They go back to the tree house, hand in hand. Once they get there Fionna changes into some sweat pants and a baggy sweater Marshall Lee had given her a few months before. It was dark red and the sleeves went down about two inches past her middle finger. Winter was approaching fast, most of the leaves on the trees had fallen off and temperatures had begun to drop. Marshall Lee put on what he was wearing the day before, and Cake agreed to get Marshall Lee some of his clothes for him. It was just Marshall Lee and Fionna, alone in the tree house.
Fionna was quiet, and wouldn't answer Marshall Lee at all. She was in a small ball on the couch, her face buried in her knees. Marshall Lee hated that, she couldn't get her to answer anything. She wouldn't even let him touch her.
"Fi, come on," wined Marshall Lee. "Not even me?" Fionna didn't answer still, her face buried in her knees. She didn't feel like talking to anyone. "Did I do anything wrong, Dude?" Fionna shook her head.
"No, that's not it," said Fionna. "It's nothing, just... Marshall, I loved him... a lot... how could I forget something like that? How can I still not remember you? Or most of Cake?"
"Most? What do you mean by that, Blue?" asked Marshall Lee curiously.
"I don't know, I remember some things, unless... it's got someone other than Gumball and Ice Queen in it... Mochro too, but... I can't... they're all blurry and stuff..."
"Me?"
"Maybe, possibly... I don't know, Marshall. I'm sorry." Marshall Lee shrugged, leaning back in air. "Can you just leave me alone now?"
"Nope!" said Marshall Lee smiling deviously. "I'm gonna be here for a while, Blue."
"Why?" wined Fionna.
"She's leaving to talk with Mochro about something, won't be back for a week or two, she's leaving later today. Why else would she go all the way to my house for me?" asked Marshall Lee smiling. Fionna just shrugs, still keeping his face buried in her knees. "Would you please just talk to me, Fionna? Dude, don't make me." Fionna just kept her head buried in her knees. "Dude, you asked for this." Marshall Lee grabbed Fionna, basically throwing her on the ground.
"Marshall! What are you doing?" yelled Fionna.
"Talking to me, eh? Well it won't help you now!" Marshall Lee tickled Fionna's side. She laughs, trying to get him off. "Are you going to talk to me some more? Or do I need to continue?" Fionna shook her head, before jumping away from him, pinning him as well. She tries tickling him, but sense he was undead he couldn't feel it, making Fionna feel stupid. "No good, blue. I am immune!"
"Not fair!" shouted Fionna. "Why'd I get stuck with a dead guy?" Marshall Lee laughed, finally getting away from Fionna. "Seriously, man, not cool."
"Aw, come on, laugh a little, it's not gonna kill you," said Marshall Lee smiling. Fionna rolled her eyes.
"You don't know that," she said smiling now. She gets up, headed to the bathroom. "Can I have a few minutes alone please? Just a few minutes?"
"Fine, I give you ten minutes, happy?"
"Yeah, glob, man." Fionna smiles, being able to spend a few minutes alone, even if it was in a stinky bathroom, it was alone time. She strips down, starting the water for a bath. Marshall Lee heard this, expecting more than ten minutes of Fionna being away from him, although he didn't blame her, he was starting to get a little clingy. He goes into the kitchen to start cooking something to eat for her. Even if she didn't eat it they could always save it for when she wanted it. He finds some noodles and some sauce to heat up to make her some spaghetti, she had always liked spaghetti. Marshall Lee knew his way around Fionna and Cake's kitchen pretty well, he knew where everything was to cook for Fionna, and possibly Cake if she wanted to stop to eat.
Fionna basically wanted to take shower to have it so when she cried no one could hear her cry. It's where she went when Cake was around too. She hated people seeing her cry. She felt so weak, everyone made such a big deal about it. She hated it so much. She wasn't a child anymore, no one needed to take care of her. She was old enough to care for herself, even at the age of fourteen she was able of caring for herself. She loved being alone, able to think about things clearly. Gumball, Cake, anything and everything. Why was Marshall Lee so hard to get to? So hard to remember?
"What is wrong with me?" she asked herself. "How can't I not know him by now? I know everyone else! I think... I think I like like him... a lot..." She shakes it off, letting water drip down her shoulders and to the floor of the tub. It felt so nice to relax and be alone in her thoughts for once. She grabs the soap and the baby blue washcloth, cleaning herself off. Thoughts drift in and out of her mind. She sets the soap back down, looking for some kind of razor. She slips, very little time to piece together what was going on. "MARSHALL!" she shouted, hitting her head on the faucet.
Marshall Lee quickly turned off the stove, floating quickly into the bathroom. He blushes, her being completely naked. He picks her up, realizing she was bleeding from the back of her head, where she had hit herself. He goes into the cupboards, looking for something to wrap around her head. Finally he found some goo with a big cross on the front. He remembered this, Fionna's fear of clowns encouraged her to go out and look for a magic cyclops that offered magical tears. He pours some of it on to the back of her head, seeing the wound heal rather quickly.
He sighs in relief, this girl got in a lot more trouble than needed. He found a bathrobe for her, putting it on, finally covering her body. He picks her up, floating up the bedroom ladder, placing her on her bed. He covers her up, laying down next to her. He runs his hands through her hair, smiling. Cake came back before she woke up, meaning Marshall Lee had to explain everything.
"She's fine, Cake, trust me," said Marshall Lee. "I made sure, I used the magical goo." Cake nods, setting some clothes for Marshall Lee down.
"Thanks for taking care of her, she needs the support," said Cake. Marshall Lee nods, picking the clothes off the floor. He looks through them, seeing Cake had picked out the clothes he wore the most often. His red and black plaid shirt, his grey and white plaid, some t-shirts and some various shades of jeans. "You be careful with her... I don't want to leave..."
"Why are you leaving?" asked Marshall Lee curiously. "I'm not trying to be gossipy, I'm just wondering, that's all." Cake understood, she was leaving so suddenly, there was no wonder he wanted to know why she was leaving.
"I wanted to tell Fi first, but... I'm late," said Cake.
"Congrats, Cake," said Marshall Lee smiling, not sure what else to say. "That's why you're leaving, to tell Mochro?"
"Only for a week or two, but yeah," said Cake. "Even if it is for a little while Fi still needs someone to look after her." Cake went up to Fionna, kissing her forehead. "See you soon, Baby." Cake headed to the door, where she had a small bad prepared for herself. "If you touch her, in any way-"
"Cake, just go," said Marshall Lee putting a hand to his face. Almost unwillingly she leaves, going to see Lord Monochromicorn. So it was just Marshall Lee and Fionna again, it was silent. Marshall Lee got changed into his red and black plaid shirt before he sat on the small red couch, playing some video games on Beemo. The tree house seemed to quite to have people in it, Fionna especially. It was like that for a while before Fionna woke up. She looked around the room, rubbing the back of her head, swearing she had fallen in the bathroom.
"Marshall Lee, what happened?" called Fionna from upstairs. Marshall Lee paused his game, floating up to see Fionna awake. She'd been unconscious for a while, although she did take a pretty large blow to the head.
"You hit your head, but I healed it up with some magic goo. Cake came by, handed me some clothes, checked on you before she left," said Marshall Lee sitting next to her.
"I missed Cake?" asked Fionna sadly. Marshall Lee nodded. "Hey, Marsh... can we, by any chance... go pixie strangling later?" Marshall Lee thought about the question, before hugging Fionna tightly.
"Dude, anything you want!" he said happily. "Anything at all!" Fionna laughs, with what little air was going into her system. "Want something to eat, Blue?"
"Sure, might as well," she said getting out of bed slowly.
"You got it?"
"Yeah, I got it." They went downstairs, finding something to eat, since Marshall Lee didn't finish making the spaghetti. They found some strawberries and saltine crackers, which they didn't find too bad. They take the box of crackers and a bag of strawberries out into the grasslands. It was night now, so the sun wouldn't be a problem.
They sit by the boarder of the Grasslands and the Ice kingdom. Where the snow met the rest of Aaa. There they hung out like they used to, messing around, 'play fighting' and other stuff. Every once in a while they would break out the saltines and strawberries, but they weren't all that hungry. Fionna was happy to be out, remembering everything and everyone. Although, it wasn't prefect, things were still a little fuzzy, like a faraway dream. She knew none of that was going to come back. Gumball was gone, Flame Prince was a criminal so Marshall Lee and Cake were all she had left. They adventured around Aaa, until running into an unwanted prince.
"Fionna?" asked Flame Prince curiously. He pauses, inspecting the scene. Marshall Lee and Fionna, not enjoying what he sees. Fionna blushes, hating him but not wanting to show it. From what she had learned he had a temper, and didn't want to start a fight.
"Hey, Flame Prince," she said, obviously not happy to see him.
"How've you been lately?" he asked, shoving his hands into his pockets.
"Okay I guess, I mean, I miss Gumball like crazy..." she said, trying to make him as guilty as possible. "But Marshall's been helping me. It's not easy..." Marshall Lee smirks, but it leaves his face as soon as it came.
"Oh... yeah..." Flame Prince puts his hand to his neck, blushing. "Look Fi, I'm sorry." He takes her hands, burning them, causing tears to roll down her face as an immediate response. Marshall Lee kicks him away from her. "What the plum, Marshall Lee? What was that for?"
"Look at what you did to her!" hissed Marshall Lee, picking up Fionna's burnt hands. "No worries, Blue, I'll fix this. With the same goo I used to fix that wound on your head. This pain'll go away. I promise." Flame Prince attempts to help, but it punched off by Marshall Lee. "Leave. Now."
"No," said Flame Prince attempting to stand his ground. Marshall Lee's fist tightened, he hated Flame Prince, and now was the time he could get him back. Not too far from here was his house, which meant a cliff leading to water not too far from here. "What's wrong with you?"
"What's wrong? What's wrong? You killed Bubba! Destroyed half of the Candy Kingdom, hurt Fionna's sister, made tons of children orphans and nearly killed Fionna! Do you understand? You psycho!" yelled Marshall Lee. "That's what's wrong!" Flame Prince went full flame, after Marshall Lee. He floated towards Flame Prince's house, beating him off if he came by. He stands still once he reaches the cliff, and Flame Prince goes back to his normal form, ready for a fight. Fionna fallowed, wondering what Marshall Lee had planned.
Flame Prince tried throwing fire balls at Marshall Lee, but none of them hit him, he was able to doge them by floating. He changes into his large tentacle monster, grasping Flame Prince, burning himself, but he fought it.
"Put me down!" demanded Flame Prince squirming, trying to get out of the slimy monster. Marshall Lee moves Flame Prince over the cliff and into the water, pushing down as hard as he could, because now Flame Prince was giving it his all. Unlike most of the Fire elementals he was able to take a large amount of water, but too much and he went out, plain out died. Fionna watched this in horror, Marshall Lee was actually killing Flame Prince, giving it his all.
Marshall Lee stayed in tentacle form for a while, before he believed Flame Prince was dead enough, and brought him to shore, going back to normal form. His arms were burnt all the way up to his shoulders, but the water helped with the pain, besides, the magical tear drops could help them later. Fionna goes up to Marshall Lee staring down at Flame Prince.
"Why?" she asked.
"You asked me to get back at him, and well... an eye for an eye," he answered. "The sun's going up soon. We should head back to the tree house, 'kay?"
"Yeah," said Fionna looking up at the sky. "Thanks."
"For what? Flame Prince?"
"No, for taking care of me," she whispered. "I... I like like you... I mean... I love you, Marshall Lee..."
"I love you too, Blue."
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((Author's note: so, what do you think for an ending? It's not much, but I meant for this to be a small thing, so... but yeah, I think that's it. please give me your guys' thoughts. I have another fanfic in progress, another idea. So... hope you guys liked this.))
