Prince Gumball: An 18-year-old gum/human hybrid and Fionna's crush. He is the prince of the Candy Kingdom. Prince Gumball has the same color scheme as his female counterpart. He has pink skin and his hair is somewhat in a quiff. His head is adorned with a small golden crown with a blue jewel. He wears a hot pink shirt with orange-pink puffed sleeves with magenta stripes and under-sleeves (accompanied by dark-pink sleeve cuffs), a large matching collar with a small blue jewel inside a gold crest on it. He has a belt with another gold crest and a small blue jewel design on the buckle, purple striped dark-pink trousers, and dark-purple shoes. Unlike his female counterpart, he also has visible pink eyebrows. Also, when his eyes, enlarge, they are purple. Kind of like how when Fionna's eyes enlarge they look exactly the same, only hers are blue. He also has ears, unlike his female counterpart. His loyal companion is Lord Monochromicorn.
Fionna—is a 13-year-old adventurer and Cake's adoptive sister. While usually appearing as black dots, her eyes are seen as blue when enlarged. She wears a rabbit-themed hat (similar to Finn's bear-themed hat) with exposed locks of blonde hair. Unlike Finn, her neck is shown. Her outfit includes a teal blue shirt with elbow-length sleeves, a dark blue skirt, and knee-high socks with two thin horizontal stripes at the top. Fionna is heavier set than. She has a green backpack (similar to Finn's) and Mary Jane shoes. Her name was officially changed from "Fiona" to "Fionna," presumably to make it more similar to Finn's name. The pronunciation, however, has remained unchanged. Like Finn and his crush on Princess Bubblegum, it is revealed in many portraits posted that Fionna has a crush on Prince Gumball. Fionna has buck teeth like a rabbit. Fionna, like Finn, is Cake's adoptive sister.
Cake—Fionna's best friend/adoptive sister and Mo-Chro's girlfriend. She doesn't look much like Jake aside from their body proportions. She has white eyes in which the black pupils become circular if surprised, excited, shocked, or scared. She has a cat muzzle and a small nose (compared to Jake's), cat ears, white fur with many coffee colored spots, and a large bushy tail. Cake may know Morse code in order to speak to Lord Monochromicorn, similar to how Jake knows Korean in order to speak to Lady Rainicorn. Cake plays a hammered dulcimer, as opposed to a viola. Her tail "frizzes out" if it is agitated or worried. As a Lumpy Space 'cat', she is a light color of maroon with large spots of fuchsia to match her coffee-colored spots. Her tail is now lumpy and more beaver-tail-like.
The Ice Queen—she is a mentally challenged woman with powers over ice. Although she was originally much more evil and aggressive than her male counterpart, she in the series, she is much more lame and dumb. Like the Ice King kidnaps princesses, she kidnaps princes. The Ice Queen has light blue skin, long white hair, and lightning-shaped eyebrows. Her hair, while also long like the Ice King's beard, is wavy with curls instead of shaggy. She wears a small gold tiara with red gems and a neck band (incrusted with a single blue gem in the center), a blue long sleeved ball gown, and light and dark blue shoes. Like how the Ice King's source of power is in his crown, Ice Queen's is based in her tiara. The Ice Queen's eyebrows are the equivalent of the Ice King's beard, allowing flight.
The Lich Queen-a powerful undead witch and Aaa's most evil villain, and Lilly's nemesis. She wears a helm headpiece with deer-like antlers, some of which have broken off, horrific red lights as pupils peering out of empty eye sockets, and pale undead skin pulled tight against her nose-less skull. Her skin is frayed away from his lips revealing a wicked and perpetual grin, along with yellowing teeth. Her cloak is in multiple layers and is large and baggy showing, with some bags and chains poking out. She has a large cape that is severely torn at its end. Her arms are bare bones with various decayed tissues, and his skeletal hands burn with an eerie purple fire when she casts fire spells. The Lich Queen is also remarkably large, as large as Lilly.
LETHAL VICE
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Fionna and Cake stand before the erupting volcano spewing pure evil for miles around...
On the day Fionna the Human first encountered the Lich Queen, it was foggy and damp.
It was the time of the year when the nights brought showers and left morning dew on the grass. The Candy Kingdom's usual bright colors were tinted in a misty silver hue, and every surface was slick with water. The humidity made it difficult to breath clearly and it made your hair frizz madly.
Prince Gumball chose this day to bring Fionna and Cake to a Prophetic Bubble Ceremony. Each bubble contained a prophecy inside its thin surface, and so you had to look very carefully if you wanted a glimpse at your future. Possible future, that is. Not all Prophetic Bubbles were correct. The human girl, the feline, and the gummy royal all carried glass vials and circular wands. Fionna didn't know what the bubble-making substance in the vials was made of, but she overheard Prince Gumball mentioning "liquified sunlight" and "letting it dry in starlight for two months." The air was filled with them, as most didn't show anything.
Fionna tried once more to look into her newly-made Bubble, but just as she saw the hint of a silhouette, it burst. The liquid sparkled on her skin. "Cupcake, how are you doing?"
"Not so good," Cake replied, her pupils becoming more cat-like as she focused on a Bubble. As it burst, she said, "I keep seeing myself sleeping in pasta..."
"Make the Bubbles as big as you can," Prince Gumball instructed, as he blew a Bubble himself. Inside, you could clearly see the image of what looked like a boy made of fire, but it burst just as Prince Gumball turned around. It didn't matter how good you were at making Bubbles, they always burst in a matter of seconds. "And hold your breath when it's good." Today, Prince Gumball was wearing a purple piece of clothing that covered his entire body, minus his head and hands, with a purple belt. He also wore a darker-purple jacket that was so long it brushed against his ankles.
The two girls did as they were told, and Fionna looked into hers.
Her...slaying a horrible ghost...and winning...
Cake peered into hers.
Cake...talking to a large pink creature...smiling...
Prince Gumball looked into his.
Two horrible purple lights glaring at him with pure hatred.
Prince Gumball gasped loudly. Every single bubble around them burst, and Fionna and Cake protected themselves from the shower they all brought. Prince Gumball closed his vial with trembling hands. "I have to go."
Fionna smiled hopefully. "Can we tag along?"
Prince Gumball debated with it for a long moment. Then, with an expression Fionna never saw him wear before, he replied, "Yes. It's time you did tag along."
Fionna and Cake high-fived.
"Here, put these on," Prince Gumball reached into his belt and took out two long golden necklaces, each with a small diamond similar to the one in his crown. "Pull back your ears, Fionna."
Fionna grabbed her ears and flattened them on her head, showing more of her head. Ever since she chopped it all off, it had been growing back, but for now, it just barely reached below her ears. As Prince Gumball slipped the necklace on, she felt a tingle in her chest, and then she felt her next breath come in cold and sweet, exhaling in a pale blue mist.
Prince Gumball slipped on Cake's as well. As the feline let out a puff of pale blue mist, her tail twitched in excitement.
"Girls, stay close to me," Prince Gumball commanded, and the girls took a step forward. Prince Gumball picked up one of the many vials of the bubble-making liquid and smashed it on the ground. It puddled there, like golden blood, before seeping into the ground. The girls barely had time to blink before they were suddenly lifting from the ground.
Fionna gasped as the bubble around them descended into the tree atop the castle. She thought the many branches would burst the bubble, sending them falling, but the branches were parted in a tunnel-like shape, allowing the bubble to pass through easily.
"In this tree is an ancient evil," Prince Gumball told the girls as they came to a clearing. "Trapped in a prison of copal."
The girls' jaws dropped.
The horrible creature before them was huge, as big as Lilly herself. Her face looked like a corpse: decayed skin pulled tight over a nose-less skull, the skin around the mouth torn away to reveal rotting, yellow teeth. Deer-like antlers poked from her head, above empty sockets. The only eyes in the sockets were small purple lights hat could haunt you for centuries if you looked right into them. Its arms were almost completely bare bone, with only a little bit of decayed skin here and there. The creature's cloak was baggy and torn, with multiple layers. Chains and bags poked out from the cloak, and a long, torn cape hung from the creature's back. Fionna wasn't certain, but she got the feeling it was a female.
"The Lich Queen," spat Prince Gumball, as if the name were a profanity.
Ваша душа...جائے گا...געהרגעט...
Fionna rubbed at her ears, scrunching her nose. "Why do I keep hearing that voice?"
"The Lich Queen is trying to curse her way into your body, to get you to set her free. Those necklaces block her off, so do NOT take them off under ANY circumstances. Or else, you'll be completely defenseless."
As Prince Gumball spoke, a small, green slug crawled out of Fionna's backpack. It waves at you in a friendly manner.
"That's banaynays!" Fionna exclaimed.
The slug looked over its small shoulder, frowning. The Lich Queen's eyes bore into her unprotected mind.
The slug's eyes went deadly purple.
"Beyond Glacier Lake are the ruins of the Lich's lair. She tried to use her power to destroy all of Aaa."
The slug slimed its way over to the Lich Queen, faster than a slug could normally travel.
"But before she could, the legendary hero Lilly attacked her, and trapped her in the copal of this tree."
The slug approached the copal wall, and when it did, it slammed its head against it over and over, creating a small crack. The Lich Queen's body suddenly liquified into black substance, leaking through the crack.
"We...WHAT THE CHEESE?"
The girls gasped as they span around. The Lich Queen was on all fours, outside of the copal cage. She looked up at them, her purple-lit eyes furious as she snarled.
"Cupcake! Morning-star mode!"
"Right!" Cupcake immediately morphed her furry body into the large weapon, just as she had the day before the Biennial Gumball Ball. Fionna picked her up by the tail and swung her at the Lich Queen.
Just as Cake made impact with the evil witch, the Lich Queen disappeared into a large cloud of sickly black smoke. The smoke seeped into the branches of the tree, and immediately, the branches died, withering away into dust. Soon, a huge, gaping hole was implanted in the tree, and fog spilled inside.
"Quickly! To the secret room!" Prince Gumball grabbed the two girls by their collars and charged forward.
They soon arrived in the secret room. Fionna immediately recognized it as the room she had first seen the Enchiridion in. Prince Gumball dashed over to the one, large silver cabinet set against the far wall, his jacket train swishing against his ankles. He whipped out a beautifully designed brass key from his hair, and stuck it into the small lock. "There is only one known weapon that carn harm the Lich Queen."
The door swung open in a burst of silver light.
"...The Armour of the Heroine Lilly."
Fionna was in drooling awe as she stared at the armor. She took in all of the assets: a bejeweled cuirass, silver besagues, bronze rerebraces, gold couters, copper vambraces, bronze gauntlets, silver fauld, gold tassets, copper cuisses, silver poleyns, copper fan plates, gold greaves, and silver sabatons. It was the most amazing suit of armor she had ever seen, in both reality and in her dreams.
"Lilly's big' ol bod build..." Cake gasped, falling on her knees in overwhelming awe.
"Fionna, you have but one chance to defeat the Lich Queen," Prince Gumball told the human girl solemnly. "When the Lich is at her weakest point, smite her with the armor."
The world around Fionna suddenly burst into pure white light. Her skin tingled and her heart beat like bird wings. She felt weightless, free...like a cloud, almost.
When she returned to normal, she found that the entire suit of armor had fastened on her body. She didn't know if she put it on without knowing or if the armor fitted itself on her, but she knew it fit her perfectly. It felt like she wasn't even wearing it at all. It was a second layer of skin to her.
"Her only desire is to destroy all life," Prince Gumball told them, lifting up a golden sphere just as he done with the Enchiridion. Fionna looked inside and saw a large building. She couldn't see much of it, just that it was white and incredibly worn down. "If you fail...everyone will die..." Prince Gumball's eyes shone with fear and sorrow as the image of the building suddenly turned into an image of an enraged Lich Queen.
"That will NOT happen!" Fionna assured the prince. "I swear my life on it!"
Prince Gumball smiled warmly, and Fionna blushed. She also took note in the pink color that dusted his cheeks.
"There's something else."
Prince Gumball moved past Fionna to a large chest in the corner, flipping off the locks and swinging the top open. Fionna could make out a bundle of pink fabric. "The Lich Queen's layer is supposed to be very cold, and I would hate for you to get sick. I would like it if you take this scarf." He took out the bundle of fabric. It unrolled into a long strip, a foot from the stone floor.
"I made this myself," Prince Gumball told Fionna as he walked over, scarf in hand. "I've always been told that I'm good at crocheting, and I know you go into the Ice Kingdom a lot, so...here..." he looked away from Fionna as he held out the scarf. Cake set her ear against it, listening for any insects that may have crawled inside.
"I...care for you, Fionna..." Prince Gumball murmured, rubbing the back of his neck.
Fionna took the scarf, unrolled it, and threw it around her neck, where the armor around it vanished, letting the end of it drape over her right shoulder. "It's fantastic."
Surprising Fionna even more, Prince Gumball hugged her. To her disbelief, Fionna didn't blush. She just hugged back, feeling his heat through her armor.
"Huggies," Cake waddled over to them and wrapped her paws around their knees.
There was a loud rattling sound. Prince Gumball, Fionna, and Cake jumped and turned to the windows, where the wooden shutters were rattling like crazy. Then, they burst open, the fog rolling into the room. A figure approached the window, large and furry. Fionna gasped and pulled out her sword.
"Bonjour," Ice Queen beamed as she appeared in the window, as if it were completely normal.
They all glared at her.
"Listen, friends, I have been considering this, and...well..." Ice Queen twiddled her fingers, her blue cheeks tinging red. "But...Fionna...and Cake...would you be as kind as to...givemeyourblessingsoIcanmarryPrinceGumball?"
There was a long moment of angry, confused silence before Cake groaned, "Ain't nobody got time for this..."
And she slammed the window right in the Ice Queen's face.
"I NEVER-!" Ice Queen shrieked from outside.
"Go, Fionna," commanded Prince Gumball, turning to the human girl. "Track the Lich Queen by her trail of evil."
"Allons-y!" Fionna proclaimed as she chucked Cake down the porthole of the room, ready for the biggest adventure of her life.
It wasn't hard to find the Lich Queen's trail. The 'trail' was obvious, as the ground was scorched black, and the trees were withered and dead. The air smelled like burning ivy, which was very odd.
Fionna was surprised to find that it was very easy to run in the armor. Not only did it feel perfectly fine, but the temperature was perfect. She was worried that it would be freezing, or sweltering hot, but it felt like she wasn't even wearing it. She wanted to wear it forever.
"This is our first 'Fate of the World' prob, Fifi!" Cake called to her sister, voice pumping in excitement and exhilaration.
"I know! I'm excited but terrified at the same time!" Fionna called back, tucking the scarf back into her armor clumsily.
"Are we gonna get there in time?"
"Yeah, we will! All we have to do is get to Glacier Lake before the Lich Queen does and-GAH!"
Fionna screamed as she ran into something large and floating, like a gigantic bird. She stumbled on her feet, as did the thing she ran into, and she soon found herself in a large ditch. Cake jumped down after her.
"Sorry 'bout that!" Ice Queen giggled as she hovered over Fionna. "I'm just so nervous-"
"BUMP OFF, ICE QUEEN!" Fionna kicked the Ice Queen in the gut as Cake stretched her back onto the trail.
The Ice Queen wasn't done. She flew after the girls, hovering above them. "Come on, gals! I'm serious about Gumball! See? I wrote all these poems about him!"
She dug into her royal blue gown and took out tons of papers, all scribbled in random poems. Fionna growled as she swatted away the papers, her patience wearing thin quickly.
"It's not fair! He always hangs out with you two! It's not like YOU wanna marry him!"
Fionna blushed crimson at that one, as she had very often fantasized about marry Prince Gumball before. Knowing they were running out of time (and getting very annoyed), she picked up a large, pointy stick from the trail and chucked it at the Ice Queen. "WHY WON'T YOU GO AWAY?"
"I already told you! I want your blessing so I can marry Prince Gumball!"
The two girls ignored her and continued running, over a tall hill.
Now Ice Queen was getting impatient. She raised her hands, and an icy dome formed around the girls, the pale sunlight glittering through the frozen water.
Ice Queen opened a door in the dome, and closed it behind her, as if she were walking into her house from a hard day at work. "PLEASE give me your blessing. I-I...I'll sing for you! Oh say can you seeeeee-"
"No."
"Oh, come on! If you guys bless our wedding, then maybe he'll really come to love me!"
"GO AWAY, ICE QUEEN!"
"I WILL ONCE YOU BLESS OUR WEDDING!"
"THAT'S IT!" Fionna flexed herself, trying to activate the armor. When nothing happened, she tried again. Nothing. "How does this armor work?"
She punched herself in the chest.
The entire suit of armor began to glow bright gold. Fionna felt her heartbeat soar, and her blood pump like drums. She felt herself pick up off the ground, and her arms lifted up without her moving them. Bolts of fiery green energy blasted out of them, searing a hole in the ice of the dome. She tried to stop, but it her arms only moved. Cake gasped and hit the floor. Ice Queen flew up in order to stop from being blasted.
"HOW DO I TURN IT OFF?" Fionna screamed in panic.
"HIT YOURSELF!"
Fionna punched herself in the chest once more.
She hit the dirt as she felt the power drain from her body. Cake picked her up and chucked her through the hole that was seared into the ice dome's wall.
Ice Queen screamed after them, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!"
Fionna stopped this time. She stood still for a few moments before turning to the Ice Queen, her face set in determination. "I am Fionna the Human. I'm fourteen years old. I'm a heroine, and I'm the girl whose going to save YOUR life and all who live in the Land of Aaa!"
And with that, she ran off.
"Oh, Fionna and Cake..." Prince Gumball murmured to himself as he sat in the secret room, and ice cream masseuse rubbing his shoulders in order to cease the stress. "Please be OK..." He reached behind him and scooped out a glob of ice cream from the masseuse's head. "Pbweaz be okway...pbweaz..."
The locked window behind him began to rattle. Prince Gumball turned around to see the lock on the shutters trembling by a force on the other side. "Oh...come on...open..."
The window burst open in a blast of icy cold air.
"ICE QUEEN?!" Prince Gumball's voice was filled in rage and confusion. "GO AWAY!"
"I didn't WANT to do this," Ice Queen said sincerely, climbing through the window sadly. "But by refusing to bless our wedding, Fionna and Cake have forced me to kidnap you." With a wave of her hand, Prince Gumball's arms and legs were bound in large blocks of ice.
Prince Gumball glared fiercely. "THAT MAKES NO SENSE!"
"I know! But I'll show them the consequences of toying with love!"
Ice Queen grabbed Prince Gumball by his arm bindings, pulling him out the window. "NO!"
After ten more minutes of running, Fionna and Cake finally came to the shores of Glacier Lake. Once again, the Lich Queen's trail was obvious by dark, foul-smelling water topped with dead fish, bobbing on its surface. They ran to the shoreline, the trail splashing freezing cold water on their feet, and Cake pointed out into the water. "There!" Fionna could see two antlers pointing out of the black water. The Lich Queen.
The Lich Queen saw them as well. Though she couldn't narrow her eyes, Fionna knew that if she could, she'd be giving them a deathly glare. She took off like a bullet.
"Come on, Cupcake!" Fionna tossed her sister into the water with a splash.
When Cake resurfaced, she was long, slender, almost banana-shaped, with a space in her center. "I'M YOUR CANOE CAT!"
Fionna immediately hopped inside, feeling Cake's fluffy fur tickle her bare legs. Cake began to move, and Fionna leaned forward in anticipation. It was ruined, however, when Cake only moved a few few per second, as she had to paddle her way through the water.
Fionna turned around, pointing her hands at the water. Nothing happened.
Fionna sighed, then smiled, patting her stomach. "Hey. It's me."
The suit of armor vibrated, as if to say, Leave me alone.
"I'm sorry for punching you earlier," Fionna told the suit of armor. Then, for good measure, she kissed her bicep.
The armor was definitely pleased. Once more, Fionna felt her heartbeat soar, her pulse pound, and her entire body surge with power and energy. The second she set her gauntlet-clad hands into the freezing water, they glowed bright blue and, with a tsunami of water, the girls were dashing across the water, as fast as a bullet.
Fionna whooped as she felt her bunny ears bend backwards in the intense weird, and her breathing became labored. Cake whooped as well, but she then had to hold her breath in order to avoid swallowing the foul water.
"CLOSING IN ON TARGET!" Fionna yelled to Cake over the pounding wind. As their makeshift canoe came closer and closer to the Lich Queen, Fionna raised her right hand from the water. They didn't slow down a bit, and Fionna's hand began to bloom in green flames. "Come on...come on...and...!"
"Hey, gurls," Ice Queen floated in front of them, Prince Gumball clutched to her side.
"PRINCE GUMBALL!"
Fionna shoved her hands below her. They hit the water, and soon, Fionna and Cake were exploding through the air on the top of a watery geyser.
Ice Queen groaned. "Aw, man..."
She and Prince Gumball were doused in the foul-smelling, slimy water, soaking their hair and clothes. Ice Queen hissed in disgust as she wiped the water from her eyes with her icy blue fingers. "Eeeew..."
"ICE QUEEN!" Fionna screeched at the blue-skinned royal, her face screwing up in rage.
"SEE WHAT YOU MADE ME DO?!" Ice Queen screeched back, gesturing to Prince Gumball.
"GIRLS!" Prince Gumball yelled, receiving their attention. "FOCUS! We can't let the Lich Queen reach her lair!"
Prince Gumball was interrupted by an ear-shattering explosion that sent Fionna and Cake falling on their knees. A blast of icy cold air blew at them, chilling them to the bone. Screams and screeches of fear and anger filled the air. Fionna and Cake turned around to see a geyser of tormented souls fire up at the sky. In a matter of seconds, the entire Land of Aaa was basked in a sickly purple glow.
"SHE MADE IT!" Prince Gumball screamed in a panic.
"WE GOT THIS!" Fionna called to him as she and Cake darted towards the source of the explosion.
The source of the explosion turned out to be a collapsing building, sort of like a mansion, but it had an important atmosphere. Its white paint was peeled and worn away by years of water damage and radiation. The 147 windows were shattered and broken, shards sticking to their frames. White pillars stood in the middle of the house, looking ready to collapse. A flag wavered above the building, nothing more than a few shreds of red, white, and blue.
As Fionna opened the door (which fell of its hinges and collapsed at her feet) a gust of cold wind blew at her, smelling of rotting life. Fionna took a deep breath and charged inside, Cake right behind her.
"Where are you guys going?" Ice Queen flew up to the door as they went inside, Prince Gumball still clutched to her side. "What's going on?"
Fionna walked into the room that seemed to be an entrance hall. The white and cream-colored tiles on the floor were decaying and were being covered in moss. The pillars were falling apart, and the chandelier had fallen from the ceiling in a splatter of crystals. Skeletons were scattered around, dressed in business suits and dresses. A purple mist rose from them, and they began to tremble. Soon, they stood on their feet, snarling and hissing at the girls.
Fionna acted quickly. She raised her hand, and green bolts of energy blasted at the walking corpses, burning them to crisps. "We don't have time for this!"
"Let's go this way!" Cake told her, pointing ahead.
Fionna nodded, but just as she moved, something dry and muddy clamped on her ankle. Looking down, she saw more corpses were rising from beneath the tiles of the floor, hissing fiercly. Fionna broke away, but they ripped off her green backpack. With no sight or other senses, they began to tear at the backpack, spilling out all its contents, from jewels to weapons.
Fionna stopped in her tracks. "My stuff!"
"Leave it!" Cake said, tugging her sister alongside her.
Outside, Ice Queen was still debating whether or not to go inside. "Jeez...I wanna go after them, but this mansion is really creepy..."
Prince Gumball said nothing.
"Whelp!" Ice Queen smiled. "Creepy is as creepy does!"
She charged inside.
Fionna and Cake ran through many more rooms, halls and staircases, blasting away any walking corpses that stood in their way. The smell of rotting plants and the feeling of pure evil grew and intensified as they continued to room.
As they came to a particular white doorway, Fionna held out a hand to stop Cake. "Hold up."
Fionna poked her head just around the frame of the door. The room was circular, with tall windows shattered so that fog rolled inside. Scrappy flags stood on tall poles, and torn drapes hung from the destroyed window frame. Pieces of wooden furniture littered the carpeted floor, which was burnt heavily. A large circle of the floor had been cut out to make a circular pit, put of which bloomed purple souls and screams of agony.
"The Lich Queen!"
The Lich Queen sat at the edge of the pit, leaned over with her bony hands sunk inside. As Fionna watched, the purple souls drifted up the bones of her arms, disappeared into her cloak. The small purple specks she had for eyes blazed with power as she gave a dry, horrible laugh.
"She's gettin' her voodoo powers back!" Cake told Fionna in a gasp.
"Not on my watch," Fionna replied, her hand already started to blaze green.
She pulled her hand back and swung it as though she were throwing a baseball. A ball of green energy shot from her hand, hitting right in front of the Lich Queen. The Lich Queen hissed in fury as she was blasted onto her back.
"PREPARE THOUSELF," Fionna cried, running at the Lich Queen at full speed with Cake latched onto her back. She clenched her fist, and it blazed a bright golden color as it pulsed power through her veins. "TO BE SMITED IN THE NAME OF GUMBA-"
The Lich Queen caught her wrist just as she flew at her, holding a bony finger to her nonexistent lips.
Fionna's eyes widened.
The Lich Queen's hold on Fionna's wrist tightened. The entire suit of armor on Fionna's body sizzled with heat before disappearing, leaving Fionna's skin and clothes dusted in black soot.
Fionna's eyes widened more.
The Lich Queen pulled her hand back and chucked Fionna to the other side of the pit. Fionna landed with a grunt, her sooty body leaving a black skid on the floor.
"What's up?" Ice Queen smiled as she appeared in the doorway. Then, seeing the Lich Queen with her hands ablaze, she let out a yelp.
The Lich Queen's hands blasted a sphere of purple power at Fionna. Fionna side-stepped it, stumbling backwards, but the sphere of power swiped at her right arm. Fionna cried out in pain as she felt her arm explode in pain.
"THAT'S IT!" Cake snarled, her tail puffing out in fury as she charged like a bull at the Lich Queen. "NO ONE HURTS MY FIFI!"
Cake's claws shot from her paws like razors as she pounced at the Lich Queen, eyes ablaze in fury and teeth needle-sharp.
The Lich Queen was faster. Her bony hand pulsed with purple-colored power as she punched Cake in the face.
Cake didn't scream. She couldn't. She sailed backwards, right onto Fionna. Fionna's head smacked onto the floor.
Prince Gumball gasped.
When Fionna opened her eyes, she realized that the necklace Prince Gumball had given her to protect her had shattered on the floor next to her.
Fionna...
It was the first time Fionna heard AND understood the Lich Queen's voice. It was sopronic and faux-sweet, seductive and alluring.
Fionna felt her body being filled with the Lich Queen's evil. Her blood ran cold and her heart beat once per minute. Everything shut down, and she found she couldn't move. Her blue-green eyes flamed purple.
Fionna turned around, but not on her own will. She was forced to turn around. The Lich Queen smiled (or at least, Fionna thought she did. She couldn't tell.) at her in an almost motherly manner. Fionna couldn't see anything other than the Lich Queen. Everything else was just eternal darkness.
Come to me...
Fionna felt her body being pulled towards the Lich Queen. Her feet moved forward, hypnotized by the Lich Queen's power...
Fionna-the REAL Fionna-realized what she was doing and forced herself backwards. This caused her head to pound like a drum and her heart to clench painfully. "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!"
Aren't you...cold...?
Evil overpowered her once more. Fionna looked back up at the Lich Queen. She saw that her pool of power had arrived in her hypnotic world. Instead of souls screaming in agony and evil drifting into the air, it looked soothing and warm...so warm...
Step into the pool, Fionna...Aren't you...cold...?
Without even moving, Fionna arrived at the edge of the pool. She realized what she was about to do just as she lifted a foot above the purple souls. She wobbled, pulling herself back. The pain came back stronger than before.
"I"M NOT COLD!" Fionna's voice came out in more voices than one. One voice was her normal voice, while the other was deep and slightly demonic. "I'M WEARING A SCARF!"
The Lich Queen became angry. Her entire body burst into purple flames, and she raised her arms at Fionna. Foolish girl...
Fionna clenched her eyes shut, waiting for the agonizing blast. It never came, but in its place was an odd...fluttery...tingling. Opening her eyes, she found that she was trapped in an invisible bubble. The flames blasted against it. Looking down, she saw her scarf was glimmering, as if diamonds were embedded in its fabric.
"The scarf..." Fionna whispered. "It's...keeping me safe..."
I care about you, Fionna.
Fionna felt her heart drum not unpleasantly. Her blood beat like dove's wings. Her skin felt like it was made of sunlight. Every breath came in a heavenly gust.
"This...is it..." Fionna whispered. She felt her purple eyes go back to their original green-blue color, but they were glimmering like diamonds with the tears that sprung in them. "The most powerful weapon against all evil...The power of...l...l...lo...loooourve..."
Fionna blasted the Lich Queen out of her mind so hard the entire void of blackness blasted with her. She was standing back in the lair, before the pool of power. The Lich Queen, Prince Gumball, and the Ice Queen stared at her in shock.
Fionna didn't waste time. She launched herself onto the Lich Queen in such a way she felt as if she were weightless for a moment. So weightless, in fact, she landed on the Lich Queen's head, between her antlers.
Fionna took her scarf and swung it around the Lich Queen's neck. She pulled so hard her muscles ached and her heart drummed...
...so hard the Lich Queen's head fell to the floor a moment later.
Fionna fell through the air as the Lich Queen's body fell to the floor in a puff of foul-smelling smoke. Her fall was cushioned by the cloak that the Lich Queen had left behind. Still, it was enough to rush the air out of her.
Cake didn't hesitate. She curved around the pool of power, with no energy to stretch. She kneeled next to Fionna, cupping her face in her paws. "Fifi!" She patted her cheeks repeatedly.
Fionna's eyes fluttered open. She sat up with a groan, holding her forehead with her paw.
"Fionna!"
Fionna looked up to see Prince Gumball looking at her. Fionna had never seen such pride, happiness, and tear-bringing joy in the royal's eyes. Prince Gumball was looking at her in such a way her entire bloodstream filled with butterflies. "You did it, Fionna! YOU DID IT!"
"We did?" Ice Queen repeated in confusion, earning glares from the girls, because of course, she hadn't done a single thing but screw things up. "WE DID!" Ice Queen hugged Prince Gumball, causing him to flinch and stifle a groan. "This experience changes everything! Listen, I'm apologize, especially to you, Gumball. I love you and I'll wait until you're ready for me. For now, I'll set you free."
With a soft whistling sound, the heavy blocks of ice binding Prince Gumball's arms and legs vanished. "Be free!"
And with that, Ice Queen dropped Prince Gumball.
Right.
Into.
The.
Pool.
Of.
Power.
Cake gasped.
Fionna let out a small scream.
Prince Gumball was deadly silent as his head sunk below the surface of the screaming purple pool.
Ice Queen stared, lips in a thin line and milky eyes wide. Then, laughing nervously, she said, "Oopsy...?"
Fionna and Cake said nothing. They were too busy gawking at the place where Prince Gumball once was.
Ice Queen rubbed the back of her neck nervously.
TRIVIA
First episode where the Waving Slug has a major role.
Ice Queen was in the presence of the Lich Queen without any of Prince Gumball's gem. She could be protected from her tiara.
The Lich Queen's lair is the White House, destroyed after the Grear Fungi War.
Fionna's hair has grown back some, as read in this episode.
Fionna's speech she makes to the Ice Queen is based off of the Doctor Who speech in the episode, "Voyage of the Damned"
This is the author's favorite Doctor Who episode, by the way.
EPISODE CONNECTIONS
This plot is continued in the next episode.
The visions that Prince Gumball, Cake, and Fionna see are glimpses of future episodes.
STORYLINE ANALYSIS
If Prince Gumball had not taken Fionna and Cake to the Lich Queen's cage, she would not have escaped.
If Fionna and Cake had blessed the Ice Queen's marriage to Prince Gumball, Prince Gumball would not have fallen into the pool of power.
