A note, very quickly, to RandomPersonForever, and anyone else who was wonderingI don't have a day I post, just whenever I have enough time and inspiration to write. I don't like to take too long per chapter, I prefer to just sit down and get it all out in one sitting. Thank you all for your encouragement, and I just graduated so hopefully updates will be a bit more regular now! Lub yew all - Nada

Fionna stood there, dumbfounded, in the middle of a vampire's living room, having just been abandoned by her sister. How much worse can it get, right?

Marshall Lee knocked some dust off of his bass, and sighed. "Damn, Fi. What's her problem?"

Fionna glared at him. "She was just worried about me. None of your business what her problem is, Marshall Lee."

The vampire rolled his eyes. "Girl, you need to get out of here."

Fionna gasped. "Are-are you really fucking telling me to get out?!" She reached behind her back for her sword, crossing her arms over her chest when she remembered that it was no longer on her person.

Even so, Marshall Lee took a step back. "Er, no. I meant you need to get a little fresh air. It can't be easy for you to stay in one spot. I know a few places you might want to poke around in, if you want."

Fionna's face burned scarlet. "I-I'm sorry I snapped at you.." He only waved it away. "It's nearly dusk. When it's dark out we can go. It'll be fun, I promise."

The girl's face scrunched up in thought. "So, are you like a stereotypical vampire? Like with the sunlight, and garlic, and wooden spikes and stuff?"

Marshall Lee laughed. "The sunlight, yes. Garlic and wooden stakes, not so much. I'm pretty much immortal."

Fionna's eyes grew wide. "That's SO cool... So can you never die?"

The vampire thought for a moment. "I think the only way I can die is at the hand of my mother, the queen of the Nightosphere. It's a complicated process, as far as I know."

They sat in silence for a few minutes until Fionna's stomach growled. "Huh..wonder when the last time I ate was." Something occurred to her and she crossed her arms. "Weren't you going to bring me something to eat, like, several hours ago, Marshall Lee?"

"Huh. Guess I forgot, what with all the fucking drama. That's mostly your fault, Fi. But come on, we'll grab something real quick. I'm hungry too."

They walked into the kitchen-well, Marshall Lee kind of floated-and the vampire started opening drawers. Fionna hopped up into a counter and watched him with amusement. "So, Marshall Lee. What do vampires like you eat?" she queried.

He grinned at her from over his shoulder. "What exactly do you think? We drink blood, obviously."

Even with his joking tone, Fionna still jumped back a little as he came towards her. He placed his hands on the cabinets on either side of her head and suddenly dove for her neck.

"Oh my glob, stop! Stop!" she shrieked, completely taken with the joke in the moment. Marshall Lee collapsed onto the counter in a fit of extremely un-manly giggles. "You should have seen your face, Fi! That was hysterical!"

Fionna's face was bright red as she slid off the counter and went to the refrigerator. As she opened the door and started examining the contents, she made a connection. "Hey, there's a lot of red food in here. Why's that?"

Marshall Lee picked himself up and came over to the fridge as well. "That's actually how I eat. I suck the color out of foods. I can eat more than red, but red tastes the best. I don't know if that was intentional or not. Observe." He picked up an apple and appeared to take a bite, however, when his fangs pierced the fruit, the color slowly disappeared. Fionna watched, amazed, as the once red and sparkling fruit became gray and mushy. "Wow. You're pretty cool, Marshall Lee. But what is there for me to eat?"

Marshall Lee scratched his head. "Uhh, probably whatever you want. I think there's stuff for sandwiches, but make sure the bread is good. I don't eat bread all that often, so I don't check on it."

Miraculously, the bread and all other non-red ingredients for sandwiches were all still unexpired and Fionna made quick work of them. She ate as Marshall Lee casually sucked the color from a carton of strawberries. She finished and wiped the crumbs from her face with her sleeve. "How lady-like." Marshall Lee commented under his breath. Fionna glared at him but stood and lifted the curtain covering the kitchen window to reveal a dying sunset.

"Oh good, it's nearly dark out. Why don't you go grab your pack, Fi?"

Fionna started back to the bedroom, but abruptly whirled around at the doorway. "Marshall Lee, I meant to ask you, do you have any idea where my sword went? I can't find it anywhere, and I won't go out without it."

The smile faded from Marshall Lee's face. "Er.. It's still in the cave, I think. You dropped it and I didn't think to pick it up. Too busy saving your life, and all. Sorry."

Fionna sighed. "Oh well, why don't we just go get it? I mean, we're heading out anyway."

Marshall chuckled nervously. "Um, I don't think you want to do that. There are...uh...things in that cave, that I'd rather not deal with at present."

Fionna laughed. "What on earth could a nearly immortal vampire be afraid of?"

Marshall Lee paled, if that was possible, and chuckled again. "You...uh, you don't really want to know. Trust me, Little Blue. Maybe I can go myself and try to retrieve it, but I wouldn't be surprised if the sword isn't even there anymore."

Fionna threw herself onto the floor in classic pout formation, arms crossed, head down, eyes watering. "B-but my sword... That sword is like a friend to me. I can't live without it. I can't, Marshall Lee." A tear fell to the floor, not unseen by Marshall Lee.

"Alright, listen, Fi," the vampire sighed, "within that cave lies an entrance to the Nightosphere. That is one of the only places in Aaa where demons can enter this world. If I were seen there with a mortal girl, I could be put on trial for crimes against my realm. My mother is not a forgiving woman-if you choose to think of her as a woman."

Fionna's eyes went wide. "Um. What would you..um..suggest, then? I need a sword, and that one was special. Really special."

Marshall Lee shook his head. "Sorry, Fi, but the probability is that some demon swiped it and is using it now. Even if I could ask my mother to get it back, I'm not sure she could find it."

Fionna pulled herself up off the floor and stalked over to the vampire. "Marshall Lee," she hissed. "You are the fucking Vampire King, or so you say. And I am an accomplished adventurer. I take on evil all the time. I need that sword. Are you really going to tell me that you're too afraid of what your mother would do if you got caught to have a little fun?"

Marshall Lee hemmed and hawed. "Well...the thing is, Fionna... Er..."

Fionna put her hands on her hips and rocked back on her heels, smirking. "Funny, I never would have taken you for a chicken."

Marshall Lee bared his fangs in an ungodly hiss and his face reddened somewhat. "Fine!" he yelled. "We'll go get your stupid fucking sword! No matter what would happen to BOTH of us if we got caught, no, that's not important at all! It's just important that Fionna the fucking Adventurer gets her fucking sword back! Fine!"

His face relaxed, though his breathing was heavy, as he saw Fionna perk up, smiling, pink-cheeked and bright-eyed. "Yay!" the human girl sang. "I'll go get my bag!"

She turned to walk out of the kitchen and paused at the doorway again, and Marshall Lee braced himself for another outburst or impossible question. Instead, Fionna whirled around and nearly jumped at him, throwing her hands around his neck and melding her lips against his. He reacted instinctively, wrapping his arms around her waist, and felt her face warm up as she blushed.

Nearly as quickly as it had happened, however, it ended, and Fionna disengaged herself and all but sprinted from the room, her hair hiding most of her tomato-red face. Marshall Lee leaned against the cabinets and mulled over Prince Gumball's question of earlier: How had he not come across this girl before?

Now he wished he had.

A. N. Jeez that took a long time. I'm pretty satisfied with it though. Leave me your thoughts and I'll hopefully have another chapter up soon! As always, lub yew all - Nada