In Search of the Beautiful Chapter 1: Alone, an adventure time with finn and jake fanfic

A/N: I do not own Adventure Time.

Well sometimes I wish my brain would shut off for just a few minutes but I do not have that luxury. Every time I think I will take a break from writing a new idea pops up, with that being said this is my 4th story and I hope you enjoy.

Chapter 1: Alone

Fionna walked out of the tree house with her acoustic guitar in hand. Marshall had given it to her for her 16th birthday and gave her lessons every week for years, now she was 22 and she was an excellent guitarist. She walked out in front of the pond and laid against the old log as she looked up to the grey clouded sky. Letting out a troubled sigh, she attempted to release a little of her sorrow through her fingertips. She strung her guitar gently as she sang one of the first songs Marshall taught her to play,

The time is right

I'm gonna pack my bags

And take that journey down the road

Cause over the mountain I see the bright sun shinning

And I want to live inside the glow

Yeah

Fionna use to sing this song once in a while when she was feeling down or alone, but as time went on it seemed like she sung it almost every day. Cake had moved out to go live with LM and her kittens over a year ago and Fionna was left in the tree house by herself. Cake use to stop by everyday but as time went on the visits slowed down and then eventually halted all together.

I wanna go to a place where I am nothing and everything

That exists between here and nowhere

I wanna go to a place where time has no consciousness, oh yeah

The sky opens to my prayers

Gumball had finally chosen a bride and went on to be the King of the Candy Kingdom. The many tea parties they shared on the balcony still held a special place in her heart. Unfortunately since he was married and now expecting his first child he told her that he thought it would be in everyone's best interest if they stopped hanging out together, so once more Fionna was cast aside.

I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

The land of AAA was finally at peace, with the Lich defeat most of the monsters that appeared on a daily basis slowly faded away into distant memories and if there were any minor problems the banana guard handled it. Root Beer girl had really whipped them into shape over the years, there was no need for a hero in AAA anymore and like the monsters, Fionna too would fade into the distant memories of AAA.

Please understand that it's not that I don't care

But right now these walls are closing in on me

I love you more than I love life itself

But I need to find a place where I can breathe

I can breathe

I wanna go to a place where I can hold the intangible

And let go of the pain with all my might

There was nothing left for her in this land. The last time she spoke to Cake about her future she suggested that Fionna become a maid in the palace. She was outraged, how could Cake expect Fionna, AAA's most prized warrior, to turn around and clean toilets. Unfortunately she did not have many options, she had no purpose, no real skills, and all she ever knew how to do was protect the citizens of AAA. If only this wonderful land that she sang about day in and day out truly existed.

I wanna got to a place where I am suspended in ecstasy

Somewhere between dark and light

Where wrong becomes right

Marshall was all she had left. He would stop by once a week for an adventure but as time went on there were no adventures, so they hung out and played music together. Fionna enjoyed these times but she felt that Marshall would do the same as everyone else, leaving her behind and forgetting about the poor little human girl. All these thoughts fogged her mind and ravished her psyche as she played on.

I wanna go to beautiful, beautiful, beautiful

She clung tighter to her guitar as her eyes welded up with tears. Just as the first tear hit the grass the rain started to fall shadowing her pain. Her body grew numb as the guitar slipped from her grasp and landed into the cold wet grass. The boisterous winds blew rapidly over the field as her gentle weeping grew into hysteric crying. The lightning struck, the thunder crashed and the rain grew more violent. The heavens themselves had to shed tears for the last human for she was truly alone. Fionna did not care about the storm raging all around her; it gave her an excuse to finally release. She had held all this in for so long and now she was free to let it all go, her tears and screams masked by the loving touch of Mother Nature herself. As her tears died down the beating of the rain on her freezing cold skin ceased, yet all around her the storm raged on. She looked up to see Marshall Lee hovering over top of her with his umbrella.

"Now don't you know little bunnies will catch cold if they stay in the rain?" He held a sincere smile for Fionna. He knew that she had been going through a lot and checking in on her from time to time was his new mission in his long blur of a life.

"Thank you Marshy," she said picking up her guitar as she headed towards the tree house. Marshall followed close behind not wanting her to get anymore drenched then she already was.

They made it in the house as the pitter patter of the rain tapped along the windows mimicking the hundreds of thoughts that were constantly knocking against Fionna's head. She climbed up to her bedroom to change while Marshall cut on the kettle and prepared two cups of hot cocoa. Fionna finally came back downstairs in a baggy shirt and sweat pants and made her way to the couch to relax her nerves.

Marshall moved his way over to Fionna carrying two cups of hot chocolate. As he handed one over to Fionna he said, "With two marshmallows, just like you like it."

Fionna let out a warm smile, she could not remember the last time she smiled but all she knew is that she missed it…a lot. "Thanks again Marshall, I truly appreciate all of this." She hesitated, "I know you are probably busy, you can leave if you need to." She said looking down into her cocoa.

"Well actually I was taking a day off from doing Marshall stuff, just thought I would hang out here with you for the rest of the night."

"That would be awesome," she yelled nearly dropping her cocoa, then realizing how excited she had gotten tried to act more nonchalant, "I mean if that's what you wanna do." She said knowing she totally screwed that all the way up.

Marshall let out a chuckle, "Uh huh. Hey, why were you outside in the rain anyway?"

"Oh that, well I was outside before it started raining actually. I was sitting by the pond playing Beautiful."

"Awww I remember when I taught you that song, I was so proud of my little bun bun, you learned so quickly." He said taking a long sip of his cocoa.

Fionna had been on her own for so long she felt like Marshall was the only one she could truly trust so she told the whole truth, "Well then I started crying hysterically and I did not even notice the rain, well until you came and shielded me from it.

Marshall put his mug on the coffee table, "Why were you crying?"

"Well I am just so sad and lonely. I do not feel like the land of AAA needs me anymore. Gumball is married, Cake is married, and there are no monsters to fight. It would probably be a better place without the last human around."

"Well you got me Fi," Marshall said apprehensively afraid of what might come next.

"Yeah for now, eventually you will get tired of me too, and go off and get married maybe have some babies or something." She said with slight irritation in her voice.

Marshall let out a sigh, he did not think he would be having this conversation tonight but there was so much being put out in front of him he knew it was the right moment. "Fionna you won't lose me, and I will not be going off getting married or having babies …unless it's with you."

Fionna sat there for a moment still sipping her cocoa, and then finally it registered what he said, "What did you say."

Marshall sighed not sure if he should continue or stop before he completely made an ass of himself. "Fionna I like you… I more than like you, I love you. That's why I have always stayed around, that's why I always stop by unexpectedly. I come over a lot more then you know about. Some nights I stop in and just watch you sleep serenely. It seems like the only time you are at peace these days. I watch over you when you go out on your adventures to make sure you are safe. I have… I mean would sacrifice everything for you and I mean everything. I did not want to tell you all of this beforehand because I thought you were too vulnerable because of Gumwad and Cake leaving you behind. When I told you I wanted it to be at the right moment. Well I guess this was it." He had rambled on for what felt like an eternity to him.

Fionna just looked at him dumbfounded still not uttering a word. Marshall stood up, "I'll take that as a not interested." He walked past Fionna and headed towards the door when he felt a tug at his hand. He looked back and was greeted with two beautiful blue starry eyes staring up at him.

"Do you mean it, you aren't playing another one of your pranks on me are you?" she asked with a glint of hope in her voice.

"No Fionna, I meant every word of it." He gave a warm smile

"You love me…" The words slipped from her lips and echoed through the room. These were probably the best words spoken in the house in a long time, "Marshall I don't know what to say. I never in a million years thought you would see me as anything but your friend."

"Well I see you as much more than that. So how do you feel about me?" He said looking down at his shoes.

"I like you too Marshall. You were the only one caring enough to stay by my side even when all of AAA had turned their backs on me. I love you, Marshy." Tears slowly rolled down her face and for the first time in a long time it was not due to sadness.

Marshall moved over to Fionna and clung on tight. The two sat silent for a few minutes both happy that this moment had finally come.

Fionna broke the silence, "So what does this mean?"

"What does what mean?" Marshall asked rubbing his chin over the top of her head.

"What does this mean? Are we a couple now or what?" She said feeling a little juvenile for asking.

Marshall chuckled, "It means whatever you want it to mean. If you wanna be a couple, we can be, if you wanna date, we can do it, if you wanna get married and have a few kids, we can do that, if you want me to rock your world, oh we can definitely do that too." Fionna punched him in the arm, "You are such a jerk. I think we should be a couple, I think we are way past the dating stage."

"As you wish, you sure you do not want me to rock your world? I am really good at that" He said kissing her along the neck.

"I am sure, at least not now. Ummm… I feel really weird for asking you this but if I put up some curtains to block out the sunlight in the day, would you consider moving in here with me. I have been really lonely this past year and some months. I just don't want to be by myself anymore."

Marshall looked over his fragile maiden and threw her close, "If this will make you happy I will be more then glad to move in. So when do you want me to move?"

"Tonight." Fionna said without giving a second thought.

Marshall laughed out loud, "Oookkkaaayyyy. So I guess I will get myself comfy." He said kicking off his shoes and placing his feet up on the coffee table. "Just so you know I sleep in the nude, I hope you are okay with that" He said giving a smirk.

Fionna let out a sigh as she rubbed her temples, "Please tell me how you went from being this sweet guy with his heart on his sleeve to an asshole in 2.5 seconds?"

The two laughed as Fionna went into the kitchen to find something to eat. "I am hungry, do you want some bacon pancakes?"

"Only if I can get them with a side of strawberries."

Fionna stuck her head in the refrigerator before saying,"Uhh I am all out, why don't you go to the strawberry patch and pick some. By the time you get back I should be done."

"Sounds like a plan," He floated over to the closet, pulled out the basket and went out the door.

When Fionna was sure he was gone she started to twirl and sing. She had not felt this good in a long time. It felt like the weight of the world was lifted from her shoulders and faded away.

"Hmm, all my problems have gone up in a puff of smoke… in a puff of smoke…" she said before realizing that she was burning the pancakes. "Oh Glob, how much of an air head could I be."

She turned off the stove and threw the burned pancakes into the trash. She opened the kitchen window to help air out the smell. Just as she had turned around to move back to the stove, Marshall came flying through the window.

"Thanks for opening the window, I didn't feel like walking through the door anyways… hey what is that smell?"

Fionna's face was beet red as she slowly turned to face Marshall, "Well… I kinda burned the first set of pancakes. It will only take me a few moments to fix some more, in the meantime wash off the strawberries." She said trying to quickly change the subject.

Confusion was written all over Marshall's face, Fionna loved food to much to burn it, "What happened? How did you burn them?" He said walking over to the sink and washing off the strawberries.

Fionna felt so silly but she felt she should not start their relationship off with lies, "When you left I started to sing and dance, I am happy. I have not been this happy in forever. I feel like I can finally move on and start living again. I actually forgot about the pancakes and well they burned."

Marshall placed the freshly washed strawberries on the table then walked over to Fionna. He placed his forehead on hers, "I am glad you are happy bunny."

He gave her a soft kiss on the lips and moved back, but he still was not completely satisfied so he moved in for another. Fionna melted into the kiss. She had waited for so long for some type of affection; it felt so good to finally be loved.

Their lips finally parted as they looked into each other eyes. "I…uhhh… better make those new pancakes." Fionna walked over to the stove and started the new batch.

When Fionna was done the two sat down to eat and chatted about their new living arrangements. When they were done Marshall washed the dishes while Fionna dried. When the dishes were done they both moved over to the couch and talked about some of the amazing adventures they use to share. Fionna was extremely happy to tell her heroic story of how she defeated the Lich. After a few hours of chatting they both felt exhausted, it had been quite a day for them.

They went up to their bedroom and curled up comfortably. Fionna laid her back against his chest, "Marshall today has been amazing. I have not had this much fun in so long."

"Yeah I must say that, this has been one of the best nights of my life. I never thought this would happen."

"You know all those stories we told reminded me of the good old days. When Cake was still living here, when Gumball was not such a tool and when I was still AAA's heroine."

Marshall grabbed her face and kissed her tenderly, "You might call me selfish, but I do not miss the old days. I finally have my little bunny all to myself. I am happy with the present and what our future has to offer."

Fionna moved in and hugged him close, "You know when you taught me that song Beautiful, I played it and thought hard about that place day in and day out. I wish we could live there. I do not think AAA is the place for me anymore. I have no purpose."

Marshall got silent and knocked some thoughts around his head before opening his mouth, "Fionna, that place does exists."

A/N: Thanks for reading, please review.