Adventure Time with Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee!

Chapter Ten: What Time Is It? Not Party Time!

~X~X~X~

Surely Fionna didn't expect Marshall Lee the badass vampire king to wait for her while she went and talked to Pinky, did she? Well, yeah, she did. But that was one of Fionna's bad traits, she was naive, especially when it came to said vampire king. She should know by now that when she asks him to 'stay here' he actually has no intention to stay there. Even if he gives her his word, which he did, but that really didn't mean much either. At least he's not lying; Marshall doesn't go around Aaa saying he's a saint. He says he's quite the opposite actually...

Anyway, he wasn't at the adventuress's tree house, where she had asked him to wait. He stayed there for a solid five minutes, and after eating all the cream from her donuts, he flew off towards his cave home. Believe it or not, he wasn't going to goof around with his axe bass, he was going to his home to stock up on weapons for the battle with the Spider Queen.

He had quite a collection of swords and pocket knives, most of them at their sharpest, and some so rare they were still in their cases. Fionna didn't know about his collection because he was sure she'd fan-girl out on him if she saw his sword stash. Then again, Fionna was adorable when she went fan-girl on him. It was so out of character for her, usually she wasn't the type to squeal with excitement and glee, she was the type to grab a weapon and start swinging.

Marshall was flying faster than usual because of how upset he was. Usually he channeled his rage in productive things besides flying; like pixie hunting, picking on smaller creatures, smashing stuff, smashing stuff with his axe bass, smashing small creatures with his axe bass, pixie hunting with his axe bass, and on some occasions he liked to finger paint- only to smash his drawings with his axe bass.

Yeah, he was a pretty violent guy. How else was he supposed to spend his many years of existence? Smashing things was pretty satisfying.

Anyway, he was upset for two reasons. Well, three reasons.

1. Fionna was with pretty pinky boy Gumball.

2. He was even more upset that he (the flippin' VAMPIRE king!) let himself get jealous of Gumball and Fionna.

3. He upset most at the thought of Fionna.

Because Fionna was a fighting spirit, a pure soul, a genuine girl- and as much as he liked being with her, as much as he wanted to be with her, there was that part of him that told him no. Because he and Fionna were like pieces of a puzzle; and they didn't fit together. He was immortal. He was a vampire. He was (for the lack of better words) leaning more towards the evil side. Fionna was sixteen. She was human, with a beating heart, peach colored skin, pink blush on her cheeks. She was pure, she was good.

He couldn't turn her into a vampire. Why? So she could live forever with him? She'd give her life, a life full of adventure with Cake, to live the life of the undead for him? No. No, he couldn't do that to her even if she wanted him to.

"One day, I'll tell you about the night I was blooded."

Marshall remembered telling Fionna about that. The night he stopped life among the living and began his life among the dead. He smiled in wry irony of himself. For the first four-hundred years he thought being a vampire was the best thing ever, period. The power, an actual decent excuse for sleeping in all day, the incredible power he was able to obtain. Maybe seeing the death of a few of his mortal friends was saddening, but it wasn't enough to make him curse his abilities.

Ha, how much that adventuress changed that. He didn't want to see her age, he didn't want to see her become old and eventually die. He didn't want someone like Fionna to pass on and then go away. Maybe that's why he left for three weeks after he kissed her for the first time. Maybe Marshall Lee wanted to cut his losses and run- but quickly realized he couldn't stay away. So if he couldn't stay away from her and he couldn't be with her, what was he supposed to do?

He reached his house and opened the front door without the need to unlock it first. A dude like Marshall Lee didn't need to lock his doors, everyone knowing who lived there was 'stay out' enough. However, he really should've locked his door, because the point of locked doors are to keep out guests, especially if the guests are unwanted.

"Took you long enough."

His head snapped up to his couch. "Evangeline."

She smirked. "My, my, my, Marshall Lee, I expect you to be an untidy vampire. I expect your house to be cluttered with dirty smelly things. I expect your home to be filled with swords and sharp things. I expect what's going through your tiny mind is a sneak attack plan; let me guess, you're going to throw something at me to distract me and lunge for your axe bass?"

That was exactly what Marshall Lee was planning. The look on his face said it all and Evangeline giggled smugly.

"Cute. But not necessary." She lifted her hand and clutched in her pale grasp was the axe bass. "Yes vampire, there's a lot I can expect from you because I know your character. I know what someone like you would do and what someone like you wouldn't do."

"If you have a point, make it," Marshall hissed.

Evangeline laughed once again. "I didn't expect you to fall in love with a human girl. That was seriously unexpected."

His eyes widened and he hissed. "I am NOT in love with Fionna!"

"That was her name. Fionna. A little odd, but then again so is Marshall Lee. Don't deny it, vampire, I saw how protective you were of her. You only attacked me after I threatened to drink her blood. So, I've come to swing a deal with you."

His eye brows raised. "I'm only interested in your 'bet' if you're willing to sweeten the deal."

She rolled her eyes. "Yes, we're betting for the thousand souls of Aaa, you big baby."

"Good."

"Aren't you interested in what I'm interested for you to bet?"

His fangs popped out, "You're not getting Fionna's soul."

"Oh. Do you love her too much not to bet her?" Evangeline teased. He hissed furiously. "Let me properly present the bet," she said. "Tonight is Prince Gumball's fabulous ball of wonder or whatever. A lot of Aaa residents will be there, well over a thousand. It would be more than easy for my army to ambush everyone in the castle and have an Aaa buffet right then and there."

Marshall smirked. "It would be. So now I'm interested, why wouldn't you?"

She smirked back at him. "Because you're in love with the human girl. And I also hate you. So, if I can somehow destroy you in the process of taking what's mine, well, that's a great victory."

"Just tell me the wager already!"

"Fine. When the clock strikes midnight at the ball, Prince Gumball will be in love with Fionna. If she's in love with the pink prince than I win and I get the souls of the party. But, if Fionna isn't in love with Gumball, she's... let's say... in love with you, well, you win don't you? Then I go back to the Night O'sphere with my army."

He laughed. "And what happens if I tell you that your bet is utterly ridiculous and I refuse to take that deal."

"Ha! See Marshall Lee, this deal is the only one I'm willing to swing. If you don't agree, then I'm just going to ambush, attack, and feast. Precisely in that order. If you take this deal that's your only way of saving everyone."

I can just agree to the deal and then before she wins me, Cake, and Fionna will perform the eclipse ritual and send her to the dungeons, Marshall thought to himself. He hated the fact that they were playing with Fionna's heart. Who cares? You've got so much more game than Gumball! Go for it!

"On one condition," Marshall said. "Everything ending at midnight is way too cliche and stupid. The bet ends at 2:00 A.M."

Evangeline laughed. "Okay. Fine. Then I can add a condition of my own. You're not allowed to tell Fionna about the bet. No, you're not allowed to tell anyone about the bet."

"Fine."

"I don't trust your word, Marshall Lee." The Spider Queen took the sharp edge of his axe bass and slit her pinky, a sapphire blue colored blood drop forming at the spot she pricked. "Blood swear me."

Damn, she was smart. When a creature of the night blood swears they have to honor it. Or else. Marshall took his thumb to his fang and bit down, a drop of crimson falling to the floor. They touched pinky to thumb and chanted, "I blood swear."

Evangeline then smiled. "I must go now," she said. "You can bet you'll see me again."

"I'm excited already," Marshall said sarcastically. Evangeline rolled her eyes and snapped her fingers, suddenly disappearing from his couch.

Marshall crossed his arms and sat down on his couch. "Fi, just try to forgive me when this is over," he muttered.

~X~X~X~

Candy Kingdom, precisely 4 hours before it's party time

"Fionna, I can't just extend a party like this. I've sent out well over a thousand invitations and Aaa residents have to travel far to get here. What would they say if they show up and I have Peppermint Butler tell them the party was cancelled?"

The adventuress sighed. "You could offer them a muffin for their patience."

Gumball laughed. "No, silly Fi, I couldn't do that. Muffins are too insulting for royals."

She perked up a bit when she realized Gumball had called her 'Fi'. She was used to that name coming from Marshall, most certainly not wasn't listening to her. He wasn't going to postpone the party, and she didn't have the guts to tell him why. "Hey Gumball, having a party sounds great and stuff, but you're going to sorta-kinda-you-know get attacked by giant mutant spiders that are going to suck the souls out of your party guests." No. She couldn't say that.

Cake would know what to do. And if not, Cake would fix spaghetti and then they could figure out what to do. "I'll see you later, Gumball," Fionna said.

He was too preoccupied with his outfits, he didn't notice. "Mhm, yes, bye," he finally said.

Fionna resisted the urge to stomp her foot and turned towards the exit of the kingdom.

Gumball was currently looking into a mirror, holding up to potential party outfits. LSP was busy eating more beans so he couldn't get his opinion. Really, that prince loved baked beans, but Prince Gumball hoped and prayed those beans wouldn't come out the other end at the party. There shall be no tooting. Tooting is not proper.

He didn't see the image of the woman behind him, who seemed to crawl next him slyly. Finally in the reflection he saw a tall pale women, with beautiful white hair like webs, wearing a midnight blue ripped dress. "Gumball," she said softly.

"Yes," he replied.

"Do you have a girl to protect?"

"No."

"Now you do; Fionna. You're in love with Fionna the human. You want to protect her. You want her to be the princess of your kingdom."

"Princess of my kingdom."

"You love her."

"I love her."

"She loves you."

"I love you."

"No, you love Fionna."

"You love Fionna."

"NO! Prince Gumball loves Fionna!"

"I love Fionna."

"You love Fionna."

"I love Fionna."

"Good, you stupid twix."

"I love you stupid twix."

"NO YOU LOVE FIONNA!"

"I am in love with Fionna."

Evangeline huffed in frustration and took out the golden dagger she had stuck in the prince's back. The dagger didn't draw blood, no, it was a special potion dagger, whoever you stabbed you had them under Spider Queen slipped out from the open window of the kingdom and onto the roof. She then took off her special dress that hid her large spider thorax. "You stupid vampire," she laughed.

Author's Note:

Whoo hoo! I'm so proud that I got this chapter done! And at a decent update time, double whoo hoo! I was going to wait until Friday, but then I thought nah, I'll update Thursday so triple whoo hoo! (I'm hyper right now, okay? lol!)

I'm not going to give anything away for future chapters, but let's just say Fionna's love life... is about to get COMPLICATED. And it will involve LSP trying to be Gumball's wingman. Which will unintentionally COMPLICATE everything. Basically, a love battle is about to start, and I'd really hate to be Fionna XD

Muahahaha I feel so evil. Okay, no I don't. I feel like dancing. No, really, I feel like turning on some tunes and jumping around my room, scaring my cat in the process. ;D

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