CHAPTER 17
The viewscreen jumps ahead in time to the next meeting of the Princesses. After Breakfast Princess takes roll call, she raps her gavel and calls the meeting to order. She then decides to talk about the results of the investigation involving Water Princess and the attack on the Fire Kingdom.
"My dear Princesses, after our last meeting and the decision to launch an investigation on Water Princess and the allegations brought forward by Phoebe, no stone was left unturned. After a full and thorough investigation, it is clear that the accusations against Water Princess were unfounded. I apologize to Water Princess on behalf of myself and the other princesses on this matter."
"WHAT?!" Fire Princess says, outraged at the decision. "What about the dragon's leg with the royal crest of her kingdom? Is that not proof enough for you? That bitch orchestrated an attack on my people and you have the gall to say it's not her? What evidence do you have that says differently?"
"First of all, you need to watch your language. No one should address someone with such a vulgar phrase. No one called you that, so you should do likewise. As for the evidence, here you go."
Breakfast Princess hands over a huge dossier to Flame Princess. As she opens it goes through it, Breakfast Princess explains everything.
"As you can see in the file, there is no way that she or anyone else in her kingdom has the resources to keep or care for a group of dragons, let along one. Her kingdom is under a lot of strain from a drought that has dried up a good portion of it. Many of her people have already died from it. So it makes no sense to start a war when they don't have the means to do so."
"BULLSHIT! WHAT ABOUT THE ROYAL CREST ON THAT DRAGON FINN KILLED, YOU DUMB BITCH?" Flame Princess yells.
"THAT'S ENOUGH! HASN'T IT OCCURRED TO YOU THAT IT'S A FORGERY? IT'S PROBABLY DONE BY A COMMON FOE YOU TWO HAVE, SOMEONE WHO WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SEE THE BOTH OF YOU GO TO WAR, THEN COME IN AFTERWARDS AND TO PICK OFF WHAT'S LEFT? HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF THAT?" Breakfast Princess yells back.
Finn rushes over to Flame Princess to calm her down, as a few other princesses do with Breakfast Princess. They calm them down and Flame Princess speaks first.
"Very amusing theory if it were true. We have no common enemy. But let this be a word of warning. If there is another attack on my kingdom, there will be hell to pay. Mark my words."
"Please don't do something foolish. She didn't do this. Be reasonable!" Breakfast Princess pleads.
"I am being reasonable. Let's go, Finn." Flame Princess says as she storms out. Finn follows meekly and gives a worried look to the other princesses as he leaves.
Princess Bubblegum secretly worries to herself that Finn doesn't know how to rule a kingdom yet, if it comes to that. Flame Princess is starting to show a recklessness that may cause the other princesses to remove her from power if need be, which would put Finn in power, and how he would cope with such a great responsibility is anyone's guess. Hopefully, it won't come to that. Finn will try to talk some sense into her tonight. Maybe that will keep the war drums from beating for the time being. Princess Bubblegum then hopes that will happen.
That evening, Finn and Flame Princess are enjoying dinner, and Finn notices her mind is elsewhere.
"What's wrong Phoebe?" He asks.
"That meeting today. Something didn't seem right about it. I wonder what Water Princess bribed Breakfast Princess with."
"Well, there's no proof she did."
"Not yet, anyway. I'm sure it will come eventually. I'm saddened it didn't go our way, because if it did, it would have made tonight more special."
"How's that?"
"I'm pregnant."
Finn is overcome with joy.
"REALLY?!"
"Yes."
Finn rushes over and gives Phoebe a passionate kiss. He hopefully thinks to himself that all will go well and their child will live in a time of peace and there will be no war between the Fire Kingdom and the Water Kingdom.
But those hopes are soon dashed. Screeches are heard outside. They rush outside to see water dragons attacking the kingdom.
"THAT BITCH! I KNEW IT!" Flame Princess screams.
Finn grabs his sword and rushes in to attack. As before, Finn kills one of them and the others fly off.
Flame Princess checks out the dragon's body, and sees the royal crest of the Water Kingdom branded on it's leg.
"Doesn't have the means, huh? Guess this proves that pop-tart harlot wrong. I can't wait to rub it in her greasy, buttery face at the next meeting." She says.
Flame Princess and Finn tend to the injured as the sun sets over their kingdom.
Meanwhile, at the Water Kingdom, celebrations are underway to celebrate Water Princess' engagement to Sea Prince. As Sea Prince stands to give a toast to his bride to be, the Water Kingdom comes under attack from a giant phoenix. It breathes fire on the marshy lands recovering from the drought, causing them to burn to the ground. It sees Water Princess and goes in to attack her. It breathes fire as Sea Prince pushes her out of the way, taking the full brunt of the attack meant for her. The phoenix then flies away as Water Princess goes to check on him.
Sea Prince is burned horribly. Water Princess gently kisses him and holds his hand. "You're going to be okay, my love. The doctor will be here shortly." She says.
Sea Prince smiles at Water Princess, then closes his eyes for the last time. Water Princess beings to cry before screaming in agony at the horror that just happened. Then she feels fury. Flame Princess. She's the one who did this, Water Princess thinks to herself. She decides to wait until the next meeting of the princesses to make her declaration of war.
With that, the viewscreen goes black. Jake feels sick to his stomach.
"Dear Glob, it is getting worse. I don't know how to feel about it." Jake says.
"Do you want to stop?" Prismo asks.
Jake looks at the viewscreen. He thinks to himself if he could get through the worst parts about Marceline in that tale, he can get through this.
"No." Jake replies.
"Very well. Let's continue."
They look back to the viewscreen to continue to see what happens next.