Author's Note: Sorry for not uploading in such a long time! I was ready to just scrap the story, since I had so many spelling errors from typing this on my phone... but then I saw someone actually likes my work! So thank you! :)
Again the sensation of being in an unfamiliar place plagued me. I didn't really know what was going on around me, but it was loud. Shouts and screaming rang my ears, to the point of deafness. Forcing my eyelids open, I saw many candy people running around, screaming, but I couldn't hear them. Out of sheer force of will, I pushed myself to my feet. I swayed, still woozy. I saw Gumball run to me, and catch me right before I fell. I slipped out of consciousness again.
It felt like minutes, but I finally regained consciousness! I saw Gumball standing over me, with a very worried look on his face.
"Gumball." I croaked, my voice hoarse. He smiled slightly when I said that, small tears in his eyes. He carefully bends down and kisses my forehead ever so gently, so soft that a newborn baby's skin would feel like a hard sheet of metal.
"Shhh. Don't speak." He whispers. "You fell pretty hard when you passed out at the ball."
"What happened?" I ask, completely ignoring the whole "Don't speak".
"You ran from Marshall, then you crashed in the middle of the floor. You screamed and screamed and I didn't know what to do! It was so scary." And for a second, I could see something behind those steely hard eyes. "Some of your feathers..." His voice lowered a bit before continuing. "They fell out and turned black."
"What?" My face must have paled or something, because Gumball grabbed my hand, and cradled it in his.
"Look for yourself." And with his other hand, he extended my wing out so that I could see it, and sure enough it had small streaks of black. "Death didn't know why your feathers are turning black."
"Where is Marshall Lee?" I ask slowly.
"I banned him from seeing you while you slept."
"Well I am not sleeping now so get him." I bark. Then realizing that I just yelled at him, I turn away and whisper a very timid "Sorry".
"It's okay. Peps!" As Peppermint Maid bursts through the door, Gumballs shouts across the room, "Get Marshall Lee for the princess please!" And she rushes away.