Chapter 2
Ice King Dreams
He had the dream again. Almost the same one every night for a month. A dark cave, a giant pillar of ice, and inside the ice sat his crown along with a golden tiara. They seemed to pulse in harmony with each other, almost as if they were the same being just split in two. He hated the dream because he knew it was a warning from the crown, of something evil approaching. He couldn't figure out what it meant though. His fractured mind couldn't concentrate hard enough to understand it's meaning. Well he had other things to do today anyway, he was finally going to get married! At least if Hot Dog princess wanted her stupid knights back he was.
"Gunther, where are you?" He screeched into the empty room."Gunther?" He got out of bed and walked out the door of his room but didn't see any penguins anywhere. He walked toward the t.v. room where he kept the princess' "holding area." "Gunther?" Looking around the room, he finally saw Gunther tied up in a corner. "Oh, there you are Gunther. Where's my breakfast?" He didn't even see Finn's fist swinging at him.
He woke up for the second time that day with a heavy weight on top of him. Looking up, all he could see was orange fur."Jake, would you please get off of me. I promise I've learned my lesson this time, honest." He hadn't really, he was just sly like that.
"Nuh uh, Ice King, you gotta pay for what you did." Jake shifted his weight a little to make sure Ice King was secured good and tight. "Bubblegum will be here soon and she's got a lot to say to you."
Ice King sighed, he knew he was going to get a stern talking to by Bubblegum for this." Math it Jake, I was so close. Why do you and Finn always Princess Block me. I was gonna marry Hot Dog princess and be reasonably happy this time."
"There's no way Hot Dog Princess was going to marry you, you're too old and creepy." Then Jake said with a thoughtful look on his face,"I do have sympathy for you though, you had to put up with her knights for a whole day."
"Glob they're stupid." Ice King said with a sigh."Did you know one of them asked me when they were going to get their presents? I kept telling him I'm not santa but he wouldn't listen." Ice King started wiggling his hand free, reaching for his crown.
"Finn will be here soon with Bubblegum and Hot Dog Princess. Don't worry, you won't have to deal with them any more." Jake casually reached down, grabbed the crown and threw it out the window,
"My crown! Why'd you hafta go and do that. Now I'll have to spend all day making Gunther dig through the snow to find it." Ice King didn't know why he said what he said next, it might have been the crown's influence."Jake, have you and Finn ever saw a tiara that looks just like my crown in your travels?"
Jake thought about it for a second, then said "I don't think so, but if we had, I wouldn't tell you. There is no way we'd let you put it on a princess' head and let her catch your crazies."
"Jake this is important. I've had a dream about the tiara posing a danger to everyone. I need to know if you've seen it. I can't let my future brides be hurt Jake, I just can't!"
"Well" Jake started, but at that moment Finn, Bubblegum and Hot Dog Princess arrived through the window on Lady's back.
"I have had it with you Simon." Bubblegum started as soon as she was off Lady's back. "You can't just go along trying to make princess' marry you by kidnapping their subjects." Bubblegum was in rare form today. "First it was Cinnamon Bun and Mr. Cupcake, then Flambo. Now you kidnap innocent Hot Dog knights, you are hereby grounded for a month."
"A month, but I didn't even do anything!"
As this conversation was going on, nobody noticed a shadow just under the windowsill with a glint of gold in it's hand. A faint whisper came out of it. "I'll be back Simon, just hold on a little longer."Gunther didn't find the Ice Crown after searching that whole day.