Chapter 4
Fionna's P.O.V.
I walked along the trail leading to the candy kingdom the sun was already setting and I was tripping over rocks and stuff because it was so dark already. I was thinking about everything that's happened everything that's lead up to this moment how I met everybody in my life which made me remeber how I met Gumball (flashback) -
"Cake I'm turning twelve soon what should we do for my birthday?" I asked fidgeting with the straps on my backpack.
"well sweetheart I was thinking we could explore this awesome cave I heard about," she answered. We were walking past the candy kingdom, I had never really gone inside and I didn't really want to. It was just to pink for my taste and I don't really know anyone in there. Come to think of it I didn't really know anyone in the land of Ooo, me and cake were loners, I guess, which was cool with me I didn't really care as long as we could still go on adventures or save a random person from evil. I kinda liked our quite life style.
"gah get away! AAAAHHH!," someone shouted from inside the candy kingdom
"cake I'm bored," I said stopping in my tracks
"me too," she said
"let's go help out that person that just screamed," I said casually
"Kay," she also answered back casually
We burst open the doors of the candy kingdom me with my sword and cake growing in size. We saw a giant purple sludge like monster terrorizing the people of the town, a man was throwing all these random things at it, it looked almost like medicine but I couldn't tell, the sludge monster turned to the man, who might I say was very pink, and picked him up.
"Gah this isn't what was supposed to happen! What went wrong with my calculations?!," the pink guy yelled trying to get away from the sludge monster. I lunged at the arm holding the guy and sliced it off, the guy fell on top of what looked like a cotton candy bush. My sword was really old and when I tried to slice the monster in half I felt the hilt detach from the blade.
" GAH!," I yelled falling to the ground. Cake became a giant blanket and started wrapping it up, she started shrinking after completely covering it up and making sure it couldn't leak out. The monster started fighting back and cake had to let go of it.
"hey guys move over!," the pink guy yelled as he came running up with something in his hands, it was a beaker with a blue liquid in it, the monster was slithering away and was about to grab a bunch of scared villagers when he splashed the liquid on it. The monster started to move slowly and looked like he was becoming all rocky looking, soon the monster stopped moving all together and had turned to rock. The guy walked up to the monster and knocked on it's hardened skin.
"yup." he said nodding and then turning to face us, he looked startled for a moment and then walked up to us "interesting..." he said looking at me and walking a circle around me, he was inspecting me, it was strange and it made me deeply blush.
"U-um...w-what are you doing," I said backing up, a little embarrassed. He looked up and took his hand from his chin.
"Oh I'm quite sorry, how rude of me! I'm Prince Gumball of the candy kingdom, and you are?," he stuck his hand out, his smile blinding me.
"I'm F-Fionna, nice to meet you too." I said shaking his hand and awkwardly smiling at him.
"Fionna may I ask you a question?"
"uh yeah, I guess..." I said awkwardly staring at the ground, I think I was blushing.
"what species are you?," he asked. It made me snap to my senses so fast that my brain started to hurt.
"um...what?," I asked a little startled because I had never been asked this before.
"are you an elf? Are you a witch? Are you a nymph?," he asked inspecting me again.
"oh...um... Cake thinks I'm a human...," I said holding my arm and staring at the ground this subject made me really sad for some reason, cake never brought it up but some things like crumbling cities or graveyards filled with man made tombstones did. I don't know what happened to the human race but I sure hoped I wasn't one because we've never found another human while adventuring.
"WOW?! Really that so cool can I study you?!," the prince asked
"wh-what?!," I said a little more than startled. He plucked a piece of hair from my head and started walking away with it.
"oww, hey dude what was that for?!," I asked trying to catch up with him.
"I'm going to study it. Aren't you excited? Don't you not know what your species is?"
"yeah but-,"
"I'll just need you to sit tight in the ballroom for just awhile, while I run tests on this," he said smiling brightly at me and then studying the strand of hair closely. Who could denie such a handsome smile? A maid that looked like a starlight mint candy pushed us into the ballroom, which was quite empty and boring may I add, me and cake decided to have our lunch in there. Just as I was about to get the messily made sandwiches I had made, that same maid burst into the room again carrying a player of food.
"this is courtesy of Prince Gumball my ladies," she said setting the platter before us (we were sitting on the ground because the chairs were overrated) it was filled with cinnamon buns, cookies of all assortments, fruit tarts, cake slices also of all assortments, and some hard candy decorating the sides.
"cake...you know you said I shouldn't have all sweets for my meals?... Well does this count?," I asked staring all starry eyed at the platter.
"I said that because I never thought we were ever gonna have all different kinds of desserts in our house at the same time...," she said poking the candy for some reason.
"cake...I'm really hungry..."
"this doesn't count, dig in," she said quickly then she started shoveling food into her face. I took a fruit tart and ate it politely, after I finished it I took a cherry lollipop and started sucking on it. About two hours later I was looking through my bag for a temporary replacement for that sword that broke, all I found was a rusty dagger that was really dull, great I'll just give an enemy lockjaw or poke them to death.
"Cake I think I'm all out of swords we should g-," I said but was interrupted by the giant doors bursting open. Prince Gumball came parading in.
"my dear Fionna," he said, which made me blush "you are indeed a human!," he said excited.
"oh cool...," I said a little bummed
"what's wrong? You seem sad," he asked his smile turning to a worried frown, he started rubbing his chin again and staring me up and down.
"well...are there any human tribes?," I asked staring at the ground and nudging the tiles with my foot.
"oh... About that-"
"OH FIONNA!, I think we better get going I heard there was a slime monster that has bunch a gold in it's pocket! let's go slay it and take the money!," cake suddenly shouted out. I nodded solemnly and started walking out the door with her when Prince Gumball shouted after us.
"hey wait! I forgot to thank you guys for helping me kill that monster, here's some cash, at least 1000 bucks," he said sticking the money out. Pure cash. I stared at it but I couldn't except it from him, I didn't want to look selfish so I shook my head, but cake had other plans.
" why thank you Mr. prince!," she said trying to reach past me and grab the cash I just smacked her hand, she crossed her arms and stared at me with annoyance. Cake then proceeded to marched out of the room.
"I'll be waiting for you outside," she said all huffy
"why is she mad?," Prince Gumball asked his face a little puzzled
"oh that, we can't except that money we're adventurers/saviors so you don't need to worry about payment because we like doing stuff like that... That and Cake just needs a little lasagna," I said pushing his hand back to him and smiling at him.
"oh...well... I have a wonderful idea then!," he said cheerfully
"yes what is it?," I asked, as we started to leave the ballroom.
"how would you like to be the protector of the land of Aaa?"
"like how do you mean?"
"like I mean protect all the kingdoms and princes from danger, keep the Ice Queen in check, and save any people or recover any missing things," he said smiling at me, god that smile how could I reject it? "that and I would like you to be my friend."
"your friend?," is asked a little perplexed "but you have the whole kingdom, all the candy people?"
"yes those are the people of the kingdom but they are friendly to me, not my friends, I'm afraid there's a difference." he said his smile fading and his eyes becoming sad.
"yes I'll protect the kingdom," I said smiling. Then I hugged him, a real hug, a nice hug that I'm sure none of the candy people gave him, this lonely prince, I wanted to make him smile...and... Protect him. "I would love to be your friend too,"
"really?! That's great I'm sure that we'll have fun in the future! Um... I just need you to sign a contract stating that it isn't the kingdoms fault if you get hurt." he said looking away and scratching the back if his neck.
"ok see ya later Prince Gumball it was very nice to meet you too!" I said looking behind me and waving. That was the day I developed my crush on him and it's been growing ever since...