A/N: I know this is an old chapter but like I said before "I will be editing past chapters that are to short". So that's why I've reposted it now.

P.S: Disclaimer: I own nothing.

It was days like these that Marshall looked forward to. He seemed to feel more alive on that days that he went over to a certain treehouse and sat on Fionna's bed struming his ax bass idly like he would back before he became a vampire. Sure, he could strum his bass in any house, and in any room, but for some reason this room just felt more special to him. During this moment of peace, Fionna was hunched over her note book, madly scribbling away at one of its pages (Marshall didn't mind. It reminded him of a certain song-writer turned Ice Queen that he once knew).

Anyhow, at last she sat up and ripped out the piece of paper she had been writing on. Without giving it a final glance, she rose to her feet, walked over to the bed, and handed it to Marshal. Confused, the Vampire king took the paper and then shot his friend a rather confused look.

"See if you can play this." She said

Marshal looked over the paper and began to strum his gituar. Fionna nodded her head then began to sing:

"Been given 24 hours, to tie up loose ends, to make amends. His eyes said it all, I started to fall and the silence deafened" It was a little cat and dog at first, but there was something about this song that instantly caught Marshall's interest.

At this point, Marshall raised a curious eyebrow. He was skilled enough in the art of bass playing that he could do this much while still playing. Anyhow, the reason why he did this was because of how familiar the song sounded. He remembered if he reached back into the farthest corner of his memory that it sounded like a song that his good friend Ice Queen, or maybe it was his mom, would play for him at nights when sleep was just impossible. Why Fionna chose these exact lyrics and tune, well he would just have to ask her after the song.

"In 24 hours they'll be laying flowers on my life. It's over tonight!" This must've been the first bridge to the song. "I'm not messing, no. I need your blessing, and your promise to live free. Please do it for me"

When Marshall Lee stopped to think, he had missed a large chunk of the songs lyrics and was now at the first chorus. Fionna didn't seem to notice that he wasn't paying attention, for she was to wrapped up in her singing to really be paying attention to him. Ironic how it worked out like that, though Marshall still felt a bit bad for missing out on it. Eh, he'd find a way to make it up to her after the song.

"Is there a heaven a hell. And will I come back? Who can tell?" Here comes the build up, he could feel it.

"The places I've been. The people I've seen." This part of the song made Marshall feel a bit sad, but he couldn't remember for the life of him why that might be. "Plans that I made, start to fade. The sun's setting gold, Thought I would grow old. It wasn't to be!"

Oh, and there is was. If this was the song that he thought it was, then he remembered that it always made him a touch upset at the thought of his friends growing old and leaving him one day. That really was the outline of the song really, having one final day to do everything, and frankly he didn't like that about the human race. How everything was held under the microscope and put into perspective all the time. Well, he was a vampire now so he rarely did that anymore and now was right back at strumming.

"In just one hour they'll be laying flowers on my life, it's over tonight! I'm not messing no. I need your blessing and your promise to live free. Please do it for me!" The build in Fionna's voice, and the sudden drop in octaves towards the end alerted Marshall that this was the end of the song.

He stopped playing, set down the bass, and then looked up Fionna. She didn't say anything at first as she waited patiently for Marshall's input.

"Thats pretty good." He finally said, smiling widely as he did.

"You really think?" Fionna asked, her own smile as wide as her friend's.

"Yeah! How did you come up with that by the way?" Marshal asked, taking back and strumming his giutar again.

"I saw some music on your bed when I was over at your house, so I asked Cake to teach my to read notes and then I just wrote the lyrics down." Fionna explained simply. "I remember hearing some song over at Ice Queen's so I just did something like that."

Marshal smiled with fangs and shook his head. So that was who he first heard the song from! Good thing too, because if he did hear it from his mom then he would have to burn Fionna's version in an instance (just kidding). Suddenly though, a lightbulb appeared above Marshall's head.

"Hey my band and I are playing at the candy kingdom next week, you outta perform with us." He said suddenly, without really thinking of what he was saying.

Fionna looked up at him, then looked as if she was deep in thought. Finally, she cracked a smile and broke her trance to look up at him.

"I'd love to."

One Week Later:

Marshall pulled his 'Bite Me' shirt over his head and arms and then grabbed his guitar. He had time to look himself over in the mirror and briefly study the new red streaks in his somewhat spikey hair before a ghost floated into his changing room and over to him.

"Yo Marshall, we're on. Like, now!" She yelped, attempting to poke his thin arm and then floating back in the direction of the stage.

Marshall nodded at the mirror and went to the stage. Once there, he looked through an opening in the curtain. There was a large crowd of people there that night, but the person who stood out the most was Fionna. She was wearing the tie dyed shirt he 'made' her some amount of weeks ago and was flashing the horns sign when she saw him. Marshall smiled and stepped back onto the stage and took his place next to the mike.

"We're 'Afterlife'! Only today we have a special guest performance from 'Fionna the adventuress.'" He announced, waiting for the roar of applause to die down before beginning to strum his bass.

Fionna smiled a hurried up onto the stage and picked up the microphone. She then bopped her head to the music waiting for her que to start singing. It was approaching as rapid as her heart beat was and without even thinking, she opened her mouth and began to sing.

"Been given 24 hours to tie up loose ends to make amends, his eyes said it all I started to fall and the silence deafened..."

She was slightly off key when the song started, but after abit she got into it while smiling and blushing the whole time. Marshall couldn't help but chuckle at this the entire time for some reason, but never the less, the concert ended up being probably the best one he had played so far. Not because the music was great, or the crowd was, but rather because he was there with his best friend.