Here's the newest CH. Sorry that took so long, but it's worth it. Because this, and later CH's are being Beta'd by the Awesome MasterHama. So, again...

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Bitter Confessions

My princess is here. My princess Betty.

Eventually, I remember where I am.

No! it isn't her. It couldn't possibly be her. Betty's not... My Betty is waiting for me. In my world. This young lady just looks like her.

"Mister Petrikov?"

Oh no, she's been talking to me. Say something!

"Bett-I mean Bonnie. No, I mean Bubblegum! Princess Bubblegum!" I say feeling out of breath and stupid. Half my mind was expecting being in trouble for disrespecting royalty, but she actually seemed amused, the other half reassured me.

For a kingdom run by such a young ruler, who wears a messy looking lab coat in front of someone she just met, it wouldn't seem like I'd get in trouble for that.

"Here, Follow me, Simon," she says while taking my hand and leading me down the hall. Finn, Jake, and Marceline follow. "Is it okay that I call you Simon?"

"Of course, your Majesty." she giggles again hearing me.

"You don't have to call me that. Especially when I'm dressed like this."

When she mentions how she's dressed I feel a relieved. And...

disappointed.

I confused her for Betty because she's wearing similar garb as her. And her pink skin didn't help. My Betty does have a pink hue to her.

But, for a moment, it was nice to see her again. I've only been away for a day but it feels like forever. It was comforting.

"Where are we going, exactly?" I ask a little worried.

"I'm just going to give you a routine checkup. Marceline's informed me or your...situation," after she says this we come up to a door, where she stops the rest of the group, "Sorry guys, but you'll all have to wait out here. And, Marceline?"

"Yeah?"

"I need to have a word with you later, in private."

After that she lead me through the door for the routine checkup.

. . .

I had to do it. I had to lie to him.

I tell myself this again, trying to make myself feel better about what I did.

It doesn't work.

The truth is I didn't have to lie. I just said that because I was too scared to tell him the truth. The truth would hurt him too much. So much so that it could kill him. Or worse.

I'm trapped now. If I told him the truth he might have been angry with me. And why wouldn't he be? To him I took everything away from him. But he might have understood, eventually. But now, he will definitely hate me.

I think back about what I said. I was surprised how easy it was to lie like that. At how good I was at it. I convinced him that he was in an alternate reality. In this world there never was a civilization like he knew. It was always talking animals and Lumpy Space. Always dungeons and dragons.

Always princesses and mad kings kidnapping them.

But still, there are way too many loose ends. There are too many people that can say something they shouldn't. I told Finn and Jake about the lies. They didn't like that. I think the reason they went along with it is because they're scared of hurting Simon too. Also, I think they're scared of me a little. But they respected my wishes. They hid all the old relics from pre-Mushroom War in they're house.

I feel bad for Finn. I know he would love to ask Simon about everything he knows about humans. But he might let something slip. Maybe if he's careful enough I'll let him.

I would have preferred to have Simon stay at my house. But I had to prepare it for him. I hid anything that can ruin this.

It's already ruined. I'm trapped in a lie. And he's going to find out the truth soon is riddled with junk from his time. Most of it goes unnoticed. But there are still movies and books...

I stop beating myself up and think about the things I did right.

Okay, okay, as the Ice King, he was nothing but trouble. Always trying to get a princess. It didn't help that he was completely insane. And...and...it hurt too much. To be around him was too painful. It didn't seem like Simon was even in there. As the Ice King, he never even-

"I know it was you, Marceline," a voice says behind me. I turn to see Bonnie standing in the doorway. Arms crossed. I must have been really deep in thought if I didn't sense her there.

"What are you talking about?" I ask her feeling like she knows how guilty I feel. "Wheres Simon? Is he okay?"

She waited a moment before answering. "He's fine. There are no abnormalities with his heart, like candy or psychotic tendencies."

"That's good," I was genuinely worried about that. But I was hoping that maybe it would distract Bonnie.

"I know you were the one who sneaked into my lab a few days ago and stole a bunch of stuff."

Well, at least she doesn't know everything.

"I have no idea what your talking about," I can't let her catch onto what I did.

"My Vampire-Detecto-Camera saw you."

Oh no, I didn't even know those existed!

"You have one of those!?"

"No."

"Then how did you know I...Oh"

"Yeah."

RRRAAAGH! How can I be so old and still so stupid?

I calmed myself and looked at Bonnie. "How did you know?"

"To be perfectly honest, I had know idea who could have gotten into my lab without leaving any trace. Without setting off security, And without showing a heat signature. Even a magic user wouldn't be able to pull that off," She then took a deep breath...

And exhaled. "And then you showed up last night. I didn't even consider that it would have been you. But after you left I put it together. Only a Vampire can leave absolutely no trace."

I didn't say anything. I felt too guilty. I didn't like stealing from Bonnie, but I didn't have a choice.

Bonnie uncrossed her arms and spoke to me in a much softer tone. "Marceline, why did you steal my stuff? I would have made a bigger deal of this, but it seemed you only took small things. Seemed. You scattered everything around. And the catalogue was destroyed."

That was my intention, So she couldn't find out what I took and why. "I didn't know where else to find what I needed. I knew you would have everything. So I went here first."

"But why, Marceline? Why steal in the first place if you can just ask for it."

I can't tell her. It's very important that I keep what I did a secret. That's what he told me. Usually I'd make an exception for my friends. But, I'm scared. I'm scared that if I break that rule, I'll lose Simon again.

I don't say anything. And for what felt like an eternity, neither does Bonnie. She just waited for an answer I wasn't going to give her.

Finally, she gave up on that. She must have realized I wasn't going to give. But still, she pried. "Okay, I'm not going to try and ask how you did it, but why. Why did you decide to bring him back now? What changed?"

That is a much harder question to answer. But I need to tell her at least that much.

"Marcy, please-"

"Exactly."

"What?"

"...He...he never called me Marcy. Always Marceline."

"Who do you mean?"

"The Ice King."

"You mean Simon?"

"NO! That wasn't Simon!" I scream, feeling tears sting my eyes. The emotions I have been storing since I yelled at the Ice King start bursting out. "That was a cage keeping the real Simon locked up! That wasn't him!"

I stop yelling and taste something unpleasant in my mouth. I look at Bonnie. She seems a little taken aback. I control my breathing and calm myself.

The next time I talk, it's quiet. "Simon always called me Marcy. Everybody close to me calls me Marcy. But the Ice King never did. It just proved that he wasn't really Simon. That, even though he was Simon, he didn't feel close enough to me to call me that."

"Mar..." Bonnie began but then thought for a moment. "Marcy, it's not right that you lied to Simon. You have too tell him the truth. And only you can do that."

"...I know," I reply, staring at the floor. "But, he'll hate me."

"If he's really the Simon you knew, then he couldn't feel that way about you."

"That's what I'm scared of," I slowly fall to my knees. "That he isn't the Simon I knew."

Bonnie didn't reply. Instead she came over and wrapped her arms around me. And whispered into my ear. "You do what you think is right, it's all any of us can do."

She's right. I'll tell him.

The next CH will be posted soon...Maybe. Also I have an update about the original song chalange I made. Due to lack of responses and interest, I might cancel it. Might is the key word here. So if you are interested, please PM me for more details.

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