Turn Around

by brightbrightmoon

When Fionna decides to leave her life behind to settle the things she needs to settle, everyone in AAA feels lost without their favourite adventuress... except maybe Marshall Lee. The story revolves around the choices Fi makes to come to the descision of leaving and the part Marshall plays in those. Rated T for language and violence right now, but may be rated M in the future.

1. Prologue

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the right to any of these characters. Adventure Time is property of Pendleton Ward and Cartoon Network.

Turn Around

Prologue

Before finally turning around, I kiss her crown. She's sleeping tight, but nonetheless I try to make no sound. Cake's hearing is more than excellent, as fit for a cat, and accidentally waking her up might not be the best idea. I glance upon our good old tree home one more time. To think this is where it all started… Not gonna lie, I'll miss this place. It's been my home for so long, and to be honest, even thinking of leaving it for more than a week makes me homesick. Actually, I suspect the homesickness might have more to do with leaving Cake behind than with leaving the tree house behind... But there's no other choice now. I can't take Cake with me. It's to dangerous.

While silently opening the front door, I feel a light pull on my blue skirt. I look down. "BMO!" I whisper as loudly as I can without feeling anxious about Cake waking up. "Fionna?" BMO asks in his characteristic, choppy voice. "What are you doing? Isn't it too late for you to go out on your own?" Well shit. I should've come up with an excuse before even thinking of opening the damn door. "Well, yes it is, but I'm going on an adventure for Gumball and it's something that can only be done at midnight, so…" "But why isn't Cake going with you?" BMO seems curious rather than suspicious. "It's a surprise! You know how it's almost Cake's 35th birthday? Gumball and I thought it'd be a good idea to do something special for her." BMO nods his head, but he still seems confused. "What's this thing that you need to go out for at…" I interrupt him hastily. "Like I said, it's a surprise! We never know if you might spill the beans during game time!" "But…" I put one of my hands on the door, the other one on top of BMO. "Look BMO, it's really time for me to go now. It's almost midnight." I plant a kiss on his head, right next to where my hand is. "You'll find out soon enough what Cake's present is, and then I'll tell you all about how Gumball and I put it together. But for now, it's a surprise. See you tomorrow?" BMO seems satisfied. He nods again, and waves me goodbye as I open the door and walk out into the darkness. It feels wrong to lie to BMO, but as it is, there's no other way to get myself out of the treehouse and into the night without causing ruckus.
Or perhaps out of my comfort zone and right into danger is a better way to put it.

Hi everyone!
Well, so that's a start
First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Sanne, but you can call me Bright Moon or BM. I'm currently sixteen years old and I'm from the Netherlands. This is my first fanfic, but I've tried to write a few stories some times before, so it's not like I'm starting at the lowest bottom of bottoms. I've wanted to write one for quite some time now, so here it is!
Then, I might have to elaborate on a few things. The first point is about BMO. He is mentioned quite a few times already in the first chapter, and you may have noticed how I refer to BMO as he. I know that, canonically, BMO is gender fluid, but I've chosen to make him male because him switching gender all the time and having to explain that would make the story very confusing.
The second point is about my writing style for the characters in their gender bent form. This is not particularly about the part you've read already. There are two sources from which the personality of the gender bent AT characters can be taken: the 3 episodes from the TV series and the comic series written by Natasha Allegri. They're a bit different from each other in the sense that in the comics, Fionna interacts a lot less awkward and blushy with Gumball and Marshall than in the cartoons. Also, in the cartoons Gumball and Marshall are practically allergic to each other, and in the comic they are friends. Personally, I like the style of the comic better, but even though I'll maybe lean on that a bit more, I'll incorporate a major part of the cartoons too.
Now that's out of the way, I hope you'll have fun reading Turn Around! (And sorry for the awfully long introduction...)

xx - BM