WELL HELLO THERE! Welcome back good friends.

If you loved my last story, The Red Thief, I sure hope you enjoy this one, with Madeline and Fritz!

I will post this one chapter here, just for all of you, to lure you into my amazing new adventure!

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"WOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!" A young turned and flipped in the air above the tree house, laughing happily as she did so. her braided black hair following behind her, and her cat hat almost falling off her head from her wild movements and she dipped around the clothes line that her younger twin brother was using, to hang the laundry.

"Aaaaah, Madeline! you're making it hard to hang the laundry!" a young blonde boy said, frowning at his overly excited sister. She stopped, and grinned happily at him, before she circled around his head. He sighed, wishing he had the power of flight as well, but he shrugged it off, as he clipped some sheets to the clothes line. The giggles his sister let out, brought a smile to his face, and he pulled back the sheets to look at her, as she shook one of his sweaters out, before helping him hang the clothes on a line higher up. "Seriously... Just cause mom and dad are gone, doesn't mean we can fool around all time."

"Fritz, that's the best part about them being gone. FOOLING AROUND, ALL THE TIME!" Madeline laughed happily, as she floated down to take more clothes to hang up. "but... I do miss them... they have only been gone a few weeks..."

"Well... we'll survive." Fritz said, and handed her some clothespins. "By sharing the chores."

"Uuuugh, CHORES." Madeline sighed, and she hung up more clothes on the line.

"Well sorry, Madi, but Aunt Cake isn't going to ju- WHOA! DON'T HANG YOUR UNDERWEAR UP THERE!" Fritz dropped his clean pants, and waved his arms around at his sister, who was hanging her unmentionables on the upper clothes line.

"Why not...? How else is it going to dry?" Madeline asked, and her brother smacked his hand over his face. His sister had no shame...

"Just... Hang it down here on the lower line..." Fritz said, and Madeline shrugged, and pulled her things down, before pinning them to the lower line.

The tree house had been expanded since they were born... but now that their parents left, Fritz had taken over the main bedroom, while Madeline kept the bedroom she had, on an extension of the tree house only she could reach with her flight. The land of Aaa hand't changed much in the last 17 years, when the hero's before them had kept the land safe from harm.

"Hello!" a voice called out, from the ladder to the boat they stood in, and the siblings looked over. A boy with snow white hair and ice blue flesh pulled himself up, and grinned. His head was decorated with a princely crown, and his clothing was mostly white and ice blue... except for the bright pink cape he wore. "Hey you two, I thought I'd pop by, see how you guys were doing."

"We're great!" Madleine laughed happily, as she continued to hang up her unmentionables. The boy blushed a bright red, and looked away, over at Fritz, who was giving him the evil eye. "What's up, Prince Icy Mint...?!"

"Hmm, you know you can call me Pim, Madeline... we've known each other since we were little." The prince said, as he walked over to the siblings.

"Yeah, but your full name is just so great!" Madeline told him, and the boy's cheeks flushed a soft pink now.

"Hmm, thanks... Ah uh, I came over to see what you guys were up too, but it looks like cleaning." Pim said, as he looked at the laundry.

"Well, we do live on our own now." Fritz said, as he fiddled with the last of it, and stepped back to watch it gentle ruffle in the breeze.

"I'm hungry." Madeline said, as she floated upside down over the boys heads. "We should go find something to eat..."

"Hmm, I think my dad made some new cakes." Pim smiled brightly, and Frtiz made a sour face, but Madeline clapped her hands happily.

"THAT. SOUNDS. SO GOOD! LET'S GO!" She said happily, and she touched her feet to the ground. "Yeah yeah! let's go eat some cakes!"

"Hmm." Pim smiled happily at the excited girl, as her vampire fangs glinted in the sunlight that shined down upon them all.

"Okay just uh... let me warm up." Fritz said, as he moved his arm around. There was only one way he could fly, and he didn't like doing it much... but when he had their group together, he would make an exception. The boy groaned as his body morphed, into what looked like a giant albino bat. He looked over at the other two, and Madeline helped Pim onto her brother's back, before the small group took off to the skies.

"So... any words from your parents since they left?" Pim asked Madeline, who just sat happily with the prince on Fritz's back. She looked at him, and grinned.

"we got a letter the other day, said that things were real bad in the NightOsphere." Madeline told Pim. "But that they were okay. I wish I could go visit them... I miss them so much." The young 16 year old girl looked away sadly, and the slightly older prince patted her back.

"It's alright, I'm sure they won't be there forever." Pim assured her, and Madeline smiled, before she hugged her best friend..

"Thanks!" she said happily, and the prince blushed softly, rubbing the back of his head nervously.

"You better not be hugging Madeline," Fritz threatened over his shoulder at the both of them, and Pim started to fret, and pushed Madeline away from him. Last time he hugged Madeline, Fritz had tried to beat him to death.

The small group landed in the square of the Candy Kingdom. It had grown in size over the years, and the citizens were happy as ever.

"Hmm, OH! Hello Abadeer twins!" A voice called out to them, and they looked up at the Candy Ice Queen, Simone. She was out in the square, reading to the orphans. Madeline floated over to the queen, and smiled happily. "Children, meet the kids of the Great Hero of Aaa, Fionna!"

"And Marshall Lee..." Fritz said, as the boys walked over. The older woman laughed softly and nodded her head.

"Yes, and Marshall Lee, the Vampire King." Simone said, as she closed the book. It was the story of Fionna's biggest Adventure, the fight against the Lich King. Madeline took it from Simone, and she looked over the front, and smiled warmly at the picture of her mother on the front.

"Oooh! oh! Is your mom as strong as they say?!" a little gumdrop boy asked Madeline, tugging on her foot. Madeline giggled, and nodded her head.

"Even STRONGER than that! She's so strong, no one can defeat her!" Madeline said happily, as the kids crowded around her. They all pulled on her feet and arms, and the young girl laughed, as she floated up into the air, and dangled them around off of her limbs.

"Haha." Simone watched Madeline fondly, then looked over at the boys. "Pim, my son. Did you walk all the way over to the tree house...?"

"Yeah, Dad made some cakes, and I wanted them to come eat with us..." Pim said, smiling up at his mother. "Since their parents are gone and all..."

"Wonderful Idea." Simone said happily, clapping her hands. They heard cried of excitement, and the Mother and son looked over at Madeline, who was flying in circles with the children, like some kind of fair ride.

"M-Madeline! You could hurt them!" Fritz called out to his sister, as he chased her now. "put them down!"

"But they like it!" Madeline laughed happily, as she floated higher with the kids. They all giggled, and continued to swing off of her.

"Higher! higher!" they chanted, but the girl smiled, and shook her head.

"Any higher, and you might not be able to breathe!" She said in a scary tone of voice, and the kids gasped. She laughed happily, as she set them on the ground, and they all let go of her reluctantly. "Sorry kids,"

"I should get them back to the orphanage. You kids have fun." Simone said, as she lead the kids away, and back to home.

"Let's go eat." Pim said, and the group of friends made their way to the castle, and walked inside. Fritz was looking around, and Madeline noticed him. She giggled, and grinned.

"Looking for some one...?" she teased her brother, who blushed.

"NO!" He said, and stormed past the both of them, to head up to the Candy King's kitchen lab.

"Oh kids, welcome!" King Gumball called out to them as the three entered. He was standing at the counter, in a frill apron. Madeline giggled at the sight, and floated over their heads.

"Your Majesty, thanks for the invite." Fritz said, and the king smiled warmly.

"Just call me Gumball." The king said, as he set the cakes on the counter. A sugary pink head popped up, and a girl turned around. She was wearing an apron like her father, and had his pink hair, but she had blue skin like her mother. She held up a very... odd looking cake, and she set it on the counter. "Bubble Frost helped me out a bit today."

"Errr..." Pim made a face. His father's baking was questionable to say the least... but when you added in his sister, Princess Bubble Frost, who had a knack for potions and experiments, it was definitely a recipe for disaster.

"Fritz! I'm so glad you're here! you can try out my brand new recipe!" the young princess said happily. She was 14 years old, but very smart and mature for her age... The Princess cut a slice out of the cake, and put it on a plate for the young blonde boy. "Please try it, I made it just for you... I know you're always wanting to float like your sister can..."

"... Uhm... Okay." Fritz blushed softly, as he accepted the slice from the princess, and she handed him a fork. He grinned, before he started eating the cake.

"Here Madeline, I made red velvet." Gumball said, holding out a slice to the young floating girl. She grinned happily, and took the slice from the King, before she started eating it.

"Mmm! thanks! this is great!" Madeline said happily, as she ate her treat. Pim took a slice from the red velvet as well, knowing it had to be safer than what his sister had made.

"Mmm... This is good," Fritz said, as he ate the cake, but then, he suddenly felt heavy. He groaned, as he put his hands on the counter, feeling something pull him towards the ground. He tried his hardest to stay standing, but the force was to great, and he fell on the ground with a loud thump, and he groaned in pain.

"OH!" PBF cried out, and looked down at fritz. The others looked worried for the poor boy, who was subjected to the experimental cake. "Oh no! did I use Xenon instead of Helium..?!"

"Uh..." Gumball looked over at the bottles his daughter had been using, and frowned. "... yes, you did."

"OH DEAR!" PBF said, fretting, as she tried to help fritz up. "Oh no... Well it... it should wear off soon!"

"It's alright, Bubbles... The cake is tastey." Fritz said fromt he ground, trying to make her feel better.

"Ooh..." PBF blushed softly, and smiled at him happily.

"Eeh..." Gumball looked away from them both, not really wanted to know what they had between each other. He looked up at Pim and Madeline instead, and smiled. "So, where's Fuego today?"

"He said for us to meet him near the tree house, so we could all have a jam session." Pim said, smiling.

"RHOMBUS, I have my bass ax in my pouch!" Madeline said, patting her trust green, never ending pouch her dad made for her, which contained the bass ax weapon he had also made. "Fritz's flute is in here too. Did you want to bring your big drum set...?"

"No, just the bongo's." Pim said, smiling at the floating vampiric girl.

"Mathematical!" Madeline said, as she munched on the last bit of her cake. She turned upside down, and giggled, as she set her plate back on the counter. She floated over to her brother, who was still making friends with the floor, and laughed. "You okay, Fritz?"

"Yes, I'm Fine." Fritz said, looking up at his sister. "I can feel it starting to wear off."

"Oh good, I'm so sorry." PBF said, as she adjusted her big round glasses on her face. "I didn't mean to put the wrong gas in."

"It's alright, stop worrying," Fritz said, as he moved his hand, and started to push himself up with a bit of a struggle. "I'm... Alright..." The boy grunted out, as he sat himself up.

"Well, how about we avoid cake's like that for a while." Gumball said over top of the teens, and they all looked up at him. PBF made a sour face, while the twins just laughed a bit nervously.

"But Dad! it's what make's the afternoon so eventful!" PBF protested and Gumball smiled as he patted his daughters head.

"Yes... it is fun..." gumball said thoughtfully, and looked off out the window. The king was thinking about the past, with his own friends...

"Oh, Gumball...!" Madeline said, and the King's attention snapped back to the vampiric teen. "I have a letter for you, from dad!"

"From Marshall...?" Gumball asked curiously, as Madeline pulled a black envelope from her pouch on her hip. Gumball took the letter, and opened it up.

"He said it was real important you get it." Madeline grinned happily, as the king read the print on the letter.

"... Oh dear." The King frowned as he looked the letter over. "... oh no..."

"What is it..?" Pim asked curiously, as he helped Fritz up to his feet with PBF. It certainly was hard to do, with that cake in him.

"... Apparently, some demons are escaping from the NightOsphere, and coming here." The king said, frowning as he folded up the letter. "they're isolated incidents... but he's asking me to supervise you all in your adventures... in case a mission ends up being a battle with a demon..."

"Haha! YEAH!" Madeline said, throwing her hands in the air, startling the others in the room. "THIS IS SO GREAT! I CAN HELP MOM AND DAD WITH THEIR WAR, BY BEATING THEM UP!"

"Now Madeline, these demons are not like the monsters you beat up here in Aaa, some of them know powerful magic..." Gumball said, holding up a hand. "You can't just go around, swinging your ax at one..."

"But... I wanna help Mom and Dad..." Madeline said, and she put her hands on her hips. "I am the Princess of Vampires, and the Daughter of the Hero of Aaa! I can kick any demon's butt!"

"... She has a point." Fritz said, as he shook off the last of the cake's effects. "Her and I are the most powerful beings in Aaa right now... being we're the Prince and Princess of Vampires... and it's in our blood to be the Hero's here." Fritz smiled. "I wouldn't let some stupid demon hurt her either."

"... You two... It's still dangerous! that's why they didn't bring you with them." Gumball said, frowning a bit more. These two sure were confident in their powers.

"Come on, we got some hidden magic in us some where, I bet!" Madeline said, flexing her arm. "I mean, I can fly! and Fritz can turn into a bat! and we're super strong... We got this, Gumball, Sir!"

"Alright..." Gumball said, looking away. "But... if your dad beats me up for letting you two do it, I won't make cake's for you all anymore."

"It'll be alright." Madeline said smiling brightly. "Daddy wouldn't do that!"

"... you clearly don't know your father well..." Gumball said, as the girl turned to the others excitedly.

"BUT FIRST! It's Jam session time!" The girl declared to her friends, and they smiled at her.

"Yeah, Fuego is probably waiting for us near the tree house." Pim said, and he went to go grab his Bongo's from his room, "I'll meet you all outside!"

"Oh, I should grab my Dulcimer! Your aunt's lessons are really helpful!" PBF said the the twins, before she scurried off to get her instrument as well.

"We'll see you later, Sir." Fritz told Gumball, shaking the king's hand. "We'll handle anything you can think of, or we're not true Abadeer's."

"Hmm, alright." Gumball said, and he watched the twins leave. He smiled a bit. They really were just like his good friends, in every which way.

"Let's go, let's go!" Madeline cried out to the two candy siblings, as they came running outside to meet the other two. Fritz had already turned into his albino bat form, and the prince and princess climbed up onto his back. Fritz rose into the air, and took off back towards the tree house, with his company on his back.

"I'm so excited, it's been a while since we played anything." Madeline said happily, as she pulled her large bass ax out of her tiny pouch on her hip. She pulled the strap around herself, and strummed a few cords, tuning it.

"Well we've all been busy," Pim said, and Madeline giggled a bit, and continued to strum her bass.

Oooh, I'm on a bat,

with a couple of siblings!

strumming my bass,

and thinking of good things!

to siiiiiing!

to siiiiiiiiiiiing!

This ride is getting sickening!

It's so sickening, it's great!

Madeline laughed happily after singing her short silly song, and the others laughed too.

"You're a lot like your father, Madeline." PBF told the other girl, who smiled at the princess. "But also a lot like your mother..."

"Hmm, I try." Madeline said, strumming her bass again, and flashing a toothy grin at the other two.

"Hey, I see Fuego!" Fritz said, and he touched down on the grassy field below, a short distance from their tree house.

There was a fire elemental boy, with a full head of orange flaming hair, standing next to a small camp fire, with some logs and a rock surrounding it. He smile at the group, as he waved at them.

"Hey you guys, I thought I'd set up while I waited." Fuego said, beaming at the group.

"Looks great!" Madeline said happily, as she walked over to Fuego, while Fritz transformed back. The Fire elemental boy blushed a bit, and looked away from the girl, making a face.

"What ever..." fuego said, avoiding eye contact with her. He was a year younger than the Abadeer twins, and he sat down on the rock he brought over. "I brought a Fire trombone..." He said, holding up the heat resistant metallic instrument. "... how about we get started...?"

The group all took their seats around the small camp fire, and Madeline cast a gaze up at the sunset in the distance, as she strummed her bass.

every sunset, brings a new life.

every sunset, brings a chilly night.

But I don't believe, that everything ends.

because tomorrow there's always a new light...

sitting here, with my good friends,

sitting pretty, good times we spin.

laughing loud, as the night comes along!

smiling still, I feel we'll always win.

Madeline strung together a song as the others started playing their mismatched instruments. The tune seemed to flow together like always, with out a flaw. Fritz playing his flute, PBF on her dulcimer... Pim with his bongo's and Fuego with his trombone. It didn't seem like a good idea for a band, but they made it work.

Hard times, they are a coming,

good times, will follow fast, though...

hard times, may try us all...

good times will bring us through.

Here I sit, sit with you...

we won't quit, we'll see it through.

You don't know, but I cherish you all,

hard times, they will fall, fall down...

Madeline let her her friends end the tune, and they group all looked at each other, and laughed happily.

"Gee Madeline, where do you come up with those lyrics...?" Fritz asked her, and the young girl shrugged, as she continued to pluck at some of her strings.

"I don't know... I just... got a feeling." Madeline said, and the group looked at the normally rowdy girl, who was suddenly serious. it never bode well when she got serious... either she passed out from over thinking, or things truly were in a bad state.

"But it's all good!" Madeline laughed happily, and the group let out a sigh of relief. "Cause I'll protect the kingdom! No worries!"

"That is a worry, you can barely remember to put your boots on when you leave." Fritz said, and Madeline laughed.

"Well I usually float every where!" Madeline said, and the group laughed again, before they began picking up their songs again.

Time passed quickly for the group, and the stars and moon started to shine down upon them. They were running low on fire wood, and Fritz lowered his flute from his mouth.

"It's getting late, we should all probably get home." Fritz told the others, and they all agreed.

"I'll see you guys tomorrow, then?" Fuego asked. The group planned on going on a demon hunt, after Madeline explained the letter to Fuego.

"Yeah, of course!" Madeline said excitedly, as she stood up, swing her bass around to her back.

"Alright, well. Good night you guys!" Fuego said, as he used his flame powers, to take off into the sky, to rocket home.

The others watched the flames streak through the night, and Madeline giggled.

"How about I take you guys home?" Fritz asked the candy siblings.

"That would be nice," PBF said, blushing a bit as she looked up at Fritz. The vampiric boy blushed as well, and turned into his bat form.

"See you tomorrow, Madeline." Pim said, looking at the teen girl, and Madeline smiled brightly up at him, causing him to blush softly.

"Of course! night guys!" She said, and Fritz turned his head to look at her.

"I'll be right back! but if you fall asleep, at least do it in your bed!" Fritz told her, and his sister just laughed, and nodded her head, before she watched them take off.

Madeline stood there, smiling brightly still, before she turned around to put out the fire. After that was done with, she floated up towards her bedroom in the tree house, and she stepped on the small landing she built herself, before she walked in.

Her little piece of the tree house had one large bay window, that looked out over the land of Aaa. There was a large bed, decorated with dark red sheets and a dark purple blanket, with black pillows. Her walls were covered in pictures, and her floor was covered in clothes and stuffed animals.

Madeline yawned, as she floated over to her closet, and ruffled around the bottom for some pajama's. She floated up to her feet, and threw her sweater off her arms onto the ground. She turned around to start undressing, when she paused.

There was a guy, floating in the middle of her room, looking around, before his eyes landed on her.

"... Hello...?" Madeline asked, a bit confused. The guy's skin was pale blue in the moonlight, but his hair was purple... almost black. his red eyes watched her for a moment, before a tooth vampire grin appeared on his face.

"That's not something one normally says, when a strange guy enters her room, uninvited." the stranger said, as he floated closer to her, smiling. "Did your dad not teach you to beat up strange guys...?"

"Well he did, but last time I did that, I got in trouble." Madeline said, and that made the Vampire let out a loud laugh.

"Ha, that's funny." The guy said, as he floated right up to her, and smiled. "... So.. I hear you're the Vampire Princess, Madeline Abadeer... yeah...?"

Madeline blinked in confusion, as she looked the vampire in the eyes, and she stiffened. Her red alert in her mind was going off now. "... Yeah... why? You come for a fight...?"

"No... I just came to look at my Princess..." The guy said, as he tilted her head back with one hand, to look at her neck. "Hmm... life colored skin... and a red and blue dot on your neck... the other vampires would have a fit if they saw you... little Kitty..."

"I uh..." Madeline was looking up at the ceiling now, thanks to the vampire, who was moving closer and closer to her. He had her pinned between him and the wall behind her, his hand holding her head in place.

"... Maybe I should fix this... huh...? maybe even take a taste of what your blood is like..." The Vampire moved his lips close to her neck, and Madeline felt shivers run through her spine, as his cool breath tickled her skin.

Her fist came up, and she clocked him in the side of his face. She floated away from him, clutching her pajama's to her chest, as she moved. The shocked Vampire floated there for a moment, before he touched his bruised cheek, and turned to look at her. A laugh escaped his lips, and that amused look from before came back.

"Hmm, you can sure hit hard, Cutie Kitty..." The Vampire teased her, running a hand through his hair.

"My name isn't 'Cutie Kitty'...! It's Madeline Abadeer!" Madeline told the guy, and she touched her feet to the ground, and grabbed the handle of her bass. She pulled it off her shoulders, and pointed the weapon at the vampire. "... Who are you...?"

"My name's Jordan." The vampire said, smiling at her. The smile didn't seem to reach his eyes, and as warm as it looked... it looked like a fake warmth. "... and like I said... I came here to check you out... and I think I like what I'm finding."

"Well... well...!" Madeline blushed a soft pink, and she heard wings flapping. She looked out the window, to see Fritz landing in the clearing, and heading inside.

"Hmm... your brother...?" Jordan's voice whispered in her ear, and she jumped, and spun around to face him. He was close again, and leaning in closer. "Wouldn't want him to find me up here..."

"That's why you should leave!" Madeline told him, and the Vampire chuckled in amusement.

"I should..." The Vampire said, as he move closer to her. Madeline continued to back up, but Jordan grabbed her arm, and stopped her. She blinked as he pulled her closer to him, and he smiled. "It's late... wouldn't want this little kitty to loose sleep..."

"I-I...!" Madeline's cheeks turned pink again. She never encountered some one like this before. The normally rowdy girl was at a loss for what to do against this new foe, a flirty pushy Vampire. "Then go...!"

"Alright..." The Vampire said softly to her, and he leaned in, and stole her lips in his, shocking the young girl. It was a quick peck, and the Vampire let her go, as he floated back, and away from her, before she could hit him again. "I'll see you tomorrow night, My Kitty Princess..." The Vampire winked at her.

"I... GO AWAY!" Madeline cried out, and the Vampire laughed, before he left through the open door, and flew away, off into the night.

Madeline who was floating a foot off her floor, sunk down onto her feet, but then slid onto her knee's. She didn't know what just happened, her mind couldn't comprehend it... Was that the Jordan guy her dad mentioned in his story...? And if so... how did they ever become friends...?

Madeline pondered this, as she got dressed for bed, and she closed her door, locking it and the window too. She floated over to her bed, and slid under the blanket. She tossed her hat into her pile of clothes, still thinking, as she looked up at her ceiling.

Suddenly, she sat up in bed, a shocked expression on her face, and a bright red on her cheeks.

"... That... that guy took my first kiss..." She said, touching her mouth in realization.