"Yeah, me too." Penny said.
"Who is she?" Tina asked.
"That is my friend Rachel."
"Nice to meet you, I guess." Jamie said.
"What do you mean by I guess?" Rachel asked.
"I was told to never be friends with Penny's friends."
"We should go in so that one of the guys can pick me. I am probably one of the cutest girls in elmore." Tina said.
"Maybe compared to an anglerfish." Penny whispered to Rachel.
"Good one." Rachel whispered back to her.
"It is now time for the ball to begin." A voice said from the speakers ahead.
Once they got inside they noticed a lot of guys, but they did not know who the two guys that they were looking for looked like.
"I am guessing it is them, since I have heard that they put the crown on the guy that might become prince. They have two crowns, and those two guys are getting them." Rachel said.
"How do you know?" Penny asked.
"I have come to the last five, so I kind of know."
"I have heard that Gumball is nicer than Tobias."
"I have heard it too." Rachel said.
"Why don't we go say hi?"
They then went to say hello to the two guys. When they were finished they left to get something to drink. "Why would they serve milk at a party? I am not saying that I hate milk. I only like to have it with cereal. I figured that it would only be soft drinks and juices." Rachel said.
"I thought that too." Penny said.
"Hey penny." A familiar voice said.
"Hey Gumball." Penny said.
"Why do they have milk here? Does not seem like a party drink." Gumball said.
"I love your dress. When did you get it?" Terri asked.
"This afternoon." Penny whispered to Terri.
"Why are you whispering?"
"I can't have my stepmother and stepsisters know. If they found out earlier, they would have locked me in my closet."
"Really?"
"Yes. Promise that this will be between Rachel, you and me."
"I promise."
"You are lucky that Gumball came over here, Penny. That might be a good sign that you might become a princess." Rachel said. "There are three steps. The guy who goes to say hello to a girl first, if he dances with her first, and it is important that you dance until midnight. You can stop, but no dancing with other guys, deal."
"So I have step one completed?" Penny asked.
"Yes."
"Deal. Does he have to ask me, or the other way around?"
"It can be either way."
"Wait here is a piece of paper, and it is for me."
"What does it say?"
"Gumball is asking me to dance with him."
"Well, now is your chance."
"Allright." After Penny left, Rachel went over to say hello, to her friend Molly. "Did you hear that Penny is going to be princess?" Rachel asked Molly.
"No, but Tobias asked Jamie to dance with him about two minutes ago." Molly said.
"That was the same time that Gumball asked penny. They have to dance together until midnight."
"I never knew that."
"They don't have to do it nonstop till midnight. They just can't dance with another guy."
"That sounds better."
"What time is it now?"
"It is now 11:30."
"They have thirty minutes."
"Yes. Sorry, but I have to leave."
"See you later."
"Bye."
Rachel then went over to get a soft drink to drink. After that she went over to talk to Penny. It was almost midnight and it looks like it is a tie. There can't be a tie. There has to be a tie breaker. What will they do if there has to be a tie breaker?
"We now have two minutes left of the ball or at least, till we announce the winners or a tie breaker." A voice said. It sounded like Principal Brown.
"Uh, oh. It's midnight. I must go." Penny said.
Penny starts to run as quickly as possible. She slips on some spilled water, and one of her shoes flew off. Penny had to keep running, though.
"Ouch!" Jamie screamed. "Who threw this ugly shoe at me? Wait. Penny!"
"I will return it." Gumball said.
"No I will return it." Tobias said.
"Okay, change of plans. The first one to return this shoe will become prince." The voice that sounded like Principal Brown's said.
"Penny! Watch out!" Rachel said.
"What do you mean?" Penny asked. "Whoa!"
"I hope that she will be okay." Terri said.
"What died in here?" Penny asked as she fell in a manhole. "A sewer? This is the worst day to wear a new dress. What is that?" She screams at the top of her lungs, "alligator!"
Unfortunately there was no way to get out. Penny starts to worry.
"Where did she go?" Gumball asked. "I guess that she is a goner."
"I saw her fall into a manhole." Rachel said.
"What is a manhole?" Darwin asked.
"You know those round holes that you can sometimes see in the middle of the street ?" Rachel asked Darwin.
"Yes."
"She fell in one."
"Oh, no. I have heard that they are full of alligators and black widow spiders."
"What should we do?"
"Run away."
"Our friend is in danger, and this is how we will help her?"
"Rachel is right." Tobias said.
"Leave her alone. Let her save herself. She stole Tina and Jamie's chance to become princess." Miss Simian said.
"This is just not right. I am helping her and I think that it is the right thing to do." Gumball said.
"I see a rope, I will use it to help you two. Two as in Penny and Gumball." Darwin said.
"That is not a rope. That is a coral snake."
"We could use it as a rope, since it is long."
"What if it bites her? These snakes are venomous."
"I guess that we could give her the tail portion of the snake to grab, and we could have the head face the opposite direction than us." Rachel said. "That way nobody will be bitten."
"Good idea." Molly said.
They carefully put the tail end of the snake into the manhole and told Penny to carefully grab it. "Are you ready?" Rachel asked.
"Yes." Penny said.
They carefully pull the snake towards them, with Penny hanging on. "Thanks. That was a close one. I almost became a snack for that gator." Penny said.
"You're welcome."
Gumball put the shoe on Penny.
"It looks like we have our new prince." Principal Brown said.
"That was supposed to be me. Oh, well, congrats." Tobias said. "Great, now I have to stay with Jamie." He mumbled.
"I heard that. Do you think that I am ugly?" Jamie asked.
"No. I mean yes. Ugh, I am not sure."
"You don't know if you think that I am pretty or ugly?"
"I would say that you are in the middle."
"Okay."
Tobias and Jamie then leave to go back to her house.
"Do you want to get married now or wait till later, since you are the new princess?" Gumball asked penny.
"How about tomorrow, because we would have planned it too soon." Penny said.
"Tomorrow it is then."
They then go home so that they can plan the wedding for the next day.
"I have heard that you are getting married tomorrow. Didn't we tell you not to get near those two guys?" Miss Simian asked Penny.
"Yes, but…" Miss Simian interrupted Penny before she could finish her sentence.
"You are grounded!"
"So I can't get married?"
"No."
Penny runs up to her room and slams the door behind her. She then gets a good idea. She calls Gumball and tells him to convince everybody else that they actually married since she was grounded.
"Wouldn't that get you in even more trouble than you are already in?" Gumball asked.
"Yes, but then you would become prince and I would become princess." Penny said.
"Good planning. I will go tell the king, King Nigel."
After they were finished talking, Penny went to bed.
