After a short and uneventful story we are adventuring with ML and Fionna! Also it's dusk, and I think that means the sun has basically set. Please correct me if I'm wrong
"Marshall, grab the pixie!" Fionna shouted. Marshall flew after the last pixie who was desperately trying to escape. It took a sharp turn and flew into the woods. As Marshall followed it Fionna contemplated on recent things. 'I got another bf, and he's better than FP. Marshall's so sweet...' she thought, 'Even though he likes to keep a tough image on the outside.' "Ow!" she said, as a pixie pulled her hair "Sorry Fi, they're tricky." Marshall laughed, chasing after him "Knock him to me!" Fionna grumbled, wanting revenge. Using his bass (?) Marshall knocked the pixie toward Fionna. "Hi-ya!" she said, attaching the pixie onto the end of her mini ax and flinging it who-knows-where. "Don't pull my hair!" she shouted angrily as the pixie faded into the horizon. Suddenly she felt her hair pool over onto her shoulders. "Hey!" she said, pulling her hat back onto her head "You didn't say don't pull my hat." Marshall pointed out. "Whatever." she mumbled. Ever since her birthday she'd been wearing a new outfit Cake made her (A/N: go look back at some previous chapter I don't remember...) but she declined wearing the bunny hairband. She preferred her hat. "How come you want wear the band?" Marshall asked on their way back "Because I don't like my hair showing. It get's in my way too." Fionna mumbled "Aww, but I think it looks cute." Marshall added "Adventuresses aren't supposed to be cute." she huffed "You wearing that outfit doesn't help." Marshall pointed out turning into a small bat and resting on her hat. Fionna didn't reply. They walked in silence to the treehouse. "I'm waiting for you're answer..." Marshall softly sang "I'm still not doing it." she replied. She stopped in front of the treehouse. "And this is were we part. See ya." Marshall said, turning back normal and planting a kiss on her cheek "Stay!" Fionna blurted, grabbing his arm. He gave her a look (A/N: be imaginative about the look :3). "Well, Cake isn't home, but you know what, you don't have ta stay. Never mind." Fionna quickly murmured, running inside and closing the door. 'Geez, way to be cool Fionna.' she thought blushing. She peeked out of a window and saw him flying away. "Now I feel bad..." she said aloud, walking slowly to the kitchen "What's wrong, Fionna?" a voice asked " #$ %?!" Fionna screamed, tossing one of her mini battle axes just above the intruder's(is it really an intruder?) "It's just me." the voice squeaked, almost fainting "Oh my glob I'm so sorry BMO. I thought you were an intruder." Fionna gasped "It's okay." BMO replied after taking some deep breaths, "Anyway, what is wrong Fionna?" "Nothing. Don't you have soccer?" Fionna mumbled "I do. Cake should be here to pick me up any second. Notice I'm in my soccer jersey." BMO boasted. Fionna sighed and took the time to look at BMO properly. "Math." she said with zero enthusiasm. BMO looked crestfallen. "I'm sorry BMO, I'm just feeling totally unmathematical today." Fionna sighed. The door opened, saving BMO and Fionna from awkwardness. "Hey babycakes, how ya doin'?" Cake asked, coming in noisily "Good." Fionna murmured as BMO said, "I'm good, but I'm not to sure about Fionna." BMO then wisely stood on the other side of Cake away from Fionna. Cake turned to BMO, "Whaddya mean BMO?" she asked. BMO started stuttering due to the fact that Fionna was giving her (A/N: with Fionna I always felt that BMO was a girl) the death look, and Fionna's death look was the worst. BMO just started squeaking. "Is your gears not working? Anyway Fionna came from adventuring so she should be fine." Cake said, giving a side glance at the now perfectly normal looking Fionna. BMO just managed to nod before Cake scooped her up and put her on her back. "Got everything BMO?" Cake asked "Yes." BMO managed to say. Cake marched out of the door and grew in size looking ahead. BMO, forgetting her mental danger looked behind and waved. Fionna gave her her best death look before waving goodbye sweetly. As for BMO, if she wasn't a robot she would've fainted.
Fionna turned and decided to look in the fridge for entertainment. Why, I dunno. She took out some leftover spaghetti which sort of lifted her mood. After eating she practiced some combat with her mini axes (she was particularly fond of them this evening) and swung them around wildly. She tossed one and almost knocked Gumball in the head, again. "Geez PG, knock will ya? I almost killed you." Fionna said, more grumpily than she meant to "I'm sorry but I knocked several times. You just didn't hear me." Gumball replied, a bit miffed as he fixed his dome piece. "Well whaddya want?" Fionna grumbled, getting annoyed "I came to deliver you these red velvet cupcakes (seeing as they're your favorite) for getting rid of those pixies but it appears you don't want any." Gumball said, walking back out. Gumball was to annoyed to realize two of his cupcakes were floating off. "Marshall!" Fionna whispered happily. "The one and only." he answered, turning visible. He handed her a cupcake after sucking the red out of it. "When did you get here?" she asked, devouring the cupcake "After Gumbutt. I came to get a couple of mini axes." Marshall said, handing her the other cupcake he took the red out of. "Here, you can take the ones I was practicing with." she said, handing him the axes before chomping on the cupcake. "Willing to try the hairband now?" he asked, receiving the axes. She shook her head, licking her fingers of the delicious buttercream frosting. "What? I gave you two cupcakes for it!" Marshall grumbled "But you took some of my axes." Fionna answered, washing her hands. Marshall swooped over and gave her a kiss. "Red velvet." he murmured. Fionna squeaked and punched his cheek. "Aw geez! I'm leaving before you ruin any other of my brilliant features." he said, giving her a kiss on the cheek this time and leaving.
"Well, maybe I could try it, I mean, it looked cool the first time." she said softly. She unconsciously went to her room and took it out. She swapped the hat for the hairband and looked in the mirror. She gaped at the difference. "I look so algebraic!" she squeaked "Ya see what I meant?" "Marshall!" she yelled, kicking behind her. "My gut." he squeaked "I thought you said you'll leave before I ruined any more of your brilliant features." Fionna said, helping him onto her bed. "I realized I left the mini axes on the kitchen table and when I went to get them I saw you going up the stairs. So I followed you." Marshall said "Actually, that serves you right. I should dish you out another one." Fionna grumbled "As if it would hurt. Your punches are weak." Marshall bluffed. Fionna grinned maliciously. "Why do I regret saying anything." Marshall whispered as she took out a small box. "Do you remember that gift you got me for my fourteenth birthday?" she asked "Totally, it was those... brass knuckles." Marshall said, his voice fading towards the end of his sentence. Fionna turned around, displaying the shiny knuckles. "I didn't use them because they hurt when I punch but I think this is an exception." she said starting to punch Marshall. He flew out without even a retort. She laughed, putting them away after cleaning them. "But he was right, the hair band does look better." she murmured softly
"Fionna, get your lazy butt up!" Cake hollered, standing over her sister. Unfortunately Fionna threw Cake across the room in surprise. "Oh my glob Cake are you okay?" Fionna asked nervously, running to her sister "I've suffered worse from you." Cake laughed, stretching down the stairs. Fionna grumbled and followed her. "What's for breakfast?" Fionna asked "I made some bacon pancakes!" Cake said, planting five on Fionna's plate. Cake then put five for herself and left out a dish of strawberries. "Is that for BMO?" Fionna asked "No, he came by not so long ago to return something so I had to be nice and I invited him for breakfast." Cake replied. Fionna quickly pieced it together in her head. "Marshall?" she said almost giddily "What's it to ya?" Cake asked mysteriously "Well, I dunno. He probably came back to return my axes. I think I gave him to many." Fionna said, trying to sound nonchalant "I didn't know that strawberries assuredly means Marshall." Prince Gumball said, coming into the room. "Gumball?!" Fionna yelled. All her plans that she just made were dashed into pieces. "What are ya returning?" Fionna asked grudgingly "The charm you gave me. It doesn't really work." Gumball said "Whaddya mean?" she asked "I'm always getting dunked by water, trapped in slime, getting the sugar switched with the salt-" he listed "That's Marshall ya dope! Anybody could tell. And you were the person who showed me how to tell the difference between salt and sugar without tasting (or touching) it. I already told you it's for natural disasters. What did you really come here for." Fionna interrupted. Cake ran out of the room with BMO in tow. "I hope PG makes his move quick 'cause she's not thirteen anymore." Cake whispered excitedly to BMO
"I was just thinking, maybe a kiss would be a better charm?" he asked "Get out before I punch you." she replied. Gumball ran out the room. "Why not?" he asked from a different room "Because I already have a boyfriend." she replied, tossing the strawberries at him. "Flame Prince is gone." Gumball said, getting hit with a few berries. Suddenly a berry stopped mid flight. Its color was drained and then resumed its flight at the candy prince. Gumball did not notice because he was busy dodging the other berries because Fionna knows how to catapult lots of berries. So some kept on mysteriously (or not so mysteriously) being drained of their color until one finally hit Gumball. "Marshall Lee Abadeer!" Gumball shrieked, seeing the gray "Hello your majesty." he said, bowing sarcastically as he turned visible "Why do you even hang around him Fionna?" Gumball asked "He can arm wrestle, catches pixies, fights monsters, and can turn invisible." Fionna listed "He burns in the sun!" Gumball exclaimed "You melt if someone pulls a prank on you!" Fionna shot back "Well at least I can act gentlemanly." Gumball snorted "You wouldn't know "gentlemanlyness" if it hit you in the face!" Fionna huffed "I'm a prince, I have a gigantic kingdom, and all the adventures you could want." "He's a king, his kingdom is way bigger than yours, and monsters and demons live in his kingdom." "See? You said it yourself. Monsters and demons!" Prince Gumball shouted "Which makes way more cooler than some baby proof pink sugar coated kingdom. No girl would be able to make the kingdom any girlier than you already made it." Fionna said "So? It's safe. Is that a problem?" "No! But it's a problem for me! I don't mind a bit of safety but like I said, that's baby proofing!" "Well, with your choice in boyfriends I think you need a lot of safety. What is Cake even doing!" "Cake knows enough to stay outta my way! She and Marshall didn't want me dating FP but I did and they stayed outta my way. The least you could do is stay out of my relationships. You're not my dad!" Fionna thundered "You're an orphan! You basically were born without them you imbecile!" Gumball shouted, leaving.
Fionna stood there motionless, letting Gumball's last words sink in. 'You're an orphan! You basically were born without them you imbecile!' Those words kept on ringing in her head. 'I always knew my parents were missing, but I thought it just that. Missing in some super algebraic adventure. But, they died?! Fionna thought. Slowly tears started pooling in her eyes. "I-I'm not an orphan!" she burst out running into her room "Fi!" Marshall shouted, flying after her
"I'm not an orphan. I'm not an orphan." Fionna repeated to herself. She was in a ball rocking back and forth on her bed crying. "Fi-Fi?" Marshall asked, opening the door slowly "I'm not an orphan, right Marshall?" Fionna asked, looking up at him. Marshall sighed. He knew Fionna was the toughest girl in AAA and was assumed by everyone to have no weaknesses except her mortality, but only the people really close to her knew otherwise. Her one known weakness was mental. If you knew which cracks to hit she would come tumbling down. "Fi, Fionna, I'm not really sure what happened to your parents. But until someone can prove that their dead, I guess you aren't an orphan." Marshall slowly said, sitting beside her "But what about Cake's parents. They raised me as their own. Does this mean they aren't my family?" she asked "Defining family is a tricky thing Fionna, there's blood-relatives and there's the people who are just so close to you that you think of them as family. So if you really think that you were that close to them and they were that close to you the I guess so you were family." Marshall answered (A/N: He's using all of that thousand year old knowledge he has gained!) "But I'm really close to you." Fionna murmured "That's why I said it's complicated." Marshall sighed "Thanks Marshy. I think you'll be more gentlemanly than Gummybutts ever will be. Marshall purred. "Thanks Marshymallow."Fionna giggled "Only for you Fi-Fi." Marshall grumbled
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