Hey guys me again and I'm bringing in a new chapter. Well I really have nothing much to say so… (Awkward silence) well um let's get started shall we?

Finn trudged his way through the hot sand looking for the end of the desert. He pulled out the magic tracker to see where the trail lead; it pointed toward the direction he was going giving Finn a little hope and relief that he was heading in the right direction. He looked at the tracker as it told him to go north from where he was standing. Finn then put the machine in his pocket and looked around. All he could see was sand and cactus. 'Really not a lot to look at.' Finn was about to continue on when he spotted something in the distance. He couldn't quite make it out so he ran over and investigated. As he drew closer it became clearer as to what it was. He stopped and bent over and looked at it. The object looked like a mini robot that someone would play with. It had tracks for feet and had a camera on top of the body. It was clear that the machine hadn't seen Finn and was looking at where it was. Finn reached out his arm and wiped off some dirt only to reveal a sticker with a logo on the back of the body. "Toy R'US?" He tried to inspect it further but the little machine sprung to life turning around and seeing Finn. It quickly zoomed past his feet and created a portal then jumped in as the portal closed behind him. "Huh that was weird."

"What's weird Finn?"

"Nothing Marceline, just something I saw." He continued on his quest jealous of the Vampire inside his back pack staying cool while he burned to death. She had a good reason for being in their but he couldn't help but envy her. "Marcie you awake?" No reply, all that met him was loud snoring. 'Well that's just great now I have no one to watch my back.'

It seemed like there was no end to the desert but endless sand dunes as Finn scouted the area for any sign of life.

"Marceline can you please wake up I need your help searching the area."

Nothing there was only the sound of snoring.

"Marcie PLEASE wake up."

Still nothing.

"MARCIE WAKE UP!"

"Ok Finn I'm awake jeez can't a vampire get her beauty sleep?"

"Not when I need her help."

"Finn I can't help I'm stuck in here because of the sun remember?"

"Yes I remember, but the least you can do is tell me which direction the tracker says to go."

"Ok then hand it over." Finn handed her the tracker and they continued their way to who knows where. "I don't think I'll need much help from here you can go do your thing but just let me know when It changes direction ok?"

"Don't worry Finn I will."

1 hour later.

Marceline's POV

Oh my glob this is boring there is nothing to do. I looked around to see if there was anything interesting to at least look at. I searched around his stuff when I found something very interesting. Pictures of Finn posing without a shirt trying his hardest to show off his muscles. 'Oh this is too good this is just incredible.' "BWAHAHA!"

"Hey what's so funny?"

"Oh nothing except for these embarrassing photos of you." Finn blushed which made me laugh even harder. "Marceline put those back!"

"Fine, Fine, man you won't let me have any fun."

Great now there really is nothing to do. At least I have my thoughts to myself but what could I think of that will relieve me of my boredom? I know I'll write a new song! That usually keeps me entertained. Ok let's see what kind of song could I make? Maybe a love song? No too cheesy…how about a ballad? I guess that I could make one of those. I know I'll make a ballad about this adventure I'm on. Alright then…first we traveled into the ice kingdom, and then we went into the desert…ok nothing after that ok I can work with that for now.

There was once a boy named Finn and a vampire named Marceline…..No that doesn't sound right…There was an adventurer called Finn the human who's best friend was captured by a wizard? Oh wow that was terrible, let's skip that part and try when we entered the ice kingdom….Huh not even a thought. Seriously? I'm supposed to be really good at this why can't I come up with a stupid ballad? Just think clearly let's try the desert…We traveled through the hot sun trying to stay cool…that's just embarrassing, Marceline think what happened in the desert that could turn into a piece of music? We teased each other, made really bad jokes, had a little fun, I told him I wanted to be more than friends….wait what? I told him I wanted to be more than friends, why would I ever say that? He's just my friend no more no less. So why did I even mention it? Was the desert getting to my brain, did I go insane? Probably both but I mean come on why would I say that? I already told him no. Glob what is wrong with me? Am I really falling for him…no I can't be this is just because of those after effects of that drink yea that's it. But why can't I stop thinking about him! Do I really like Finn or am I just now starting to go poo brain?

"Hey Marcie we're out of the desert now and it's pretty shaded out here, you can come out now."

FINALLY! All that boredom was driving me crazy.

"Umm Finn where exactly are we?"

"Well it looks like a forest to me."

"I know that weenie but which one? For all we know we could be in a super dangerous cursed forest or something.

"Don't worry let's just follow the trail and we'll be out in a flash ok?"

"Ok but what about the sun?"

"Hmmmm the trees seem to provide enough shade for you to pass under I think you'll survive."

"I better or else my ghost will haunt you."

"I'll take your word on that." Marceline floated down with Finn hot on her trail but little did they know that they were being watched by a pair of curious eyes.

Finn dragged his feet across the dirt trail thinking of past adventures with Jake. He remembered when they were ninjas and accidentally broke into the ice king's secret stash, or the time when they fought each other because Jake wasn't taking training seriously and was instead playing Kombi's Castle. Wait a minute. "Hey Marceline I just realized something."

"And what would that something be?"

"Our whole adventure has been like Kombi's Castle."

"What exactly do you mean?"

"Think about it first we went to the ice kingdom, fought a series of enemies and then Ice king and his Iceapede, then we went into the desert and fought a giant scorpion and now we're here!"

"Finn, I don't get what you're saying."

"Look in Kombi's Castle you go through a stage, fight some enemies then you encounter the boss of the stage, do you see where I'm getting at?"

"Oh I see the ice minions were just regular enemies, the ice king and the iceapede were like a boss of the ice kingdom, and the scorpion was like the big boss of the desert stage…so our adventure is like a videogame?"

"Exactly."

"Maybe if we're lucky we'll find a power-up." She joked

"With my super smart thinking I bet we'll get more than power-up and get out of this forest quick as can be."

"Well mister smarty pants if you're so smart then pay attention to where you're going."

"Why are y-PHOO!"

"Yea I was going to tell you watch out for that tree but it looks like I'm too late."

"OWWW! Thanks for warning me." Finn said sarcastically

"No problem." Marceline then flew ahead exploring the woods they occupied.

"HEY WAIT UP!" Finn chased her hoping that she'll slow down for him, but that's probably not going to happen.

The princess of the fire kingdom cried. But the fire princess was not supposed to cry. She was evil, destructive and was a sinister force known throughout OOO. That is before she met Finn, he was kind to her, showed her what it was like outside of her lamp. Of course he didn't show her everything about OOO like why the sky is blue or why the grass was green but he treated her like a real person not a villain that could destroy everything in her path. Right now however he was the cause of her sadness. He was her hero and she gave him up just to protect him. Had she made the right decision? "Oh what difference does it make he will never forgive me ever!" Her cries of anguish could be heard for miles. She needed to talk to someone, someone who could help her and who knew Finn. But the only one that came to mind was "Bubblegum."

Just the thought of her blew FP into a fit of rage, but was PB really the only one she can talk to? She couldn't talk to her dad he would destroy Finn, she could talk to Jake but he'll probably get mad at her for hurting Finn and not even let her see Finn. The only person she could talk to was Bubblegum. "I'd rather drown! Than talk that…that…GRRRRRRRR." She flung a fireball outside her hut effectively blowing up some hobo's home. "Oops. Sorry!" She backed away from the window to prevent any more home destruction. Besides Finn and Jake, Bubblegum was the only person she knew outside the fire kingdom. "I guess I really have no choice." She turned into a trail of fire and left her home heading towards the candy kingdom.

"A mixture of amino acids here, some Ice king dandruff there, a dash of pickle juice, spread a distilled water substitute and we get…."

"Excuse me Princess?"

"GAAAAAHHHHH! Peppermint butler you startled me! You almost ruined the experiment."

"My apologies but there is someone here to see you."

"Well who is it?"

"That would be me." The princess of the fire kingdom stepped into the room with a solemn look on her face.

"Flame princess what are you doing here? Is it official business from the fire kingdom?"

"No it's just about me and if you don't mind I'd like to speak to you in private."

"Oh I see…Peppermint butler could you leave us please?"

"Yes princess." He closed the door and left the two princesses's to themselves.

"Follow me we'll talk in my room." Ember followed her to the room. When PB opened the door Ember was shocked. The room was humongous and pink…well that kind of killed the moment. There were pictures across the walls of previous rulers, other kingdoms, beautiful landscapes, and finally one above her bed which was a giant painting of princess bubblegum smiling. 'She has a bit of an ego problem doesn't she?' "Come sit over here." FP walked over to the chair and sat down. Only to burn right through it and fall flat on her butt. "I think I'll stand."

"Good idea… So Seraphina what brings you to my castle?"

"Well it's about Finn…"

"What about him?"

"Something I came here to talk to you about. It's about our relationship."

"Oh I see."

"Look your only person I know that knows Finn as well as you do. Actually you're the only person besides Jake I know that is close to Finn."

"Ok but what is it that you want to talk to me about him?"

"I…I…broke up with him."

"I'm sorry I didn't hear you could you speak up?"

"I broke up with him!" FP began to cry again but PB calmed her down. "I'm sorry it's just I care about him a lot and he probably hates me now."

"Flame princess if I know Finn he could never hate you."

"I know but it just hurts to think about him in pain. I mean look at me, he was the first guy I ever loved and I broke his heart and now I'm crying over him. You probably think I'm weak seeing me like this."

"Not at all. Look I know it's hard to lose someone you care about but sometimes you have to just move on. Unfortunately some people just can't move on to others…"

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing really just a past relationship gone wrong. No need to worry about it." FP was a little confused by what she said but put it behind her so she could get to the topic at hand. "Bubblegum did I make the right choice?"

PB paused thinking carefully about what to say next. "If you want my advice listen carefully." FP quickly sat on the floor and hugged her knees making sure not to burn the floor, well tried anyway she melted it a bit but managed to not melt it all the way through.

"He still loves you and wants to be with you. You have to let him know that and make it work for you two. I know a recipe that can keep you from burning things unless you want to just let your body know that you want to and boom no more burning stuff, but are you willing to take this?"

"YES! Give it to me!"

"Easy now, I don't have the recipe made yet, I have to make it first."

"Oh okay…how long before it is finished?"

"Maybe a week or two?"

"Ok I will wait thanks Bubblegum for your help."

"No probs, now go you crazy love bird, I have SCIENCE TO DO!"

"Ok well goodbye" FP left the castle leaving behind a trail in her wake. When she was sure that FP was gone Bonnibel turned and went into her lab picking up a bottle she was experimenting with and laughed with a sinister and sadistic grin on her face. "All according to plan."

"Finn its getting dark, I think we should set up camp" Marceline said as she flew down from the trees she was looking from.

"Yea I guess your right we'll set up over there." Finn pointed to a mostly shaded spot except for a hole in between the trees.

"I'll go grab some wood for a fire." The vampire told him.

"Alright I guess I'll set up a camp." Marceline flew away gathering wood for the night's sleep leaving Finn to his thoughts.

'Well there goes my entertainment for the night, oh well' Finn sighed and started to explore the area around him. It was a warm night with a calm breeze rustling the leaves in the trees bringing in a cool blast of air to his face. He looked around and saw the creatures of the forest doing there business and working to keep the forest in its peaceful state. It just put Finn in a relaxed mood making him wish he was a part of the whole process. He sat down and just took it all in. There were birds flying to their nests, ants going into their hill, and squirrels climbing the trees into their little homes ready to sleep for the night. Yes everything was peaceful and Finn was at peace. At least until a thought came to his mind. How will Marceline be able to survive the rest of the journey if she can't even come out of his backpack? He pondered this dilemma with great effort. So he pondered, and pondered, and pondered until his ponderer was sore. "How can I help Marceline survive the day if she has no umbrella to keep the sun away?" Then Finn got a wonderful idea. A wonderful, magnificent, and brilliant idea.

He gathered up as many leaves and branches he could carry. He then took his sword and stabbed the tree nearest to him and collected the sap that came from it. The boy cut down whatever vines or string like plant he could find and got to work. He put the leaves and branches together and tied the plant vine around parts of the branches and then tied the leaves to them. Finn then put the sticks together and used the sap as glue to stick them together. He also poured sap on the leaves and branches to make sure they stick together too. Finally he grabbed a lone stick on the ground stuck up the bottom part of the project and used sap to stick to the object. 'Now it's just missing one thing but what?' Finn heard a humming noise coming from behind him and sure enough it was Marceline. 'Oh crud no time to figure that out here she comes!'

Marceline was happy. Sure she was stuck on an adventure that was risking her life to save a dog that could possibly be tortured as we speak, but at least she got to spend time with Finn. Between the Nightosphere, making songs, and with his adventuring and fire princess dates the two friends hardly had any time to each other and just hangout. When they did hangout though it was always amazing. They had jam sessions, went adventuring, and playing BMO they always had a good time. But this time was different. She couldn't quiet place her finger on it but it just seemed different. 'Best not think of these things or I'll do what Finn does and just get all soul searchy and weird.' So she continued on her search for fire wood to warm her and Finn during the night. She chopped off some of the branches then set them on the ground for her to grab when she had enough. 'Ok just a few more branches and we'll have enough to burn it through the night.' Marceline picked up a few more sticks then placed them in the pile she made and carried them all to the camp site. On her way she spotted something hiding in the bushes. Creeping up on what it was she pounced. Tearing open the bush only to find…nothing. 'Probably just my imagination.' So she continued on her way to the campsite humming a tune that seemed strange for a vampire her age. "I'm a little teapot short and stout. Here is my handle and here is my spout."

"Hey Marcie why are you singing that baby song?"

"Wait what." She looked around and saw that she made all the way back to the campsite. "Oh ummmm you see….nope I got nothing to say about that, it was just something that came into my brain."

"Ok. Hurry up and set the wood down and let's start a fire."

"Are you sure you know how to start a fire Finn?" She asked as she dropped the pile on the ground.

"Of course I do what kind of a hero would I be if I didn't?" Finn grabbed two sticks from the pile and rubbed them together as fast as he could. This caused the two sticks to catch fire. He tossed them into the pile making it almost immediately catch the whole pile on fire. "And here is our heat for the night."

"Ok then Finn let's get to sleep I'm exhausted." Marceline yawned as she floated to the ground with her eyes lids getting heavier by the moment.

Finn got on the ground next to her and looked up into the hole in the trees letting him gaze upon the stars. "It sure is a beautiful night to sleep under the stars."

"Yea it sure is. One of the disadvantages of living in a cave is that you never can look out the window and see the night sky. But that's also one of the advantages of being a vampire is that we come out at night and get to experience this every single night…when it's not cloudy."

"Sounds pretty cool. Hey have you ever noticed the stars actually make pictures in the sky?"

"You mean constellations?"

"What's a constellation?"

"Well it's what you just said. Those pictures in the sky, those are constellations. Like see those stars over there that's the big dipper and the tiny one beside that is the little dipper."

"Oh I get it. Those stars over there what are they called?"

"That's a called the big bear and the one beside it is the little bear."

"Are there any that don't have big this with a little thing beside it?"

"Actually most of them don't have the big bear or little dipper thing going on only a few do, like that one over there is the hero Orion."

"Orion? I didn't know there was a hero named Orion."

"That's because he only exists in stories. When I was little Simon told me stories about great hero's way before the mushroom war. Like Hercules and Perseus."

"Can you tell me about them Marceline?"

"Finn it's been a long time, I don't know if I can remember them."

"That's ok. We can ask your dad he probably knows."

"You're probably right." The pair sat in total silence the only sound being the crackle of the fire. Finn looked at the beauty before him. Marceline was just looking at the sky with what looked like a twinkle in her eye. It seemed that the stars were dancing in her eyes. That was the beauty of Marceline, she could turn any situation into a fun filled moment of pure bliss and make everyone around her feel as though they could shoot for the stars and calmly land back on the ground without a care in the world. When on the inside she was broken and crying. Was it because she was a vampire? What was it like being a vampire? Was it like how it normally is now but you just can't go into the sun? Finn just had to know.

"Marceline you awake?"

"Yes Finn what is it?"

"What's it like being a vampire?"

She sighed recalling all her experiences as a vampire before she gave her answer. "Well it's just like being a human except we can't go into the sun or we die. But we are also immortal to aging so we could never age as we get older, but doesn't mean that nothing can kill us."

"Wait but you can transform into all sorts of monsters, can't all vampires do that?"

"No they can't those abilities were passed down from my dad, now let me finish ok?"

"Ok sorry."

"Thank you. Now where was I? Oh yea stuff that kills us. I remember dad told me before the mushroom war that Vampires didn't die by the sun they would live and survive if they went into the sun but they're powers would significantly go down and so they preferred to hunt at night. During that time they also drank human blood." Finn got a scared look on his face when she said that but stayed calm so that he wouldn't interrupt her. "But after the mushroom war they mutated, to the point where we would die in the sun, but as a bonus we didn't have to drink blood we could now drink the color red."

"That's really cool Marcie but what about being immortal? Is it as cool as it sounds?" Marceline's smile dropped into a sad frown as Finn he touched a sensitive subject. "Hey I'm sorry just forget I brought it up."

"No Finn its fine it's just I've never told anyone about this."

"Then let me be the first." Marceline didn't answer Finn for a few moments then finally spoke up.

"Alright but pay attention." She took a few deep breaths then told her tale.

"Being immortal is pretty awesome. I can live forever never having to fear about aging or wrinkles or getting any gray hairs, it's pretty cool but it does have its downsides." Marceline paused, her throat starting to choke up as she spoke but she continued on. "You have to watch the world pass you by having the knowledge that everyone around you is going to die and you just have to sit back and watch. That's why it's so hard to make friends because you have to watch them die and it's always so hard to do just that. It especially hurts when you fall in love and you just watch as they wither away and die in your arms." She stopped after that as her eyes started to water and fall freely down her cheeks as she thought of all the people she has known over the course of her 1000 year existence.

"At least you have me Marcie."

"What?" She sniffed out between her sobs.

"I mean at this moment you got me, Jake, Bubblegum, your dad, and many others. You got people that care about you, the past is over and done, those people may be dead but you're not in the past anymore. You're here in the present. We all care about you Marcie we may not have been the family you had in past, but we are your small little family here. And some of us care about you more than others." Finn stared at the night sky as Marceline looked at him with a sad face. She stared at the boy who now was turning into a man right in front her eyes. A boy who might not be the smartest in the world but when it really came to it he could show wisdom that was far beyond his own age. She crawled over to him and kissed his cheek before resting her head on the ground beside him.

"You know Finn sometimes you know just what to say at times."

"Except when it comes to talking to girls."

"Yea except that." They both shared a laugh as they quickly fell asleep letting the soft noises of the forest take them away into their own dream realm.

There goes chapter 6. My best work yet and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did writing it. See you in chapter 7.