"To you, what is love?" asked Bubblegum. I thought I had successfully blocked out emotions but a shooting pang hit my heart. I subconsciously fell into a deep memory.


I was lying on a pink bed with a princess' head on my lap. I closed my eyes, leaned back, and ran my fingers through gummy hair, twirling the ends and loosely braiding it.

"Marceline?" a sweet voice asked, "What is love?"

"Hmm?"I woke up from my half-sleep,"Well I wouldn't know, I don't have a soul." I could sense the unsatisfactory in the princess' stare. As the silence ensued, I realized she wasn't going to take just any answer. I sighed.

"Okay, when I was human, I thought love was when you would die so that someone else could live." I offered.

"Oh, okay…" She replied.

"Why are you asking, anyways? Do you," I put on my best teasing face,"likeee someoneeee?"

"What? No!" She insisted but the redness of her face told me otherwise. Unexpectedly, an odd bitter-sweet feeling came over me. I ignored it.

"Who is it, Finn? I know that he likes you." Now I was angry. No, jealous. What was going on? I wasn't supposed to feel! I am Marceline the Vampire Queen who doesn't feel and is always sarcastic! I was only denying the truth.

"OKAY QUIT IT MARCELINE!" Her face resembled a tomato. She took a deep breath, "Okaysoikindoflikeyou," she managed. If her face was any redder, I could have eaten it. No one dared to say a word. I broke out into the happiest smile I had since I ever turned into a vampire. I thought that maybe it was the only smile I had since I became a vampire. The only genuine one, at least.

"Kind of?" I asked.

"Okay, a lot." She sheepishly admitted. Just as fast as the happiness came, it left.

"Bonnie," I wasn't sure how to present this,"I can't be with you."

"Why? Is it the whole girl and girl thing?" she desperately questioned.

"No. Listen to me very clearly: You are beautiful, clean, and bright. I'm a monster. I've kil-" I choked up. I couldn't bring myself to even tell her of my crimes.

"No no no! Whatever you've done, it doesn't matter now. You didn't want to do those things, you had to! I know you're not a monster because you feel!" She yelled. We didn't have to say anything. I grabbed her head, bent over, and pressed my forehead to hers.

"Thank you." I whispered. It was more of a breath than a whisper. For a while we were just like that; together in the most innocent way. Even now I'm not sure if she understands the meaning of that night to me. That was the night I was a girl again. That night, I wasn't Marceline the Vampire Queen. I was Marceline the Girl with Feelings. And I remembered what love was to me. Love was feeling; and making the other person feel. My soul had crawled out of it's hiding place and was basking in the sun. It was odd since I can't even physically bask in the sun. I was a girl trapped in a monster. Love brought the girl out to play.


I woke up from my little venture into my mind. Apparently what seemed like half an hour to me was a few seconds to everyone else because the Princess was still there on the couch. She asked me if I had my answer.

"To me, love is when my soul crawls out of it's cave." I answered with confidence. This would be one hell of a rollercoaster.


Short chapter is short... AGAIN T^T. Next one will be better! It's going to be about Marceline's family. Both the demon ones and the human ones. Thanks so much for the support! For some reason, I kept thinking that you guys would all ignore this story and then it would sink like a rock... So keep the reviews coming! I'm still new to this whole fanfiction thing... By the way, if you gave me *good* constructive criticism and I didn't listen to you, it's because I can't figure out how to read my reviews. Yup, I'm definitely a fanfiction noob... Until next time, DFTBA!