Hey guys it's Sexy-Whales here…and not in my usual territory…! I've (not so recently) gotten into the Fiolee pairing from genderbent Adventure Time, and after a long time kind of avoiding finding new fanfics, well, I started reading stuff again.

And now I'm writing a fanfiction.

What even.

Coughcough so without further adieu… Oh, and from Marshall's point of view

haha. rhyming.

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Free Runner

1: Nine O'clock Pastimes

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The sky was finally getting dark. It was almost late enough. 8'oclock was rounding the corner, and the hot summer air seemed to dissolve around me. It had been a long time since I did a run through the city. I'd been going through a funk for the past few months, but that night felt fresh, tingled on my skin and made it too easy to breathe. I opened up the window of my fourth floor apartment and I leaped.

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I hadn't felt so alive in ages. My heart was beating out of my chest as I climbed around buildings and over fences as effortlessly as flying. I'd been in to parkour (or free running, whatever you want to call it) since I was maybe ten. Of course, then it had just been my way of running away after causing trouble; it wasn't until later that I knew I could give it a name. I wasn't as much of a troublemaker anymore. I just did this sort of thing for fun, though I supposed it was frowned upon enough these days that I didn't even have to add to it to piss people off.

I took the usual route, over the first five buildings then a right into an alleyway, over the ten-foot fence, then down the street toward the square. Town Square was surrounded by canals and bridges on all sides, and boasted all kinds of wonderful obstacles to climb on. It was my favorite place to run whenever I was alone.

I clung to the side of the first bridge by my fingertips and crossed over a canal, cool air rising from the water beneath me, but I felt a drop of sweat trail down the back of my neck. I hadn't been working myself hard enough in the past few months, if this was all it took for me to work up a sweat.

As I pulled myself up on the other side, I found that I wasn't as alone as I'd thought before. There was a girl across the square, walking toward a bench next to one of the gardens. I ducked back under the bridge before she could see me.

I didn't get a good look at her, but I noticed she had blonde hair and wore blue. At least, it looked blue under the moon's light… and the nearby streetlamp.

While it didn't appear as though she'd noticed me, she didn't seem to be doing anything. Perhaps she was just sitting out and enjoying the night air, or going for an evening stroll. I was about to pull myself up again, but stopped, as I heard the most beautiful voice.

I had a way then, losing it all on my own.

I had a heart then, but the queen has been overthrown.

She was singing, "Lights" by, uh, Ellie Goulding, I think. And it sounded gorgeous.

She stayed on pitch throughout the song, to the point that I started humming along with her. I had a bass guitar at home, and sometimes I liked playing and singing to myself, though I hadn't really sung in a while. It was refreshing.

As my arms got tired, I flipped myself upside-down and held myself on the side of the bridge by my feet, holding my ankles around the bars of the bridge's fence to face outward and letting my fingers trail in the water below. The girl had moved on to another song that I knew, and by the time she reached the first chorus, I'd started singing the harmony along with her. It was nice, just hanging out (literally) and enjoying myself with this stranger that didn't even know I was there. I ran a dripping hand through my jet-black hair, still humming to myself, not noticing that the singing had stopped.

The sound of a gasp startled me, and I was glad that my legs didn't give out. I looked up to see the blonde girl gaping at me with wide blue eyes (I thought, as it was hard to tell in that light) and her hands held up against her chest.

"What are you doing!?" she whisper-yelled.

For a moment I just stared at her, speechless, before I snapped back to reality. "Uh. Oh, ya know. Just hanging around, I guess," I replied.

"Are you trying to kill yourself!?" she went on.

"Ah, no." I pulled myself up into a standing position on the wrong side of the bridge. "I just like to hang out here sometimes. You have a very nice voice by the way. Do you come here often?"

It was hard to tell in the light, but I thought I saw her blush. "T-thank you," she stuttered. "I-I like to come down here every so often. To… get away from the house."

I leaned against the bar, holding my chin up with a fist. "I see."

"You said you like come down here sometimes, but why haven't I seen you before?" the girl asked, walking more toward the bridge, and toward me.

"Oh, I actually haven't really been out in a while," I said, glancing up at the moon. It hung halfway in the sky, drooping lazily, like it didn't have the energy to sit up so high anymore. I looked back to the girl. She stared at me blatantly, tilting her head a little bit letting light onto a little bunny hairpin holding her bangs. It was cute and childish, and it made me smile. "So, Bunny," I said, smirking, "I never did catch your name." She blushed again at the nickname I gave her. "I'm Marshall, by the way. Marshall Lee."

"Oh, I'm Fionna," she said. "I sort of just moved here a couple months ago."

That explained why I hadn't seen her before. "In the middle of a school year?" I said. "Sounds kinda weird."

"Yeah, well my parents are kinda weird…" she trailed off.

I glanced up at the clock in the middle of the square, and Fionna's gaze followed.

"Oh, wow, it's 9 already," Fionna said. "I should really be heading back home. I have some homework to finish and all…" She turned to leave.

"Fionna, wait!" I stopped her. "Will you be here again tomorrow night?"

She glanced back at me, smiling. "We'll see."

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Sooooo that's the first chapter. Yeah, it's pretty short compared to most other stories. I wouldn't expect updates much longer than about 1000 words for the most part... At least updates will be faster that way.

Anyway, I hope you liked it, and please review if you did! I really want to continue this story. It's a fun concept so far. I feel like I'll have fun with it. :33

Thanks~!