Reunion
"Jeez… how long did I sleep here" Princess Bubblegum coughed out
She gently felt along the console she was resting her head on, hearing all kinds of nuts and crisps fall on the floor. One yawn later she rubbed her eyes and opened them… The bright light flashed, pulsating headaches ricocheted in her skull.
"nggggghh ahahahahah" a childish moan and giggle came from behind her
"what… haha what about 4 hours or someth-haha… ha I dunnooo man" the voice kept going stumbling over their own words.
PB turned around and saw a drunk Marshall Lee floating around upside down trying to chase the 'tiny coloured butterflies' in the portal room while giggling like a little girl. She looked around the room more carefully, LSP was like always hanging out the window snoring like a broken down tugboat. A half naked Bubba and floating Marceline in the corner. Marceline was flapping her arms like a dog dreaming nightmares, although it seemed like she was trying to look for something soft because as soon as she got a hold of Bubba's foot she moaned and dropped out of the sky viciously waking her up.
"AAAAAH WHERE AM I" Marceline screamed and hissed at the same time making Bubba jump up and fall down painfully.
He just shivered on the floor and gruntled in pain while also trying to get a grip on reality.
Marshall Lee just floated by him giggling louder while pointing vaguely in the direction of Prince Gumball.
Marceline was be dazed by the sudden awakening and her new boyfriend moaning on the ground that she could do nothing other than scratch behind her ear and stare blankly into the room.
"UAAAAAHHHHH! WHO IS SCREAMING THERE OMYGOOOOD!" LSP screamed from the window "WHY CANT YOU SEE I HAVE A HEADACHE"
Then Flame Prince came stumbling from behind the portal. His skin was awfully pale yellow and his hair flame was burning low
"uuuh what the hell happened? I can't remember how I got here even…?" he mumbled while LSP already started snoring on the windowsill
Marcy's mind finally returned and she remembered
"oh yeah.. you opened up the portal last week and you wanted to have a grand party to celebrate this." She said while pointing at Bubblegum
"ooooh myyy good that was one hell of a party… you-hehehe-you and Bubba were going at it… holy fuck hahaha" Marshall Lee mumbled making both Marcy and Bubba blush.
"yeah okay you're going now… seeeya" Marcy hissed when she grabbed Marshalls hand and threw him towards the portal where he dissolved back to his own dimension.
"okay… now he is gone… lets head to our beds… "
"hey guys… I can put up some beds here if you want?" Bubblegum asked the group "so you don't have to go all the way back to your own house…"
"Nah sorry peebs… me and Bubba… we have some catching up"
Marceline winked at him and yanked him towards the portal by his belt while he was sniggering. They both indulged in a deep kiss when Marceline floated through the portal with gumball clinging on to her.
"oooooh kay… LSP? You want a bed?"
But Lumpy space princess fell out of the window and gently floated down to a soft bush in the castle gardens while Flame Prince fell asleep again in the corner of the room.
"well… perfect… the I just have to take care of myself" PB sighed while dragging herself out of the room.
From the other side of the portal she could hear Marceline moan and giggle together with Bubba… sounded like they had fun, until she heard Marcy scream loudly and throwing vases against the wall while Marshall Lee was giggling like a little child again. A vampire hissed and a screech from pain sounded while Marshall flung through the portal and landed on Flame Prince's lap…
They both wrapped arms around each other under the influence of apple cider and both slept while cuddling.
Seemed kinda cute…
The following afternoon
"uuuuh… my head… what time is it now…?"
Bubblegum blindly whacked on her nightstand till she found her mobile phone. She unlocked it and stared at it, 1 hour and 34 minutes past noon… well it could be worse but it is the time to get out of bed and see if peppermint butler could fix her a breakfast, or rather a lunch.
She walked down the dark oiled wooden stairs that shot up into the central citadel of the candy palace like tunnels of an ant colony. Her steps echoed inside the main hall, flailing off of the high and smooth yellow walls.
Peppermint butler being downstairs awaiting the princess heard the flopping of her bare feet on the stairs and he came running towards her.
"ah hellooo Princess… I thought I heard you ruffle upstairs… can I get you anything?"
"uuuh yeah scrambled eggs please… and a large mug of coffee… I could really use some to get rid of this horrible headache."
"should I bring some of your finest Aspirin to you to get rid of the pesky hangover"
"wowowow… hangover naaah… I uhhh just banged my head"
Peppermint butler stared at her with one eye…
"Princess… I can smell your breath from over here… I guess that just means you had a lotta fun with your transdimensional friends?"
"yeah… sorry I don't think it's normal for a Princess to be drunk…"
"pff that's balderdash you know that, you are not a normal princess, and partying is what we all should do more… especially you, you are already so busy lately. Before last week… the portal didn't work for months. And you spent all those months awake and well trying to fix it. I think you really deserved the party."
" yeah… but I kinda expected Finn here this afternoon, I have something for him still"
"well the afternoon isn't over yet, and I haven't seen him here. So I think you woke up in time. Now just settle yourself in front of the fire place, soon you can eat your eggs, drink your coffee and take some aspirin. And oh yeah, if Finn drops by… just wear sunglasses and take some breath mints, he won't notice"
Peppermint butler smiled and pressed PB towards the living room.
"I'll rustle up the chefs to make you a lunch, and I will keep Finn from you until you are feeling better, okay?"
"yeah thanks… I'll just wait there then"
"do that… and princess, may I say I'm glad you had fun?"
PB smiled and walked into the living room where a small fire was crackling away. She settled herself on the soft burgundy red sofa and stared into the glowing embers. Contemplating about life while the alcohol got filtered from her blood.
The clock ticked from far beyond her mindset, the minutes flowing by like a rough creek coursing through a rocky landscape, finding its way to the sea. The fictional cold water splashed down on her when she heard peppermint butler clack into the living room. the smell of coffe, scrambled eggs, and fresh baked bread filled her nose.
"freshly baked from breakfast princess' bake wares. I hope you like it…"
She kept staring into the smouldering slag shuffling around the candy brick furnace, small cinders getting sucked up the chimney and extinguished by the cold air. The air as freezing as her limbs, not cold on the outside but like a ice crystal seeming to grow from the inside.
"Princess? Are you okay? You haven't touched your eggs yet, and I brought your coffee about 10 minutes ago…it must be cold by now."
Bonnibel awoke from her brain slumber…
"wha… where am I?"
"Are you okay? Did you fall asleep again?"
"I dunno man… I… sat here and, I dunno man"
Pep but squeezed his boots together and gently the rubber squeeked adding to the awkward mood.
"should I call off master Finn?"
"noo nononoo he can still come here, I'm just a bit, tired… I think i'll just walk in the castle gardens…"
"do you still want the egg? Or should I rustle up the kitchen to make some more? Or something else?"
"nah… i'll chomp this down on my walk. Don't worry about me" She answered with a small smile.
"okay bu-
"shhhh Peppermint Butler… you can go… take some hours off okay? I can handle myself."
Before he could answer the Princess picked him up and turned him around escorting him out of the room. She then ran back to the couch and forced some soggy cold egg between the bread, gulped down a mug of coffee and stuffed the eggy bread in her mouth while setting foot towards the door again.
Actually the air was quite cold for this time of the year. It must be about 10 degrees Celsius, luckily her dress was quite thick, so she wasn't that cold. After about 5 minutes of walking she saw a massive dent in the bushes. LSP must have slept there some time ago, but because she wasn't to be seen here PB assumed she went home already.
"oh Ethyl-Acetate! I forgot to check on Marshall and Flame prince"
She ran towards her tower and barged in through the door. Swiftly yet silently she hopped up the long winding stairs, she flew past the cream yellow bricks until she arrived at the portal room about halfway up the tower. She didn't hear any sniggering from Marshall Lee…or the soft gruntling of Flame Prince, did they go away?
PB opened the door slowly… Flame Prince was gone probably, but in the corner of the metal plated room Marshall Lee floated around. He luckily still had his underpants on, but almost his entire shirt and most of his pants were burned off because he slept in FP's lap. He didn't have any burns because yeah, he had regenerative powers, but his clothes didn't.
Now she noticed, he was actually a handsome man… not exactly buff or anything like cupcake man, but he looked quit sexy… a small six pack, well more a 3 pack. A mall chubby hairy belly and 2 petite man boobies, but he did have some muscle on him. She walked closer to him until she heard him snore gently.
Softly she brushed his belly and smiled… before she grabbed him by the hand and pulled him towards the portal. With considerable force Bubblegum pushed him through the portal. Just when she heard him shlorp through the portal she realised her mistake.
Quite quickly after, a high pitched scream blasted through the portal
"OH MY GOD MARSHALL LEE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING HERE AGAIN!"
An equally loud yet more manly scream sounded
"AAAAH WHERE AM I! MARCELINE WHY ARE YOU NAKED OH GOD GET ME OUT OF HERE!"
PB didn't hear more because she ran out the room.
When she walked out into the garden screams sounded and Marshall flew out through the window slowly floating over the kindom.
"HEEEEY! HEY MARSHALL WOOHOO LOOK HERE!"
After a second it took for him to regain senses he started looking for where the voice came from. PB started to jump and yell even louder, and the vampire king located her and flew down. He landed on the grass and laid flat down there… he sighed
"well I'm never gonna forget that" he said "I don't even know how I got there…"
"yeah… uuuh… that sucks man… what even happened?"
"well I saw Bubba and his new found lover dancing horizontally in bed… glob I wi'll never get that sight out…"
"yeah that must be disturbing…"
"holy shit yes it was, she has got the vampire titties though… for once someone who is bigger than bubba's moobies."
Even in this awkward moment Bubblegum snorted out because of that.
"not that you haven't got boobies" he smirked towards Bubblegum
"don't you want to get dressed? Yknow you in your underpants with me in the garden… people might get the wrong idea…"
"yeah well I aint getting through that portal again… I don't wanna see bubba and his dongle next! Cant I borrow some clothing here? You must have some guys here who wear cool clothes?"
"yeah well pep but is quite small… I can give you one of my sweatpants and a shirt… i'll try to find something 'radical' and 'cool'" She said
"please never say that again"
"oh you…"
"no Bubblegum… I have to be strict now… do not use those words!" he giggled
"well then you can go back through that portal!" she winked while she blew a kiss
"psssh… you cant even handle a joke…" he mumbled
"pssh… you cant even handle a naked woman… why? Are you afraid you can't perform?" she came back at him…
"wow… just… wow…"
"hey do you want clothes or not?"
"yeah yeah okay glob… don't be so aggressive"
Later that afternoon
"Princess!? Hello!?... are you there?" Finn yelled
His voice ricocheted off the walls while he walked into the main hall.
"yeah Finn! I'll be right there! would you mind it if I bring a guest?" she answered
"Well I don't care if you mind I'm here to enjoy the show anyway" Marshall added
"wow…" Finn whispered, he then yelled back "no its okay, he can come too. I assume he is also gonna help with the science!?"
"Yeah no I don't want to grow a second head because of this wannabe scientist!"
A vase smashed against the wall upstairs and PB screamed
"MARSHALL LEE GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW"
"but I like it u-
"NO ONE CALLS ME A WANNABE YOU… YOU… YOU BUTT!"
The sound of a vase smashing sounded again and Finn had to jump away to avoid being hit by shards. Marshall Lee fell down with a black eye and a pink sweat suit, pink with fluffy collars and fluffy rims at the end of the sleeves. But before Finn laughed about his attire Bubblegum dropped down and elbowing Marshall in his belly…
*cough cough* "Jeez woman was that really necessary…"
"no but I wanted to try out the anti bone breaking spray… I wanted to try it out with Finn but I don't need him now…"
Finn frowned "so I came here for nothing?"
"no no of course not, I also wanted to gift you some new goodies I have in my lab."
"oooh goodies… yussss!"
"well… goody, it's one thing but it has multiple functionalities!"
"Just like my d-
"DON'T… don't you dare Marshall… don't make me test Finn's new sword out on you!"
"Oh nice it's a sword! Will you sublime me again oh princess?"
"pffff nahaha I don't think so Finn… you know I'm a humble designer. Even thoughIamquiteawesomeyeahokaybll…" she whispered
"okay okay enough self enrichment for you today Bonnibel… let's just show Finn your lab and his new sword okay?"
"yeah…" she softly maundered
The trio walked up the stairs in PB's science tower, well trio walking? Finn and Bubblegum walked and Marshall Lee floated upside down trying to impress Finn but mostly the candy princess. Yet it did not work and they kept walking up the stairs in a sturdy pace, Finn following the princess to whatever room out of the dozens of small doors and alcoves littered across the walls the sword may be in.
"okay Finn… here we go now." She said while standing in front of a small-ish wooden door
She grasped the doorknob and opened the door. The room was, cold… cold, small and even though it had a reasonable window, quite dark.
"sorry for the mess, you can see I don't really design a lot of small weaponry."
"I don't mind man… I'm glad you even thought of me!"
She smiled a small simper and she then proceeded to open a small lead box. She had to put considerable force to open the small yet dense and heavy lid. From the box a bright blue, almost aqua coloured shining sword emerged. She took it out and handed it to Finn…
"I call it the quantum-sWoRhDy, the last bit standing for the Tungsten, the W, Rhodium and Dysprosium alloyed blade. 19x10^8 quantum pulsations every second, calculating the danger incoming and what the most efficient defense is."
Finn stared at it, slightly drooling from the left corner of his mouth.
"do you want to hold it?" she asked Finn.
She held out the blade and Finn nodded while grabbing the hilt.
"ooh wow… its warm… buzzing with energy, so rigid, I can cut through steel with this!" He whispered
Meanwhile Marshall could not hold in his laughter and he flew out the window to scream it out.
"don't mind him…" she said when she saw Finn's questioning gaze "he is just a bit… childish…"
"pfff… anyway… wow this sword is beautiful!"
"Now Finn… I have to school you quickly… you see those buttons there on the top?"
"you mean these ones" he asked as he rubbed over them.
"yeah those… dont pre-
*BOOOM*
Finn flew after the sword as he blasted through the ceiling, ripping apart the floorboards.
Before she even realized what happened Finn came to a halt, in the middle of the portal, completely ripping it apart. But before he could even moan in pain the sword shot up into the sky, nearly hitting Marshall and then off to chase after a poor marshmallow eagle flying for its life.
"Fuck…" Bubblegum whispered as Finn darted across the forest, dipping into the pink candy fluff.
Marshall started to laugh even harder, but his laugh disappeared when he saw the portal completely wrecked. His only way home lay sprawled across the floor, well what was left of the floor.
"god… Did… did I just lose my home? I-I-I-I…" for once Marshall could not talk.
Instead, he fell from the sky, his limbs flailing around in the wind, just a few metres from the ground when one of the gumball guardians leaped underneath him to catch the falling vampire.
Bubblegum jumped from the window, knowing the anti bone breaking spray was still working and landed next to Marshall Lee. She kneeled down and brushed the hair out of his even paler face. His chest jumped up and down, and his pupils dilated.
"shhhhh calm down Marshall… it's ok… try to breath in through your nose and mouth." She whispered while she formed a cup around his mouth and nose with her hands.
After about 2 minutes he started to cough and he pushed her hands away… a bit of a more greenish colour flushed his skin again and his eyes darted around trying to find out where he was. His chest wasn't stuttering under the pink jacket as hard as it did a couple of minutes ago, and Bubblegum lifted him up so he sat up on his butt. She pulled him towards him to sit on her lap and they just hugged.
It must be after about 5 minutes of intense hugging that he pulled away and stared into her eyes… yet still he didn't say anything. There was a look of awe in his eyes, like a great symphony played behind Bubblegums back.
"well… I-
She was interrupted by Marshall Lee who just placed a finger on her mouth.
"sshhhh…"
He moved closer and kissed her on her lips, not a deep kiss, yet a small lovingly kiss. She closed her eyes and accepted. After probably 2 seconds of the word standing still he moved back again.
"since I'm trapped here now, why not get into each other" he whispered with already a smug smile on his face…
"did you just… kiss me? Affection… I missed that…"
"that's all you say? God I love you…"
"Well… hehe you're gonna love me even more"
"oh god what did you do?"
"I may have been working on another portal… one that isn't linked to Marceline's and Bubba's bedroom, it's not ready, but I'm getting there…"
"you mean… I can go home?"
"not now silly, soon… now you're still stuck here with me" she winked at him
Marshall dramatically dropped backwards while screaming a deep and slow motioned NOOOOOO THE AGONY which led to Bubblegum to tickle him and roll around in the grass.
"you dingus… I love you!" she said while plopping him another kiss. "well do you wanna get some dinner or what, I'm starving!"
The end