The Red Thief 28

"Fionna, sit still." Marshall told his precious bunny girl, as he brushed her hair out. She was sitting on the couch, and he was floating above her, as he brushed the locks. "If you keep moving, it'll keep on hurting."


"But, I'm excited!" Fionna said happily, as she clapped her hands against her legs, and looked up at Marshall. "I've never had a hair cut!"


"We're not cutting a lot off, just a little." Marshall told her, smiling, as he continued to brush her long honey colored locks. He made her wet it down, and it was even longer than usual, when weighed down with water.


"Still! This is exciting!" Fionna said happily, as she bounced up and down on the couch. Marshall sighed, and let her wet hair trickle out of his fingers.


"Fionna, I might cut your ear off if you keep moving like that." He told her, "If you sit still I'll give you a reward."


"Okay." Fionna said, as she put her hands on her knee's, and smiled up at him. He smiled back at her, before he pulled out a pair of scissors, and began trimming her hair for her.


It had been several months since their battle with Adish, and the land of Aaa had been peaceful, for the most part. The time for the annual Candy festival was coming back around, and the two were busy preparing.


Fionna had grown as she approached her 17th birthday. Marshall felt anxiety in the pit of his stomach, but he knew everything was all right, just by glancing at the blue bite marks on her neck. A reminder that she would stop aging at 18, and they could live happily together, forever.


"... I wonder, how did we come up with the names Madeline and Fritz...?" Fionna questioned, as she thought about the future herself. Marshall chuckled, as he snipped some ends off her hair.


"I'm sure it's because they traveled back here to the past, and now we just have no choice." Marshall said, and Fionna giggled. "It's like asking what came first... the chicken or the egg."


"Hmm, I guess." Fionna said, not really understanding. Marshall's hands continued to trim at her long hair, until the door burst open loudly, and Ice Queen, who was now going by Simone more often, ran inside.


"WE'RE GETTING MARRIED!" She shouted excitedly at the shocked couple. She thrust her hand out under Fionna's nose, to show off the ring, that had a gumball like crystal set in it. "HE ASKED ME! BUBBA ASKED ME TO MARRY HIM! I SAID YES!"


"Well, of course you did." Fionna looked up at Simone, and smiled. "Congratulations!"


"Oh, I have so much planning, like the dresses... I'll need Cake of course! And you will be my maid of honor! And Gabrielle will be my flower penguin...! OH THIS IS JUST SO AMAZING!"


The former crazy queen started laughing like crazy, and snow slowly started to fall from the ceiling. Fionna shivered from the cold, and Marshall sighed.


"Simone, you're making it snow." He told his old friend, and the woman stopped laughing, and looked around. "... Where's Bubbabutt...?"


"Oh, in the candy Kingdom." Simone smiled brightly at Marshall, and she grabbed his hand. "We were on a date in the market! THEN HE ASKED ME! RIGHT IN THE SPOT WHERE I FIRST TRIED TO KIDNAP HIM!"


"... How... Romantic...?" Marshall asked, raising an eyebrow at her, as she laughed again, and the snow once more, fell on their heads. "Simone..."


"LET'S ALL CELEBRATE!" Fionna shouted, jumping up from the couch. "WE NEED TO THROW A PARTY!"


"OH YES!" Ice queen said happily, and clapped her hands in excitement. "LET'S CELEBRATE RIGHT NOW!"


"Hold on." Marshall said, and he went back to Fionna, and he snipped some more hair off, before he handed her, her hat. "There, now we can go party."


"YAAAAY!" Fionna shouted, throwing her hands in the air. The vampire chuckled. She might have grown, but she was also still the same. He floated up stairs to their bedroom, to change into some sun protective clothing.


The Ice queen summoned up a snow liger for them to ride back to the candy kingdom, and as the group approached, Fionna and Marshall weren't as surprised as they thought they would be, to see the kingdom covered in snow.


"She must have been really happy when it happened." Marshall told Fionna, as they entered the candy kingdom. Citizens were out and about in sweaters, cleaning up the snow or playing in it. The couple jumped off of the snow liger, and so did Simone.


"Oh, hello." Gumball called out to them, as he helped shovel some snow into a pile. Gumball had grown in the year as well, he looked more mature. "I suppose you two heard the good news..."


"Yes, congrats!" Fionna said happily, as she high fived the gum prince


"Way to go Gumbutt, you're engaged." Marshall said, as he floated over, "You going to announce it at the candy festival ball...?"


"Yes, I am." Gumball said, smiling. A blush crept up on the pink prince's cheeks, and he adjusted his scarf. "That whole... incident... it made me realize that I really do love Simone..." He looked over at the happy queen, who was playing in the snow with Fionna and some kids. "... and I have a kid in the future..."


"so do I..." Marshall said, crossing his arms, as he watched the girls too. "... keep our son away from my daughter."


"I won't promise anything like that." Gumball said, smiling at his friend. "... When are you going to propose to Fionna...?"


"Eeeh..." Marshall made a face, and blushed a bright red. He looked away from the prince, who raised an eyebrow at the embarrassed vampire, then smirked.


"Marshall, you can't put it off forever," Gumball teased. "Hurry up or your kids will never exist."


"Shut up!" Marshall said, hissing at the prince, before he pushed him in the snow pile he was working on. "I-I'll ask her! just not yet! She's not even 17 yet!"


"haha," Gumball just laughed up at the embarrassed vampire king, and he got up, but Marshall shoved him back in the snow. "H-hey!"


Gumball grabbed some snow, and threw it in the vampire's face. Marshall wiped it off, then grinned evily.


"Bad move, bubbabutt." Marshall said, as he grabbed some snow, and returned the favor.


"Haha, ACK!" Fionna felt some snow connect with the back of her head, and she turned around, to see Marshall and Gumball, both frozen in place now. "... SNOWBALL FIGHT!"


Fionna grabbed up some snow, and began throwing it at the boys, landing a hit on each of them.


"OH! Me too!" Ice queen said happily, as she threw some snow balls at the boys as well. The group of friends laughed, as they each threw their ammo at each other, and some candy citizens joined in on the snow ball fight.


"Surrender, or face a face wash in the snow!" Fionna cried out from behind a snow wall, Simone made up quickly, to use as a fort.


"Never!" Marshall cried back over their own make shift fort. The boy's fort wasn't as nice as the girls, but it got the job done. "You surrender!"


"Haha, do you know who you're talking too?!" Fionna laughed over the wall, and Simone stood up, and threw some snow balls at the boys.


"Oh no! Not lady Fionna, the hero of Aaa!" Gumball yelled teasingly, "And her partner in crime, the Ice queen!"


"We're not evil!" Simone yelled back, and she summoned up a large ball of snow into her hands.


"... Oh snap." Marshall said, as him and the gum prince both looked at the giant ball of snow, before the ice queen threw it at them, and they were buried in it.


"haha! Take their fort!" Fionna said, jumping over the wall, before making a run for the boys fort. She jumped over their pile of snow, and landed in front of the boys, as they tried to dig their way out of the snow. "You loose, guys!"


"That's not fair, you had Simone on your side!" Marshall laughed, and looked at the ice queen.


"All is fair, in a snow ball fight, old friend." Simone smiled brightly, and the girls both held up snow balls. "Now surrender!"


"Fine, fine... We give up." Gumball sighed, holding up his hands in surrender.


"What...?! Come on dude!" Marshall said, looking at Gumball, frowning.


"They beat us, I'm giving up before I get a face wash in the snow." Gumball said, and Marshall looked up at Fionna.


"You wouldn't actually do that... right, Fi...?" Marshall said, and the girl just laughed, and dropped her snowball. She approached Marshall, who was still stuck in the snow, and moving around nervously. "Wait... Fi! Come on! no!"


"Haha," she grabbed his head, and shoved it in the snow. "SAY UNCLE!"


"UNCLE!" Marshall's muffled yell came from the snow, and Fionna let go of him, and laughed. The girls helped the boys out of the snow, and they patted themselves off.


"Geez," Marshall put his hand on Fionna's head, and ruffled her hat around. "I should give you a face wash,"


"Haha, but I won!" Fionna said, and Marshall smiled as he hugged her.


"Yeah you did." He said, and looked at the newly engaged couple. Simone was adjusting Gumball's crown, and the prince looked so happy.


Marshall made a face at the thought that Gumball beat him to the punch on proposing, and the Vampire hugged Fionna tighter. He looked down at her as she clung to him, and smiled warmly.


"Hey, let's celebrate this engagement," Marshall said, looking at the others. "With a big party!"


"Well, we wanted to wait to announce it." Gumball said, as he took Simone's hand in his. "... perhaps we should wait till then, before the whole kingdom knows."


"Well, we could still throw a party!" Fionna said, and they looked at her. "We'll do it at the tree house! We'll invite Cake, lord Mono, And Flame prince!" Fionna said excitedly.


"Hmm, that sounds like fun." Simone smiled happily, "Let's do that!" She looked at Gumball, who smiled.


"Alright, I'll bake some things for all of us to eat!" Gumball said, and the other three looked at each other nervously. "... Regular baked goods...."


"Alright, sounds good." Fionna said happily, and Marshall put a hand on her shoulder.


"I don't know... still make's me nervous." Marshall said, looking at Gumball with a raised eyebrow.


The group split up in two. Gumball and Simone went to go bake some treats for their party, while Marshall took Fionna home, so they could phone Flame Prince, and the Monochromicorn family.


"That's so neat, they're going to get married!" Fionna said happily, and Marshall looked at her, and gripped her hand tightly, adjusting his hat on his head, to keep his face shaded. "This is so exciting! I'm so happy for them both!"


"... Yeah me too." Marshall said, looking over at her. He found those big blue eyes looking up at him, and he looked away quickly. He didn't know what to do now, he wanted to ask her right then and there, but he had no ring, and she was still 16... "Hmm, I wonder if Flame Prince will bring Ignacia...? Seems like they're doing well."


"Yeah, Ignacia said they've been dating a while now, and that Flame Prince is real sweet." Fionna said happily, as she swung their arms back and forth while they walked. "I'm happy that they're together... Ignacia really loves FP."


Marshall started to feel the weight on his shoulders, and he rubbed the back of his neck as they entered the tree house together. He looked around at their home. The had truly made it just theirs in the months they spent living together. The curtains were all black with skulls on them, to keep the sun out during the day. Fionna and him had built a new couch together, and the redecorated the walls with old tattered posters, and pictures of them and their friends.


He floated over to the one of them holding their future children, and he paused, as he stared at the picture. He noticed the ring on Fionna's hand, it looked like two melded together... One half looked familiar...


"... Hmm." He rubbed his head, before he looked over at Fionna, who was standing near the pile of hair they left on the ground. He then noticed how messy their home was and made a face. "Guess we should clean up."


"Yeah," Fionna said, looking up at him. The two both cleaned up their house, after they made their phone call's to the others. BMO was even wandering around, helping pick things up.



There was a knock on the door a little while after dinner time, before it opened. Fionna looked down the hold from the top floor, to see Ice queen and Gumball walking inside, holding trays of desserts.


"WOW!" Fionna said happily, as she dropped down from the top floor. "Looks great, guys!"


"Thanks, we worked hard on them." Simone said, as she set the goodies on the coffee table, and Gumball helped unwrap them with her. "I promise, no funny business!"


"I uh, I made you engagement presents!" Fionna said, and the couple looked at her, a bit surprised. "here."


Fionna pulled two dolls out from behind her back, and held them up. They were both modeled after the couple, and both wearing white wedding clothing. large smiles were stitched onto their faces, and mismatched buttons were used for eyes.


"OH!" Ice queen waved her hands around happily, before she took the dolls. "Thank you so much Fionna! This is truly wonderful!"


"th-thanks." Fionna said, blushing and smiling at the queen. The older woman hugged Fionna tightly, and Gumball inspected the tin version of himself.


"When did you learn to sew?" He asked Fionna curiously.


"Cake taught me a few months ago, because all my clothes were ripped, and she was tired of fixing them." Fionna said, grinning brightly. "You like it...?"


"It's fantastic, Fionna. Thank you." Gumball said, and he hugged his younger friend.


"Hey," Marshall floated in the room, holding a big bowl full of candy red juice. "Hands off, touch your own girl."


"Haa, Marshall." Gumball sighed, then looked at the juice. "What's this...?"


"Strawberry flavored juice." Marshall stated as he set the bowl down. "cause you made cakes." The vampire looked at the cakes, and noticed a few red ones, he figure were for him.


"HEY GIRL!" Cake's voice called out, as she ran inside the tree house, with Lord mono and the kids behind her. "Congarts on the engagement PG! Simone!"


"Thank you so much," Simone said, hugging Cake tightly. The kittens flew around their aunt in circles, before they bombarded BMO to play with his toys and games.


"MMMMHMMM. I'm gunna make you the nicest dress!" Cake said happily to the queen, and she put her hands on her hips. "You're gunna look fabulous."


"Fantastic!" Ice queen said happily, waving her hands at the cat, before she turned to Lord mono, and greeted him as well.


Fionna smiled brightly as she moved over to the door to close it, when she saw a soft orange glow. She poked her head out, and saw Flame Prince and Ignacia standing outside the door, holding hands.


"Fionna!" Ignacia said happily, and went to hug the human. The human let her, glad she put her broach on before the flame elementals arrived. "I'm so happy you invited us!"


"Well this party is for Simone and Gumball." Fionna said, and the flame girl smiled brightly, and looked over at Flame Prince, who shyly shook Fionna's hand. "Glad you two could make it."


"Well we have some news as well!" Ignacia said happily, as she entered the house with Flame Prince, who was blushing a bit now. "The Prince and I are also getting engaged!"


"What?" everyone yelled in surprise, and Marshall just look shocked and choked. he couldn't believe it...


"Congrats!" Cake said happily, and the flame girl blushed and smiled.


"We'll be holding an engagement party a few months from now, but it's official." Ignacia said, taking Flame Prince's hand in hers, and holding it tightly. "I'm so happy..."


"Me too." Flame prince smiled down at his beautiful girlfriend, and looked over at the other guys. "So we're all engaged then...?"


"Not Marshall and Fionna." Gumball said, smirking over at the vampire.


"What..? I thought they would have been the first." Flame prince said, looking utterly surprised.


"Just... SHUT UP." Marshall hissed, and he floated away from the other two males, to get a cake.


"... Cold feet." Gumball told Flame prince, who held back a loud burst of laughter at the pun.


"Fionna..." Ignacia pulled Fionna aside with Ice queen and cake, and looked at the human girl. "... Has Marshall mentioned anything to you...? At all...?"


"... But I'm 16." Fionna said, looking at the other two curiously. "Seems a little soon."


"I'm 16 as well," Ignacia said, smiling. "But I guess it's different among royalty."


"I'm sure Marshall will do something soon..." Simone told the girls, and Cake made a face.


"He better not, My baby is only 16 years old. I'll claw his eyes out if he does." Cake said, and Fionna sighed. The girls all looked over at Marshall expectantly, as he drained the color from a cake, and he looked over at them. He blinked in confusion, then made a sour face.


"WHAT?" He asked, annoyed that they were staring, and Simone and Ignacia giggled.


"Let's play a game." Fionna said, clapping her hands loudly. She went over to a trunk, and fished around in it. "I found this neat one in a dungeon! It says 'twister' on it!"


"Hmm, That is a fun game!" Simone said excitedly, and clapped her hands. She helped Fionna with the mat.


"BMO, could you spin it for us...?" Fionna asked, as she handed the spinner to the little computer.


"Of course!" BMO said happily, as he left the kittens to play with his toys, while he waddled over and sat down next to the mat. He set the spinner down, and looked up. "Who is playing...?"


"Me!" Fionna said, hopping on the mat. Ice Queen, Gumball and Ignacia all followed suit, and looked at the others.


"I'm alright." Flame Prince said, and sat down on a tinfoil covered potion of the couch.


"Hmm, I'll sit it out too." Marshall said, floating above Flame Prince with Lord Mono.


"I'll play!" Cake said excitedly, "I'm going to win this game!"


"Haa, that's cheating Cake! No stretchy powers!" Fionna protested, and the cat sighed, before she nodded her head.


The group began playing the game, and Marshall floated down next to Flame Prince on the couch. The prince looked over at him, and scratched his cheek.


"... Just ask her." The prince said, and Marshall choked on the juice he was drinking. "There's nothing that says you can't wait a year or 2 till you actually marry, but I'm sure you're upset that everyone else is engaged."


"... Of course I'm upset." Marshall hissed out, and closed his eyes. "You two idiots beat me to it... and I've been with Fionna much longer than you've had your girlfriends."


"... Well you and Fionna have Forever together." Flame Prince looked over at Marshall, who looked like he was thinking on that. "the rest of us don't... we wish we did, but we don't."


"... I guess you're right..." Marshall said, looking at the ground.


"But knowing you, I'm sure you can't wait that long." Flame Prince said, and smiled at the Vampire, who made a sour face, before he looked up at the ceiling. The Flame Prince was right, he didn't think he could wait to much longer, it was already paining him to wait for her 18th birthday...


"Ignacia and I won't be marrying for a while, and I'm sure it's the same for the Ice queen and Prince Gumball." Flame prince told Marshall, "... It's just nice. To confirm that one day, it will happen."


"Yeah...." Marshall agreed, and looked into his glass of juice. He watched the game play out on the twister mat, with Cake winning in the end. The party continued on with games and treats, but as it got later, people got tired.


"I should take the kids home." Cake said, as she piled the sleeping kittens on Lord Mono's back. "They're exhausted." She turned to the others, "Congrats once again, on the engagements." Cake said happily, before she climbed on Lord Mono's back.


"We should depart as well," Ignacia said, after the family left. "Before it gets to late, Thank you for the party." She smiled at Fionna, who hugged her friend.


"Remember what I said," Flame Prince told Marshall, who looked away, frowning. The flame elementals left the house as well, to head home.


"yes, it was a fun party." Gumball said, as he picked up the cake trays they had brought. "Thanks to the both of you."


"No problem, PG!" Fionna said, as she helped the prince.


"Aaah, I'm so happy." Simone sighed happily, as she gazed at the ring on her finger. "This is the most magical day of my life!"


"Haha," Gumball chuckled, and took her hand. "Let's head home, we still have the candy festival to plan." The prince said, and looked at Marshall and Fionna. "Thanks again you two, see you tomorrow!"


The other couple left, and it was silent in the tree house. Fionna looked over at Marshall, who started to clean up the game.


"Crazy huh...?" Marshall asked her, smiling over his shoulder. "Those four, getting engaged."


"Yeah," Fionna laughed a bit, and she picked up some cups, and brought them into the kitchen. Marshall watched her, then looked down at the floor. "I'm going to go to sleep, I'm pretty tired."


"Alright, I'll be up in a minuet." Marshall said, looking up at her. He smiled as she kissed his cheek, before she went up stairs, and he floated there for a minuet, before he thought about the ring in the picture. He knew he saw it some where... "... Ah."


He floated over to a chest of treasures they kept from their adventures, and he opened it up. He dug around among the gold coins and treasures, till he found it.


He pulled out a silver ring, with a ruby set into it. He floated over to the picture, and held it up, looking from the ring in the picture, to the one in his hand. Though the one in the picture was melded with another, it was the same. He thought about the ring for a moment, and remembered it was one of the first things that they found together, when they started dating. He smiled, before he pocketed the ring, and flew upstairs to go to sleep.