Chapter 6 Little People
There was no way Marshall Lee just conned me into going on a date with him. I should just say I forgot or something, no that'd be mean. Plus if I didn't he's a vampire, he'd probably come and suck my blood if I did. How was I going to go with Cake always down my back about vampires and junk, to go see a vampire? Her number one fear, vampires were her number one fear. It was kind of like me with the ocean, just the thought of our fears made us cringe.
Maybe I could tell Cake that Gumball asked me out on a date. That he asked me out on a date and I wanted to go privately. Cake would understand if I said that, right? Whatever got her to allow me to go on this date alone. She couldn't see Marshall Lee. Sure, the guy isn't totally bad, but he is a vampire, something Cake would never approve of. Not that I needed her approval. I was old enough to make my own decisions, old enough to trust my own judgment. I know Cake was just looking out for me, but she was a little protective, making it hard to get things around her. How I was able to hide Marshall Lee without Cake finding out was a mystery. She has always been able to tell when I'm hiding something from her. Mostly because I am so open. She already knows all of my expressions, which could be good or bad depending on the situation.
After half an hour of trying to figure out what to do I gave up and headed up the bedroom ladder to bed, letting myself fall on top of my soft animal skins. Looking up at the celling I wanted to be able to fall asleep. I wanted to be able to forget everything for a few hours. Although way too many things were racing through my mind. Too many outcomes to Marshall Lee's and mine date could happen. What if I actually started to like him? What would Cake say if I liked Marshall Lee? Or was this whole date a setup to try to fight me. He didn't seem like that kind of guy before, but I was still concerned, The son of a demon and the Vampire King. No one knew what he could be up to. Why would some vampire, some king, crawl into a girl's purse and pretend to be a helpless bat? This guy was unpredictable.
He wasn't like Gumball, if this were Gumball who asked me out on a date I could have pictured our night perfectly. He would have wanted to take me to some place in the candy kingdom, preferably alone. The place he took me would have a Gumball touch to it. Something well thought out, and to my liking. Knowing him he'd bake something for us, cream puffs or something. Truth is I've thought of something like this before. I've had a crush on him for such a long time I've thought of our date before. I even reenacted it with the little people Cake and I found once. The little people!
I could use the little people to see how the date would go! First when finding the little people I did some pretty messed up stuff. I tried setting people up with other people. People like Gumball and me, Ice Queen and Beemo, other strange pairings, some of them seemed to work, but it all went down in the long run. Everyone Cake and I knew were in that bag, it formed new people as you gained a relationship with someone, it could be bad, neutral or positive, either way there was a little person in the bag representing them, so a new Marshall Lee should have spawned.
Carefully and quietly I walked to Cake's drawer, searching through the things she kept in there. There was a ton of stuff, some emergency magical tear drops, some pictures of her and Lord Monochromicorn, a few of her kittens too, some kind of blow up balloon in a small package, flat and circular. It said condom, Cake never told me what it was, but I've seen one before, they look like big balloons. ((Oh Fionna, you're so innocent and naïve)) I look some more before I find a small brown bag labeled The Little People.
Without opening the small bag I take one final glance at Cake. She seemed to be sleeping rather deeply. This relieves me a little. Cake would flip out if she saw me playing with the little people again after what happened the last time. Little Fionna and Little Lord Monochromicorn were making out, and she totally flipped out on me. So whenever I wanted to try out some things I had to do it in secret, I've done this one other time. When I wanted to ask out Prince Gumball I had little Fionna do it, but she was turned down. She was crying for about three days. It was really sad. However, that was a long time ago, and with what I have learned, once put in the bag for longer than a week they forget everything you have done to them in the past, so things would be normal setting like it is now.
I put the bag on the table, making sure it was still sealed, before going around the tree house, grabbing some things for the setting of the land they were going to run around in. I make sure I put up some book houses, setting them up roughly like a small Aaa. Putting three books together I make the Candy Castle, quite pleased with its stability. Filling some thimbles with water I place them around the small Aaa, hoping they'd serve as ponds or something. Any source of water.
Finally, I take out all of the little people. Little Cake was in the 'tree house' which ended up being a small bonsai tree. Little Gumball was in the large complex of books I had created, as he went around doing his business, unaware of his purpose in my own kind of experiment. I wonder if the real Gumball would find what I'm doing scientific and would support what I was doing. He was all about science and everything, however I go back to focusing on the little people again, putting everyone but little Marshall Lee and Little Fionna in their places. I left some of the stupid people in the bag. Like Tristan, the goblin queen and a bunch other C-list people.
Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee were finally taken out of the bag, and put on to a small child's book I used as a stage, since Marshall Lee did say our date would be during and after his band played. With him he has an ax, but he starts strumming it, guitar chords illuminating from the Little Marshall Lee's axe. It sounded nice. Soon he was singing in Was. This made me wonder what he was singing about, what the song was, but at least the wa sound to it sounded nice.
Then Little Fionna decided to join him, and their voices together actually sounded pretty nice. When they had finished the song they were laughing, and they sat on the book stage, their legs dangling off. Still talking in Was I was curious as to what they were talking about. Little Marshall Lee's smiling, still strumming his guitar as their conversation carries.
Curious, I take the guitar, and set it next to Little Marshall Lee, making him put his arm around Little Fionna. With the Little People this was considered a big romantic gesture, so I wondered if Little Fionna would accept it. She looks at it confusingly, then to Little Marshall Lee who was smiling deviously, pushing it away from herself. Little Marshall Lee seems to blush, doing it again, but this time by his own actions, and Little Fionna's face turns a bright red.
"Wa wa wa wawa?" Little Fionna said, face still red. Little Marshall Lee just shrugs, smiling and scooting in closer to little Fionna. Little Fionna's still blushing, but she seems to accept the cuddle, going up against him herself, making Little Marshall Lee smile. They start talking in Was again, and things to be going smoothly. Neither Little Fionna or Little Marshall Lee seemed to be upset at any time. Was this how our date was going to go? Me and the real Marshall Lee? I had to add in some interferences after they started kissing, starting to scare me a little.
I pick up Little Cake from the Bonsai tree, and place her right in front of Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee, causing her to hiss, and start to charge after Little Marshall Lee before Little Fionna steps in front of her, protecting Marshall Lee. This makes Little Cake stop, yelling and hissing in the Was. I could see small tears form in Little Fionna's eyes, yelling back at Little Cake's face, confusing me. What had happened? What had been said? Would Cake really be this upset to start yelling at me like this and make me cry if she found out? Still carrying on with my experiment I see Little Marshall Lee pick up Little Fionna, making Little Cake stretch up to eye level with them.
They looked at little Cake for a moment, things were quiet, before Cake was calmer giving more Was to Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee. Although, whatever Little Cake had attempted saying didn't seem to matter to Little Fionna and she started yelling again, tears still flowing down her face, making Marshall Lee hold Fionna tighter. This made me feel so bad. What was I doing to them? However I shook it off, they were only toys. I had to convince myself this to continue. Then I made Little Lee float her away from Little Cake, and set down by a thimble I had put out filled with water.
Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee were alone again, although it was different this time. Little Fionna's face was buried in her knees, she appeared to be crying badly. I felt really bad watching my other-self cry like this, but it wasn't like this stuff would really happen. And things could still turn out alright.
Little Marshall Lee has his arms around Little Fionna again, saying some things softly and quietly. It makes Little Fionna laugh some, and look up to Little Marshall Lee, taking her head away from her knees. He had actually managed to cheer her up. That makes me feel better about everything else I was going to do to the two of them.
I then take Little Gumball from the Candy Kingdom and set him down with Little Marshall Lee and Little Fionna, who had their arms around each other at the moment. Upon seeing this Little Gumball's face turns a bright red, and his eyes narrow. He doesn't say anything, he's just standing there, and seems to be quietly yelling. No sounds are coming out of his mouth. What was he doing? He was just making weird hand motions, and Little Marshall Lee and Fionna haven't even seen him yet.
Soon I push Little Gumball into Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee, getting tired of them all not knowing of each other's existence. The Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee poke their heads up, looking to Little Gumball who had more of an angry expression on his face now. While Little Marshall Lee seemed to dread the sight of Gumball. Did he know him? Did Gumball know Marshall Lee form somewhere? I suppose it's possible, Marshall Lee did say he was a vampire king, so that would mean he attended royal meetings just like Gumball did. It was an obligation to royalty, so Marshall Lee and Gumball must at least recognize who each other were, and they seemed to show some obvious signs of it.
Still, only silence is thrown across the three. I didn't know if it was the awkward of it all, or if there was nothing to be said. Whatever it was, I didn't like it. They stood there, not saying anything, giving each other the stink eye. What could be going on between them? I now look to Little Fionna, who seemed just as confused as me. Made sense. She is a smaller version of myself.
"Wawawa, wa wa wa wawa wa wa?" Little Gumball appeared to be asking a question, his eyes were narrowing at Little Marshall Lee. His arms were slowly crossed, he was waiting for something, while Little Fionna and Little Marshall Lee sat in the grass by the pond. I could only assume this was what items were like in their dimensional plane. I could never be sure unless I saw things from Little Fionna's prospective.
"Wa wa wa wa," hissed Little Marshall Lee, finally saying something, not that I could understand any of it. I couldn't understand anything, making me angry. Couldn't the magical being who made these toys at least make them speak English or something? Maybe Morse Code so Cake could decode them. Whatever it was they were saying, none of them looked very happy, or pleased with the other's appearance.
"Wa'wa wa wawawawa," Little Gumball mumbled. "Wa wa wawa." Hissing, Little Marshall Lee charges at him, and it was very quickly too. Little Gumball didn't have time to react and he was instantly pinned to the ground, Little Marshall Lee's eyes turning a dark red and descending into large black holes. A long serpent-like tongue coming out, his fangs showing along with his other sharpened teeth. I could see the fear in Little Gumball's eyes, as he attempted to get the small vampire off him, not that he was small in their world.
Little Gumball kicks Little Marshall Lee in the gut, sending him flying a couple feet, and he was able to get up. Now, Little Marshall Lee's angry, and he turns into some kind of large Octopus monster, making Little Gumball step back and squeal a little. He's picked up by one of the octopus's tentacles, hissing and shouting in Was once again.
"Wa, wa wawa!" said Little Fionna tears coming to her eyes. Little Marshall Lee, the octopus, turns to Little Fionna, same as Little Gumball. They're blushing, as Little Marshall Lee goes into his normal form, basically throwing Little Gumball to the ground, causing him to grunt a little. "Wawa!" Little Fionna runs to Gumball, I assumed she was attempting to make sure he was okay, but he shrugged her off. Pushing her away, and he wasn't looking at her. "Wa wa?"
Not answering her he gets up, brushing himself off, he probably had dirt all over him. Coming back to the ground Little Fionna looks to Little Marshall Lee, her expression looked mixed. She looked angry, but there was also some sympathy, seeing how it was Little Gumball who came out and seemed to be the one who picked the fight. However, none of them seemed to care who started what. It happened.
Then I hear Cake moving upstairs, I assumed she was waking up due to all of the yelling the Little People were doing. Quickly I shove all the little people into the bag, knowing everything paused unless they stayed in the bag for more then a day, then everything that had been done was erased, not that I needed anything else.
I needed to keep Prince Gumball and Cake away from Marshall Lee and me while on our date, it was plain and simple, well, not so simple. First I had to come up with an excuse not to have Cake around me when I leave the house all dressed up and mysterious. I couldn't lie to Cake well, so I was going ot have to be careful.
Again, going back to hiding what I was doing I bring the books into a pile, except for the one written by C. T Catzone, and hiding the others beneath the table. Everything else went with the books, while I stayed, pretending to read while Cake came down the stairs, rubbing her eyes in an attempt to wake up. I wave, and her eyes are fixated on me, curious.
"Baby, what are you doing up?" she asked, obviously tired. I could tell she was tired just by her tone. I hold up the book and she scoffs. "That book sucks, Fi. I hope you're not taking the advice. I can give you better advice than this chick can. You do know that, don't you?" I nod, and give a small chuckle, even if I was about to follow the advice in this book, but yes she was right, most of it was bad.
"I know, Cake, just reading it for a good laugh," I say, making her appear to calm down a little. "No worries, Cake, I know better now." She nods, yawning and stretching out, she jumps up on the table, sitting down.
"You want anything for breakfast, Sweetie?" she asks, a small tired small coming on her face. "You want some coffee or maybe some waffles? I can make you anything you want, okay?" I smile, but it slowly fades.
"Cake… can… can I go somewhere Saturday?" I asked, blushing. Cake smiles, laughing a little.
"Of course, Baby, we can go anywhere-"
"Alone," I said, interrupting her. "I want to go alone…" Shocked, she studies me, I almost never asked to go anywhere alone. It was a rare occasion when I wanted to be separated from Cake. "And… I… I want you to make me a dress if it's not too much to ask… I could help you if you want!" Cake knew me, this was out of character, but then I see her smile, was that good or bad? Was her smile something I should be afraid of right now?
"You going on a date, Baby?" she asked excitedly. "Did Little Fionna finally get herself a boy?" Little Fionna, maybe, but not me. I wasn't entirely sure how things would go, Little People were over affectionate and emotional anyways.
"Yeah," I said smiling. "I guess she did."
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((Author's note: Oh my glob, I am so sorry this took so long, guys… I bet you were expecting something longer… with school and everything it's been tough, and then I'm having some family problems to top everything off, to writing hasn't really been easy. But, for those of you who read Fanatical Publishing Magazine notice this is actually in there! So if you don't have a subscription to the magazine you should get one. It's mathematical guys, check it out if you get the chance. Sorry for the ad xD))