Gunter went through and smashed the new bottles as Finn, Jake, Melissa, and Bubblegum thought up what to do. Bubblegum sighed.

"I don't know what we can do after this…"

"Don't worry Peebles, we'll figure it out."

"Wenk!"

Bubblegum turned to Gunter, who floated near her.

"What? What do you want, I don't…"

The Gumball Guardians, who were subdued by giant penguins, began bending towards the ground. Finn jumped up and pointed.

"She wants to smash the Gumball Guardians heads!"

Bubblegum frantically tried to reason with Gunter as one of the Guardians had his head forced to the ground. Gunter approached him as the four let out a collective, "NO!"

The Gumball Guardian looked at Bubblegum sadly.

"Goodbye Princess!"

Gunter tapped the glass, creating a crack.

"Hey. What's goin' on here? Why's this place all crazy?"

Melissa had never felt so relieved to see the Ice King. She usually felt revulsion.

"I was just flying by and- GUNTER! YOU took my stuff?!"

"Wenk…"

"That's bad! You know what you get?"

"…Wenk…"

"That's right, you get the squirty-squirts!"

Ice King pulled out a water bottle (from where she had no idea) and squirted Gunter.

"Bad, bad! Now take off my Demonic Wishing Eye."

She did, handing it to the Ice King. He slipped it into his robe and looked sternly at Gunter.

"Alright, Gunter. Now go home."

"Wenk…"

"That's right, walk. And while you're walking, I hope you think about what you did."

He sighed and turned to everyone.

"It's getting worse and worse with him. He just…he hates it when I leave the castle. I'm sorry guys."

Melissa wondered if she should remind him again that Gunter was a girl as she looked him over. He looked like someone tried to shove him in a blender.

"Where were you? You look terrible."

"Heh…well, I got into some crazy wiz biz over in Wizard City. Honestly, I don't even know how I survived. Basically it was the craziest showdown ever, I-"

He paused as if catching himself.

"I wish I could tell you all about it, but you know, 'Wizards only fools'. Keep it tight."

He shot them a peace sign and flew off.

"…What was that about?"

Bubblegum shrugged.

"Who knows? At least it's over now…I know! While I fix this crack we should throw a victory party!"

Everyone cheered, except for Melissa. She followed everyone back to the castle and just stood around watching until she could work up her nerve. After that she headed up to Bubblegum's lab.

Inside she was working on a resin and didn't even bother to look up as Melissa entered.

"Hey Melissa, need something?"

When she didn't get an answer she turned to find Melissa staring her down, tears in her right eye.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Tell you what?"

"That another person came here with that circlet!"

Bubblegum put down a beaker and turned to Melissa sternly.

"Because it was none of your business. How did you find out?"

"Yes it is my business! Look Princess, I know we never really liked each other, but I want the truth."

"It's not that I don't like you…"

"Then what is it? Why is it that every time I talk to you it feels like you hate me?"

"It isn't you ok? There's just a…prejudice against witches here…I guess I let it get the better of me…I judged you harshly and unfairly and for that I am sorry."

"That was all?"

"Witches are considered evil and untrustworthy. I stuck you into that stereotype without really getting to know you first."

"…I can forgive you for that…But please Bubblegum, tell me the truth. There was no foretelling of a 'Time Princess', was there?"

"…No…No there wasn't…"

"Why would you lie to me? Why keep the truth from me?"

"I didn't know what brought you here or how to send you back. I was trying to ease your mind."

Melissa pulled the picture from her pocket and held it out to Bubblegum.

"Do you know who this man is?"

"Yes, he was the one who came here before you with the circlet. His name was Ralph. Where did you get that picture?"

"That isn't important right now!"

Tears streamed down her face, soaking through her eye patch.

"Melissa, what's wrong?"

"He's my father!"

Bubblegum's eyes went wide.

"I…I didn't…"

"I know, you couldn't have known. Please…tell me what happened to him…"

"I don't know-"

"Please!"

"Ok…We found him wandering around the kingdom much like how we found you. We held a dinner for him and one of my citizens took that photo, which I confiscated from them. He was worried and wanted to find a way to get home, but I couldn't help him. So…he set off by himself…"

She paused and sighed.

"I'm sorry Melissa…I don't know where he is…"

"It's ok…"

She sat down in a chair slowly and dried her eyes. Bubblegum laid a hand on her shoulder.

"I promise, if I knew anything I would tell you."

"I believe you…"

"And I apologize again for the way I treated you."

"It's fine…So…I really can't go home?"

She eyed the box across the room she knew her circlet was in.

"I really don't know…If you want it back-"

"No…keep it. I can't go back and truthfully I don't want to…"

Melissa wondered where he could possibly be and how the circlet returned to her time. In the end she was back to where she started with no answers and more questions than ever before, though now she and Bubblegum seemed to understand each other more.