Marceline barely managed to get Simon back to the castle and the room he borrowed, with every step clearly Simon had to struggle even more to keep himself standing and finally when they reached the bed he borrowed, he just dropped down on it and groaned. "So, sorry about this." he gasped.

"Don't worry about it." Marceline repeated again. "You did very well making it outside at all, you need to rest." she said.

Simon nodded. "I think, i'll just sleep a bit." he commented turning to his side and closed his eyes, and as soon as he did, suddenly frost started to come from his body and slowly the ice spread across the bed and down the floor.

Marceline sighed deeply, Simon was a sleep so he couldn't control the ice.

Finn glanced inside the room and looked at the ice slowly spreading. "Is he al right?" he asked Marceline.

Marceline shrugged. "As good as he can be I suppose, just let him sleep."

"Okay, yo Marceline. I was just on quick trip home to pick something up." Finn admitted.

"Oh." Marceline blinked. "What is it?"

"Well you see, after all that Bella Noche buis where Simon got to be himself a little bit, the wizards had this major party. So of course Jake and I had to check it out, also just to see if Simon was okay." Finn said.

"Okay, so what?" Marceline asked.

"Well, it was a great party and all. Wizards were just dancing at the place where Bella Noche had been destroyed, they nearly stepped on these. No one seemed to care so I picked them up." Finn admitted as he grabbed down into his green backpack and then pulled out a pair of round purple glasses.

Marceline gaped by the sight of them. "Finn, for real?!" she asked. "You found those?"

"Sure, I kept them safe in a drawer since. I promise, I took real good care of them, not a scratch see?" Finn asked holding them up.

"Finn that's radical!" Marceline exclaimed happily. "Oh thank you." she beamed taking the glasses holding them up. "Simon used to call them his immutable essence." she chuckled amused. "He said that for any person to stand out in the crowd they would need some sort of gimmick, and since he needed glasses anyway might as well make them cool."

Finn smiled amused. "Gimmick, like my hat!" he pointed to his bear hat. "I wouldn't be Finn without my hat either.

"You got it. I'm sure Simon will be happy to see these, even if he don't remember why they matter to him." Marceline commented amused putting the glasses down on a night stand next to Simon. "He also like them cause they kind of look like John Lennons glasses." she chuckled amused.

"Who's John Lennon?" Finn asked.

"This musician dude who lived ages ago. He made some pretty rad music. Simon told me he used to listen to it all the time before the war." Marceline informed.

"Cool." Finn smiled. "Maybe you can play me a cover version one day?"

"Sure thing." Marceline grinned and then started to sing. "So long ago. Was it in a dream, was it just a dream?
I know, yes I know
Seemed so very real, it seemed so real to me."

"Hah, rad." Finn grinned.

"Any progress on the crown?" Marceline then asked and Finn silenced.

"No, PB is doing her best though." Finn said. "And if there is anything she needs, Jake and I will go get it pronto no matter what it is so don't worry about it!" he grinned. "Simon is going to be oookay. Beside, he's taken so many beating the last few years without it leaving any real means on him. He can handle this."

Marceline lifted an eyebrow.

"Hey! I only ever beat him up when he deserved it!" Finn exclaimed. "Except that one time when… I don't want to talk about it, I don't feel good about it any longer okay?" he asked.

Marceline chuckled amused. "It's okay, the Ice king is a menace I can't deny that. I should thank you for keeping him in line and make sure he didn't do something really out there hurtful and stupid."

"No problemo, that's what a hero is for!" Finn stated proudly and amused Marceline shook her head.

Betty would never forget the exact moment she fell in love with Simon.
Some people said that love at first sight was a concept which was definitely true, other said that you would have to build love from a foundation of trust and friendship.
Some said love came sneaking inside and then hit when you last expected it.

Betty supposed the last theory was what came closest to her own experience of the concept.
Betty had left a note for Simon in that old book, the book that was so old and weird that no one but herself would ever read it. And then apparently this stranger man, he had called her and invited her for coffee.

Betty couldn't help but be very suspect of this strange guy as they finally found each other again at the assigned cafe. He was waiting for her at a table, Betty had half expected him not to be there, convinced this was just a badly thought up prank. But he was there, smiling and waving her over. Then he had produced a dandelion from his pocket and handed it to Betty… It was a strange flower of choice but also very sweet. Simon had been very sweet, soon they had fallen into talk and before Betty knew it they were talking about what they had read in the book, the old legends and artifacts.

Betty was honestly surprised, the man really had read the book! There was no way he could talk about these things like this without having actually read it, and he was just as enthusiastic about it as she was.

"Hey check this out!" Simon grinned as he pulled up what looked like a jewel box from his coat and put it on the table, then opened it to reveal an old broken golden necklace with a green stone on the pendant.

Betty's eyes widened. "No way! Is that the necklace of Toth?!" she asked. "Where on earth did you find that?"

"Ebay." Simon admitted. "A guy in Turkey inherited it after his late grandmother and didn't know what it was. I always keep up on people selling old jewleries and statues on ebay. Gotta be careful though, most of the stuff are just copies. This one though, seems to be for real to me. Look at how the stone is attached, it is not done with cheap modern glue but the gold has been slightly melted to insert the stone. Also it seems this is formed by old time tools not just machines."

"That's really quite a find." Betty breathed then glanced at Simon. "What are you, some sort of collector?"

"Heh pretty much." Simon fully admitted. "I study archeology with a focus on antiques, I love to hunt down these old treasures."

"You really are an Indiana jones aren't you?" Betty asked amused. "Or some pirate out looking for booty?"

"Hehehe." Simon blushed embarrassed. "So what do you study, when you needed that book?" he asked.

"Ancient History." Betty admitted. "With a focus on magic culture and the occult."

"That's so cool!" Simon exclaimed gladly.

Astounded Betty looked at Simon, no one had EVER called her field of study cool, far from it. At last she admitted she had a presentation in the coming week and for some reason she invited Simon to come watch, he had gladly accepted.

And he really came, Simon was there for the presentation. It was easy to spot him because… basically no one else had met up, only three other people whom seemed like there were more there to nap for an hour than to actually listen, which made Betty feel horrid.

The moment Betty was done with her presentation Simon had clapped enthusiastically while the others seemed like they had woken from their slumber and he ran up to Betty. "That was great, you really know your stuff!" he grinned.

Betty however pouted as she looked down. "Don't patronize me." she muttered bitterly. "It was awful, you were the only one listening."

"That's not true!" Simon exclaimed. "The guy behind me took notes, I promise." just then a voice sounded behind them as two of the others talked.

"Well that's one hour of my life I wont get back, what a freaking weirdo." The man muttered.

"Crazy lady is more like it." Another man commented.

Wide-eyed Simon and Betty looked in their direction. "Oh… That." Simon swallowed and Betty looked away, squinting her eyes to prevent the tears from falling. "Hey Betty, it's okay. What do they know?" he asked.

"Those were the researchers of the institute running the faculty!" Betty exclaimed. "If they don't like my research i'll never be considered a valid researcher!"

"Hey listen to me!" Simon exclaimed. "your presentation was well researched and presented in a informative manner, there's no way they can't accept your work as research." he said. "Sure, your field of study isn't exactly mainstream, but that's what makes it so great! You're a weirdo!" he beamed.

"Hey watch it!" Betty exclaimed.

"I didn't mean it like that." Simon exclaimed realizing what he had said. "I mean, you are kind of weird, but that's what I really like about you Betty. Who wants to be with those boring old professors anyway?" he asked. "It's so easy to fall in and become boring when you study at Uni like us, but where's the fun in that? Betty, you're so smart and your thinking is so unique. It was so amazing to listen to, thank you for inviting me!"

Betty looked at Simon, blinking as she swept away a tear from under her glasses. "That has to be the corniest line I have ever heard." she commented then smiled lightly. "Thank you."

Simon smiled back. "Any time." then he exhaled deeply. "Erhm, I wish I could stay and take you out or something but I… well, I need to be somewhere pretty soon." he admitted.

"That's okay." Betty nodded. "thanks for coming."

"Hey why don't you come with me?" Simon asked.

Betty blinked. "To where exactly?" she asked.

"Me and my band, we have a gig at this bar tonight. I have to go and help them set up, but can I buy you a beer or a cup of coffee while we do that, then you can hear us play later!" Simon grinned.

"Wait, you play in a band?" Betty asked. "Seriously?"

"Sure, I mostly play the drums. Because heh, we seriously needed a drummer and no one else were available." Simon grinned.

"For real?" Betty asked as she looked at Simon, then at his appearance, he had actually put afford into looking presentable for her presentation, wearing a nice suite and a bowtie, he did in no way look like someone ready to sit behind a drum kit.

"Of course, come on i'll show you!" Simon grinned as he took Betty's hand and dragged her with him.

They ended up at the promised bar which was in a basement, Simon was greeted by a bunch of people whom he ran over to and fist bumped with.

"You're late dude." a young man Simons age with black hair in a horse tale commented

"Sorry man, I was at a presentation it was really interesting." Simon grinned giving the guy a high five.

"Nerd!" A woman with her hair colored purple exclaimed as she walked past Simon carrying a guitar case.

"It's nice to see you to Cassie!" Simon yelled over his shoulder and laughed.

"Seriously though, you're dressed like a total nerd Simon." The black haired guy commented and Simon grinned pulling the jacket and shirt over his head to reveal a plain black T-shirt.

"What's wrong with being a nerd?" Simon asked in a grin then turned to Betty. "Hey Betty can I get you something while I help setting up?" He asked.

"Just a cola right now thanks." Betty smiled amused and soon Simon offered her one from the bar. From what Betty could see from this, Simon was incredible popular among his friends, they all greeted each other in friendly terms and fooled around, they laughed and hit at each other, it was a odd bunch of different people but they seemed to have fun.

Finally guests started to come and the band was ready to play. Simon was seated at the drums just as he said he would and they started to play.

They weren't to bad, not an amazing band but perfectly capable of playing the cover numbers they played, mostly soft rock, and sometimes they even had some originals in between.

Simon would smile and sometime catch Betty's eyes and she would look back at him, she actually found herself enjoying this quite a bit.

Then suddenly Simon stood up as the black haired guy whom was the lead singer announced.

"As you heard, some of our numbers are actually originals. Simon my man here has written most of the lyrics, he is always ready to help out with that." He stated. "He has written a very special song he and we the band would like to share, explain the song my man." he asked Simon and Simon grinned.

"Well you see, I think we in our modern society often take what we have for granted." Simon stated. "So many items we have we would be so lost without having and we never take the time to thank the world we have that. Therefore, this is my hymn to toilet paper."

That made Betty's eyes widen and she spat out her drink. Had she just heard correct? Hymn to Toilet paper?

And Simon picked up the guitar and stroke a chord as he started to sing.

Describing in great detail about how soldiers alone out in the trances wished they could have just one piece of toilet paper, and how the Queen of England herself let out a big scream when she realized there was no toilet paper left after having taken… Well a dump.
And how even the pope had to pray his thanks to god for the existence of Toilet paper.

And suddenly Betty couldn't help herself, a feeling bubbled from her stomach and up her mouth and then she screamed in laughter.
She had to hold her stomach as she laughed, she was nearly crying from laughter, it was the silliest thing she had ever seen and sung in such a serious fashion.

Then when the band had finally finished playing did Simon join Betty at her table, and she could not look at him without breaking together in laughter.

"You're such a weirdo!" Betty cried in laughter. "Are you serious?"

Simon smiled amused as he but his head askew. "Am I the right kind of weirdo though?" he asked.

Betty looked up at Simon, his amused eyes behind the purple glasses and a big surge went through Betty's stomach as she leaned over the table to get closer to him.

"You're the weirdest guy I have ever met." Betty firmly stated. "Maybe the biggest weirdo in the world! It's perfect." she stated then leaned over to quickly kiss Simon on the lips, just a short one, nothing but a brief touch.

Simon blinked astounded then he smiled, and he blushed but reached forward a hand placing it on Betty's. "It's not so bad being weird, especially not when you get to be weird with someone else." he simply stated.

Betty smiled amused, that was the moment, the exact moment she fell madly in love.

"Bloody weirdo pirate out for booty." Betty commented amused in a head shake.

"Well then if I am a pirate then what are you?" Simon asked.

"Pirates are out for booty all the time aren't they? I guess I must be the princess you are intending to hold for ransom." Betty commented.

"Heh princess, yeah. You're definetely a princess." Simon grinned.

Betty was floating over the candy kingdom by the power of her newly regained power…. What did that black haired lady think she was doing?
Clearly she was just using the fact that Simon was confused for her own benefit, Betty just had to take Simon and get him away from there where he couldn't be confused and distracted.

Merely flying over the castle wall here in the middle of the night was easy, those dum dum banana guards didn't even think to look upwards and then Betty halted stunned.

One of the castle windows were covered in snow, that could only mean… Simon! Betty floated towards the window and peered inside at the ice covered room and there by the wall she saw the frozen bed with a figure laying on it.

Betty landed on the floor, then walked towards the figure… He was laying with his back to Betty, all crumbled together with his arms wrapped around himself. His snow white hair fell over the pillow and his pointy fingers burrowing into his shoulders which he held tightly in his sleep. Simon…
Betty glanced at the table and then blinked, by the sight of a pair of extremely familiar glasses!

Round and purple! Only Simon wore glasses like that. Stunned Betty picked them up and held them up, for a moment she looked at them then she put them down again.

Then the Ice king in front of her groaned and he mumbled a few none sensible words.

"Sssh." Betty whispered as she raised her hands. "I'll put a sleep spell on you, then you can sleep and first wake up when everything is better. No one is going to confuse you while you sleep." she said.

"What?" The Ice King groaned in a groggy voice.

"It's going to be al right now." Betty assured as her hands started to glow making the sleep spell ready. "I'm here now."

The Ice king moved his head and opened his eyes, he looked up at Betty and then his eyes widened. "WHAT THE GLOB!" he shouted as he just managed to roll away before Betty managed to hit him with the sleep spell, and hit the empty bed instead.
Simon had rolled down on the floor and now sat up gasping. "What… What do you want with me?!" he asked in a scared voice. "Ms, what are you doing?!"

"Simon, I need you to relax now." Betty stated a little sadly, her body buzzing with all the magic she had stolen, yearning to be released. "Just sit still for a moment." she asked.

Wide-eyed Simon looked at her then managed to jump aside before he was hit with the second sleeping spell. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" he yelled at her. "MS! Perhaps you could calm down, i'm sure we could get to some sort of understanding if we just talked or.. I don't know!"

Betty hissed annoyed. "I told you to sit still! This is for your own good Simon!" she exclaimed sending another magic beam after him and Simon jumped aside again, she send more magic at him, this time Simon raised a wall of ice deflecting the Magic.

"HEY STOP IT!" Simon shouted. "Did I do something to you? I don't even know who you are!" he exclaimed.

Betty sniffed then she laughed. "don't worry, you'll remember. Haha." she commented. "I'LL MAKE YOU REMEMBER HAHAHAHA!" she howled in laughter smashing his ice into pieces effectively casting Simon aside as well. "Why wont you just be still!" she cried. "BE STILL SIMON!" she both laughed and cried on the same time.

Simon gaped as he looked at her. "Are you mad?" he asked fear clearly being in her eyes. "You're crazy lady!" he exclaimed.

"Hahaha!" Betty laughed as tears fell down her face. "Says the biggest weirdo in the world, it's okay Simon. We'll be crazy together, just you and me!" she cried.

"Get away from me!" Simon yelled as he pressed himself up against the wall. "You flipping weirdo!"

That made Betty halt, she blinked astounded. The way Simon said that word, there was no fondness in it, it was an insult. Clearly he was scared beyond belief as he pressed himself against the wall, his eyes wide with fear.

"Simon." Betty breathed astounded. "Simon I." she reached a hand for him.

"I SAID GET AWAY!" Simon yelled as he send a beam of ice at Betty catching her off guard and freezing her feet to the spot, allowing Simon to take a run for it which he did through the door.

At ones Betty broke the ice and ran after Simon. "SIMON WAIT!" she shouted. "Simon! I'm sorry, this is not what I meant. I just wanted to help you!" she said. "I got a plan, it's going to be great." she stated and as she spoke her voice changed, becoming more deranged and sinister. "I'll make a perfect world, it'll be just you and me Simon! Come here Simon, Let me help you! HAHAHAHAHA!"

Just then a young boy came jumping from the hallway as well as a shapeshifting dog.

"BETTYYYYYY!" Finn shouted. "Leave Simon alone!"

Betty hissed annoyed. "What? So you can have your ice king to always beat up? So you can feel like a hero?" she asked. "I don't think so! Give him to me!" she demanded reaching out an arm.
"I don't think so." Princess Bubblegum stated from behind Betty now showing up with a dusin of Banana guards.

"Give it up Betty, we have you surrounded." Finn stated and Betty seethed in anger.

"Betty, please just come nice and easy. I am sure we can figure this out together." Bubblegum said. "I hate to say it, but I need your expertise. Listen.."

"SHUT UP!" Betty shouted. "You think i'm going to help you? So you can have him for yourself? I don't think so!"

"What are you talking about?" Finn asked confused.

"Don't you think I know?" Betty asked. "You're all selfish, trying to keep Simon confused. But i'm going to help him! Just you wait!" she stated as she jumped up and then disappeared in thin air.

"BETTY WAIT!" Finn shouted running for the spot but she was gone. "LISTEN! SIMON IS IN DANGER! WE NEED YOUR HELP! Oh glob." he swallowed.

"She's gone." Bubblegum concluded. "This is not good. I don't think we can count on her help anymore."

"She seemed so out of it, that's not the same Betty who jumped through the time portal!" Finn pointed out.

"No I don't think it is." Bubblegum agreed. "People who use magic… It always have such an odd effect of them." She commented. "Seems to me the stronger the power the greater the price."

"Are you saying that… Betty's magic is driving her mad?" Finn asked then he closed his eyes. "This is not good."

"Who the glob was that woman?" Simon asked Marceline whom helped holding him up so he didn't fall over.

Marceline swallowed. "You didn't recognize her at all?"

Simon blinked confused. "Should I?" he asked. "I'm pretty sure I would remember a crazy woman like that. Did I steal the last piece of cake in front of her or something?"

Marceline closed her eyes, then opened them again. "Don't think about it, Peeps can put magic protection around you so she can't get to you. You'll be safe."

"But who was she?!" Simon asked now sounding frustrated. "Why does she hate me that much?"

Marceline exhaled deeply. "I'm sorry Simon, I don't think it'll be wise to tell you right now. not before you have gotten better."

"But you'll tell me when i've gotten better right?" Simon asked.

"Yeah." Marceline nodded and looked away, Simon getting better could maybe mean fixing the crown to its previous state which meant this Simon would be gone again and the old ice king would be back… It was rather unlikely that Ice King would even remember.

And it seemed like Simon had caught on to Marcelines lie as he looked pretty annoyed by this, on the verge of calling Marceline something, probably a liar.
But he bit back, Simon had always been a gentleman after-all and wouldn't call friends such things without a good reason.

Still, this was not going in the right direction. Not at all, and Marceline started to get a really bad feeling about this.