Not my universe
Chapter one
It was a rainy day in Ooo, all the kids were palying outside in the rain, and oddly enough, no adult was paying them any attention. Every grown up in the Candy Kingdom was enjoying the oh-so-called "Horror movie night" inside the Candy Castle. It was actually quite the perfect night for it, not just because the date, Firday 13, suited the theme of said night pretty well, but also because of the thunderbolts. Oh, those thunderbults sometimes seemed to synchronize with those in the movie the candy people were currently being frightened by.
But all in all, those thunderbolts were driving a certain someone crazy.
In her cave, not so far from the Candy kingdom anymore, the Vampire Queen sighed deeply again in a very annoyed way and gazed at the rain. Marceline usually liked days like that one, days in which she could fly in the rain and scare the hell out of some candy idiots or her friend Jake. Sure, she loved rainy days, and she was usually always up for some idiot scaring time, but that day she just felt like staying inside and writng a song. But no, the thunderbolts so didn't want her to finish said song.
With something along the lines of a groan she put her axe-bass away and laid on her bed, even if it was more like floating over her bed. Who cares. She looked at the rain again annoyingly, and just when she thought she couldn't take it anymore and that she was going to fly out of that windown and kill those thundrbolts (oh it didn't matter that it was impossible, she was going to find a way to do it) someone knocked at her door. The Vampiress almost cried out -"FINN! I swear, if you don't get your ass outta here right fucking now, I'm gonna rip your head off, got it? I'm not in the mood for any stupid adventure you want me to go to!"- sure, Finn was like her best friend, but that didn't mean he could knock at her door every single day.
She waited for him to make a move, but as he didn't she decided to let it slide, and just as she was taking her axe-bass once again she heard a voice. It was high pitched, and girly. Even without actually seeing it it felt pink -"Hey Marceline, I'm not actually Finn and I don't actually feel very comfortable wiht you threatening to rip my head off, but I, um, kind of need something from you"- Marceline was stocked –"Could you open the door?"-
Now, Bubblegum had once again become very close with her, even if it was in a different way. Bubblegum was Marceline's best friend, and viceversa, even if they kept it as a secret. No one could ever, ever know that the very Vampire Queen actually enjoyed spenign time wiht the oh-so-perfect Princess Bubblegum, and at the same time no one should know that the Princess of a kingdom made out of the sweetest shit ever was friends with the vampire who spent her days scaring the flitz out of the candy people, and who liked to suck the red out of their strawberries when no one was looking. For that same reason Marceline was surprised that said girl was there, especially so nervous.
The Vampire Queen slowly flew downstairs, and into the kitchen, where she opened her fridge and took oyt a strawberry. You always had to look cool and relaxed around her Highness, and some strawberry sucking would do the trick. She opened the door while floating on her back, before opening she could still hear Princess Bubblegum muttering "ums", and "aghs".
-"Sup, Pink Face. Fancy seeing you here"- was her creative way of saying hello. The pink haired girl was soaking wet, it would have been very rude not to ask her to come inside, where a new fireplace was lit. Marceline sucked at her strawberry, draining color from it –"Now, what the hell Bonibelle? You really think you can just sneak out of your castle at…- she checked the clock on the wall- wow, 3 am? You woke me up, girl"
Bubblegum looked rather ashamed of her actions, but spoke anyway –"I had to Marceline! It's something big, very big" The Vamp smiled -"Oh, what is so, oh so big"- She was just looking for a pun to her dirty joke when the princess walked straight pass her and sat on her couch, looking furious
–"This is serious Marceline!"-
-"Nope, he died on book five, Gosh don't you read Bonibelle? Shameful"-
-"You lady, listen to me-"-
The laughter that erupted from the dark haired girl was enough to shut her up –"IT WAS A GOOD JOKE BUNS BUNS! LAUGH"- but the girl did not laugh, instead she began to lecture her, Marceline-the-vampire-queen-how-dare-you-joke-in-this-times-of-bluhbluh-like. It was good enough for the vampire, and she was quiet for once in her life. –"Good, now… Now, you need to listen carefully. I think I might have discovered something that will change our lives forever as we know them today.." Marceline bit back her answer of "Well, I don't know my life any other way, do I?" and waited –"So, to make sure I am complety right in waht I have discovered I need to you to… assist me"-
Bonibelle waited for her best friend to say something, but she didn't move at all. She could almost hear her complains, that she liked her life the way it was, that she was happy with the way things were going, and a load more of crabshit. Her best friend could not yet understand she couldnt say no. She had to take out the big guns –"Please… Marceline I need your help"- and it worked. Marceline couldn't say no to ghe princess begging.
-"Of course I'll help Bonibelle, what are friends for"- she said wiht a smile.
After that sentimental talk, the both royal girls sneaked out of Marceline's cave and flew to the Princess Bubblegum's kingdom. From that moment on things turned a little more difficult for said pair of idiots. The Candy Kingdom's streets were at capacity with candy people, who were happily watching a homemade horror movie about a monster who ate candy people, oddly enough. Marceline cracked her neck to look at the creature better, for in that moment the monster, with it's sharp and excessively giant fangs was sucking the red out of the lollipop pronce. Everyone screamed then, and that covered the hyenna laugh Marceline had let escape from her mouth, she couldn't believe the candy people sometimes. It was too obvious she was the monster in the movie –"Do you see that? "- she whispered to the pink girl –"Everyone's afraid of moi! Isn't that amazing?"- but –"certainly not"- was the only answer she got.
When they finally reached the Candy Kingdom's principal entrance it was impossible for Marceline to keep on flying, since she coudln't fly her way up the locked windows. The only natural answer was for her to hug Bubblegum, and for her to give the vampire a piggy ride, while the vamp was invisible. It seemed like a good idea, until Princess Bubblegum's back began to slowly try to reach the floor, due to Marceline's heaviness –"What's wrong with you, Pinky? I'm not that heavy!"- Marceline whispered to the Princess. "Whoever told you that, my dear, was lying" thought Bubblegum, and kept on walking awkwardly.
The Banana Guards at the entrance said nothing, and allowed their princess to pass. Yet, the vampire was able to hear them whispering:
-"I think she had a bad night, y'know? Maybe she's having backaches?"-
-"Oh, good. That must be the reason as to why she's walking so awkwardly!"-
Marceline tried hard not to laugh.
When the girls finally made it to Bubblegum's lab, Marceline finally began to fly again, looking quite ashamed for the poor pink girl, who was breathless –"I- uff- I think it went pretty well"- said the princess while fixing her hair, she then put on her white lab coat on and walked slowly toward a white sheet that was surely covering a round object.. no, it was a square ob- wait, a triangle? No! Heart shaped… pineapple shaped?
-"Hey! That thing is shapeshifting! Why is it doing that, PB? Nothing should do that, it's not natural, it's not okay!"- you could hear the panic in her voice rising "-Easy, Marcy. I know it's shapeshifting, but thanks for letting me know"- You could feel the sarcasm in her pink voice –"Now, it is changing because it does not have a finite form"- Marceline nodded and watched her friend walk across the room and take something out of a cabinet. It was a remote –"You see, I've been working on this for years actually…"- said the princess and pushed the red button on the remote. A green screen appeared in front of Marceline, it looked more like a 3D image than anything else.
It was the land of Ooo. Twice. And in the middle, a shapeless thing was shinning –"They don't happen very often, but at least they do!"- sang the princess. Marceline had her eyes glued to the map, but managed to turn around and ask the girl, who now had some green googles on, about this thing –"What, exactly, doesn't happen very often?"- Bubblegum grinned –"Universe travel, of course!"- Her face had turnt into the one a mad doctor would have. It did no good to help Marceline calm down –"See, every bunch of year, for almost six centuries already, these portals to other universes have been opening every here and there"- Explained Bubblegum, pointing to the little shapeless thing in the 3D map, whcih was now covering the whole area of what seemed to be their universe, and a lot more of other universes denominated "Univ A.1" "Univ A.2" and so on.
Marceline was unsure of hw to answer, but she knew one thing: The idea of universe traveling made her anxious. And so did the fact that Bubblegum had asked for her help in something related to that. As Bubblegum keep on telling her about those portas and useless data about her ideas of those universed, Marceline slowly flew to the white sheet in the center of the room, and just as she was about to pull it, she heard her name again –"So, Marcy. You can guess how anxious I am about this portals and their universes"- She turned the 3D dmap off –"But that's not where you are going to participate"- she looked relieved, it seemed like the existence of those universes had been wearing her down, a secret she had hold for too long.
Princess Bubblegum took a deep breath –"See, I was only playing wiht my data and machines here, when the portal opened! Yet, that does not make this portal different tot he others, it is the fact that it re-opened itself a few weeks later what does"- Marceline was now paying attention –"When did that, uh, event happen?"- Asked Marceline –"Oh, a few years ago, we were already friends so I'm guessing it was about 4 or 7 years ago… yeah"- was the answer she got. The vampiress nodded twice.
-"But that's not the importat part! I, somehow, managed to localize that unverse, I mean, the univere to where said portal leads and… OH, you'll never believe it!"- -"Yeah, try me"- answered her friend. The princess grinned, it was just the answer she was expecting, that rckless Marceline was jsut what she needed for her plans –"It leads to a parallel universe, Marcy"- Marceline just said –"So…"- and Bubblegum exploded –"So? SO THIS MEANS THAT THERE IS A PARALLEL UNIVERSE, AND A PORTAL TO IT AND OH GLOB MARCY!"- Marceline waited for her to calm down.
When she did, she explained about the posibility of there being a parallel them, and about how crazy and exciting tht was. It ended up with Marceline wondering how would a parallel her be like… probably blonde and with no musical talent, not to say human. And maybe she had a cat instead of a dog, and liked to dress like a princess and- oh, her parallel her was a blond, owing cat version of Bonibelle! Now she was scared.
-"Wow, I see why you wanted to tell me with so much urgence but, and for that I forgive you for waking me up at 3am"- the vampiress said simply as she sat on the TV. –"I mean, it is kinda hard to understand and believe, y'know?"- the princess grinned again –"And this is even harder. I have managed to recreate that portal. We can go to this parallel universe"- The vampire queen fell silent. –"Bonibelle, where do I help here? What-"- Bonibelle answered before she could continue –"Well, I need to know how it is, exactly. For science"- Marceline sarcastically thought "Like ours, maybe?" and in that moment PB took off the sheet from on top of the portal. The room was flooded in green light.
Bubblegum looked at her friend, black eyes meeting blue ones –"And, I can't go. I'm a princess, but someone has to go there."- she took a deep breath –"And I was thinking that person… could be you?"- It was a question, yet the Princess would not back down. Marceline did not know that. –"HA! You, you want me to go there? Are you fucking nuts? Probably you are. Who the fuck would take care of Schwabl, and what about y friends and life here- she stopped for a second, she had no life, and her friends where only Finn and Jake- and, I. I need to stay"- she finished lamely. Bubblegum smiled –"Scared?"- Marceline was red with rage –"I am not scared!"- Bubblegum knew she had won.
Soon everything was prepared, the anxious vampire was ready and with a strawberry baket on hand, and her axe-bass on the other one. She walked toward the shinning shapeless portal –"You sure Bonnie? It doesn't look very stable…"- she asked –"Yeah, everything is going to b okay, now get in Marceline, I'll see you soon enough. Remember! A day, just one and come back to wherever you happen to land on, I won't close the portal"- Bubblegum assured, and said goodbye to her friend as Marcelien walked into another universe.
And suddenly, everythign went purple. Purple everywhere, everything was shining purple, and it was changing! It became red and began to reduce it's size, just as Marceline heard the Princess yell –"Something is not working, this shouldn't happen! Marceline!"- and then, after all the red, the panic and the yells, everything was black. No more friend panicking, no more portal. She wasn't in the portal anymore, and she didn't know where she was. Marceline was lost.
Marceline looked up and saw the big and clear moon. She got up and began to walk. Everything seemd so familiar inside the woods she was walking through, her axe-bass on hand. It was the only thing she had decided to pick up from the floor when she landed. And then she realized something, this was not another universe, but her universe! All that portal stuff and all had been a pranck, and maybe Bonnie was slowly learning her ways. She was kinda proud of her,a ctually. Marceline began to fly toward her cave was located, not so far away. She finally saw the Candy Castle, where the princess was surely ROTFL. She coudlnt help it, she had to admit it was a damn good joke! She even made a freaking 3D map! She was quite happy about it being just a childish joke.
In the distance she saw the Tree Fort where Finn and Jake lived, she liked to call it "Really Big Tree House" sometimes. She remembered the day they met, and laughed at the memory of that glorious day.
She was exausted, and sooner than expected the Vampire Queen had made it into her cave, well her house in a cave. Oh, house in a cave, sweet house in a cave! She was finally there, ready to sleep all night long and day. It wasn't raining anymore, so maybe she would be able to finish that song. She suddenly felt angry, she had developed a white-hot hate against thunderbolts. Soon she was on her porch, and she opened her door. It felt different for some reason, she didn't care though. She smiled as soon as she was inside and yelled -"I'm home!"- Maybe her zombie poodle would finally greet her at the door, as she had always wanted. But of course, she never gets what she wants, and the dog never shows up –"Ugh, that doggie can be hard to handle sometimes! Is it much to ask for your dog to greet you at your freaking door? Like, hey! You are a dog Schwabl! That's what fucking dogs do!"- Maybe it was her emotional tiredness, or the fact that her friend had managed to trick her, it didnt matter why Marceline was mad, actually. She needn't have taking out her anger on her poor little dead poodle.
After being disappointed at the unbelievable amout of apples in her fridge and almost any strawberries, she decided to catch some sleep. And a bath, because she surely stank. She slowly flew toward the door of her room, scratching her back. But if the Queen of Vampirs was looking forward to a cold shower and a nice dream night, she would become even more disappointed than with the apples, because she ain't going to get some rest, in fact, a hard figh was waiting for her at her room, better say at her bed.
Kay, so guys this is called a rewrite, please let me know if it turned out all right, or if I fucked up again. Gosh, I hope someone still gives a fuck about this story. Please, do.