Chapter 1

It was a sunny bright morning in the Candy Kingdom like any other morning. The 16 year old Princess Fionna was for the second time this week going to visit her future husband Prince Gumball. You see Princess Fionna had no objections to marrying the Prince she always expected that she one day would she even developed a crush towards Prince…but the Princess never had a say never had a choice she just went along with it.

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Fionna had just arrived at the castle of Prince Gumball and to her surprise she wasn't being greeted by the those warm brown eyes and fluffy pink hair, but Fionna wondered what in the world could ever distract Gumball so much from his schedule. What could possibly be the reason gumball had not come to greet….

"Oh Come On! What could possibly be so important that you can't have a conversation with your stepbrother who just came back from a 2 month trip from…OH" The boy with his feet barely touching the ground, silky black hair that is darker than the night itself, dark eyes that that held the young princess where she stood.

"Hey, Fionna…um how's life been treating you" said Marshall Lee.

"Um … it's been well" answered the blushing princess "and you?"

"Fine…you, um look great" was all that the flustered Marshall Lee seem could say.

"Thx" she said as she tried to hide her deep red face with her bangs.

(why is my heart beating so fast you haven't seen him for 3 months and you've known him for years,.. so why is my heart beating so fast?)

(C'mon man start up a decent conversation she probably thinks you're a loser so at least try to redeem yourself.)

The moment between the two reunited friends was interrupted by a loud cough from Gumball.

"Well Marshall Lee you should really join me and Fionna for lunch in the candy garden." Said Gumball as he put his arm possessively around Fionna and resting it on her shoulder.

"Um, sure I'd love to." Said Marshall, who never took his eyes off the blushing princess.

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At the candy rose garden where the three friends sat down at the picnic table. At first nobody tried to start a decent conversation so it was up to Fionna to penetrate the dark aura that the two brothers were conjuring up.

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"Well… Marshall Lee where and exactly have you been up to for the past 3 months?" wondered Fionna

"Well, actually for the past few months I've been searching for my…mother." Answered Marshall Lee

"What!" was all Fionna could seem to say. So Gumball started from where Fionna left off.

"Exactly why in the world were you searching for her?" asked Gumball "You told me that she ran off from her duties as queen and… and practically abandoned you! Why in the world would you search for her?"

"It's because I wanted to know why she did it." answered Marshall Lee. "You see I have always wondered why my mother had left me all those years ago. Whenever I asked someone why she left they said because she was a selfish, cold blooded person. So that's why I left all… so I could find my mother."

"Did you?"

"No, Fionna, I didn't." said Marshall Lee as he averted his eyes from hers.

But for some strange reason Fionna felt that he wasn't telling the truth… that there was more to his story. She also wondered if Gumball could see through his step-brothers charade as well.

"I'm sorry that your plans didn't work out Marshall Lee."

(Apparently not.) thought Fionna.

"Thanks. So did anything interesting happen while I was gone?" asked Marshall Lee.

"Oh yes! Brother I have amazing news… me and Fionna are engaged to be married!" announced Gumball "Isn't that amazing?"

"What... Oh um yes that's, um wonderful"

Even though that's what he said Fionna could tell. No she could feel that he didn't mean it.

(But that's absurd.) Fionna thought (There's nothing between how would I know how he feels, what he thinks, he's been gone for 3 months.)