Yesterday's chapter was pretty umm... yeah. So I decided to be a bit more subtle. That decision stood firm, even by the end of the chapter. I'm so proud of myself for making my goal. Also, are there any artists out there? PM me and I'll tell you why I'm asking. (Oh, by artists, I mean drawing/painting/cartooning)

2. Nothing Happened

Oh man, Jake's gonna be furious! I thought.

At the moment, I was practically blazing across the Grasslands towards the treehouse. Not that I cared that much about whether or not Jake would be mad. I was just really super pumped. I reached my destination only a few seconds after I saw the top of it poke over the horizon. Opening the door carefully, I tiptoed up the ladder. I hoped Jake was still asleep. I was to have no such luck.

When I poked my head up through the hole in the floor, much to my chagrin, Jake was already on the couch, sipping his morning coffee.

"Hey, Jake." I said uneasily.

"Finn!" I couldn't tell whether he was angry or happy to see me.

"Where have you been!" Definitely angry.

I saw no way around just telling the truth, so I simply said,

"I was over at Marcy's house." No response.

"Jake? You okay?" I asked, unsure of what to do.

Suddenly, he burst out laughing, and pointed at my head. I felt for my hat, and then realized with dread that I left it at Marcy's house. I couldn't help but blush, and that only made Jake laugh even harder, clutching his stomach. When he was finally able to regain his composure, he said,

"I see how it is," and wiped away tears of mirth, still smiling.

"N-no!" I shouted, a little too quickly for my own liking, "That's not how it is! Nothing happened!" I lied.

"Uh-huh, suuure." he said, and winked suggestively.

"Shut up, dude."

"I didn't say anything."

"I don't care."

I left Jake and went up to the boat we used as a balcony. I sat there for a few hours, partly because I didn't have anything better to do, and partly because I wanted to think. Well, more like daydream.

Marceline's POV

I yawned, and stood. Looking around the room, I noticed that Finn left his hat under the table.

I think I'll take this to him.

Five minutes later, I was out the door, heading towards the treehouse. I could see Finn asleep in the 'boat balcony.' I decided to give him a little scare. Morphing into my demon face, I said melodically,

"Fiiiiin..."

"Hmm? Oh, hi Mar- AAAH!" He let out a cry. Not the little girl scream I expected, though.

Shifting back to my usual form, I dangled his hat tauntingly over his head.

"Hey! Give me that!" he said.

"Ah-ah-aaah, not until you say please." I teased, floating away.

"Come on Marcy, please give me my hat back!"

"Good boy." and I tossed him the hat.

"And now, this." he said menacingly, narrowing his eyes, and giving a sinister grin. Then, he took me completely by surprise when he launched himself off the side of the boat and soared through the air to tackle me. I was amazed by how far he could jump. There had been a twenty foot distance between us, and he cleared it like it was a small puddle.

Suddenly, I came back to my senses, and found that the force of Finn's dive had knocked us both backwards, and we had fallen through the roof of the treehouse, right into the den. He had me pinned by the shoulders, a huge grin plastered on his face. He leaned down and kissed me, coincidentally at the exact moment Jake came into the room sipping a cup of coffee. I swear, His eyes were as big as softballs! He spewed his coffee all over the floor, and shortly afterwards, his jaw went down to meet it.

Finn, completely oblivious to the onlooker, continued to kiss me until I was forced to break it off, and I said,

"Um, Finn..." and glanced quickly over to where Jake was standing, and then back at him.

Finn apparently didn't take the hint, though, and raised an eyebrow questioningly.

"Finn? What the cabbage, man? I didn't know that something actually happened between you two, I was just jokin' !" Jake practically screamed.

"Dude, calm down. I didn't freak out when I found out about you and Lady being together." said Finn, releasing me from the floor.

"Yeah, but this is... different!" said Jake, sounding slightly stupid.

"How is it different, Jake! Huh! How?" Finn said, the rage in his voice astonishing me, having only a second ago been so passionate. And that's saying something, 'cause I'm a thousand years old, and not much surprises, let alone astonishes, me anymore.

Jake backed away a little bit, obviously taken aback at the ferocity of his friend.

"Sorry, dude, I didn't mean it like that..." he said carefully.

"Didn't mean it like that!" Finn practically screamed, "Then how the hell do you mean it, Jake!"

Jake shrank back a little (literally, he shrank) from the verbal onslaught he was receiving.

"I-I-I..."

"How is it that you can have a relationship with someone, but I can't! How is it that just when I get over PB, and find someone else, you deny me even that! What gives you the right to do that to me! Answer me!"

"Finn, I'm sorry." said Jake, unsettlingly calmly.

"Yeah, well sorry ain't gonna cut it this time!"

And with that, he stormed out. I shot Jake a glare that would've scared Death himself, and flew outside.

I found him a few miles away, sitting on a hill, sobbing quietly to himself.

"Hey there." I said.

"Why are you here?" he asked.

"'Cause I'm a huge jerk." I said jokingly. This seemed to cheer him up a bit.

"Listen, Finn. Jake was only being a jerk because he cares about you. I know he doesn't like me or trust me that much, and that's why he acted like he did. He didn't want to see you get hurt."

"I know, and now I feel kinda bad for blowing up at him like I did." he said, slightly remorsefully, "But I'm not apologizing until he learns to accept us."

"I think that's plenty fair." I said, and I believed it. "Oh, and also, how did you clear that jump about an hour ago?" I asked.

"You really want to know?" he questioned.

I nodded my head.

"Well, to make a long story short, I gained some magical abilities about a year back when I called in a favor that Death owed me."

"Woah, woah, woah. You know Death?" I asked incredulously.

"Yeah, defs." he said. "I had to travel to the Land of the Dead four years ago to get back the soul of a plant Jake and I accidentally killed."

"Wow. That's really cool, Finn." I said genuinely.

He blushed.

"Thanks, Marcy."

"Hey Finn, you can crash at my place tonight if you want." I offered.

"Sure. That sounds pretty good."

So we went back to my little cottage, flopped on the couch, and watched a movie. Tonight we were watching Heat Signature 2. I unconsciously snuggled closer to Finn at a particularly scary part, and he put his arm around me.

After the movie, we went upstairs and climbed into bed. With a snap of my fingers, the lights went off.

"You think you're the only one who can do things like that?" said Finn jokingly, and he clapped his hands a few times. Then he said,

"Go look out the window." I did as I was told and I immediately noticed them. Huge, sparkling letters, hanging in the sky. They read: I love you, Marceline.

"Oh, Finn!" I gasped.

"That's not all. Look behind you." he almost whispered.

I turned to look at Finn, only there was something different about him. His skin had a pale gray pallor, his hair had turned jet black, there were two pinpricks of color on his neck, and he had pearly white fangs sprouting from each corner of his mouth. Oh, and he was floating.

Seeing this drastic change in his appearance almost made me faint, but he caught me.

"It's okay, I'm not really a vampire." he said soothingly. "But I can alter my appearance to look extremely close to one. Speaking of which, you wanna give our friend Princess Bubblegum a good scare?"

I grinned widely.

"Yeah, definitely. I wasn't really ready to go to sleep yet, anyways."

"Neither was I."

BOOM! Yeah, that's right, Finn is magic. Remember in that episode with Death, at the end he said 'If you guys ever need anything, just ask'? Or whatever, something like that anyways. Finn needed something, so he asked. And Death was all too happy, willing, and able to oblige. There's the back story on that one. I'll probably post another chapter soon after this one, maybe a few hours after. I just can't wait to see how things turn out. I know that sounds weird, coming from me, the author, but trust me, I hardly ever know what's gonna happen next.

The lonely god reveals himself.