~Opposites Attract ~

Chapter 20

A/N : I DO NOT OWN ADVENTURE TIME OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS.

~Fionna's POV~

We arrived at Flambo's house and knocked abruptly. He opened it looking pretty mad.
"Ey! Can't you wai- oh, hey Fionna. What's so urgent that makes you wanna know my door down??"
I giggled.
"Flambo we need to get some fire crystals. Can you help us out? Finn's really sick and I gotta help him by bringing Bubba all these ingredients."
"Sure thing kid. Follow me."

Flambo lead us to a tunnel nearby.
"Here. You'll see there's crystals all around yous. But, there's a catch. The crystals have different flames in 'em. Either red, yellow or orange. You can only take those with red flames in em or the tunnel will cave in. Got it?"

"Yip. But where does this tunnel lead to?"
"It leads right to the Cursed Forest."
"Cool. Fi, hand me a torch." Marchall asked. I rolled my eyes and gave him mine. We went inside and did exactly what we were told. Only red. I had 2, cause it was quite difficult getting it out with my sword. Marchall had 5, so I figured that was enough. We walked to the end of the tunnel and the entrance of the Cursed Forest.

"What do we need to get here, bunny?"
"Thorn Dragon blood. Why??"
"Just asking." He said and floated ahead.
"Hey, wait up!" I yelled. When we were half way through the forest it was about 4 am. I yawned.
"You tired?" Marshall asked, sounding concerned.
"Yeah. You?" I asked while rubbing my eyes.
"Nope. Come here." He said and lowered to the ground. I got closer and he put me on his back. I blushed slightly and rested my head on his shoulder. He smiled and then continued floating while I got some shut eye.

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When I opened my eyes, Marshall had his umbrella out already and he was still floating. He looked at me and smirked. He looked tired.
"Look who decided to join me." He said.
"Hey Marsh. Thanks for carrying me. You look worn out though."
"No time for that. I don't need it."
"You sure?" I ask as I jump off of his back.
"Yeah."

We made our way to a gigantic but beautiful flower.
"It's beau-" I was cut off when one of the vines grabbed my ankle.
"Oh crud. Aaah!!!" I yelled as it swayed me back and forth. I reached for my sword. I got it and as I was about to swing it at the monsters purple eye, the vine holding me was slashed, by Marshall. He caught me just in time.
"Still think you don't need any sleep!?"
"Well, maybe just a few seconds." He said and floated up to continue his attack. I attacked the bottom and went for it's roots. I cut some off and it screeched. Bingo. I went all around it, slicing left and right till all of them were off and the monster fell to the ground. Marshall came floating down, breathing heavily for someone who didn't need breath.
"Fun, right??" I teased.
"Fuck no! Where's that dragon at!? I just wanna leave this crappy forest so I can get some sle- I mean so you can rest, you look tired."
I just scoffed, rolled my eyes and smirked. Talk about denial.

We moved through the forest in silence, just a few yawns now and then... (😏). Till we got to a well.
"Ladies first." He said and bowed. I giggled and climbed down the ladder. It was dark, but I could still see where I was going. Marshall was just behind me and we could hear it's loud breathing. Probably asleep. We walked some more and peeked around a thorny wall. Yip. There it is. It was asleep, but how exactly do you get it's blood without waking it??? Only one way to find out.... I guess. I started sneaking up on it.
"Psst! What do you think your doing!?" He whisper yelled at me.
"Getting the blood, durh!!" I whisper yelled back. I took out my sword slowly.

Clang!!!

I winched at my clumsiness, but my sword was still in my hands. I looked over at Marshall and his axe bass was indeed on the floor.
"Oops." He said casually and the dragon's eyes shot open. It looked at me, then Marshall. We attacked. It clawed at Marshall but he was too slow, so it smacked him into the thorny wall. Fudge. I carefully ran up it's tail to it's head. It tried shaking me off and my arm got cut in the process. I yelled out in pain, but that didn't stop me. I plunged my sword into it's back. As blood sprayed out, I quickly got some in a bottle and plunged my sword into it's head. It didn't struggle much. It fell to the ground with a thud. I hopped off and a ghost appeared. It was a girl, with purple eyes like the dragon's.
"Thank you for freeing me. Is there anything you'd like in return young heroine?"
I checked my list and it seemed like I was done. I looked over at Marshall who was still unconscious.
"Can you please tellaport us home??"
"As you wish." She said, and before I knew it, we were back at my house. I looked around the living room for Marshall, but he wasn't there. I checked upstairs and he was laying there, on my bed.

I looked at the wounds on his back. They were pretty deep. I took some of my cyclops tears and some water. I removed his shirt carefully and tended to his wounds. He winched and opened his eyes.
"Aah, Fi what are you doing?"
"Helping you." I said nonchalantly.
"Feels like your burning holes into my back, ow!"
"You baby!"
"Easy for you to say. You have no idea how much this hurts."
"I'm hurting you because I love you."

I quickly realize what I just said and slap my mouth shut with both of my hands.
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A/N : Done! Sorry for taking so long. Yesterday was a bit hectic.

-study for N.S test tomorrow.
-complete project that I received 2 weeks ago and had to be in tomorrow.
-practice dance for arts and cultures.

So yeah. Hope you guys like it.

Love,😙
JJ