A/N: HEY GUYS! Im so sorry I haven't posted in a while! I forgot my password then I got it back, and then I was really busy! But anyways... ON WITH THE SHOW!

P.S: Purpledragon6 has been Beta reading this story. Unfortunately my computer has been removing most of the spaces she puts in. We got this fixed in chapter seven.

Chapter Summary: A bit of a filler. We finally learn how Marcy and Diana met and Diana's dream gets explained a bit more.

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Diana's POV (As always):

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Five minutes into this visit, and already we found ourselves huddled around Marceline's couch with two cups of peppermint tea passed between us (dyed red for the vampire's sake). If I didn't know any better, I'd say Marceline already suspected the worse, as she seemed to take an interest in studying the way I held myself up on her couch with a concerned expression that was almost like that of a concerned mother. Well, I don't think my twinged up face from the uncomfortable couch and the slump in my back was doing my case any justice, so instead of beating around the bush I decided to tell Marceline what was eating at me.

"So, I had this weird dream last night." I began, taking a pause just to let my words sink in a little.

"Yeah?" Marcy replied in a curious tone "Are we talking weird, like flying monkeys and demons or weird like drowning in a toilet?"

"Uh, the latter?" I squeaked out, trying to call back the events of the dream, all while watching as Marceline's lips pressed into a thin line and she looked to be deep in thought. "Everything alright Marcy?

"I'm fine just- do you happen to know a Finn and Jake here?" She asked curiously, raising her eyebrow a little bit. "I know its a random question and we'll get to your dream in a minute, but I am curious."

My face lit up at the thought of Finn, just the thought of my new friend being enough to clear the bitter air that still hung over me about the dream. I was almost grateful that Marcy had asked such a random question, that way I'd be able to talk about something else to her and not be bitter about it. So, I smiled and nodded my head quickly.

"Yes actually! We met not to long ago actually." I said, with a mixture of happiness and grim in my tone. "But, we didn't really meet on the best of terms, and we um... Kind of had that freaky lemon thing killed... Which sounds really bad doesn't it?"

She nodded in what could have been understanding, or maybe agreement. Either one, the corner of her lips were turned up just a bit at the corners in resemblance of her signature smirk. After this, the vampire carefully leaned on her hands and looked down her nose at me, seeming to have returned to her earlier, deep in thought trance. After a bit, the lightbulb seemed to have gone off in her head that we had been talking about another topic and she decided to return to it.

"Continue about your dream." She said in all seriousness. "You said it was like flying monkey/demon weird. Tell me about that."

"So get this, it started where I was trapped in darkness." I said trying to call back the dream as clearly as I could. "And there was this voice, who kept repeating itself over and over again."

"What did the voice sound like?" She asked, tilting her head to one side and sticking out her tongue. "Did it sound like a demon I might know?"

"Uh, something like the Litch and Ice King, if they had a baby together and it puked then died." I grimaced at the thought of it but also giggled a little at the end. "So, yes."

"Gross!" Marceline laughed out, bringing her hands up to her face to hide her laughing face. "Where did you pull out that comparison!?"

"I know right?! I have no idea, it was just something I thought of just now!" I replied letting a few giggles escape my lips.

"Okay, okay. That was funny, but please continue" She said, getting back to business yet again. "I'm good at reading dreams."

"Anyway, It was telling me over and over again that I was dead and yet it still said it was trying to kill me." I said, knitting my eyebrows together tightly. "And afterwards, I thought I had proved it wrong and then woke up."

I tried to keep my tone firm and brave, in an attempt to appear brave in front of Marcy, and unafraid should the voice be listening in on us through my head. As weird as that may sound, I was super-setaceous like that. Looking up at Marcy, she had picked up her mug of tea and idly brought it to her lips before sipping it, her eyes never once leaving mine as she did. Finally, she took a deep breath, sending a cloud of steam out of the rim of her cup before setting it down again and looking at me.

"Did you move to a new place recently?" Man is she asking weird questions!

"Uh, well actually, Finn insisted that I stay with him in the treehouse." I said honestly, shrugging my shoulders as I did so. "What does this have to do with my dream?"

"Oh! He so likes you! I can tell." She said excitedly, her early concern melting away like it was nothing and being replaced instead with a carefree teasing tone. "So whens the wedding by the way?"

"Can we move back to the topic of my dream?" I asked, blushing like mad as I rubbed my sore temple bitterly.

"Okay, okay back to the dream." Marceline said quickly, shutting her eyes and knitting her brows together as she spoke, trying to figure it all out. "Is this the first time you've had this dream?"

I stopped, my index finger on my left hand pressing against the rim of my own mug as I thought over the question slowly. Had I had this same dream before? It did seem familiar, but at the same time it felt so new to me. The voice did sound like someone Marceline knew, but also a mix of someone everyone knew in the land of Ooo. I hadn't always lived in this land, but there was something about those voices that sounded more familiar than they should have. Going off of that, I looked up at her and nodded my head slowly.

"Yes, I think I may have had it a few years back." I said, nodding my head yet again. "Maybe when I was a child."

"So you mean child like a baby, or child like around the time I met you?" Marceline asked, as if that much actually mattered.

"Child like when I met you and first stepped foot in Ooo." I replied, shaking my head slowly. "Actually, if I remember clearly, it was probably the night after I met you?"

"You're calling me a bad omen?" The Vampire Queen joked, poking my arm with her sharp fingernail and chuckling softly. "I shouldn't laugh about that, bad omens are serious biz you know."

"Yes, I know, but I don't think it has anything to do with you." I muttered, rolling my eyes slowly up to the heavens and then back down. "But if not you, then what?"

"Diana, just try to think back as far back as you can think." Marcy urged suddenly. "If you really had this dream before, you should be able to remember anything similar between then and now. Maybe it'll give us some kind of clue or something. Unless you know, this dream means nothing?"

"What kind of clues are there? Nothing happened that day except I met you and then I fell asleep." I muttered, rolling my eyes once again. "Unless you can remember something that I can't."

"Look, I have memories of a lot of weird and disturbing stuff, so maybe what ever it is I'm just not seeing it because it didn't bug me when it happened." Marceline said, once again over complicating things (though, maybe it was me overcomplicating the dream first that caused her to do this).

I nodded my head slowly in defeat, then lifted my mug of tea finally with both hands and held it beneath my nose. Taking in a deep breath of the strong peppermint in the tea, I shut my eyes and tried to allow myself to drift slowly back into my memories, searching for some sort of connection like Marceline instructed.

The flashback began shortly after, as I finally entered my memory-scape.

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(Year's Earlier, When Diana is only seven:)

"Hey kid? Kid?" A voice snapped above me, followed by a sharp kick with what felt to be a pointed toed boot. "Hey, get up. Come on kid. I wanna go home."

I groaned, not wanting to the leave the comforts of the wet earth I currently lay on, or the fluffy companion I was now using as a pillow, so rolling over, I stayed firmly in my place. Another kick landed though, this time sending me a few inches away from my spot and onto my pets tail, causing her to cry out in sudden pain. I sighed, and without opening my eyes, petted her apologetically.

"Kid, you okay? Come on, what are you doing out here?" The voice above snapped again, and I could hear now that it was in fact female, and more than likely a teenager.

"Leave me alone! I just want to sleep." I groaned, finally letting my eyes open and looking up at the woman above.

She really was a sight to see, with the longest blue/black hair I had seen on anybody! Her skin was also as grey as the ever present storm clouds above us and her eyes as red as two cherries might be if left to ripen for a bit, and she wore a tattered blue rain coat, complete with matching boots. That isn't what really stood out to her though, what stood out the most was that she was not standing at all, rather she was floating about air like some sort of circus act. Yelping loudly, I threw myself between Kelli and the creature, not sure if she was trustworthy or not.

"W-what the heck are you!" I bellowed, scooting Kelli and I along the wet mud, before coming to a stop a few feet away.

"A vampire." The creature sighed in a matter of fact way. "And before you go all 'Don't eat me, I have garlic', just know that I already went shopping this week, and human meat does not satisfy me."

She rolled her eyes shortly after that and flipped her hair over her thin shoulder carelessly, almost trying to muster up an air of grace around herself. She was trying to belittle me, and I could tell, but going with my better judgment I chose to stay quiet. After about a minute of silence between us, she finally looked back up at me and offered me her hand.

"Hey, I'm Marceline by the way. The vampire queen." She said cooly, watching as I took her hand and then pulled me to my feet. "Not sure if you heard of me yet or not, but I'm really not that bad of a chic. Why else would I kick you alive?"

"Kick me alive?" I asked curiously, wanting to know how this proved her to be a good person.

"Yeah, I thought you were dead or something, so I came over to see if you were alright." She said, sticking her tongue out between her fanged teeth as she smiled at me. "What are you doing out here anyway?"

"I'm lost, if you must know." I said sternly, looking down and brushing a few spects of mud off of myself. "I want to go home but I just can't find it."

"I know how that feels." Marcy muttered, shaking her head slowly as she cast her gaze anywhere but me. "Come on, I think I know someone who can help. You know Princess Bubblegum right?"

"Honestly? No I don't." I mumbled, shaking my head rapidly. "I don't think I know anyone here."

"Oh, a newbie then?" Marceline chuckled lowly, then placed a cold hand on top of my head. "Don't worry kid, I'll show you the ropes of this place for the time being."

I frowned, but not knowing of any other option but to follow her, I quickly gathered up my belongings (Just Kelli) from the ground and watched the vampire as she began to float away as smooth as a find mist might. Gathering up as much courage as I could, I walked after her, farther and farther into this strange new land, trying to keep up with her as fast as I could with my somewhat short legs, trying to keep my head bowed to block out anything strange I may see. I already saw one odd thing while here, and that was Marceline.

"Hey, its okay to look up you know. In the candy kingdom, I'm probably the scariest thing you're ever gonna see n there." The older woman said, chuckling lowly and shrugging her shoulders. "Unless you count whatever that Joshua guy brings home, but hey what he does is his business."

"Joshua?" I squeaked curiously, not recognizing the name at all. "Whose that?"

"Eh, just some goob who comes down to the NightOSphere every so often. Hes like a demon exterminator or what not." Marceline said, talking about this like she was just telling me about the weather. "Don't really pay him any mind, unless like one of his demons gets out or something, but don't worry, the odds of that are sl-"

At that moment, the once grey sky suddenly turned as black as midnight, and the cries of a young child erupted loudly into my ears, even though I couldn't see where it had come from. I looked around quickly, trying to make sense of what was going on, but the cries of the child were still ringing loudly in my ears, disrupting my thoughts and causing an intense case of vertigo.

"On second thought, follow me kid!" Marceline exclaimed, scooping both me and Kelli up into her arms and taking off in flight just as everything around us went dark.

At least, to me it was dark.