The next evening, I went with Marceline to the Candy Kingdom, the both of us wearing full black coats, enabling us to remain hidden with the shadows. I went up, following Marceline, who went into the room of one of the towers. I heard a shriek, so I immediately increased my speed, going faster than I normally do, getting to the window in a matter of nanoseconds. "Marcy!" I yelled, summoning Split Soul, but then seeing a girl with long, pink hair, and light pink skin. "Mike, relax. This is Princess Bubblegum, or as I like to call her, Bonnie." Marceline said, having been floating beside her. I sent my Keyblade away, and asked, "Bonnie?" "My name is Bonnibel. Anyway, why are there Vampires in my Kingdom?" She asked me. "Well, I'm not sure. I'm just following the Queen here." I said to her. Marceline floated over to me, turned to the Princess, and said, "We need your help, Bonnie. We need to make something from Mike's world, something said to repel the Sun, and allow Vampires to go into daylight without pain. Could you help us with your science?" Princess Bubblegum put her hand to her chin, as if in thought, and then said, "It would prove to be a challenge to my scientific brain. Alright, I'll do it!" I smiled, then said, "Well, what are we waiting for?"
PB lead us to a laboratory, and started on her prognosis. "Okay, now, what is this item that protects Vampires from the sun?" She asked first. I pulled up a lab stool, sitting down on it, and said, "It's called 'Sunscreen'. It is derived from natural or synthetic ingredients, and enables people to go hang out in a sunny area without the danger for a Sunburn. It works by scattering the UV-a rays and the UV-b rays, preventing them from entering the epidermis." "Wow, and all that from a screen of something?" She said, having also sat down on a lab stool. "It's more of a cream, but yeah, it can do that. The only trouble is that it has a weakness to Water, but there are some that actually can repel the water as well." I told her, leaning back. "Oh! Well, I think that we can make something to the likes of that. However, there is a problem." The Princess said to me, crossing her legs. "What's the problem?" I asked. "All of the waterproofing items that exist in the Land of Ooo are all in the Ice Kingdom. You need to go there and swipe some from the Ice King. If you can do this, then you'll be fine." She explained. "Okay, so all I have to do is swipe some stuff from the Ice Dweeb. No problem." I said, getting off of my stool, and flying out of the window, Marceline following.
It took three night's flights in order to get to the borders of the Ice Kingdom, which was obvious, due to the immediate lone where grass met snow. After we got to the border, we had to hide from the daylight that was returning, so we melted some of the snow and made a small pocket, upon which we quickly entered into. I wrapped my coat around Marceline's shoulders when she was shivering, and accepted the cold as a friend. However, Marceline had other ideas, and kept me warm with the body heat that she was producing. I chuckled, and wrapped my arms around her, gathering and sharing as much of her warmth as she could spare. After the night sky came, we left, and I got my coat back from her. We flew directly to the largest Icy mountain, where there was a triangle-shaped hole. Upon entering, we saw a large man in a blue robe, a long white beard, blue skin, and a sinister-looking crown on his head. "Hey, Ice Dweeb." I said to him. He turned, and started to stare at Marcy. "Why do I have the feeling that I know you? Either way, Why are you doing this, and why are you here?" He said, raising his hands up, concealed in Ice Magic. "Wait, let me try." Marceline said. She floated over to me, and asked, "Simon?"
"What-mon?" The Ice King asked her. "No, you have to remember your real name, Simon." Marceline told him. He looked at her with a quizzical look, and said, "I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about." I looked at the crown again, and I could feel that something in that was messing with his brain. I walked over to him, and asked, "Hey, uh, Simon? Can I see your crown for a second?" "What? Oh, I guess, just don't mess it up." He said, removing the crown from his head, and handing it to me. As soon as it touched my hands, I could feel its mental warping abilities. "Just as I thought. It's the crown." I said, walking over to a stand and placing the crown on it. "What about my crown?" The Ice King asked. "The crown has a massive problem: it warps the mind of the user into almost complete insanity. I can fix it, though." I said, summoning my Keyblade. "What are you doing to my crown?" The Ice King demanded. I raised my Keyblade, and focused my powerful emotions into this one spell, trying to repair the damage. "Stop, NO!" The Ice King and Marceline said as I brought my Keyblade down on the crown, but stopping a hair above it, sending my Curaga spell into it. The crown was surrounded by a massive Lotus blossom, which remained for a few seconds until it disappeared. I sent my Keyblade away and picked up the crown, and felt a healing power flow through it. I turned and handed it back to the Ice King. "What did you d-" The Ice King said as he was putting on his crown, but then immediately stopped as the metal touched his head. His eyes widened, as if gaining the memories of a thousand suns into one millisecond. He shook his head, and looked back at us.
"Marceline, who is this guy that you've brought here?" He asked. "Ice King?" I asked him, curious to see if my spell had worked. "What-King? My name is Simon, Simon Petrikov." Simon replied. "SIMON!" Marceline yelled, flying over and hugging the large bodied man, knocking him over. "Marceline? Oh my, you've gotten bigger than I remembered..." He said. I heard a strange sound, like that of a quacking duck, and saw a penguin walk in with a bunch of Ice soldiers. "Gunter, why did you bring the soldiers in here? BEGONE!" Simon yelled, blasting the soldiers with Ice Lightning, causing them to explode into a million pieces. He turned back to us, and said, "Sorry about that. Anyway, what happened to me?" "The crown had warped your mind, and in turn, caused you to go moderately insane, what with capturing princesses and all. I just fixed that problem by casting Curaga on your crown, correcting the corruption quality." I explained. Marceline rushed over to me, and wrapped me in a large hug, and said, "Thank you, Mike. You've improved my life a lot these past few months." "Ah, young love. Anyway, what do you guys want?" Simon asked us.
"We need something to waterproof a cream that repels sunlight. Do you have something that can do that?" I asked him. "I'm a great scientist. Of course I do!" He said, beckoning us to follow him. After going through three ice encrusted passageways, we came upon a massive room, with many plants. Simon went over to a couple, taking some roots and a few leaves, and then handing them to us. "Here. These herbs and roots will keep the water out of your applied cream. It will protect you while you are swimming in the sunlight." He said to us. I took the leaves and roots from him, and placed them in a coat pocket, saying, "Thank you, Simon." "No, the thanks belong to you. If you hadn't fixed what was going screwy with my crown, I would have never recovered. Thank you, for reminding me of who I really am." The large, bearded man said. "It's good to have you back with us, Simon." Marceline said to him. "It's good to be back." Simon said to us, wishing us off.
We got back to the Candy Kingdom within a few days, the both of us going faster there than we did from. As soon as we landed in Princess Bubblegum's room, she took the herbs and roots from us. Alright. I don't know how you managed to get these from the Ice King, but you did manage to get them. So, how many bruises were left on his head when you left?" The Princess asked us. "None. I restored his memory, after which, Simon gave them to us." I explained. "What? Who's Simon?" The Princess asked. "Simon is the Ice King. His memories were screwed up from the Crown that he wore. I made the necessary repairs to the crown, and in turn, I managed to fix the man himself. He still has his Ice Powers, but now he's good." I explained, giving Marceline a small hug, which she returned. "Wow. Well, it looks like I can disable those Ice-related defenses to keep him out. Anyway, let's go finish that cream!" The pink princess said.
After we put the ingredients into the giant mixer under the Castle, Princess Bubblegum instructed us to test out the cream on something small and expose it to sunlight before we fully expose ourselves. I offered to be the guinea pig on this, and once we got the peach colored paste, I rubbed some of it all over my right hand. Once this was done, I walked over to beside the window, which had been installed just for this, and thrust my hand into the sunlight. I held my breath, expecting extreme pain, but I felt none. I looked at my hand and saw that my skin was reacting as if normal skin were in the sun. "It works! IT WORKS!" I yelled, pumping my fists into the air. "Incredible! I have managed to make something that repels even sunlight! This is a great day for science!" Princess Bubblegum said to us. She then slid a small vial in the cream, and said, "I'll take this as a sample to use in the need for replication. You guys can have the rest of this batch." After she walked off, I helped Marceline put the rest of the cream into jars, after she and I applied some to the rest of our bodies. I put on a messenger bag, and loaded it with as many of the jars as it could possibly hold. Marceline grabbed the remaining two jars, giving us a grand total of about 15 ½ Mason jars worth of sunscreen. I then flew up and out of the castle, and went back into the bunker, Marceline following me.
I used one of the spare rooms to hold the entirety of the cream, and sealed it, placing a sign on the door to better explain and direct Marceline and I. After this was done, we decided to make another trip back to the Candy Kingdom, to ask Princess Bubblegum for another leap in science. After we landed in the courtyard, in broad daylight, we went into the main hall for the castle. It took a few seconds for us to find PB, but we did manage to find her as she figured out the chemical composition of the cream. "Ah, hey guys. Did you get everything out of the lab?" She asked us, putting her findings in a briefcase. "Yes, but, that's not why we're here. We would like to try to do something. Something that may defy all logic and nature." Marceline explained. "Against nature? What are you trying to do?" She asked us. "Well, we kinda want kids..." I said, nervously.
Princess Bubblegum looked at us with wide eyes, unbelieving at what we had just said to her. "You want...to reproduce?..." She asked us after three minutes of staring. "Yes, we want to have a little boy and a little girl." I said to her. Princess Bubblegum raised her hand to her chin, as if in thought, then said, "I'll need to run a few preliminary tests before I can give an answer as to whether or not I can help you out. Please, come with me." She said, leading us to another room. In there, I saw hospital beds, complete with stirrups on its sides. "Why are we here?" I asked her. "Before I can give an answer, I need to try and collect any sperm and eggs that may reside within the two of you. I'll put up a curtain, so you don't have to worry about the other person looking at your genital area." PB said to us. I can't remember what happened next, mainly because I passed out after she said this.
"Mike...Mike...MIKE!" I heard when I was lapsing back into consciousness. "Ugh, Marceline? What happened?" I asked her, rubbing my head. "Bonnie mentioned getting stuff from our junks, and you passed out. She took that as a yes and got some from you first. Then she managed to get some from me, and now we're waiting. I got your pants back on, don't worry." She explained. "Ah. Now I get it. So, did you have any problems?" I asked. "No, she just stuck a needle into me in order to get the stuff. I'm fine." She responded. Bubblegum walked back into the room a few minutes after Marceline said that, and she said, "Well, I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you two have enough to make a little Marceline and a little Michael." "What's the bad news?" I asked her. Bubblegum frowned, and said, "In order for live to be created, a living womb must be used. Marceline's isn't able to carry a baby." Marceline moved her head to my shoulder, and started crying. "Don't worry, I think that I came up with another solution." PB said. "What?" I asked her. "A surrogate parent. I can take the embryo and implant it into another person, and they carry the fetus for the time needed. Then, they give birth to your babies, and everyone's happy." PB explained. "Well, that sounds all fun and games, but who do we get to actually be the surrogate?" Marceline asked. PB smiled, then said, "I already have someone in mind." "Who?" I asked.
"Me."