"Hey Fi" Marshall Lee said as he sat under the stars. "Guess you haven't changed much have you, heh heh yeah" the sarcastic smirk left his features as a solemn frown replaced it. His back was leaning against the cool, night-washed stone of the headstone. Marshall Lee looked sadly up at the star-scattered heavens as he leaned against the grave. "Hey Fi remember when you punched me in my cheek meat because I tricked you into thinking that I was dying. Yeah I guess I deserved it." He chuckled quietly but there was no real laughter in the sound. "Dying isn't so fun is it Fi"
She didn't reply, of course she didn't. She couldn't. The young adventurer was dead.
The Vampire King heard shuffling off to his right, he turned to the intruder with his face made grotesque and ugly with a menacing many-toothed sneer.
When the melancholy vampire saw who it was he returned his face to normal and stared up at the newcomer.
"Marshall " the pink prince sighed. "Marshall this is not healthy. She has been dead for two months and you have done nothing but sit here all night every night and talk to her." The monarch of the Candy Kingdom said covering his face with a hand. "What are you even trying to accomplish Marshall? Fionna is de-"
"I know perfectly well her current state Bubba" the Vampire King interrupted swiftly, his tone angry and his posture stiff. But then he wilts like a flower who hasn't known the sunshine for two weeks. "I just. I could have done something. I know I could if I had tried. But, I didn't and she's dead and she died hating me. And there isn't anything I can do now. "
The candy prince sighed again, it was true for about the last 8 months of her life Fionna the Human had hated everyone, all of her friends, everyone who cared for her.
A disease that no one knew the name of nor the cure for, had taken Fionna's mind from her. She had become irritable and mean, if she knew something hurt she would use it against you. But you couldn't blame the poor girl, it wasn't her, it wasn't really her, it was her sickness, she didn't mean it. Her friends had to remind themselves that everyday.
~~~~~*about 3 months prior*~~~~~
"Hey Fi" Marshall Lee the Vampire King said quietly as he entered the suite of rooms that Fionna had been occupying since the disease that attacked her mind and body first made her mental state waver. The human was asleep in the bed, Marshall breathed a sigh of relief. She wouldn't say anything she didn't really mean. Lately she's said a lot of things she really doesn't mean.
She looks thin and pale, she doesn't eat much and when she does it usually doesn't stay down, and not being able to get out of bed much doesn't really allow her to get much sun so there is that. But Marshall can still see how beautiful she is, it doesn't matter if her blonde hair lacks the luster it used to have, or that there was a hole in the wall because she had had a tantrum back when she was still stronger. At first she didn't even understand she was sick, then the confusion turned to bitterness and that turned into anger.
"Oh what's happened to my poor bunny," He floats himself over to her bedside and just 'stands' there sadly. "Fi I could help, I think it would work. I don't know, you could be a vampire. You wouldn't die or get sick ever again. But, Gumwad won't let me. He says it's unfair to do something to you when you can't properly make a decision about it. But Fi by glob I don't want to see you 6 feet under. " he keeps his voice moderately quiet for fear of waking the sleeping human. The Vampire King runs both hands over his face and leaves them there.
The sleeping adventurer in the bed calls out in her dreams. She reaches out as if to grab and hold onto something.
Marshall sighs seeing her reach out, he exits the room quietly and looks for a place to sleep for the day.
Marshall Lee wakes to hear shouting and shaking.
What?
"Marshall, Marshall Lee!" Cake the cat shouts as she shakes the vampire into consciousness. "Fionna is gone!"
"What? What do you mean gone? She can't be gone!" A million thoughts raced through his mind. She couldn't have died, no no not Fionna. Dead? No not dead Cake isn't crying, she would be crying. Missing? Missing. She's missing? Where would she go?
"Gumball went to check on her this morning and she was missing. " the cat said, worry lacing her voice thickly.
Marshall Lee sprung into action, he had to find Fionna.
No doubt Gumwad had patrols of Banana Guards searching the Castle and surrounding areas. But no one knew Fionna better than Marshall Lee the Vampire King (well maybe Cake but they're sisters, what do you expect. I dunno I'm just the wordsmith. )
Marshall began searching Fionna's favorite places to go in the castle before she got sick. Before. That seemed like years ago for the immortal teen.
Before Fionna is so different than the current Fionna. Now she hated everyone and never goes outside. She'd rather stay in her rooms an loathe the world, rather than go protect the innocent and vanquish evil.
Since she fell sick Aaa has changed too. Not even the Ice Queen is heartless enough to attack while the beloved heroine is down with this illness. No princes have been captured for all these months. Of course Marshall still visits her, I mean that will never change. Even if she doesn't remember, he still does.
(Any way *the Wordsmith of a wolf grumbles at getting off track /again/ * let's see what Marshmallow's up to shall we )
As Marshmal- I mean Marshall Lee rounded a corner he heard crying. Familiar crying. Following the sound he comes upon Fionna, alone, in the dark storage room. Floating silently up to the figure, who is in the fetal position on the floor. He looms over the girl who takes no notice of him, he sighs and reaches down to put his hand on her shoulder. "Bunny, what's wrong?" He asks, his light and happy tone forced and laced with sadness.
The weeping subsides as the once bold adventurer looks up at the vampire floating next to her. "M-M-Marshall?" She sputters, sobs still tearing through her chest. "Marshall th-there's something wrong w-with me."
The Vampire King looked sadly at her, a false smirk in place. "C'mon Fi what could be wrong with you? You're as healthy as an ox."
"Marshall I-I-I had horrible thoughts. That everyone b-b-betrayed me and that I was just a b-burden." Tears were flowing freely now, down the young human's face. The sobs still tearing through her chest.
Marshall Lee leaned down farther to cup her tear streaked face between pale gray hands. "Shhh. It's ok Fi. I'm here now. " The Vampire King snakes his arms under the girl who stole his unbeating heart and picks her up bridal style. "Now let's get you back to your room where Gumballs can make sure you're alright. " He floats through the hallways and into the room where Fionna has taken up residency for these past months.
"There you go Bunny, safe and sound. Don't worry, I'm here, I'll always be here. I promise Fi. I'll always protect you." The Vampire King whispered to the now sleeping adventurer as he laid her down on the bed.
A throat was cleared behind him, making the vampire jump in surprise.
Turning he saw Prince Gumball standing with a slightly awkward air about him. "Ah I see you found her, I am quite relieved. I will summon Dr. Ice Cream at once. " The pink monarch stepped out once again.
The Vampire King sighed deeply then turned into a small bat and hangs in a corner of the ceiling and goes to sleep.
~~~~~~~*Present Day*(basically right were the story left off. But like now you had a taste of what Fionna was like right before she died so yeah)~~~~~~~
Prince Gumball sighed again and tried to talk sense into the vampire "Marshall, don't you think you can just let go? I know that you're mourning, we all are. But Fionna wouldn't want yo-"
"You don't know what Fi would want. How could you know. You hardly ever payed her any attention. " Marshal hissed his eyes glowing red and angry in the cool night. "All you cared about was your pretty pink palace and too sweet subjects."
Gumball flinched at his accusations, they were untrue of course but try telling that to an enraged vampire. "Marshall I know that you miss her bu-"
He was once again cut off by the angry Marshall. (Daang Gummy just ain't gettin to say hardly anythin tonight. ) "Miss her? MISS HER? That's the UNDERSTATEMENT of the century. In case you haven't noticed I am lost without her. I made a promise to her. That I would always be there, that I would protect her. I will not go back on that promise Gumball. You can be sure of that. " The vampire was angry, and immensely so. If it weren't for this pink pansy Fi could have still been alive, sorta. (I dunno, what even do you call being mostly dead then being turned into a vampire? I mean still undead but like. I dunno man. Vampires) He could have turned her into a vampire, she would be his forever. (Oh lookie someone is getting possessive.)
"Marshall, she would want you to be happy." And with that final statement Prince Gumball of the Candy Kingdom headed back for the castle.
(Aaand just for scenery purposes because most of you probably have no idea where this is taking place. )
The grave itself was simple and without much decoration, there were few words on the white marble headstone.
'Fionna the Human
Last of her kind
And hero to all'
The grave was still fresh, only a few months old of course.
Speaking of which the grave wasn't located in a candy graveyard, or in any graveyard. It was somewhere in the Grasslands (from what I heard it wasn't too far from the Tree Fort, maybe 10 miles. ) (then again I'm just the Wordsmith. What do I know?) overlooking the Candy Kingdom, as though even in death the adventurer keeps vigil over the kingdom she protected in life.
Though the actual grave is simple, the monument to Fionna is most certainly not. In most building projects the builders of the Candy Kindom would use rock candy, but in this special case, Prince Gumball decided that real stone would be more suitable. The monument is a 20 foot tall statue of Fionna, it was carved with the utmost care and precision, anything less would have been an insult to the mighty heroine,or at least that's what her closest friends said. The statue depicts Fionna in all of the glory she once held with her sword drawn and and pointing straight and true. Ah it is indeed a marvelous sight. And it has an engraved plaque with the words.
"The Hero Fionna
Champion of The Candy Kingdom
Protector of All"
(Poetic ain't I )
And so was the grave of the last human.
Marshall Lee the Vampire King, in keeping with his promise, went every night. Sometimes he turned into a regular sized bat and stayed inside Fionna's statue, which is hallow,because aren't most statues hallow?
Most of the time, he talked to Fionna. Telling her what was new in Aaa, what he had been doing. Other times he just sat there all night, keeping vigil over the fallen warrior. Occasionally he would bring his axe bass, and sing to her. Tonight however, will be quite different with the intrusion by Gumball. Marshall Lee the Vampire King has decided to sing a song that has not been heard in the land of Aaa for quite some time. (But ya know it's been heard in my head nonstop because I can't stop watching that episode)
He started strumming the dangerous instrument until he found the right melody, and began to sing.
"Good little girl
Always picking a fight with me
You know that I'm bad
But you're spending the night with me
What do you want from my world you're a good little girl"
And though it may have been a trick of his mourning mind, he could have sworn to Glob that he heard the returning verse.
Bad little boy
That's what you're acting like
I really don't buy
That you're that kind of guy
And if you are
Why do you want to hang out with me.
And with that song over, Marshall Lee the Vampire King looks to the east to see the sky lightening, and so with the threat of approaching dawn he transformed into a normal sized bat and climbed into the statue and fell asleep dreaming of the girl he loved, the girl he lost.