Ooo and Aaa: Chapter 4: Difficult discussion
Demon: Oh Glob! I haven't updated in such a long time! Oh, i'm sorry guys. Stuff happens?
Mazu: You were playing with your dog and updating your other story, liar
Demon: *shamefully* Yes I was. Now here's a chapter, a new chapter. And if I have time, I'll put up a second. But no promises! This one will be kinda long too, well long for my average chapters. And thanks for the reviews, follows, and favs guys! I am loving the feedback!
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As the vampire king sat on the flat rock next to the newly proclaimed daughter of Death, he slung his pale arm around her shoulders, earning a quick glance from the girl. She had been crying for a few minutes, due to her eyes being a bit red, but she seemed to have calmed down. The vampire boy shot her a small gentle grin, but she turned her head away and stared at the grass. Marshal frowned a bit, but quickly changed his expression back.
''What's wrong? Homesick?'' He asked, shaking Mazu's shoulder with his free hand. No reply met his ears. He sighed discontently and whispered ''I can't help if you don't talk.'' Mazu let out a slow shaky breath as she attempted to talk. ''It's just... my papa...'', Mazu trailed off, but she quickly picked up,'' He just doesn't trust me. He tells me over and over to be responsible and yet, he never gives me the proper chance to try. And now that I've screwed up again...'' Mazu sat her head on her knees and stared off into the sky, ''how can I?'' Marshal followed her eyes to the constellation in front of them.
''Leo.'' Mazu said, pointing at the stars. The constelation was very low in the sky, so low it almost was ingulfed by the hills beyond the Tree Fort. Mazu managed a small half smile and a little laugh while staring at the collection of stars. ''My father was up here on the night I was born. He said he saw Leo moments before I came into his life- well afterlife I guess.'' The girl put in emotionlessly. ''I was supposed to be named 'Satana' after his grandmother. I don't know why I wasn't, but Papa said something about me having a curse put on me when I was born. I was supposed to look like him, but the curse must've warped me into a half human beast.''
''Wow, did your dad ever try to break the curse?'' Marshal asked. Mazu turned her head toward the boy. ''Yes, but there is not a way to break it. My papa tried everything, but nothing worked.'' She sat her head back on her knees and blew hot air from her nose. Marshal patted her back softly. ''He sounds like he cares, a lot. But what about your mother? Where is she?'' Mazu tensed up at the question. She felt tears welling up in her eyes, but she wiped them away. ''She's... gone. She died a long time ago.'' Marshal hugged the girl lightly. ''I'm sorry.''
Mazu made a sound awfully close to a small laugh or huff before muttering ''It was my fault.'' Marshal blinked. ''What?'' Mazu escalated her voice a few notches. ''It was my fault.'' The royal boy stared at her for a second before bringing up the courage to ask what she meant. She glared at him coldly before turning her head away, but still shooting him a sidelong stare. She brought her eyes foward before answering. ''She died when I was born. It was my fault. Mine. Not my father's, not anyone else's but mine. What about you?'' Marshal blinked, but started ''My dad's been gone for awhile. It's just me and my mom now. She tries to bond with me but... she's not very sucessful.''
''Couldn't your dad have brought your mom back? He can do that right?'' Mazu flicked his forehead. ''When someone dies in any of the Dead Worlds, they cannot be brought back to life by anyone.'' Mazu explained. Marshal rubbed his temple stupidly. ''Oh, sorry.'' He cursed at himself in thought. 'Stupid, stupid, stupid!' Just as his shame was setting in, the Aaa gang showed up from the cave entrance.
''Hey Marshmallow!'' Flame Prince teased. Marshal hated the nickname he was called by, but he never tried to make them stop. ''Yeah?'' He replied vaugely. ''Come on inside. Doncha know it's a werewolf night?'' Cake responded. Marshal Lee nodded at the group before standing up. He scretched his arms before offering to help Mazu to her feet. She kindly held up her hand in decline. She stood up and dusted off her pants legs while everyone else headed inside. She walked toward the cave, but did not enter. She placed an unsteady hand on the rocky wall, and turned her head back to the stars above. She smiled and turned to walk inside, but a wolf's howl echoed through the winds, causing her to flick her head around in agitation. Her eyes shone with uncertainity as her gaze went over the empty plains. She narrowed her eyes and bared a toothy frown.
''Hey, guys.'' Mazu called. Her reply was a ''what?'' from Fionna. ''Werewolves... don't eat people, right?'' Marceline came up behind her and placed both of her hands on the lion's shoulders. ''No, they do sometimes. Why?'' Mazu looked up at her with a look of contridiction. ''They do not. I have a werewolf buddy, he does not eat anyone. Well, except for that goblin, but only the goblin.''
''You're a weird kid.'' Finn said from the floor. He was playing Card Wars with Fionna and the winner gets to play Jake. Mazu shot him a glare and he immediatly shut up. ''Play your game, boy.'' She said crossly. Finn laughed nervously behind his cards as he held them over his eyes. Mazu flicked her tail foward at the Tree Fort. ''Shouldn't Finn and Jake be heading back now?'' The group looked at each other before they nodded. ''Fi and Cake can come with us. We have some spare room at the Fort, and I'm pretty sure they don't wanna stay in a cave. Right girls?" Jake said, cleaning up the cards and placing them back into the box. Fionna and Cake smiled and nodded. ''Sure, we'd love too.''
... Sometime later...
Mazu sat up aganist a rock in a green sleeping bag with her arms folded, fast asleep. She was wearing pajamas with brown paw prints all over them on a pink background. The steady soft snoring echoed in the cave as the two Fire Kingdom royals, the vampires, and Marceline's poodle Schwabl (who has apparently joined his master outside) were snoozing along with their new friend. A dim redish-orange light appeared at the mouth of the cave as a little voice called in a whispery voice. ''Princess? Youse in here?''
It was Flambo, who had gotten lost trying to find Flame Princess. He had walked to her house with a large leaf over his head trying to stay dry, and found her gone. So he set out to look for her after the rain had stopped. He had checked in with Princess Bubblegum, but found her with a gender-switched version of herself. The princess had not seen her at all today, but wished Flambo luck on finding her.
He'd also been to the Boneyard, Library, and Wildberry kingdoms, but no one knew where FP was. He was walking back to the Fire Kingdom when he saw what appeared to be Flame Prince, Fionna, and Cake landing on the grass from the portal. He had followed them back to the cave, but waited for everyone to either leave or fall asleep before he entered. He knew of Marceline... and her reputation for dealing with trespassers, and it wasn't pretty. They enter, and come out screaming or are never seen again. So Flambo had hidden inbetween some rocks under his leaf until it was safe.
Flambo tip-toed into the cave, stopping when Marshal Lee shifted his position and talked in his sleep. Flambo held his breath, dimming his flames in the process, and waited for the noise to die down beofre taking in a long breath of relief. 'That was close.' He thought. He took a step foward, but tripped on a rock. He tumbled foward onto Mazu's lap, burning her arm and making her yelp and wake everyone up.
Mazu grabbed Flambo by the tail before he could scramble off. He took in a big breath of air before unleashing it as a fire whip. He flicked it at her face, hitting her under her left eye. She grimaced and held her free hand over the new burn mark, but did not let go of the flambit's tail. She actually didn't seem bothered that she was holding a fire creature in her unprotected hand, most likely getting her skin burned.
''You little bastard.'' Mazu growled. She tightened her hold on his tail, making him yelp in protest. ''Hey! Knock it off!'' He screamed. Marshal rubbed his eyes. ''Seriously? A freaking flambit?'' Flambo spit on Marshal's shirt, causing little tonuges of fire to burn the fabric for a second or two before they extinguisted into dark smoke. Marshal noticed this and ripped Flambo from Mazu's claw-tipped hand.
''Do that again, and you will be thrown into the water.'' Marshal warned, pointing a finger at the water collected near the house. Flambo gulped and nodded quickly, showing that he understood. Marshal smirked and just dropped the terrified flambit onto the ground. As Flambo went to take off, Flame Prince grabbed him gently and plucked him off the dirt floor. Flambo instantly curled into a ball as the young prince held him.
''Poor flambit. You were just looking for somewhere to be safe at, weren't you?'' Flame Prince asked, giving the creature a few rubs on the head. Flambo was enjoying it a lot. He crawled from the prince's hands and onto his shoulder, curling in the crook of of the boy's neck. Flame Prince chuckled a little as the flambit's fiery fur tickled his neck.''Alright, get down.''
Flambo did as asked. He landed on the ground with a soft thud. He sat down, but as soon as he saw Flame Princess, he jumped right back up. ''Princess! I found youse! I thought the storm had gotten youse, but I saw him,'' He gestured to the prince,'' and I followed him here! And then I saw youse in here and I was so happy that you were okay!'' Flame Princess shushed the fire cat. (A/N. I think that Flambo is a fire cat because he has a tail and what looks like ears on his head. Sue me okay?) ''It's okay. I'm fine. You can calm down now.''
Flambo waved his tail happily with a his eyes shut and a huge grin on his face. Mazu scoffed. ''Can we go back to sleep now? We have a job to do and it starts tomorrow morning.'' Marceline gave her a slap to the back of the head. ''What's with this 'we' stuff?" Mazu rubbed her head. She spun around on her heel and growled at Marceline. Marceline hissed back with red eyes. ''Do it. I dare you.'' Mazu relaxed her stance and turned away to walk back to her sleeping bag placed aganist the rocky wall. Marceline relaxed as well and wentto her house to get away from the dawn that was approching, with Marshal trailing behind her, and Schwabl following both of them. Mazu fell asleep again within minutes, but the Fire Kingdom Royals stayed awake with Flambo.
Demon: Sweet! Chapter finished! Bye!