Cassidy

As soon as I Gumball told me there was trouble I was off. I ran quick like fire. I sniffed the air as I ran. I couldn't smell Marshall near me at all. My mind was in a frenzy as I wildly looked left and right. 'Vampires burn in the sun' I thought and 'Marshall's a vampire!' I began running again seeing if I could sniff anything. Nothing, Nothing at all. I ran speedily in a random direction solely on gut instinct. I ran so hard and fast until I stumbled and finally fell on to my hands and knees. 'I was never gonna find him' I thought dejectedly looking down on the green grassy ground. I flopped on my back and looked up at the cloudless sky. He's probably burning to dust right now and there's nothing I can do to save him. I sighed. That's when the smell hit me like a ton of bricks; Burning flesh. 'Marshall!' I thought and got off my lazy bum and onto my feet. I hurriedly ran to the scent.

I found Marshall lying not at all where Gumball told me the Ice Queen. He wasn't in a plane but rather an average sized clearing in the woods. Instead of pondering that I rushed to his body. His skin looked crazy it was turning red and looked like it was practically melting. I ran behind him and tried to drag him back into shade parallel of where he was lying. I'd pick him up but he was heavy for looking so fit and trim. I pulled him into shade and kept pulling him until I heard the murmurs of a babbling brook. I stopped beside the water and put him down. I brushed his soft hair back to get a better look at his face. He didn't look so much melted now but that sunburn was nasty and painful looking. His eyes were closed and he looked peaceful. I took off my pack and looked through it until I found what I was looking for; a nicely sized jar of aloe-vera and other oils mixed into a chunky green paste to help his sunburn.

As my hand neared his face to check his temperature once more, one of his eyes slid open easily.

"What are you doing?" he asked sounding lightly irritated.

"I was just going to rub some of this cream on to help your sun burn."

He grunted slightly which I took as a yes. I rolled up his shirt sleeves and began to slather the jars contents onto his arms.

"There are some on my chest and back too." He said quietly.

"Oh, ok." I said I began to unbutton his shirt and take it off carefully as to not disturb the cream in work on his arms. My face turned the shade of Tomato as I looked at his chest. It wasn't overly buff but he didn't look so flat either. I looked up at Marshall smirking.

"See something you like," He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

I blushed brighter and was thankful my slightly darker skin covered it. I rub the cream over the burns gently. I moved to his back when he began to speak again.

"Why'd you save me?" he asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked did he not want me to save him?

"I expected Fionna not you." I don't think he meant no harm with the sentence but it stabbed a little.

"Oh… I'm sorry I just thought we were friends and all." I whispered softly but he seemed to pick up the words.

"You've only known me one day." He said.

" I still count you as a friend even if I hadn't known you long Marshall I wouldn't let you die and the friend of a friend is a friend." I said.

There was a thick silence when I noticed I was rubbing cream into the same spot in his back continuously. I took my hand back and pulled my bag over to me so I could grab the bandages to keep the cream close to his skin and so it wouldn't get on the inside of his shirt. I wrapped it tightly around his chest and back trying to get my mind back on track. I wrapped it around his arms as well.

I handed him his shirt and stood up.

"Where are we going?" he asked but I had yet to meet his eyes.

"Back to Gumball's castle," I muttered strapping on my pack.

"Don't." he said and I turned around to look at him.

"Why not?"

"I'm too weak to walk yet being in the sun drained me a lot."

"oh?" I said curiously looking at him.

"Yea the sun can do that to a vampire ," He said looking up at me. I stayed silent and stared at him.

"I can tell you more if you'd like?"

I smiled brightly and sat down in front of him. We talked and talked and talked some more. We didn't just talk about vampires but everything. We talked about our favorites, how we met Fi and Cake, and I even learned he was a bass player. He promised to teach me an instrument while I was still around. We talked until the sun turned into a moon.

"And that's why I keep regular food around." He said finishing his story. I gave a light chuckle and looked up at the sky.

"Holy cow!" I shouted jumping to my feet. Marshall looked surprised by my outburst.

"What?"

"There are stars out!"

He fell on his back and laughed crazily. "And you're just noticing?" he inquired.

"Fionna, Cake, and Gumball are probably getting crazy worried about us." I said dusting the dirt off of my legs and pants. I should consider more jeans.

"Let 'em worry." He said floating in the air above my head.

"No Marshall we need to go." I was trekking out of the woods already. Marshall made his presence known by grabbing my hands and floating higher above the ground. I kicked my legs scared like crazy.

"Calm down its easier to travel like this," he said not sparing me a glance.

"But aren't you hurting you're arms?" I asked because Marshall floats on his back and I was practically holding on to his hands for dear life.

"You're not that heavy," He said chuckling. I huffed blowing a piece of hair out of my face. I looked down at the candy kingdom it was beautiful pieces of candy were illuminated by bright lights contrasting the dark sky. It was artwork in motion. I was so enthralled by it I didn't notice much more than that. I then felt Marshall move his fingers from my grasp and suddenly I was freefalling. A scream ripped out of my lungs as I fell past the clouds and the ground was seconds away.

Marshall swooped in doing a hot dog roll and grabbed me against him before I hit the ground and the deposited me on my bum right infront of Gumball's castle. He fell from his orbit laughing at me as I tried to catch my breath with my hand on my heart.

"You nearly killed me," I said trying to be angry but I couldn't keep the smile off of my lips. Why? His laugh was gorgeous it was deep and melodious and I was at a loss for any other words.

"Well now I don't have to thank you for saving me because I just saved you." He said after he caught his breath. I gave him a light punch in his arm. He rolled his eyes. I would've continued but I heard a throat clearing. I turned to see a red faced gumball, Cake with a suggestive look on her face and Fionna was staring at me with an emotion I couldn't comprehend. Oh boy was I gonna get chewed out for this one.

"Do you know how many banana guards I sent out for you Cassidy" Gumball spat.

"I'm really sor-"

"I don't want to hear it!"

I shut my mouth and looked at the ground. Gumball continued to yell but right now I think he was just venting. 'He's such a dad' I thought giggling in my head. I looked to Marshall whose left eye was twitching slightly. Gumball took a deep breath.

"I'm just glad you're safe…both of you," he finished his face looked relieved.

"I don't see why she wouldn't be Bubba," Marshall said standing up.

Gumball glowered at Marshall.

"Who knows what you could've done to her," Gumball said looking at him with such contempt "We both know how you can be sometimes, I wouldn't be surprised if you hit her."

Marshall took a threatening step forward. Cake wormed her body between them.

"Woah Woah Woah!" she said "We're all just tired so how about we go home and get some rest."

Marshall playfully hissed at her and she scampered behind Fionna's leg. He began floating before he stopped and turned around.

"Later Fionna," he paused "and Cass." He smirked and ascended into the sky. Gumball snorted and fared us safe travel and a good night. My eyes began to droop as I mounted cake alongside Fi and Cake. My eyes shut as I fell asleep n Cake's back drifting off to sweet dreams of Marshall Lee the Vampire King.

Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry my post is late by two hours don't hate meh! So this chapter was for you Cassy-lee fans and I think I know which way this story was heading. I've got a big arch in my mind that i plan on it might even change the story outcome I had in mind. SO I'm dying to ask my question.

What do you think Gumball meant about what he said to Marshall?

*This is unedited by the way I'm sorry if my CUPS are off a bit

R/R my lovely peacocks you're all wondrous little readers !

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