AN: A bit groggy, sorry if things can look jumbled up.

No lemons... yet

Ice King nervously laughed along with Hunson, he wasn't sure on how he'll react.

Those memories... he could not recall where he found them, he started to wonder where those memories came from. He disregarded the memories soon after, he was just thankful that it made a good background story.

Marceline watched as they both laughed. She wanted to tell Simon that she was the little girl but it seemed wrong to tell him in this state of relationship, she decided to keep it secret from him until the right time came.

Their laughs finally subsided and they soon proceeded to casual talk.

"So, how is it being the ruler of the Nightosphere and all?" Simon asked, he wanted to start a good conversation.

"Oh nothing, it's really great having people do every will you command, it can be kinda stressful, you know? It just seems weird that there's no one you can talk to without them whimpering after the conversation" Hunson answered. Ice King could relate his situation to his past self, every thing seems the same that it gets redundant.

"The Nightosphere's ruling itself now, I only watch over it so things don't get too bad" Hunson continued, ever since the incident with Marceline, the system of government changed in the Nightosphere.

"I see..." Ice King said, he called for a nearby waiter to take away their plates, he also asked for some water.

It was silent for a moment, Hunson then pulled out another question.

"Tell me, do you have any relatives that you can remember?" Hunson asked curiously. Ice King tried to remember and another flood of memory came out of nowhere. Flashes and pictures of memories came, he could see a man that looked like Simon but had short hair and had a stronger build, he suddenly realized that the man was his brother and information about him started to come to Ice King.

"There's Williams, he's my brother, he died fighting in the war. He always teased me for being a thinker while he would get into fights. He told me that whatever doesn't kill him, makes him stronger, and those words drove him to keep living. There were days when we fought and days when we were friends" Ice King explained, it was so detailed in his mind.

"When Williams grew up, he joined the Army, the most dangerous branch and that branch is what my brother wanted to go into. Then the war came and we... saw his name stamped with KIA" Ice King continued, he felt sorrow for someone he believed that he did not know. Hunson nodded.

"Sorry about that... how about your parents? Do you still know them?" Hunson asked, he felt slight pity for the man. He seemed to be amnesic and that he was just as alone as Marceline. Ice King then experienced more pictures: a family with a mother, father and two sons all of which resembled one another. Information flowed into Ice King, names, actions and even personal knowledge started to fill his mind, he could remember his parents.

"I can remember my mom, she always told me to follow whatever I wanted to be, unfortunately, she never said the same to my brother. She raised us to be the same but I could tell she failed at that part, my brother was all brawn and I was all brains. And there's my dad, he told me that the meaning of life is up to me, he was like the complete yin-yang of both me and my brother, he was smart and he was strong. I guess you could say that we were split from him. I can remember both of them giving advices on a relationship, they would say that it was up to the woman to decide because if the man moved first, the woman would be flustered. They told me to love any woman that would love me back" Ice King answered, Marceline slightly reddened at the last sentence. Hunson made a small chuckle and took a sip from his glass.

"I guess they would allow you to date my little Marcy" Hunson remarked heartily, Ice King smiled didn't even know his parents, he didn't even know he had a brother.

"Which reminds me... What about Marceline's mother?" Ice King asked, Hunson and Marceline made noticeable frowns.

"She died in the war" Hunson answered sadly, Marceline placed her hand behind Hunson since he frowned down to the table.

"Oh... sorry for asking..." Ice King apologized, feeling empathy for him.

There was then a loud microphone screech which alerted everyone. Everyone looked onto the stage, the Goblin Kingdom band wasn't there anymore, they were replaced by Princess Bubblegum standing at the stage.

"Good morning everyone and welcome to the Annual Candy Ball. We all know that we had this last time and now we will do for yet another time to continue to celebrate our good relations in Ooo" Princess Bubblegum said, everyone clapped their hands in applause. "If you have noticed, there are two new kingdoms in this ball to increase the diversity and variety of people that you could meet: The Fire Kingdom and The Nightosphere!" The spotlights lit up on both rulers of the kingdom. The Fire King was sitting on a fireproof chair, waving his hand. Hunson simply smiled to the Princess Bubblegum and also waved his hand. After that, the spotlights then unlit the two rulers.

"Don't worry people, the room was redesigned to accommodate the two new groups and their kings are here to supervise them" Princess Bubblegum assured, some sighs of relief can be heard throughout the room.

"Well, have a good time everyone!" Princess Bubblegum said happily, she then left the stage and went down the side stairs. She was greeted by Finn wearing his new blue suit, he still had his bag though.

"Nice speech, PB" Finn complimented.

"Thanks" Princess Bubblegum replied, before she could turn her back, Finn stopped her.

"Princess, do you have any idea about that human boyfriend of Marceline?" Finn asked, Princess Bubblegum forgot to remind Finn about Ice King.

"Don't mind him Finn, he's not human. He's a vampire in disguise" Princess Bubblegum answered in a whisper, it was a lie. She wanted to protect the privacy of Ice King and Marceline.

"Oh... Okay, I was beginning to think I wasn't the last human" Finn remarked, he scratched his head. "I'm gonna watch over the place now" He said quickly, before side-walking to the balll.

Princess Bubblegum shrugged her shoulders and decided to check on the ball.

"Anyway, Where did you get that crown you were saying?" Hunson asked, Ice King gulped. He didn't know how to answer this.

Fortunately, a big red hand grabbed Hunson by the shoulder. "And I thought you were still chilling on your throne, Hunsy!" A raspy deep voice came. It was a big red demon, he was wearing a suit and he had horns that leaned forward, he had big eyes and a slit iris almost similar to Hunson.

Hunson and the demon laughed. "Hey! Grokil!" Hunson said in heartily, he then got out of his seat and hanged his arms behind the demon's neck.

"C'mon let's have a talk!" Hunson said, they both bumped each other's fists, they seem to know each other well. Hunson looked back to the couple "Have fun you two! I need to talk with a childhood friend of mine" Hunson farewelled, the couple waved their hands and the two demons walked to another table full of their kin.

Marceline then turned her attention to Simon, he then looked back to her. "That was a close one" She said, Ice King nodded.

"I need more backstory" He remarked, Marceline giggled.

"Just be more sociable, Ooo is full of people to meet" Marceline advised, Ice King always isolated himself, he was lonely and territorial before but acting kind to people wouldn't hurt for him. Blending in was easier than Ice King thought.

Meanwhile... as Princess Bubblegum looks over the ball.

Princess Bubblegum was talking to some of the fire elementals about how their kingdom fares. The elementals were destructive and evil but did not want the sense of isolation, so they attended the ball. They were enchanted not to burn anything for the ball, to be more approachable.

Princess Bubblegum noticed the couple sitting by at the corner of her eye, she looked and saw Ice King and Marceline. Princess Bubblegum started make her way to them, abruptly escaping from the conversation with the fire elementals and dodging the crowd.

She stood behind Simon, Marceline looked at her and rasied her left eyebrow.

"So... how's your date going? Enjoying the ball, yes?" Princess Bubblegum asked sarcastically, Marceline and Ice King blushed.

"Oh shut up, PB" Marceline remarked embarrassed, Princess Bubblegum giggled. She sat down on the chair where Hunson was.

Ice King simply didn't care about Princess Bubblegum being there, he lost his feelings for her. She felt more like an acquaintance or a friend now.

"Oh, hello Princess Bubblegum" Ice King greeted casually, he waved his hand as he turned his head to Princess Bubblegum.

"Wow... He does look nice..." She thought, it was his smart-looking appearance that caught her.

"You would want to stay away from him, he's mine by the way" Marceline reminded her. Ice King was flattered by her.

"Hey, I know what's beneath that skin of his and it's something I don't like" Princess Bubblegum said, she sounded annoyed. Marceline smiled at her.

Ice King was not offended, he didn't care for Princess Bubblegum anymore.

The three were silent, none knowing what to say. Princess Bubblegum took another glance at Ice King.

"Hmm... his new shell seems... Okay..." She thought. "The olive skin... The eyes... and his voice... it all seems to fit... me" She widened her eyes on that thought, it came out of no where. "What in the world, Bonnibel!? Arghh! Stop thinking about him! He's the flippin' Ice King!" She screamed at herself in her own thoughts. It was her own subconscious, just like Marceline, that will spark the flame. She avoided and resisted the thought, she would think about the tricks and miseries Ice King did to her just to keep that one thought away.

She started to feel uncomfortable, she needed Ice King to be away. The thought gets stronger every time she accidentally looks at him.

"Uhh... Marceline, won't you two dance and enjoy the ball?" Princess Bubblegum suggested, in truth, he wanted Ice King to be gone. Marceline slightly nodded and stood up.

"Let's do this" Ice King said, he stood up and walked up to Marceline, he grabbed her hand and walked away to the center of the room.

Princess Bubblegum sighed, the thought was at least gone for the time being. She felt like she was being consumed by her own inner thoughts.

The center was near empty, only ten couples danced, there was a romantic tune made by the Goblin Kingdom band that enticed couples to dance at the center.

Ice King and Marceline were still at the edge, both felt nervous. Only Ice King had experience in ballroom dancing while Marceline had absolutely no experience.

Ice King held her hand tighter and looked at her, "Just follow my lead and go with the flow" Ice King said, Marceline blushed while she nodded.

He took her left hand and placed it on his left shoulder, he then set her right hand at his back and his right hand at her back. The couple slowly drifted to the empty space at the center while they slowly revolved at one another and gazed into each other's eyes. It felt comforting and romantic. "Marceline" Ice King called out softy, Marceline looked at him dreamily.

"Yeah?" She said softly.

"You really are the best thing that happened in my life" Ice King answered tenderly. Marceline blushed, she was heavily flattered.

"You seriously got a charm" She commented sarcastically.

"No really, you are the best thing that has ever happened" Ice King insisted, Marceline turned redder. "Thank you, Marceline" He continued, he felt shy. Marceline felt his affection.

She smiled at him and he smiled back. Both were the best things to each other even in the past.

"I wish you still remembered" Marceline said, Ice King smile went smaller until it faded. He took another flood of memory, it was about the little girl. Ice King gazed into Marceline's face and saw it flash with a persistent silhouette of a younger Marcy, he seemed to hear laughs of both his voice and a little girl's voice that resembled Marceline.

Pictures of memories came, they flashed in his eyes, they were happy. He saw pictures of comfort. He heard the little girl laugh along with him as the pictures flashed until they reached the end. Pictures of him putting on his crown a crying Marcy and frozen creatures in casted ice started to flash violently. He could hear the little girl crying and soon, she was shouting "No! Don't put it on, Simon!", he could hear her as if she was shouting in his ear, "Please Simon! You're going nuts gain!", it continued: "Please! Just throw away the crown!", "Simon, it's getting worse...", "Your real name is not Ice King!", "Simon... you promised..." The last was a sorrowful whisper. One last set of pictures flashed, It was Marcy crying alone, out of nowhere, a man walked by and felt pity, he walked to her and wiped the tears off her eyes and gave her a red teddy bear, she hugged the bear and smiled. The last picture was her holding hands with Simon with the teddy bear on her other hand while they walked together, to a new horizon.

The last mementos were heard, it was of his own voice: "You really are the best thing that happened in my life...Thank you, Marceline" He said in a cheerful voice.

Marceline's voice came next, "I wish you'll still remember" She said in a rather half-joyous tone.

"I will... Marcy" He answered in a soft voice.

The memories stopped and he started to have a painful headache. He snapped back to reality, Marceline was looking at him with a confused face.

"I-I do...Marcy" He stuttered as an answer. His body felt weak and the world started to darken, he could see Marceline looking surprised and going behind him and catching his fall. Silhouettes started to flock over him and he could hear muffled voices.

The world became pitch-black and he felt as if he was in a deep sleep.

Disregard the ANs written here before.

P.S. Thanks for 2000 views, really appreciate it, I never thought my story would make it this far. Thanks for reading.