Bubblegum awoke slowly and sat up. Her eyes still blurry, she looked around the room slowly. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, yawning while doing so.

"Marcy, if we're going, we might want to start getting ready." She said casually, tying her hair up into a messy ponytail.

She got up from the bed and started looking through her clothes. She noticed that Marceline hadn't flown up next to her, like she normally did. Marceline usually said good morning with a kiss on the top of her head. Was she angry about last night? She sighed and looked back at the bed.

"Look, I'm sorry if I woke you up last night. I was just worried. That laugh… Scared me, honestly."

Nothing. Bubblegum walked closer to the bed.

"It's just… That laugh sounded so evil… It was almost like…"

She pulled the blanket back, only to find Marceline gone. She looked out the window, which she now noticed was open.

"It wasn't you…"

Finn was sent crashing into a tree, snapping it in half. He spit out a small amount of blood.

"Not the best thing when dealing with vampires." He thought to himelf.

Jake was already down somewhere. Finn had no idea where he had landed, but that wasn't his biggest threat right now. The 1,000 year old, scarred, Queen of the Vampires was. Finn had to admit that the scar on her face made her look way more intimidating. Now, he just had to find her. He didn't have to look long, as he was struck in the back by a grey fist.

"Auugh!" He yelled, flying forward again. He landed in a puddle of mud.

Marceline floated toward him, her eyes looking cold. Finn knew he had to act fast or someone was going to get seriously hurt. He scooped up some of the mud in his hand and flung it at her eyes. It took her by surprise and splattered on her face. She shrieked in pain and rubbed her eye, trying to gain some visibility back. With split second accuracy, Finn slammed her head with the blunt handle of his sword. It was a powerful shot. Any other being alive would have been knocked unconscious by that blow. Marceline wasn't like ordinary beings. She hissed and slashed blindly at her attacker and didn't let pain stop her. Because he was in close proximity to her, he was hit by her attack. It knocked him backward and left him sprawled out on the ground.

"I hate fighting vampires…" He groaned, before Marceline grabbed him by the leg and flung him into another tree.

"I've got to say that trees aren't my favorite objects at the moment, either." He said weakly.

He felt blood starting to leak down his face. He pressed his hand to where the pain was. He brought it back in front of his face. His hand was covered in blood. He must have been hit by her claws when she struck him the first time.

"Well, this doesn't bode well for the fight" He said, gritting his teeth.

Marceline wiped her eyes again. The beast she had been fighting had spit something in her eyes and her sight wasn't great. She figured that it was done now, as she had thrown it against a tree with quite a bit of force.

"I'd better get going…" She said.

Wait.

"What is it?"

You have to kill that monster.

"Why? You said I didn't have to."

We know what we said. But, watching you fight it, we discovered that it poses a bigger threat than anticipated. We are truly sorry.

"I understand." She said.

She could smell the blood. It was an easy trail to follow. She knew what she had to do. But, something didn't seem quite right about this… The smell of the creature's blood was oddly familiar, even though she had never seen this creature in her life. She found it leaning by a tree, holding its head. It groaned in pain; it hadn't noticed her yet.

"I'll end this quickly." She said quietly.

She waited until she was right behind it and raised her hand above its head. Claws bared, she was about to strike when she was hit by a wall of immense heat. It sent her flying backwards through several trees until she landed a couple feet away.

Flame Princess lowered her hand and glared at Marceline's motionless body.

"Don't touch my boyfriend." She said calmly.

Finn looked at Flame Princess, to Marceline, then back to Flame Princess. He looked shocked.

"Uh…Hey, FP…How's it going?"

"Good. Jake went through my ceiling."

"Oh."

"He's fine, don't worry. He landed on my bed."

"Good. Where is he now?"

"Still there. He mumbled something about "helping his bro from Marcy" and passed out. I figured you could use a hand."

"Yeah. Thanks a bunch, I would have been toast…"

"Are you all right? Your head's bleeding!" She said, putting her hand to his face.

He waved her off. "I'm fine, FP. I've gotten into worse than this."

Flame Princess crossed her arms.

"Don't give me that look. I have." Finn said.

"Well, you wait here. I'll go finish her off." Flame Princess said, walking toward Marceline's body.

"No. We have to see what's wrong."

"I know what went wrong, Finn. She was pounding your face in." She said.

"She was, like, sleep-walking or something…"

"I've never heard of sleep-killing before…"

"Look, she's our friend. She deserves the benefit of the doubt."

"I don't know, Finn. Her eyes looked cold… Like she didn't even care…"

"Eye."

"What?"

"She only has one eye. The other one doesn't open."

"You know what I mean."

"I know. We'll be careful. Now, let's go check on her."

"Let's clean you up first. You're bleeding, she's a vampire, and I don't want to take any chances."

"Clean it with what? I didn't bring my backpack."

Flame Princess stared at him and then looked around.

"Uh…"

"That's what I thought."

"Well, at least cover it up…"

"If it'll make you feel better…"

Finn tore off a section of his shirt and dabbed his head with it. He tied it tightly around his head, covering the wound. Flame Princess stared at him.

"What?"

Flame Princess blushed and looked away.

"Nothing."

"Well, even though it isn't the greatest of medical care, it'll do for now."

They both walked to Marceline's body, which hadn't moved since Flame Princess had arrived. Finn felt for a pulse.

"Well, she's got a pulse and she's breathing."

"She's lucky I didn't know she'd hit you yet."

"What is wrong with you tonight?"

"Sorry. I get irritable when I don't get sleep. Especially when my sleep is disturbed by Jake crashing through my ceiling onto my bed."

"Yeah, that's a good reason."

Marceline's eyes suddenly snapped open and stabbed Finn's chest with her claws.

"Auugh!" Finn cried in pain.

Flame Princess kicked her off Finn and pinned Marceline to the ground.

"I thought I told you not to touch him!" Flame Princess shouted, lighting Marceline ablaze.

Ice King looked at his bed.

"Gunter!"

He ran over and picked up the plump penguin.

"How many times have I told you not to sit on my bed? I don't want your penguin feet all up in there! I sleep on that!"

Simon.

"Huh? What is it?"

Someone dear to you is being killed Simon…

Ice King's eyes lost their blue glow and turned to brown. He held his head in pain.

"Auughh…God…"

He looked at what was on his head and threw it away.

"No! Get away, you monster!"

Simon! She is dying! Being burned alive!

"Who?"

You know who.

"M-Marceline?"

Yes, Simon.

"How long did you keep me like this?!"

One thousand, five hundred and six years.

"Where is she?! Tell me!"

We will take you there. You will make it much faster as the Ice King.

"Why would you tell me this?"

We also feel your emotions. This girl is special to you. We are in agony knowing that she is in pain…

Simon knew that Ice King could reach her faster, but he didn't know why it had released him. Something bigger than him was going on. But, he had no time to waste. Marceline was in danger. He picked the crown up from the floor.

We will let you take control…We need to tell you where to go. The land has continued changing in your absence, Simon.

"I hate you so much…" Simon said softly, a tear running down his cheek.

We know.