Not too many people remember how the friendship of these two came to be, but of course it was a moment neither would forget, because, maybe, just maybe, it might change their lives.
It was sunny, much to the distaste of the little vampire. She clutched her umbrella closer to her body. She stared out against the sun to see a figure. It seemed around her age, it was pink and had short puffy pink hair, in fact everything about it was pink. She looked carefully, and figured out that "it" wasn't an it at all, but rather a girl. She figured from all the pink but then again, the dress was a dead giveaway anyways. This caught Marceline's interest, for she watched from afar, curiously eyeing her when she would run after little frogs all alone. Eventually the pink girl gave up and sat on a rock a bit too close to Marceline. She heard the pink girl sigh and say to herself,
"I wish there was someone else my age… just to play with… I'm rather lonely by myself…," she gave another little sigh and slumped slightly. Marceline didn't know why, but she felt bad for her. She couldn't help but feel some sort of familiarity towards her. Pink skin, pink dress, dark eyes, and pink hair… it almost looked like bubblegum instead of hair… realization hit her like an anvil upon her head. This was Princess Bubblegum of the Candy Kingdom, heiress to King Gumball. No wonder she didn't have all too many friends. Marceline made up her mind, and decided she would try to befriend her. Not wanting to disturb her she backed away slowly, planning on casually coming the other way around, only to trip on herself and create a loud THUD that resonated through the candy trees.
Bubblegum looked up in shock and a bit of fear. She looked for the source of the noise and heard a low grumble in pain. Being the responsible and caring person she was, she looked towards the source of the noise. She stared at something that surprised her greatly. A girl her age, with short black hair, tattered overalls style dress, but what caught her attention was the pointed ears, pale, almost blue skin, and sharp fangs out of the corner of her lips. For a minute she hesitated, but decided on helping the girl anyways. She sat next to her and poked her arm gently, attempting to get her attention.
"Are you hurt?" she asked gently, the vampire instantly looking up with wide crimson eyes. She stammered a bit and didn't know why. "Uh… no, I'm fine…" She looked away shyly. She had caught a good look at Bubblegum, she was almost perfect in looks, perfect black eyes, perfect cut hair, perfect gentle smile, perfect posture, perfect dress, and for some reason she actually felt insecure under the other's caring gaze.
"Okay… what's your name? Mine is Princess…" she hesitated and said her name softly, then said "Bubblegum" at the same volume as before. Marceline gave her a curious look. "Mine is Marceline, and what did you say your name was? Before the Bubblegum part." Bubblegum, being the lady in training she was, complied with the request, although hesitantly, "Bonnibell." She said softly. "Nice to meet'cha, Bonnie!"
Bubblegum felt her cheeks warm up. Bonnie? No one ever called her that. And this girl she had just met had. She felt herself frown, and Marceline gave her a curious look. "What's wrong?" she inquired curiously. Bubblegum blinked a few times and blushed in embarrassment that she had frowned in front of someone she'd just met. "S-sorry."
Marceline shrugged in reply. "Wanna play with me?" Marceline asked curiously. Bubblegum nodded almost too eagerly. "We gotta stay in the shade though; I get burnt if I touch the sun, y'know, being a vamp and all." She gave a sheepish smile and extended her hand, which Bubblegum took and they ran off to play a series of games the entire day, until they reached their own homes exhausted. A newfound friendship and a promise to see each other everyday in the exact same place they met.
It would most certainly change their lives, sometimes in a good way, other times they probably wouldn't be able to stand each other, but it didn't matter. Something changed in both of their lives, something surely did.