Author's note: This chapter took forever to write. I got half way through it and then restarted countless times. I still don't think I'm completely pleased with it, but I still think it's really nice. It shows a lot of Marshall's feelings about Fionna. And this story will go back to getting an update every Friday. This is being put up early because I was able to work on it all day today, when usually only have under an hour a day to write. One last thing. I think I'm going to do a special Halloween 2 part story, so tell me what you think about that.

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Marshall

Fionna was asleep next to him. He was still trying to figure out if she really loved him or not. He loved her, and he had for a while, but what about her. She didn't tell him anything. He didn't know anything about her human family, all though he had heard about her meeting her mother. He didn't know what exactly happened, so all he could do was assume it was a good meeting. She knew most of what happened to him, like his past with the Ice Queen, and his crazy ex Ashley. He really didn't know anything about her past relationships, except that she and Flame Prince had gone up. So did she really love him, or was she just pretending to keep him from getting stuck in the Nightosphere. But if that was true, then why did she want him to stay in Aaa in the first place?

Shaking these thoughts from his head, he got out of bed. It was about 9:00pm. Fionna had switched her sleep schedule, so that she could spend more time with him, but today was different. There was an emergency call from the Candy Kingdom and she had to go help. He wanted to go with her and Cake, but what good would he do in the sunlight?

He floated downstairs to make breakfast for Fionna. Cake was currently at Lord Monochromicorn's house, so he didn't have to worry about making her breakfast too. He was just going to have strawberries, his favorite source of red. Well, second favorite. Blood was obviously his first choice, but wasn't that true for all vampires?

Looking in the fridge, he saw there wasn't much to work with. They would have to go shopping at the Candy Kingdom soon. At least there was some pancake mix. Pancakes are Fionna's favorite food.

He was just about to start, when there was a knock on the door. He floated down to the treasure room to answer the door. When he opened it he saw there was a tall blond woman outside of it. She was wearing red, and had the same figure as Fionna. Looking closer he saw many similarities between her and Fionna. The woman was swaying, obviously drunk. Seeing him, she stood up straight. "Hey there hot stuff." she said. She was obviously flirting with him, and it was weird. Yes, he was hundreds of years older than her, but he didn't look it and she didn't know that. "I'm looking for my Fionna the human, do you know where she lives?" Her breath smelled heavily like alcohol, and he thought he was going to puke.

"And who are you?" he asked. She may be creeping him out a bit, but he had to know whether she was going to hurt Fionna or not. She may not really love him, but he sure loved her and he would die to protect her.

"You can't tell? I am Martha the human, Fionna's mother. I'm sure you know my daughter, she is rather famous, isn't she?" Martha said. That's why Martha and Fionna looked so familiar. They were related. He might as well let her in then. Fionna would probably be happy to see her mother, even though she was a little drunk.

"I guess you can come in." he said. "I was making some breakfast for her, but I guess I could make some for you too."

"She lives here? With you?" Martha asked. Apparently Fionna had not told her mother about him.

"Yeah, I'm her boyfriend. Are you going to come in or not?" he asked. He immediately regretted it though. Sometimes he wished that he wasn't so rude, especially when he was making a first impression on his girlfriend's mother. She didn't seem to mind though.

The front door was in the treasure room, so they had to walk through it. Martha stared at all of the treasure. "She has all this money?" Martha asked. He nodded. "One last question. Why are you eating breakfast this late at night?"

"Oh, I'm a vampire. The Vampire King, actually." he said.

"My daughter has quite the nice life, huh." Martha said.

"She's gone through a lot to get here, and she never leave's anyone behind." he said. "That's why I'm with her. She's strong, and she's different than other girls."

"She gets it from her mother." Martha said. Back in the kitchen he started back on breakfast. "Unlike you too, I sleep during the night. I really don't want that bad of a hangover tomorrow, so I'm going to sleep on the couch." Then off she went.

He didn't really know what to think about Fionna's mother. She looked like she was bad news, but who knows. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!?" Fionna yelled. He rushed into the living room. Inside he saw Fionna had her mother by the neck. He pulled Fionna off of Martha before it could go any farther. "Why is she here Marshall?"

"She knocked on the door. She's your mother isn't she? Don't you want to see her?" he asked.

"Of course she does." Martha said.

"Why would I ever want to see you?! You're a dead-beat and you've never done anything but hurt me!" Fionna yelled jumping out of his arms and running upstairs.

"Might as well go after her. I'll be here in the morning." Martha said.

"Don't count on it." he said, running after Fionna.

Look at that. A cliffhanger. Awesome right. Next update will be next Friday! See you then!