Adventure Time with Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee!

Chapter Twelve: Dance With Danger

~X~X~X~

Fionna was the type of girl who danced and didn't care who saw. She entered several dance competitions around Aaa for a few years and got either 1st or 2nd place. She tried to get Cake to enter partner competitions with her, but Cake was only in one competition after that one mishap. The judge was wearing a cat nip tie. I'm sure you can imagine what happened when Cake got on the dance floor. There was a lot of screaming.

Anyway, the adventure girl was on the dance floor in the ballroom, busting moves with Mrs. Cupcake. Of course Fionna was well aware this was not the time to party, this was the time to set up traps for Evangeline. She was carefully looking through the crowd, trying to see if there was a party guest who resembled Evangeline in somehow, or could somehow be connected to spiders. Marshall Lee was at the punch bowl like he said, slipping some kind of liquid inside. Or 'spiking it' as Cake as called it. Speaking of the cat, she was sitting down and talking with Lord Monochromicorn.

Am I the only one taking this seriously? she thought to herself glumly. That's it, I don't care if Evangeline is watching me, I have to at least try to set up her trap.

Fionna carefully danced her way towards the edge of the ballroom and towards the balcony. The spell had to be performed outside where the moonlight could hit Evangeline, so if fighting was going to break out later Fionna had to be sure it was outside. Right when Fionna was about to step out into the night-

"Eep!"

A hand reached out and tugged her bare arm. On instinct she turned around and spear-handed the hand grabber, before realizing it was Prince Gumball. She realized to late to stop her hand, and the pink prince got an unpleasant jab to the side of his neck. "Gah," he groaned, letting go of her arm.

"Sorry Gumball!" she gasped. "You scared me! Are you okay?"

"Quite alright," he answered. "I was just wondering if you'd like to dance with me?"

Gumball? Wants to dance with her? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Since when? She remembered he specifically told her he wanted to stay friends when she was thirteen and crushing on him... badly. He basically broke her heart when she was thirteen. He told her they were only meant to be friends. Then, he started dating every princess from across Aaa, princesses who were even her age. So what was the reason he wouldn't date her? Because she wasn't a princess? Royal could only date royal?

So, as you can imagine, Fionna's expression was of pure shock. "Wha-why?" she breathed (after remembering how).

Gumball smiled and reached for her arm again. "Because Fionna, I lo-"

"Cause you got it going on!" LSP then exclaimed, floating out of nowhere.

Gumball turned his head to his friend. "What are you doing here?" he whispered so she couldn't hear.

"Being your wing man," LSP replied.

"I was doing fine without a wing man!"

"Sure you were PG, sure you were. No man, you were gonna crash and burn like nobody's bidness!"

Fionna took her arm out of Gumball's soft hand. "I can't dance with you right now," she said sheepishly. "I have to use the woman's bathroom."

"That is so sexist," LSP said.

"What?"

"Oh wait, no it's not. Yeah, go do your thang Fionna." She awkwardly walked away but then decided getting away from Lumpy Space Prince was smart so she began to run instead. LSP put his hands on his hips and smirked. "So, you tell the girl you love her?"

Prince Gumball sighed. "No. Not quite."

~X~X~X~

He was good at watching people without actually turning his head in their direction. That's what made Marshall Lee great at super sneaking. His hearing was also really sensitive, but that was part of being a vampire. "I was just wondering if you'd like to dance with me?" he heard Gumball ask.

"Wha-why?" he heard Fionna breathe. He could hear the layer of disbelief in her tone. But that wasn't all he heard- she really wanted to dance with him. He knew she had a soft spot for Gumball. Shoot, Evangeline was winning their bet. If Gumball danced with Fionna she'll probably fall in love with the pink fool. He needed a distraction. No, he needed an idiot to do the distraction for him... Lumpy Space Prince!

"Hey, Gumball is making a move on Fionna and he's failing at it. He needs your help dude," Marshall said to the floating prince.

LSP gasped. "No! I must stay true to the alliance!"

And when Fionna awkwardly left the two Marshall knew he had won that round... for now. He needed to keep an eye on Fionna and keep her away from Gumball. Of course she just went into the woman's bathroom so he couldn't exactly keep an eye on her in there. Not that he hasn't done it before, Marshall Lee can be a perv when he wants to, but that was with other girls. Not Fionna. Spying on Fionna while she was in the bathroom was not cool. And if pinky over there even stepped near there he would stop him. He wasn't falling for Gumball's innocent facade.

Then again, if he had been paying attention he would've heard there was more than one creature in the bathroom...

~X~X~X~

What was with all the dudes? Fionna thought. First Marshall Lee is acting strange, then Gumball gets all romantic, and LSP... well wait LSP is always weird. But the guy throws great birthday parties, she's got to give him that.

Fionna mumbled something unintelligible to herself as she started to wash her hands. The soup wasn't foamy, it was fancy bar soap. She loved to foamy soap that made bubbles.

"Enjoying the party?"

Gumball had already surprised her once tonight so she was not as jumpy to hear a new voice. Fionna's eyes drifted up to the mirror and she saw a woman standing behind her. She turned around and faced her. The woman was tall, even taller than Marshall Lee, had ebony black hair that fell to her knees and was wearing a dark green dress. "Hi," Fionna said. Where did she come from? What did she want? Oh no... did she want to try and sell her timeshares? NOT TIMESHARES!

"You don't look like you're having fun," the woman mused.

The adventuress smiled and pretended to reach into her purse for lip balm, but was really checking to see if her kunai blade was still there. Kunai blades are the only defense against women who want to sell timeshares. "I'm just easing into the partying mood," Fionna replied. "How about you? Are you enjoying the party?"

"Well my dear, I would enjoy it more if everyone is happy. I'm not happy unless everyone is happy." The woman smiled sweetly.

Right. "Who's to say I'm not happy?" Fionna questioned.

"Oh no dear, not you, Prince Gumball."

"Prince Gumball?"

The woman nodded. "He desperately wants you, Fionna. He has for awhile."

Fionna was taken aback by this. "He has?"

"Oh, yes. You should dance with him dear. Magical things happen on the dance floor."

"Uh, alright." Fionna nodded and with one more fake-polite-smile she left the bathroom.

The woman laughed and took off her ebony colored wig, revealing white spider webs for locks of hair. "This is just too easy," she laughed.

~X~X~X~

Cake was dance-walking (which is a clever combination of shaking her fluffy booty while walking) towards Fionna. She saw the human girl leave the bathroom and went to see her there. "What's up baby-cakes?" she asked. "Lord Monochromicorn said I could be the DJ for tonight! Isn't he as sweet as catnip? Oh I love that pony."

Fionna grabbed Cake's arm and dragged her farther down into the hallway so they weren't directly in front of the women's bathroom. "There's something wrong here," she whispered. "I was in the bathroom and there was this crazy woman who told me to dance with Prince Gumball. She was so desperate for me to dance with him, I bet she would've paid me. Something is wrong."

"Or you two just make such a cute couple it warms the freaky lady's heart," Cake mused. "Why won't you dance with Gumball? He wants you to dance with him, you should be jumping on that like butter jumps on bread!"

"Butter doesn't jump on bread, butter must be spread on bread with a knife."

"Then baby, it looks like I'm going to have to be the knife that spreads you on Gumball."

"That sounds really wrong."

Cake waved her paws in dismissal. "You know what I mean. Are you still crushing on Prince Gumball or not?"

Fionna suddenly took a step back and fixed the strap on her dress. "I've been struggling with my feelings for him for years," she mumbled, "ever since I was twelve. And he knew how I felt, but he acted like he didn't care. He dated princesses in front of me, talked about his problems with me, and I've saved him from the cougar Ice Queen multiple times. I've... I've sacrificed a lot for him, Cake. More than any of those rotten-faced princesses would've ever given him. Yet... when he looks at me... he only sees a tomboy. He only sees a little girl who's his friend."

The fluffy cat sighed. "I know Fionna. I tried my best to get him to see you differently, and so has Lord Monochromicorn."

"No," Fionna replied. "I don't want him to see me differently. I want him to see me as I am. Never mind. We're on a mission Cake, an important mission, a thousand lives are at stake. We need to set up the trap."

Cake nodded. "I've got Marshall Lee on it right now."

"Really? Where is he?"

"On the balcony."

"Great. Keep watch Cake," Fionna told her as she started to run/dance her way to the balcony. She cleverly avoided Gumball by hiding in the crowd and shouting, "Someone is tooting!" resulting in Gumball rushing towards LSP, the only one who eats beans like nobody's business. Fionna made it to the balcony and when she opened the doors she saw Marshall Lee- with that same strange woman from the bathrooms!

~X~X~X~

The adventuress immediately dived head first into bushes so she could hide. Neither Marshall Lee nor the strange woman noticed her. They both had their backs to her and were leaning over the railing of the balcony edge. What is going on? Is she trying to sell Marshall Lee time shares too? I knew there was something wrong with her! Fionna thought.

"This could all end," Evangeline said in a low voice to the vampire beside her. "You could just give me the human's soul. One human soul in exchange for the thousand that is indebted to me." A threatening growl from the vampire was the reply. Evangeline laughed. "I'm curious, Marshall Lee, what do you plan to do with her? Watch her grow up and bite her so she can live forever like you? Watch her grow up and die? Humanity is such a bothersome thing for immortals."

"I don't want her to become like me," Marshall growled.

"Oh... I see. You're much more... what's the right word... heartfelt than I believed. You think being a creature of the night is a curse and you don't want the human to suffer it with you. So then, what will you do? Watch her shrivel up and die?"

Marshall growled again and this time took a defensive position back, showing his fangs.

"Now, now, now," Evangeline smirked. "We're at a party. You don't want to get blood lust crazy here, do you?"

"LEAVE!" Marshall hissed. "The only reason I can't kill you right now s because of our blood swear! Bet you can bet your huge thorax that the minute the clock turns 2:00 A.M. I will kill you! I will slaughter you!"

Evangeline's face went from playful to dangerous. "You'll be too busy trying to protect your human."

Shoooooooooooom!

Just like that Evangeline disappeared, leaving the vampire alone in the night. He roared in anger and took a potted pant and threw it off the ledge in anger! Slowly Fionna stood up and emerged out of the bushes. She took a couple steps towards Marshall Lee, before the vampire's harsh voice made her stop in her tracks. "Stay back."

"This has been about me," Fionna mumbled. "This whole time. She's wanted me." He didn't reply. He couldn't. If he opened his mouth he would keep screaming and hissing and scare her. "It's because I'm human," she continued. "Isn't it?"

It's because that wench knows how much she means to him. It's because she knows that wench knows how important she is to him. It's because that wench knows what he'd do to stop the wench from taking her. Fionna is his weakness. Marshall Lee the Vampire King's weakness is the simple human girl Fionna.

There was silence. Not even the night crickets made a sound. Fionna reached out and put a hand on his shoulder. She felt him flinch under her touch but persisted and stepped beside him instead of behind him. "Am I really what Evangeline wants?" she asks in the softest whisper that she knows he hears because of his sensitive hearing. He didn't answer. "Marshall... we have to believe that we're going to win tonight. We have to believe that Evangeline is going to lose. We can't give up."

Finally he talks and it's a hostile growl. "Don't get heroic on me," he hisses.

"I'm not," she replied firmly. "Tell me what happened between you two. What deal was she talking about?"

"I can't tell you."

"Fine. Then tell me one thing... why does she want me?"

All he has to do is answer her with three little words. Three simple words. But he can't say them. He won't say them. So instead he says a jumble of meaningless words. "I've got the chalk so we can draw the seal down on the ground. We need to hurry, Evangeline will come back to check on us." Fionna doesn't reply, she gives one nod and walks towards the chalk hidden behind the bushes.

Three little words...

Why does she want me?

Because you're mine.

Author's Note:

D'awwww :') This chapter wasn't too serious was it? I try to balance the drama, humor, randomness, romance, and action. I'm due for action, aren't I? Haha next chapter glimpse :D My birthday is in three days! (December 13th!) So I'm happy about that. I don't like birthday cake, I usually indulge in birthday brownies ;D

Um, random information about the author haha. I also enjoy long walks on the beach. Lol just kidding. If I go to a beach I'm swimming. Wow, even more random information. Just keeping it real XD

A very big thank you to all the kind reviews. Birthday brownies for everyone! *throws fresh baked brownies to my readers* Yuss! :D

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~Luna