Fiona sat alone on the edge of a cliff, looking out at the land of AAA. She could see every kingdom from here, from the Ice Kingdom all the way to the Fire Kingdom. A smiled graced her face as she saw her best friend, Cake, riding on the back of Prince Monochrome. It sucked to be the only human sometimes but Fiona had made so many friends with the guys around here. Prince Gumball, Flame Prince, Lumpy Space Prince, and Marshall Lee, the Vampire King, just to name a few. Yeah, she had a lot of friends. But sometimes she still felt kind of lonely. Like something was missing in her life. It was only a week until she turned 18 and she was excited. Her plans were to hang out by herself, but she didn't mind. It was going to be great. Fighting monsters, delving into creepy dungeons. Heck, she may even start up a fight with the Ice Queen for kicks. It had been a while.
While she was sitting there, her mind in other places, she didn't notice the shadowy figure floating beside her. Once she did, her instinct kicked in and she jumped on top of the figure, pinning it to the ground while she pulled out her mother's demon sword from her pack.
"Whoa! Fiona! You really gonna hurt the King of vampires?"
Blinking, she looked down at the smirking, pale face of Marshall Lee.
"Marshall! You know you shouldn't sneak up on me like that!" She punch him in the arm playfully, smiling brightly at him.
"Yeah…well," He flipped her onto her back and pinned her wrists against the ground, floating above her. "You looked like you were pretty bored, so I decided to bring you some action." He grinned looking down at her, then he released her wrists and floated back into his relaxed state he usually took in the air as he watched her. "So, what's on your mind, human?"
She smirked watching him as she sat up, dusting herself off. "Oh, nothing. Thinking about fighting evil. You know! The usual."
"Pfft! Lame!" Marshall laughed, flipping upside down and looking at her. "Isn't there anything else you think about?"
"What else is there to think about?"
"Like, I don't know…Isn't your birthday coming up soon?" He smiled watching her.
"Yeah! One week and I'll be 18!"
"Sweeeet! Wanna go ghost hunting tonight? I'm getting super bored." He held his hand out to her, smiling.
"Sure! But we have to go get my ghost sword." She took his hand and he lifted her off the cliff, flying toward her tree house.
"You have a sword for ghosts?" He laughed.
"Yeah! It help me at the ghost graveyard a lot!" She giggled as he dropped from his hands, landing on her feet in front of her house door. "Be right back!"
She ran inside, climbing up the ladder. Marshall was a great friend, but she had come to realize over the years that she liked him a lot more than as a friend. Seeing as Gumball had shoved her to the side, over and over again, she had finally gotten over him. She had decided it was time to turn over a new leaf.
Sighing, she pushed Gumball and "liking" people out of her head. She was going to go ghost hunting with Marshall today and she didn't think anything could bring her down. Jumping back down the ladder she sheathed her blade in her backpack and walked out. But Marshall wasn't anywhere to be seen. The sun had just finished dipping into the horizon and the stars were starting to twinkle into existence. Where is he? She thought as she started walking around her place. She was crouched and ready for anything he would throw at her, seeing as he hid and attacked a lot.
She rounded the corner and what she saw shocked her, Flame Prince and Gumball were dragging an unconscious Marshall down a beaten path. Fury and instinct pushed her as she ran forward and jumped into the air, flying towards Gumball. Before he could even turn his head Fiona slammed her fist into his face and sent him straight to the ground. Catching herself and landing on her feet, she turned on Igneous, swinging a leg around and round house kicked him across the field. Quickly she stomped the fire off of her foot and ignored the pain searing through her leg. Burns for sure. Her next move was running up to Marshall. She knelt beside him, hoisting his head into her lap.
"Marshall! Marshall Lee!" She looked up, screaming at Igneous and Gumball as they started walking back to her. "WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO TO HIM?"
"Fiona, you need to let him go. He is no good for you." Gumball spoke rubbing his reddening cheek.
"No! You guys are assholes! He didn't do anything to you!"
"He is taking you from us!" Igneous cried, grabbing her arm and pulling her to her feet. His flames licked up her arm and sank into the flesh.
"OWWW! Igneous! Let me go! And leave Marshall alone!" She spat at Gumball, just as he was trying to drag Marshall away. She swung her leg out when he didn't listen and kicked him in his other cheek. She then pulled out her demon sword and swung it down on Igneous' hand causing it to dissipate. She switched her sword to her right hand and gripped her burnt arm with her left hand, barely holding onto her sword with the right hand, and looked down at it. She could see blisters forming.
"You think THIS makes you better than him? Knocking out and kidnapping someone just for spending time with me?" She snarled brandishing her sword at them. "If you too don't leave right now I will run my sword through the both of you. You guys are lower than dirt and I HATE YOU! I never want to see either of you again! So just leave!"
Gumball and Igneous froze, staring at her in silence. Gumball looked like he was about to say something when Marshall stepped in front of Fiona, eyes black as onyx gems, and growled in a low voice, "You both are nothing but a bunch of cowards. Knocking me out when I had no way to defend myself? Pretty pathetic. If Fiona wasn't standing right here, I'd ripped you both to pieces and if I were you….I'd leave."
Both of their eyes widened and suddenly Igneous shot off into the air, flying back to his house quickly. Gumball glared at Marshall then called for his bird and jumped on, flying away. As soon as both of the men left, Fiona fell to her knees holding her injured arm again. Marshall turned back to her, eyes wide when he finally got a chance to look at her. He ran over, kneeling down, and put her sword back into its sheath slowly. Then he took her hand looking at her.
"Fiona, are you alright?" He couldn't hide the concern on his face as he looked at her leg and arm.
"Pfft, What this? I-I've been hurt so much wor-Ow. Ow. Ow." She winced looking at her arm. Marshall was turning her arm around slowly, looking at the full damage. She felt something wet on her cheeks and when she touched it, pulling back her hand she saw that she was crying, and pretty hard it seemed. Maybe she was in more pain then she thought.
"Come on. Let's go back to my place. You need to be treated." Marshall slipped his hands underneath Fiona's shoulders and knees, lifting her off the ground. About halfway through their flight to Marshall's place, Fiona's vision began to blur to black as an immense pain began coursing up her arm and leg. She was trying to fight it, watching Marshall as she held onto his shirt with her good hand. The last thing she saw was Marshall staring down at her, calling out her name.
