Author's Note: This kinda puts continuation in the episode "Simon and Marcy"

Disclaimer: Again, I do not own the series.

Ice King waked up once again to the dimmer sunlight, he thought that he overslept, the gem was still in his pocket. It seemed to be be afternoon. "Huh? Wha?" He woke up, Ice King wiped the crusts of his eyes and straightened his beard. He flew back to the playground to see if they were still there but they were no where in sight. "They're not here?" Ice King noticed, he searched for them. The city seemed to be more in disrepair and a lot more dusty.

He continued to search for them, flying around the city for more than ten minutes. Ice King finally noticed an icy breeze coming from underneath him. He looked down on an alleyway and saw Simon going crazy again.

Simon then went down to ground level, staring until he suddenly got to his senses and knocked the crown off his head. Ice King was astonished. He realized that there were frozen mutants in front of him and he quickly grabbed something from a pink slimy mass.

Simon went inside a car, Ice King silently followed and landed on another rooftop to at least hear their conversation. Luckily, the car was opened and the sound was able to project out.

"Simon, my name is Marcy, not Gunter remember?" Marcy frowned sadly, she was named Gunter, the after-effects of the crown were getting stronger. The madness was slowly consuming him permanently.

"Huh? What? G-Gunter, I mean Marcy!" Simon snapped back to his senses, he was slipping away.

"Simon, it's getting worse" Marcy remarked sadly. "Please Simon, Please don't ever do that again… You promised…" Marcy reminded sorrowfully, she started to cry, tears started to stream down her eyes. Simon felt guilty, he did it to save her but in the process, he broke a promise important to her and himself.

He placed his left hand on her left cheek and tried to explain why he did it. "I'm sorry Marcy but I did for you" Simon explained softly, the child's mind was sensitive, he did not want to hurt it even more.

"Just please don't do that Simon" Marcy reassured, she didn't want to lose him. Simon nodded and carried Marcy as they walked through the frozen mutants.

"Come on, Marcy. Let's get our backpack…" Simon said as they left the alley, backtracking their movements.

Ice King stealthily followed them, rooftop to rooftop. He thought deeply, he thought on how this turn of events were too quick.

The two soon reached the spot where the backpack dropped and Simon tried checking if the items inside were damaged. "Simon, it's my birthday today, remember?" Marcy reminded him, she was already turning seven. Ice King soon realized that he did accelerate in time by a year.

Simon remembered a good birthday gift for her, he remembered that he was able to obtain an empty book before while he was crazy. "Oh yes, I got the perfect birthday gift for you" Simon said as he rustled through his stuff, looking for the book. He found it and pulled the book out. Marcy was excited that she will get her birthday present from Simon.

The word "Gunter" was carved on it, he was supposed to give it to Marcy the fourth time he went crazy but was able to snap to his senses before giving it to her.

Simon gave the book with a pen from his chest pocket to Marcy. She remembered the book but still liked it. "Now, Marcy, always write on this diary, so you wont forget me" Simon explained, Marcy opened the book, it had almost a hundred pages.

"One day, Marcy, when I'm gone, you'll need that to remember me" Simon said once more. Marcy took the words by heart, she started to think that the end was near. She ran to Simon and embraced him, she slowly started to cry.

Simon was astonished by her sudden movement but he quickly gave in and hugged her back. "Don't leave me now, please, Simon…" She said with sorrow.

"It's alright Marcy, you will just have to trust me in this" Simon remarked, he knew that his end was near, the insanity was slowly consuming him and Marcy would be the last person he will ever know. Marcy let go and she nodded to Simon.

"For now, we have to keep moving" Simon continued, he rearranged the backpack and reattached the laces, luckily they could be tied back together. He then carried the backpack with him and held Marcy's hand.

The clouds started to darken and thunder can be heard from afar. "Let's go find some shelter, this kind of rain scares me" Simon suggested, small drizzles started to come.

They ran to the nearest house that still had a door. The duo quickly ran inside a small sub-urban house and locked the door shut.

Ice King noticed the drizzles and sneaked in the top floor of the house through the window. Fortunately, Ice King was in a separate room that was locked. The duo decided to stay in the room beside where Ice King was, ignoring the locked room.

The house was dusty and the furniture was scattered everywhere. The place was dimly lit by the lightbulbs running on a dying emergency generator. Cobwebs resided in the small rooms and the windows were shattered. At this state of disrepair, there was surely peep hole.

Marcy quickly slept on a ripped mattress to recover from her fever. Simon waited for her to go to a deep sleep, he seemed to want to do something. Marcy finally got to sleep, Simon took note and was about to update his scrapbook, he already had more than twenty pages with his memories with Marcy.

Ice King could see the book, Simon was right beside the peep hole. He noticed him scribbling on another picture. He found the words familiar until he noticed the relation, the words that Simon wrote was his first part in Marceline's song.

"Marceline…

I could feel myself slipping away…

I can't remember what it made me say

But I remember that I saw you frown

I swear it wasn't me…

It was the crown"

Simon's tears rolled down his cheeks, the teardrops dropped down to the scrapbook page and he cried even more as he turned the pages of his memories. After more than ten minutes of browsing, he closed the scrapbook and placed it back inside his backpack.

Simon laid down on a ripped mattress beside Marcy, got a nearby blanket and quickly drifted to sleep. Time went on and after five minutes, the loud cracking of thunder can be heard, the flash and sound awoke Marcy but not Simon.

Ice King noticed her and continued to observe Marcy. She picked up her diary which she slept with and sat right beside the peep hole where Ice King was looking. She decided to make her first entry since she can't sleep.

"Dear Diary,

Simon gave me this book for my birthday and asked me to write on this book so that I wont forget him,

It made me cry that Simon said that he will leave one day but he said he will be there for me and I just have to trust him in this.

Don't leave me now, please, Simon…"

Ice King was dumbfounded, this was the same thing Marceline told him when she read from her journal. "Poor kid…" Ice King thought as he felt pity for the little girl. Marcy started to cry, she let one tear roll and the tear splat on the book, leaving a mark. She then closed the book and the thunderstorm let out another great thunder.

Marcy squealed and quickly got to the mattress where Simon was. She tried hard to sleep but the thunderstorm kept roaring. She hugged Hambo tightly, hoping that he will help her sleep. "It's ok Marcy, I got you" Simon said softly as he placed his blanket on Marcy, leaving him uncovered by the blanket.

Marcy was quickly soothed by his words and felt comfort. Simon hugged her tightly and Marcy slowly drifted to sleep. They were silent and Simon was still awake, he was awakened by that kind of thunder and the squealing of Marcy.

Ice King was still watching but he decided to wait for some time, he didn't sleep, he feared that he might miss something in one year. He waited for hours, sitting silently and playing with his ice powers.

After a few more minutes, he started to hear moans and growls, it was the sound of the mutants. A great number of them were approaching.