Journey to Ooo
By RimaJLupin
Chapter 4
Fionna rapidly skied down the hill. She willed herself to go faster. She knew that someone was desperately in trouble and she wanted to save that person as soon as possible. As the cold air began to sting her face, she yelled to the group behind her, "We need to hurry and save that girl!" Cake quickly slid beside her in the shape of a toboggan. Prince Gumball and Marshall Lee were sitting on Cake's back. "Hop on!" Cake screamed. Fionna swiftly jumped onto Cake's back, leaving her skis and ski poles on the snow. "It's okay, we have more of those at home," Cake assured.
As they slid further down the hill, Fionna searched for an entrance into the mountain where the hostage was being kept. Fionna saw a bright light shining through an opening in the mountain. She wondered how the Ice Queen managed to light a bright fire without melting the ice cave. When they reached the bottom of the mountain, Fionna looked at her group and ordered, "Follow me!" Fionna pushed her way through the group of penguins blocking her way and ran as fast as she could to the entrance of the mountain. "Fionna, can we stop for a while?" Gumball panted. Fionna saw that Cake and Marshall Lee were sweating too. She said, "Fine. I'll go find out who's been kidnapped. Come into the cave when you all are ready."
Fionna cautiously entered the cave, focused on finding the prisoner. She observed everything: from the strange posters of buff men on the iced walls to the mess of clothes underneath a bed. What interested her most was a book she found on a table that was titled, "Fionna and Cake." She studied the book, wondering why the Ice Queen would keep a book like that. Suddenly, she heard a voice. "Please, help me!" The girl sounded weak. Fionna yelled, "Don't worry, I'm coming!" She rushed down the hallway and saw the girl. Although her hair resembled flames, the girl was the color of ashes. Fionna asked, "Are you okay? I'm going to get you out of here, just hold on." The girl pointed at a bag behind Fionna. "Please, pass me one piece of coal. I'm so cold." Fionna desperately grabbed the bag, cut the jail cell's bars with her crystal sword, and ran toward the shivering girl. Fionna reached into the bag and quickly gave the girl a large piece of coal. The girl put the coal close to her mouth and bit a piece off. Then, the girl started to glow. Fionna seemed to understand what was happening, so she said, "Come on, you can do it!" The glowing girl smiled at her and continued to chew on the coal. Every bite of the coal made the girl glow brighter. The girl regained full strength and her radiant glow when she was finished eating the coal. She got up and said, "Thank you, brave hero. What is your name?" Just then, Gumball, Marshall Lee, and Cake came running into the ice cave. "Fionna, did you save the girl?" Cake asked. The girl continued to speak. "Oh, so 'Fionna' is your name. It's nice to meet you. My name is Flame Princess." Fionna gasped, for she was observing the princess's beauty: the princess wore an elegant gown of flames, her hair was short and was emitting fire, and she was burning brightly. Marshall Lee said to the princess, "We'd better get you back home before you get cold again." "That's very kind of you all, but you guys won't have to worry about me getting cold," Flame Princess responded, indicating the bag that Fionna was holding. Everyone in the room sighed with relief. Fionna broke the silence and said, "Okay, let's get out of here!"
The group started to head for the exit, but a single penguin was blocking their way. The penguin stood there and quacked at them loudly. Marshall grunted, "Let's just push this little guy out of the way!" "Nobody's pushing my Gunter out of the way!" The group was startled by the harsh, old voice that answered Marshall Lee. Suddenly, an old man wearing a blue tunic and a crown was standing beside the penguin named Gunter. He picked up the penguin and used his long white beard to fly into the cave. The group backed away slowly. When the old man put his penguin down, he said, "Gunter, what did I tell you about setting off the alarm. You know that alarm is only for emergencies! Do I have to give you the squirtie-squirts again?" "Man, this guy is whack," Cake whispered to Fionna. "Hey, I may be an old wizard, but my ears are as good as a…" The old man stopped talking. His eyes darted from the ruined jail cell to Fionna's group. His eyes stayed on Fionna. "It's true!" He exclaimed, his eyes watering up, "It's really true! You guys are real! You're all so very real!" Then, the old man started to cry. He cried harder than a newborn baby. Fionna and her group slowly walked past the old man while Gunter comforted him.
When they got out of the ice cave, Fionna asked Flame Princess, "Who was that guy?" The princess responded, "He calls himself the Ice King. He's the one who kidnapped me. But, I don't want to talk about him anymore." Fionna saw the sad look on the princess's face. Fionna told her, "Don't feel sad, you can go home now." Flame Princess seemed to burn brighter when she said, "Actually, I have to go visit my boyfriend."