Adventure Time with Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee!

Chapter Fifteen: Eternity

~X~X~X~

She was in the dungeons of the Night O'sphere. Every creature in Aaa feared the Night O'sphere... but everyone in the Night O'sphere feared the dungeons. It was the place of the damned. Fionna felt herself in a patch of soft but cold dirt. She kept her eyes closed and waited what seemed like eternity before she opened her eyes. Pitch black. No light in the dungeons. No light, no hope, no escape.

However, Fionna always kept a flashlight wedged between her ankle and left shoe. Even in her fancy ballroom flats she had managed to keep a small flashlight inside. She took her time to reach into her shoe, and finally there was a dull yellow light illuminating the dark. The first thing she saw were dead bodies of the mutant spiders in Evangeline's army. They were strewn across the ground everywhere, some bodies piled up, some bodies in their own puddle of purplish blood. She bit her lip and slowly started to walk over the corpses.

That's when she came to her. Evangeline the Spider Queen was dead. The fallen queen's body was on the ground. Her eyes were lulled to the back of her head, her mouth was ajar, and her hands were in claws, as if ready to scratch and attack. Fionna stared at the fallen queen for a few moments. She then bent down on her knees and closed the queen's eyes, shut her mouth, and set her hands on her chest in a peaceful position. Then, she found her crown half-buried in the dirt beside her, and she dusted the crown off and placed it gently on her head. Fionna stood back up and once again looked at the fallen queen. "You were evil but brilliant. You did evil deeds and hurt a lot of people. For that, I do not pity your demise." Fionna fell silent for a few moments. "However," she then said, "I hope you find peace in your death. I hope you can look at your life and realize the things you had done were wrong. I hope... you find peace."

After that, Fionna turned, and stepped away from Evangeline the Spider Queen for the last time. She trotted over the spider corpses, and walked into the pitch black. She even turned her flashlight off to save batteries.

Finally, Fionna was alone. There were no spider corpses within reach. Finally she allowed herself to fall to her knees and cry out, "Help me! Please! Somebody! Can anyone hear me?"

No one is with you.

You're all alone.

Alone forever.

And ever and ever.

The adventuress stood back up and wiped the tears that managed to fall. She remembered when she was reading about the dungeons there was no time. She had only been here for what felt like a few hours, but in Aaa it could have been years. One minute in the dungeons could be a year in Aaa. Fionna choked out a few more sobs, let mucus run out her nose and tears fall from her eyes. She then reached into her white bunny hat, took out a small object, and clutched it in her trembling hands and brought it to her face. "Please," she whispered softly, "please help me."

~X~X~X~

Six years later in the land of Aaa

Cake and Lord Monochromicorn trotted along the green grass. They both stopped and took an end of a polka dot patterned picnic blanket, laying in down on the grass. They both sat down and Cake took out the tacos as Lord M poured the pink lemonade. When they were done, they both took their glass and held it up. "To Fionna," Cake said.

"To Fionna," Lord Monochromicorn repeated.

They clinked glasses. After that, they ate their tacos, and engaged in useless conversational chit-chat. When they were done, Lord M folded up the blanket, and Cake reached into the green backpack slung across her shoulders. She took out two beautiful bouquets of white lilies and yellow roses. Lord Monochromicorn bit the roses carefully with his teeth. The two then walked to a silver gravestone that was surrounded by green grass. Cake set down the lilies and he set down the roses.

Here lies the beloved adventuress, Fionna

She was brave, she was kind, she was wonderful

Beloved sister, friend, and hero

May she rest in peace

The two bowed their heads in silence. After a few minutes Cake lifted her head. Lord M looked at her and gave her a reassuring smile, kissing her forehead. She smiled and then the two began to walk towards the tree house, which was only twenty or so yards off. When they reached the front door, Cake gave Lord Monochromicorn a kiss goodbye and then went in her house as he clopped off to his.

For the first three years Cake grieved her little sister's demise. Then, in the fourth year, she realized that Fionna wouldn't want her to be sad. She'd want her to be happy, she'd want her to move on and live happily. Slowly, Cake started adventuring, seeing her friends, and resumed her relationship with Lord M. She started carrying around Fionna's green backpack with her, because she liked to believe that little green backpack brought them closer together.

She would see him often. Most of the time he was like a ghost and wouldn't speak to her. However, they were no longer on bad terms, they were on good terms, they had mutual respect. They both could be bonded by their love for the human girl. He was on her couch when Cake entered her home. He was staring blankly off into space and didn't acknowledge her return.

"Marshall Lee."

"Cake."

That was all that was exchanged between the two. Cake went into the kitchen to clean the dishes she used for her picnic. Marshall Lee remained on the couch. Cake started some soapy water and plopped the dishes in the suds. "When?" she then asked.

"When what?"

"When... are you... going to go see her?"

Marshall Lee had not been to Fionna's grave once in the last six years. There was something stopping him, some reason he couldn't visit her. He didn't answer Cake, he floated off the couch and flew out the open window. He always left when Cake asked him that question. He never answered her.

The cat sighed one last time and resumed doing her dishes.

~X~X~X~

There was a white light above Fionna's head. At first she didn't notice it because her eyes were shut tight and the two little trinkets was clutched in her fingers. The trinkets in her grip were given to her by her older sister and the Vampire King. One was of a little kitty-cat paw. The other was of a silver little knife. Cake gave her the little trinket of the kitty-paw for her fifteenth birthday. Marshall Lee gave her the trinket of the silver dagger when she was thirteen and wouldn't stop bugging him to let her see his sword collection.

She felt closer to her two favorite people when she clutched their trinkets. Eventually the tears stopped flowing and she stopped sniffling. Only then did she notice the white light above her. She realized her flashlight was off. When Fionna looked up, she saw a flowing white woman, who smiled sweetly at her.

"Hello," she said in a smooth voice. "I am your Guardian Angel."

As fate would have it, this was not Fionna's first encounter with a 'guardian angel'. The last velvet smooth, light-shining, kind looking woman that claimed to be her guardian angel tried to eat her. Tried. To. EAT. Her.

So, Fionna's first reaction was very... rash. She flipped away from the glowing woman and pulled out her hidden kunai. "Get back! I'm not your dinner!"

"Now, let's not get irrational," the angel replied. "I know you think I'm here to eat you. But the last guardian angel you ran into was not an angel at all, in fact she was a sorceress that was trying to eat you. I am your true Guardian Angel."

Fionna slowly lowered her kunai. "Then how come I haven't seen you before?"

"You've never needed me this desperately until now, my dear."

"Can you prove it?"

She nodded. "I suppose I could. I'm always watching over you, what do you want to ask me?"

The adventuress thought for a moment. She needed to ask this strange being something that would be more than enough blatant proof. "What was the first thing I wrote in my very first journal?" Fionna asked.

Guardian Angel smiled. "You were venting about how frustrated you were that Prince Gumball was captured again by Ice Queen. I believe you wrote, 'that stinking cougar thinks she can steal dudes and get away with it'."

Fionna put away her kunai. That was word for word what she wrote. "Okay," she mumbled. "I believe you. So you're here because...?"

"Because you have been selfless, Fionna. When you risked your life to save the thousands of Aaa creatures from certain doom against Evangeline and her army. And then you saved Prince Gumball and sacrificed yourself to be the one sent here instead of him. You have proven yourself to be a true heroine, and for that, I am here to help you. I can take you out of the dungeons and back into Aaa."

The adventuress hesitated for a moment. She was overjoyed by the news but... "Just like that?" she asked.

"No," the Guardian Angel said. "I'm afraid it's not as simple as that. You see, I'll need someone in Aaa to trade me something powerful so I can pull you out. Wait right here, dear." And just like that the Guardian Angel disappeared in plain sight.

"Wait!" Fionna exclaimed. "Wait, Guardian Angel, wait!"

And just like that, she reappeared. "I'm sorry dear," she said. "How long was I gone?"

Fionna blinked a few times. "No longer than a few moments."

The angel laughed. "I love time-bending! Always fun! Has it really only been a few moments?"

"Yes!"

"Splendid. Back in Aaa I was gone at least a few hours."

Fionna's nose scrunched in confusion. "I don't understand!"

Guardian Angel laughed. "Time is always confusing, dear."

~X~X~X~

He was alone, as usual. Marshall sat on his torn up couch with his axe bass in his hands. He mindlessly drummed along the chords, thinking of all the times Fionna had called him a tard. The king smiled slightly at that fond memory. If Fionna were here now she'd probably be fixing herself a snack in his kitchen or screwing around with his sword collection.

It hurt how much he missed her. He just... he couldn't go to her grave... he couldn't. Because every time he saw that small silver gravestone he knew that the reason she was there was because he sent her there. Even though no body lies beneath the dirt below the grave, he knows that Fionna is gone. The Vampire King stood up and slung his bass around his shoulders, floating into his bedroom. His curtains were closed and his room was dark, the only light was a burning incense candle of red cinnamon.

He couldn't bring himself to cry, even after six long years. He felt guilty. He should cry for her. He loved her. He really, honestly, loved her. And the fact that he let her go hurt more than a thousand stabs of a dagger.

Marshall Lee then noticed a shift in the presence of his room. Someone was here, almost like a ghost, but not the same feeling. He turned around and his black eyes grew wide. "I didn't believe you were real," he breathed.

"Ah. So you know what I am?" came the reply.

"I've heard rumors that your kind was in existence."

"Well, I guess this meeting proves the rumors true." The Guardian Angel smiled. "Marshall Lee, the Vampire King. Do you know why I've come?"

He thought for a moment. "Actually, I can say with no bitterness or sarcasm that I have no idea why you're here."

"I'm here because of Fionna."

That was the first time he had actually heard her name said out loud instead of in his head. It sounded so foreign to hear her name out loud. Fionna. For a minute or two, the king didn't speak. Finally, he said in a very hard voice, "what about her?"

Guardian Angel took out a small empty glass vial. "I can bring her back to you."

Marshall didn't believe her at first. "Don't play with me," he growled. "You may know my weakness but you will not take me for a fool."

She regarded him with a serious look. "I look out for Fionna. I don't care to toy with your emotions or feelings. However, I cannot ignore that you are the only one who can bring her back."

His eyes narrowed. "I'm the only one who can bring her back?"

"You're the only one powerful enough. You see Vampire King, my powers are based on giving and taking. Fionna cannot be freed from the Dungeons unless you give me your great power. In exchange for the power you give me I can bring you Fionna."

Marshall stepped carefully towards her. "And what must I give you?" he asked.

She met his eye-contact. "Your immortality," she said simply.

"I... I don't understand."

"You will still be a vampire. But you'll stop staying your age and start aging. However old you are now, you will age one year every year and so on." He stopped aging when he was eighteen. He'd actually get a chance to turn nineteen. "Do you accept?"

He took a deep sigh. "I'll see Fionna again?" he asked. How good it felt to say her name. Marshall hadn't said it for a long time.

"You'll see her again."

That was all he needed. "Alright. But... when you bring her back, could you do me a favor?"

~X~X~X~

Six years ago in Aaa, a few moments before Evangeline and Fionna were sealed away

He was momentarily blinded by a bright white light. He rapidly blinked as he heard screams coming from around him. Marshall Lee then realized that this was the exact moment Fionna threw herself in the seal after Evangeline to rescue Gumball. Filled with a new desperation, Marshall literally flew to Fionna and Evangeline over the glowing seal. He reached out and grabbed Fionna's arm, right as she grabbed Gumball, and he flung the two off as far as he could.

BAM!

He landed on the hard castle pavement right next to Fionna. Gumball was strewn somewhere eight or nine yards off. The vampire groaned in pain but managed to lean up as he stared at Fionna. "Are you alright? Fionna? Are you alright?" he demanded.

She stared at him. "I'm okay. How about you?"

The look in her eyes told him that she didn't remember anything. The reason she didn't remember going to the Dungeons is because she never went there. He just stopped there. And although he had memories of the past six years without her, those six years never happened. Because he just stopped them.

And he wasn't about to waste another second. Marshall grabbed Fionna and pulled her into his embrace, hugging her as tight as he could. "You were right about me, I'm a tard," he murmured. "I'm a tard, and I love you." He heard her release a small gasp. "I love you, Fionna. I love you, I love you, I love you."

She laughed and hugged him tight. "I love you too. You big tard." He laughed and the two held each other as hard and as long as they could.

Marshall Lee only had one thought that kept ringing in his head; she's worth the immortality.

Author's Note:

D'awwww. I enjoyed this chapter very much. I'm sorry for updating so late on a Friday night. Anyway, there's only one more chapter after this one and that concludes this tale. Thank you so much for reading and please review. :)

~Luna