Ashley ran by Fionna and out the door. Even though she only felt rage, tears ran down her face. She kept running until she was out the cave and in the nearby forest. Finally she stopped and rested against a tree. She gasped for air while she sat down. Her thoughts raced through her head, and she felt more tears run down her face.
"Why…? I just want to fix what I did." Her head rested in her hands, as she cried. "Just one more chance." She felt her heart sink in her chest. She knew what she did was wrong and every day since she gave away Hambo, and lost Marshall, she regretted it. Nothing else mattered to her but Marshall. She was an immortal just like him, and she just wanted to spend the rest of her existence near him, but being just his friend would eat her up. "How could he just want that human, over me?" She stood back up and began to walk. Ever since that random woman punched her in the face and stole her flying carpet, she resorted back to walking.
"I guess I'll just have to-" She walked around a tree to see a man sitting next to a small pond. She watched him sit and stare at the flowers. After a few seconds he inhaled and touched the flower. Steam came off of it, then it burst into flames. He sighed and hung his head. "Who is… this?" Ashley walked up behind him. "Um… Hello?" The man turned and stared at her.
"Hello." He turns back to the flowers and stares at them. "What brings you out in these neck of the woods? Running from something?"
Ashley laughed. "I don't run from anything. I can fight any monster."
"This monster isn't visible by the normal eye. It is the root to all pain. This monster is love."
Ashley stared at him before speaking. "How… did you know?"
The man pushed himself up and turned around. "Because that's why I'm here." He raised his hand and made a fire model of a woman and man coming together. Then a darker fire stepped between them and took the female one away. As the male fire model stood alone it began to get dimmer and dimmer until it went out.
"Who were those people?" Ashley knew the one by itself was him, but who were the other two.
"My love and the man who took her away from me." He stared at her before he turned back around and looked at the flowers. "Now I spend my time, walking and learning how to control my fire. It is not an easy task. I must have a calm mind to have a calm body." He raised his hand and made a fire flower.
"Is that why you speak so proper?"
"Yes. I feel speaking like this calms me and soothes my soul. That and my meditation." He held the flower in place before he let it burn out. "May I ask your name and whom you are?"
"My name is Ashley, Ash for short. I'm a Wizard from Wiz… A place." Wizards are not supposed to disclose Wizard City. "Now can I know who you are?"
"You may." He turned and lit the flames on his body. "I am the Flame King."
Ashley stepped back. She heard of him awhile back. He had burned all the Ice Kingdom down and was responsible for Marshall's house burning. "So you're the one who tried to kill Marshall?"
His flame's heat began to fade. "Yes. Why does that information need to be known by you? Do you affiliate with him?" Now his flames were gone and he looked like a normal, orange, man.
"Why did you do it?" She put her hand behind he back and grabbed her wand.
"Like I asked before, why do you want to know?"
"Because he's my… Ex-boyfriend." She felt her voice crack when she said that.
"You are running from love, Love that is not felt for you, but for… another." He held up the model of the two people. One female, who resembled Fionna, and a darker one, who resembled Marshall Lee. "I also know the pain of running from Love not felt from the one whom you love."
Then it hit Ashley. "You attacked Marshall because you love Fionna…"
"You are correct. I take it you ran because you love Marshall, but he loves Fionna now."
She nodded and looked down. "I don't know what to do."
Flame King walked to her. "How bad do you want him?"
"Bad. More than I want anything else."
"Would you do anything for him?"
Nothing I wouldn't do." Ashley was puzzled. "Why?"
"Because I want to propose a plan to you."
She swallowed. "A Plan huh?"
"To get what we both want."
Ashley turned around and though. All she wanted was Marshall, to be his forever once again. She remember getting the treehouse with him and living there, but slowly the image of her faded and Fionna was replacing her. Ashley felt a boiling rage inside her. Marshall was hers first and Fionna can't have him.
"You got a deal, but under the condition of not hurting Marshall. Deal?"
"As long as you stay away from Fionna, we have that deal."
Flame King extended his hand, and Ashley shook it. A grin spread across Flame King's face.
Flame King sat back down near the water and meditated while Ashley began her walk back home to the Wizard City. The only thought on her mind was Marshall, and how soon he'd be hers.

Now this is a filler, but will come back to affect them all.
Next Chapter, as said before, will pick up right where the kiss happens.
Things will get intense soon.