Minutes before the previous chapter.

Marshall opened up a bottle of literally ancient Shiraz, and chuckled with delight. He was sitting on the roof of his house in Aaa. A large clear bowl appeared before him, levitating slightly above the ground. He took a swig from the bottle, then poured a genrous amount of the wine into the bowl. Marshall gestured, and the bowl quickly formed into an orb. The wine evaporated inside, and was replaced by a thick purple mist. When the mist cleared he saw the balcony at the Candy Castle. He stood up, dusted off his overshirt, and walked into the orb which vanished behind him. He looked up at the rain, and tasted it.

Marceline heard a loud thumb at the balcony, and she jerked up. She looked over at Kandace and Celine protectively, then got up out of bed, being careful not to wake them, and walked over to the double doors. She softly opened them, and inched her way out. Marshall threw his arms out as to hug her, but she pushed him away aggressively. Marshall stumbled a couple steps back, and laughed, "Marceline! Girl, it's been centuries..." Marceline sighed, "that's right Marshall... but you can't just come here uninvited. I was ready to kill who was ever out here." Marshall turned his head slightly, and looked at her with confusion, "oh, we're in protective mode are we? I was hoping to have some fun... but I'm going to guess you have a boyfriend?" Marceline responded hesitantly, "...girlfriend." Marshall threw his fists down lazily, "damn... All my favorite ladies turning out to be lesbians..." Marceline looked curious, but she just continued, "she isn't even in there, my... kids are." Marshall paused, and looked at her, "...kids?" Marceline nodded, "yeah, me and Bubblegum have been together for like forty years, and she was wanting kids so she made them in a lab with our DNA..."

Marshall leaned against the balustrade, took a swig of his drink, and lowered his head. Marceline leaned against the wall next to the door, "hey, you could get with Gumball... Seeing as this is working out pretty well for me..." Marshall sighed, "ehh, maybe... he's a pretty busy... and uptight..." Marceline smirked, "I've learned the trick is with those two either aggressiveness, or mysteriousness... Appeal to his scientific curiosity, or defenseless prince sides." Marshall laughed, "maybe." Marshall took another swig, only to discover that the bottle was empty. He stumbled a bit, and accidentally dropped the glass off the balcony, "opps... I guess this stuff is hitting me pretty fast." Marceline just smiled, "who'd you lose?" Marshall scratched his hair, "Fionna... and she is still cute, and young in my dimension." Marceline replied, "actually Finn disappeared a long time ago." Marshall laughed. Marceline looked confused. Marshall spoke, "ok, ok... I just realized I have a lot of explaining to do."

Marshall continued, "I was super drunk, but I somehow managed to teach Ice Queen that dimensional portal spell. The weirdest thing happened when she used it though, I realized that the portal wasn't only jumping dimensions but also time. She couldn't control when, or what dimension. She could just surf through them like a pre-war television. So you would think it would've been practically useless right? Well on some weird twist of fate she landed on this dimension. I don't know the details of what happened, but she returned to my dimension with frozen Finn! Long story short they 'fell in love.'" Marceline raised an eyebrow, "ok... weird." Marshall continued, "so... Simone regained her memories..." Marceline paused, "wow... well that's... awesome news." Marshall smirked, and rubbed his neck, "yeah... it's great to have her back, but the point I was trying to get to is Simone left Finn, and is now sleeping with Fionna." Marceline laughed, "drama back in Aaa." Marshall muttered, "yeah..."

Marshall slid down to the floor. They both just waited for a minute, and watched the rainfall. Marshall shyly said, "I-I really like talking to like this... not romantically... but you know, as friends..." Marceline gave a sweet smile. She felt like less harsh of a person since the kids came, "totally. You're a nice guy." Marshall like the comment, but he just quietly replied, "maybe..."

NOTE: This is actually the Marshall from 'Breaking the Ice'. I'm merging the stories more, but that doesn't mean you have to read all the stories to get it. The chapters are always directed towards the readers of that particular story.

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UPDATE: Sorry I haven't updated any of my stories recently. I've been working on my own original realistic-fiction novel thing, I think I'll update these fanfics sometimes... soon? I'm really sorry to all the fans of my stuff. :(