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Marshall Lee [Adventure Time]✓

title: The Golberry Trees

Marshall Lee x Reader
Adventure Time

note: This story is originally from my tumblr account (the only story in there amongst all of my memes), so don't be alarmed if you find it on there. Also, feel free to have a listen to the song. Not mine, but I use it in here somewhere. Also, "Golberry Trees" arent mentioned in AT so I took a bit of creative license.

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Aaa was really something. Something special? Possibly. Something incredibly strange? Definitely. Something that you wanted to stay in?

No. Not really.

But there you were, walking through a forest in Aaa in the late evening, trying to focus on the sounds of birds and not the rustling thing in the bushes. It was actually a rather enjoyable walk, apart from the occasional demon-shaped tree branch that scared the wits out of you.

You came to a cluster of golberry trees, all laden with ruby red fruits of the early autumn. As you walked up to them you noted their winding branches and gnarled roots that oozed age. You reached out to grasp a fruit.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you. Legend has it that if you take the fruit from a golberry tree, the Prince of the Nightosphere will come and eat you." You whipped around at the deep voice and was surprised to see a teenage boy in a red plaid shirt reclining in the air. Upon closer inspection, he appeared to have fangs. A golberry sat in his hand, half drained of its colour.

"Well first off, there are a bunch more golberry trees covered in fruit so who will know the difference, second, you're a hypocrite-" You said and pointed to his fruit. He chuckled and muttered "touche" under his breath before tossing the drained fruit away, "-and third, what's a Nightosphere prince?"

His grin spread quicker than wildfire.

"Well, have you ever felt the feeling of eyes watching you?" Fang Boy crept closer, "In the dark, when each of your footsteps feels retraced, like there's someone behind you?" He suddenly disappeared, "like there's something breathing down your neck?" His breath was hot against your neck. A shiver ran up your spine.

Fang boy noticed your discomfort and floated back in front of you with an evil cackle. It suddenly occurred to you that the sun had set over twenty minutes prior. 'Drat, this is what I get for being ignorant to my watch'

"The Nightosphere prince isn't someone to be messed with, babydoll. That's why I'm here."

"And... why are you here? I don't really get it." He was very close now, but since he was floating just above the ground, you got a faceful of red plaid. Fang Boy put a finger under your chin and tilted your head to look at him, staring holes into your eyes.

"To not be messed with." He flashed his fangs menacingly before disappearing into the trees. He left you dumbstruck. Although you were slightly frightened, you were intrigued by this spooky inhabitant of Aaa. As you began to walk back through the path in the forest, in your peripheral vision you saw his shadow flash over the moon.

"Babydoll, bad boys like me are pretty dangerous! I think it'd do you good to know that!" He called out to you. You rolled your eyes: he was trying too hard. That sentence sounded contradictory and a tad desperate.

'I bet he's having some sort of teenage crisis, it happens'. His spooky factor dropped from an eight to a zero very quickly after that thought.

As you walked, Marshall watched you through the branches, sipping the red from another golberry fruit.

'She's different. Cool and tough, yet innocent,' Marshall thought.