Author's note:

Oh my glob! Its been too long since I last updated! I'm very sorry for making everyone wait so long, scholl has been getting in the way of everything, but now I'm finally on spring break so I have plently of time to write more chapters!

I really like to thank everyone for reviewing my story, I love the feedback and suggestions ya'll give me very much! ^_^ Oh and I recently saw the new Simon and Marcey episode, I enjoyed it very much and that also inspired me to get this chapter out as soon as possible.

By the way I've been looking for a beta reader for this story, so if anyone is interested please message me :D

Okay enough of my rambling, let the chapter begin!

"Simon! Simon! Come look at what I found!" Marceline asked looking pretty proud of what ever she found. We had traveled for a while and since our food supply was low it was necessary to go to another damaged city. This city seemed worse than the others too, it was quick to assume that more warfare happened around these parts, even the forest we wandered through was in the same status as this city. We even came across the rooting bodies of fallen soldiers and to my surprise Marcy didn't cry or show fear it ws obvious that the young child had grown accustomed to seeing these disturbing things. These facts were very saddening, a child as young as her should never see or experience anything like this, a child should be happy and enjoy their childhood and do average things like play on a bike or even play video games, not hide and fight for survival

"Simon!" Marceline said, sounded impatient. I snapped out of my thoughts and did what she wanted. Marceline was currently looking in a roughly damageed and rusty car. Once I got up to the girl she turned around with a toothy grin on her face. She held a dog/wolf like thing. It was black and had bright demon-like red eyes. "Isn't Fuego the cutest!?" Marceline asked. The puppy gave a happy bark and looked up at me. "Fuego?" I said confused.

"I named him Fuego! It really fits him" Marceline handed me the little creäture. "See? He's very warm like fire and his fur is as black as charcoal so I thought that Fuego was best suited for him!" Marceline explained with a smile on her little face.

I nodded in agreement. "That's a wonderful name" I stated. "Umm...Simon, I was wondering if he could come along with us" I expected for her to ask this, she seemed really close to this creäture. "I'd like to say yes, but what about food? We barely find any food for ourselves" I pointed out. "It's okay Simon! Fuego doesn't eat food, he gets nourishment from the exposure of heat or the sun, its kind of like photosynthesis!" Marceline explained, I was quite surprised how did Marceline know so much about this creäture. I mean, it looks like a dog that could've been mutated from the war.

"My Dad always told me about the fire wolves when I was in the Nightosphere, actually these creatures originated from the Nightosphere but some had recently escaped from there and came to this world, but I don't know the reason why Dad would let them come here" Marcey said, she looked somewhat sad about mentioning her Dad. I wondered about her family, many questions invovling her dad had been in my mind for awhile now.

Why was Marceline and her Mom here when the Mushroom War stared? Why didn't they go back to the Nightosphere? And what I wanted to know was why her Father wasn't there with them? Where was he now, could he be in this world or was he in the nightosphere?

There was so many questions stirring in my mind and I was anxious to figure them out, but the most important question has haunted me since the very first day I found Marceline crying in the streets.

Could I really safe this child in time?

"So would it be alright? He's all alone out here with no one to depend on' Marceline said with aa puppy face. Well I couldn't say no to that face. "Sure, he'll be our new traveling companion!" I said. Fuego smiled and barked in joy.

"Yay! Did you hear that Fuego! We'll be together now! You will finally have someone to be with!" Marceline cheered to her new pet.

Perhaps she cheered a little too loud, Fuego looked away from Marceline and stared behind us, growling at whatever was there. "Fuego? what's the matter?" Marceline asked looking worried. We both looked behind and saw a group of creatures slowly approaching us from a distance. They were Changelings, the monsters that we dealt with a while back.

I was about to put on my crown but I was stopped when Marceline reached out and grabbed my arm, she looked up at me with sad eyes. "Simon, please don't put it on again" She said. I frowned and shook my head. "I have to Marceline, it's the only way to protect us" I told her. She looked like crying at this point. "But if you do you're go all crazy again, please lets just run away!" Marceline begged. It made my heart melt when I heard her pleading voice but I couldn't just run away, those CHangelings can easily catch up to us with they're amazing speed and teleporting skill and besides, it their was only two of them so it should be easy to defeat them.

"Marceline, take Fuego and hide" I commanded. "N-No, Simon please...don't do this! I took her hand off from my arm and put the crown on. "I said go and hide, do it now" I already felt the crown's power trying to take control but I was trying my best to prevent that. Marceline looked at me with fear in her eyes and finally did as I said, she hid herself behind a dumpster holding Fuego tightly in her arms.

I turned back to the Changelings and quickly used the crown's power to freeze them both in ice. They didn't even put up much of a fight, it seemed strange. Luckily I didn't let my guard down when more of the changeling creatures appeared, in was a big group of them too but I can't back down now.

I was about to freeze them all until I was startled by the sudden appearance of changelings that teleported around me, I was cornered and had no other choice but to fight back.

"Give us the child" One of the Changelings said with a deep, menacing voice. Child? They couldn't be referring to Marceline could they? What would they possibly want with her? "Do it and we will show mercy on you" another changeling said. "I would never do such a thing" I said. "So be it" the same Changeling said before attempting to strike at me with his sharp claws. I avoided the attack and froze the creäture before it had time to react.

I froze one changeling after another before any of them could attack me or even come close to it. I remember how I and the crown took over when I was weakened I couldn't allow that to happen again.

But it was a lost cause, more and more changelings appeared and I was soon getting tired, it wouldn't be long until the crown would try to take control again.

Then a Changeling had tackled me and pushed me onto the ground, his weight prevented me from pushing him off, he growled and was about to rip me to spreads with his claws. I closed my eyes expecting him to attack but nothing happened, I soon opened my eyes to see the Changeling looking down with a stunned look on is face and looked to be in horrific pain, that's when I noticed that he was stabbed in the stomach by a sword, the weapon had managed to go all the way through. Then a familiar voice reached my ears.

"Hey old man, long time no see!" I looked up and saw Blake with a cocky smile on his face.