Screams and shrieks cheered as the line they wanted to hear was spoken: Welcome back.
Over a span of five years:
Fionna and Cake had grown apart. Fionna fell into the role of "Candy Kingdom Defense Guard Captain". Cake disappeared with Lord Monochromicorn into the forest. But she was fine with that, because Cake -no matter where she may be- is spending her time with the person she loves.
The greatest (and last) adventure she had with Cake was defeating the Lich Queen...That itself is its own story**...
Fionna spends her free days as Captain at the Candy Kingdom, making idle-chatter with the civilians. She was loved by all (Some more than others...*hint hint*), she was the hero of Aaa...who couldn't want that?
Fionna jumped down from the chariot, holding Gumball's hand. He brought the hand up and kissed it gently, resulting in a red-faced girl.
"Gumball...!"
He laughs, gesturing her to walk ahead of him.
"Fionna, it's just common chivalry for a lady."
"But I'm not a lady..."
She picked up her dress to walk, saying as she went forward,
"I'm just a regular girl. I'm nothing special, really."
"Ohh, but you are!"
They walked together inside the castle, the crowd's cheering slowly dying away with distance.
"That silly 'chil-vary' is just another name for flattery. Lame flattery!"
He laughed.
"You don't say it with a ch-, it's sh-!"
"So what, it's still stupid."
"You're such a kid.."
She stuck her tongue out, making him laugh again.
They had walked to the main hall of the castle, a walkway formed with Banana Guards. In unison, they bow down.
"Hello, King Gumball!"
Then stand up and salute.
"Hello, Captain Fionna!"
Then resume silent position. Fionna and Gumball walk forward. She comments,
"I still can't get over how...well trained..they are."
"It is crazy."
"Not just crazy! It's...unbelievable.."
"I find it unbelievable that you're in a dress."
"You've put me into hundreds of them! I just learned to deal with it. Just grin and bear with it!"
"Does that mean you're slowly..withering in pain?"
She puts her hand to her forehead and fakes a collapse.
"Yes, I'm just dying on the inside!"
They laugh again, having made it to his lab. He opens the door, letting her in first. After walking in, he shuts the door and follows in after her. Fionna lost her smile and says,
"Well, I came back from my original mission. What's so important that I have to handle?"
Gumball is silent for a moment, then replies,
"I've been conducting some research lately, and results conclude that a large amount of...'evil energy'...is radiating around a specific location."
"'Evil energy'?"
"It's the best way to describe it, a large, demonic energy field is developing around the location."
"You keep saying 'location', but where is it?"
"...It's...about Marshal..."
((**And it SHALL!))
