Marceline Pov (time jump backwards)
It had been a week since Finn had left; Marceline hadn't left her house in that entire time. And she looked like it. She hadn't showered or eaten the entire time. As she was lying in her bed, the same thing she had been doing since Finn stormed out, giving the ceiling a blank stare (much to its discomfort), the doorbell rang. Startled, seeing as she hadn't been expecting visitors and not giving any thought to her appearance or smell, Marceline floated dully to the door. Slowly creaking to door open she peeked through the crack, to see who it was bothering her self pity and wallowing. A familiar yellow face greeted her, it was Jake. Her heightened abilities caught the exact moment when her smell hit him and his face crinkled in disgust. "What is it?" she croaked, Jake looked puzzled for a second but regained his posture before asking her "is Finn here?". Marceline figured that Finn would tell Jake what happened, she knew that Finn tended to keep his problems to himself and bottle up until he explodes so she immediately became slightly worried. Alas Marceline also knew that she was the one Finn probably wanted to see the least. Despite her state she invited Jake in so she could explain what had happened even though she was aware it would likely destroy her friendship with Jake.
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"You monster!...you….why?!" Jake was in tears. Marceline was sitting with her head bowed, sitting not floating. "With Ash?!The guy that treated you so badly?!" Jake's look of disgust twisted Marceline's insides. Jake clenched his fists….but sighed. He let his hands dropped to his sides. "Okay" Jake said, sounding very tired all of a sudden. "You did what you did, but you must understand how much that will have hurt Finn?" Marceline nodded and gestured to the dresser at the side of the room. Jake looked over and gasped when he saw it. The ring box. Jake let out a deep growl before turning to Marceline. "Well if he's not here then he's missing!" Jake exclaimed "I've checked all over Ooo already!" Marceline wondered to herself why it was that Jake hadn't checked at hers first but knew it wasn't the time to say it. Jake stood and strode towards the door. He swung it open dramatically and turned towards Marceline. "Well are you coming to help look or not?" he asked pointedly. Marceline steeled herself for the coming events and nodded solemnly. Jake's face softened but Marceline could still see the worry in his eyes.
Walking outside Marceline found that almost all of Finn's friends had gathered to help the search party. It really said something about the effect that the champion of Ooo had had on their lives. Bubblegum, Jake's girlfriend lady (I know they're married but for this they aren't), half the candy kingdom and people from all across the land. Even ice king was there, although most suspected he was only there to try and whisk someone away in the duffel bag that was a little more than just 'suspicious'. Marceline could see the distaste and pity grow in each of their eyes as Jake told everyone what he'd learned. Everyone for the duration of the search averted Marceline besides LSP and Bubblegum, the former even going as far as congratulating her!
The search eventually took them to a small fishing village. No-one had been able to figure out Finn's plan so far but as soon as the large group set eyes on the docks it became very clear what Finn had done. The champion of Ooo had been driven out of his own home. As the moon shone high in the sky, Marceline and bubblegum sat on one of the piers reaching out towards the ocean. They had spoken to the dockmaster who had confirmed their fears. He told them that Finn had come by and taken a crew out to sea, and had made no clear intention of return. Bubblegum had her hand on Marceline's back when she said quietly "Marcy, I have a confession" Marceline turned to look at her old friend with an inquiring look, "a week ago….Finn came to my castle, I didn't see him in person I was just told by pep-but that he was here. Pep told me that Finn seemed very distressed and looked like he'd even been crying but I was very into an experiment at the time so I paid no notice and told Pep to make him go away", Marceline sat silently looking out to the ocean "don't worry about that Bonny, its my fault that this all happened in the first place" Marceline burst into tears and Bubblegum held her distraught friend close. "I suppose we all took our champion for granted. And this is the result." Bubblegum wondered aloud.