Marceline POV

Now that the sun was out, I had to carry around an umbrella to hide my skin. There was a time during the Mushroom War when the sun didn't shine for two weeks straight. It was great being able to walk around in the day without my skin burning in the sun's light. But things are better now, or for the most part. People didn't realize the hell we're living in, they just tried to fill their lives with happiness and sweets.

Sweets such as the Candy Kingdom, ruled by the great and wondrous Princess Bubblegum, all hail she who is perfect. Well get this, I'm not perfect. It seems I don't fit in your pretty little kingdom. That's why I live on the outskirts, off the charts, in a cave. Like lots of other ugly things, Bubblegum claims to disapprove of me… whatever, Bonnibel loves me.

I used to live in a tree, but then these two freaks moved in… yeah, they're pretty cool. Finn the human and Jake the dog… I don't have a lot of friends. But hey, what can you do?

"'Sup guys?" I appear inside of Finn and Jake's tree house… or should I say my house. Jake drops the pan he was holding, it hits his foot and you can hear his flesh sizzling. He yelps and the pan and its contents smack against the wall.

"Woah, what the junk, Marceline! You can't be sneak'n up on us like that!" Finn says.

"Not cool, dude." Jake stretches his foot into the sink and turns the cold water on.

"Sorry," I shrug, "So what's the haps?" I ask, chilling on their couch. I looked up to see a shredded picture of a naked lady, the remains flowing in the wind. What did they do to this place?

"We're gonna go see what PB's up to. Wanna come?" Finn asks.

"Pass," I yawn.

"What? Come one, it'll be fun!" He insists.

"Come on, Finn, she gives me the creeps. Let's go." Jake mumbles.

"I can hear you." I hiss. Jake hides behind Finn, I laugh. "Fine, I'll go." I float away from the couch and follow them out the door, opening my umbrella. Bonnibel could use a little scare anyways. I watched as Finn and Jake played leap frog on our way to the Candy Castle, then they hoped over boulders and played land pirates. Weird.

After many bad jokes about pirates on Jake's behalf, we made it into the Candy Kingdom. People would hide from me just because I was different. Excuse me for ruining your day.

"Hi guys!" Princess Bubblegum waits inside the castle, setting up decorations for something. A party maybe? Nah, she's too bland to throw anything that cool.

"Hey PB, what's a going?" Finn asks, checking out the décor.

"Oh, just putting up some streamers for the Constellations ball tomorrow night."

"What kind of ball is that?" I ask, appearing behind her. She's stiffens a little, but acts as though I didn't scare her… which I totally did.

"Hello, Marceline."

"Hellooooo Bonnibel." I turn upside down so that my head is still floating in front of her face.

"It's a ball I throw every year at the end of winter in honor of star gazing." Bubblegum explains.

"Cool beans, man." Jake says.

"Very," She puts down a balloon tie and sighs, "If you guys would like to help, I have a quest for you."

"A quest?" Finn's eyes light up.

"A quest!" PB is just as enthusiastic.

"Weak." I stick my tongue out. Then float over to the door, "See you suckers later."

"Wait… Marceline, you could actually be of assistance on this particular quest." Bonnibel says quietly. So Miss Perfect finally needs my help… Wonderful.

I smile deviously, "Oh?"

"Yes… you see the orb I request is in the darker part of the Forest of Trees. I'm afraid you are the soul person to guide Finn and Jake on their journey, nobody knows that forest better than you." She says somewhat hesitantly.

"Alright, let's go guys." I float out of the castle.

"Oh… I'll regret this." I hear Bonnibel say.

"Yup!" I call behind my shoulder.

It was true, nobody knew that forest better than me. Especially the darker parts of it. I knew every lost soul, every creepy creeper and scary monster that inhabited it, too. And so what if I caused a little trouble while I was doing her majesty this little flavor. ****Yes I am very aware that it says flavor and not favor. Just go with it.****I would never hurt Finn… or Jake.

"So guys, this should be fun." I mention as make our way into the forest.

"You bet your pants it will be!" Finn points at me.

"Finn, I'm not wearing pants. I'm wearing a dress." I sigh, Jake laughs. A frog croaks somewhere hidden behind the bushes. My stomach rumbles. "Glob guys, I'm getting hungry."

"Marceline's belly, turn that frown upside down! We'll find you something red." Finn smiles.

"Cool." I nod as the sun starts to sink away behind the foliage.

"How's this?" Finn jumps to grab an apple hanging on a low branch of an apple tree. He fails, and then looks to Jake for help with sad puppy dog eyes.

"Fine," Jake groans and stretches his arm to grab the apple then hands it to me.

"Thanks guys," I suck the red out of it and toss it behind me. We continue to walk through the forest. As we go, the moans of the lost souls become louder and louder.

"I'm not so sure of this anymore, bro." Jake says to Finn, shaking.

"Yeah, Marceline… are you sure we're going the right way." Finn asks me.

"What's wrong guys? Scared?"

"N-No!" Finn stammers, his cheeks growing red.

I laugh, "I could suck the red right out of them cheeks right now."

We walk a little farther into the shadows. The two babies are scared to death, how entertaining. I don't get what's so scary about this. I mean, they're just dead.

"So where's this orb that PB wants anyways." I ask.

"After you left, she mentioned that it was hidden in a cave, near the ruins of an old guard tower." Jake says.

"Cave's are my specialty." I grin, looking around. But seriously, I had no idea how to find this place. "Keep your eyes out for a tower, boys."

(A/N) Hello readers! JayMan551 here not as the author but editor of this story, me and DragonFlow3r will be co-authored this story. Anyway better review or I'll set DragonFlow3r on you.