Marshall Lee ran as fast as he could down the hallway towards the throne room, the prince's royal guards and their captain was following behind closely. An explosion took not far off and the palace shook by the sudden force making the framed pictures and the tapestry that hung on the wall fall off. Dust and tiny debris rained on them as they neared the throne room. The enemy troops were approaching the palace right now and Marshall wondered if the reason they were summoned by the prince was that important. They needed to be out there in the front lines, fighting their enemy, saving their kingdom and protecting the royal family. This was what they were trained for.

The giant double doors to the throne room was just a few feet away, Marshall saw the doors open slightly and pink head peaked outside. When the prince saw them approach, he waved his hands frantically urging them to hurry up as pushed the doors wider for them.

"Come on, let's go." Marshall shouted just as another explosion shook the castle harder. This one was probably really close. They filed in through the double doors as the ceiling began to crack. The doors shut tight and locked by two knights.

"Marshall!" the prince cried looking over his personal guard searching for any visible injuries.

"I'm fine." Marshall replied as he took the prince's hand and kissed it.

"Has everyone arrived?" the King asked approaching them.

"Almost everyone sire." The captain of the Prince's royal guards, Fiona replied, "Two of my men are still outside fighting."

The king looked around impatiently before saying, "We cannot waste another minute we must make do with what we have." Then he turned around walking towards the throne and motioned with his hand, "Follow me, we must get out of here as quickly as possible."

The room shook again this time though much harder making most of them trip and fall; they heard the walls outside the throne room collapse.

"This room will not last much longer." The king muttered looking at the cracking ceiling, "hurry now guards make haste."

Two of the Kings royal guards ran up to the tapestry that hung behind the King's throne and tore it off the wall, it tumbled down the floor with a loud thump. The prince's royal guards stood gaping as a secret door was revealed, surprisingly the door seemed to lack any sort of handle on it; the King moved up towards it and placed his hand flat on the door then he whispered a silent incantation. The border of the door shone brightly before slowly it descended and a staircase was exposed.

"Come on lads, no time to waste." The King said before climbing down the stairs

As everyone slowly followed their King, Marshall decided it was about he knew what was going on. As Fiona slowly started going down the stairs, Marshall pulled the prince from his elbow to the side and whispered loudly,

"Gumball what in the Lords name is going on here? Why is there a trap door beneath the King's tapestry?"

"Desperate times call for desperate measures Marshall. My father decided that this was for the best."

"What? I do not understand anything. Where is the path taking us?"

"Everything will be revealed eventually, and this trap door will lead us to the sorcerer's lair. She will aid us in our escape."

Witch's lair? The Castle's sorcerer? Marshall has been looking for that room ever since he came to this castle but he had no success, even befriending the prince hadn't work. This was the purpose of his mission; this was why he was sent here in the first place. And now he finally found it, after all those long years he has finally found it. Who would have thought that the entrance was right behind the King?

"This is the entrance" he said softly in amazement

"No its not, silly." Gumball chuckled, even under this harsh environment he still managed to smile. It has always baffled Marshall how the prince managed it. "This is just short cut, for emergencies. No one knows where the real entrance is except the King."

"Where's the – "he began but was cut short when they heard a loud scream and more explosions.

"We will discuss this later, let us hurry now before the enemies arrive." The prince said taking Marshall's hand and sprinted to the trap door where King's guard who had long silver hair was waiting for them

The Prince and Marshall rushed down the staircase followed by the King's guard, Monochrome. The stairs swirled further and further underground before reaching the landing. The circular room they got to was dimly lit with torches surrounding the wall, in the middle of the room was giant pot resting on a pit of fire. Something blue was bubbling inside it that had a foul smell. Many shelves that held several bottles of diverse potions filled the room as well as a giant bookshelf packed with tons of Enclopedias, references and potion books. A female sorcerer wearing a thick cloak that hid her identity stood beside an unused fire place cradling an old book. Marshall saw the King standing beside the sorcerer whispering harshly with her. When he noticed us arriving he stopped whatever he was saying and walked towards us.

"Right." The king cleared his throat before he said, "I have some bad news, the Candy Kingdom is going to lose this war and the royal family will be killed. Our knights are not strong enough to take the enemies out, and the Prince's powers are still weak. I'm far too old and my powers can't hold the enemies for too long."

"That's why I have come up with a plan." The prince said walking out of the group and standing beside his father, "If I stay here I'm doomed to die and the royal family will cease to exist. That's why I'm going to leave the Kingdom for a short while and I'm taking with me my royal knights. We will stay hidden until my powers have reached its peak that's when we'll attack again and take back the Candy Kingdom."

"Pardon me your highness but I fail to see how escaping is going to help us?" asked Fiona

"Frankly speaking I am against this idea!" Marshall Lee exclaimed

"Marshall, our enemies are destroying the castle and killing our soldiers, do you have any better ideas?" the prince argued

"Yes I do, did you ever consider fighting them?"

"We have been fighting them for five days now and we gained nothing! We just lost more land and a lot of lives!" Prince Gumball shouted

"You can argue about this matter later." Fiona interrupted, "Your highness where do you plan on escaping to? The Candy kingdom is completely surrounded; it's just a matter of time before it falls into the hands of our enemies."

The Prince took a deep breath to compose himself before replying, "We will be going to another world, the enemy won't find us there." the group gasped and the prince went on, "I know traveling through different worlds is very dangerous but so far it is our only choice. As we are speaking the sorcerer is pulling out the portal. But before we go in I need you to drink this potion."

The King suddenly appeared carrying a tray that held seven goblets filled with blue bubbling liquid. Prince Gumball took one of the goblets and his royal guards followed suit, "I need you to understand that this is for the best." The prince added when everyone had a goblet including the King's guard Monochrome, "This potion will make you forget about this place, about who you are, and about me. We will go into another world and be different versions of ourselves – "

"I'm not drinking that." Marshall spat interrupting the prince

"I'm not asking you to drink it Marshall, I'm ordering you!" spoke the prince, "If the enemy ever finds out about this plan they will come after us, they'll find us easily and kill us."

"Your highness…what will happen to us after we go to the other world?" questioned Peppermint looking slightly worried

"Well I'm not sure, but I know this. Two years from now the effects of the potion will wear off and you will start to remember everything. I will regain my memory when all of us are all gathered in one place."

"And how will we find you?" asked LSP as he examined his goblet

"My amulet will lead you guys to where I am." Answered the prince smiling, he held out a oval shaped blue gem that was held by a golden chain.

"I am still against this. How can you guarantee we will all go to the same world?" Marshall stated

"I trust the sorcerer and she knows what she's doing." Gumball said firmly glaring at Marshall Lee

"Sire, the portal is ready." The sorcerer spoke, her voice soft.

"Here's to the future of the Candy Kingdom." The prince clicked his glass with his guards before downing the nasty blue liquid. Then slowly one by one they step into the green portal, disappearing into the bright light. Fiona goes in first, followed by LSP and Peppermint, then Cake, and finally Marshall Lee who made sure to glare at his Prince before stepping in. The prince hugged his father who told him he'll be sending his best guard Monochrome after them for extra protection, Gumball smiled and thanked his father before following after his knights.

The prince got swallowed into the orb by a bright light that blinded him; he shut his eyes tightly and felt himself being thrown in different direction by strong winds before suddenly he started falling down an endless pit, his blue amulet slipped from his hands unnoticed.