That next morning there was a bright light coming through the curtains, bright enough that it started irritate the vampire's skin. She hissed at it softly and adjusted herself so that the covers would be the only thing in the light's grasp. This woke up the groggy princess for a brief moment, only to have her fall asleep once more. Once they had gotten settled there was a knock on the bedroom door, and it was Peppermint Butler asking for the princess. However, instead of the princess coming, it was the Vampire Queen. As she stood there, completely in underwear, Peppermint Butler was in shock of what was before him.

What on earth is this creature doing. She's alone with the princess in her *underwear*. How scandalous!

Then the tired vampire spoke, "Um, what exactly do you need?"

"Th-The princess is needed downstairs!"

"Well, the princess is getting her well needed rest, we wouldn't want her exhausted for her coronation would we?"

"Um, no ma'am, b-but—"

"'But' what? Her rest should be top priority, and until she decides to wake, she will be resting"

Then Marcy closed the door in his face and proceeded to lay on the bed with her princess.

That's when Peppermint Butler had a fuss, how dare some commoner lay with the princess and steal her away from her duties, but if what the vampire said was true then how could he ever change anything? It was the princess who wanted company with that thing. However there were important things to be tended to; such as the two new guards waiting to meet the princess. They would have to wait however, at least until the princess decided to make her way to the main room.

These two new guards had been recommended by the Colonel himself and had shown true dedication and loyalty to whomever was in charge, they would certainly prove to be great allies to the princess.

After an hour or so Bonnie had started to get ready to get out of bed. However, with a beautiful woman half naked in her bed, it became something extremely hard to do. She turned over to face the vampire, and for a few minutes she just looked at her longingly. There had been some important factor that attracted her. Was it the soft skin? How cold it was to the touch? Or maybe it was that midnight black silky hair that was so pleasing to touch? Or perhaps everything, yes, it was everything, every little detail about her just made Bonnibel want her more than anything else in her life.

Then she let out a soft sigh, closed her eyes, and realized that she would have to get out of bed soon, and she really didn't want to. One thing that surprised her however was that no one had called to check up on her.

Well, it's strange, but it's also a pleasant surprise. It's nice to have a break every once and a while. But, I *need* to get ready. There are still more important things to do. I wonder when those guards are coming anyways.

She got out of bed and made her way to her large walk-in closet.

What should I wear today… hmm… This pale blue dress seems nice, It's nice to wear something *not* pink every once and a while.

This pale blue dress was new to her wardrobe; it had a lace spiral pattern on the bottom, and looked very pristine yet casual. The she choose some while half inch heels to go along with it. Finally she realized that she would have to wake Marceline up. Hesitant to carry out this task, Bonnie had slowly grabbed the comforter from underneath the vampire, then she placed her small pink hand on her lover's shoulder. She nudged her a bit, and after a few attempts she realized that she might not wake that easily. After her failed attempt she tried picking her body up from her shoulders, but after a few attempts with that she realized that the vampire proved to be too heavy.

"Glob Marcy, why do you have to take forever to wake up?"

The she tried tapping her face, she failed to notice that her other had was falling to Marceline's ribs and ended up tapping her there. Then a smirk came on Marceline's face. Bonnie had quickly gotten irritated.

"MARCELINE PLEASE DON'T TELL ME YOU'VE BEEN AWAKE THIS ENTIRE TIME."

First one eye opened, then the other.

"Sorry Bubs, but it was really cute seeing you try so hard to wake me up."

"It was NOT that cute for me! Please tell me you're not a heavy sleeper, are you?"

"I guess it just depends how tired I am."

Well *that* didn't really answer my question…

"You realize that you have to go home today right?"

"Yea I know."

Then Bonnie planted a kiss on her lover's forehead and left her room.

Marceline sighed and thought to herself, I don't think she realizes how much I don't like being alone…

Then she put on her clothes from yesterday and flew outside the balcony with her black umbrella.

Meanwhile Princess Bubblegum made her way downstairs to greet the new guards. To her surprise they were nothing like she expected, instead of two grown men she got a dog and a young boy.

That colonel has *got* to be kidding if he thinks these two will actually be of service to me.

That's when the boy introduced himself.

"Hello your majesty, my name is Finn the human, and this is my companion Jake the dog!"

"Nice to meet you, may I have permission to call you Finn? Since I'm sure we will be seeing a lot of each other? And may I call you Jake?"

Both of them in unison replied yes.

Then the princess continued, "Now, from what I understand you two will become my personal body guards?"

"Yes, your majesty" Jake replied, "We are to dedicate ourselves to you fully and be of service."

"Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I will not need full time protection, as you may know, my kingdom is a very safe haven for many different people, including myself."

Finn looked slightly disappointed at this response and decided to offer a rebuttal, "Princess, may I ask you a favor?"

"Yes Finn?"

"May we prove to you that we will be helpful? If we can't be personal body guards, may we at least be your dedicated knights?"

"Hmm, I will consider that, however I will only give you a month's time to prove me that."

These two seem quite eager, and he's so young. I guess I could do this for them, it would be a shame to disappoint the boy…

So she decided to entertain the idea, she had nothing to lose. So there she stood, making a deal she would regret later on. However that's not what Bubblegum was thinking about that out that moment, she was focused on how she would get her daily tasks done. In the meantime she was wrapping up the last of the details dealing with tomorrow's coronation.

The princess departed from them and she headed to the sound of people shuffling around, carrying papers, and calling her name. Finn and Jake left to their private quarters where they would be staying for the time being. Once they unpacked Finn plopped down on his bed and began having a conversation with Jake about the Princess.

"She's really pretty dude!"

"Yea I guess, not really my type."

"Did you see how she spoke to me? I think she's really considering that we stay."

"Well yea but I think anyone wouldn't want constant surveillance. It's practically an invasion of privacy."

"I don't know about that man, but I do know that's she's really pretty." Finn blushed at the thought of her.

"Finn you really need to sort out your priorities. I mean, yea it's really nice to serve a gorgeous princess, but we have a job to get done. If any harm comes to her, we'll be the one in trouble."

"Yea, I guess you're right… I guess this can be some perk, you know, like the frosting on the cake, that she's so pretty"

Meanwhile Marceline was back at her house and decided to call Keila over for some advice. Marceline and Keila's relationship was a very close one, they had known each other for hundreds of year, and she was arguably her best friend. The doorbell rang, Marceline went to answer it, and she greeted her friend. Once they headed to the couch Marceline put on a serious face and Keila noticed it right away.

"What's biting you Marcy?"

"Keila, there's a lot I have to tell you…"

"Well sure go ahead I'm all ears."

"I'm with Princess Bubblegum."

"WHAT? How'd that happen? You guys are complete opposites! I mean, yea she's totally pretty, but like, I never thought she was girlfriend material…"

"Well, yeah, she is, and we're pretty happy, but something has been bothering me…"

"Is it about her coronation?"

"How'd you know about that?"

"Dude, everyone in Ooo and the Night o' Sphere knows about it."

"I didn't know that… Either way, the problem is that, now that she's going to become queen she'll even be more involved with her kingdom, and I won't be able to see her as much. I mean I hardly see her enough now."

"Sounds like you need to make a compromise."

"Well, you need to tell her how you feel about this, and how you can change it. Because if you let it fester it will only hurt your relationship more."

"I guess you're right… But how am I going to do that, the coronation is tomorrow."

"Well all I can tell you is tell her before it happens. I mean, look at it this way, it might seem late but you can still change it. If she really cares she might even change her mind, might."

"I'll try… Thanks Keila."

"No probs Marcy."

The rest of the day the two friends hanged out watching movies and jamming out to their songs. But when she left Marceline was left to her own devices, while she was lying in bed that night she was coming up with some strategy to talk to Bubblegum. She didn't want to stop her becoming queen, but if that was the only choice she would have to rely on that.