Another PoV.
The queen fixed her husband's robes, flattening it out nicely against his chest, she then concentrated on his dress ornaments around his neck, and looked up to see his face; she stopped. His blue eyes were looking down and they held a great sadness and despair, he didn't look at his wife who was looking up at him concernedly, she lifted her hand and placed it gently on his face, a tear slid down his cheek and she wiped it away with her thumb, he leaned his head into her hand and held it, "Let's go." She said, he smiled at her and followed her to the balcony where a lit lantern awaited them. When they reached the lantern, they exchanged sad looks and launched the first lantern into the night sky. They wrapped their arms around each other and watched it go, "She will come back to us, Frederick." The queen said to her husband, the king sighed heavily and watched as their subjects lit their own lanterns one by one, "I hope you are right, Rebecca…" he said, as he watched the other lanterns release into the sky.
Fionna PoV.
"Hey Marshall, did you see Marcy holding hands with Gumball…" "Yeah Fi; I saw." Marshall said flatly, Fionna giggled as he pushed the small gondola off the dock, "I thought it was cute! Didn't you?" Marshall looked at her with an almost disgusted look on his face, "What? No! That is just totally gross, dude!" Fionna rolled her eyes and Cake giggled, "Oh Marsh, grow up!" she said, Marshall scoffed, "I'm serious! I don't want the captain of the royal army dating my sister!" he yelled in disgust, Fionna sighed, "I wonder how he even got that rank at such a young age…" "He was called the boy genius in the soldier academy, so he graduated early, and became the youngest captain in the history of Aaa." He explained, Fionna looked at him inquisitively, he could feel her upcoming question, "I know because I hear the news and rumors that spread around." She nodded her head understandingly and leaned over the edge of the boat to look at the water, she was fascinated by the ripples and the wet feeling of it, she had never seen this much water in her life. She touched it and flinched, pulling her hand away to feel that it was cold, Cake leaned over and started slushing her paws through it, apparently with it, Fionna giggled and looked at the sky; it was getting darker as the sun set over the horizon. "Hey…Marshall…" she turned to him with an unsure look on her face, he looked at her waiting, "I was…well…I wanted…" she didn't know how to say it, 'Marshall Lee, I don't ever want to go home, I want to go adventuring with you forever,' that would just be so dumb-! "Fi." She looked him in the eye, to see genuine concern in them, "Before you say anything else, I just wanted to tell you…" "Hey, guys! Look!" Cake broke the silence and pointed at the sky, Fionna looked up to see a small little light floating in the sky, Fionna's eyes widened and stood up and ran to the other side of the boat, rocking it so much that Marshall fell of his seat, she gripped the beam at the front of the boat and leaned on it to look closer. She beamed at the sky, her eyes big with excitement, she gasped in amazement when she saw more lift up into the sky from the boats, from the town, from the castle, to the sky, enveloping around the small gondola in a warm light. Her dream was right before her eyes.
Marshall PoV.
He watched her marvel at the lanterns that enveloped their small boat, she sighed in wonder, lost in a dreamy thought. He brought out two lanterns and lit them for the two of them to release, she looked up and turned around to see a smiling Marshall with the two lanterns in his hands, she let go of the beam and stepped towards Marshall and sat across from him, "Ready?" he asked, then she perked up for a second, "Wait, I have something for you." she said, she turned around and brought a brown bag; it was his satchel, "I've been meaning to give it to you but…I was just scared, and the thing is, I'm not really scared anymore…you know what I mean…?" she said, a nervous look on her face, he smiled at her genuinely, she blushed a little, he reached over and pushed the satchel down gently, "I'm starting too." He said, she smiled at him, he handed her a lantern, and they let them go into the sky, they watched them go until they blended in with the other lanterns. He looked back down at Fionna who was still looking up at the sky. Marshall realized something:
When he was young, he wanted to make a name for himself to fill the void he felt inside him. He thought that he could fill it by becoming a well-known thief of sorts, but his void wasn't filled. He tried for years to fill it, so he simply gave up and ignored it, but he knew it was still there. So he stole the tiara in his final attempt to fill it. But then he met Fionna, and for the first time, he actually felt the empty space feel closed. No, not closed, more like non-existent. Like it was never there. He knew he felt something was different, but he didn't know what. It wasn't until now, that he had realized that Fionna had closed his void. She was the one who could fill it.
Marshall reached over and gently took her hand into his, she looked down surprised and then she looked up into his crimson brown eyes that shined with an emotion she hadn't seen before. Her face became a light shade of pink as he leaned in closer, he smiled, "Marshall…" she said in a hushed whisper, "Yeah, Fi?" she cloud feel his minty breath on her face, "I don't want to go home…I want to stay with you…" she said hesitantly, he smiled again, "I do too." He said he eyes widened with surprise and smiled, "I don't want you to leave." He leaned in closer to her face; Fionna closed her eyes and waited as he leaned in closer, and closer. And then he stopped.
Marshall looked past FIonna's face to the bank of the lake on the other side across the kingdom, he saw two brawny men holding a greenish lantern above one of their heads. Then he recognized who they were; Jack and Cain. They looked back at him and walked away into the brush.
Fionna PoV.
Fionna opened her eyes to see Marshall looking past her with a worried look in his eyes, "Um…Marshall?" he snapped back to reality and looked back at the small blonde, her big blue eyes full of concern, she looked in the direction he was looking, "Is everything alright…?" he held her hand tighter, "What, no. everything's fine, it's just…" he sighed and started rowing to the other bank, opposite of the kingdom.
"Marshall, what's going on?" she asked as they reached the bank. He hopped out of the boat, "Yes, everything's fine," he grabbed the brown leather bag and slung it over his shoulder, "There's just something I have to take care of." He turned around and left into the fog. "Fi…?" Cake asked worried, she was now small again on her shoulder, "It's alright, Cake. He'll come back." She said. She stepped out of the boat and leaned on the beam of the gondola and waited for Marshall to return.
Sorry guys, this is short, it was getting late, and I was tired. But I hope you like this chapter! You know what happens…or do you…? I will be changing a couple things. R&R guys!
-VPF