Ch. 13

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(Marceline's point of view)

The play was almost done. Billy is dressed up as this skeleton with a green cloak. Me, Pb and Finn are about to attack him.

"You cannot stop me!" Billy said with a maniacal laugh.

'That sounded so corny,' I thought to myself.

"Stand down Lich! Its three against one!" Finn yelled.

"Uh Finn. Its two against one. Bonnie just abandoned us." I told him as Bonnibel back away off stage.

"Oh..." Finn said sadly.

"Fools. I guess it takes a genius to know your out matched!" Billy yelled and threw paper balls at us.

We dodged the attack, "Or, she's going to get help. Friends never abandon each other." I told The Lich.

"Yeah! She'll come back and whip your butt!" Finn yelled.

I frowned, "Do you really think we'll need Bonnie to win. Sigh. Well, here goes." I said and ran at The Lich.

I picked up a paper ball from the floor and threw it at him. I noticed everyone in the drama club gather at the curtains. I smiled knowing its the grand finale.

"Charge!" I heard Bonnie yell.

"Ah!" The Lich yelled.

Bonnie, Heather dressed as Flame Princess, Simon as Ice King, and Clara dressed as Ragdoll Princess.

"I told you friends never abandon each other." I told him.

It was almost like a snowball fight. Everyone started laughing as they ran on stage throwing paper balls at him. Everyone was laughing as we started throwing some balls into the crowd.

"No! You defeated me! The World! Its becoming nice! Noooooo...!" Billy over exaggerated as he was buried.

The crowd cheered as the curtains closed. When it opened I stood between Pb and Finn. We all were lined up and bowed to the crowd as they cheered. When the curtains fell again I couldn't help but start laughing. The play all and all was really fun. Heather was a really emotional Flame Princess too bad I wasn't there for that part. Pb could really get into character, she really is one smart cookie, and Finn was a great and kind hero but he needs to learn to hold back his strength. Its a play, not a wrestling match. Simon… was himself which is kind of sad that he was supposed to act crazy, instead he was himself. hows what he really is. Then I remembered this as I looked in a mirror.

(Flashback)

I was going to the bathroom. It went fine but when I got out guess who was there. My dad... he was waiting for me.

"Hello Marceline." he greeted.

"Hi..." I said a little shocked.

"I'm glad to see your doing fine. I was worried about you." he told me.

I looked down a little sad until I heard, "Hi Marceline!" Jake yelled with Lady behind him.

"Oh, who are they?" my dad asked kindly.

"These are Finn's parents. I've been staying with them since leaving home." I told him.

"Oh, is that so. I hope she hasn't been any trouble." my dad told them.

"No, actually, its been very nice to have her." Lady told him with a happy smile.

He nodded, "I see. Well, good bye." he said and walked off.

I watched him go silently hoping for him to look back. He didn't though, he didn't even say he was proud or happy with my acting. I looked down a little sad but I snapped out of it.

"Care to tell us what drifted you two apart? The full story." Jake asked.

"Ok. You see... my parents had me just after graduating high school. Shortly after, my mother died in a car accident leaving him to care for me. He was devastated by this loss but still tried to care for me. As a kid I remember how hard he worked. Trying to make ends meet, raise me... get over his loss but... He never could get over it. He loved my mother very much... more than he cares about me. By middle school, he took to drinking and gambling. We got into a lot of fights because of it. In middle school, I started becoming a basketball star as well as a musician. By 7th grade I got to be the team's captain because I was better than my teammates. Not only that but I was becoming a well known musician among the students. However... During my 8th grade year... my father got drunk again. He took my bass guitar, the most important thing in the world to me, and smashed it on my right shoulder. My shoulder was dislocated so bad I couldn't play guitar or basketball anymore. After that, I was so depressed that I stayed in my room for days. My father realized what he'd done and changed. He treated me kindly but distantly. We become more like strangers rather than family. In my freshman year, I became a delinquent and caused trouble all the time. My life didn't matter anymore, the only two things that made me happy was takin from me. Not only that, me and my dad's new relationship hurt me more than our previous one. We barely saw each other and when we did we barely acknowledge the others existence. Few words were spoken at all. I was completely alone until what happened to Bonnibel. After that, we met and became friends. That's basically it." I told them.

"Oh..." Lady said and Jake was silent.

I heard running and turned to see Clara, "Marceline, your up. Heather finished her part," she told me.

I turned back to them, "Duty calls and... thank you. For taking me in." I told them with a smile and ran off.

(end of flashback)

"How was your part Heather? As Flame Princess I mean." I asked.

"It was ok. I liked it. Plus, it was fun to act all big and destructive." Heather told me happily.

"Not only that, you got to have a snowball fight with Finn so to speak." Clara added with a giggle.

I smiled and said, "I guess the play was fun for everyone.".

"It was for me. Even though an old dude tried to kidnap me on multiple occasions." Bonnibel said with a frown directed at Simon.

"What!? The script said too! Right Gunther?" Simon asked Billy.

Billy frowned and said, "Don't look at me old man.".

"Come on guys. The crowd loved our play! My... my dream..." Finn said and started to collapse.

I quickly ran over and caught Finn.

I felt his head, "He's running a fever." I told everyone.

Simon called 911 and got Jake and Lady to come help. The paramedics arrived and took him away. I frowned in worry and sadness. I didn't get to ask him out like I wanted to. Bonnibel put her hand on my shoulder to comfort me. I smiled lightly and turned to our group.

"He'll be fine." Clara assured.

"I know. What do you guys want to do?" I asked.

"Ugh. Its not what we want, have to do. We have to clean up everything." Heather groaned.

"...I'm stopping that ambulance. Finn's not getting out of this. I don't care if he's dying." Billy told us.

Everyone, except Simon, gave him a death glare. After taking back what he said, we started cleaning. It took about an hour to finish, faster than we expected.

"You guys wanna go get something to eat?" Bonnibel asked.

"Sure." everyone answered.

"You guys head out first. I have to grab something from my locker first." Billy told us.

We nodded and finished getting ready to leave. Bonnibel made sure we all could pitch in for the food. Simon decided he'd head home instead to see his wife. We had made it halfway to the restaurant when...

"Hey guys!" Billy yelled.

We turned to see Billy running towards us. Next thing we knew... he ran into a street. Tires screeching as I watched him turn to see a truck speeding at him. He raised his arms to protect himself in vain. Then he was gone. Ran over by a truck and Heather couldn't stop screaming.