Fell For Her Song
Chapter 2: The Ball Night
Finn scrambled through his backpack looking for the bow tie he was so ready to wear. When Jake entered the room from the bathroom he looked over at Finn who was just wearing the clothes he arrived in when the ball started in ten minutes.
"Dude, where are your clothes? It is a ball after all," Jake drawled, tightening the bow tie around his neck.
"Sorry, man, I've just been looking for my-Hey! That's mine!" Pulling the bow tie off of Jake's head, Finn scolded Jake.
"That wasn't mine? 'Cause that looks exactly like mine! Are you sure you're not wearing my bow tie?"
"I'm positive, it even has my name on it!"
FEN
"Dude, we need to work on your spelling again, but that does explains why it was in your closet! Pfft! I'll just ask Lady if she has it..."
"Can't you just smell around for it? Y'know, 'cause dogs have good smelling and stuff," Finn exclaimed, stripping and buttoning his nice white flannel shirt up.
"Yeah? Well I have a flat - face - and you know what that means, Finn? It means I'm not like other dogs, Finn. I'm special! So I'm gonna go check if its with Lady!"
"누구세요?" (Who is it?) Called Lady from the other side of the door after Jake knocked.
"It's Jake!" Lady opened the door and asked what he needed.
"Um, do you have my bow tie?"
"아니 나비 넥타이 없음" (You never brought a bow tie) Lady replied.
"Oh... Ha...hahaha...oh..."
Walking back into his room, he found Finn taking his hat off and putting it on his bed. Jake gasped.
"What are you doing? This is- this is- what is this? What the glob are you doin', man? This is your hat! Your hat! Your letting your secret identity be revea- hey you don't look half bad..."
"Thanks, man. I was just thinking, y'know, PB doesn't throw many parties anymore so I just thought, why not!" Finn explained poorly. Seeing through Finn's disguise, Jake raised a questioning eyebrow, "Okay, I know you're lying, man. What's the real reason?"
Sighing, Finn reluctantly answered, "Well, before we left, I told Flame Princess that I would be attending Prince Gumball's Annual Ball and she said she knew where it was and she might turn up... She has this potion that is only for a one time use and then the bottle explodes. But anyways, the potion can make flame people totally touchable without burning anyone or anything! Well except if she threw fireballs or something... And it's supposed to make her all the more beautifuller.
"So if I'm her date tonight, and she looks so beautiful, I don't want to just look the complete opposite of her! I don't want to look like I don't belong with her..." Finn concluded, slumping his shoulders. Jake crawled over to him and patted him on the back.
"Hey, guy, you look good. Y'know you look so good, I could call you sexy! And not just when a guy calls you sexy like 'Hey, guy, you're sexy!' But like when a girl says it! Like when she's all flustered and stuff and she's swooning and all, you are both types of sexy!" Jake comforted.
"Thanks, I think I can do this! You're great, Jake, did you know that?"
"Yeah, I've known for awhile now... Hey, don't be nervous! Loosen up!" Jake said suddenly.
"I can't do this! I can't do this! Jake I can't breath! Help me Jake! Help me!" Finn screamed hysterically. Jake slapped Finn with a giant hand before pointing at him with it.
"Hey! Dude! You can do this!" Jake motivated, "Do you want to know why, Finn? Do you? Do you really?"
"Yes! Really! I really want to know before I pass out!"
"Because. You. Are. A. Sexy. Beast. You got that?" Jake questioned.
"Okay, I'm a sexy beast..."
"Own it."
"I am a sexy beast."
"Feel it."
"I'm a sexy beast."
"Now shout it out for the world!"
"I'm a sexy beast!"
"Again!"
Gumball opened the door to find Finn running toward him and grabbing his nice party shirt and yelling in his face, "I'M A SEXY BEAST! YEAH!" Running out of the room and continuing to scream.
"I was just going to tell you that the ball has started!" Gumball called after Finn. "Why- What happened?"
"He needed help with his self-esteem, Princey," Jake answered.
"Oh, well I guess if it was to help him..."
"Um, can I have a bow tie?" Jake asked. Gumball nodded before exiting and closing the door behind him. Not too long after, Peppermint Maid entered the room and helped Jake with his tie.
"Don't worry, Marceline! You look beautiful!" Princess Bubblegum told her best friend.
"Ugh, it's so... controlling and... dependent! But... thanks, PB. So do- sshh! Did you hear that? Gumball's coming!" Marceline exclaimed. She heard Gumball talking to Finn and Jake in the next room. Gumball was telling them that the ball has begun and that guests have arrived already.
Marceline dashed to the bathroom and pressed her back against the bathroom door. She remembered the conversation she had with Princess Bubblegum the second Marceline came from her castle explorin'. Bubblegum had told Marceline that Gumball probably liked her. And breaking through Marceline's tough exterior and scary threats, Marceline finally confessed that she may have thought that Gumball was pretty attractive. Just a little bit. Later that same hour Bubblegum said that they would be a cute couple.
Almost sighing, imagining that future, Marceline stopped herself when she heard the guest room door open.
"Wow, Bonnibel. You look beautiful," Marceline heard Gumball's voice through the bathroom door and her heart skipped a beat.
"You don't look so bad yourself. Oh, no! Don't cry!" Marceline heard Bubblegum yell.
"Oh, I'm not crying. I guess that's spit left over from visiting the boys' room first." Gumball chuckled, making Marceline's stomach churn.
Looking in the mirror nervously, Marceline didn't know if she could do this. She knew she had all the confidence and was social enough to pull this off, but that was on the outside. She didn't know how she would act on the inside. She scanned the person in the mirror and wondered if this is what a real queen felt like. All pampered and squished in a tight dress all the time. Marceline left the door to let the old friends talk and to come closer to the mirror to fix a smudge of her makeup. She looked over her dress. Though the colors and theme of the dress was originally meant to look romantic, red, black, and gray, she made the colors look frightening and intimidating. Instead of the nice elegant look she was going for, she made the dress look wild and dangerous. The giant red ribbon that wrapped around Marceline's waste gleamed from its silk.
When Marceline heard Gumball ask for her, she zipped back to the door and pressed her ear against it, her big diamond earring stabbing her neck.
"Oh, Marceline? She's...yes! She's looking for her other earring in the bathroom. She's positive it's in there!" Princess Bubblegum lied. Marceline smiled as she heard a good excuse come out of her friend's mouth for her.
"Oh," Gumball replied quietly, "Well, don't forget to tell her the ball has started."
"I will. But Bubba, wait! Stay by the stairs for me please? I would love for you to escort me down the stairs! Just imagine the citizens see us walking down together!"
"If we are to walk down together, then why not the Vampire Queen and King? The citizens of whom attend have never seen their queen!" Gumball insisted, and Marceline nearly gasped.
Marceline had never met the Vampire King, her twin brother. She doubted he even was still alive and let her feelings out on paper and wrote songs about him. She never searched for him, only asking her father if he thought he was alive. He always answered with, "As long as he's with his mother, he'll be alive." But if her brother was anything like herself, he would be out traveling the country, not sitting in the underworld. Marceline had never seen his matured face, just pictures of them as babies. She wondered what he'd look like now.
"I don't know. I will ask Marceline," PB answered. Marceline could hear Bubblegum's heels clicking against the marble floor of the guest room. Marceline stood away from the door, as to not get hit with it, and waited for Bubblegum to knock. When she did, Marceline answered by opening the door just enough for her head to fit through the opening. But not enough for Gumball to see passed Bubblegum's body.
"Yes!" Marceline whisper-screamed before PB can even ask.
"Are you sure? This guy could be a total jerk and then for your people to see you with a horrible king..." Bubblegum warned.
"I don't care! I've never met him, and I will tonight!" Marceline argued back.
"Okay..." Bubblegum turned to Gumball, "She said she would love to."
"Okay, I will send Peppermint Maid to go fetch him." Gumball stood awkwardly, not knowing where to go after that.
"Um... can you leave? I need to talk with Marceline," Princess Bubblegum asked. Gumball nodded and said he would be waiting outside their door for Peppermint Maid and Marshall Lee.
"So that's his name!" Exclaimed Marceline as she exited the bathroom, her ribbons flying behind her as she flew towards PB. "Marshall Lee!"
"Your names sound similar!" PB pointed out.
''Well, we're twins PB, what do u expect? Marceline and Sam?'' Marceline added sarcastically.
PB huffed, ''Well, see you out there!''
''Bye.''
Marceline waited for Gumball to come in and get her. When she heard a knock on the door, she opened it immediately and was met face to face to a boy as tall as her. With the same dark hair and pale blue skin. He wore a white flannel shirt and black tie.
His lips twitched, slowly forming a smile, ''Hi.''
''Hi. You are Marshall Lee?''
''Yes. Are you Marceline?''
Marceline laughed and nodded.
''Well it's nice to meet you. You're my sister. You're not as good looking as I am, but I guess you'll do.''
''Oh, please! I'm way sexier than you!'' Marceline teased and they laughed together as if they've known each other their entire lives.
Peppermint Maid entered and announced that they must be entering the ball now. So, with all playful emotions put away, seriousness took its place and Marshall held his hand out for his sister to take. She slid her hand onto his and they walked down the hallway together, waiting for the announcement to be made for the crowd. They looked at each other nervously.
"Are you ready?" Marshall asked the sister he never knew.
"I don't know. I've never done anything like this," Marceline replied.
"Then follow my lead." And they turned forward as they heard a candy citizen yell to the guests, "With our great honor, we present The Vampire King, Marshall Lee, and his sister. The Vampire Queen, Marceline Abadeer!"
As the siblings continued walking down the staircase, Marceline looked for anyone that looked as though she would be ruling over them. She found only few demons, and a skeleton person here and there, hiding in the shadows. Not many of 'her kind' showed up.
She reached the bottom of the staircase and Marshall Lee slowly eased the grip she had on her brother's elbow. She released and apologized for squeezing so tightly but he replied by saying it didn't bother him. They parted ways to find their friends.
Marshall Lee found Prince Gumball talking to Fionna and Cake. Marshall Lee let his eyes wander over Fionna. She hadn't worn her hat to the ball. And she was wearing a dress. Marshall Lee could see tiny mistakes on her face. She was wearing makeup. He smiled as he came closer to them.
"Fionna?" He called.
"Oh, Marshall Lee! H-Hi..." Fionna gasped. "I saw your sister. She's beautiful."
"Um... thanks? I guess. I can tell I'm not going to like her..."
"Well, why not? I've talked to her earlier today," Gumball intervened, "You two are definitely related."
"Well, I mean if Fionna couldn't stop looking at her because she's so 'beautiful' who's gonna notice my beauty? I'm so much hotter than her!" Marshall played.
"Yeah, yeah. Where's my hubby?" Cake asked.
"Yes. Lord Monochromicorn should be outside talking to Lady Rainicorn-" Gumball began to inform.
"Talkin' to who?" Cake shrieked before stomping out of the castle and into the nearby garden where Lord Monochromicorn would usually be.
Watching Cake walk away, Fionna didn't see Marshall staring at her again.
"I'm going to go talk to Finn. I very much want to introduce you to him Fionna! I'll be back quickly!" And Gumball left the group as well.
"So, Fionna. Why'd you dress up this time? You don't usually do," Marshall teased suspiciously.
"Oh. Right," Fionna laughed nervously and embarrassed, "Well, Flame Prince said he would be joining the ball this year. He found a witch out in the middle of the woods who sold him a potion that makes him not burn stuff. And y'know, if I have a hot date, why shouldn't I be hot, too?" Fionna concluded. She blushed at the dumbfounded look Marshall Lee gave her after she had finished talking. "I know, it sounds dumb, doesn't it?"
"Um... Not completely. I mean, saying that he's a 'hot date' when he's not going to burn anything does make you sound dumb, Fionna," Marshall teased. She pushed him playfully. "You know what I meant!" Though Marshall told himself to move on from Fionna because she had a boyfriend now, he couldn't stop thinking that if FP messed up with Fionna, Marshall wouldn't hesitate to swoop in catch her when she fell. Gumball returned with a boy and Princess Bubblegum.
"Fionna, Marshall Lee, I would like to introduce you to my dear friend, Princess Bubblegum of the Candy Kingdom of Ooo, and their local hero, FInn the Human," said Gumball.
"So, you enjoying the party?" Bubblegum asked, looking for conversation.
"Well when it's the same thing every year, it tends to get boring," Marshall Lee replied. "Do you throw parties like this?"
"Once in a while, but they're never usually this organized. Something always will go wrong. I'll have to take a note." PB chuckled, remembering all the times her parties have been cut short.
"Oh trust me, something will go wrong. There will be some kind of hissy fit eventually."
PB chuckled again. "Really? Like what?"
"Well the Ice Queen will most likely come in through one of the walls," Marshall Lee joked but stopped laughing when he saw PB's confused look.
"Ice... Queen?" PB asked.
"Well, yeah. She has a thing for younger guys. Well, younger-princes more like. Gummy-Balls is one of her favorites, though."
"That's so weird. We have an Ice King back in Ooo who always goes after princesses, er- mostly me, it seems."
"Aw, don't worry 'bout anythin' though, I know how to get rid of both of the ice royals, easy!" Marshall Lee bragged.
"Really?" PB asked slyly. And Marshall nodded proudly. "Then please explain."
Smirking, Marshall threw his arm around PB's shoulders and pulled her to the side of the ball room where they could talk, the whole time not noticing Princess Bubblegum's light blush.
Marceline searched the crowd for one of her friends. Any of her friends. Smiling at the guests who bowed in respect to her, she only moved passed them swiftly, touching their heads with her hand. She didn't know what else to do when they bowed! It's not like any of the demons or skelly people who showed up would bow to her anyways, so she hoped that the random guests would just take that as a vampire thing.
Marceline never really used her title, only telling people she was the queen to scare them. Finally, she at least found Flame Princess entering the ball room, more yellow than orange or red. She walked up to her awkwardly.
"Hey, Flame Princess..." Marceline started, beginning to float a little. Her heels were killing her feet! At least her dress would cover her flying.
"Marceline?" Flame Princess questioned in doubt. She couldn't believe she had shown up.
"Yeah, hi."
"Is Finn here?"
"Yeah, but I can't find him anywhere." Suddenly, the two girls heard Finn laugh loudly. They turned their heads to find him laughing with what looked like to be another human. Marceline's eyes widened when she saw he wasn't wearing his hat, when FP's eye narrowed at seeing Finn with another girl... who was just like him.
They both approached them together. "Oh, hey Marcey... FLAME PRINCESS!" Finn yelled in glee.
"Hi, Finn- who is my boyfriend," Flame Princess said, eyeing Fionna.
Fionna looked at Flame Princess and smiled and waved, but when she saw Marceline, she bowed awkwardly. "Your Highness."
Marceline rolled her eyes and just touched Fionna's head with her hand just like she had with everyone else. When her friends saw her do that she gave them an 'I don't know what else to do!' look, and Finn held in a laugh.
"Finn!" Flame Princess whined.
"Yeah, princess?"
"Why aren't you hugging me?"
"...What?" Finn asked confused. FP rolled her eyes and held Finn's hand. Forgetting that FP had the potion on her, he prepared to feel burning. When Finn realized he was fine he opened his eyes to find everyone staring at him.
"Ooh! Can I poke you?" Marceline volunteered. FP held her arm out and Marceline continued to poke her flesh.
Finn, who had been blushing the whole time continued to stare at FP. Her hair was the same style but there was more yellow fire. And instead of her usual dress she wore a long sleeved dress that he had never seen on her before. She did look absolutely amazing and he couldn't help but lean in and kiss her on the cheek. She jumped and through the hand she was using to hold Finn's to her cheek. She turned to Finn with her hand still on her cheek and blushed.
"Sorry... You look really pretty! I mean- no, well yes you do, but I didn't mean to say it out loud because I was thinking it- I mean... this sounds weird..." Finn stuttered blushing himself. FP only smiled and kissed him on the cheek back.
"S-so. You haven't met F-Fionna yet, Flame Princess. She's a human, too!" Finn continued, embarrassed that both Fionna and Marceline saw that. Marceline was never going to stop teasing him about them, though.
"Hi, I'm Fionna... the Human..." Fionna held her hand out. Too happy to be jealous of Fionna for making him laugh, she took Fionna's hand and shook it in greeting.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?" Flame Princess asked.
"Yeah, he should be here any moment. Have you ever heard of the Flame Prince?"
Gumball looked through the dessert table, holding a pink plate. He had asked if anyone would like a snack, only Finn said yes and asked for a brownie. He had already gotten what he wanted to eat- strawberries. He couldn't stop thinking about how Marceline looked when she walked down the stairs with Marshall Lee. Gumball looked through the desserts. When he finally found a brownie he put it on the plate and walked back to where the group he was talking to was last.
Gumball almost tripped when he saw Marceline.
He had never seen someone look so beautiful. He let his widened eyes wander, and though it was only her backside, that was enough. He hadn't realized he had stopped walking and stood there frozen as he stared at Marceline until Finn cried out to him, "C'mon! Where's my brownie?"
Gumball blushed and hurried back to the group. He heard Marceline giggling and blushed even deeper. Hopefully his pink skin would cover up the blush, though.
"So, who's he? I've never heard of a Fire Prince before," Flame Princess asked, smirking at Finn's expressionless face. He was holding in his jealousy.
When Gumball reached the group he stood between Finn and Fionna, and directly across from Marceline who looked at him and smiled in greeting. He blushed again and smiled back.
"Oh! There he is now!" Fionna pushed passed Gumball, forcing him to stand in front of Marceline with only the plate of strawberries between them. He blushed immensely, speechless, not knowing whether to apologize or back away first, so he stood, staring into her eyes. Marceline began to move her hand up, from her waste to above the plate, it looked like she would put it higher until she grabbed a strawberry from the plate and held it between her teeth. She smiled and winked before floating away, leaving Gumball breathless. The little moment they had made Gumball's heart speed up, and he started to sweat from the buzz in his mind. He realized he had only been watching Marceline walking this whole time and decided to straighten up and stand back beside Finn.
Marceline returned with a plate of strawberries of her own and Fionna with Flame Prince. They all bowed and introduced themselves and got to know each other. Eventually, everybody ate and it was time for dancing. When everyone left the group to dance with their significant other, it only left Marceline and Gumball alone together.
Marceline spotted one strawberry left on Gumball's plate and reached to grab it.
"Stop that," Gumball said, pulling away the plate. Marceline only gave him a blank look with big eyes and reached for it again. "Stop!"
"No!"
"You've eaten all the strawberries from my last three plates! Aren't you full?"
"Pfft! What is the meaning of the word 'full' you speak of?" Marceline played. She watched in amusement as Gumball took a step back every time she took a step forward. Marceline looked as if she were going to pounce for the plate so when she misled him, and he thrust the plate to the left, she took the strawberry from the plate as if he was handing it to her.
"Thanks," Marceline hissed with a smirk on her lips. Gumball looked at the empty plate before turning to Marceline as he watched her drain the strawberry of its color.
"Well, Marceline," he snarled her name, "it looks like you owe me something."
"Me? Owe you? Okay. What do I owe you?" Marceline said, playing along with him.
"I don't know. Maybe something as sweet as a strawberry..." Gumball thought aloud.
"Oh, I'll just give you some candy after the ball so-" Marceline started.
"No, I have an idea. How about a slow dance! It's sweet..." Gumball clapped his hands together and smiled at Marceline deviously. She groaned and smacked her forehead, though on the inside she had butterflies made of steel beating around her stomach.
Hand in hand, or Gumball's hand around Marceline's wrist, Gumball dragged Marceline to the middle of the dance floor and began they their dance.
But, uh, this isn't one of my proudest stories...
So, um, tell me what you think? A chapter 3 coming in two days! :3
~Lindsey