Oh good god I knew I was forgetting something. Excuse my language for a moment: buggerbuggerbuggerbugger.
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FIONNA
It had been two weeks since I had seen Marshie. Every time I had a moment to let my mind wander, the Ice Queen would force my attention yet again. The woman refused to accept the fact that she was officially grounded. For a year.
"You can't ground me for a YEAR!" She had screamed when I removed her crown and tossed it in my bag.
"I should ground you for the rest of your life, but I figured a year was about the same thing."
"Are you calling me OLD?"
"Yes. I am."
When I was finally able to leave the Ice Palace, I walked to Marshal Lee's house to tell him what had happened.
I wonder why he hasn't come looking for me, I thought to myself as I neared the cave. My self-confidence began waning as I thought this, opening the door to his little home. "Mar?" I called "You here?" No one answered. I looked around the room, wondering where he could be. It was around midday, so if I had hoped of seeing him I'd probably have to wait a few hours. I walked to the red couch and sat. I landed hard on a tape recorder, pressing the play button by accident as I pulled it out from under me. The soft sound of Marshal Lee's bass filled the room.
They say you never realize the world is spinning until you look up at the clouds
And suddenly you see everything is moving
Your whole life is turning round and round
Like it's searching
Like it's reaching
Like it's lost
Hoping desperately to make it home
And hopefully it won't take long
Just maybe it we wait
We'll be found
It's bound to happen soon.
I've been flying too high for so long
I didn't notice
All this was happening and leaving me behind
You took my hand and lead the way
I was as happy as I could ever be
Until you left me
And now I'm here again
I'm too high up to see the clouds moving
And beside's, it's dark now without the light of day
It's hard to catch back up when you never knew the way
I just wanted to tell you
I understand
I understand why you're leaving
I know why
I know
I know why you would go
I guess
My hand got heavy
My heart was too much a burden to hold
Anymore
You can leave me behind
I'll just go
But I'll keep you in my mind
Because I love you.
I love you
By the last line I was crying, and I let out a loud sob as Marsha's voice cracked on the tape.
Why would he sing this? What the glob?
My wondering ceased as I spotted a small crumpled piece of paper from the candy kingdom. Written on the letter where the same words the Ice Queen had forged to trick me before. I ripped the lumping thing to shreds and ran out of the house.
"Marshal Lee!" I screamed over and over as I raced from the cave. Tears flooded my eyes again, blinding me. I stumbled over a large rock and down a steep hill, hurting my leg in the process. When I tried to get up, a throbbing pain caused me to yell out. I wasn't sure how long I lay there before Cake found me.
"Fionna? Oh my glob. Fionna. You okay baby? What's up hun, why are you lay all funny on the floor like that?" Cake lifted me into her arms, growing large enough to bear my weight. I groaned.
"I fell. Cake, Marshal Lee is- we have to- I mean he just- I can't believe- He thought-"I tried to explain what had happened, but I couldn't seem to form a proper sentence. Cake waited patiently for me to catch my breath as she carried me home. "Marshal Lee saw that letter, the one the Ice Queen wrote to trick me and I grounded her for? Yeah that one. He-saw-it-and-he-thought-it-was-real-and-that-I-didn't-love-him-I-loved-Gumball-but-I-don't-and-he-made-this-song-and-it-was-so-sad-and-now-he's-gone!" Cake just shook her head.
"We'll find him, baby. You just get some rest." Her voice was so soothing, and I was so tired, I couldn't help but left my heavy eyes shut for now.
Marshal Lee
I hadn't made it far before I collapsed. I sat on a tall tree branch; cradling in my hand a little worm I found crawling on a leaf.
"You don't understand," I explained to the creature, "She was the only one who cared. I told her all that fizz about my mom and how I felt, and she actually cared. And she wanted to help me." I sighed. "She is just so… Amazing. I knew it was too good. Of course she'd go with Gummy-Balls. He's the exact opposite of me." I lay my head back and tried to sleep, but a scream broke my silent mourning.
It was Fionna, desperately calling my name. Before I could think, I was floating away from the tree and my worm-friend to follow the sound of her frantic voice.
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When I reached her house she was sleeping. I flew through the open window and set my feet on her bedroom floor.
"He didn't write it," a voice spoke from beside me. It was Cake. I must've looked confused, because she let out a sigh and nodded towards Fionna. "The letter. Gumball didn't write it. The Ice Queen did, to trick her. Fionna nearly ripped both their heads off." I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I sat on the floor and gazed at the sleeping girl across the room. Cake tiptoed out, muttering something about checking on the Ice Queen.
Fionna nearly ripped his head off. Because she thought the letter was from him.
The letter wasn't from him.
I felt like laughing and flying and jumping for joy. My eyes somehow wandered to the small tape recorder she still gripped tightly in her hand.
Oh glob. The song. I forgot about the song.
The song that says how I feel about her.
The song that tells her I love her.
Oh glob. The song.
Fionna stirred in her sleep. "Marshal Lee," she sighed, "Don't go."
I stayed.
Fionna
He was there when I woke up. "Marshal Lee!" I jumped off of my bed - ignoring the pain in my left ankle - and flung myself at the vampire, pulling him into a tight hug.
"Umph," he grunted, wrapping his arms around me. I laughed and loosened my grip just slightly.
"Where were you? Why would you leave! You're such a foot, Marshie!" I reached up and flicked his pale forehead and he smiled.
"You're a foot," he replied.
"I was worried." His face grew sad for a moment.
"I'm here now, aren't I?" He looked at me, smirking now, and I rolled my eyes.
"Well if you're not going to answer any of my other questions, do me a favor and at least tell me this," I said. "Do you really love me?" His cheeks flushed and he looked away.
"I, er. Uhm. I mean- Er." He stuttered for several seconds and I had to hold my breath so as not to laugh. I kissed his cheek and smiled at his surprised expression.
"I love you too," I giggled. Marshal Lee's face lit up and he hugged me to his chest. Cake walked in and rolled her eyes.
"All right. Are you two going to cuddle all day or go check on the Ice Queen?"
Ice Queen
What they didn't know was that my plan was coming together wonderfully. Gumball, Fionna, Marshal Lee and Cake were visiting regularly. Though I observed the human and vampire came together often, the prince was always alone. He would come each time with two cups of hot chocolate and slip one through the bars of my prison for me. He would then set his mug down to pull a chair over and sit. Each time he did this, I slipped a small crystal of red ice from the wall behind me into his drink.
Red ice was known for its magical properties. It was known in my day as the "Cupid's Slug" because it slowly made it's victim fall in love with the one who poisoned them.
Prince Gumball visited every day now.
Hey. Sorry. Aghhhh. Gosh I kept you waiting SO LONG I FEEL HORRIBLE. WHY DIDN'T YOU GUYS YELL AT MEEEEEE! e.e oh well. Too late now. Sorry the chapter isn't great but it's 2:57 and I'm dying of exhaustion here. I realize that in my tiredness I have made Marshie and Fi-Fi reunite wayyy to quickly which is why I'm throwing in all that "red ice" shmowzow. Love you guys, thanks for still being mathematical and leaving those reviews C:
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