The Red Thief 4

Over the next few days, Fionna had been spending a lot of time with her new friend, the Vampire King. He was a pretty cool dude, wanting to cause ruckus, and fight. He made an excellent sparring partner, but an even better partner in adventuring. When Cake couldn't go with her, Fionna had grabbed Marshall and ran off on night time adventures with him.


"Hey, Marshall!" Fionna called out, as she ran into Marshall's cave around lunch time. She was excited, the day of the bake sale had finally come, and she wanted to go eat cakes and candies with her new friend. "Marshall! Marshall!" Fionna pounded on the vampire's front door. There was a thunk behind it, and it creaked open slowly, to show a disheveled vampire, with out a shirt on, and a pair of shorts.


"Fionna... We've been through this.... I sleep during the day...." He told the girl, before a yawn escaped his lips, and his sharp teeth gleamed. "What is it....?"


"The bake sale is today, Marshall." She held up the flyer she had gotten from Gumball. "... I was wondering... if there was any way you could come with me."


"... Oh... right." Marshall said, and scratched his stomach, "Hmm... I'd have to put on some clothes to keep the sun from touching me..." He said, as he floated inside. "Come in for a minuet, I'll be right back."

Fionna stepped inside, and looked around. She walked over to the couch, and sat down on it. She already knew it was as hard as a rock, and she shifted unhappily on it, while she waited for Marshall.


The Vampire King floated back down, he was dressed in dark jeans, and sneakers, and had a bright red hoodie on, and a baseball cap. "This should be alright..." He said, as he floated over to an umbrella stand, and grabbed a grey one, with some skulls on it. "But don't expect me to go out to often in the daylight, Fi. I do like my sleep."


"Haha, yeah... Sorry." Fionna said apologetically as she followed the vampire out of the house and cave. They headed towards the candy kingdom.


When they arrived in the town square, it was set up with many tables, all decorated with delicious cookies, cakes, and treats of all kinds. Fionna spotted Gumball over at the biggest table, with the most variety.


"Look at Gumball's stuff!" Fionna said excitedly, and she tugged on Marshall's arm, pointing. "Let's go get some of his!"


"Geez, Fi. Calm down, you're acting like you have a crush on the guy." Marshall teased, and looked at the bunny girl, whose cheeks burned a bright pink. Marshall then realized he was right, and a pang of jealousy hit him in the pit of his chest. "... What would you want with that Gumwad, anyways? What a sissy, You need a real man Fi, one who will go slay monsters, and fight witches with you." Marshall grinned, as he floated next to Fionna, while she walked.


"... Gumball isn't..." Fionna started to defend Gumball, but stopped. Gumball wasn't exactly a man's man.... but he was so nice to her, and handsome.... "Just drop it Marshall, we're here to eat cakes, not talk about guys." She said, and she ran over to the Prince's table. Marshall watched her go up to Gumball, and start talking to him. The vampire felt irritated by the scene, and he floated over.


"These look great, PG!" Fionna said excitedly, as she looked at the brownies, fudge and candies. "I want one of everything!"


"Sure, if you like." Gumball beamed happily, then glanced over at Marshall. "Oh... You brought, him....." The Prince said, frowning a bit.


"Yeah, of course!" Fionna said happily, which made Marshall smile. "Hey Marshall, what do you want? My treat!"


"Hmm, I can't let a cutie pay for my stuff, I'll be the one to treat you." Marshall said happily, and pulled out a bag of gold, "Here Gumbutt, this should be enough for what ever she wants."


"Yes... I guess." The prince said, as he looked at the gold, and then at the giddy girl, who began picking out treats for herself. "Fionna, I remember you wanted to do a booth for the Festival next week. What was it you were going to have?"

"Oh that? I was going to have arm wrestling contests!" Fionna said proudly, and both the boys looked at her as if she grew a second head. "Winner gets what ever they want!"


"What ever they want?" Marshall asked, grinning, "That's a pretty big prize, Fi."


"Well yeah, it's gotta be, because it's impossible to beat me!" Fionna said, flexing her arm, "Only one who can, is Muscle Prince,  and we're both at a tie with each other right now, so I doubt he'll win!"


"Oh Fionna, why don't you do something else? Like Cake. She's selling her hand made bows and aprons." Gumball said, smiling at the girl. "Wouldn't you want to do something more like that?"


Fionna looked at the Prince, and was about to reply, when Marshall cut her off.


"Girly stuff like that isn't Fionna's groove, Gumbo." Marshall said, and Gumball looked at the Vampire. "I think an arm wrestling booth is pretty stuffin' awesome if you ask me." Marshall floated around the both of them happily. "Let the girl be herself,"


"... I wasn't trying to change her." Gumball said, looking at Marshall lee with irritation in his tone of voice and eyes. "I was just suggesting something less violent."


"But Violence is awesome!" Fionna said happily, as she finished off a piece of chocolate cake she had been eating, wile the boys talked about her booth.


"Yeah, it is!" Marshall said, and the two bumped fists together, while Gumball sighed, and pouted. The Vampire picked up a bright pink cream puff, and sunk his fangs into it. The color drained from the item, and he laughed a bit, as he tossed the grey food in the trash. "Face it Gummy Guy, it;ll be better than any both you'll have."


"Would you stop with the stupid nicknames?" Gumball asked Marshall, who just laughed. "They're getting annoying!"


"Sorry, Bubba," Marshall said, a hint of sarcasim in his tone while using the prince's first name. "Just a habit I suppose."


"What ever," Gumball said, and he held up a basket, full of goodies he had already packed for the adventuress, anticipating her arrival. "Here Fionna, for you. One of everything in here."


"Thanks PG!" Fionna said happily, "I'm going to go check out Tree Trunks' table, see how his pies turned out!" She said excitedly, before she ran off to the small elephant's table.


"... Yeah, thanks Gummy guy." Marshall said with a laugh, as he took a red cake, and flew off after the girl he came with. Gumball watched her talk happily with Marshall from a distance, and felt a twinge in his chest, a twinge of jealousy.


"Man, that was Rhombus!" fionna said happily, as she sat on a grassy hill outside the kingdom, with Marshal beside her, sucking the red out of a strawberry she had given him off one of her cakes.


"Fionna, do you even know what Rhombus means...?" Marshall asked curiously, smiling at the girls misuse of the word.


".... It means stuff is more mathematical than usual?" Fionna asked the Vampire, who let out a laugh, and nodded his head.


"Yep. It does. Good Fi." He said, putting the grey strawberry in the girls mouth. Her cheeks turned pink at the gesture, and she chewed the fruit, and swallowed it, before she looked down at her basket of goodies she had bought.


"... Is an Arm wrestling booth a bad idea...?" She asked curiously, and looked up at Marshall.


"Of course it is!" Marshall said, and put a gloved hand on her shoulder, "Don't let that Gum-for-brains guy tell you it's a bad idea. I know lots of people will want to try a game out, not just buy girly things, and eat girly cakes!" The Vampire grinned, "I know for sure that I'll want in on it, so you better leave a slot of room for me to challenge you!"


"Haha, alright." Fionna brightened up at the Vampires encouragement. "I'm glad! It'll be so great! No one will win the prize!"


"Hmm, Well it's hard to give some one what ever they want." Marshall said, and thought about it. "Tell you what, if I do beat you, you'll have to do what ever I say, for a whoooooole day!"


"Deal!" Fionna said, grinning. "See? It's not hard!"


"Haha, you're so optimistic, Fi."  Marshall said, as he floated up in the air, and hovered around her. "I like that, that's what makes you so.... Mathematical!"


"What's op-tuh-miss-tick?" Fionna asked, sounding it out, and she looked up at him curiously.


"Happy, cheerful, always smiling." Marshall grinned, "It's great, trust me." The Vampire adjusted his hat, making sure it was still on properly, just in case.


"Haha," Fionna smiled brightly, but then something caught her eye. A woman was flying through the sky, with long white hair, and a blue dress on. "What? Ice Queen!"


"Ice who?" Marshall asked, and he turned around, and saw the woman as well. ".... Look's like she's heading towards the Candy Kingdom..."


"Come on Marshall! we gotta run fast!" Fionna said, as she headed back towards the castle.


When they got there, there was ice holding citizens in place on the streets, and the bake sale had been crashed, the tables over turned, and goodies ruin. Fionna had her sword drawn, and Marshall floated behind her, curious about this Ice Queen, it rang a familiar bell in his mind.


The all too chilling cackle came from the balcony on the castle. The Ice queen had the Prince cornered.


"Gumball! Jump!" Fionna asked, running under the balcony, "I'll catch you!"


"Fionna...!" Gumball yelled, and jumped off the balcony. He fell towards the girl, and was caught in her strong capable arms.


"You have got to be kidding," Marshall said, grinning. "Being attacked by girls now too, Gummy Guy?"


"Shut up, Marshall!" gumball yelled, as he got to his feet, "You would be scared too, if a crazy queen tried to kidnap you, and force you into marraige1"


"I dunno dude, depends how she looks." Marshall joked. The attention of the boys was then drawn to the sounds of battle. Fionna had wound up on the roof of a house, and was battling the queen. Marshall got a good look at the woman, and recognized her immediately. "... Simone....?"


"Who...?" Gumball asked, and Marshall shook his head, before he floated lazily beside the prince.


"Nothing, Will Fionna be alright...?" The Vampire king asked the pink prince curiously.


"She always is...." Gumball said.


"ICE QUEEN, YOU RUINED THE BAKE SALE, YOU BLOB!" Fionna yelled, as she attacked the queen with her golden sword.


"AHAHAHAHA! No! I made it better! Now all I need to do is grab Prince Gumball, and we can feed our whole wedding reception with the goodies here!" The queen cackled, and shot ice shards at Fionna. The ice cut the girl's tough skin, but Fionna seemed unfazed by the attack, and she ran at the queen, and smacked her off the roof, and into the ground with the blunt edge of her sword.


"Aaah! You little brat! You hurt my face!" The Queen said, as she rubbed her red cheek. "I'll kill you!"


"Just try it!" Fionna said, as she jumped after the queen, but was barraged by a blast of snow, and knocked back onto the roof.


"Hahahaha!" The queen cackled some more, as she tried to bury the girl in snow with her powers.


"Okay, that's enough!" Marshall's voice boomed, as he plucked the crown off the queen's head, and her powers stopped working. "Get lost, Simone! No more ruining a good party!"


"You...! Who do you think you are?! Taking my crown?!" The queen demanded in anger,"give it back!"


"... Alright.... FETCH IT FIRST!" Marshall yelled, as he threw the crown with all his strength, sending it sailing through the air, over the castle walls, it was clear it would be flying for a while.


"AAAH! You ICE BLOCKERS!" the queen shrieked, and ran after her crown, "I'll get you next time!"


"Yeah, and our little dog's too, we get it." Marshall said, as he watched the queen leave.


"Fionna!" Gumball called out, and Marshall's attention went back to the girl, who was still buried in snow. He floated up to the pile, and began digging at it with his cold hands.


"Hey, cutie... Where are you?" Marshall called out to the snow, but got no response. He was getting worried now, as he dug some more, "Hey, Fionna, stop playing and get out of...." He stopped. He found a hand, and he took it in his. It was cool, not unlike his own, and he quickly held her hand tightly, and pulled her out. He cradled her in one arm, as he floated down to the prince with the cold girl, who was shivering, but awake. "She need's something to warm her up."


"Here," Gumball pulled out a cookie, and handed it to the girl, who took a bite, and let out a shuddering happy sigh, as she felt her insides warm. "It's a Fire Cookie... it lights a fire in your belly, and warms you from the inside out...."


"Thanks Gumball...." Fionna said, and then she looked up at Marshall, "You too, Marsh. That snow was colder than normal."


"... I bet." Marshall grinned happily. He had been extremely worried for a long moment there, worried that this living ray of sunshine, was gone. "Maybe you should get home, and get to bed. I'll take you there.


"Yeah, maybe. Don't want to catch a cold!" Fionna said, and laughed happily.


"Glob forbid!" Gumball said, and hugged the girl quickly. "I'm glad you're alright. You rest, I'll check up on you tomorrow."


"Thanks dude." Fionna said happily, and Marshall floated up, carrying her still, and flew towards the girls home.


"... Marshall I'm fine. That cookie really helped." Fionna told marshall, who was sitting on her bed, waiting for her to change into her orange onesie. "You can head home now, you know."


"Nah, I'll wait here until Cakey get's back." Marshall said, smiling, "I want to make absolute sure you're alright, so that no one can blame me if you catch the sniffles."


"Fine dude, alright." Fionna said, as she slipped under the pelts on her bed. "But I swear, I'm fine, you guys worry to much. I could go for another fight."


"Just humor me, and lay down." Marshall told her with a wide grin.  He watched the human girl lay down, her head resting on the pillow. He hummed and hawed for a minuet, before he slipped in beside her, causing her to blush a bright red.


"Marshall!" Fionna said, "You can't ju---"


"Ssh, you woke me up in the middle of my slumber today, so I'm gunna finish it up here in your bed." Marshall said, yawning, and his arms wrapped around the girl, and he smiled. "So just deal with being my plushie bunny for a while." He told her teasingly.


".... Fine..." Fionna said, and the Vampire chuckled at her word. "But if cake comes in, and freaks out, it's all your fault, I warned you."


"Yeah, I know." Marshall said, as he took in the scent that radiated off of her. It smelled like fresh berries, with a hint of soap. He kinda liked it. It was unique, it was her.


She certainly was amusing in his mind. He couldn't figure out this cute little thing in his arms. She seemed to like girly things, judging from her wardrobe her sister had made for her. But the biggest and best part of her, was her tough attitude. The whole world could suddenly turn evil, and turn on her, and she'd be okay with it. In fact, he was sure she would welcome the challenge of that many enemies... He chuckled at the thought.


"What is so funny...?" Fionna asked tiredly, and Marshall just hugged her tighter.


"You are." He told her simply.