The Princess Convention: Day 3, part 2
Bubblegum woke-up in an ice chair with restraints around her wrists and ankles. She looked around and found herself in the Ice Palace. She started struggling and Gunter came waddling in.
"Gunter?" Bubblegum said "Gunter! Get me outta here!"
Gunter quacked and jumped onto her lap. He began patting her face and Bubblegum started turning her face away.
"Ugh, Gunter! Stop it!" said the Princess.
Ice King walked in and saw Gunter beginning to do the robot on Bubblegum's lap.
"Gunter! Get off, Bubblegum! C'mon, sweetie, get off your future mommy," said Ice King, picking Gunter up and pushing him away.
"Ice King, let me go!" Bubblegum shouted, trying to break free "I'll never marry you, I've already got a boyfriend!"
"Just dump Anders and we can be together," said Ice King.
"Shut it!" Bubblegum screamed "I will never love you! Don't even think of hurting Anders! You're not half the man he is! So, let me go and never come near me again!"
Ice King stared at her before he began pacing, rubbing his chin.
"You know what?" he asked Bubblegum, pointing at her "You say some harsh things! One of these days, you'll lose me!"
"How do I get that to happen sooner?" Bubblegum asked, leaning forward.
Anders was grudgingly following his responsibilities as a knight. He was taking the princesses back to the Candy Kingdom for their own people to pick them up. Finn and Jake were covering the rear of the group of princesses. Betty was flying over them all on her magic carpet. Huntress Wizard was sitting on the back of the carpet.
"C'mon, princesses!" called Anders to the princesses "We've got to hurry up! We're nearly at the Candy Kingdom!"
The princesses walked along the candy river and through the Candy Kingdom gates. It was dark and the castle lights were glowing in the night.
All the princesses spilled into the hall and began their gossiping. Anders walked to the armory and took the only non-candy actual metal sword. He took it and the scabbard and he left the Candy Castle, leaving Finn and Jake to guard the princesses.
As Anders neared the Candy Kingdom gates, Huntress Wizard appeared beside him.
"Huntress Wizard? What are you doing?" Anders asked.
"Betty asked me to go with you," said Huntress Wizard "She saw you sneaking out,"
Anders nodded his head and both of them left the Candy Kingdom for the Ice Kingdom. They walked across the Grasslands until they saw the Ice Kingdom
Bubblegum tried to free herself as Ice King serenaded her by singing "Oh, Bubblegum". She leaned back and sighed in irritation. Then, an idea hit her.
"Oh, Ice King!" she coo'd "Please come here, you," she swallowed "big handsome man,"
Ice King stopped singing and walked up to her, staring at her.
"Yes, my Bubbly-gummy love?" he asked.
"Why don't you let me out of these restraints?" Bubblegum asked.
"Will you kiss me if I do?" Ice King asked.
"Uh... sure... I mean! Yes..." said the Princess.
"Woopee!" Ice King exclaimed, doing a little jig.
He zapped her restraints, closed his eyes and puckered his lips. Bubblegum slid from the chair and army crawled away. She crawled from the room and began to slide along the ice floors.
"Oh, Bubblegum!"
Bubblegum crawled as fast as she could away from Ice King's nearing voice. She got to his throne room and pulled herself up by the entrance of the Ice Palace. She looked out the window and looked down. The mountain was extremely steep and she wasn't sure she would be able to survive sliding down it. Bubblegum made the quick decision to slide down when she heard Ice King nearing.
"Bubblegum! Oh, man, there goes another..." Ice King complained "Gunter! Go scrape up Bubblegum's remains!"
Bubblegum slid down the side of the mountain at top speed. She weakly moved her feet to try to control her descent. When she was about to scream, 2 arrows were shot up at her and stuck beneath her feet to stop her. Bubblegum unintentionally slid to the side and she fell back to sliding down. Another arrow was shot up and Bubblegum grabbed it... until her hand slipped. The arrows continued to save her until she was at a safe falling distance.
Bubblegum saw Anders and Huntress Wizard below her and Bubblegum fell into Anders' arms.
"Of course you escaped alone," said Anders, smiling at her.
Bubblegum smiled back at him.
"Let's go before Ice King realizes I'm not dead," she said "I hope you can carry me all the way back to the Candy Kingdom,"
Anders shrugged and moved her onto his back for a piggyback ride.
Princess Bubblegum was relieved to be back in her new wheelchair (the one Anders had conjured up for her). They watched as all the princesses began to leave.
"Hey, Princess Bubblegum?" Song Princess sang "This was really fun! The best Princess Convention yet. I got something for you,"
"What is it?" Bubblegum asked.
Song Princess reached into her jeans' pocket and passed her a folded note of cream-coloured paper. Bubblegum took it and Anders looked over her shoulder as they both looked at it.
"It's an invite to my coronation in 6 months," Song Princess continued to sing "My father, the Music King, and my mother, the Song Queen, are stepping down from the throne now that I'm 18. I'm becoming the new Song Queen and my parents are becoming the Music Count and the Song Countess. I'd love for you all to come!"
"Thanks, Song Princess, we'd love to," said Bubblegum "See you then,"
Song Princess flicked her fingers in a wave and she ran outside. Bubblegum and Anders watched her jump onto the roof of a limo being pulled by a musical note with eyes and legs. Song Princess waved before jumping through the sunroof. There was a seat in the front of the limo where a little man was sitting wearing a jacket with a colour popped up so high you couldn't see his face. Song Princess stood up out of her limo sunroof and crossed her arms, pointing at him.
"To the Music Kingdom, Mr. Trumpet!" she sang to him.
Mr. Trumpet cracked his whip and the musical note horse rose up on its hind legs and they trotted away. Bubblegum and Anders looked at each other.
"Well, I'm gonna go escort Princess Cookie back to the Candy Kingdom Mental Hospital and head home," Anders kissed Bubblegum goodbye "See ya tomorrow, Bonnie,"
"G'night, Andy," said Bubblegum.
She watched Anders run across the courtyard before she wheeled out of the doorway and back inside her castle.
That night, Bubblegum lay in bed. Completely exhausted from the past 3 days.
