"Simon...Simon" I heard the sly voice say. The crown sat next too me, and I pushed it away slightly. After searching for medicine, I had come back to camp. Marceline still hadn't woken up. I am so worried about her.
"Don't you push me away! After all I have done for you!"
I put my head in my hands. I just wanted it too stop.
"Please just leave me alone." I said in a muffled voice. All of a sudden I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up, hoping it was Marceline's worried little face, but it wasn't. But what I did see astonished me. It was Betty. My beautiful Betty. I stood up, realizing tears were streaming down my face.
"Is it really you?" I say, in the best voice I can. She nodded her head and put her hand on my face. I could feel the warmth of her skin.
"Leave her Simon. Leave the child. It could be you and me, forever." She said.
That was when I looked down into a puddle, to see the my reflection was alone. I was alone. The sly voice of the crown spoke to me again. "Simon, it could be just us. I'm all you need. I can be your princess."
"No...no! You pushed away my Betty, and now you dare take the shape of her?! I'm not going to let you take away my little girl!" I shouted at it.
The thing laughed. "You think of her as your own?"
"Marceline is family too me! She needs me! I need...her." I said, slowly calming down.
"Simon, you don't need her. You have me. I'm all you need."
"I'm...sorry. Please forgive me." I said quietly. What had I done? This crown, kept me alive, showed me what true power feels like! And this is how I repay her? I am so selfish. But now it's angry. I hear nothing but the wind now. I sit back down on a log, and the tears begin to flow again.