A Fiolee Fairytale

Chapter 6: The True Bride

*Author's Note*

Once again, thank you all for the votes and kind comments. You all are awesome people! (Feel free to skip this part at the beginning if you're getting tired of me saying how nice you all are, and just want to read my story.)

*Fionna's POV*

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Ugh... this had better be good. I'm pretty sure I just went through this 'true bride' thing, and the Ice Queen is now on a mission to see how much Marshall can break my heart.

So, we start off with a flashback of the evil stepmother (hi, Ice Queen. Where were you in the last story?) torturing me and making my life miserable. Then, in true now-you-have-to-do-whatever-we-throw-at-you fairytale fashion, I was zapped directly into the story, as usual, and was given a bunch of feathers to strip of their quills by sundown. Or else.

I had just started when the fairy godmother finally showed up. And, instead of doing something useful like sending me back to Aaa or getting rid of Ice Queen, she did what the Ice Queen wanted. No. Just... no. Don't give her a reason to give me more impossible tasks, help me out of here! The same thing happened with a pond I was supposed to empty. With a spoon. Full of holes.

I was then forced to build a castle. In one day. With all the trimmings. Oh, hi, Fairy Godmother. Oh, thanks. Instead of doing something useful like helping me escape, you are helping the stepmother become more demanding. Ugh... oh, look. She's dead now. She tripped and fell down the cellar stairs while inspecting it. No, not the fairy godmother, the Ice Queen.

That was pretty fast. Okay, where's Marshall? Oh, dear Glob... are those... suitors...? Lining up to the horizon?! Remind me to get a new fairy godmother. Preferably one that I don't want to murder. I finally made them all go away, when I found Marshall, (or to be more accurate, Amnesia-Marshall) at the end of the line. You'd think that would be the end, right? NO!

We're only about half way through. Because what did he do? He went back to wherever the heck he came from, to ask his father's permission to marry me. You'd think he would have done so before, but nope. And I waited, and waited, but he never came back. So obviously, I was starting to get super worried. I packed up three of the dresses (because I know the rules of fairytales and how you need to bargain with the three dresses, and the three nights, etc.) and some jewels, before setting out after him.

He. Had. Forgotten. Me. What the-?! When I got to the last place I was looking for him, I saw him heading to a chruch to celebrate his engagement to another girl. Dear Glob, I'm starting to hate everyone and everything in this stupid fairytale.In fact, this was exactly what I was afraid of- that's why I packed the dresses. "I-I-I don't need him anyway..." I muttered to myself.

He heard me, because of his vampire hearing, and reined in his horse, stopping in front of me. He looked at me like he was reading a book, looking for a specific fact. "Do I... know you...?"

I didn't reply. I couldn't. My throat had closed up... because he's going to marry someone else...and I can't even deny it to myself any longer... I looked away, and he said, "You just... never mind." Then he rode away.

Soon enough, there was a ball. Wait a second. This is just like Cinderella! Now the fairy godmother in the Disney version makes so much more sense! Anyway, I dressed myself up in the 'sun' dress (as shining as the sun, you know the drill) and adorned myself with the jewels. I thought these were all for bargaining, but I guess not...?

Anyway, there was a recap of Cinderella. Like, almost an exact copy of the three nights, except he didn't stalk me. I must have missed something, because everyone had forgotten the other bride, and now it was Cinderella almost to a T. On the third night (oh look, I DON'T have a time limit, because my stepmother is DEAD) he said, "Who are you? I feel like I've known you forever... and I have bits and pieces of memory..."

I kissed him. In front of everyone. No one screamed, no one attacked me, and I'm pretty sure the other bride was given the boot a few days ago. Amnesia-Marshall just kissed me back. "Fionna... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

I held up my hand to shut him up. "If I didn't know that, do you think I would be here, dancing with you?"

He grinned. "No, of course not."

"Exactly." I was about to kiss him again when I was sent to the next story. Really?! Come on! In the original story, they at least got to run off with each other (why...? If the other bride was already gone...? Never mind) and get married. I could have at least kissed Amnesia-Marshall goodbye... no? Fine. Just... fine.