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Okay so this first part of the little chapter is going to be all about Marshall Lee and his thoughts about Fionna. Does he like her? Does he not? Conflicting EMOTIONS! Argh! Poor Marshall.
This song that he will sing was written by the fantabulous Masked Shadow The Killer! Thank you very much for your contribution and I look forward to writing your song. And to all of you out there who still want to enter a song, keep on sending them in!
Disclaimer: Really? Do you really think I would own a big fandom like this? No.
She had thought of him after reading the book. Thought of him. She had run over to his house just to show him a simple picture and to share about five minutes talking to him about it. Fionna the Human was certainly one who worked in mysterious ways. When he saw her, it was as if his heart was trying to beat again. It was magical in every way and it felt...
Stupid.
He hated feeling like this. All confused and unsure about his feelings towards her. He had written out everything he had wanted to say but was unsure how to actually word it to her. He found comfort in singing his feelings. For example: when he was fighting the Door Lady with Gumball, Fionna, Cake, and BMO, he had belted out his feelings towards Gumball about how annoyed he was with the prince, nearly breaking open the door with his truthful words. But somehow, expressing romantic feelings like this weren't up his alley. Marshall felt weak and he hated it!
Walking around his house, humming an old song to himself, he tried to think of the perfect tune he could put into his song. Maybe if he sang it to himself, he would feel better and not dwell on the human too much anymore. Perhaps he could forget the argument he had with his head (not crazy) and move on with his after-life.
The Vampire King thought up the perfect tune and flew up to his bedroom, writing down each note with fervor. He was finally going to let these feelings out of his head and to an audience of one: himself. He knew his zombie poodle wasn't going to listen so he just stayed in his room to play. He grabbed his bass and plucked on the strings, seeing which one of them would work the best. When some of the cords didn't sound quite right so he changed them and made them sound better. Progress... it was going well.
Finally he pieced it altogether and grinned to himself. This was it. He scribbled at the top of his paper the title of the song: "Love Sick".
"I gotta bad case of Love Sick," he began, jamming on his bass and starting the song.
That blondy over there is the only cure for it
Take me in and fix me up right
'Cause I wanna cure that Love Sickness tonight
You're cute, you're funny
But you refuse to be my bunny
Just take my hand girl
And I'll be all cured
But a kiss on the lips would be good too.
He played a little solo, making the room vibrate with the sound the amp spewed out from his bass.
You've been with fire but
Why not take a shot with this vampire?
I need that medicine that only you carry
You got my prescription in your dictionary
You're that nurse all the boys talk about
Give me some of my medicine, baby
I'll be good for you, maybe.
Again, he riffed on the bass, spilling out all of his feelings into the room, trying his best to get rid of them as best as he could.
You've plated with candy but never with me
I need my medicine, baby
Or I just might go crazy
You, little blondy, got me a case
I'm Love Sick so put me in my place!
He ended the song with a long standing note, reverberating through the room, the vibration tickling his senses until it ended. His eyes were closed tight for he had gotten deep into the music, letting it ring in his ears over and over again.
Marshall Lee expected some sort of closure. Instead, he had a satisfied and complete feeling inside himself instead. Lie every word he spoke was true and he wanted it to be true. Cursing at no one in particular, he tore off his bass and dropped it on his bed, sitting down at the edge and burying his face in his hands. He waited for relief to come but it didn't. He felt like he had when Ice Queen came to jam with him but forgotten who she really was to him. It was an incomplete feeling in his chest that he wanted to be filled.
Why must Fionna be so oblivious to everything around her?! She was exactly like Prince Gumball. Focused on everything but the person that pines for them. Growling in frustration, Marshall snatched up a random pillow and threw it hard at the wall where it made a loud smack! as it hit the target.
The only person he could ever talk to and be semi-heard was Gumball but he knew that the prince of the Candy Kingdom still had an eye on Fionna so that was a no. Perhaps he could as Flame Prince. They weren't close but they never had fights over the girl. Still, FP had past feelings for her and probably still did so that option was out. Maybe Cake... no. She'd tell Fionna at once and then where would he be? He would talk to Ice Queen but she would probably go on and on about she couldn't get over some prince and the last thing he would want to hear is about how much she wants some prince action.
Fionna would have been the only other logical person he could converse with without being judged in any way, shape, or form. But the topic was about her so that was a no-go. He had never felt so alone...
"Ashley," he whispered. And for a moment, he smacked himself for being so stupid. On the other hand, he could ask a rhetorical question about it. Ashley wasn't exactly the smartest person in the land of Aaa so it was worth a shot.
As he stood, he froze, thinking about what would happen if she found out who he meant and what he was after. She wouldn't hesitate to kill Fionna and try and take Marshall back. Ashley may be dumb but she wasn't that dumb. It wouldn't take her long to put all the pieces together and become a crazy, jealous, psycho jerk.
He was alone again with no one else to turn to. Even if had asked Fionna rhetorically, she might think it's about another girl and if she did like him, then it would be all over for their possible relationship. Fionna might be able to figure it out too so it wasn't worth the try either.
Sinking back onto his bed with a groan, Marshall Lee helplessly picked up his bass and began to play Love Sick again, trying to rid himself of his feelings. But after the tenth time of playing, he knew it was inevitable.
He was in love with Fionna.
"Run, Cake!" Fionna laughed.
"I'm running!" Cake grinned.
The two girls were being chased down by a purple pig with bat wings after stealing the chest to the key they had found two week prior. They were practically running for their lives but were having a blast. Fionna drew out her sword and Cake launched her upward. A battle cry ripping from her lungs, Fionna drew back her sword and landed atop of the humungous animal.
"You have met your doom!" Fionna declared, fighting some mini pigs on the big beast's back.
"Fionna, hurry! I can see the Candy Kingdom from here!" Cake warned.
"Aw, nuts!" Fionna groaned, kicking a pig away, making it vanish into purple dust. She thrust her sword and made two clean slices through the pig's wings. It squealed in pain and began to slow. Fionna jumped up and stabbed it as she fell in front of its face. It groaned and slowed to a point it collapsed. Cake caught Fionna just before she landed on the ground. They faced the dead big and Fionna pulled out a book Gumball gave to her and read the spell that would get rid of the animal.
"Cloako notiasus gloka!" Fionna chanted making the pig evaporate into mist like its minions did. She and Cake laughed and hi-fived.
They rushed up to the castle and into Gumball's lab where the smell of blueberry muffins wafted from beneath the door.
"PG! We got your goods!" Fionna announced, taking the chest from Cake and holding it over her head. "And that pig be his-tor-ray!"
"Excellent," Gumball smiled, taking the chest from Fionna. He opened it up with the key they collected and pulled out several interesting things.
For one, there were three different cook books from before the Mushroom War, two daggers that desperately needed a cleaning, a few rubies and emeralds, and, finally, a stuffed animal that was frayed, ripped, but still smiled with the thread it was sewed with.
"Hamba?" Fionna said, pausing her victory dance with Cake.
"Who-wa?" Gumball said as Fionna tenderly took it from him.
"It's Marshall's stuffed toy that he got a long time ago," she explained, smiling gently at the toy. "It means a lot to him. His ex-girlfriend, Ashley, sold it to some wizards or something and I guess they must have forgotten about it."
She and Cake exchanged nods and journeyed to Marshall Lee's house to return it to him. Before Fionna could knock, a crash came from inside and the girls froze, listening hard for any other sounds that might be a warning the Vampire King was in trouble. But another noise didn't come so Fionna knocked. Two minutes later, Marshall opened the door and found the human and cat, once again, before the threshold. Fionna was hiding something behind her back and was smiling.
"Hey, Marshall," she chimed. "What the stuff was going on in there?"
"Yeah it sounded like you were throwing a tantrum," Cake said, smirking.
He gave the cat a death glare, making her shrink to half and inch and latch onto Fionna's leg.
"Cake what the hey!? Claws!" Fionna said, trying to shake her sister off.
"No way am I letting go!" Cake argued.
"They hurt!" Fionna said. The feline let go but only grew about ten inches, trying to stay invisible to the vampire. Fionna turned to Marshall and smiled again. "We found something for ya!"
"Oh yeah?" he said, crossing his arms and leaning on the door frame.
"Yup," Fionna nodded. Then she took Hamba out from behind her and handed it to him, enjoying the stunned look on his face when his eyes fell upon the toy. He took it from her and gaped at it, almost daring to believe that his beloved stuffed animal was in front of his very eyes.
"Where did you find her?" he asked softly.
"In a chest," Cake responded, growing to normal size. "It was full of junk but Hamba was the only thing of value in there."
"But Ashley sold her," Marshall pointed out.
"I dunno how it ended up in there but it did," Cake said with a shrug.
Marshall Lee grinned and thanked them. He invited them in for a drink or to hang but Fionna politely declined, telling him she had to get back to Gumball and help with some testing. She claimed that she was going to eat another flying treat that would last for about a day. Fionna then suggested that they fly together and he agreed, thinking it would be fun to float around in the sky with her for once.
That evening, the three of them met up at the castle and Fionna took a bite out of one of the sweets and felt her feet leave the ground.
"This is flippin' amazing!" she cheered. "C'mon, Marshall! Let's go fly around the kingdom." She grabbed his hand and took off through the window, ignoring Gumball's warning of when it was going to wear off. They floated upwards together, laughing with the wind in their ears. Fionna did a few flips and giggled as she watched Marshall Lee copy her.
"I love flying! You must feel so free all the time," Fionna said, gliding along her belly across the clouds of the Candy Kingdom.
"Not all the time. It's just natural, I suppose," he said. He watched her fly around with such grace it was as if she flew everyday. It was breathtaking to watch her like this. Her hair fluttering in the warm breeze, her eyes closed as she let the serum from the sweet take her to new heights. He followed her up and flew with her, feeling more free than he had in years.
"Check this out!" he called. She opened her eyes and gasped as he began to free fall.
"Marshall!" she cried, zooming after him. Suddenly, he stopped falling and shot upwards, looking like an absolute superhero as he sped through the clouds. He grabbed her around the waist and she yelped in surprise. He let her go with a grin and they continued to fly.
Fionna felt heavier than before and the wind was screaming in her ears louder than before. She heard Marshall's voice but couldn't make it out. She tried to fly towards him but realized she was falling. Fionna looked down and saw the ground zooming in on her fast. She shut her eyes on impulse but a pair of strong hands grabbed her underneath her arms and she hung mere inches from the ground. She turned her blue eyes up to see Marshall Lee sighing in relief. He flew them back up to the lab's window to find Cake in a panic and Gumball trying to open the door. It was because of the adrenaline and fear for Fionna it was hard for him to open it and catch her. He was just thankful Marshall was there in time to stop her fall.
"Are you okay?" Cake asked, rushing over to the human and taking her out of the vampire's grip.
"I'm fine, Cake! Really," Fionna assured. "Thanks to Marshall, of course. I woulda been gunk if I had fallen completely."
"Oh good," Gumball said, smiling in relief towards Marshall Lee. "You were very quick on your feet."
The Vampire King shrugged. "She would have done the same thing."
"I did try when you were pretending to fall," Fionna pointed out quietly.
"That's true," Gumball said with a nod. "Friends really do look out for one another, huh?"
Marshall agreed, hoping that Fionna thought of him more than just her friend and savior. As he left the treehouse after walking the girls home, he stopped by Tree Stumps' house and snatched an apple before Tree Stumps could notice. Sucking the color from the bittersweet fruit, he thought about what he would have done if he hadn't made it in time. He shuddered at the very thought and put it in the back of his mind, not wanting to think about it anymore. That would have been is absolute worst nightmare. A world without Fionna. He might as well die (again) if she did.
Thankfully she didn't. He was still angry with Gumball for not telling Fionna exactly how long it would last before they took off. That way Fionna would have been able to go back inside before the serum's time ended. He couldn't blame Bubba entirely, however. Fionna was a little overexcited but she should have been responsible and listen to the prince.
Ha! Fionna? Responsible?
Not in a million years.
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Finn crossed his arms. "I'm responsible."
"How many times do I have to tell you? It's Fionna. Not you," Marceline said. But then she grinned. "Perhaps I made her a little too much like you... Oh well, can't change it now!"
"Guys... I'm lonely," Ice King whined.
"Good," Jake said.
"Can I please have my penguin in here?" Ice King begged. "I'm asking nicely, aren't I? Come on, Gunther! Open the door for Daddy!"
"No, man!" Finn said, taking the penguin away from the cage and setting it down in Jake's lap.
"Eugh!" Jake gagged but no one relieved him of Gunther, who was now suckling on Jake's ear. "Eugth!" Jake groaned. Still, no one came to his rescue.
"Do you think there is a cure for Love Sickness?" Bubblegum said, tapping her pink chin. Marceline laughed out loud but when Bubblegum questioned her, Marceline simply shook her head and turned the page to the next chapter.
And that's a wrap! Another BIG thank you to Masked Shadow The Killer for your wonderful song "Love Sick". I hope I did your song justice :)
PS: I just found out there's gonna be an episode for Marceline and Ice King titled Simon and Marcy. I'm sorry if I'm late but I'm fangirling over here. :D
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