I opened my eyes, them quickly adjusting to the candlelight. I thought to myself, /Wait, candle? I was outside! I got injured! What the hell?/ I tried sitting up, only to feel immense pain in my chest, forcing me back down. "Fuck me" I said, out of pain. "Mike?" I heard a familiar, female voice say to me. I craned my head to see who it was, giving me pain, yet again. I set my head back, and I saw Marceline standing over me, wearing a sweater that reminded me of Freddy Kreuger, and an old pair of sweatpants. "Marceline? What the hell happened?" I said. Marceline dragged me to the side of what I now saw was a cave, propping me up on the wall, then said, "You know exactly what happened. You got staked." "Well, that explains the pain, but after the initial impact, there's a blank in my memory. What happened between then and now?" I asked her, opening my hand just in case I need to summon my Keyblade. "You...mean you don't remember?" She asked. "No, I don't." I said, uneasy. Marceline sighed, then started explaining.
"You took a stake that was meant for me. That means a lot to me. Anyway, Once you got hit, Jake let go of the stake. 'Oh holy stuff! I'm sorry!' I leaned over you, now on the ground, and your Keyblade disappeared. You were loosing so much blood, I could barely hold myself from drinking from it. I pulled it out, trying to get more leverage in keeping your blood in, but it didn't work. 'Jake, what's going on over there?' I had heard Finn say. 'Finn! I need your help! Tear something up to make bandages!' I yelled at him, not taking my eyes off of you. Finn brought over some blue strips, which I assumed were from his shirt. 'Marceline, who is this guy?' Finn asked as I was trying to apply the bandages to soak up the blood. 'He's my...boyfriend.' I quickly lied. I removed my hands, soaked in your blood, and still saw your blood now gushing from your body. I saw your face pale, and I couldn't stand seeing you like that. 'Marcy, he's dying.' Fin said, putting his hands on my shoulders. I knocked them off, then said, 'Not on my watch!'"
Marceline stopped, tucking her legs up towards her. I started to scratch my neck, until I felt the absolute weirdest thing. At the base of my neck were two small holes, parallel to each other. I looked at my hand, expecting to see the cause, and I saw that my skin had grayed. "What the hell?" I said out loud. "It was the only way to save you." Marceline said. "The only way?" I asked. "I... made you my King..." She said. I opened my eyes wider, then said, "What did you do?" She sighed, then continued.
"I leaned over you again, but this time I moved myself to your neck. 'Marceline the Vampire Queen, what the stuff are you doing?' Finn and Jake said. 'Since I am the Vampire Queen, I can make anybody my King. And the process will help him. First, I need to take in part of his essence.' I said, immediately driving my fangs into the base of your neck. I kissed you once they went through, making a part of your essence mine. I removed my fangs, the wound immediately closing up. 'Now I just need to give him a part of my essence.' I said, holding out my hand out to Finn. 'What?' He stupidly asked. I heard a similar noise, and see that your Keyblade came back, in my hand. I raised up my wrist, and quickly made a small cut on it.
I immediately moved so that your head was in my lap, sending your sword away. I put my wrist up to your mouth, but I didn't feel anything moving. I slapped your face, trying to get you to suckle. 'Come on, Mike! I need you to do this!' I said after the first slap. After a few seconds, I finally felt a part of me be drained to you. I removed my wrist, the wound also sealing itself up instantly. 'Now, there's just one thing left to do.' I said. I leaned my head down, and kissed your lips. I honestly think that your lips were a bit cracked, but that's not important. When I raised my head to see the effect, I then saw your skin instantly graying, and your stake wound closing up. I felt your pulse go away, and your heart beat its final beat."
"You had to die, Mike. In order to become the Vampire King, you had to become a vampire. And vampires aren't alive." She said, wrapping her arms around her legs. I moved now, finally being able to stand up, albeit using the wall to help me. I walked over to Marceline, and sat down beside her. I wrapped my arm around her, giving her a hug. "Why are you doing this? I took away your humanity." She said, burying her head into her knees. I picked up her chin, making her look me in my eyes, and said, "You took away my death. I exist now only because you intervened. Thank you, for saving me." She put her head on my shoulder, and I rested mine on hers. "So, the Vampire King... Sounds like a fun title." I said to her, "What am I able to do?"
"Well, you have the standard Vampire abilities, along with my ability to drink shades of red as a replacement for blood." She said. "Sweet." I said, ripping away the bandages covering my stomach. As I was looking at the now rough-looking scar alongside my bellybutton, Marceline continued, "As the Vampire King, You can make anything a vampire, with just a single bite. You just have to get a little bit of your DNA into the mix with their blood. Also, your bones are much stronger than any other Vampire's, even mine." I smiled, then said, "Sweet. I could be a hero of the night." "Yeah, but you have to remember the main Vampire weaknesses. There's sunlight, which is a big one." She said. "Is that why we're in this cave?" I asked her. "Yep. The next is Garlic, which impedes our ability to heal ourselves. Silver does the same thing, except it burns our skin. And, naturally, staking us or removing our heads will definitely kill us." She finished. "So, how did we get into this cave?" I asked her.
"I forced Jake to use his stretchy powers to take us here. I held your body steady while Finn held one of Jake's joules over us." She explained. "Creepy, but effective." I said. "Yeah" She responded. We sat in the darkness of the cave for about five minutes, then I asked her "So... Since... you're the queen...and I'm the king...Does that mean we have to..." "Oh, God no!" She answered, "We don't have to like each other. It's just a title." "Ah. Fun." I said, that getting off of my mind.
After about three more hours, we left the cave, finally able to bask in the Darkness. "So, first night as a vampire. What are we going to do?" I asked her. "I am going to help you get the hang of what all vampires do." She replied. We flew to a nearby village, where we stayed close to the shadows. After a few minutes, Marceline started humming in a low voice. Almost immediately, a creature came along, that looked moderately like a human, but had an extra pair of eyes. He stopped immediately in front of us, looking dead to the world. "Alright, the first thing that you've got to do is aim for the jugular. It gives you an easy gush, allowing you to use less energy trying to get a bleed." She explained. I nodded, took a deep breath, and ran up and aimed for his left side of his neck, sending my fangs in.
As soon as they punctured, I felt my mouth instantly filled with blood. It tasted oddly sweet, with a bit of copper mixed into it. After a few seconds of the blood rush, I pulled away. I wiped my mouth, the blood leaking a bit from it, and Marceline quickly went over to him and stopped the bleeding, by whispering a strange language and holding her hand over it. She pulled her hand away, the puncture wounds turned into freckles, and he absentmindedly walked away from the alley we were in. "So, how was your first feast?" She asked me. "Oddly sweet, but with a hint of copper." I answered, licking the blood off of my hand. "The first gush is always the sweetest. It's weird, but happens." She said. "It'll take some getting used to, but I think I'll manage." I said. "Awesome. Now, you should be fine for about a month. I'll stay with you for that long, to teach you a few basics." She said. "Will you teach me that healing thing that you did?" I asked her. She nodded, then we took off.
We made it back to the cave before sunrise. We went back to where I left the bandages, and we sat against the wall again. Marceline looked forward, almost dosing off every now and then, but still keeping awake. I put my hand over hers, and said, "Hey. Could I see you summon it?" She looked at me, held out her hand, close her eyes, and in a bright flash of light and white petals, she summoned a Keyblade with a rectangle grip, a square guard, a long, thin rod for the blade, and the teeth as a large letter "E".
She opened her eyes, then said, "After that first time, I've never been able to summon that other one, Split Soul." I wrapped my hand around hers, helping her keep up the large sword and Keychain. "Its name is, 'Master Keeper.' It is the ultimate Key for protecting Light, and is very easy to use." I explained. "Ah. Why is it that we have two different Keyblades? I thought they all looked like yours." She asked. "It's very complicated. There are three types of Keyblades. The first, which you have, is a Keyblade of Light. Mine is a Keyblade of Darkness. The other group is the Keyblade of Heart. Those can only be produced by a person with absolutely no Darkness in their heart. There are only seven people in the worlds with no Darkness, and they are too far spread out to capture." I explained, "Of course, that's not including the other Key..."
"Other Key?" She asked, resting Master Keeper on her lap. "It's spelled with the most ancient of letters, 'χ'." I said. "Key... That's not a letter, Mike." She protested. "It looks like a wavy letter 'X'. It can also be pronounced, 'Kye'. No matter which, it means the same. Death. The letter that spells all endings. This weapon is known as the 'χ-blade'." I responded. "Cool... How come that one is separate?" She asked. "It was in existence, millenia ago. However, it caused a massive Keyblade War, which ended in it being shattered into twenty pieces. Seven of Light, and Thirteen of Darkness." I said, then looked at her eyes, "If these powers clash again, then the χ-blade will be created again, and another Keyblade War will begin." She rested her head on my shoulder again, sending her Keyblade away, and said something that pretty much summed up the whole tradgedy of the χ-blade.
"Wow. That sucks ducks."