Sorry for the wait guys!

Adventure time girl 123: Yup :) I really enjoyed writing LSP so I hope you guys enjoyed his part as well.

Fionna cake13: love square, eh? I was planning on PG being more of a friend, but if enough people like the idea of a love square then I'll probably do a little something.

NeonTalisman: couldn't have said it better myself

bluefire321: I was smiling like crazy the whole time I was writing that scene. I'm glad you didn't think it was too much!

BlueMockingJayBird: Yes, yes I imagine he is...I wonder what he might do?

cicir: lol nice analogy

About a week had passed since what Fionna dubbed as "the Marshall Incident" and she had spent the entire time in the Outer Realm, dealing with the Countess of Lemongrab's craziness.

She was just lonely and didn't understand how to be a nice person basically. She even had some sort of shock therapy chamber in her home to train her 'subjects.' Luckily, Cake saved her from getting shocked too bad and PG found them after making a second Lemongrab for the first one to get along with.

Together, the two Lemongrabs weren't actually all that nuts. She wouldn't plan on spending a ton of time with them or anything, but still it was cool how they nullified each other's crazy. Maybe that's what they could do for Ice Queen!

"Hey Fi, did you notice anything weird about PG?" asked Cake suddenly as they walked back to their tree house-well, Cake waked, Fionna rode on her back.

"Hm? PG? Not really," she said honestly, thinking back on her interactions with him at Lemongrab's place. "I guess he seemed like he was in a hurry to get back, but he's a prince and has a bunch of boring royal stuff to do, you know?"

"I dunno girl, he seemed kinda wack to me," replied Cake with a frown, far from being convinced.

Fionna simply shrugged in response, her thoughts not lingering for too long on her ex-crush. Instead, whether she liked it or not, her mind strayed to the sly Vampire King as it had been doing since she last saw him.

She was much calmer about the whole thing now that she had some time to think about it; she had chalked the whole experience up to Marshall messing with her to get revenge for being a dork of a friend. If that were really the case-which she was inclined to believe it was-then she didn't need to say anything to FP and Marshall was probably over it now. With that in mind, Fionna was happy to declare her problem solved, but of course nothing could be that easy.

As the sisters made their way back to their beloved tree house, Fionna noticed something glowing in the distance.

"Hey Cake, do you see that?" asked Fionna.

"What? That light? Yeah…isn't that where Candy Kingdom is? Do you think they're having a party or something?" wondered Cake, a bit miffed at the prospect of a party she wasn't invited to.

"Maybe, do you wanna check it out?"

Cake nodded and sped up, changing course for Candy Kingdom. Unfortunately, as the two got closer Fionna realized in horror that Candy Kingdom wasn't glowing with festival lights, but rather smoking because of a raging inferno that was melting many of the candy buildings.

Fionna quickly hopped off Cake and ran up to one of the fleeing candy people. "What happened?" asked Fionna worriedly, "did one of PG's experiments go wrong? Or is someone attacking?"

"Oh, Fionna, thank Grod you're here! Prince Gumball needs help! The Prince of the Fire Kingdom is attacking and won't listen to reason!" exclaimed the candy person.

"Prince of the Fire Kingdom? No way, that's crazy! FP wouldn't do this, right Cake?" asked Fionna, paling at the thought. Sure Flame Prince was supposedly evil, but he never actually did anything bad! And after he started hanging out with her, he had even started helping with some of her adventures. It wasn't like him to go after a city of innocent candy people.

"I don't know girl, but you saw what he did to that city of goblins. Your boy has some anger issues," said Cake with a frown. She didn't want to believe it either. After the first couple of incidents, the cat had actually grown to like the fire elemental, but that didn't change the fact that he was born to do evil. Maybe it was only a matter of time before he snapped. Of course, Cake wouldn't tell Fionna that, but still… "Anyway, I'm gonna rescue the people; you go find Gumball and Flame Prince!"

With that, Cake ran off to do as she said and Fionna ran through the burning city to locate the source of the fires. After a few minutes, Fionna found herself at the entrance to the candy castle where a huge pillar of fire was blazing angrily. Prince Gumball himself stood in front of the large flame, waving his hands expressively and yelling something Fionna couldn't make out.

"PG!" she called, running closer and dodging a flaming piece of frosting, "what's going on?"

Prince Gumball looked relieved to see her and the pillar of fire dimmed slightly at the sound of her voice. "Fionna! I'm so glad you're here! Please explain to Flame Prince that there is absolutely nothing going on between us!" Gumball was trying to remain calm and polite but Fionna could hear the desperation in his voice. It was understandable, seeing as his kingdom was burning down around him.

"FP?" Fionna asked nervously. The flame surged in her direction for a moment before shrinking down to the familiar form of the boy she liked. Though he was no longer as tall as the castle itself, he was still glowing and scowling hotly, clearly furious.

"You said you weren't going to hurt me again!" he said, his eyes blazing. "Why did I trust you, a water elemental? I-I-

Flame Prince's words were cut off by a pained growl, as he once again became a large flame that threatened to melt Gumball's home.

"FP I don't know what you've heard but I don't like Gumball like that! We're just bros, okay?" Fionna yelled over the roar of the fire. Flame Prince didn't respond this time and Fionna groaned in exasperation. Gumball was looking at her like he expected her to fix this whole thing and FP was clearly blaming her. Why was this her fault? Technically Flame Prince was her boyfriend but it wasn't like they were in love or anything. Even if she did still like Gumball, which she very much did not, it didn't merit this sort of response. Now wasn't the time for that thought; she needed to come up with something to stop Flame Prince and fast. Even if she were to regret it later…

"FP you gotta stop this, alright? I don't like Gumball; I'm in love with you!"

Everyone froze at the sound of her voice. Gumball's mouth hung open like a fish and the fires eating the city's buildings went out as FP regained his human form to stare as well. Even Fionna stood stock still, just staring and resisting the urge to take back her words. Fearing that he would erupt once more, she thought it best not to take that course of action though.

"You…love me?" asked Flame Prince in awe, a blush creeping its way onto his cheeks. "That's, I mean, I think-I think I do too, about you…ah, I need to go-sorry!"

Flame Prince ran off just as quickly as he had come, clearly embarrassed, leaving Gumball and now Fionna gaping.

Gumball recovered from shock first, clearing his throat and blushing a bit. It was rather awkward for him being present during such an important moment for a new couple…very new couple actually.

"Fionna, thank you for saving my kingdom, but are you sure you did not speak a little…rashly?" he asked. He was four years older than her and he certainly hadn't said anything along those lines to someone. Actually, he was too busy most of the time so he hadn't actually ever been romantically involved with anyone, but still, from what he knew, it was a fairly big deal to say those words.

"…"

"Fionna?" he asked, concern etched into his features.

"Huh?" she asked dazedly.

Gumball frowned. It wasn't like Fionna to zone out when talking to him. "Are you okay?"

"Fine, I'm…fine," she replied, her voice lacking any of its usual emotion.

Gumball's frown deepened. She certainly didn't seem fine. Wasn't she supposed to be happy after hearing that kind of confession from a significant other? That was generally how people reacted. So why was she acting so…dead? "Fionna are you sure y-

"Sorry PG, I think I'm just…gonna go for a walk," she said, turning around and wandering off in a random direction.

"Oh dear," Gumball mumbled to himself. Fionna obviously wasn't well, but he had a kingdom to begin repairing so he didn't have time to help her out. Cake would've been an ideal choice to talk to her, seeing as the two were sisters, but he needed Cake's help with the kingdom for a bit. "Ah hah!" he exclaimed, thinking of the perfect person to talk to Fionna. "Lord Monochromicorn!" he called, and with in second his loyal steed appeared. "I need you to go to Marshall Lee's home and tell him what has occurred here today. I'm very worried about Fionna and I'd like him to go check up on her," he said.

Lord nodded in response and was off in a flash, leaving Gumball to begin the restoration of his partially melted city.

So, I'm going to try to have a calmer next chapter because I feel like every chapter I've written thus far has been rather action-filled. I just have this sense that I'm moving too quickly, but tell me what you think! I'd love a second opinion!