Bones Exposed - One

Marshall Lee floats through the air, arriving at the largest kingdom in the Land of Aaa. He looks up to the top of the castle, squinting. He'd applied several layers of SPF 1,000,000 sunscreen and threw on a flannel and jeans to travel in the sunlight, also carrying an umbrella just in case. 'So this is the Candy Kingdom, eh?' he thinks, shaking his head and approaching the gates. 'There better be some food here.' He floats over the gates and onto the ground, looking around at the citizens, which are all some sort of sugary sweet. Cookies, gumdrops. 'Everyone here is candy.. Hence the name, I guess.. That's weird.' He heads towards the giant castle, only to be stopped by a blonde girl and a cat.

"HALT!" the cat says in a sassy voice. "Who are you?"

Marshall rolls his eyes. "I don't think that matters, Miss Prissy. I'm here for food."

"With an axe strapped to your back?" the girl says, putting her hands on her hips. "You're a really suspicious person."

Marshall gives an angry sigh. "Look, it's a bass. You know, a musical instrument? Can you just stop pestering me for stupid reasons and let me eat?"

The cat looks up at the blonde girl. "We need to take him to see Prince Gumball."

The blonde girl nods. "Alright, mister, we're taking you to Prince Gumball."

Marshall Lee waves his hand at the two females, ignoring their words. "Whatever."

The two girls take him into the castle, showing off multiple food sources for the hungry vampire. He licks his lips as they pass up multiple pink coloured-walls. Sure, pink wasn't exactly red, but it's a shade of red and that would have to do. Food is food, and when you're hungry, you're hungry.
Marshall is taken into a laboratory where a person in pink is hunched over a bunch of test tubes with weird, bubbly liquids in them.

"Yo, PG, we got somethin' for ya." the girl says, causing the figure to turn around.

"What is it, Fionna?" he asks, turning to look. The man's eyes meet Marshall Lee's and he drops the tube onto the floor.

"Um, you alright, Gumball?" the cat asks, her eyes filling with concern.

"Yes, Cake, I'm fine." Gumball says, blinking into the real-world and looking at her. "You two can leave him here. I'll talk to him about.. whatever the problem is."

The girls exchange glances before cautiously walking away.

"Hello, Marshall." Gumball says, bending down to clean up the mess.

"You got food here, Bubba?" Marshall Lee asks with a tone of boredom, hovering over his ex-lover.

"Everything here is food," Gumball sighs, stand up and putting the shattered glass into a bin. "It's a candy kingdom."

Marshall laughs bitterly. "You know what I mean by food, Gum-wad."

"I guess I'll have my maid fetch something for you after she comes back with my tea."

"A maid?"

"Yes, Marshall, a maid. Someone who does things for you, like clean and make dinner. I rule a whole kingdom and have worked harder in a few years than you probably ever have, I deserve someone to do simple tasks for me."

The vampire rolls his eyes and goes over to a machine. He pokes it, and turns his head to see the gum-man glaring at him. "What?"

"Don't touch anything. You'll break something."

Marshall puts his hands up and floats back over to the prince, annoyingly putting his chin on the royalty's shoulder. He watches as Gumball mixes a pink liquid with a black one, the substance bubbling over, creating a foam and smoke. Gumball moves to write down his results, almost causing Marshall to fall. This process is repeated a few times before the door opens.

"Tea time, your highness." a female voice says.

"Peppermint Maid, just the lady I was needing." Gumball says, turning around to face her.

The candy puts a smile on her small face. "What is you need, sir?" She then notices the pale man next to her ruler. "Um, who is this, Prince Gumball?"

"She's got red on her, Gummy," Marshall purrs, nearing the peppermint and staring at her hungrily. "Why can't I just have her?"

"I will not allow you to drain the colour of any of my citizens, Marshall," Gumball sighs. "Please fetch him an apple or something, Peppermint Maid."

The candy nods and sets the platter on a table, glaring at the vampire staring her down on her way out.

"Your citizens look really damn tasty, Bubba." Marshall says, biting his lip as his stomach growls a little.

"Don't use such profanities in on my property, Marshall Lee."

Marshall crosses his arms blowing a piece of hair out of his eyes. "You've got that pole really far up your ass, don't you?""

Gumball slams a beaker onto the table and storms over to the vampire, angrily looking into his eyes. Marshall Lee parts his lips, causing the prince's face to soften slightly. They stare into each other's eyes, slowly and unconsciously nearing towards each other. Just as the boys were close enough to have their lips connect, the door opens, revealing Gumball's maid. She tosses the apple to the vampire and closes the door again, clearly avoiding any further conversation with the trouble-maker.

Marshall picks up the apple, sinking his fangs into it and sucking out the colour.

"Watching you do that is disgusting." Gumball says, shaking his head and grabbing the kettle of tea.

Marshall rolls his eyes and tosses the flattened fruit at the back of the prince's head, hitting him. Gumball turns around with a glare in his eye.

"You've gotten your food now, Marshall," Gumball says calmly, turning back to the china and pouring himself a cup of the tea. "You can leave now."

Marshall pouts. "And not have a proper conversation with my dear Bubba? Do you want me gone that badly?"

"You didn't mind leaving the first time."

Marshall takes in a breath, using all of his self control to not go ape-shit on the beautiful man in front of him. He turns himself invisible and flies out of the window.

When Gumball turns back around, no one is there. He's alone. Again.