Hey guys! Sorry I was late uploading this chapter, I am still alive XD. I don't really have a good excuse, just laziness on my part :\.
I hope you enjoy this chapter, it took me a while to write, but I hope you guys think it's worth it. It was a fun one to write, but enough about me. Here you go:
Fionna
I woke up the next morning, and sat up in bed, my hair a wild mess on top of my head. I rubbed my eyes, and stretched. Cake was still asleep, her furry sides rising and falling, her paws twitching as she dreamed. I had a shower, washed my hair, and dried it off with my towel. When I got out of the bathroom, Cake had gone downstairs, and I could tell by the smell that she was cooking bacon pancakes, my favourite breakfast.
I got dressed, and pulled on by bunny hat, shoving my golden hair into it. I slung my backpack over my shoulder, and climbed down the ladder.
Cake was piling pancakes into a massive pile on a plate when I came in. She put them on the table, and laid it out with two more plates and a huge bottle of syrup.
"That looks totally algebraic, Cake!" I said, grabbing my plate and the first five pancakes off the top of the pile. I poured over tons of syrup, and stuffed it into my mouth. Cake smiled at me.
"Thanks, honey. I know how much you love them." I grinned as best as I could with my mouth stuffed full of pancake, bacon and syrup. I swallowed with difficulty, and spoke.
"You bet I do," I grabbed my demon blood sword from the corner. "Well, gotta run! See ya, Cake!" I ran out of the door before she could say anything, and headed for the place where I had agreed to meet Marshall yesterday.
He wasn't there yet, so I just decided to sit and wait.
Marshall
I woke up floating above my bed, like usual, and looked at my clock. 11:30 am. That was weird. I rubbed my eyes, trying to remember why I slept at night. Then I remembered.
"Oh, Glob!" I said, not speaking to anyone in particular. I flew downstairs, still in my boxers, and grabbed an apple from the fridge, and went back upstairs sucking the red out of it. I threw on a grey hoodie, a pair of jeans and my burgundy converses.
I grabbed my axe bass (you never know) and a large brimmed hat, and flew as fast as I could towards the place where we had agreed to meet. I didn't want her waiting for too long.
Fionna
I lay on my back, trying to make shapes out of the plump white clouds that drifted lazily overhead. I sat up, wondering if I should just go home. I had been waiting for over an hour, and was doubting that Marshall had actually remembered.
I put my earbuds in, deciding I would listen to some music. The music I had was good, I mean, I sort of liked it, but it wasn't really my style. It was as close as I had found, but there didn't seem to be anything in the whole land of Aaa that was exactly what I wanted. I sighed, and pulled out my earbuds, not bothering to turn off the music.
I pulled out my sword, and stood up. I was gonna go adventuring alone. I stuffed my iPod back into my backpack, and started walking, until I heard someone call my name.
"Fionna! Hey Fionna wait up!" I looked over my shoulder, and smiled. Marshall Lee.
Marshall
I flew up as fast as I could, screaming at Fionna to wait. She turned, and I saw her smile. I caught up to her, and landed. I grinned at her, and her smile vanished. She punched me in the face, hard enough to make me fall back onto the grass.
"That's for making me wait so long!" I got up. I wasn't hurt much. It took a lot to hurt a vampire.
"Oh, boy are you gonna regret that." I growled in mock anger. She grinned, and I flew at her. She gave a little scream, and ran away. I chased her, and pretty soon caught up with her. I wrestled her to the ground, and pinned her down, sitting on her stomach holding down her arms. She struggled for a minute or two.
"No fair Marshall! You've got, like, twice the strength of a mortal!" I smirked at her.
"But I'm sure a great adventurer like yourself should be able to fight off a vampire." She blew a strand of her hair out of her face, and scowled at me.
"Ok, ok I give up. You win." I chuckled inwardly. I could tell how hard it was for her to give in to anyone.
"Good. And for your punishment…" I grabbed her bunny hat, and flew upwards, out of her reach. Her hair fell past her waist, and for a moment I just stared at her. She looked even more beautiful with her hair down.
"Hey! Give that back!" She jumped, trying in vain to grab her hat.
"You should keep your hair down more," I said. "It suits you."
Fionna
I tried to detect sarcasm in his tone, but couldn't hear any. I rolled my eyes.
"It gets in the way of adventuring. Now will you just give it back?" I put my hands on my hips and looked up at him. He sighed, and dropped my hat on top of my head. I pulled it on, and tucked my hair into it.
"Now let's go!" I said, and started walking towards the woods. As we were walking Marshall put in some earbuds, and started listening to something. I sighed. Vampires had no manners.
"What're listening to?" I asked.
"Music. Wanna hear?" I nodded, and he flew down to my level. I put in one of the earbuds, which pulled us closer than was comfortable, and listened. I music was exactly my style, unlike anything from Aaa.
"This is awesome," I said. "I don't recognise it, though. Who's the artist?" Marshall looked away, seeming a little embarrassed.
"Me, I guess. I mean, me and my band."
"Really? I didn't know you had a band. What're they called?"
"The Undead Lords."
"That is so cool. Do you do concerts?" He shrugged.
"We did, about a hundred years ago."
"You should totally do one here."
"Really?" He seemed doubtful. "No one would come."
"I would." I said, hoping he believed me.
Marshall
I smiled. At least one person would come if I held a concert. We walked on in silence, not an awkward one, but a comfortable one, enjoying each other's company. We came to the woods, and they seemed pretty dark, but, I mean, I was raised in the Night'o'sphere so it probably seemed a lot darker to a mortal like Fionna. She didn't seem scared, and the cocky, confident grin didn't leave her face as she walked in, gripping her sword hilt.
We hadn't gone far before we came to a small lake. Fionna walked around the edge of it, examining something in it that I couldn't see. She then surprised me by jumping straight in.
"Fionna!" I called. I flew above the pond, but couldn't see her. "Fionna!" She had been down there for a while, or it might have been just a few seconds. I growled, wishing my sense of time wasn't so different to that of a mortal's. I was just about to go in and get her, when she broke the surface, still smiling.
"Hey, Marsh…all," I smirked at her embarrassment at nearly calling me Marsh. "There's, like, some crazy kinda portal down there! Come on!" She grabbed my wrist, and pulled me in. I looked around. It was handy not having to breath when you were down here. She pointed to a hole in the mud at the bottom of the lake bed, and swam towards it. We swam into it, and the world swirled around us, and then disappeared.
Ooooo, where will the portal lead, I wonder? Oh, wait, I already know. Guess in a review where you think it leads, I'm sure a few of you will guess. Anways, 2x out!
