YOU!"
The clone flinch by the sudden screech ending it up with his eye squeezing shut after the door harshly slam shut. Still shaking violently, his eye slowly opened in fear and worry. It wasn't long until the pain returned as he grabbed his missing face, whimpering from it. This...this was the first time ever his brother has ever done something like this. He knew he was going to get punished after breaking their beloved Lemonsweet.

But this...
He kept stroking his missing chunk.
This...was just too much to believe. The more he kept stroking it, the more the past several minutes ago kept flashing.
"THE END! MY END!"
He can remember his brother shoving him into his mouth, not seeing anything but darkness. It wasn't long before he can feel his brother biting him down, trying to shatter him into pieces. The loud crunch was later on interuptted causing the sudden explosion of pain to hit the side of his head letting out a harsh painful screech. Next thing he knew, he tried his very best ignoring the pain, escape from his brother's mouth before escaping him.
'He tried to eat me,' the thought roared in squeezing his eyes shut in order to hold the tears. 'He tried to EAT me!'

His face buried onto his knees as he wrapped his arms around his legs. For the first time ever since he was created, the tears shed out of his eye sobbing. he didn't know how long he was crying in the very dark labratory, but the other thing that was crossing his mind was this: His brother would never want to do anything like this. For months since he was created, Lemongrab raised him to be a better leader, raised him in how to take care of himself, and raised him...to be a great brother. They gone through lots a struggle from struggling to make Lemon Children to struggling to survive from starvation. He had always followed his footsteps and cared for him through it all. Ever since he-
"Hello?"
His eye snapped open letting the memories flood into him.

-

He first peeked into one room in which he remembered Bubblegum told him to go in. But yet, he wasn't sure.
"Am I in the right room?"
There was Bubblegum, this blonde hair boy knocked out, and one creature looking straight at him in confusion. In fact looking closely at him, he looked like him. EXACTLY like him. Was this the one Bubblegum was talking about?
"NEEEEH! WHAT?!" he answered out before pointing out at him, "WHO'S THIS RIGAMAROLE?!"
Deep inside, he felt really nervous not knowing how to reply. But instead, the simple thing to do was to introduce himself.
"I'm Lemongrab."
For the first time ever, he noticed that his confusion turned into a blank and yet, an impressed reaction.
"O-oh!"
"I made him for you, in your pantry," his creator said this helping the boy up while looking at the older one before making a friendly smile. "For you to be with."

The clone's eyes blinked in the realization why he is existing. This creature, this one that is called his brother, needed someone that might be the only one that is like this. So that's why she created him for him to be happy and no longer filled with loneliness. He couldn't help but still feel a bit shy when the first Lemongrab walked towards him.
"T-two Lemongrabs? Hmmm!"
He was afraid for the worst. Instead, he began poking his face before poking his whole entire body. Somehow he felt a bit satistfied by being poked and how fun it must be. It wasn't long before the clone began to poke him as well. The pokings seem to have last forever to him before they stopped and let the first one continue examining him.
"Hmmm..." he thought about for a while.

Once again afraid that he may not accept him, it was the first time ever he saw a warm smile on his face. And somehow, it started to lit him up inside as well.
"Yeah, okay!"
He let out his first warm smile back feeling so happy on how accepted he is here.
"Yeah!"
He wasn't even longer afraid to later on share the nuzzling of his welcomed brother. Deep down, he began to feel something very satisfying and warm coming from his heart that made him hum happily back. So this is what love felt like. This is how it feels like having a dearest brother. This is where he belongs. With his newly citizens and his brother along his side to help him. They will encounter many memorable adventures, face problems together, and even act like they can be theirselves.

He was to be with someone who needed him to keep company and that was his brother, Lemongrab. Releasing their nuzzle, there was one thing in his mind that Bubblegum once told him about.
"All in favor of pardoning the prisoners?"
"Aye!" his older brother answered back in big approval which cause the clone to answer back in happiness.
"PARDONS FOR ALL!"

The clone blinked back to reality. Tears still stream down his cheek wondering what has happen to the comforting older brother who welcomed his arrival those many months ago. Something then crossed his mind and soon he began saying these words to cheer him up.
"He's just going through a condition." He whimpered hugging his legs tighter, "He is going to feel better soon. I'm...I'm sure of it."
Everything just went silent. He didn't know what to do yet, but the words still didn't fulfill his satisfaction. He needs to atleast do something else that will make him feel hopeful about the future that lies ahead of him. He looked up at the labratory where only one eye left on him laid on the metal table where him and his brother make Lemon Children. He stared at it for a while before having the strength to get back up and walk towards it.

He stopped to pause for a moment. He reached out to rest his yellow hand on the table knowing that this was also where he woke up from after being created by Bubblegum. It was really scary at first, but the first friendly face he saw never escaped his vision. It made him feel very welcomed and it also avoid him from freaking out. Especially the first gentle voice to hear right when he awoken. As long as he lives, he will never forget this place and especially the dungeon, which was where he and his brother met for the very first time. Suddenly, he thought of something. He looked over to the closed pantry before walking towards it. He opened it, gathered some supplies and began working.

-

Night began to grow really late few hours later as the clone was really close to finishing with his creation. He was exhausted from the work he put in, but the depression from what happened earlier began to drift away as he stared down admiring a child size of a Lemon Child's body. It was a bit chubby that had a pale yellow skin and a curly blonde hair on his head. The second Lemongrab finished up making the oval nose as he pressed it onto the middle section of the face. Smiling, he grabbed a chemical that would bring the Lemon Child to life. But right before he was about to do it, he stopped to let it go close to his face for examination.

Somehow, he was tired of the same exact personality that other Lemon Children had. He wanted something different. Something that can bring smiles and love to everyone around him. He decided to go back to the pantry to see if there is anything sweet he can use. He kept searching and yet, it was all empty. He checked the last one and found something. It was the last candy that they had left which was a cherry lollipop. It was one of those candies that was suppose to be something they can eat in order to survive. Instead it was used to bring their citizens to life. He thought his brother said earlier that they have ran out of candy and yet, he guessed he didn't check close enough.

It will have to do. He grabbed the lollipop out of the pantry and returned to the metal table. stopping there, he pulled the lollipop out of the stick and used all his strength to crunch it into pieces by squeezing it tightly. He then concentrated as he carefully poured the bits of the lollipop into the chemical which cause the steam to release out of the glass and the chemical turned pink. Now the only step there was left was to hope that this thing would work. If it doesn't, atleast this cheered him up a bit. Maybe he would probably try again another time when his brother isn't around.

Still trying to hold faith, he moved close to the body concentrating on putting the potion into the face. He watched as that small drop of chemical escape the glass and fell onto the empty face. He waited for a while. Then, he noticed that the face was beginning to form and he couldn't help but feel his heart pounding in excitement yet at the same time, filled with anxiety. Will it work? Will creating one life satisfy all his problems? Will it be as insane as both him and his brother?
He can only watch at his creation. He watched as eyelids begin to form and so did the mouth. Then the quick transformation stop. Looking closely, he wondered for a moment if this thing was even alive.

Yet, it was just frozen there lifeless. And the more it did, the more it made the clone anxious that his experiment failed. He slowly reached out for it and let his hand rest on it's shoulder. That was when the eyes began to twitch causing the clone to startle and move his hand away. Watching his eyes twitch again, it slowly opened it's eyes and can only look upward at the ceiling. He can just only watch in awe as the newborn Lemon Child glanced around the room tired and yet curious about the world he just arrived in moaning a bit from exhaustion. Then his eyes turned to him and can only see blurriness until it cleared up to see who he was facing. The clone couldn't help but atleast copy the smile Bubblegum did when he was born.

Instead, the Lemon Child's eyes fully opened in fear as he quickly sat up and backed up a single bit not even taking his round eyes off him. He knew that it might be terrifying first seeing a person with half of his face missing, so he just spoke out in a gentle voice.
"Please don't fear my child," he reached a bit causing him to froze, "I vow that I will do no harm to you."
The child could only pause just staring at him and wondering if he could trust him. He tried his best to know what to say.
"You are in a very safe place," he continued making a slight smile again, "we Lemongrabs always watch over our dearest Lemon Children. You are one of them, so you are always welcomed here, little lemon."

The Lemon Child just continued staring at him for a while.
"Wh...Who are you?"
"My name is Lemograb the second, but you can just call me Lemongrab. I am the one who created you. Me and my brother, Lemongrab, both rule, in where we are, called Lemongrab Castle. Brother can be a bit tensed at times, so please be sweet when meeting him."
The Lemon Child blinked.
"What happened to your face?"
He breathed in to let out the words only to stop at that moment. He knew that if he talks about it, it can only make him depressed about the past again. So instead, he said,
"I got injured not long ago. Yet I shall not want to talk about it."

"So," he looked around in confusion before turning back to him, "why did you made me?"
"I, Lemongrab, was going through sorrow after the injury I bear. So I decided to make a different Lemon Child different than all the others. A different one that would bring happiness to me, my citizens, including my dearest brother whom is going through struggles."
The Lemon Child did look a bit impressed on how important he might be after his creation and it almost seemed like he was as impressed as how he was when he discovered why he was created. The child's reaction then slowly change into a frown of another confusion and concern.
"Then," he started out with this one question.

"What's my name? Do I even have a name?"
The clone stared at him blankly for a while and yet, he has already been thinking of a name while creating him. He knew one thing why he want ed to create him in the first place and there is one word from it:
"Hope."
The boy's expression disappeared.
"H..huh?"
But the clone just look back up at him showing him a very warm smile. Probably the warmest smile the Lemon Child has ever seen.
"Your name will be Lemonhope."
"Lemonhope," the child paused for a moment before smiling at him and nodded. "Yes, I think that's a great name for me."

"I am pleased by this acceptance. Now come," He carried Hope to set him down on the ground before once again reaching his hand down for him, "let us go to the dressing room to find you something to wear. Then I can show you where you can sleep."
The Child look up at him and then let his eyes rest on his reaching hand until he was brave enough to hold on to it. Looking back up to him, his face was already facing the door walking him towards it. Doing so, Hope look down in a blank expression wondering about something once. It didn't take long for him to slowly look back up to him.
"Hey," he replied to the clone causing him to stop close to the door, "can I ask you just one last question?"
"Hmm?" he turned to the child, "what is it?"

"Since you are the one who has created me," he blinked for a moment, "can I call you 'Master'?"
"You can call me whatever you want," he said this as he grew a bit serious, "unless it isn't something too insulting."
Hope just look at him nervous.
"But," he said shyly, "is 'Master' ok with you?"
It took a moment for the clone to nod before forming a small smile.
"Acceptable."
With a bit of surprise, the child smiled back.

-

With the hallway dark and quiet with some Lemon Children sleeping in their bedroom, the second Lemongrab escorted Lemonhope to a ceiling that seems to have a door with a rope hanging in the middle.
"Here it is," he said this making a complete stop to the door. He then turned to him benting his knees towards him and looked down on the white shirt he was wearing.
"Are you sure you feel cozy in that shirt?"
He nodded,
"mhmm."
"Alright," He released his hands backing away with a gesture, "now step out of the way so you won't be injured."

Hope looked down at his feet before moving them backwards few steps away from him. He looked back up to him.
"Is this good?"
"Hmm..." he concentrated on the distance and pointed out, "maybe just a little more backwards."
He obeyed taking one step backward.
"A little moooooooore!"
He continued this time slowly.
"There," the child immediately stop from his master's voice watching him smile. "Yes, good good indeed! Don't move!"

After saying this, the clone rushed over to the closed attic door and looked up at it. At times like this, him and his brother would stand on top on each of them in order to reach it. But with him alone, he's gonna have to do it without him. He should be glad that them, the Lemongrabs, are excellent jumpers. But can his jumping skills be high enough to reach the rope?
I shall atleast try and see, he thought to himself as he bended his legs with his one eye locked on the ceiling. He made a jump for it and reached out only few inches from the rope before landing back on the ground. Looking back up at it, he bent down once again this time using all his strength to fly himself out of the ground and right towards the ceiling. Only thing was, he jumped too high.

Before noticing he did, it wasn't long until his head hit badly on the ceiling causing it to open and let a wooden ladder come out right after he started falling. Hope watched as the clone fell face down on the floor before quickly trying to lift his head up and going down once again from the tip of the ladder landing on the back of his head. The child flinched at this filled with concern.
"Master!" he rushed towards him lifting the ladder away from him as he placed his hand on the side of his bitten head causing him to slowly raise his head back up again this time facing the Lemon Child. With Hope reaching out for him, he accept taking his hand and pulling himself before he back up away from the ladder.
"Master," the child dropped the ladder down trying to aid him while the clone rubbed his head, "are you ok?"
"I'm alright," he stopped the child from aiding, "just a headache. Us Lemongrabs have a very strong body for any major impacts, so it heals very quickly."

"Oh," Hope thought about a bit confused and yet impressed, "th...that's good, I guess."
He didn't really want to argue with that little boy. Every of their Lemon Children always find the Lemongrabs kind of strange and insane at times even though they always respects their fathers. That's what also makes him feel comfortable with his brother. He knows as long as he stays with him, he'll never feel left out about himself. It's why Bubblegum created him, right? To be with him so he won't feel different. Though, sometimes he feels like something else is missing, but maybe it's just his imagination.
"Well anyways," he tried to continue the task, "let's go ahead and show you your room, shall we?"
"Ok."

The clone turned to position the ladder for a moment before climbing up with the child along side him as well. As soon as he got up to the attic, he turned back to reach down and pull the child up. Putting him down, he began looking around the room.
"Alright, here we are," he began introducing it to him. "Your own bedroom."
The child just continued to look around a bit confused. it was pretty dark with only one cracked window letting in a little light from the crescent moon. Showing dust, he noticed boxes and presents that have never been opened for a while with one mouse trying to eat a crust of food before scurrying a away. He noticed one small dusty white bed that seem to have been left abandoned and there were nearly any space to go around it. Curiously, he walked over to it and climbed onto it with some dust flying up into the air causing him to cough for a while. The clone walked over to him bent down a bit to him.
"So," he tried to smile, "do you like it?"

His cough soften trying to look up at him with one eye open for a while.
"how come-" he covered his mouth and coughed again before breathing in again, "how come I have to sleep here?"
"W-what do you mean by that, little one?" His smile disappeared.
"I mean," both his eyes fully open as he put his hand down, "the other Lemon Children have their nice bedroom and I saw some of the rooms that are empty. I don't mean to upset you," he saw his master frown a bit, "but I am just wondering."
"Hmm," the clone nodded and looked back up to him. "Forgive me for this Lemonhope, but I'm afraid I won't take you to a real bedroom until I have a word with my brother."

The child frown back.
"Is...there something wrong with me that I must know?"
"Oh no," he shook his head quickly in retort, "no no at all, my child! You see, my dearest brother most likely gets upset whenever I make something without him. So I want to talk about your existence before I can show him to you. If he agrees, then you can have your own bedroom, but this will have to do. Understand?"
He paused for a moment wondering about that. But he just looked back up at him and nodded a bit.
"Yes, Master."
"Good," he smiled in return before standing back up. "Now I must go and get some sleep. You must sleep as well. You shall not leave this attic when I am gone and I will come back and tell you the respond of my brother. Sleep soundly, dear child."

After saying this, he began walking away. The child was already covering himself and getting him all settle for his first sleep when he looked up at the half-headed lemon climbing down the ladder. He thought about something that was concerning him before looking backing him his head starting to disappear.
"M-master?"
"Hmm?" the clone's head reappear looking straight back at him.
"If it's ok if I ask you one last thing?"
The clone paused for a moment.
"Y-yes," he answered, "ofcourse."
The child then stared at him for a while.

"Will your brother like me?"
That answer hit him for a moment. What should he say? He doesn't even know anymore after the Lemon Sweet incident. His brother does forgive him at times like when he sometimes does something without him or wonders by himself without him. But how can he answer it to someone he loved whom bitten half his face off several hours ago? He just look back to the child deciding to just be honest. But honest enough not to scare him.
"My brother is a really really good sweet lemon," he answered in a bit of a sad but honest tone, "but there will be sometimes when his mind will snap on him. He really is a sweet lemon though. He cares about our children as much as he cares about me. So my answer will be yes, but remember what I said earlier: he may have sweetness in his lemon heart, but there will be sour as well. I may have told you once, but if I ever have a chance to introduce him to you, I beg you to be very nice to him.

"He's just not very good on controlling his behaviors from insultings. But we'll see..." his mind slowly drifted of into space causing him to turn away.
"If he ever gets better by tomorrow."
"Wh...what do you mean that?"
The clone eye snapped back to reality and realized that he just spoke the last few words out. Anxious, he turned back to Hope who showed some concerns, but tried to smile.
"Oh no, don't worry about that. Just try to get some sleep, ok?"

He just tried to nod even though he still felt confused as he laid his head on the pillow and turn his face away from him. The clone watched him trying to sleep for a little while. Then he was trying to climb back down.
"You know," he heard the child respond and slowly turn back up to him without even looking back at him, "you may be pretty strange at times, Master. But...I think your are really an ok guy."
He then paused for a few seconds before closing his eyes shut and let out a tired tone.
"Goodnight, master."
He was frozen for a long time after for what he said.

He heard some of his Lemon Children saying compliments about him. They will call him their king, their leader, the best. But not anything as honest as Lemonhope. He should be angry he called him strange, but...he could feel nothing but being impressed. He began to feel that deep inside, there is something about that Lemon Child he just created that makes him so...special. He just try not to think about him and just tried to reply back.
"Y...yes," he said in a soft tone and look back down, "goodnight."
After saying this, he disappeared out of the attic. The ladder appeared back into the attic and the door snapped shut.

-

The doorknob twisted as the door slowly open to the Lemongrabs' bedroom. The younger one entered inside the dark room and try to get his vision to see. The room had a pale yellow painted wall with a blonde colored wooden floor. There was a lemon shaped two-door windows that lead to the balcony added with dark orange curtains. On the wall behind their king-sized bed was a painting portrait of the two brother standing straight with the older one on the left side carrying his sound sword and the younger one on the right side carrying his scepter with a beautiful green emerald on the top. They showed a blank expression nearly looking straight at the viewer. With his eye then laying on the bed, he saw a familiar figure resting on the left side and realized later that it was his brother snoring softly without any disturbance.

His heart quickened a bit. It was a heart quickening from fear and yet, it was quickening from love at seeing him which was very strange to put it. He knows he felt terrified from the past. But at the same time, he still show the same exact love for him. He doesn't really know why, but maybe he wasn't afraid of him at all. He was worried about him. Worried that his mind may wipe himself away and no longer look at him as the brother he knew, loved, and protected. his eyes snapped shut and shook his head shivering from the thought.
"No," he whispered repeating this vow to himself, "you're thinking too much. He's going to be ok."
He let in a deep breath and let out a long sigh letting the fear wash away a bit. He opened his eyes again looking down at the ground.
"He's going to be ok."
He paused for a little while and stared back up at his brother once again still sleeping peacefully.

He later on decided he was not in the mood to change in his pajamas like his brother was. Instead, he just removed his weapon and hanged it in the wall where the first one's was on the left side. He walked over to the right side of the bed, as he carefully slipped into the covers laid on it. He looked up to where his brother was a while later. He didn't seem to show that much fear in sleeping with him. Every single night when they will fall asleep, the clone would always get close to him so he can wrap his arm around him like a stuff animal. The oldest wouldn't really mind the warmth of his brother's hug unless it wasn't too tight. But now he need to know if the first one was in a good mood enough to let him sleep close to him for tonight.

Cautiously, he took one movement to another making sure he would not wake up. It took a while, but it was worth the wait to get close enough. He slowly reached out his hand and carefully let his arm rest around his body. He smiled by few moments later. He was still a asleep which was a lucky chance to sleep with him once again. He let his half face nuzzle again his back letting the warmth enter his body and the fear beginning to slip away until he could feel nothing but love and peacefulness. A minute later, he felt his brother's arm escape his and gently grabbed his arms until it pressed against his chest like a little child holding onto their siblings' hand.

The clone couldn't help but slightly smile. He thought of one thing before he drifted in slumber.
Maybe he'll be ok after all.