Meanwhile in Ooo...

Princess Bubblegum called Finn and Jake to her castle with an urgent message. They arrived in expressly given the subject matter.

"PB!? We're here!" The duo yelled arriving as fast as they could possibly go. Peppermint Butler greeted them and ushered them to Princess Bubblegum's quarters. They entered and bowed.

"Your highness..." Finn started.

"Finn, Jake... I need you to go and check up on Marceline and the Ice King." PB stated.

"What's up?" Jake asked rubbing the back of his head.

"I was working in my lab last night on making a more efficient power grid for the Candy Kingdom. When I brought the prototype online everything was fine." PB stated.

"Then?" Finn asked crossing his arms. PB then furrowed her brow.

"Everything was going according to plan all things considered, then of course something went awry." PB started.

"There was a huge burst of energy coming from the Ice Kingdom that sent the grid into a surge and shut down the grid." PB continued.

"Okay, but what does this have to do with IK and Marcy?" Finn inquired.

"I received this message from Gunter today." PB said showing them the video message.

"Princess Bubblegum, our King has been asleep for three straight days now. We don't know what happened, wenk. He started acting strange after our vampire guest went into The Past Room, wenk... We are confused, relaxed and having fun, but confused, wenk. I am concerned about our King, wenk. Please send some aide when you can, wenk. P.S. no rush, we're still having fun running the place, but eventually we'd like help looking into the King's coma, wenk..." The message played out.

"Gunter can talk now?" Jake said in awe.

"Whaaaaa?" Finn auto-tuned.

"I made a scouter device that could translate their thoughts into an understandable language. It's still a beta device and has a couple bugs. It doesn't pick up all the wenks as you can tell." PB said sitting down in front of her PC.

"Well, more to the point we'll head over to the Ice Kingdom and scout out the sitch Princess." Jake said getting ready to roll.

"Um PB?" Finn then started.

"What is it Finn?" PB replied.

"Should we, like, tell the others about this?" Finn then continued.

"Not at the moment Finn, let's just see what happened there. Make sure to check The Past Room while your there, it might have some vital clues to this whole debacle." She said returning to her research.

"Alright Princess, we'll be on our way now!" Finn said hopping on Jake.

"Time to roll!" Finn yelled.

"Dinner Roll!" Jake replied.

The two made off for the Ice Kingdom to search for clues to what happened to the Ice King and Marceline.

Meanwhile in Other Ooo...

Simon and Marceline had made it to the edge of the Night Sovereign. It looked like a fairly clean settlement up front, nothing much to look at though. Simon went on ahead and checked the surrounding area to the entrance.

"Checking for wolves or something?" Marceline asked the Knight.

"No, just keeping an eye out for striders." Simon said.

"Striders?" Marceline continued.

"Oh right, haha, you might not know of them as a native to the barrens. Striders are ensigns of Queen Bonnibel. They are usually familiars of her Knights and heralds." Simon then relayed.

"Sounds like some shady dudes." Marcy said smirking.

"Funny thing is, we all came out of the acadamy together. Us knights that is." Simon said turning toward the entrance again.

"Huh, so you got's friends on the other side of the Queensland, eh?" Marcy said in a somber tone.

"Yeah, when we could call ourselves friends. But that's a story for another time, let's get you into the city Marcy." Simon said happily. Marceline loved how Simon sounded, even if he wasn't the one she remembered she was glad that in this world he was healthy.

"Everything Stays, Fools!" Simon uttered. The chasm started to shake violently as the entrance to the town started to distort. Marceline started to hover over the ground. What she saw spawning in front of her a sight. It was a full blown kingdom. Hustling and bustling in an overcast light. The civilian area branched for what seemed like miles and miles and webbed into a lush forest and elegant mountain range. Nestled in the heart of the main city there was a massive Gothic castle, complete with obsidian gem castle walls and platinum gargoyles. She looked on as they made their way down to the kingdom gates.

"Woah... That is crazy awesome, yo." Marceline said googly eyed.

"Glad you like it, the people here are generally good. Everyone's welcome in Sovereign. Mage, Wizard, Candy People, mystical creature, it doesn't matter as long as you can get along with each other." Simon said smiling at the Vampire Queen. She blushed at the gesture.

"Sounds like a pretty cool place Sym*" Marcy remarked.

"Sym huh, haven't been called that before." The knight said adding a chuckle.

"Well, now you got a new nickname buddy!" Marceline said jabbing him.

He gestured her towards the City Gates and they entered. He gave her a full service tour of the town. Took her to eat in the commons district, traveled through the industrial district and even got a wizard painting of them in the arts and commerce district. They neared the Queen's Castle soon after their day of fun. If Marceline didn't know any different she would have sworn she was just on a date.

"Well, here we are." Simon said as they approached the Aberdeer Castle.

"Wow, this place is way bigger up close." Marcy stated sizing up the castle.

"Well, the subjects really love the Queen. She's super kind, even if a bit of a loner. She even saved me you know?" Simon said approaching the door.

"Wait, you said the queen saved you?" Marcy asked.

"Sure did, it was, um. I think right about the time I graduated from the acadamy." Simon said pushing the doors.

"And her name is Marceline?" the vampire continued.

"Yup, same as yours Celine." Simon said now making head way with the doors.

"Celine?" Marcy said quizzically.

"Now you have a nickname." Simon said looking back at her with a wink. He took a step back from the cracked castle doors and with a swift motion forced the doors to open.

"Phew... That always takes a lot out of me." The Knight said taking a knee. Marceline stood in awe of the feat, the doors were about sixty feet of solid Obsidian. She took note of this and thought to herself 'Do NOT piss of Simon'.

"Any-who, its just a bit further Marcy. The royal hall is just up there." He pointed off to the distance. About a half mile ahead of them.

"You know, I think this castle might be a little too big." She said shrugging. They went on to the royal hall.

The two made their way down the main corridor of the castle. She took in the sights, it was a massive hallway that almost seemed like a canyon in a chasm with the way the light traveled through the obsidian and stain glass. There were beautiful murals and Gothic statues and architecture to behold as they neared the royal hall. Simon then started to open the doors to the Royal Hall. This time they weren't as a dramatic task as the castle gates. They were greeted to a fairly simplistic hall, it was more like a wreck room with a stage in all honesty. Atop the stage was a throne, and lazily playing a crimson axe bass was a woman humming a tune. She stopped suddenly as we drew closer to the stage.

"Simon?" a voice sounded. Marceline noted the the voice sounded very much like hers.

"My queen, I have returned from my patrol in the barrens. I have come across a traveler. She seems to not be from around here perhaps a native of the Barrens?" Simon said kneeling. Marceline followed suit. The queen descend down from her throne and come to meet the two at the foot of the stage.

"Geeze, Simon. How many times do I have to tell you to call my Marcy?" The queen said shifting her weight onto one side. Marceline looked up to see what she thought was a mirror. It was her, there were minor differences though. The Marceline she was looking upon wore a righteous breastplate with a No Smoking emblem in the style of a Coat of Arms on it. Complimented by a deep purple outer jacket with an over-sized collar and to top it all off acid washed leather jeans complete with straps and chains. Studded tennis shoes were a nice touch as well she thought. Marcy was broken from her observation when Simon started talking again.

"It just... It doesn't feel right, your highness." Simon protested.

"Ugh, fine. Well anyways, I see you have a new friend?" The queen continued on. Though much like with when Marcy laid her eyes on the Queen, the Queen then followed suit when she noticed the girl next to him.

"Wow, this is..." The Queen started.

"Strange?" Marcy replied.

"Took the words right out of my mouth, girl." The Queen said smiling. Marcy sighed a sigh of relief, feeling she had broken the ice.

"Well anyways, welcome to Night Sovereign a place of refuge and harmony to all." The Queen said smiling at Marceline.

"It's nice to be here, your highness." Marcy said with a bow.

"As a precaution, you'll have to go through some security checks Miss?" The Queen questioned.

"Marceline..." The vampire uttered. The Queen raised an eyebrow.

"Very strange... Well anyways, We just have a few questions to ask and don't worry, Simon and I will be the ones administering the checks." The Queen said smiling. Marceline then was brought to a room and questioned about her knowledge of the current state of affairs with Night Sovereign and anything she knew about the Candy Kingdom.

Meanwhile in Candy Kingdom 2...

The White Knight and the Sun colored Beast return to Castle Bonnibel. They are met by Peppermint Bishop and escorted to the royal chambers of Queen Bonnibel.

"Your highness, we have returned from our outpost in the Barrens." The White Knight said taking a knee.

"Finn, we're in the chambers. You can act a bit more casual." QB stated.

"Find anything interesting today boys?" QB continued.

"Well, we checked out the quadrant you wanted us to check out. The one that made the grid go all nuts and stuff." The Sun Beast (Jake) started.

"And?" The pink queen asked.

"Well, we didn't find anything peculiar in the surrounding area, but we did see a girl." Finn added.

"She looked like she just landed from outer space she was sleeping in a crater." Jake replied in tandem.

"Why didn't you bring her back here?" Bonnibel asked. The two then looked at each other.

"What is it?" the Queen asked furrowing her brow.

"Well, we were going to make our move to retrieve the girl when Queen Marceline's herald showed up." Finn said a bit defeated.

"I see, hmm, this might not be good for the balance of power." QB thought to herself aloud.

"You two are both excused, please take the rest of the day off. You've done a great service to me today." The bubblegum queen said smiling at them. The Knight and his Strider made their way back to their humble abode, it was a tree house, one planted right next to Queen Bonnibel's castle.

Back at Castle Aberdeer...

Marceline had finished her inquisition and was now being led to a guest room in the castle by Simon.

"Man that was an ordeal..." Marceline said sleepily.

"Yeah, sorry about that, but we have to do that with everyone." Simon said trying to comfort her.

"You mean like ALL the subjects had to do that?" Marcy asked wide eyed.

"Well, yeah, even me." Simon said as they neared the guest room.

"Well, here we are." Simon continued as he opened the door.

The room was fairly large, it contained a Vampire Friendly mirror that allowed Marcy to see herself as she groomed. There was a large master bathroom close to her queen sized bed. She floated around the room looking into everything and found herself getting sleepy.

"You gonna be okay?" Simon asked heading for the door.

"Yeah, I've been feeling tired all day, I hope I can get some sleep now." Marceline said yawning.

"Well, good night Marcy." Simon said leaving her to her own devices.

He wasn't even out the door when he turned around to see the young girl sleeping. Simon made her way over to Marceline and covered her up, Marcy smiled at the feeling of being tucked in. He smiled and left the room. He was met by the Queen in the hallway.

"So, native of the Barrens huh?" QM started.

"I thought so when I found her, but now I'm not so sure." Simon said leaning on the wall opposite of Queen Marcy.

"Well, we'll let her rest for now. Got stuff to prepare for tomorrow." The Queen said walking off. Simon crossed his arms.

"Is war the only way?" Simon asked. The Queen stopped.

"For the good of my people, I think so." QM said as she walked off.

"Goodnight Marcy..." Simon said walking towards his chambers. The Queen stopped in the hallway at his remark, hiding her crimsoned face.

Sym* - Endearing term for Simon's first name (Pronounced: Sigh-m)