Love and Madness

Chapter 4 Vampire's Sorrow

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own Adventure Time. This is just a story for fun.

Finn and Jake followed Marceline to Magic Man's house, when they got there they saw that the front door had been ripped clean off. Finn and Jake exchanged a look, while Marceline flew inside looking for Magic Man, followed by the guys. They found Magic Man resign against a wall with a bruised face.

"What happened to you?" Asked Jake.

"Oh...great its you guys and you brought one of your friends. Why don't...you just leave me alone, I already had a rough night." Grumbled Magic Man as he stumbled to his feet.

Without a word Marceline flew over to Magic Man, grabbed him by his shirt, and slammed him against the wall. Magic Man grunted in pain as he starred at Marceline.

"What's...with the hostility?"

"I'm here to remind you about what you messed up, you jerk." Hissed Marceline as she glared daggers at Magic Man and tightened her grip on his shirt.

Magic Man paled slightly as he starred at Marceline's hate filled eyes. This wasn't just regular hatred, this was outright disgust. Magic Man desperately searched his memory trying to figure out what he did to this girl to make her so angry.

"Um...could you refresh my...memory?"

"A few days ago you had a women named Betty as an apprentice, you were teaching her magic and you promised to help her save the one she loved, after she helped you gain the powers of Glob, but you had no intention of helping her. Thanks to your little experiment Betty ended up with your magic and it drove her insane! Betty was supposed to save Simon and you just made things worse!" Snarled Marceline as a few angry tears leaked from her eyes.

"Well on...the bright side my sadness for my love Margels is gone along with my magic. Two hundred years of sadness are gone from my life, thanks to Betty." Said Magic Man trying to lighten the mood.

Marceline's eyes burned bright red as she teeth turned into fangs. Magic Man's eyes widened in terror as he realized he said the wrong thing. Finn and Jake watched Marceline nervously not sure what she would do. After a few seconds Marceline's face returned to normal and she let out a humorless laugh. Everybody was taken aback by this.

"You think two hundred years of sadness justifies what you did? Well let me tell you something pal I have nearly a thousand years of sadness and I never took it out on anyone else or tried to make others miserable or insane like you did."

"Um...ok, but what dose Betty have to do with you?" Asked Magic Man.

"Oh it's a long story. You see a long time ago there was a little girl named Marcy who lived a peaceful life in a city, but then one day a horrible war broke out and the city was destroyed. Marcy walked through the wreckage scared and alone. She cried for her mother, but she couldn't find her. Marcy was all alone. The girl cried and cried, until finally a good man found her. The man's name was Simon and he gave Marcy a teddybear to calm her down and cheer her up. Simon took Marcy in and watched over her. The two of them traveled around together and they grew close to one another. Simon was like a father to Marcy and he loved her very much. He would make Marcy laugh and comfort her when she was feeling sad. The girl didn't know at the time that Simon had some deep troubles of his own. You see Simon had this magic crown that gave him ice powers he used to protect himself and Marcy, but the power was slowly driving Simon mad and each time he put the crown on, he seemed to lose more and more of himself each time. Simon and Marcy had to face several dangerous creatures and each time Simon would hide Marcy somewhere safe and he was forced to put the crown on to deal with the threat. Though Simon knew the crown was making him lose, his mind, he was more concerned about Marcy's safety then his own. He was scared about what was happening, but he was more afraid about what would happen to the little girl he saw as a daughter. Simon was sacrificing himself for Marcy, because he loved her." Said Marceline.

Finn and Jake listen to Marceline as they searched the house for Glob's helmet, but they couldn't seem to find it anywhere.

"After a few years Simon lost himself completely to the crown. Simon couldn't even remember his own name and began calling himself Ice King. For some strange reason Ice King stuck around with Marcy, even though he couldn't remember his past with her. Marcy was heartbroken, she just lost one of the few people she actually loved and care about, but this time it was much worse. Simon was still there but it...just wasn't him. One day Marcy ran away from Simon and tried to get as far away as possible. Marcy encountered a vampire and got turned into one, so now she could live longer. For hundreds of years Marcy traveled around trying to find a place to live, but somehow the Ice King would always find her. This upset her and she would tell the Ice King to leave, which he did. Then one day the Ice King came to Marcy because he wanted to write a song. Mary decided to help him and she stumbled upon a letter addressed to her from Simon explaining what was happening to him and that he was sorry for not noting be there for her. Marcy was touched and she forgave the Ice King and started spending more time with him. Things were going good and then Simon returned. It was a miracle! Simon was back, the magic of the crown that drove him mad was gone, and Marcy was so happy to see him, but then the universe decided to play a cruel joke on them. You see without the magic of the crown, Simon would die because of his old age. Simone was growing weak and there was one last thing he wanted to do before he died. He wanted to apologize to the women he once loved very much and to tell her to find someone else to love. That women's name was Betty. Simon opened up a time portal to the moment his past self came in contact with the crown and spoke to Betty, explaining everything. Betty refused to spend her life with anyone other then Simon and she leaped through the portal to kiss him, before it closed. It was then Betty learned about Simon's condition and she said she would get the crown's magic back. Simon was reluctant, but Betty promised to figure out a way to bring him back and keep him from dying. Simon agreed and Betty managed to return the magic to the crown in time. Betty then promised Marcy that she would save Simon and weeks later Marcy learned that a jerk gave Betty powers and drove her insane." Said Marceline her voice barely above her whisper as a couple of angry tears fell from her eyes.

"Your...Marcy?" Asked Magic Man.

"Marcy is just short for Marceline."

"What...are you going to do to me?" Asked Magic Man nervously as he realized that the vampire had a really good reason to hate him and he couldn't protect himself.

"Part of me wants to really really hurt you and throw you into the Nightosphere where trash like you belongs." Said Marceline.

Magic Man began to sweat with fear. Finn and Jake looked at Marceline with concern realizing she was dead serious.

"But I have something else in mind. Your going to fix what you did and cure Betty's madness and then your going to actually help her fix Simon. If you refuse or if you try to pull some kind of trick I will make you suffer." Said Marceline.

Magic Man quickly nodded his head.

"I'll help you!"

Marceline released Magic Man and he stood there facing the group. Finn approached the martian.

"Alright Magic Man, before we go looking for Betty tell use where Glob's helmet is."

"I honestly have no idea. Some weird giant red guy busted into my house smacked me around and then stole it." Said Magic Man rubbing the bruises on his face.

Finn and Jake exchanged a look not liking the sound of this. Marceline picked Magic Man up and they flew outside followed by Finn and Jake. The search was on for Betty, while Finn and Jake wondered who stole the helmet.

To be continued.