Shizriu was still fast asleep on the couch in Finn and Jake's tree house when Finn had hurried over to him, waking him up. "Yo, man! This was on our door. It's addressed to you." Finn said, handing Shizriu a letter sealed in an envelope which was indeed addressed to him. And it something else which angered Shizriu… the envelope had the seal of the Shadow Kingdom on the back.

He ripped open the envelope and started to read the letter. Shizriu about dropped the letter in shock. Finn looked inquisitively at him and he decided to read it out loud.

To our Son,
We once again request your presence here in your homeland. We have a guest and it would be rude for you to keep the poor young girl waiting.
Though it IS strange that a beautiful young vampire would take a stroll so early in the morning, we couldn't just let her stay out and get burned in the sun.
Hope to see you soon!
Love, Mom and Dad.

Shizriu replaced the hood of his cloak back over his head and he ran out of the tree house as fast as he could manage. He didn't care how bright out it was now. And with it being just after noon, the sun was pretty bright. Shizriu saw the Shadow Kingdom and he picked up his pace. It wasn't until he had gotten closer that he realized that his parents were waiting outside under shade made from shadow magic, along with a caged Marceline.

Furious, Shizriu demanded an explanation. His father smiled deviously, "Well, we still need you to take this land in the name of the Shadow Kingdom." Shizriu was confused. "I thought that you were going to use my little brother as your new scapegoat." His mother shook her head.

"That was the plan up until he was born. Then we realized… We already handed you all the knowledge needed to do it yourself." She said. His father then picked up his cue. "We tried to figure out what was keeping you from doing this yourself. So we told you our old plan to make you leave in a fuss. And you fell for it just as planned."

"It was later on that we realized that it was your fascination to this (at "this" his mother jerked her head toward Marceline) and we decided that maybe we could use her as an incentive to get you to finally complete your destiny." His mother said. Shizriu glared and was about to just use his own shadow magic to simply free Marceline, until his father noticed and laughed.

"It would do you no good son. If you even try to free her our magic will drop the shade that is keeping her away from her natural enemy." Shizriu now felt even more anger welling inside of him. Marceline looked at him and shook her head. "I'll be fine. The sun doesn't hurt THAT much." Shizriu sighed and was preparing to start the process to cover Ooo in darkness again.

Before he started his shadow magic, Finn arrived. "Yo! I'm here to help you man!" Though Finn wasn't alone, alongside him was Flame Princess. Her presence seemed to instill fear into his parents. "That's a Fire Elemental!" Shizriu looked over at them and smirked, "That's right, she is. And she's one of my friends."

His father returned the smirk and enveloped Flame Princess in shadows, "Aaaaand now she's going to be put out." Shizriu grabbed a furious Finn before he got hurt. Shizriu raised his head high and sighed. "Let the ladies go, and I will do as you please."

Flame Princess was freed right there and then. His father then said, "I will release the vampire girl AFTER you do as you are told." Shizriu nodded and started the shadow magic. Shadows around the land rose like a liquid and started to block out the sun, not completely, but to a degree where it would be bearable for a Shadow Elemental to be able to walk out under the veil.

Shizriu then proceeded to walk along, broadening the veil as he went along. Shizriu didn't know what else he could do. But he didn't want Marceline harmed, nor did he want Flame Princess to be hurt either. Shizriu sighed again. This really did seem to be his fate. He had denied it for so long, but now… his parents have done something so horrible just to gain leverage.

Soon he was once again closing in on the Candy Kingdom. A couple of banana guards came out to oppose him, and he just used shadow magic to fling them out of the way as easily as if they were made out of air. Shizriu looked over at the castle of the Candy Kingdom and saw a shocked and appalled Princess Bubblegum. Shizriu closed his eyes and muttered an apology. He now hated himself.

This wasn't something he wanted to ever have happen. No matter how often he convinced himself that he wanted to do it for more than just his parent's approval. He knew, however, that it was just a lie. He always knew that he was lying to himself. He did it to try and justify it. There was no justifying his actions now. He had nothing else to do except just carry on with his dark crusade. He secretly hoped that his friends could figure out a plan to fix this mess.