Hey, guys! This is the second episode! I actually had some time and I used the laptop to do my school work and decided to update this story too~ Huhuhu~ I was excited when I saw two reviews and they said it was good and they want me to keep on writing. I didn't get their names/ or usernames due to the word 'Guest' and so, I thank them anyways! I hope you guys will like this chapter! :D
And thank you to another 'Guest' for letting me know about the simple type of 'Nightosphere' is the right word. Sorry...I'm just obsessed with Adventure Time so much that I didn't pay attention to the minor details..ahaha.../slap Anyway, I don't know if the characters are out of character because obviously, you guys would know that there isn't much Adventure Time Genderbent episodes so the personality of the characters are hard to define. So, just let me know if they are a bit off and tell me how to fix it and I will! ^^ Till we meet again!
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Episode 2
Another day has passed in the Land of Aaa. The sun was out shining brightly and the Candy Kingdom was as magnificent as it seemed. The candied citizens were doing their everyday routine and so did the prince of Candy Kingdom, Prince Gumball, in Candy Castle. The young prince was busy making sure everything was running smoothly. The houses have been settled off debts and his citizens were more than happy to have a great ruler as such as him. That was his duty as a prince. He soon will be a king one day, but until that day arrives, the importance of his subjects was and will always be more important than anything else.
Glazing ahead to the sky, Prince Gumball just smiled to himself when he noticed how blue the sky was. It was tauntingly perfect and he couldn't have wished for a better day. As he carried the files, walking down the halls of this castle to get to his room, a sudden memory flashed in his mind.
The night-time adventure he had with Marshall Lee.
To be honest, he hadn't seen the vampire after that day and it has been two days since. He couldn't help but to feel happy when he realised that he had actually somehow bonded, even if it was a little, with the mysterious vampire that seemed so hard to approach at first. Though, deep inside, there was a slight flutter of disappointment settling in the depths of the prince's stomach when he didn't see the vampire the next night. Even if he was extremely exhausted, he couldn't help but to wish for another adventure with the vampire. A small frown escaped the lips of the young prince as he recalled his last thought. Why was he feeling disappointed for not seeing the nightwalker anyway? It wasn't as if he was friends with the vampire. In fact, the prince didn't even know where his friendship stood with Marshall Lee.
Shaking his head and sighing, he didn't even realise of a familiar figure, looming next to him. "Why are ye sighing like that, Bubbs?" the familiar voice asked once again, successfully shocking the prince. Gumball was so shocked that he quickly took a few steps back before turning around to see who it was. The prince's face flared up in red when he had noticed that it was Marshall Lee, the very person of his thoughts a few moments ago. The Vampire King certainly didn't miss the furious blush on the prince's face and couldn't help but to smirk at him. He was elevating a few inches from the ground but his apparent height didn't actually affect his real height. If someone was looking at the king from his waist above, they would have thought he was standing on the ground.
"Would you stop scaring me like that? And do not address me as Bubbs!" the prince exclaimed as he quickly turned around and walked away, leaving the king to smirk again in amusement and also in triumph for getting the prince to react. However, Marshall Lee didn't leave. In fact, he just followed the prince, having that smug look plastered on his face as he did.
"Nah, scaring the glob out of you is more fun," the vampire said casually earning a disapproving look from the prince. However, the deadless didn't notice the look as the prince was walking ahead, his back facing the king, who was following him from behind. No words were said from the prince as Marshall Lee mused on. "Giving me the silent treatment, eh? Dude, stop being such a big baby," Marshall Lee said sarcastically as the prince immediately stopped walking and turned around, looking at the king unhappily.
"Why are you here?" the prince asked. Gumball was quite taken aback when he noticed how rude he had sounded. Marshall Lee somehow noticed it too as he raised one of his eyebrows in confusion. The prince didn't even know why he had felt so irritated that the vampire was in front of him now. It was as if the prince was angry at the vampire. But what could the reason be? Marshall Lee noticed the slight change in the young prince's face. From angry to slight confusion and finally frustration. As much as it amused the nightwalker, he was quite certain that something as bothering the prince and the vampire somehow had a nudge that it was because of him. A small frown escaped the vampire's lips for a while as he thought up to why the prince was angry at him meanwhile, the prince decided to ignore his feeling and looked impatiently at the vampire, waiting for an answer. "Well? I haven't got all day. I have duties to perform."
The look on Marshall's face suddenly changed and a smirk formed on his lovely devilish face again, causing the prince to furrow his eyebrows deep in confusion and caution. Crossing his arms against his chest, the vampire finally spoke. "You're mad because I didn't come and visit you after our date, aren't you, Bubba?" the vampire asked amused meanwhile the prince's eyes immediately went wide at that sudden question. The coral prince's mind went blank and something suddenly bubbled in the depths of the young prince's heart. The prince opened and closed his mouth for a few times before a huge frown crossed his lips. Prince Gumball didn't know what came over him but something about the way the vampire looked so sure about what he had said caused the prince to get angrier.
"Don't come here and spout nonsense, Marshall Lee!" the prince yelled as the vampire suddenly took a few steps back, knowing full well that he had managed to push the last button on the prince. However, this time it was quite accidental. He didn't even planned on taking it that far. Was the prince really mad at him for abandoning for two days after their adventure? Usually it was normal for the king to leave and come back with a huge gap in between. A slight confusion filled the nightwalker's heart. "Why would I ever be upset that you didn't visit me? I don't know about you, Marshall, but I don't consider us friends!" the prince huffed out loudly as his face tinted in redness. The prince turned around and stormed away, leaving Marshall Lee alone in the corridors, wondering what had just happened and trying to register the words. They weren't friends? Marshall Lee certainly didn't know why he had felt this sudden pain in his dead heart. It wasn't as if he wanted or needed any friends. He was the Vampire King! Though, it was futile when he suddenly felt angry.
Didn't the little adventure they went on meant anything to the prince? At all?
Meanwhile, the prince stormed into his room, slamming the doors shut as he went in. Just when the sound of the door slamming echoed the room, the prince stopped walking, standing in the middle of the room, quiet and suddenly confused at his own actions. He had actually shouted at Marshall Lee and for what? For the sake that the vampire didn't even visit him after their 'adventure'. It wasn't supposed to anger the young prince in the first place! Marshall Lee had left and usually sometimes only comes when Fionna had sent him or so, so why did this hurt him? The prince slowly turned around, looked at his closed door, somehow wondering if the vampire would follow him in and ask why he was angry at him. However, after a while and nothing happened, the prince concluded that the vampire had left. And it was his entire fault.
Night time came around as the prince entered his room, tired and exhausted. What happened this noon was still bothering the prince but somehow, he couldn't bring himself to apologise. Prince Gumball just sighed in defeat as he closed the doors to his room and decided to get ready to sleep. He will just apologise tomorrow. However, before he could proceed to changing into his pyjamas, he felt a slight drop in temperature and immediately, his arms went around his body to cover himself. It felt so cold. The prince felt confused for a while as his eyes darted around the room before the coral prince's eyes landed on the wide-opened windows. Confused and dumbfounded for a while, the prince cautiously walked to the opened window and slowly took a step into his balcony. The sudden wind blew into his pink skin causing him to be chilly again as his eyes darted around his balcony.
"Took you long enough, Gumball!" the prince's eyes immediately snapped towards a familiar figure who was sitting on the balcony rails, looking at the prince with a smirk. Prince Gumball tried to register what had happened for a while before he took a step back. It was Marshall Lee! But—what was he doing here? The prince could only open and close his mouth in shock for a while as the vampire slowly furrowed his eyebrows in confusion to why the prince was acting this way. "What's wrong, Gumball?" the vampire slowly stood up from the rails and landed on his feet perfectly, looking at the prince at the same time.
"W-what are you doing here?" the young prince babbled for a while as he looked at the vampire bewildered. "I thought you left because you were mad," the prince slowly said as the vampire furrowed his eyebrows deeper for a moment before his face relaxed and a casual grin slipped into his face. Marshall Lee simply chuckled as the prince looked at the deadless quite confused, even more confused actually, at that sudden gesture.
"Nah, you were just stressed and I happen to be the victim of your stress. No big of a deal," the vampire simply shrugged even though, to be honest, the king was still offended to what the prince had told him. The Vampire King didn't know why he was so upset though and he left right after the prince had yelled at him. And yet, no matter how much he had wanted to stay away from the prince from right there on, he ended up at the balcony when night time had dawned. He just felt this sudden urge to drag the prince away for another adventure. The prince didn't get it himself. Marshall Lee was looking as if nothing had happened between them and was smiling like he usually does. Yet, the prince didn't feel like that. The coral prince slowly straightened himself and looked at the king for a while. He should still apologise though.
"I'm sorry for my words. They were definitely inappropriate," the prince apologised formally gaining a wider grin on the vampire's face.
"Dude, I said it was okay," the vampire said casually again as the prince nodded. Even if it wasn't convincing to the prince, Gumball decided to let it all go for now. "Anyway, let's go out again tonight!" the vampire grinned widely as the prince simply took a step back and immediately decided to reject.
"No! I have heavy duty in the morning," the prince said earning a disapproved grunt from Marshall Lee.
"Come on, Bubbs! It's only for a few hours," Marshall grinned as the prince bit his bottom lip trying to come up with some kind of excuse to escape. To be honest, the prince perfectly wanted to go with the vampire, but the heavy duties that will wait for him in the morning was keeping him from doing what he had wanted. However, Marshall Lee doesn't take rejection to lightly and honestly, he doesn't care. Therefore, the nightwalker casually walked to the thinking prince and once again, grabbed the prince and carried him princess style, bringing the sudden squealing prince near his chest.
"Marshall Lee! Not again! Let me go!" Gumball protested immediately as he felt his cheeks reddening heavily. This was the third time the vampire had done this to the prince and somehow, even though it was embarrassing if anyone saw them like this, the prince couldn't help but to feel warm and fuzzy inside. Ignoring the sudden emotion annoyed, Prince Gumball looked up and glared at the Vampire King who just simply looked down on the reddened prince and smirked. Without much said, the vampire dared himself to take a few steps to reach to the end of the rails and climbed on it. "Marshall Lee!" the coral prince continued on protesting making the vampire to grin even wider at that reaction. He was surely enjoying himself making the prince squeal and making him uncomfortable.
"Relax, Bubba," the king said lightly. "It'll be fun!" and without hearing another word from the scared prince, he had jumped. Almost immediately, he started to fly and the prince's arms once again wrapped around the king's neck. Even though the prince didn't bury his face at the crook of the nightwalker's neck like that last time, the feeling was still more than enough to interrupt the vampire's attention for a few minutes. "Having fun?" the vampire teased as the prince simply whined quietly causing the king to chuckle at the behaviour.
"Shut up," the prince grumbled in response causing the king to chuckle again. Prince Gumball certainly was having a bit fun, but mostly he was terrified with heights and it wasn't helping that he was floating in mid-air! He tried to keep his thoughts straight head and divert his attention to something else while he waited to arrive to his destination to who knows where. The prince slowly looked up at the vampire, who was busy looking straight ahead. The prince mused for a while when he noticed how pale the vampire looked under the night sky. His hair was a bit shaggy but it fit him. Marshall Lee noticed the sudden burning sensation he was getting from the prince and decided to ignore it. He had a huge urge to look back and he knew, if he looked back, his eyes would somehow get caught into the prince's one.
The little staring contest that the prince held lasted only a few more minutes when the vampire finally landed his feet on the ground, carefully placing the prince on his feet and taking a few steps away from him. The prince immediately blushed a bit when he realised what he had done and cleared his throat, avoiding his eye contact with the vampire and looked around him for a while. The king just stared at the prince for a moment, taking his own time to get some image about the prince and how pink he looked. The king smiled small when he realised what he had thought and decided to change the atmosphere.
"Come on, Bubbs," the king said cheerfully catching the prince off guard. The vampire walked past him and into a cave. Just then, the prince realised that they were actually standing at an entrance to a cave. The prince blinked at the vampire who just walked into the dark cave and slowly followed behind. It was yet another dark place. The prince wished that the king would bring him somewhere else instead of dark places and just prayed that whatever was inside that cave, it wouldn't scare the glob out of him. The silence lingered for a while as the prince followed Marshall Lee carefully into the cave. Past through the heavy rocks that merged from the ground and how rocky the ceiling of the cave looked before his eyes landed on a house. In the middle of the cave, laid a house. It was small and yet it looked normal.
The prince blinked a few times before the king walked to the entrance of the house. Marshall Lee quickly turned around and looked at the prince, smiling at him happily. "Welcome to my house!" the vampire announced. Prince Gumball was definitely quite taken aback. He didn't know that their little adventure was going to be in the vampire's place. The vampire quickly opened the door to his house and walked in, causing the prince to automatically follow him in. Closing the door behind him, the prince took in the image of the house. It didn't look dark and scary like how he had imagined the vampire's house would be and somehow, it looked normal with yellow walls and normal floor.
The vampire walked to one of his couch and sat down, sighing in contempt. Marshall Lee smirked when he noticed how bewildered the prince looked. "This is your house?" the prince asked finally and looked at the vampire for the first time since he had entered the house. The vampire looked around his house for a while before looking at the prince and nodding. "It's—cosy," the prince gave out a comment as the vampire only nodded again.
"Come and sit down," the vampire said as he patted an empty seat next to him. The prince obliged the orders and went to sit down next to the vampire. "Anyway, since you said we weren't friends," the vampire slowly said as the prince winced at that sentence. Guilt suddenly filled the prince's face. His face dyed red from embarrassment. The vampire noticed this look and panicked a bit. "Hey, dude! I didn't mean it like that! I just thought we could get to know each other more then. So, that was why I brought you here," the vampire said hoping what he had said would somehow calm the prince down. Gumball looked at the vampire slowly as his eyes filled in guilt and confusion.
The prince definitely noticed the motif. Marshall Lee wanted to be his friend? The prince couldn't help but to feel happy at that and slowly smiled unsurely at the vampire. "Alright," the coral prince announced getting a smile from the prince.
"Great! So, let's get to know each other more," the vampire suggested as the prince only nodded. "How about, I ask you a question and you answer and then, you can take the next turn to ask me a question so I'll answer, alright?" the king seemed excited as he spoke causing the prince to crack a genuine smile.
"Alright," the prince agreed. "I'll go first then," the prince took the opportunity to volunteer himself causing the king to chuckle.
"Shoot," the vampire said as the prince smiled.
"What's your favourite food?" Prince Gumball asked causing the vampire to just grin.
"Strawberries! Their redness is just juicy," the vampire grinned at the prince who just shook his head at the nightwalker's childishness. "My turn. Why do you like pink so much?"
That had caused a glare from the prince but the vampire wasn't going to take back that question. "Are you seriously going to ask me that?" Gumball asked as the vampire only playfully grinned at the prince.
"Come on, dude," the vampire pleaded. "Just answer the question."
"Fine, I like pink because it is soothing," the prince had huffed out. The deadless only laughed at that answer causing the prince to sharpen his glare at the king. "My turn!" the prince said annoyed. The king slowly stopped laughing but the smile was still plastered on the face as he nodded for the prince to go on. "What would happen if you went out under the sun?"
"I smoke," the vampire said as the prince tilted both of his eyebrows upward. "Literally, smoke and burn," the vampire said seriously again as the prince slowly got the meaning and nodded.
"So, does it hurt?" the prince tried to ask but the vampire only smirked.
"My turn, Bubbs," the nightwalker reminded the prince as Gumball couldn't help but to pout a bit at that rejection to answer. "Have you ever been to a party?" the vampire asked as Gumball slowly furrowed his eyebrows at that question. The words registered in his mind and yet it sounded foreign to him.
"You mean like a ball?" the prince asked as the vampire chuckled and shook his head.
"No, I mean like a party. You know, like people dancing and laughing and stuff and they have drinks, well, it sounds like a ball, only much—wilder," the king scrunched his eyebrows in a way as he tried to explain. "They don't wear any formal clothing, just normal clothes. Sometimes none," the vampire grinned and the prince flushed at that statement. Obviously, the prince hadn't been to one neither heard of any.
"That sounds preposterous! Obviously, no," the prince replied as the vampire only laughed.
"That sucks, man," the king announced.
"And why is that so?" the prince asked annoyed at that sudden declaration from the king.
"Cause' a party is a way to have fun," the vampire said casually as he suddenly laid his body flat on the couch, catching the prince off guard. He then comfortably placed his legs on the prince's lap. At first it felt weird, having the king's feet on his lap but somehow, the prince couldn't find a way to complain as he simply allowed the vampire to do so. "And if you haven't been to one, then you haven't had fun," the king snickered at that annoyed look on the prince's face.
"Well, I certainly do not have time to walk into such 'parties', Marshall," the prince sighed as he looked at the king with a soft smile. "I'm a prince. I have duties to perform."
"Bleh, duties!" the king said exasperated. "You gotta loosen up sometimes, Bubba," the vampire wiggled his eyebrows as the prince only chuckled. "I know!" the vampire suddenly sat up, and since his feet was already on the prince's lap, his whole body had somehow inched closer to the prince, causing the vampire's face to only be inches away from the prince's. Gumball's breathe hitched as he tried to move a few inches away, to get some personal space. "I'll take you to one next time!"
"No, thank you," was the immediate response from the prince as the vampire frowned a bit.
"Why not?" Marshall Lee asked as Gumball only looked away from the prince. "I don't care, dude. You need to loosen up. You're like a stick in the mud. A very solid mud," the vampire explained as the prince could only roll his eyes at the vampire exaggeration.
"Oh, please," the prince said as the vampire only shook his head stubbornly.
"No, Bubbs," the vampire said seriously causing the prince to look at the deadless with both of his eyebrows raised in a playful manner. "The life of 'fun' depends on it."
The prince could only smile small at the vampire who suddenly started to stray away from the real reason they were there, to get to know each other. However, this was also one of the ways to get to know each other. The prince and the vampire just took their time to talk and get to know as well with the prince getting lectured about the importance of having fun. The whole night zoomed along just like that and without further ado, the two of them somehow ended up falling asleep after a few hours of questioning and arguing about their ideas.
Morning dawned as the sun slowly started to peek. Gumball soon shifted and started to wake as he felt something warm under him. His eyes fluttered opened slowly, shifting his gaze for a few moments. He was blurry for a while, tried to figure out what had happened when his eyes snapped wide when the memories flooded in. He was at Marshall Lee's house and fell asleep! His eyes wandered around and suddenly, the panic slowly dawned as he looked around. He tried to see how to get out of there when his eyes widened to the fact that he wasn't in Marshall Lee's room. In fact, the surrounding with pink walls and furniture reminded him of his room.
His room! The prince realised that he somehow ended up in his room. He sat up on his bed slowly and looked around. How did he got here? His eyes wandered around the room when he noticed somehow hissing from the bathroom. He scrunched his eyebrows for a while when suddenly the bathroom door opened and came out was Marshall Lee. His hair was damp but his clothes were still the same, the checkered red long sleeved shirt with his black jeans. He floated a few inches off the floor as the prince noticed somehow how sparkly the king was.
"Oh, you got up," the king announced as his eyes landed on the prince.
"Y-Yeah, what…" the prince trailed out of sentence as the king slowly smirked at the confusion filling the prince's face.
"I brought you here before dawn," the king explained as he floated to the prince's bed and sat next to him, stretching out his legs comfortably. "Though, it's dawn now and I can't go out now."
"Oh," the prince said slowly as he sighed. "Thank you," the prince thanked as the king just simply smiled at the prince. "Anyway, I have to continue on my duties," the prince announced as he got out of bed and stood up, stretching a bit as the vampire just stared at him. "You can follow me if you want," the prince said as the king somehow was taken aback with the request.
"Dude, you sure?" Marshall Lee asked as the prince just smiled and nodded. "I thought you said I was always a nuisance," the king said as he smirked at the prince. The prince felt flustered a bit as he looked at the king with a small frown.
"It's an offer, Marshall," the prince said annoyed as the king laughed. "You're always welcome to leave," the prince couldn't help but to pout at the second sentence, causing the king to smile warmly at the prince. It was a rare emotion the nightwalker shows and somehow, it took the candy prince by surprise.
"Alright," the king finally said. "I'll follow!"
With that said, the day had begun with the prince working out his day with the king beside of him. However, it didn't deny the fact that Marshall Lee just couldn't stop touching things and sometimes the prince felt worried for whatever that was about to come down tumbling or breaking next. Though, the day somehow seemed a bit more fun than usual and the prince found himself liking to be near the vampire. Marshall Lee, admittedly, enjoyed the prince's company and yesterday night, he had said some things that no one else knew about him to the prince. About his reasons to why he loved music and how his dad never really stayed with him so much.
Being a king, the Vampire King and the king of all demons, it was a hard life trusting people, especially mortals. Therefore, he was quite surprised when he had actually made an effort to be with Gumball. The last person he had thought he would be friends with. However, that made their friendship, their new friendship work.
Other side of the land, the coldest place in the Land of Aaa, the unknown person was just waiting for the right time to strike. Just in another few day's times, the prince would be in the person's grasp and the fun will begin. But the problem was the Vampire King. Maybe he wouldn't be a problem soon, so let things continue on as they were, mused the person.
"I can't wait to have you, Prince Gumball," the person snickered.
Yes, the day was about to come soon. It was just matter of time.
