I've been a little slow at writing this one, so this coming weekend, I'm only going to have one update (plus I'll be at Megacon so I won't have time to write). Please remember to review!

Chapter 7

Fiona and Cake sat in the tree house, game controllers in hand. Explosion sounds and screeches came from the little screen on the small green robot in front of them. One of their favorite past times was playing B-MO…well, playing video games via B-MO. They were playing a racing game. One of the digital cars veered off course and exploded as the other zoomed across the finish line. The words "You Win" flashed across the screen.

Cake leaped up. "Yeah! I win!"

Fiona tossed the controller aside. "Hey, no fair! You cheated!"

"Don't be a sore loser, baby."

B-MO laughed. "Would you like to play again?" B-MO said in her robot-voice.

"No thanks, B-MO," Cake said. "We gotta get ready for Couples Movie Night. So who are you gonna bring, girl?"

Fiona shrugged. "I dunno. Who are you bringing?"

"I'm bringin' my boyfriend. Who else?"

"Oh yeah…." Fiona glanced down at the little robot at her feet. "Well, how about I bring B-MO?"

"It's couples night, Fiona! You gotta bring someone you can smooch!"

Fiona scowled and stuck out her tongue. "Ew, gross! Man, I don't wanna be smooched!"

"You don't have to smooch. You just have to bring someone you can smooch. It's like the rules."

"Lame."

"Oh! Why don't you invite one of the princes?" Cake said with a grin. "I know most of them would love to go with you."

"Hm." Fiona picked up their bulky old phone. She scrolled through the names in it.

"Who you gonna call?"

"I'm gonna call a guy I don't have to kiss." She found Prince Gumball's name and pressed the select button. The other end began to ring. She waited and waited as it kept ringing. Finally there was a click on the other end.

"Hello?" Prince Gumball's voice came from the other end.

"Hey Prince Gumball!" Fiona said. "You wanna go to Couples Movie Night with me?"

He chuckled. "Sounds romantic."

Fiona blushed. "No! I was just wondering if you wanted to go with me! Not like a date or—"

"No, sorry, Fiona. I'm busy practicing for the Whistling Choir Death Match Championship."

"But—"

"Ciao!" There was a click on the other end. Then silence.

Fiona sighed and hung up. "He doesn't wanna go."

"Girl, of course he does!" Cake said, snatching the phone from her. "Boys are complicated. We just gotta help him realize he wants to go to the movies with you." She scrolled through the names in the phone. "I'm calling Marshall."

"What?"

"Look, honey. I've been learning a lot about vampires lately, and I realize now that my fear was based on ignorance."

There was a click on the other end. "Speak," Marshall's smooth voice echoed through the phone.

"H-Hey, Marshall," Cake said. She twirled the curly cord around her finger as she spoke. "I've got a favor to ask. We want to make Prince Gumball jealous so he'll go to the movies with Fiona." There was a long silence. "Marshall Lee? Marshall? Come in, Marshall!"

There was a loud hiss behind Cake. The cat's tail bushed out to twice its normal size, all her fur standing on end. She leaped back in surprise, dropping the phone. Marshall hovered closer, laughing. Fiona giggled.

"So you gonna help us?" Fiona asked.

He shrugged and floated over to the couch where Fiona was sitting. He draped an arm around her shoulder and shrugged. "Yeah. Sure, I'll help. It'll be funny."

"Mathematical!" Fiona shouted.

"Great," Cake said. "Let's get a move on. I've a got a sure-fire plane that will definitely get Gumball to go to the movies with you."

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The sun had gone down over an hour ago. The three of them had entered the Candy Kingdom and were hiding in the bushes in the palace garden. Fiona could see Prince Gumball pacing in his room, whistling. Cake pulled them close.

"So here's the plan," she said. She pointed to Marshall. "You start saying things and Fiona, you start laughing way loud. And then Gumball will get jealous of you." She pointed at Marshall again. "Which will awaken his love for Fiona!" Cake shoved the two of them out of the bushes and toward the window. "Go on, Marshall!"

He shrugged. "Okay. This could be fun."

Marshall arched an eyebrow and started saying whatever came to mind. It was mostly random nonsense. Fiona laughed and giggled. Cake waved to her, urging her to be louder. Fiona took the cue and laughed louder.

"Ahem!" Prince Gumball called from the window above them. "Greetings, Fiona," he said with a smile. But it quickly faded to a frown when he saw Marshall. "Hey, Marshall Lee…."

Grinning, Marshall made the rock and roll sign with his hand. "What up, Gumbutt?"

"Yeah, yeah," he muttered. Prince Gumball turned to Fiona. "So, what's so funny?"

"O-oh." Fiona blushed. "I, um…uh, It's um…something."

"Well, then…keep it down out there," he said. "I'm trying to whistle practice." He waved goodbye as he started whistling again. He disappeared into the bedroom.

Cake hurried out of the bushes. "Oh, that was great, girl! Now we go on to phase two."

Fiona rubbed her arm absentmindedly. This was all kind of embarrassing.

"Wait here!" Cake rushed off to get ready for the next phase of her master plan.

Once Cake was out of earshot, Marshall glanced at Fiona. "Hey, look, man. I know Cake's your friend and all, but if you want Gumball to go to the movies with you, you gotta like stop listening to your cat's lame ideas. You gotta take advice from a real man." He gestured to himself.

"But Cake said phase two is powerful!"

"Pft! Seriously, Fiona. How is Cake supposed to know what guys want more than a real guy?"

Fiona rubbed the back of her neck absentmindedly. "Yeah, I guess."

"Ok, great!" He hovered in front of her as he thought up his plan. "So…what we need now is something," he snapped his finger, "fun! Guys like having fun more than anything. So if you can show Gumball that you're fun, he'll defs wanna hit up the movies with you." He folded his arms as he stared at her. "So, what do you like to do for fun?"

"Oh! Oh!" Her face lit up. "I like to wrestle! And fight!" She flexed her muscles and showed off some of her moves. Suddenly her face darkened. "Wait…guys like Gumball don't like wrestling, do they?"

"No no! That's perfect! Now all you gotta do is get in there and wrestle with Prince Gumball and show him how fun you are." He winked. "You can do it, doll face."

Marshall gestured her to follow. Excited about the new plan, she headed after him.

"Fiona, where are you going?" Cake called.

Fiona paused.

"Check it out." Cake held up an old lute and a fruffy purple outfit.

Fiona arched an eyebrow. "What is that?"

"It's a lute-suit, girl! Guys love this romantic stuff, trust me!"

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Fiona sighed as she trudged down the hall toward Prince Gumball's room. She wore the puffy, fruffy pink dress. It was covered in ruffles and came with a feathery hat. She carried the lute in one hand as she walked down the hall. Cake had stretched herself to look like a chair. She sat in the hall, making sure Fiona didn't screw things up. Marshall floated toward her.

He laughed. "Fiona, what the flip are you wearing?!" He chuckled. "You look ridiculous!"

"It's a lute-suit," Cake said. "And Fiona looks adorable in it!"

He frowned. "Well it's gonna ruin the plan"

"What plan?" Cake looked at Fiona.

"Well…I was gonna give Marshall's idea a try too."

"His idea?! What's wrong with my idea?!"

Marshall stuck out his tongue. Suddenly they heard Gumball's whistling. They gasped. Marshall transformed into a bat and Cake froze, still shaped like a chair. Marshall hid up in the rafters. Gumball was walking down the hall, whistling to himself. He stopped suddenly when he saw her.

"Hey, Fiona. Did you ever find someo—" He laughed. "Whoa! What are you wearing?"

"Oh…. This is my lute…suit." She glanced at Cake. Discretely the cat made a motion that she should start playing the instrument.

"Oh right," Fiona whispered. She started strumming the lute and sang the lines again. "This is my lute-suit," she sang.

Prince Gumball laughed. "Fiona, that's hilarious!" He doubled over, holding his stomach in uncontrollable laughter. "You're killing me!"

Fiona blushed. She heard a soft 'pst' and glanced up at the rafters. Marshall, in his bat form, gestured some of Fiona's wrestling moves.

"Oh yeah." She set her lute down. "So…headlock!" Fiona leaped at him and wrapped her arms around Gumball's neck. He shrieked as she wrestled him to the ground.

"Guards!" he shouted.

A flank of Banana Guards rushed into the hallway and snatched Fiona by the arms. They dragged her to the front gates and tossed her out. Fiona rubbed her sore back as she sat up. What the heck just happened? Weren't guys supposed to like fun stuff like wrestling? They tossed out her lute, which snapped as it hit the ground. Cake crawled out of the lute and stretched back to her normal size. Marshall flew out and transformed back to his human form and sat beside her.

He laughed. "Man, that suit was ridiculous!"

"Ridi-Ridiculous?!" Cake put her hands on her hips. "Can you believe this boy, Fiona?!"

"Well…I guess the suit did feel a little silly."

Cake frowned. "Well fine! You can just give it back then!"

Fiona pulled the goofy suit off and handed it back to Cake, muttering a quiet apology.

"Good luck getting into the movie without my help!" Cake snatched the suite and broken lute and stormed off.

"Glob, your cat's pretty ticked."

Fiona shrugged. "Nah. She's probably just hungry."

"Oh." He scooted closer. "Well taste this then. I got a new plan."

"Really?"

"The only thing guys love more than fun is excitement. He's gotta feel his blood pumpin', man! He's gotta be chased by wolves!"

"Like metaphorically?"

Marshall helped her up. He chuckled. "C'mon! I'll teach ya how to show a guy a good time." He wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close. He grinned. "Hold tight."

Fiona blushed, hesitantly wrapping her arms around him.

"You ready?"

"Uh-huh."

Marshall took off, Fiona holding onto him tightly. He flew her across the plains. Down below, he spotted a wolf pack running through the forest. He swooped down. As they came closer, he flew just above the wolves.

"You wanna take a few back? PG would totally freak!"

"I-I dunno…" Fiona muttered. "I don't think it's a good idea."

"Psh. Whatever, girl."

Making a quick turnaround, he flew her back to the tree house. He dropped her off in front of the house.

"Sorry it didn't work out for ya, Fiona. Not like it matters though. With a brain lord like Gumbutt, you'd be bored with him in a week."

"Yeah, maybe," she muttered.

"Cool. Well, see ya later, I guess." He took off into the night, back to his own home.

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Back at his own place, Marshall was practicing some of his new songs. Floating over to his large amp, he plugged in his bass. He started strumming a few bars. But before he could start singing his new single, an odd noise greeted his ears. There was a tune he didn't recognize drifting in from outside. He leaned his axe-bass against the wall and opened the door. Fiona was standing in front of his house with Cake. She was wearing that ridiculously fruffy outfit she had tried to woo Gumball with.

"Oh no…."

Fiona strummed her lute. She started singing. "Marshall Lee! Will you go to the movies with me!"

"Uh…Fiona, we need to talk…."

She walked in, strumming the lute as she went. And with much prompting from Cake, she kept singing her words. "Good evening, good sir. Your escort is here!"

"Whoa! Girl, you do not wanna go down that road with me."

"With you, I would go down any road," she said. "Especially if it leads to the movies!"

"Oh yeah?" He arched an eyebrow. "No girl in their right mind would wanna go to the movies with this!"

Instantly his body morphed. It warped into a black creature with hideous tentacles and arms all covered with lumps. His eyes were small and beady. He almost resembled and evil, black octopus. He snatched her up and chuckled darkly.

"What do you think of me now?" he said sarcastically.

She started at him a moment, unfazed. "How do you like your popcorn?"

"Ugh!" His hideous form started to recede, but he held onto her tightly. "You're starting to annoy me!" He was back to his vampire form.

"Then let's do something fun. Like go to the movies!"

"The heck!" He tossed her onto the couch. Marshall floated down and sat beside her. "Look. I like you but—"

She launched at him, wrapping her arm around his neck. "Headlock!"

Marshall snatched her arms and held her down forcefully. "Stop! Listen to me! I'm not gonna go to the movies with you!" he shouted, frustrated. He pushed her aside. "You wouldn't wanna date someone like me. I'm evil, remember?"

"Date you?!" Fiona's face flushed a deep red. "Dude, I just wanna go to the movies!"

"Wait, you don't want me to be your boyfriend?" he asked, confused.

"What?! No! Movies, hello!"

"If you weren't looking for a boyfriend, why were you romancing it up with Gumball all day?"

"Cause Cake said Couples Movie Nights have weird kissing requirements and romance initiation type junk."

"Maybe not exactly all that…" Cake muttered.

Marshall laughed. "Cool. Then, sure. I'll go to the movie with you."

"Really?! Sweet!"

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The clearing in the forest was abuzz with excitement. Old cars and broken appliances littered the area. Dozens of couples had gathered to watch the movie. Marshall and Fiona sat atop an old pickup truck that was starting to rust. Fiona fidgeted as she waited for the movie to start.

"I'm so excited," she whispered.

Suddenly the projector sputtered to life. An image of two lovers flashed onto the large white screen. They muttered sweet nothings to each other. Slowly it started to dawn on Fiona what kind of movie this actually was. Finally, the characters leaned in for a passionate kiss. She gasped. Glancing around at the other movie-goers, she realized everyone was smooching and not even watching. Even Cake was making-out with Lord Monochromacorn. Fiona stuck out her tongue in disgust.

"Bleh! Oh, gross!" She leaned over to Marshall. "Dude, let's get outta here! This sucks majorly."

"Man, I'm right behind you," he said. "Lame."

Grabbing her hands, he lifted her up and flew her off to the tree house.

"Sorry the movie didn't work out," Fiona said.

"No prob, doll face. It was a pretty interesting night." He dropped her off in front of the tree house. "Anyway, I'll see ya around." He gave her a quick peck on the cheek. He stuck out his tongue and flew off to his own house. "Later!"

Fiona blushed. She lightly touched the place his lips had touched. It kinda tingled…. What was that all about anyway? She shrugged. Oh well. It was probably just Marshall being weird and teasing her. Probably.

Chapter 8 will be up on Friday!