Chapter 4
Marshall Lee was floating just above a tree branch in the middle of the night, drinking the red out of an apple. He closed his eyes and hummed as he slowly sucked out all the red until the apple was completely grey. A few moments later he heard a voice coming from right beside him.
"I think you'll enjoy this more than that apple."
A small smirk formed across Marshall's face as he opened one eye and saw a hand holding a strawberry out in front of him. He turned his head slightly to the side and saw it was Fionna sitting on the branch next to him; a warm smile on her face. Marshall smiled as he took the strawberry. "My favorite." He drank the red out of it, savoring every part of it. "Thank you." he said as he sat up and hovered a little closer to her.
"No problem. Here's some for later." Fionna handed him a bag full of strawberries "I know they're starting to become hard to find with winter about to set in."
Marshall smiled wide, his fangs slightly showing. "You are the best you know that?"
A faint blush came across Fionna's cheeks. "Well I have been told that once or twice." she said to try and hide her embarrassment.
Marshall laughed. "Well you are, don't ever doubt that." He gave her a warm smile. "So how'd you know I was up here?" he asked
"I heard you humming." she replied "so I followed the sound until I saw you. Then I decided to surprise you and climb up." She slightly smirked.
"Well you definitely surprised me. So did you go on any mathematical adventures today?"
Fionna shook her head. "Nope, nothing today. It was so boring, I thought I was gonna go insane." She sighed then laid her head on his shoulder.
Marshall grinned and grabbed her hand. "Well then..." He hovered up straight. "We're gonna have to change that." he flew up high into the sky, pulling her up with him. She screamed from surprise as she was unexpectedly pulled from the tree branch into the sky. Marshall looked down at her. "Do you trust me?" he asked. Fionna looked into his vibrant red eyes and got lost in them. she slowly nodded "Yes...I trust you."
Marshall smiled. "Good." He flew a little faster. "Don't look down." He threw her up into the sky as hard as he could.
Fionna screamed in shock as she rose higher and higher in the sky. After about a minute or so she started to slow down. She took a glance down and could barely see the trees on the ground; then she started plummeting back down to earth.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Then within a second she felt Marshall's arms around her as her falling ceased. She looked up at him and saw he was laughing. she scowled at him but eventually she started laughing too. "You are a pain sometimes you know that?"
Marshall smirked "I've been told that once or twice." He winked "But you did say you trusted me."
She smiled "Yea, Yea I did." she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I still do."
Marshall stared into her eyes; he leaned his head down towards hers. Their lips were mere centimeters away from touching when everything went black.
'Mr. Lee...'
'Mr. Lee...'
Marshall slowly opened his eyes. Once his eyes adjusted to the bright light in the room Dr. Prince became visible staring down at him with a melancholy look on his face. "So you've finally awoken Mr. Lee." the doctor said.
"Yeah..." Marshall said as he slowly sat up. "And just call me Marshall." He winced as a strong pain shot up his body. "So...What's the damage?"
"Well your cheek bone is severely fractured. Looks like you got hit in the face with something like a metal bat." Dr. Prince replied.
Marshall put his hand on his cheek and felt a large bandage on it. 'Or the fist of a angry adventurer.' He thought to himself. A smile pulled at his lips, but fell as he remembered why he really was there. "What's the real damage?"
Dr. Prince lowered his head. "The spear didn't go to deep, but it went deep enough to slightly puncture something important...you're heart to be exact."
Marshall Lee's eyes widened.
"The puncture was so small that it didn't kill you instantly. However there's still no way I can fix it; and there's no way for a heart transplant because...Well your body would reject a candy person's heart and you are the only vampire in this land."
Marshall's pupils dilated until they were barely visible "So...you're saying..."
Dr. Prince looked strait at Marshall, remorse filled his eyes.
"You're going to die."