So I finished the chapter pretty quickly, and I hope that yall like it. (Yes I am southern lol)

The look on the princess's face told me that she knew at least one person named Marceline, and as far as I was concerned it was more than enough to go on. "Please if you know anything about her I will be more than grateful," I said in a tone of honesty. 'I really want to find her soon,' I then thought to myself trying to hide the importance of it in my face.

The princess finally sat back down in her throne, and seem to be in deep thought, maybe trying to decide if she should tell me the truth or not. "Before I help you find this girl, there are a few things that I must ask you. You are not in a position to decline these questions if you are looking for my help," she said in a voice that bordered on suspition. I nodded signaling that I was ready for any question that she would ask, except the most important one. "My first question, where do you come from? I have never come across you even after traveling all over Ooo."

I smiled staring straight into the face of the princess and said in a firm voice, "I come from a place long forgotten to beings of now. In truth I can not remember the name anymore for it has been that long. I no longer claim a place as my home for I am more of a gypsy and roam around the land searching." As I am saying this the hairs on the back of my neck start to stand, and I can feel someone watching me from behind. I don't look though as not to disrespect the princess.

"That is a very interesting way to put it. I accept that answer. As for my second question, what are you? You look to be human, but I have only ever met one other human." She said in a curious voice, obviously trying to think of all the possibilities.

"I was once human, but now I am considered a monster," I say just loud enough for her to hear me. I smile showing my teeth, most of which come to a sharp point.

She sat up a little more looking at my teeth, and I noticed her eyes flicker for a mere second up to my ears that also came to a slight point. 'No matter how hard I try I can never fully hide my ears. I wonder how others used to do it.' I thought to myself.

"I do not like that answer very much, but I can tell that it would pain you to divulge the information so I shall more onto my final question. Why do you seek Marceline?" I knew that the question was coming, but I really wished that it wouldn't have. I let out a soft sigh feeling the hairs on my neck prickle some more. "Do not think that I will help you if you do not answer this question." She said in a firm voice.

Rubbing the back of my neck my mind flashed back to the past,
A young woman walking out of a dark room, holding that old toy that man had given her.

'Stop that mind. Don't need to go back now.' I quickly forced my mind to the present after only a few seconds. I look down at the ground trying to quickly think of a believable lie but nothing comes to me. 'I can't tell her the truth, she would never believe me,' I thought, 'I guess that I can't ask for any help finding Marceline from the princess. ' Looking up into the face of the princess I say, "I can not answer that. I am sorry for wasting your time. I shall be leaving now," and I turn, starting to walk to the doors leading to the hall.

As I reach the door I hear the princess call out to me, and I look back to see her starting to descend the steps towards me. In a loud voice she says, "If your looking for her she lives in a cave a few miles out from the kingdom. Just head west from the south gate."

"Thank you princess." I give a slight bow before exiting the room and start running down the hallway, a sound almost escaping my throat. 'crap got to keep that under control.' I thought scolding myself slightly.

I burst out of the doors of the castle, taking the steps down two or three at a time. About halfway down I trip over my own feet, and tumble down the steps just managing to throw my backpack and case up into the air so they wouldn't be crushed as I fell. At the bottom of the steps I landed flat on my face thinking out loud, "So smooth man." I then take a small bite out of the candy sidewalk hoping to get my spirits up again.

I get up and look to my side where my guitar case and backpack lay thinking 'I will do this.' and picked them up starting down the roads. I dodged and swerved avoiding little candy people that would have been crushed under my size 13 1/2 shoe. I then run past the store that had the mirror in it, and stop, looking at it again. This time I look with more focus, seeing a few little details that haunted me to this day. The scar above my eyebrow, the marks from past fights, and the ear that had part of it slashed. I turn my eyes away thinking about how I didn't want to go into my mind right now. If I do I might not come out for hour, and that would probably freak out a few candy people. I don't want any of them to explode from that. 'But if I don't remember soon I might forget.' I quickly thought about that and decided to sit down, and look like I was sleeping. I then proceeded to let my mind wander back into my past to the point where I should have died, nearly a millinea ago.

The next chapter should be all from his past. Should get pretty interesting don't you think?