Pair of hearts: Marcus
Chapter 12
Promise
Fionna was in the waiting room of the Candy kingdom's waiting room. She was called over here after she came back from the nightosphere. Cake called her and said it was an emergency; Marshall and Ice queen were in terrible condition along with Marcus was missing. Fionna blamed herself every second of when her fiancé was in surgery; she had no idea what was going on. She was confused on how they both got hurt and how they got here. She was worried beyond imagination; this was all her fault, every last bit.
Fionna cried into her hands, she felt a hand on her shoulder so she looked up. She saw Doctor Prince and Doctor Ice cream. Her eyes widen as she stood up.
"What is it? Are they going to be okay?" Fionna's breathing was getting heavy
The Doctors looked at each other than sighed before looking at Fionna. Doctor Ice cream stepped forward. "Ice queen is just resting, she only shattered her leg and her arm but she is alright, Marshall however is another story…"
Doctor Prince sighed. "Marshall has been stabbed by a blade coated in a substance that has long been existence; holy water. It is the bane of a demon's existence and since Marshall is half demon, he suffers from the horrible acid like pain. The blade cut into his stomach and damaged some organs, we are currently reconstruction new ones for him with Prince Gumball's help but that still won't help him." Doctor Prince adjusted his glasses. "We can't save him even with modern science, we are able to keep him alive for a few days but he will soon die."
Fionna felt her heart stop, hearing that Marshall, her fiancé and her son's father was going to die because of her own selfish acts; she was supposed to be a heroine. She fought for people and looked for solutions to their problems. She helped everyone and never thought about herself, this time she let herself slip into selfishness and now she's paying the price. Fionna sunk down on the ground, crying. She didn't know what to do, she was lost. Everything she knew and lived for these past few months were going to be gone, they would be nothing but a distance memory if Marshall were to die.
"You have to help him though! Is there anyone who can help him?" Fionna pleaded
"Fionna, there is nothing we can do. Our medicine is not enough to cure this of a half demon; we have no experience in their anatomy. We're sorry Fionna." Doctor ice cream sighed.
Fionna shook her head and covered her face again, crying into her hands. Doctor Prince looked down on her, he sighed; he hated to see the heroine in such distressed over this. He knew of a way to save him but he still wasn't sure. He sighed and kneeled down to Fionna's level.
"Fionna don't cry, I know a way to save him but it's pretty risky." Doctor Prince lifted her head so she was looking at him.
Fionna was wide eyed, she wiped her tears away. "Anything for Marshall is worth the risk."
Doctor Prince smiled at her enthusiasm. "There is a legend about a witch that lived through the before and during the Mushroom war. They say she is a very powerful witch whose powers are said to heal the most damaged body to good as new; people say she lives in the Witch kingdom but underground beneath every dark witch there. I believe she is still alive, you must go find her and see if she has a spell or potion she can give us to help Marshall."
Fionna's eyes were wide at what he told her but she nodded. "I'll do it; I'll travel to the Kingdom, find her and get what I need for Marshall; that is my quest."
Fionna took his hands off of her and she stood up. She left the hospital and walked to her house; she was going to save Marshall no matter what, it's the least she can do for what she did.
Fionna had entered the Witch Kingdom, all around her witches in their stores called out for her to buy their potions and magic items; Fionna wasn't interested in those right now. She was looking for one particular witch who could help her save her fiancé from certain death. She looked around the city for an entrance that may lead beneath the city but every witch she has asked about that was either silent or gave her misleading directions. Fionna was furious about this, she needed to find that witch before it's too late; she has a few days at the most but she doesn't want to wait that long just find this hag.
Fionna entered shop after shop and talked to every witch she came in contact with but like the same in this horrible smelling place that they all didn't know. She knew they were hiding something from her but what was it? What was so secret that they couldn't tell her, could it be that they know of this witch she searches for and do not want anyone seeing her? Fionna got mad, she can't believe them.
"Ugh what is wrong with these witches!?" Fionna shouted and kicked a tree.
She huffed and puffed until she heard a sound of faint talking. She kept quiet to make sure she wasn't going crazy, to her relief she was sane and really hearing this. She silently headed towards the direction of where the voices were she hid behind a bush when she found the source, there were two witches standing by a tree. Fionna inched closer from behind the bush to hear what they were talking about.
"Did you see that girl came by your shop earlier?" said the first witch.
"I did, she was asking for the grand white witch. I didn't expect any mortal to know, I thought they all passed it off as a silly rumor." The second witch sounded irritated.
"I know, but if she figured it out that it isn't a rumor then who knows who else knows." The first witch sounded frightened.
"I'm sure they don't but we have to get rid of that girl before she spreads it around." The second witch snorted.
"I know, she's probably still in town messing with the other witches." The first witch's footsteps were leading away until she was skidded to a halt.
"Wait! Did you cover up the catacomb's entrance like I asked you too?" the second witch asked.
"Don't worry, I hid the entrance behind two bushes over there; no one will ever know." The first witch cackled and left with the second one.
Fionna stayed hidden until she was completely sure she was alone. She stood up from the bushes she hid behind and began looking through the other ones for signs of an entrance. It was hard but she found it, by an old dead tree; she looked behind them to see that there was a ladder that leads down into a dimly lit room. Fionna looked behind her to see if she was being watched but no one was around, she sighed and stared down the hole.
"This is for you Marshall."
She started down the ladder.
short-ish chapter but here you go
will Fionna find the grand white witch?
or will she be caught and killed?
or worse
find out tomorrow when the next chapter comes out
-A
