Chapter 9: Pits of Acid and Ice

Author's Note: So some people want to learn more about me. Well, I have to warn you. I'm insane. Today my mum decided to take me to the mall, and I saw a new store: a knife store! I don't know what possessed me, but I started laughing like a manic in front of a knife store.


Slowly trudging towards the Ice Kingdom, I let a shiver run down my spine. Who knew it could be so cold in the winter? I silently cursed being a human. Why must they be so hairless and unstretchable? I pulled the door of the nearest store: Starbucks. I nearly stepped on a gumdrop child. "Missus, why are you sad looking?" he asked. I took a sudden interest in the peppermint ground and asked myself the same question. Deciding to have some fun after a breakup, I walked up the the front counter and said, "Excuse me. May I have a 'very hairy hibiscus?'" I asked. (A/N I actually asked for that in Starbucks.) "Excuse me. But... What the hell are you saying?" the harsh blue licorice girl asked. "Well, my dear dear darhling. You are excused. I wanted a 'very hairy hibiscus.'" I answered with a mock British accent. She rolled her petite eyes and pretended to not hear that. "Name?" she asked. "Prim Rose Everdeen," I answered, not caring that I pronounced it wrong. Again, she rolled her eyes and wrote my "name" in sharpie, because she did not want to deal with my antics. I tapped my fingers on the counter for my drink."A very," the male employee laughed, "hairy hibiscus." The rest if the people giggled along with the employee. Soon the whole store was filled with the sound of echoing laughter. "For Primrose Everdeen," he said. My hand shot up, and I shouted, "I volunteer as tribute!" I quickly grabbed my cup and walked outside briskly. I didn't care that some of the drink was sloshing out. I couldn't stop laughing at the scene before. Still my shoulders felt heavy from the pain of before. Sighing, I put one foot in front of another in the cold hard snow until I reached Ice Queen's castle.

I entered inside Ice Queen's icy castle cautiously as it was dead silent. Where were the ever present sounds of Gunta's quacking? My suspicions were confirmed when I saw the dead bloody bodies of penguins. Moving from penguin to penguin, I checked their pulse. None, they were all dead. My foot stepped on something sharp, so I quickly withdrawaled it with a gasp. It was a huge chunk of Ice Queen's favorite mirror. Stained with blood on the corner, the glass showed my reflection. I looked dully fearful. My white hair with maroon orange stripes were matted with the blood of penguins. Something seemed out of place; something was missing, but I brushed off my fears and reassured myself. Ice Queen was a lonely cougar, but she would never hurt her own penguins. Then who? An idea passed my head, but I quickly shook it off she wouldn't do that. Would she? I suddenly felt tired from the walk, from the breakup, and for trying. I heard something swoosh by me.

I looked around. My short white hair my whipping around my face, and some were in my eyes. I crumpled onto the ground, and tears were in my eyes. I shivered and shivered until I heard a faint voice. "Cake," it said lightly. I crawled towards the source of noise. "Hey, how ironic is this?" the raspy yet old voice asked. Next to me was a paling Ice Queen with a hole were her heart used to be. "He let Ricarda loose. I didn't know he was a male. The ribbon was... belongs to the creature that did this," she managed to rasp out. She gasped and laid down after a series of spasms. I picked up Ice Queen in one swoop and stumbled a few times. I panted all the way to the hospital. I gave her to the nearest person and thought about how I was starting to hate hospitals. Whoever is causing all this trouble is started to make this personal. There was only one person with a ribbon: the Wich. However, the Wich was not secretly a guy. I banged my head on an icy street light. Glob it! I can't think of any cross dressers I know.

This wasn't the plan. The plan was Ice Queen is the villain. I kick her sorry butt to become back to normal and find a remedy for the plague. No one was supposed to die. Not even Simone deserves to die. Those poor penguins; so lifeless and bloody. Now Fionna's life is on the line if I don't act quickly. As soon as I found out Ice Queen was going to survive, I set out to the old hideouts of the Wich. I cautiously sauntered into dark green cave of the Wich. "Hello?" I asked with my quivering voice. "Cake," hissed the Wich silently. "Is this your doing?" I asked while lightly dodging green chemicals that were coming from the holes in the ground. One touch could prove fatal. Last time Simone accidentally dropped Prince Gumball into a hole, he was possessed by the Wich. "No he is," she calmly replied. "Who?" I asked. "What's in this for me?" she asked sinisterly. "I don't know," I replied honestly. Suddenly, shrilly laughs echoed off the walls.

"Who's your favorite Disney princess?" she asked out of the blue. Careful about my choice of words, I slowly slurred out, "Ariel." "So Ariel it is. I always loved games especially ones that involve pain," the Wich rolled off her tongue. "I'll give you three days to find out who the plague was caused by. Otherwise, you'll lose something important. Right now, I'll only give you a hint. I'll come to see you two more times to give you two more hints," the Wich rationed. Not caring, I thrust my hand into the dark and shook hands with her. As soon as I touched her, I felt a tingling sensation to withdrawal from her bony hand, but I stayed strong an left it there. "First clue: I was left as bitter as Sleeping Beauty's rival when you didn't invite me to the party. Who am I?" she giggled. I remembered some of the people I didn't invite. Out of the two people that where mad I crossed out one and was left with Jill the Squirrel.


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