It's like one in the morning here in not-so-sunny Florida, and I've been reading your comments. Want Marshall Lee? You got it. Luckily, I wrote this chapter just about Marshall.
Oh and well... soon, this will probably be rated M..or not I don't know. I'll probably keep it simple if anything. *said too much whoops*
Here's chapter nine, at 1AM, because I love you guys.
Chapter 9
"Well, that didn't work out the way we planned." said Marshall Lee. He had scratches and bruises on his face and arms, which were now holding his axe bass. He took a look at his assistants and chuckled. They were pretty scratched up too. Thankfully they were minor injuries and will be gone by morning.
Marshall Lee, Jade and James have been gone for two weeks and three days. They were stuck in the Nightosphere trying to make peace with the demon inhabited land. But demons are stubborn and arrogant and some were very much ignorant. And they couldn't and wouldn't see Marshall as one of them. Only as "scum" just like who he ruled over. This did make Marshall pretty angry, but he wasn't going to waste his energy on some defenseless creatures that are having tantrums.
Honestly, he could seriously care less about what these demons thought of him. He just didn't want another war, it causes too much damage and deaths and it's seriously all a waste of time. Why kill each other when you can just agree with something and forget about the argument? That's how he thought of it.
All Marshall really wanted to do was to get home, sleep in again, eat, play his bass and see Fionna. He was seriously going crazy, but he wasn't going to show Jade and James that. For the past two weeks all he wanted to do was go see Fionna and make her laugh and see her smile and feel wanted. Fionna is the only person who made him feel that way. Probably one of the reasons why he's so attached to her.
During the entire trip that was strictly only for business, Fionna never left his mind. He was desperate for her, as sad and weak as that sounds. The thought of her was driving him crazy and he was going to explode. Luckily this whole thing wasn't that long, but it was still torturing him. She was the only thing on his mind, only time when she wasn't was when he had to talk about this whole war business and how they needed to prevent it.
"We're seriously not seeing any progress here what-so-ever." said Jade, who was studying the bruise on her right arm. It was a minor purple dent in her skin that will go away in a couple hours, just like the rest of her injuries. "I have a bad feeling that there will be a war. And if there isn't one, then we were almost way too late to stop it." she then flickered her eyes at the boy king. "Meaning you are going to have to come down to the kingdom and pay all of us a visit in a couple weeks."
Marshall Lee growled. He hates paying visits. Everyone makes such a big deal out of it, and it's not that he doesn't like the attention. He just doesn't like people treating him like a saint, idolizing him. Marshall is no saint, everyone knows that. He's a trouble making king who is the son of a demon, he can rip you apart limb from limb, suck your blood dry, become a terrifying creature of the night, and kill on instinct and not show any remorse. He was far off from being a saint. Yet the citizens of his kingdom didn't see him that way.
"Give us time to get the palace ready, and to inform the rest of the council and the citizens," stated James. He looked like he was the worst looking vampire compared to Marshall and Jade. Since James was so skinny and non-violent, he took most of the hard punches. But just like Marshall's injuries, they'll be gone by morning. James isn't the type to fight; he's more of the designer, informer and mapping out type of guy. In fact those are his three jobs in the kingdom. James is one of Marshall's most trusted assistants in his council. Probably because he's so loyal to Marshall, and how James has told Marshall some of his deepest secrets before he became king. Marshall actually let out some of his secrets to him; he didn't have to worry though. James has never told a soul, living or dead.
One of James secrets was that he was gay. Marshall was the only person he's ever told because he knew Marshall wouldn't judge him or tell anybody. And Marshall is still the only person he knows, James doesn't have the courage to tell his secret openly. Not even to Jade, who was like an older sister to him. Marshall was actually shocked that James was gay, because before he became king and James became head of all of his jobs. James was actually a very manly type of guy. There wasn't one hint that told the king he was gay. But when the secret was out, James started to slowly show it.
The king nodded at his assistants, pretty annoyed that he had to go to the vampire realm.
"Just let me know before so I can prepare myself. You both know how much I hate it there." he replied dryly.
Jade rolled her eyes, "Yeah. We figured as much since you practically left us and never came back."
"All part of the title baby." Marshall said smug, "Being king lets me do whatever I want."
"But it comes with responsibilities." Jade remarked, annoyed.
"You all can obviously take care of yourselves. You only need me for problems like this whole war thing."
The girl opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again, but then closed it again. This time keeping it shut. Marshall stood there smirking and she knew he had a point. He then turned his attention back to James.
"Do what you gotta do, just be sure to tell me when I have to go."
James nodded at his king. "I will your highness."
"And Jade, get the troops ready. If there is a war, we need them alert. Start their training again."
Marshall never spoke in his serious king voice. It was always deep and full of pride. When he gave commands there wasn't any time to full around, he needed that person to listen.
"I'll tell Will to get them ready." she responded. Will was also in Marshall's council, he was in command of all the warriors in the Royal Army.
Now that all that was out of the way, the Vampire King lifted his feet from the ground and hovered in midair.
"If there's anything else just tell me. But don't bother me anymore." And that was their signal to leave.
Jade shrugged her shoulders and looked at James again, and then they walked out of Marshall's house and made their way deeper into the cave, where their portal to the kingdom awaited them.
It's short sadly, but I know you guys don't mind much. More chapters to come! Please review and thanks for reading!
-xoxo
