Marceline was chilling at home one evening Practicing her bass. She and her band had a gig this evening at one of the most prestigious punk rock clubs in all of Ooo called "The slippery rat.". As she was strumming away she began to sing.
"Hmm hmm hmm, yeah yeah. Sorry for all the missed years, truly I am. It didn't have to go that way, it left me in tears, but you're gone now. Why did you run off and disappear?" Marceline's phone began ringing, interrupting her song. She let out a sigh before answering it.
"Ayy yo what up?" Marceline greeted.
"Hey Marcy. It's Lumpy Space Princess. I gotta bail on our gig tonight. Brads throwing this lumpin' awesome party. I need to be there!" LSP yelled.
"What!? You can't bail on me for some loser's house party." Marceline angerly replied.
"Thanks I knew you would understand." LSP obliviously said.
"Wait LSP you idiot did you hear me?" Before Marceline could finish that thought LSP had hung up on her.
"That's just great. One of the biggest Gigs of my life and she flakes out on me." Marceline said with a sigh and fell back into her chair.
Marceline pulled out her phone once more and began scrolling through her contacts.
"Maybe Peeb's is free tonight." Marcy thought. She gave her girlfriend a call.
"Hey Peeb's you busy? I'm kinda in a pinch and need a drummer." Marceline explained.
"Oh sorry sweetie. I'm super busy monitoring my latest plantoid experiment. If something goes wrong and i'm not here to correct it, it might explode." PB explained.
"It's cool. I get it." Marcy said not understanding what PB was talking about.
"Wait a minute. Finn would be perfect. He's got that musical instinct. Plus him being a vampire now just adds to our aesthetic." Marcy thought.
Marcy grabbed her Bass and rushed over to the tree-house. Instead of knocking on the door she flew up and peeked into their living room window. She spotted Finn and Huntress Wizard chilling on the couch playing video games on BMO. Marcy knocked on the window to get their attention. Finn floated over and let her in.
"Hey guys. How's living together going?" Marcy asked.
"It's going great." Huntress Wizard said.
"He Finn. I got a favor to ask of you. How would you like to join my band and I at a gig? We need a drummer." Marceline asked.
"Are you sure you want me?" Finn asked. "I'm not that great of a drummer."
"Nonsense. You'll do fine." Marceline told him and Huntress Wizard assured.
"Well then. Why not?" Finn agreed.
"You tagging along?" Marcy asked Huntress Wizard.
"Nah. I think I'll just chill here for the evening." Huntress Wizard replied.
"We should probably head out. Don't wanna be late." Marcy said.
Marceline and Finn floated out of the tree-house and towards The Slippery Rat club.
"Death's gonna meet us at the club. I sent him a text asking him to bring his backup drum set." Marceline explained.
As they approached the club they noticed a long line waiting to get in.
"Dang, So all these people are gonna hear us play?" Finn asked.
"Yep. Gettin' nervous bud?" Marceline teased.
"Never." Finn fired back.
They floated down and talked to the bouncer. He was a muscular wood elf.
"Sup Brandon." Marceline greeted.
"Marcy you made it. I was starting to get worried. Thought you might not make it." Brandon said.
"I would never miss the chance to play at my favorite club." Marceline said as Brandon let them in.
"So Finn, we got some time to chill before we play." Marceline explained. "Wanna head into the back? I can introduce you to some peeps I know."
Finn and Marceline pushed their way through the crowded club and made their way back stage. They approached an older ghost man.
"Sup Chet." Marceline greeted.
"Marcy. Do you think you are finally ready to play in my club?" Chet asked.
"Of course I am old man. Do you think im some sort of noob." Marceline Joked. Chet laughed.
"Good to see you again kid." Chet said
"Finn this is Chet. He owns and runs The Slippery Rat." Marceline introduced them.
"And runs it well might I add." Chet butted in playfully.
"So you've never played here before Marcy?" Finn asked.
"Nah man, Chet is very picky about who he lets on stage." Marceline answered.
"You say that like it's a bad thing." Chet Joked.
"So who's this young'en you got with you? New band member?" Chet asked.
"Nah he's just filling in for us tonight. Our drummer freaking bailed on us." Marceline explained.
"Well I better let you two start practicing. Good luck." Chet said before he walked off.
"Dang Marcy, I didn't know you had so many weird friends." Finn said.
"There's a lot you don't know about me Finn." Marceline joked,
Around this time a portal appeared in the corner of the room. Death emerged.
"Yo death my man. Good to see you." Marceline greeted. "Remember your spare drum set?"
Death nodded. They set up everything and began practicing. Finn was playing really badly at first due to inexperience. Marceline floated over to him and gave him some tips.
"No, You gotta hold the sticks like this, and you gotta have the right follow through like this." Marceline demonstrated.
Finn got better and better at drumming thanks to the pointers given to him by Marceline and Death.
The time finally had come for them to go on stage. Marceline lead the way onto the stage followed by Death and Finn tailing behind. Finn eyed over the crowd. He noticed people from several different Kingdoms in Ooo Including the Candy, Fire, Slime, Breakfast, and Goblin Kingdoms. It was a packed house. Finn wasn't to nervous even though this was his first time on stage.
"How y'all doing tonight?" Marceline yelled as she walked up to the microphone.
The crowd roared.
"This first song is something of a personal one to me called everything stays." Marceline said.
"Let's go in the garden, you'll find something waiting. Right there where you left it lying upside down." Marceline began singing. Finn and Death joined in with their instruments. The crowd cheered as they were playing it.
"I'm actually doing it." Finn thought as he played.
They played another five songs and everything was going according to plan until they got to the last song.
This is something new I've been working on lately, so enjoy." Marceline said.
"Hmm hmm hmm, yeah yeah. Sorry for all the missed years, truly I a..."
As Marcy was singing things in the club started to go array. Finn noticed a couple of ruffians from the Breakfast Kingdom throwing punches at some teenagers from the Wildberry kingdom. Finn, not one to let bad deeds go unpunished., began to summon roots using the grass magic he'd been learning with Huntress Wizard. He commanded the roots to wrap around the ruffians legs and trip them. They bumped into several people as they fell down. This enraged the people they hit and in the confusion a huge brawl started.
"Uh oh. I donked up." Finn though as he began to sweat. "Marcy's gonna be so peeved."
"Now it's a party." Death said as he hopped off stage and began hitting people over the head with his guitar.
"No no no." Finn began to panic.
He hopped off stage in order to try and calm the chaos. Marceline, not having anything better to do, followed. Finn tried reasoning with them.
"Guys please! Stop this fighting." Finn pleaded as he floated above everyone.
Marceline on the other hand was in no mood for talk. She started swinging her ax bass around.
Finn, Death, and Marceline were only able to stop the brawl after everyone was worn out. There was a mass amount of people lying on the floor due to exhaustion. Finn floated over to Marceline and Death.
"I'm so sorry guys. Tonight was a disaster." Finn apologized.
"What are you talking about Finn? Tonight totally ruled!" Marceline responded.
"Huh?" Finn sounded confused.
"This was the best show we've played in years." Death said. "The big fight at the end was what sealed the deal."
As they we're talking Chet walked out from backstage.
"You dudes killed it tonight! I'd be honored if you guys played again sometime." He said.
"Thanks man. I'd like that a lot." Marcy told Chet before he headed backstage.
"And thank you so much Finn. We've couldn't have done it without you." Marceline said.
"Yeah. Thanks." Death said as he gave Finn a fist bump.
Death grabbed his gear and returned to the land of the dead. Finn and Marceline floated over the worn out people and headed outside. After saying their goodbyes they headed home. Finn told Huntress Wizard all about the crazy night he'd had as soon as he arrived at the tree-house.