But, I was so sure.

Ch1: realazation

A/N: I don't think it was ever explained how the Ice King and PB first met in the show, but if it was... I'm sorry for the in-accuracy.

It was a quite night in the Land of Ooo, as the residents of the Candy kingdom slept peacefully through the night. that's when the Ice King decided to sneak into the room of Princess Bubblegum, the princess and sole ruler of the kingdom, as he had done so many nights before. But on this quite night, something will be said that will change the Ice king's life forever. He crept out from under her bed, taking his time to not alarm the guards. As he stood over her, he marveled over her beauty and wondered why she had rejected him so many times in the past. But none of that mattered, because tonight, things were going to be deferent, he just knew it. It seemed like only yesterday that he had first laid eyes on her.

Hundreds of years ago

PB's P.O.V

PB was heading out to meet her long time friend Marceline at her place for dinner. But first, she had to rush from a long piece council meeting with all the other dignitaries in Ooo. The meeting was long and uneventful, and after an entire afternoon of nothing but boring stories, complaining, people bragging about various unimportant self victories, and with no food, topped off with no major issue in any of Ooo's kingdoms close to being solved, she was just excited it was over and she could finally leave. When she arrived at Marcy's house, she heard voices coming from behind the front door, one was obviously Marcy, but the other was rather unfamiliar to her. She stopped to listen to it for a bit, thinking she might figure out who was with her friend at the moment. As Marceline continued to speak with the man, it sounded like she half angry but yet half glad to see him. After a moment more of listening, she decided it was time to let them know someone was outside, so she lifted up her hand to knock on the door, right before Marceline came and opened it.

"You know, I can tell when your listening in on me." The Vampire/Demon deadpanned, before letting her now embarrassed friend inside. When PB was inside, she finally laid eyes on the man the vampire was talking to. He was an elderly man with light blue skin, a long and pointed nose, plain white eyes, and a large white beard, and he wore a torn up and ragged blue robe around him, but with a gold crown incrusted with three rubies on the top of his head, that seemed out-of-place on the man. She had a pretty good idea who he was, because there had been rumours of a man like this spotted in the mysterious ice mountains, he proclaimed himself king of the mountains and although there was no official jurisdiction in the area, other than the fact it was considered border line for the Candy kingdom. But, no one bothered to question him over a mysterious and mostly uninhabited area that seemed to have sprung up out of no where, strangely around the time he was first reported. For years now, the still young princess had heard rumors of this man, but never met him face to face, until now. And when he first layed eyes on her that day, for just a second, it appeared that he had gasped, right before changing to a neutral expression with just a hint of curiosity and amazement in his eyes.

"Hello, uhhh... Ice King I presume?" she attempted to greet the man, but he just stood there silently staring at her before nodding his head in reply. The room was filled with an awkward silence for what seemed like an hour, until Marceline finally had enough of it and decided to break the silence. "Uh hmm, well now you two met, nice first impression." She said, while clapping her hands sarcastically. "PB, how about we talk someplace a little more... private." Said the vampire queen, while gesturing to her mysterious friend. PB was still somewhat curious about the vampire's guest, but the Ice King's stare was starting to bug her, so she decided it might be a good idea to get away from the old man for a while. As the two women walked into the kitchen, Marcy noticed a small name tag on her friends dress, that for some reason, had the name Betty written on it. "Hey Bonnie... or should I say Betty" She pointed towards the name tag on her friend's dress, causing her to look down at it. "Oh, those idiots at the meeting messed it up for some reason, I sware it's like they set that thing up to make me miserable, but it's no big." Not thinking about it too much, Marcy just shrugged it off. If only she would have thought of a certain man in the house, who could have also seen that and gotten the wrong idea, she might have wanted to explain who exactly this girl who just walked in on them was to a certain friend in the house, so he didn't get the wrong idea.

Ice King's/Simon's P.O.V

The Ice king had left his castle in the Ice Kingdom to find his old (and only) friend Marcy, and after weeks of searching, he track her down to a house just outside of the Candy Kingdom. But, his hopes of a cheerful reunion were just about shattered immediately after seeing her, and his mysterious desire to reconnect with the girl, admitivley for reasons he didn't really understand; was met with mixed feelings to say the least. But Then, out of no where, Marcy turned to the front door for seemingly no reason and signaled him to keep talking, while she walked towards it.

As Marceline left to open the door, the Ice King was wondering who it could be on the other side of that door? Then, when he finally saw her step into the room, for a short moment, his heart stopped beating and he gasped at the sight. He was completely stunned by her appearance, but not because of her attractiveness (although, she was the most beautiful woman he could remember seeing.), not because of her simple yet elegant dress, or even the fact that her skin and hair were pink! What really caught his eyes was actually, the very ere and familiar feeling he got when he looked at her. He had no idea why, but something about her seemed comforting. But then, he saw the name tag; Betty.

He didn't know how the name sounded so great and so familiar, but he what he did know: was from now on, he had to be with her. He didn't understand why, but he just had this strange feeling in his heart, and it was saying, never let her go. He didn't know why, how, or even who this woman was that he has these strange feelings for, but he just knew from that very moment, he would never stop loving her. And when she spoke up to him, his icy heart and soul melted away, and he just stood there speechless. After a long moment of silence, Marceline spoke up and led the girl into the kitchen. PB, that was her name. Funny, that name wasn't as familiar as Betty, but he didn't care. While PB talked to Marceline, the Ice King tried to work up the courage to walk up and talk to her. But, in the end, he decided to just leave, giving one last glance at two, before walking out the door.

Over the course of the next few weeks, the Ice King made an effort to find out all he could about the girl. He figured out that she was the princess of the Candy Kingdom, she was a scientist, a leader, and a creator. But, the one thing he noticed that was unusual to him was that there seemed to be no references to her being called Betty, but he didn't care. He was just glad he found her, and no matter what happens, he knew he would get her.

Present

The Ice King stood over the princess, he wanted to just take her into his arms and fly her to his, and hopefully her future home, but past experience told him other wise. So, he decided to try to talk her into coming with him.

He gave her a little nudge to the shoulder, ready to try to romance her into coming home with him. But, understandably fed up with all his schemes to win her over and/or take her away. The very second she saw him, she just jumped up out of bed with pure fury in her eyes. "Oh come on! can't you leave me alone for just one night. Can't I just have one night where you don't try to kidnap me!? Do you think this funny! Do you get some kind of sick thrill out of this or something!?" she went on insulting him, while he just stood there and took it with a neutral look on his face, while only showing a little annoyance. They had gone through this so many times, it didn't even bother him to hear her yell at him. This was practically all routine. Nothing was said that wasn't already said a million times before, and the Ice King was no less undeterred by this, then he would have been any other day. The princess on the other hand, was so sick and tired of all of this, she just wanted to punch him in the face and throw him out the window. But, before she was done with her rant, she manged to say one thing that finally got through to him, but not in any way she would have expected. " I am Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum of the Candy kingdom, and I shouldn't hav..." In a heart beat, his eyes widened in shock of what she had just said. His hands jolted to her shoulders, causing her to stop yelling at him. "What was that name again?" The Ice King asked nervously. She gave him a confused look and while trying to get free, she asked him. "What?" For the first time in awhile, she actually thought he looked angry at her. "Your name, your first name. What was it?" He said with a hint of frustration in his voice, accedintley shaking her a bit. PB gave him a confused and slightly nervous look, before telling him. "Bonnibel, it's Bonnibel. Why?" He seemed completely stunned by what she just said, before he asked her. "Bonnibel? Are you sure It's not Betty" He said nervously. "What? No, why would you think that."

Her words hit him like a brick to the head, as he finally started to realize what exactly he was doing right now, to whom, why she never seemed to care for him as he did for her, and how crazy all of this really was. He dropped her back on the bed and said. "Oh... My bad" He said that with no emotion what so ever, before falling to the floor, muttering. "Bonnibel, Bonnibel, Bonnibel..." As he layed on the floor, the princesses anger disapated and was replaced by worry. "Ice King... are you Ok?" He lifted himself up in a crouching position, before saying. "Of course princess, why wouldn't I be" In a disturbingly emotionless voice, before crawling into the corner of the room. There he muttered to himself. "But, I was so sure."