Journey to Ooo

By RimaJLupin

Chapter 3

After an hour of packing their skiing supplies and looking for a spare umbrella, Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee traveled to the Candy Kingdom. When they arrived at the entrance of the castle, they saw Prince Gumball in a fluffy pink coat and matching pink sweatpants, carrying his skiing supplies in a humongous backpack. He greeted the group, "Hi guys! I just finished packing. Wow, this thing is making my back hurt!" Fionna said to the Prince, "You know, Cake can carry our stuff." Cake stretched until she was bigger than the castle, and then grabbed the group's heavy possessions. Gumball politely said, "Thank you, Cake! I'll be sure to repay you somehow." "No problem, honey," Cake replied. "So, where are we going?" Fionna asked. Gumball explained, "We're going to travel toward the Ice Kingdom. There are a bunch of mountains there and my sources tell me that the Ice Queen is busy with something 'important.'" Fionna started to wonder about whom Gumball's "sources" were. She glanced at Marshall Lee. She could've sworn that she saw the faintest smile on his face. He must be helping Gumball, she thought. "Okay everybody, let's go!" Gumball jubilantly said, leading the group.

It took only a short while to get to the Ice Kingdom, but it felt like it had been hours for Fionna. She had to suffer with listening to Gumball and Marshall Lee fighting about which direction they should go for the whole trip. Every time she grumbled, Cake patted her shoulder and said, "It's okay, the mountains are just a few miles ahead." Fionna was relieved when they finally got to the skiing site. As she put on her jacket and took out her skiing supplies, she could hear Marshall Lee and Gumball fighting about the current location.

"I've already told you, we are definitely in the right spot!"

"Yeah, but you didn't tell us that you didn't have a working compass, Mr. Smarty-pants!"

"Marshall, my compass works fine and besides, I pre-recorded the coordinates to our exact destination. I couldn't possibly be wrong."

"Well maybe you should've marked your destination with an 'X' or something. I've lived for a thousand years and I know the entire land of Aaa. I also know that we are not in Aaa anymore."

"You've probably never seen this spot before. I've charted the entire land of Aaa before and I know that we are in the right location!"

"Glob, Gumball. When did you become so stubborn?"

Then, Fionna heard a thud. She turned around and saw that Gumball had pushed Marshall to the ground; that was something that she did not see every day. The vampire hissed violently. Before Marshall could retaliate, Fionna ran into his path and said, "That's enough you two! Stop fighting now!" Marshall Lee looked at Fionna with his cold demon eyes, but Fionna stared him down with her own blue eyes. Marshall Lee sighed and said, "Fine, I'll stop for now. Besides, you said that you just wanted to have fun, right?" Fionna stared at him with surprise, but she knew that it wasn't the time for arguing. Instead, she said, "Yeah. Go get ready now; I'm going to check on Gumball." Marshall Lee nodded and flew over to Cake's side. Fionna ran to Gumball and asked, "Are you okay?" Gumball replied, "Yes, but I think your question was meant for Marshall." Fionna pleaded, "Will you promise me that you two won't fight again during the party?" Gumball smiled his sweetest smile that only a prince like him could make. "Okay, we'll try." Fionna smiled back at him and said, "Hurry up and get ready, then."

When the group was finally prepared to ski, Gumball said, "Okay, everybody! Let's line up so that we can race down the hill!" "You guys can leave me out of the race. I'm carrying my umbrella, so I'll float downhill with you guys," Marshall Lee pointed out. "Okay, if you insist," Gumball said, "Alright, ready? Set…" A piercing scream coming from one of the mountains interrupted him. Fionna gasped, "It's probably the Ice Queen! We have to go help out whoever is in there!" She pointed at a large mountain that was surrounded by penguins. Before anyone else could respond to Fionna's idea, they heard a girl's anguishing cry, "Help me!" The group didn't recognize whose voice was screaming in pain. But Fionna was determined to save whoever was in danger. Fionna ordered the group, "Let's go save that girl!"