The Human and the Shadow Part 22
The following Chapter is set a few days after the last and is just short stories of what happens in Ooo.
Fionna and Marshall
The Vampire King was lying on top of Marceline's cave sunbathing, He was wearing his signature look. Red flannel shirt, blue jeans, black trainers and messy hair he was enjoying the sunlight on his skin trying to forget his worry for Lumen and erase the fear on his heart that he felt when Fionna had died, it had really struck a chord on his un-beating heart strings. Marshall had often lost sleep over Fionna's mortality but he never let it hold him or her back. However… after actually losing her he began to question whether or not Cake retiring from the whole trial business was such a far-fetched idea.
"Hey doofus what's got you looking all lumpy?" Marshall opened his eyes to see his Fi looking down at him. She was still wearing her 'usual' clothes of when they hung around with Bubba or Phoenix. She blushed when he kept on staring at her.
"Just thinking about how tasty those bright red cheeks look and how nice it would be to… how do you say it? Have a bit" He smirked as he said it knowing it would only make her blush that tiny bit more. He watched as her face went from having shades of red to being fully red as she couldn't hold back the blush.
"One day I'm going to let you and you'll see I taste just like Ice Queen's "fart flavoured ice cream"" She winked at him, she'd picked up on his humour after living with him and knew to play along. He floated up from where he was lying and got right in front of her so close that she could feel his breath against her.
"Oh yeah? Would my little Bunny really let me have a taste? What if I like what I taste?" He replied he was determined to win this one.
"Then consider me a delightful snack" She closed the space between them and Marshall could almost feel her lips on his. He closed his eyes waiting for the time when they would both touch and waited. Nothing came so he opened his eyes to see she had disappeared leaving him standing there eyes closed. He swore in his head realising she truly had got him on this one before floating off to find her.
Marshall looked around the whole of the outside of Marcy's cave before venturing in to see if he could find his bunny. He scoped around the house quickly not finding her so landed by the door and went inside. He checked the rooms of the house even looking in the cupboards and the fridge… "You never know who's going to be hiding in the fridge" he thought to himself grabbing an apple and sucking it white. He tossed it into the fruit bowl on the table. Marcy insisted on keeping the white apples knowing Lumen loved them. He floated over to one of the candleholders nailed to the wall and pulled it opening a stairway in the floor.
After convincing Marcy to let him make the improvements to her house she'd insisted that he use the same workers she had before from the Nightosphere which he had. He was shocked to find out they'd completed all the work before they'd even got to her cave. Marshall then slightly regretted not thinking about them after he had spent weeks upon weeks working on the alterations to his own home and was slightly annoyed to find out they had made a much bigger underground home, even adding various rooms, corridors, entrances… they'd even added a swimming pool.
"Fionnnnna, Come out my little Fi?" he called out after arriving in what in his house was Fionna's armoury and training room but what they'd decided to leave as a party room with a disco ball, mini stage and an open space for people to dance. Marshall looked on the mini stage to see Fionna sitting there smiling at him.
"Found you"
"I was never hiding Marshy, You're just slow" She chuckled. He hid his smile, everything about her made him smile.
"Well now I've found you what are you doing down here?"
"Well… Marshy… I wanna do 'the thing'"
"The thing?"
"You know what I mean… the thing we do when we're alone?"
"Still can't say it Fi?"
"Nope [She blushed furiously] so can we do it Marshy?" She asked again.
"Yes Fi of course we can" He sighed.
"Math" was all she said before running into what had been designated as her room. Marshall just smiled as he watched her go. He floated over to his room or as he liked to put it... His closest as he slept in Fionna's room anyway. He started to unbutton his shirt and remove his clothes. He heard Fionna call to him.
"Hurry up Marshy I'm almost ready"
"Are you not even tired from everything that's happened" he called back.
"You know I'm never tired for… the thing… just hurry up Mr" Marshall smiled before opening his wardrobe.
After about 10 minutes time he floated out of his room and onto the stage. He was wearing black smart shoes. He had a plain black pair of trousers on, a white shirt that was untucked and had the sleeves rolled up. He wore an open black waist coat and had a slim black tie on. He got out his enchanted drum set, his acoustic guitar and dimmed the lights turning on the disco ball lights so there was a multitude of colours decorating the dance floor. He looked over to Fionna's door and waited for her to come out. She always did like to dress when they did this which is why he got into his smart wear.
She stepped out and all the light was directed at her letting Marshall get a clear view of her. She had cut her hair back down to her shoulders and let it hang down, a few strands hung down over her right side but most were held back by the bunny eared headbands she wore. She was wearing a black dress that was mostly simple with the only decoration being the corset styled back which had a white ribbon going from each side meeting at the top to form a little bow. She wore her white stockings and special black shoes. These shoes had been enchanted that allowed her a limited ability to float it was all for the purpose of 'the thing'. Marshall felt his insides explode with butterflies as his red eyes saw her. She was beautiful in every respect of the word. She blushed, walking over towards him.
"Why do you still struggle to talk about our thing?" He asked her tuning his guitar slightly to make sure it was ready.
"I guess with me being an adventuress and fighting monsters is my main hobby… admitting that I love this to even myself is hard."
"Fionna the Human Hero? Struggling to admit she loves to…-"
"Don't say it Marshy"
"Loves to dance?"
"MARSHY…" She said blushing furiously making him smirk. After the Ashley incident the two had hung out more and while Marshall used to rehearse his music for his performances Fionna began to dance to the music. She got incredibly embarrassed when one day he noticed, he told her she had nothing to be embarrassed about and to show her he use to play songs just for her to dance to and danced with her but she could never admit it. It was too girly for her and she made him promise never to tell anyone especially not Cake… she would make Fionna dance all the time. Marshall had taught Fionna a few pre-mushroom war dances such as the waltz and tango but she preferred to just free style to his music.
"Fi, there's nothing wrong with loving to dance"
"[Fionna mumbles something quiet enough so even his vampire hearing couldn't make it out but loud enough so he knew she had said something] just… let's start okay Marshy"
"Sure thing Fi"
(Youtube "Marshy's angel' watch/?v=_XhEclWCR7M)
Marshall starts the drums up and lets them carry on with the beat he started with.
~She's cold,
and she's cruel but she knows-
Marshall was cut off as Fionna pushed him giving him a frown. He smiled and clicked his fingers cutting the drums off. He began to strum at the guitar and play a slower more intimate tune.
My angel,
how'd you get to be so fly?
How'd you get to shine so bright, girl?
How'd you get to look like that?
Heaven, don't you call her back, yeah
Fionna began to move with the beat, she waved her arms slowly at first before moving around the dance floor with the music.
Halo, halo, I'm not sayin' hi,
Baby, there's a ring above your head,
And it shines so bright in the sunlight, in the sunlight
Ayo, ayo, this is like a dream
Every bit of you ‒ it makes me weak,
How did I get here?
In the sunlight, in the sun..?
I must be in heaven, 'cause I'm lookin' at an angel
who's starin' back at me, her eyes so heavenly.
I must be in heaven, 'cause I'm lookin' at an angel
there's no one on this earth that's made this beautiful
I must be in heaven.
She began to spin with the music and really went with it. Marshall looked on at the girl he loved she really was an experienced dancer thanks to his lessons and she glided across the floor literally as she began to float and dance in mid-air, the reason they'd got her enchanted dancing shoes was so she could dance with Marshall both on the ground and in mid-air.
Angel...
Here we are, looking at the stars
I can hear, the beating of your heart,
I could listen to this song forever
You're the breeze, cruising down the coast
You're the jam, baby, I'm the toast,
It's so sweet when we're together
Marshall let go of his guitar that carried on playing the same tune he was and let it float over to the enchanted drums. He floated over to Fionna who stopped and bowed to him. He bowed back and then held out his hand to her which she took he pulled her in for a spin and smiled as their faces were so close. He let his arm unwind and Fionna continued spinning away from him before stopping. She began to dance back to him and he did the same to her. The two met in the middle and started to dance together.
And if I ruled the world I'd name an island for ya,
Yeah, you can tell all your girls I named an island for you,
I must be in heaven, 'cause I'm lookin' at an angel
Who's starin' back at me, her eyes so heavenly.
I must be in heaven, 'cause I'm lookin' at an angel
there's no one on this earth that's made this beautiful
I must be in heaven.
Halo, halo, I'm not sayin' hi
Baby, there's a ring above your head,
and it shines so bright in the moonlight, in the moonlight
The two danced in union to the song and were now actually dancing upside down on the roof. They danced in close proximity and she began to join in with Marshall singing for the final chorus.
My angel,
how'd you get to be so fly?
How'd you get to shine so bright?
Girl, how'd you get to look like that, tell me?
Please, heaven don't you call her back.
My angel,
my angel.
The two finished the song holding hands with one another. They floated down to the ground as they breathed heavily. Marshall put his hand to her cheek letting her warmth fill him. He lent in closer and met his lips with hers and the two began to kiss and fall deeper into the embrace.
Until…
[Clap… Clap… Clap] Both Marshall and Fionna looked over to the door of the party room to see Marceline standing there with the biggest grin on her face that anyone had ever seen. Hope was beside her with an equally large smile on her face. Fionna and Marshall's faces both turned bright red as they felt their cheeks burning.
"How long have you been there?" Marshall asked his counterpart.
"[Whilst still smiling] from the very start of that song"
"So… you watched the whole thing"
"Yup… we were invisible at first but we became visible when you joined in with the dance, you two were just so… in tune with one another to notice [She winked at Fionna sending her an even deeper shade of red] who would have guessed that the Hero and the Vampire King were so talented"
"I think it was so romantic and cute [Hope held her hands to her face beginning to remember the dance and span]"
"Please please please don't tell anyone Marcy" Fionna ran over to Marceline holding her hands and staring at her with her big blue eyes.
"Oh Fi I won't tell a living or undead sole!" She pulled a face pretending she was offended that the girl had even had to ask.
"Royal promise Marcy" holding out her pinky.
"I royal promise I won't tell anyone what I saw" linking her pinky with Fionna.
"Than-" Fionna began to thank the Vampire Queen but was cut off.
"But I may just show everyone [she pulled out her phone and showed the video she had just recorded… the whole dance]" She ran up the stairway laughing.
Fionna stood there paralyzed at the idea that everyone would have seen her dance before screaming Marceline's name and running after her.
"Hey Uncle Marshall" Hope said floating over to him as he wiped away a tear. He had found the whole thing hilarious and knew he would have done the same if he'd found Finn and Marcy dancing together.
"Hey short stuff any news on your dad?"
"No… Daddy's still unconscious [she frowned] but I liked your dance Marshy… I didn't even know you could dance that well" Marshall chuckled and rubbed the back of his hair nervously.
"Yeah… Fionna's a bit embarrassed as she's worried people will treat her more like a girl if they find out she loves to dance"
"Oh I see… I'm surprised she does to be honest Uncle Marshy but I'm more surprised you're not chasing Mummy too"
"How comes shorty?"
"Well… she has a video of you dancing and wearing really smart clothes… wouldn't that ruin your bad boy vampire king image too?"
Marshall just stared at her for a minute.
"MARCELINE YOU GIVE ME THAT PHONE RIGHT NOW!" he yelled and quickly flew after her. Hope just giggled at the pair and clicked her fingers making the guitar and drums begin again. She began to dance to the music occasionally listening out for her Mothers laughter or Fionna and Marshall's yells.
Elsewhere in Ooo
The room was dark with wires running all over the place; the floor was littered with bits and pieces of different MO's and other electronics. In the middle of the room was a table on one side there were tools and spare parts and other the other lay BMO.
BMO sat up and jumped down from the table, she looked down at her hands and her feet. She tried to make them out in the light but it was difficult. She turned on her eye lights and got a better look, in one corner of the dark room stood a mirror which she looked into and for the first time saw her new body.
She now had a different body, Moe had planned for years to build himself a MO son to fill the void he felt from not having a family himself however when BMO had come to him and asked him to build her a new body that let her protect her friends he couldn't refuse he immediately started planning and building a new form for the MO. He had finished it quickly with the help of other MO's and had just downloaded BMO's consciousness and memories to the body.
BMO now had the body of a 15 year old girl, she wanted to stay a kid but be tall. Her skin was the same green her old body's shell use to be with light blue lines glowing at every joint. She wore blue and green leggings. She was wearing a long sleeveless hoodie that went all the way down to her knees. It was the same green again but was decorated with images of all her old buttons and she had a pair of headphones with her yellow d-pad image that sat around her neck. Along her arms she had tattoo's either side of BMO to give her more resemblance to her last form. Her eyes were bright blue; this was one of the things she had requested, to have eyes to match Finn and Lumen's. The final part of her appearance to notice was her hair, her hair wasn't like normal hair it was pure light blue electricity that appeared like static, and she could change it at will but decided she liked it short. She turned back to the table and looked at her old form; she picked up her controller and tied it around her slim waist as a belt.
BMO could still do all of her old functions, it is what made her special, she had a bag on her back with her new wireless controllers and she could project hologram screens from her eyes. She still had a VCR compartment but it was now a slot that opened up on her higher back. She looked at her hand and concentrated. A bright blue pulsing blade appeared in her hands, to her it was nothing but if anyone else touched it then they would be electrocuted.
BMO smiled at her new appearance, she felt her name had more meaning too. Be more… well she certainly was more now; she said her goodbyes to her family of MO's and especially to Moe.
"Goodbye Father, BMO will come see you soon"
"I'm always here my daughter, if you need anything just drop by" The two hugged and then BMO left the factory. She looked at the outside world, took her first deep breath letting the air fill her filtration system (lungs). She felt her golden metal heart beat in her chest and smiled before beginning to walk back towards her tree house home.
(BMO's new form was based on 'Bmo n The Dancin Bug' image I found on Deviant Art, it was put on by YoruNekoChi and I have no rights to the image - art/Adventure-Time-BMO-humanoid-form-378345131#/art/Bmo-n-The-Dancin-Bug-376076615?_sid=3c8b09b1 the link to it if you wish to have a look yourself, it is basically the same as the image apart from the light blue static hair.)
Just gonna leave you with that little chapter right there ;) Please review and let me know what you think.