I am a horrible person and from now on there will be updates every Friday, even if I have to prop my eyelids open with pencils to do it. This is a short, filler-y chapter, but its main purpose is to show that I'm still alive and help me deal with some of Marceline and PB's very strong emotions. And I LOVE ALL MY REVIEWERS. AND FOLLOWERS.

~MARCELINE~

Freedom felt good, especially when she'd just defied one of the most important personages in the Land of Ooo. Marceline turned a few cartwheels, then morphed back into her own body.

"Ugh!" she cried into the thick, sweet air of the Candy Kingdom. Even her voice seemed sweet and thick. She felt as if she'd been gummed up.

She'd always wanted to meet Princess Bubblegum. She'd been disappointed when she had. Did everyone had to let her down? First her father, then Simon, and now Princess Bubblegum. Granted, she'd only known the girl for a few moments, but in those few moments the princess had trapped her in a lab room and performed degrading experiments on her. And people asked her why she roamed Ooo alone! She had yet to meet someone who could answer that question.

Marceline had every right to hate Princess Bubblegum with all her heart, and in a way, she did.

The sunset had always fascinated Marceline. It was one of the only red things she could not make colorless, and so she watched it with the wonder one watches things one can never have. Now it brushed the unnatural colors of the Candy Kingdom with its mellow redness, and Marceline was glad to leave the kingdom behind.

She didn't stop flying until she could no longer see any spires or houses.

~PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM~

Princess Bubblegum should be glad that the Vampire Queen had left.

After all, the vampire had not exactly been very polite the last—and first—time Princess Bubblegum had seen her. And Princess Bubblegum, one of the most celebrated princesses and inventors in the whole of Ooo, was not used to being snapped at.

All she had done was perform a few experiments on the vampire, and they had not been very harmful experiments at that. Once she'd tested for emotions, she'd immediately let Marceline go, had she not?

Discarding her lab equipment, she allowed Peppermint Butler to bring her a cup of tea. She did not leave her lab, though, like she'd usually have done. She paced its polished lengths, allowing herself to slip into a state of waking unconsciousness.

Outside the window, the candy sunset seeped into the Candy Kingdom, flowing over the pinks and yellows and greens Princess Bubblegum ruled over. Princess Bubblegum loved her kingdom—it was the one thing she truly loved, and she felt a sense of dread pervading her usually orderly mind like the sunset was drowning her perfect kingdom.