Peppermint Butler knocked on Princess Bubblegum's door, there was no answer. He knew she wasn't going to answer any time soon so he opened it himself. He stepped inside and saw a mound in her bed, it was her. Peppermint Butler walked up to her and tapped the blanket. "Princess? You need to decide the changes of the royal guard, you can't stay in bed all week!" he placed his hands on his hips. From inside the covers, he heared a groan. "Princess, wake up!" he yelled at the top of his lungs,
"UH! What?!" Princess Bubblegum sat up all of a sudden and immediately fell back down on her pillow. Peppermint Butler sighed, sitting up on the bed next to her. "Princess," he said gently,
"What is it, Peps?" she moaned,
"I know you're upset," he looked around her bed, there were tissues and pizza boxes everywhere,
"What makes you say that?" she rolled her eyes,
"Don't be sassy with me," he glared at her,
"I'm sorry, Pep Butt... But I'm not just upset, I'm broken hearted," she sat up and blowed her noise with an already used tissue,
"I realize, Princess... But you need to go have a shower atleast... This bed is disgusting!" he exclaimed,
"You don't what it feels like to be broken hearted, Peps..."
"Says who? Anyways, you need a shower. I'll go make it up for you," as he said this, Peppermint Butler hopped off the bed and made his way to Bonnibel's bathroom. Princess Bubblegum watched Peppermint Butler walk off and enter her bathroom. After she couldn't see him anymore, she layed back down on her pillow. She stared up at her ceiling, a single tear rolled down her cheek. "Marceline..."
After her shower, Princess Bubblegum got changed and walked down the hall to her balcony. She looked up at the sky, remembering that Marceline came there multiple times to take her on an adventure or a date. She sat down on her single rocking chair and closed her eyes. Suddenly, she heared a noise. She looked down at her Kingdom gates and saw two figures running through. Finn and Jake. She growled, remembering the night before. "Finn..."
"Princess!" Finn yelled happily. Bonnibel walked down her stairs and made her way to them. "Hi guys," she said as cheerfully as possible,
"Hey Princess, how are you? You look kinda dumpy," Jake smiled at her,
"Gee... Thanks," her smile disappeared,
"Uuh... Anyway. What have you been up to? Got any adventures for us today?" Finn asked, trying to act cheery,
"No," she said bluntly,
"Uuh okay..."
"Hey Jake," Finn whispered in Jake's ear,
"Yeah?" he whispered back,
"What's up with PB?"
"I have no idea,"
"Wanna go visit Marcy instead?"
"Yeah... Let's go,"
"Anyways! We're gonna go Princess! See ya later!" Finn waved her off and they both ran out of the Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum scowled at them as they ran off. She walked into her lab and saw her suits. Flame suit, invisibility cloak. "Invisibility cloak..." Bonnibel smirked at the suit.
Finn and Jake made their way to Marceline's house and knocked on her door, she opened up not moments later. "Hey Jake! Hey babe," Marceline let them in and gave Finn a quick kiss on the cheek,
"Hey Marcy, what you been up to?" Finn asked,
"Nothing as usual. How about you two?"
"Same here... PB was acting really weird when we went to the Candy Kingdom. Do you know why?"
"Uhh... No! Of course not. Why would I know? She hates me, remember?" she said quickly and nervously,
"Now you're acting weird," Jake pointed out,
"How?" Marceline blushed,
"You just are. You obviously know SOMETHING," Jake pointed his finger at her,
"Dude, how do you know she knows 'SOMETHING'?" Finn looked down at Jake,
"I can tell. My doggy senses are going bananas," he glared up at her,
"What ever you say, I don't know nothin'," Marceline crossed her arms,
"Suuure," Jake rolled his eyes,
"We need evidence before we point fingers, man," Finn told him,
"True... Let's look for some!"
"Don't go sniffin' around MY house, you mutt!" Marceline threatened him,
"Hey! Don't call me a mutt!"
"Guys! Calm down!" Finn stood in between them,
"Wait wait... Guys, I smell something," Jake said quietly, looking cautiously around the room,
"What is it?" Finn whispered,
"HERE!" Jake pounced and landed on something, he was now floating in the air,
"Jake! How did you do that?!" Finn stared at the floating dog,
"It's not me, man! I'm standing on something!"
"OKAY OKAY!" they heard a mysterious voice, Jake fell off and scampered away from the mysterious invisible figure. Suddenly, Princess Bubblegum appeared infront of them. "Bonnie?!" they all said at the same time.
"PB? What are you doing here? And why are you invisible?" Finn asked suspiciously. Princess Bubblegum dusted off all the dog fur and looked up at them in shame. Marceline glared at her. "What are you doing here, P Bubs?" Marceline folded her arms,
"Okay, you guys got me..."
"Why are you HERE though?" Finn asked,
"Ask Marceline..." Princess Bubblegum sadly glared at her,
"What did I DO?!"
"You know what you did!"
"I didn't do shnoz!"
"You wanna bet?!" Princess Bubblegum pulled a pink and black crystal out of her pocket,
"How did you get that?! That one was destroyed in the cave!"
"So you thought... I found another one!"
"What are you guys talking about?... Wait a minute! Marceline, you gave me one the same!" Finn pulled a crystal out of his pocket but instead of pink and black, it was blue and black. "Marceline, You've got a LOT of explaining to do!" Jake scowled at her.
"Okay okay! I'll explain... The crystals mean things. Each colour represents someone. PB, you represent pink. Finn, you represent blue. And I represent black. If you see a combination of two colours, it means you belong with that person. For example, if there's a mix of black and pink, that means me and PB belong together but since that one was detroyed... I thought that meant that didn't mean anything anymore... But then, I found the black and blue one, which meant me and Finn belong together,"
"So, you were basically using us for magic..." Princess Bubblegum guessed,
"WHAT?! No! I wasn't using you, guys! Those crystals mean valuable things, but it all depends on the colours,"
"That's not how you find love, Marceline," Princess Bubblegum told her,
"You don't understand how powerful and meaningful these are. I found one a while back that had Finn and Flame Princess' colours combined AND I found Jake and Lady Rainicorn's,"
"What happened to me and Flame Princess'?" Finn asked, blushing,
"It burst in a frozen lake," Marceline told him, bluntly,
"Oh..."
"Is mine and Lady Rainicorn's still in tact?" Jake asked,
"Of course it is, I don't think that thing is ever gonna break," Marceline smiled,
"Heh... Cool," Jake grinned,
"Marceline, you have to decide who you're going to be with, without the knowledge of the crystals. We have the crystals here... You decide," Princess Bubblegum placed the pink and black crystal in Marceline's hand, Finn handed the black and blue one to Marceline with a sad smile, knowing that she was going to choose Princess Bubblegum. "I care about both of you... But I can obviously only choose one," Marceline held the crystals in her hands. She handed the pink and black one to Princess Bubblegum, felt her hair and placed her hand on her face. "I care about you, Bonnie," Marceline brought her into a hug. "But the relationship will obviously not work out," Marceline said as she walked over to Finn. As she said this, Finn hugged her and smiled. "I understand... I love you, Marceline. Just, don't forget that," Princess Bubblegum walked over to Marceline, placed her hand on her face and slowly kissed her. Marceline didn't say a thing as Princess Bubblegum walked out the door and out of her cave. Suddenly, as Princess Bubblegum walked out into the grass lands, she ran into Flame Princess. "Phoebe?"
