In the curious land of Aaa, every day was nothing short of an adventure.

"Oh, glob. I'm gonna be late for my shift!" Fionna the Human groaned, deftly slashing away at a handful of some gruesome zombie creatures moaning and lurching toward her in the cemetery.

"Watch out, girl! Icky dude coming in at 11 o'clock!" belted Cake the Cat, Fionna's right-hand girl and adopted sister.

The two girls were out on a daily adventure to rescue Slime Prince, who had been captured by some very unusual beings of the undead. Fionna, in her white bunny ears hat and golden side bangs, knocked down the zombies one-by-one as Cake wielded a fire torch to scorch the monsters in defense.
Fionna, now currently at the age of 17, had concurred with the idea of obtaining some sort of job. Why in Glob's name…. she had no idea. Fionna thought that maybe it would be nice to have a brand new challenge in her life. So, along with being Knight-in-Chief for Prince Gumball, she decided to score a job interview in the Candy Kingdom Coffee Shop, Coffee of Aaa.

She got the job. But boy… was she kind of regretting it now.

"Cake! I have to be at the Candy Kingdom in," She peered down at a sturdy watch on her fair wrist. "Four minutes!"

Cake swung her blazing torch back and forth and pretended to fence with the torch, sending zombies revolting away.

"Alright, alright!" Cake bellowed. "Let's pick up the pace then!"

"It's zombie-fighting time!" Fionna began vigorously slicing through zombie bodies, but they seemed to be emerging rapidly from the ground with no end.

"How many are there?" Fionna heaved, holding her stance and scanning the immense crowd before her. She figured there must've been at least one hundred zombies and counting. The adventurer had a revelation and realized that they were attempting to achieve the impossible. Why was Cake and she trying to annihilate all of the zombies? They should be focusing on rescuing Slime Prince; the zombies were just going to keep regenerating.

"Cake! Lift me up!" Fionna shouted in the direction of her cat. Cake stretched her limbs over to Fionna, who climbed atop of Cake. "We're running out of time! The zombies are just going to keep coming back, so we need to get Slime Prince and go!"

Cake nodded, "Sounds like a plan, Stan. But you can pick him up. I'm not touching that slimy prince!" The cat shuddered at the thought. Cake's legs grew skyward and towered over the army of monsters as Fionna's eyes were set on the Prince of Slime contained in a small cage. Cake headed toward the back of the cemetery where the prince of slime was held captive. Fionna arched her back over Cake's lemon-meringue colored body and grasped her fingers over the metal top of the cage. She bent up and held the cage tightly in her clutch as Cake maneuvered swiftly back through the zombie mob.

Fionna's felt her stomach drop as she glimpsed at the ever-ticking hands of her pre-Mushroom war watch. (Given to her by Marshall Lee, but that was another story.) Oh, jingle-blaster! Fionna tensed up as her time dwindled down to a mere minute and thirty seconds until she had to be at work.

"Caaaaaake!" Fionna's voice reverberated while her cat zipped out of the vicinity. The sun of Aaa was perched in the late one o'clock PM sky. "A minute and a half!" Fionna yelled over the whoosh of the winds flying into her face.

"I'm going top speed, girl! My buns are going to fall off if I go any faster!" Cake clamored.

As they zoomed past their own tree-house, Fionna could see the Candy Kingdom in the not-too-far -distance. As it approached, Fionna readied herself to hop off, and Cake climbed around the top of the kingdom walls and into the Candy village.

"Twenty seconds!" Fionna warned peaking down at her watch once more.

"Ya, ready, Fi?" Cake traversed the town of small shops, bending her body round and round, nearing the coffee shop.

"Ready, Freddy!" Fionna shouted. Fionna hopped herself off of Cake, somersaulted through the air and sloppily, landed on top of the candy roof. "Oof, oh, zim-zam." Fionna 'cursed' as she sprung herself off the roof and onto the road, in front of the back entrance.

"I'll take care of Slime Prince, you just go!" Fionna heard Cake above her.

She pushed open the door and into the employee entry, deftly putting her card into the small machine on the wall, officially clocking in for the day. Fionna let out a large breath, soothing her nerves.

Fionna's glanced at her watch once again; two o'clock on the dot. Nailed it.


"Order up! Two double whipped cream soy lattes! For…. Gummy and Tooty?" Fionna asked as the Candy people nodded and she placed two steaming coffee cups down on the table in front of her. The two candy people, one a gumdrop and one a chocolate covered strawberry, gratefully picked up their cups and sipped away, staring into each other's eyes adoringly.

Fionna stepped back over to her post at the main counter, grinning to herself. It was currently seven PM. She had one hour (out of her total 6 hours) left in her shift on a Tuesday evening. It was couple's night and Fionna admired the pairs of Candy people appreciating each other's company and fancying one another.

Fionna sighed and leaned on the hard countertop.

For the longest time, she used to have a crush on the prince of the Candy Kingdom, Prince Gumball. From age thirteen on, she would always crave being around him and adore the way he spoke to her. She had always thought of him as a potential love interest, but she never understood what Gumball, who was five years older, had thought of her.

He thought of me as some sort of joke, Fionna thought, but she shook the thought away.

Prince Gumball was different now, and besides, she was totally over him. In fact, Fionna had strayed from any sort of feelings of romantic attraction after the immense crush on Gumball. She didn't know how to evaluate her feelings toward someone and she never truly felt that anyone except Cake thought of her as… well, herself.

She wanted someone to see her as Fionna, not a joke, or just someone's knight, or someone's sister. Herself.

The tiny bell of the Coffee of Aaa's front door jingled as a customer stepped in and briskly approached the counter. It was a tiny flame creature, whom Fionna believed was considered a Flambit, who walked on all fours, and dressed in a small black cloak. When it reached the counter, it propped itself up on two legs.

"Hello, welcome to Coffee of Aaa, what may I-" Fionna began to utter the same words she said to every customer .

"Can it, blondie." The creature, who appeared to be female, had a very thick Bronx accent. "Get me a tall, apple spice latte, and make it snappy." Fionna was a bit taken aback. Such a small creature had such a big mouth! Fionna opened her mouth to speak back in the same sassy tone, but didn't. The customer was always right.

"Who's it for?" Fionna muttered in the kindest voice possible.

"Hmm, let's just say it's for a guy named Ignitus." The Flambit responded. Ignitus, Fionna thought to herself. Cool name, as she wrote it on the cup in a black marker.

After pouring in the hot coffee and adding the apple syrup and spices, Fionna popped on the plastic lid and slid it on the pickup counter. The Flambit prodded over to the counter and slid the correct change on the counter before Fionna, paying for the drink.

"The name's Flamba, for your information… Fionna." The Flambit informed Fionna, looking at the nametag pinned on her white apron. "And this drink better be good. 'Cuz if it's not, someone is going to be very unhappy, and it won't just be Ignitus." Flamba spat as she turned on her heel and absconded the coffee shop, leaving Fionna perplexed at what had just happened.

Who was this Ignitus guy? And why was it so important for him to enjoy this drink? Fionna wondered as she wiped down the counter top in front of her. It was very peculiar for a fire elemental to show up randomly in the Candy Kingdom.

But hey, Fionna thought to herself, at least it's something new and interesting in this little coffee shop of Aaa.