The Red Thief 15

"Mmmn.... ah.... Marshall.... cut that out..." Fionna complained, as she felt him just tighten his grip around. "Marshall..."


"Hmm..." the Vampire King rolled over, taking her with him as he did. He was awake now, and smiling as he heard his precious bunny girl giggle and laugh.


"Marshall! Let go now!" She said, as she pulled at the pelts around them, to get them off. The Vampire King refused though, and just squeezed her tighter. "hey...! It's afternoon! come on...!"


"Aaah, fine..." The Vampire sat up, holding Fionna, but with one arm, as he used his other hand to cover a yawn.


It was a week after the Candy festival had ended, and life had gone back to normal.


... For the most part.


Fionna and Marshall had expressed their feelings for each other at the ball. Ever since then, they were always together. Adventuring, beating up monsters, exploring dungeons, and even hanging out with Gumball, Marshall was always with her. They even spent their late nights and early mornings together, sleeping. Fionna had adjusted her sleep pattern so that Marshall wasn't always just hanging out with her in the sunshine.


"Hmm~ Good morning, Bun-bun." Marshall told Fionna, and he wiggled his eyebrows at her, before he leaned in and kissed the corner of her mouth.


"Morning, Batty." Fionna said, blushing softly from the morning kiss. She received them every morning since they started 'going out'. She finally pried his arm off of her, and she gathered some clothes, to go change out of her fuzzy orange pajama's. Marshall groaned as he moved slowly, and pulled on a red and black striped long sleeve sweater. He was still wearing his jeans, and he fix his hair with his hands, as he floated in the air, waiting for Fionna to come back out of the bathroom.


"Hmm, What do you want to eat for breakfast? I think Cake picked strawberries, apples, and cherries." Fionna said as she walked out of her bathroom, fixing her hat onto her head.


"I'll have the cherries." Marshall said, as he helped her with her bangs. He picked her up, and floated her down to the kitchen, where Cake was reading a book and having some tea.


"It's 1pm." She said, and the pair froze on the spot. "And I get that you two are not doing anything bad, but it's weird to be sleeping together so early in your relationship." Cake said, moming the both of them.


"Cake, we just sleep. Nothing else." Marshall told Cake. He knew the cat had a thing about tiers of a relationship, he had to sit through it. But he wouldn't do anything like that with his precious bunny girl, not until she was older.


"What else would we do?" Fionna asked, as she went to the fridge, and pulled out a bowl of fruit salad. She mixed the cherries in with it, and the couple both sat down in the booth, and ate their fruit salad happily.


"... How about not spending every minuet together...?" Cake asked, raising an eyebrow at them both.


"... But we like doing that. Besides, I don't really have anyone else to hang out with." Marshall told the cat, and sucked the red out of a cherry.


"There's Gumball," Fionna said. Marshall looked at her, then away. He had almost beaten the gum out of the prince, for what he said at the ball. Marshall still couldn't believe that guy was okay with him dating Fionna, considering he liked Fionna. But Marshall would never give her up.


"Maybe, I don't really want too." Marshall said, and he finished off all the cherries in the bowl, and Fionna finished the other fruits.


The phone rang, and Cake stretched her arm to pick it up. She then stretched her ear out to listen to the caller.


"It's Gumball! Says he has an adventure for us!" Cake said excitedly, and she got up. "Let's go!"


Marshall grinned, and he and Fionna followed cake, but not after Marshall pulled on some protective sun shading gear first. The three of them hurried to the Candy Kingdom Castle, where Gumball was waiting for them in the throne room.


"What's up, Gumbutt?" Marshall asked, as the group filed into the room. "Popping evil Balloons? Retrieving the holy spatula of power?"


"No, I have that already." Gumball said, and he sighed, as he sat down on his throne. "This is a more pressing matter... I need you all to gather some items for some important pies I am baking."


"That, is so lame, dude. You need a girl to go get these for you?" Marshall asked, raising an eyebrow at the prince. "She's not an errand girl!"


"No, these ingredients are to hard, even for most brave men. That's why I asked the bravest Heroine in all of Aaa." Gumball smiled. "She and Cake are the only ones who can do this."


"What kind of ingredients are you using...?" Marshall asked, really glad he would never have to try these pies... but Fionna might.


Not that Marshall would let that happen.


"Tears of a mountain, hair of a pixie, and the nail clippings of an ogre." Gumball said, smiling brightly at them.


"Sounds easy." Fionna said brightly, and Marshall looked down at her. "We'll be done in no time!"


"Alright, I knew you were the best choice for this." Gumball said, and he looked up at Marshall. "I take it you're going with them...?"


"Of course." Marshall said, smirking. "I don't sit in my castle all day, baking. Like you do."


"Shut up, Marshall. Just go." Gumball said, and sighed as he saw the couple and Cake leave his throne room together. He was very happy with the fact these two were no longer in the dark about the other, and that they both spoke their feelings, but he couldn't help but feel jealous.


"Let's start with the Tears of a mountain, because pixies don;t come out till later, and Ogre's always clip their nails before they take a bath!" Fionna said, and Marshall laughed at her logic.


"How do you know Ogre's clip their nails before a bath...?" He asked the little adventuress.


"Well, isn't that the smart thing to do...?" Fionna asked, and Marshall chuckled to himself again. He almost lost his grip on his umbrella, that shaded him form the afternoon sun.


"Alright, let's go get those mountain tears!" Marshall said, and Fionna and cake both cheered happily.


The group set out for the mountain range closest to them, which was the one in the Ice Kingdom.


"Hold on, let me put on my sweater." Fionna said, as she pulled a pale yellow sweater out of her pack, and pulled it on over her head. "There, all set."


"Mortal's get cold so easy." Marshall said, laughing. Fionna smiled, before she jumped on Cake's back, as her sister grew larger.


"Let's go!" Cake said, as she took off at a run, and Marshall flew after them quickly.


"We need a mountain that's still alive." Fionna said, looking around, She wasn't sure where to start with their search. The group wandered around the mountain range, before they came to a stop near the Ice queen's palace. "We should be super sneaky, in case Ice Queen is on one of her crazy crazy days." Fionna said, and Cake grew back down to her normal size.


"She's not that bad, you guys." Marshall said, as he floated above them. The girls looked at him like he was crazy for saying such things. "... If you guys knew her before she went crazy with power, you'd understand."


"... Well now she's crazy, so we have to keep her in check." Cake said, waving a finger at Marshall. "She's battier than you, bat boy."


"Hey." Marshall said, taking offense to that, and he followed the girls, as they slid down the mountain.


The group finally found a mountain, that was whistling a happy tune. Cake sighed, as she looked at her sister.


"This mountain is to happy, I don't think we're going to get tears from it." Cake told Fionna, who put her hands on her hips.


"Well... what if we told it a story that made it cry...?" Fionna asked curiously, and looked at Marshall.


"Nah, you gotta sing a sad story. It will take way less time." Marshall told her.


"Oooh! That;s a fabulous idea!" Cake said, waving her hands at him, and she looked at Fionna. "But... What's sad....?"


"Hmm..." The group sat down in the snow to think. None of them were to sure what to sing about, that would be so sad....


"HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY KINGDOM?!" Ice queen shrieked from above them, and Fionna and cake both looked up, while Marshall tilted his umbrella to see the queen.


"Shut up, Ice queen! We're trying to think of sad stuff to sing about!" Fionna shouted, standing up.


"Oh? sad stuff...?" The Queen floated down, and she laughed evily and loudly. "Well why don't you think about your pathetic attempt to get a prince as a boyfriend?!"


"She has a KING, As a boyfriend, Simone." Marshall pointed out. "I'm way better than some stupid PRINCE."


"Ah, what ever! Besides, not just sad things make people cry, happy things do too." The Queen nodded her head, proud of her knowledge.


"She's right, some times when I see happy endings, I cry!" Cake said excitedly, and looked at her sister.


"But... what happy ending...?" Fionna asked, and put her hands on her hips.


"Haa...." Marshall pulled out his Bass from his never ending bag on his belt. He kept in there in case of emergencies.... his Mother did give him one thing useful in life.


"I think I got something..." Marshall said, strumming his bass to a slow tune. "But it's kind of lame, so no laughing." He said, looking at the group with glaring eyes. "I just... wrote it out, you know...?"


The Vampire sighed, as he continued to play his tune. He looked at Fionna, and smiled at her, waiting for her words to take off, he knew she would get was he was trying to convey to her, that his tune would lead her to some words.


(I do not own this song. This is Christina Perri's, 1000 years. I thought it would fit well into this, because he's 1000 years old, ya know? just imagine his sexy voice singing it, in a more manly slow tune. It's pretty great.)


Heart, beats,fast,
Colors, and promises
How to be brave?
How can I love when I'm afraid, to, fall,
But watching you stand alone?
All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow


One step closer


Marshall smiled at Fionna as she sang, and he took over.


I have died, everyday, waiting for you,
Darling don't be afraid, I have loved you.
For a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more!


He carried on with his tune, floating around her. They had caught the attention of the Mountain, who was listening intently at the two of them. Marshall continued on singing for Fionna, as she watched him, her cheeks a bright red.


Time stands still,
Beauty in all she is,
I will be brave,
I will not let anything take away,
What's standing in front of me,
Every breath,
Every hour has come to this,


One step closer


I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you
For a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more


Fionna smiled up at Marshall, she felt something funny in her stomach curl at his words. Cake and Ice queen were both watching intently, and Fionna's sister was shedding a tear at the beautiful song. Fionna smiled, as she joined her boyfriend in singing once more.


One step closer,
One step closer,


I have died everyday waiting for you,
Darling don't be afraid I have loved you,
For a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more.

And all along I believed I would find you,
Time has brought your heart to me,
I have loved you for a thousand years,
I'll love you for a thousand more.


Marshall floated around, still continuing the song for her, until it played out, and he floated back down to the ground, and smiled at her warmly. Cake and Ice queen were both crying, and Marshall kissed his girlfriend's forehead.


"Don't judge me, I know it was gunky and gross." Marshall sighed out, feeling really uncool and not evil at all.


"No... I liked it, a lot..." Fionna said, taking his hand in hers.


"BOOHOOOHOOOHOOOO! THAT WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING I EVER HEARD!" The mountain cried out dramatically, and large ice boulders dripped down the frozen mountains cliff.


"OOH! CATCH ONE!" Fionna shouted to cake. The older sister stretched her hands out, and caught the boulder with them. "Great catch, Cake!"


"Great, now we can get on with the rest of that junk." Marshall said, referring to PG's list of stuff he needed.


"Wait, I remember why I came out here." Ice queen said, standing up, and holding out a hand.


"I thought you came for a fight?" Fionna asked, balling up her fists.


"No, no." The ice queen held up a hand, "I've... been getting a weird feeling lately, and all the crazy spirits I usually see, are running away in fear... as if something evil is coming."


"... Maybe they're running away, because they think you'll try to marry them." Cake said, raising an eyebrow, and putting her hands on her hips. "Face it, Queeny, you're crazy."


"I may be crazy! but I know when thing's are going bunk around here!" The queen said, throwing her hands up in the air. "You have to listen to me! Something evil is coming! and it won't be any good!"


"What ever, Ice queen." Cake said, and she turned to leave. Fionna  turned after her sister, but looked back at the Ice queen. She had a feeling the queen wasn't just talking crazy, that she might serious...


Marshall was taking the crazy lady seriously. He knew there was some part of the smart woman he met hundreds of years ago, left inside of her. She may have been mostly full of crazy, but if she said she had a feeling something evil was coming, he knew he had to take it seriously.


He turned and floated after the girls, as they rode away, Fiona on cake's back.


"You guys... I think we should look into this..." Marshall said, as he floated next to them. "I know she's crazy, but I think she's dead serious."


"... I do too..." Fionna said, looking over at Marshall. "... something... doesn't feel right, after she said that..."


"You two are both nuts, believing in that witchy queen! We've had no luck with witches, ever!" Cake said, and stopped. "So stop thinking about it!"



Fionna sighed, and decided to let it go for the time being. The group continued on their adventure, beating the pixies, and taking some of their hair, and then waiting for an Ogre to get in a bath, to take their toe nail clippings.


It was early evening when the group got back too the Candy Kingdom Castle. Gumball was out on his balcony, meditating, when they arrived. And the group set down their items in the throne room.


"Hey Gumbutt." Marshall said, floating out to see if he was still alive, and the Prince winced for a moment, before he fell back on the ground, gasping with fear. "Hey?! Whoa, dude. What's wrong?!"


"I... I uh...." the got up, and brushed himself off. He looked worried, and saw Fionna and Cake inside. "... Just... a vision..."


"About what?" Fionna asked. She could see how bothered the Prince was, by the look on his face. "What's wrong...?"


"... I think it... might be a good idea, if you all knew..." Gumball said, and he looked worried. "But, this is the most important secret in the whole Kingdom, you cannot show anyone, or tell anyone...!"


"Will do, Gumball! just tell us!" Cake said, waving her hands at the Prince. "Just tell us!"


"... It's better if I show you..." Gumball said, and he searched in his pocket, before pulling out three pendants. "Put these on your heads, they're anti mind control gems."


Marshall looked at the ridiculous piece of jewelry, and looks at the girls, as they put them on their heads, and bubbles forms around them, before disappearing. He did the same, and looked at Gumball, who tapped a gem on his crown, and it did the same thing.


The Prince clapped his hands, and Peppermint Maid came in, and held up bubble wand. She blew a bubble that surrounded the group, and they were all lifted up to the top of the castle, and into the tree that was situated there.


"This is the prison, where the Lich King is kept...." Gumball said, as he gestured to a zombie like skeleton trapped in amber. "Becky defeated him, and imprisoned him here, forever to be trapped in amber..."


"What's that whispering?" Fionna asked, hearing an eerie voice around her, that made her shudder with chills.


"That's the Lich, trying to control you with his mind powers... but we're all okay, because of these gems." The Prince sighed. "It's my duty as Prince of the Candy Kingdom, to make sure that he stays this way, for ever..."


"... Why are you showing us...?" Marshall asked, he had a bad feeling about this place, he could feel the Lich's words trying to pull the evil out of him.


"Because, I just had a terrible vision while meditating... that the Lich came back, and destroyed the whole world..." The Prince looked nervous. "... That's why I brought you all here, to explain it, in case anything does happen."


"We'll make sure nothing happens! Besides, how can he get out, if he's trapped up here, and no one knows where he is?" Fionna said, and Cake nodded her head.


"Yeah, Gumball! you're worrying to much!" Cake told the prince, who laughed a bit.


"Maybe you're right. Meditating visions are not always right." Gumball said, rubbing the back of his head.


Marshall stared at the Lich king. He remembered the creation of the horrible being, the horrible aftermath caused by the bombs that were dropped on the world... He sighed, and looked at the others, who were watching him. "... Well Fionna is right, he's trapped here, no one else knows. I don't think there is any danger."


Fionna beamed happily up at him, and he smiled as he took her hands in his.


"How about we get out of here, and go do something fun? Like play BMO." Marshall asked her.


"Wait, I still have rewards for you all, for getting the items I needed." Gumball said, smiling.


"No, You're pastries you give as rewards are to weird!" Marshall said, picking Fionna up in his arms. "I like Fionna the way she is, not passed out, not some sort of animal, and not a fruit."


"Hey! I try very hard on those pastries!" Gumball said, fuming with annoyance, as he and Cake followed the Vampire and human out of the tree, and back down to the castle.


"... Lich King, huh....?" Ashley said, as she looked into a cloud of mist she had managed to conjure up in her cell, down in the NightOsphere. She laughed, "I'll make sure that little human brat is destroyed, along with the rest of the wretched world... then Marshall will have no choice but to love me...."


The evil witch laughed loudly in her cage, until she was hit in the back of the head with a skull.


"SHUT UP! WE'RE TRYING TO SLEEP HERE!" a Demon shouted, and grumbled, before he rolled over and went back to sleep.


".... Stupid demon..." the witch mumbled, before she continued to laugh evil, but with less volume.