Adventure Time with Fionna, Cake, and Marshall Lee!

Chapter Nine: Our Bread is Friendship

~X~X~X~

Getting out of the Night O'sphere... was actually pretty easy. Marshall hired a taxi demon of the night (and by hired he threatened to kill him) and the three heroes were back in Aaa at a decent time. It was now morning because they had spent the whole night in the Night O'sphere. Morning was a good sign fortunately, because Evangeline and her spider army had skin sensitive towards sunlight. They were no doubt lurking in the shadows, but that was better than attacking in full ferocity.

"When is there an eclipse, anyway?" Cake demanded. She was still a little grumpy about the whole catching-Fionna-smooching Marshall fiasco. That, and a typical cat required sleep eighteen hours a day, and this adventuring feline probably got six. A cat nap wouldn't hurt but she had a mission to do.

Fionna knew she was in the cat house (get it, instead of dog house?). "I'm going to see Prince Gumball right now to find out," she answered.

"Why?" Marshall questioned.

"He has a large chart of the stars and a lunar calender as well. He'll know when an eclipse is coming."

"Pff. Figures. He's such a pink nerd."

"I happen to think seeing Prince Gumball is a great idea. He's kind. Smart. Takes showers. You know, everything a growing young woman needs for a solid relationship. A perfect father figure. Someone who will raise his young to be kind, respectful youths for Aaa's next generation." Fionna went bright pink at Cake's statement.

She stopped walking and stomped her foot to catch the attention of the other two. "Listen up," she said. "Cake, I know you're upset, because, uh, of what you saw." Kissing Marshall Lee. She could think it just fine but actually saying it was so embarrassing! Keep talking or you'll lose their attention! "But look Cake, what happened in the closet-"

"-Lasted more than seven minutes," Marshall interrupted with a sly voice.

"MREEEEEEWWWW!" Cake hissed.

"STOP!" Fionna yelled, taking command in her tone of voice. "Cake, I promise, pinky promise if you'd like, that nothing will happen between Marshall Lee and I while we're on this mission. Come on you two; you're both really important to me and I don't want to fight with either of you. It's up to us, don't you see? Aaa is in danger of being the home base for soul dining. We can save our home, I know we can! But... we have to do it together. As a team. Amigos. The ketchup, the mustard, and the hot dog. We need to be a BLT. The sizzling bacon, the crunchy lettuce and the juicy tomato. And you know what has to be our bread? Our friendship. We cannot be a complete BLT without bread. Without friendship."

That was probably the longest and most meaningful speech Fionna had ever given. Cake sniffled and used her fluffy tail to wipe away the tear. "For friendship!" she sniffled. "Oh baby-cakes, I didn't mean to be so mean! I just want you to be happy, to be in a relationship with a young man who will support you, not eat you!"

"Hey!" Marshall hissed.

The magical cat turned to the immortal vampire. "I'm sorry Marshall. Fionna is my little sister, I was just trying to look out for her."

Marshall knew that this was a moment he shouldn't screw up. The two adventuring saps were on the verge of tears for glob's sake. "I'm sorry too," he said in a low voice. "And I have dibs on being the bacon."

"I'll be the lettuce," Cake sniffled.

Fionna smiled. Finally everything was okay. She pumped her fist in the air and cheered, "I'LL BE THE TOMATO!"

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"Okay LSP. I have finally come to the conclusion."

"What?"

"It's a huge one. It could quite possibly change this whole celebration of the Candy Kingdom."

"Just tell me what the lumps it is PG!" Prince Gumball sighed. He put his pink hand on his heart and sighed dramatically. After he sighed out all his air he took in another breath in- and realeased it again. Then, as he took in another huge breath- "LUMPIN' TELL ME GUMBALL!" Lumpy Space Prince shouted exasperatedly.

Prince Gumball released his breath. "I'm serving mini pie tarts instead of cupcakes." The Candy Kingdom Prince cried, "Is that too drastic?"

"NO!" LSP yelled. "Look Gumball, you need to release some stress. Date some chicks. I just broke up with Bradjelina, I'm back on the market. We should be each other's wingman. We could like, go out to a dance club, order some drinks, and show off our crazy dance moves."

"No," Prince Gumball sighed. "Too much to do." Suddenly the door to the ballroom was kicked open, and Fionna stepped inside. "Fionna, friend, it's been awhile," Gumball smiled.

It had been awhile. Fionna couldn't help my smile as well. "Hey Gumball. Do you mind if I talk to you for a minute? Just us?"

"Sure," the prince nodded.

He started to walk towards the adventuress. "Wait! I should come, I'm your wingman!" LSP cried in a hushed whisper so she couldn't hear.

"No," Gumball whispered back. "Not now."

"You will always stay on the market PG. Without your wingman, you're going to get stale, and you won't be fresh."

"I don't even know what that means!"

"It means your clock is ticking, babe!You need to grab life by the horns and ride the bull until you get flung off!"

"What?"

"YOU NEED YOUR WINGMAN!"

"Why?"

Cough. "Gumball?" Fionna asked again.

"Yes, I'm sorry." With a quick glare at Lumpy Space Prince, Prince Gumball stepped into his kingdom's hallway. "How can I assist you, milady?"

Fionna was used to spending time with Marshall, she almost forgot how opposite Prince Gumball was. It was a nice switch-up. "I uh, wanted to see your lunar chart, when you showed my your telescope once? It will really help me."

The prince nodded. "Of course. Follow me." His soft hand went around hers as he led her up the stairs to his private chambers. She tried not to blush. How was it she could slay anything evil in Aaa, yet the simple touch of the male can get her pink? Not just Gumball, Marshall too. Except, now Marshall, well, he was the guy who kissed her. Twice. Gumball had never made that kind of advance on her. "Here we are."

She walked over to his lunar chart spread out on the table. "What day is it today?" she asked.

"Why, Fionna, today is the 22nd, the precise day the Candy Kingdom has been in rule two-hundred years. Tonight, silly Fionna, is my celebration gala, where all the Aaa members will attend."

Fionna's eyes widened. Tonight. Tonight... was the day of the eclipse. Tonight was the night she only had one chance to enslave Evangeline. Tonight... was the night... that wasn't good for a party.

Something told her tonight was going to get messy.

Author's Note

So, I updated when I could, which luckily is a Friday! Whoo! Thank you to all my reviewers, you're all kind, I really appreciate your reviews. And I'm almost at 100! Yeeeeeeaaaahhhh! I'm so excited! So, so, so excited!

Sooooo I worked hard to try and make this chapter ha-larious. The last one, I'll admit, had some serious tones to it. But it's all about balance of action, drama and comedy, right? Oh how I love drabbling between LSP and Gumball. Lumpy Space Prince's ex-girlfriend is Bradjelina (Brad Pitt+ Angelina Jolie) so I wonder who caught that XD I couldn't think of a girl name for 'Brad' so I used that.

Please review, and thank you so much for reading! Thanksgiving break is near!

~Luna