AUTHOR'S NOTE:

milomeepit: Hey, everybody! Well, this is the final chapter.

Marshall: You're kidding, right?! You haven't answered a lot of questions, like who Marcy's real parents actually are, whether things are gonna work out between Fionna and me, or what's generally gonna happen next!

milomeepit: Shh! I'll talk to you after the chapter, Marshall!

Marceline's P.O.V.

"Shh! Listen! You can hear the waterfalls!" Marshall put a finger to his lips. He was sitting on a rock, knees drawn up to his chest, grinning like the Cheshire Cat.

I cocked my ear slightly, and, sure enough, could hear the water rushing nearby. "Whatever. You ready to go?"

He sighed. "Yeah. I guess I gotta go home and be tortured by Mom's famous six-cheese pasta bake, endure spending hours on the beach with my friends..."

I laughed. "C'mon, you idiot."

He grinned cheekily. "Coming, Marcy." He jumped off the rock, laughing.

We walked back down the trail to the Candy Kingdom, where our suitcases were packed, and Fi and Bubba waited for us.

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I squeezed Gumball's hand, grinning at him as Marshall drew that weird Phil face on the wall and Fionna got the bug juice ready.

"You ready?" He asked in a low voice.

"Yeah. What about you?" I replied.

"As long as you're here with me, I'm ready for anything." He flashed me a smile.

I smiled back. "Well, I'm a little nervous about seeing Mom and Hunson again, now I'm a Dragonkin." I confessed.

He put an arm around my shoulders. "Hey. Whatever else happens, I'll always be here, right by your side."

I bit my lip. "But... what if I did something that really hurt you, too?" I asked hesitantly.

"Then I'd forgive you for it, because that's what a fool in love does." He said smoothly.

My heart sped a little. "I love you, Prince Jerricho Bubba Lewis Gumball of the Candy Kingdom of Aaa." I touched his cheek.

"I love you, too, Marceline Abadeer of the Nightosphere, formerly of Seattle, formerly of who-knows-where." He leaned down and kissed me.

"Hey, if you two would kindly peel apart for five seconds?" Fionna yelled, making both of us jump.

"Oh, uh, right..." Bubba turned a darker pink than usual.

Marshall recited the spell boredly. "Maloso vobiscum et cum spiritum." He said, waving at Fi to throw the bug juice. She did, and the portal opened, fire licking at the edges. He grabbed Fionna and shoved her through, laughing as she squealed.

He jumped through and grinned at us. "See you on the other side!" He waved.

Gumball gripped my hand and kissed me on the cheek. "Let's go, Marcy."

"Yeah." I smiled at him.

We ran to the portal, jumping through together...

AUTHOR'S NOTE (v2):

Marshall: Okay, chapter's over. Explain, cause we ain't lettin' you just cut it off like that.

milomeepit: Uh, well, there's gonna be a sequel, of course, Marshall, since Marcy read Undeniable Weirdness's review and threatened that if I did that, she'd just torture me until I wrote again...

Marceline: Damn straight! I was thinking something like that demon offa Buffy. You know, the one that Wicked Willow brings up that captures and tortures Xander, Dawn and Giles, by slooooowly tearing strips of their flesh way and eating it? You know, since you've brought the Nightosphere into it, I figured demons were the way to go.

milomeepit: *Turns pale* Guuuumbaaaaall! *Runs and hides behind him*

Gumball: Marcy, cut it out. She's not doing anything horrible to us, so stop scaring her.

milomeepit: Thank you. Now, as I was saying, the sequel will be called A Mended Family: On The Wings Of Dragons. If that doesn't fit, it'll be something damn similar that you'll be able to find by searching that.

Marshall: Okay...

Gumball: Get outta here, don't you have a computer to be staring blankly at as you type? *Tousles her hair*

milomeepit: Too true, too true. Until the next fiction, my dear readers! Also, thank you to everyone who's reviewed, followed, favourited and supported me throughout this story, especially Undeniable Weirdness (AKA in earlier notes Florence M. Welch), bunnyloveschu, Unknownstranger3, and Kurbykakes! See you!