The First Hero Returns

Chapter 7: A Queen's Anger

As Marceline walked into the Living Room she noticed that Finn, Jake, and Bubblegum where sitting on one of the couches that Simon kept around for her and the penguins. So she chose to sit on the one right across from her friends. As she walked towards the couch she realized that Simon still had a hold of her hand, she smiled at him as she pulled him along with her to sit on the couch. Once they were seated, Simon scooted closer to Marceline and leaned onto her shoulder, he sighed in contentment once he was comfortable. "I think I'm tired now, Marceline. You have fun with your friends." he stated. "Sleep well, Simon." Marceline replied as Simon drifted off to sleep.

Turning to face her three friends she glared at them. "Now….. Tell me what the meaning of this is, and why I was woken up with Simon being frightened and on the verge of tears. What have you done? Finn, I thought that you wanted to be his friend. Friends don't make friends terrified and leave them crying. What did the three of you do to him?" Once she had spoken, she waited for them to answer.

Both of the boys hugged each other at the sight of the angry Vampire Queen, as her face morphed into that of a bat-like creature. Princess Bubblegum tried to swallow her nervousness so that she could speak. She spoke softly and cautiously. "Well…..The boys and I were trying to find you because someone broke into your home." At this Marceline raised an eyebrow similar to how King Simon did when he was waiting. She nodded her head for the princess to continue. "We all thought that you had been kidnapped and came here to ask King Simon for help in locating you. Seeing as how he protected you last time. We thought that it would be a good idea to have him around in case we couldn't find you on our own. He is a wizard after all." Once she was done speaking she waited for the Queen's reply.

Marceline took a deep breath and thought about what had been said as she looked at the sleeping man beside her. It seems that they thought that I was in danger and only wanted the help of Simon. I guess I can't fault them for that. He is really strong and knows spells that can be used to track people down. Not to mention, if I had been badly hurt Simon's blood can bring me back from the brink of death….. But they don't need to know that. How should I react to this? They were trying to help, but they hurt Simon while he was still healing. Now, he has used up energy he didn't have to lose just to run to my room. I can't just forgive them for this. I've never seen Simon so scared before. What should I do?

"I think that the three of you should leave. The concert is tonight. Simon and I need to get ready." she sighed as she gave them each a hard look. With that Finn and Jake lowered their heads in shame, and Bubblegum nodded in what she hoped was understanding. The three of them were all sad that they had managed to disappoint their friend and hurt her father-figure. That was not the intention, however, Marceline had the right to be mad. And so they obeyed and left as she had asked.

Marceline look to the man who had raised her all those centuries ago. It saddened her to see him as he was now, but at least he was still alive unlike the other family she had in her life. They were all dead and gone. So what if I am a bit over protective of him. HE MATTERS TOO MUCH NOT TOO! Maybe I was a little hard on them. She heaves a heavy sigh and shakes the man beside her awake. "Come on, Sleepy head. We have a gig to play. You don't want to be late to our own show, do you?" she giggles as he blinks up at her with tired eyes and lopsided glasses.

Simon stretches out as he stands, joints popping in his back. Once done he readjusted his glasses on his nose. "So, what should wear to the concert, Marceline?" questioned Simon. "After all, you know the most about these things." he smiled as he turned to look at her. Marceline smiled back as she motioned for him to come with her. "I went to wizard city to have something made for you. I think that you will like it. I had them make it so that you would stay cool when we leave the Ice Kingdom." she said with excitement as she sent him to his room to shower and get ready. Marceline then flew quickly to her room and opened her closet a reached for the blue box at the bottom. She smiled as she hugged the box close to her chest and thought about how Simon would react to the gift she had had made for him. With that thought in mind she was off flying towards his room.

Once she reached Simon's room she listened to make sure that the shower was still going first. As she heard the familiar sound of running water she entered his room and placed the package on his bed where he was see it. With a soft smile she flew from the room to get herself ready as well. After all, they both had to look their best when they showed all of Ooo how to jam. She had just the dress for the occasion. She just hoped that he liked it, she made it in the mind that it would match his new clothes. A father-daughter concert was just what she needed to make her feel like herself again after all of the bad luck she had had in the past few months. Simon was going to play both the drums and the keyboard for her. Honestly that ice magic of his was great when he infused it into his instruments. She didn't know of anyone else who could do what Simon did. The man could easily be a one man orchestra if he wanted too. As she got ready she kept thinking about all the time that Simon spent teaching her music, her smile never faded as she remembered those precious memories. The treasures of her heart.

Meanwhile, Simon had just gotten out of the shower and was walking into his bedroom. When he looked at his bed he noticed the blue box. He wasn't sure as to what Marceline would like him to wear. After all, this concert seemed to really important to her, and he would hate to disappoint her. With a shrug of his shoulders and curiosity in his heart he walked to the box and lifted the lid. Inside the box was a suit of deep blue with snowflakes embroidered into the whole suit in silver tread. As he picked it up felt the magic that was flowing in the fabric. He could sense the magic of the suit bonding to him in a way that made him feel nice and cool. Simon smiled at the fact that Marceline cared enough about him to want him to be comfortable outside of his kingdom. With happiness in his heart he began to get dressed looking forward to making music with Marceline. After all he didn't have to worry about standing in front of all those people as long as he was with Marceline. Just knowing that she is happy would be enough for him. But first he had to finish getting ready. Then at the concert he could play and listen to her beautiful singing voice.

Marceline had just got finished getting dressed. She had chosen a just above the knees short deep blue dress that was made to match Simon's suit. She choose black heels to go with her dress and a silver scarf that had deep blue snowflakes printed on it. Tonight she was going to make all of Ooo stop fearing Simon. If they saw him having fun then maybe they wouldn't act like he was a monster. That was how she got them to stop being afraid of her. So surely it would work for Simon too. It just had too. Once she was finished she walked to the living room.

There she saw him. The man who had raised her never looked more kingly than he did now. Maybe they would also respect him more if they saw this side of him too. Simon truly looked like royalty. Now they would go out and knock the socks off of all of Ooo with their music. She was so excited. Simon ever the gentleman, offered his hand to her so that they could fly off to the Candy Kingdom together. Tonight was going to be great, it just had to be.