Marshall Lee's POV
The night was young and I decided to take a stroll with my bass at hand. What for? Who knows. I floated my way to the Evil Dark Forest; the forest that was like an entrance toward my home within the cave. What kind of moron would even walk into the evil dark forest anyways? I haven't had any visitors within the last thousand years, but that's cool though. I like my privacy.
"Blackbird singing in the dead of night," I started to sing and strummed a string on my bass. "Take these broken wings and learn to fly," I felt so inspired to sing tonight. I didn't know why or where this drive came from, but for a second I felt like I was alive again. "All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise," I didn't know where I was floating toward, but at the moment I didn't really care; I was too busy being in my own little world. "Blackbird singing in the dead of nig-" Right when I was about to hit into my next verse I heard a rustle in the bushes on my left. I stopped playing and waited to see who or what was on the other side. I waited for what seemed like an eternity and that says a lot coming from me, but nothing happened.
'An animal maybe?' I thought to myself. No way would anybody be here at this hour of the night, unless it was another vampire or a poor stupid soul lost in the middle of the forest. Well, I have no other choice do I? I have to investigate. Having another vampire here in the land of Aaa would be like saying humans still existed besides, maybe I can have a little fun. I floated toward the way I thought the noise came from, it didn't take me long to find a path leading to a dead end. I was able to see someone toward the edge of the cliff, it was a girl.
"What would a girl be doing here in the middle of the night?" I asked myself. I noticed she had really long blonde beautiful hair, a dark blue skirt, a baby blue shirt, a light green backpack, and holding a bunny shaped ha- wait, that couldn't be. I stopped floating and felt my shoes hit the ground, it couldn't be possible. Absently I let go of my bass and heard it thump on the ground, I would have scolded at myself for having to do that, but at the moment I didn't care. My eyes wouldn't leave the girl before me. I step out of the shadows right into the clear moon light.
"Fionna?" I hear myself ask without even thinking about it. I see her stop from taking another step I suddenly realize the situation at hand right away. She was about to take her last step, but why would she want to do that? I see her turn around and I notice she has tears falling from her beautiful blue oceanic eyes. She seems really hurt; however, as much as I would want to be there for her, I know I can't.
"How do you know my name?" She asked confused as she puts her rabbit hat back on. Her question hurts me a little, but I couldn't blame her. "Who are you?" I couldn't show this side of me to her so, I smirked and started to float again.
"How couldn't I know Aaa's only human?" I asked back. "And if you must know, I am Marshall Lee the Vampire King," I replied.
"A vampire?!" I saw the young adventuress shouted. She then took out a crystal gem sword. I was a little shocked, but I composed myself quickly.
"A stubby bunny thinks she can take on the vampire king?" I smirked.
"Don't you dare call me that! I know your kind," I heard her say.
"You don't say, and what pray tell can you know?" I question her feeling a little interested myself.
"You're all evil monsters! All you do is hurt others, you do it for joy and that sickens me!" She accuses me.
My eyebrows narrow. "Is that so?" I feel a little pissed off.
"There's no way I'm going to let you suck me dry you freak!" I heard Fionna continue. I shouldn't get mad, I knew it wasn't her fault, but I couldn't stop myself.
"Why would I want to suck you dry? When you were going to kill yourself anyways?" I spat. I see her eyes widen by my words and lowers her sword just a little. Suddenly, I regret opening my big fat mouth.
"What do you know? You don't have a heart," She said in a calm voice. "You don't know the pain I'm feeling right now.."
I bit my lip.
"I don't need this, I don't know how you know my name, but I don't feel like dealing with this," I see Fionna put her crystal gem sword back in her backpack. "I don't want to deal with anything again" I didn't hear her last words because she mumbled them, but I felt like a total ass. I place my hand on my face, this isn't her fault. Why the hell am I getting mad for? I needed to fix this.
"Fio-" I couldn't even start my sentence because my eyes widen in shock. I see her turn around and run toward the edge and jump. "Fionna!" I scream as I quickly fly my way to her. I scoop her into my arms before we even hit the ground. "Why the hell would you ever do that?!" I didn't mean to yell at her, but this stunt wasn't for play.
"Please, just make it stop," I hear the adventuress cry on my red and black stripped long sleeve button shirt. "I don't want to feel this way anymore,"
"Fionna, I can say a thousand words to you, but it's up to you if you want to move on from this pain," It hurt to see her cry. I swear to take revenge to whoever did this to her. She didn't say anything else anymore so; I just decided to take her back home. By the time I got there she was already asleep, I smirked. I opened one of the floppy windows on the right side of the tree house, not that I was stalking her, but this use to be my house. Once I was inside I made my way toward her bedroom. Boy, did this bring a lot of memories. Silently and carefully I placed her on her bed. I took off her shoes and the old bunny eared hat, I saw her hair shine within the moon light s rays that came across the room from the bedroom window. I sighed. "Blackbird singing in the dead of night," I sang to myself in a whisper. "Take these sunken eyes and learn to see. All your life, you were only waiting for this moment to arise," I sang my last sentence as I floated away into the darkness never leaving my eyes off her, leaving no trace behind. I flew back into the evil dark forest to retrieve my bass.
"Man, that was emotionally exhausting," I breathed out as I floated back to my house in the cave. Once inside I put my bass axe on the corner of the floor in my living room next to my lamp. When that was done I floated my way to my room upstairs and sat on my bed. I opened a drawer that was a lined next to my bed in the room and grabbed a small old bunny eared hat.
'You're all evil monsters!' I smirked as I remember the words Fionna used to describe my kind .
"Monsters, she thinks I'm a monster?" I held the little hat with both of my hands now and closed my eyes.
'Marshie!' I remembered a little innocent voice call me.
-The Next Day-
Normal POV
Fionna awoke to the sound of birds chirp from an opened window seal.
"I'm back home," The adventuress noticed as she scratched her head. Was everything just a horrible nightmare? She pulled off the sheet covers and sat up.
"Baby, you're home!" Cake yelled in such delight as she ran toward the teenage blonde and gave her a huge tackle hug. "Where did you disappear to, baby girl?! Do you have any idea how worried I was for you, Fionna? I looked everywhere for you," Her sister cried. Fionna felt terrible, she didn't mean to cause her sister so much pain, but she only guessed this wasn't a dream. It was for real and she had to accept the fact that Gumball was engaged to someone else.
"I'm sorry; I didn't mean to run away like that. I just didn't know how to deal with this kind of pain," She explained to Cake. The cat only nodded in understanding.
"I understand, baby. How did you get back home?"
Fionna's eyes widen in shock when flash backs of last night's events took place. She remembered her encounter with the mysterious vampire Marshall Lee and how she jumped off the cliff; however, Marshall Lee saved her, did he also bring her home? There were so many questions about this new stranger.
"I remember running into the Evil Dark Forest," The adventuress started. "Then, I bumped into Marshall Lee," She explained, taking out the part where she tried to kill herself. If she told Cake that her sister would never forgive her again.
"The vampire king?!" The cat yelled in shock. "Baby, are you okay? Did he lay a hand on you? I swear if he did he's gonna wish he never layed eyes on you!" She continued to yell.
"Cake, calm down, nothing happened," Fionna said.
"Honey, you need to make sure you stay away from him!" Cake warned. This Fionna didn't really understand as to why. He did save her in her weakest moment in her life. He didn't seem like an evil vampire, he was a jerk yea, but to harm her? "He's dangerous,"
"He didn't seem-" The adventuress couldn't finish her sentence.
"Don't let him fool you. That's how they all are," Cake said turning around and not looking at her little sister anymore. "Please, please Fionna, next time if you see him, run baby. Just run as fast as you can,"
The teenage girl new her older sister was serious now. "Don't worry Cake, I doubt I'll ever see him again," She said with a small smile. "Though, what makes him so dangerous?" She asked as she realized that she never questioned this before.
The cat sighed. "Baby, if you're gonna hear this, then I want you to sit down,"
Fionna did as she was told and sat on her bed.
"Now, what I'm going to tell you isn't going to be easy and I need you to be strong," Cake started. "Marshall Lee is a heartless monster. He terrorized the land of Aaa for a long time. Killing people, destroying houses, and he.." The cat didn't know how to finish this sentence.
"He what Cake?" Fionna asked, she was already surprised by all the evil Marshall Lee brought upon the land of Aaa. How could he talk so calmly to her last night? Why didn't he just let her die? How did he know who she was?
"He- ".
"Hello, is anyone home?" A voice yelled from the outside.
"Who could that be in the middle of the afternoon?" Cake said quickly changing the subject. The adventuress saw her older sister climb down the latter to open the door. As she did that Fionna walked toward her bathroom and looked in the mirror. There was still so much she didn't understand.
'Fionna?'
She remembered the way he called out her name.
"For some reason, I feel like I've seen that guy from before, but where?" She thought and thought and tried to remember where he saw him. "Maybe I'm confusing him with someone else?" Fionna lowered her eyes in sadness.
"Fionna, honey, you won't guess who came to see you today," Cake said a little annoyed outside the bathroom door.
"Oh, I'll be out in a second!" She replied. She quickly brushed her teeth, washed her face, and combed her hair. Fionna walked outside to put on her shoes and bunny eared hat, as she climbed down the latter she was shocked to see who it was. "Gumball.."
There stood the man who broke her heart in two last night. The man who she loved with all her heart, here he was standing right in front of her.
"Fionna.." Prince Gumball said as he stared right at her with a sad smile.
"What do you want?" She questioned as she folded her arms across her chest.
"I can see you're still mad about last night," Gumball replied.
"Well, of course she is fool, you broke her heart," Cake hissed.
"I don't mean to be rude, but may Fionna and I have this conversation in private?" The prince asked.
"Whatever you say, you can say in front of me and my baby," The cat spat back. The adventuress nodded in agreement. There was no way she would be able to handle his words again.
"Listen, I'm sorry for about last night," Gumball started. "My fiance and I talked"
The shear word stabbed Fionna in the heart. She felt like she wanted to cry, to be alone, but she knew this would only make more problems. She had to be strong.
"I was wrong in not inviting you. I'm sorry, you're my best friend Fionna and you should have been the first one I told," Gumball sighed. "Please, I don't want to ruin the connection we have"
The teenage girl had no idea what to do or what to say. She's never been in a situation like this before. What was she able to say?
"I don't know what to say," The adventuress responded.
"Look, Harley and I are having our wedding within a month and I want you to come as my best man," Gumball explained.
"Are you out of your freaking mind?!" Cake shouted at the prince. "My Fionna is a young LADY, why in the world would she be your best man? In fact, why should she be your best man?"
"I know she doesn't physically fit the part, but she is my best friend. I trust her with anything; I mean I even trust her with my life. Fionna, it would mean the world to me if you came as my best man," The prince said practically begging.
"I guess, I mean if there's no other person. Why not?" The teenage blonde said trying to sound happy.
"Oh, Fionna thank you! I knew I could count on you," Prince Gumball exclaimed happily."I must take my leave, but I'll send you both and invitation," And without another word he left just as he came.
"Baby, why did you say yes?" Cake asked a little disappointed.
"Cake, he's getting married to the girl who makes him happy. No matter how much it hurts me, it doesn't matter to him. Even if I said something, he wouldn't care.." Fionna's eyes started to get teary. "I mean, if I love him enough, I should be able to let him go, right? I should just be able to accept the fact he will spend the rest of his life with someone else," The blonde's knees started to feel weak and fell on the floor.
"Oh, Fionna baby, don't cry," Cake said as she quickly made her way toward her little sister and rapped her arms around her.
"It's not fair Cake," The adventuress cried as she cleaned the corner of her eyes with her hands. "Why couldn't I be that girl? What does she have that I don't?"
"Honey, don't compare yourself to other girls. You are who you are. If Gumball can't see what an amazing girl you truly are then, maybe he doesn't deserve someone like you in his life," The cat said trying to encourage her little sister. "There are other fish in the sea, baby. You'll find the right one for you"
"You're right," Fionna said trying to smile at her sister a little.
-Two Days Later-
Fionna still didn't know how to get over Gumball in fact, for the last two days she didn't get out at all. She just stayed home playing BMO or just sitting on her bed staring off into space. Cake was very worried about her little sister, she tried to cheer her up in many ways, but it felt like she was talking to a wall. The cat knew she had to get out of the house even if it was by herself.
"Honey, we ran out of strawberries," Cake announced. She knew that strawberries were the adventuress favorite snack in the afternoon.
"So, we did," Fionna responded unemotionally.
This wasn't the response Cake was looking for, her eyes narrowed. "Baby, you're going to go out today and pick some strawberries for us," She told her. "You're starting to act like a zombie and the more you spend time in this house the more you'll look like one too!"
"Okay, okay I'll go and pick up some strawberries," The adventuress replied in a bored tone.
"That's my girl! Now, here's your basket and take your time baby cakes perhaps, going outside will do you some good" The cat only hoped.
The blonde teen only shrugged her shoulders and left the house. Fionna walked the fields till she saw the miles of bushes that carried her favorite snack.
"I might as well get started," She told herself. In the middle of picking her strawberries she realized how hot the sun really was, no one was around and since it's strawberry meadow no enemy usually showed up for some strange reason or another. Fionna pulled off her hat and put it inside her backpack and took out a rubber band. As she grabbed her hair together she tied it up into a pony tail, her hair she noticed was starting to get really long. It reached all the way to her thighs. "And people always ask me why I always wear a hat," She chuckled to herself.
The adventuress continued to pick the strawberries and noted how nice and peaceful it was. She smiled, "Cake was right, maybe going outside for some fresh air was all I needed," The blonde looked in her basket and saw all the strawberries she picked, looking at all those delicious goodies made Fionna's mouth water. "Man, I'm hungry!" She sat on the floor with her legs stretched out and her bag to her left while the basket on her right. The sun's rays beamed at Fionna making her feel really good she lay down on the grass and stretched out her arms. "It's such a beautiful day"
"I couldn't agree more," A voice above her said.
The blonde's eyes widen in shock. Floating above her was none other than that vampire Marshall Lee; he looked down on Fionna and smiled.
"What? Not even a hello?" Marshall Lee asked in a joking manner. He was wearing a black hooded sweat shirt, with dark blue jeans, and red shoes as he held a yellow umbrella above his head.
"It's you!" Fionna exclaimed shocked as she saw the vampire float in front of her. She quickly sat up.
"Were you expecting the big bad wolf?" The vampire teased.
The adventuress immediately stood up and grabbed her things.
"Whoa, hey, where are you going so quickly?" Marshall called out as he followed right behind.
"Getting as far away from you as possible," Fionna said as she quickened her pace.
"What did I do? Last I checked I saved your butt from certain death,"
"I didn't need your help,"
"Really? Is that what you call it when you run off the edge of the cliff and jump off?"
Fionna stopped in the middle of her tracks and spun around facing Marshall Lee square off in the face. "Just leave me alone!" She spat in anger. The vampire was surprised by the tone she used and narrowed his eyes.
"Fine!" He yelled back.
The blonde turned around and took another step not realizing one of her strawberries fell from her basket when she spun around to yell at Marshall Lee, then, she slipped and fell.
"Ah!" She screamed by surprise, her basket flew off her hand and all the strawberries landed on the ground and fell on her.
"Fionna!" The vampire yelled as he quickly went to her to make sure she was okay. "Fionna! Fionna, you silly girl wake up!" Marshall let his umbrella go and held her.
"Owww.." The adventuress said as she tried to open her eyes. Everything was blurry at first, but then it cleared up and she saw Marshall Lee smile with relief.
"You had me worried there for a sec,"
Fionna noticed the umbrella was gone. "Your umbrella,"
"Oh, that old thing? I'm fine, as long as I have my hood over my head," He explained which made the girl nod in understanding; after the blonde teenager helped her sit up he couldn't help, but chuckle.
"What's so funny?" She asked as she saw him dust off his jeans and walked by to grab his umbrella again. He walked toward the blonde and held out his hand.
"You silly girl, you're covered in strawberries," He replied as his eyes soften and had a genuine smile on his face.
Fionna couldn't help, but blush. There is no way this could be the same Marshall Lee that Cake was warning her about, could it?
Alice: Alright, that's it for chapter two!
Marshall Lee: I'm the awesome prince in this story.
Alice: King, Marshie
Minho: What happened to Fionna?
Alice: I let her borrow Dead Space
Marshall Lee: Really? How is she taking it?
Alice: I don't know, I didn't really think about checking on her.
*All three check on Fionna*
Fionna: Space aliens!
*Fionna takes out her sword*
Marshall Lee: Everybody, RUN!
So, what do you guys think? Give me some reviews peps. I need motivation on this! I tend to get lazy when no one reviews and don't encourage me. Oh, um, I don't own anything, the song Marshall is singing is actually called "Blackbird" - by the Beatles. Give it a hear, it's pretty good.
