The Queen's Quest

A day later, all the citizens of Ooo were gathered to the Candy Kingdom for a grand announcement. There was news about a new ruler of the kingdom. They were curious to know who that is. In their surprise, six strange people were standing on the balcony of the great candy castle. They looked like Princess Bubblegum, Finn, Jake, Ice King, Marceline and Flame Princess but altered gender.

The pink prince waved his hand to his new people and makes an introduction. "Attention, Land of Aaa,"

Then Lumpy Space Princess corrects him, "It's Ooo."

Disturbed to see Lumpy Space Prince's counterpart, the prince continues but can't help to notice that his friend's doppelganger has the same voice. "Anyway... I, Prince Gumball, will be your ruler of this Candy Kingdom. That's all I have to say. Thank you!" He went back inside and asked his other companions, "Is it good?"

"It's good. It is not so inspiring but still, it's good. Quick and short. Doesn't sucks." Marshall Lee, the counterpart of Marceline, gave him a thumbs-up. "I'm still wondering what is going on here. Everyone we know looks different. Is this one of Lich Queen's spells?"

"I don't care what's going on. I just want to know you kept your promise to me, Prince Gumball." The Ice Queen said. The prince sighed, "Yes. I remember. Thank you for your help, anyway."

"Good. See you at dinner, little boy." The former evil pale queen gives him a wink and left the place.

"Hey! You are not going anywhere." Prince Gumball said.

"Oh, you want me here?" The queen smiled after hearing her prince calling her name. "What do you want to do?"

"Nothing. It's just... this place is different. We must stick together first. I just need to check the place if the environment is also altered. We might never know what strange things going around here." Prince Gumball checks his device to scan the planet. He then added, "Most concerning of all is that this world has the Yellow Cube." He looked at PB's cube securely placed on her lab.

Fionna steps in, feeling nervous. "Gumball, I need to go."

"Why? Where?"

"Somewhere." The blond girl said. "I really need some rest after we took care with our doppelgangers." She flexes her arms back and forth. Her little buddy, Cake, followed her out to the door.

"Wait for a minute." Gumball scanned Finn's treehouse. It beeped. "Okay. That place is safe.

"Thank you." She said.

Meanwhile, at the Fire Kingdom, Flame Princess has just received the news that a new ruler of the Candy Kingdom is a prince name Gumball. The young fire entity is a little curious and worried. There are other reports that Princess Bubblegum, Jake and Finn were missing.

The messenger turned to the princess. "So, what are we going to do?"

Flame Princess sits back and tries to think. "I don't know." Uncertain of her next move, she thinks first before she acts. Either she goes to the Candy Kingdom and confront this new ruler or find Finn and the others.

The Ice King forgets about his disappointment of his denied wish. With nothing to do and nothing in his 'To Do' list, Ice King plans to visit Marceline. "Gunter! Bring me my bag. I'm going to Marcy's."

His penguin brought him the bag. The little creature tugged his blue robe when he saw something strange going on at Finn's tree house. When he did not notice, he tugged again, making sure he got his attention.

"What is wrong, Gunter?" The Ice King turns to his little pet.

The little animal points out the window and to the tree house where he saw a woman wearing Finn's clothes and a small cat trespassing the place. To Gunter, the two were so familiar. However, in Ice King's point of view, it was different. "Oh! Another princess! Alright! Change of plans." The old man drops the bag and a book of How to Make a Love Song. Ice King spreads his long white beard and flew towards the tree house.

As he swooped down to the large tree, he saw the beautiful face of the maiden through the tree house window. It was gorgeous and stunning just like he imagined and wrote in his fan fiction. But then, something struck him. It's the girl's face. It was familiar. "Wait a minute. Could it be?"

Ice King landed on top of the tree and thinks for a while. "Could this girl be... Finn's sister?" After figuring it out, the roof cracked because of the weight of his round body and fell down inside the tree house. "Ouch. I'm pretty sure I ate less last week."

But then a pink crystal blade points at his long nose. He looked up and saw the beautiful warrior standing before him. She wore Finn's hat although hers has long rabbit-like ears. "Who are you?" she spoke to him sternly.

The silly king simply smiled and introduced himself to her. "I'm the Ice King. Many people call me handsome and I wanted to ask you. Will you be mine?"

"Nuh uh!" A cat, with the same height as Jake's, came up separating the two. "You are not going to marry her until I know more about you, old man."

"I can sing for you!"

Fionna and Cake both faced each other, thinking if they let him. Noticed he seemed harmless, the girl asked him to leave. "Just leave, mister."

Ice King pleaded, "Please! I can show you my latest single. Me and Marceline made it together!" He opens his large beard and pulls out his instruments and sets them all up for his performance.

But when they heard that Marceline name, they immediately labeled him as their enemy. Cake turned to Fionna and gave her a signal; one simple nod. The two jumps towards the unsuspected old man.

"Psst. Finn... wake up."

"PB?" The boy rubbed his eyes and opened them up. He looks around, seeing his three friends all with him. "Jake? Marceline? Where are we?" He saw the princess checking up his vital signs with her scanner. "What are you doing, PB?"

"I'm checking for anything changes, Finn. We have been pulled in to a distorted reality."

"What do you mean?" He looks at his surroundings and finds himself in a strange yellow crystalized dimension.

Princess Bubblegum pulled out her pen and wrote down some simple math. She turned the page to Finn. "Two plus two equals what?"

"Um, four?"

"Correct." PB wrote the number four. "But if you are thinking another number, look at it again." She let him looked at it again. Surprisingly, the number four turned into five. "Do you understand what is going on here?"

"Wow. It is like everything is possible."

Princess Bubblegum confirms that they were trapped inside the Yellow Cube that their alternate version brought with them. But she did not share that little detail to Finn. "Yes. I know what you think. It is like paradise. Sadly, it's not. This is a prison, Finn. And we need to get out of here."

Finn asked, "Why did you say that?"

PB points at the two who were infected by the effect. Marceline saw her teenage version taking care of the old man named Simon. Jake saw him as an old dog but has a lot of grandchildren. He was very happy. "Do you get my point?" The princess said.

"Yep. So, what now?" Finn looks at the golden energy revolving around them like a sphere. "Are we going to swim towards the edge? Or bust our way out of this ball prison?"

The princess taps her device but makes a worried look and Finn understands what she was thinking.

"So, do you have a plan?"

"No. I don't know how we can get out of here, Finn. Our only hope now is someone outside."

"But who?"

Meanwhile, at the Earldom of Lemongrab, those soldiers panicked as their enemies infiltrated their walls. Lemongrab yelled at them, "What is going on? Why are you running away?" One of the soldiers made time to stop and answer to his superior, "Enemies are too powerful! They destroy anything in their path!"

"Who? Who dares?" Lemongrab wants to know. He shouts to his soldiers, saying the same question. "WHO?"

The main door of his castle exploded and the invaders entered the structure with their weapons of destruction.

Lemongrab points his finger to the invaders, "Who are you?"

A glowing scarlet light brightens the place. The invaders bowed down to their fearless leader, their beloved queen. "It is I, Flame Queen of the Fire Kingdom, who-."

"Who are you?" Lemongrab rudely interrupts her introduction. "Why did you attack my precious EARLDOM?!"

"I was trying to tell you—ugh! Never mind." The former princess approached the lemon-head and told him directly "I need your help."

"I'll never help you!"

She shows her Flame Sword, glowing blue and hot. She placed the tip to Lemongrab's neck. "There are people from other world who defeated Princess Bubblegum and took over the Candy Kingdom."

"So?" Lemongrab tries to move back but the flaming sword extends as he moved.

"They are a threat to the Land of Ooo." Flame Princess stated.

"Since when do the people of Fire Kingdom care?"

The Flame Queen brushed off that question and asked again with force. "Join me or fry!"

There was no other choice for Lemongrab. He immediately accepts his allegiance to the Flame Queen. The creature bowed down before her and so are his men. "We will serve you."

"Good. But as partners. I still need your leadership skills."

"R-really? So, what's next?" Lemongrab makes his first question as an ally to the Fire Kingdom.

"Hmm..." She has some thoughts about it. She then remembers what Finn said about his vampire friend's dad. "Lemongrab, do you know how to get to the Nightosphere?"

"Um... why?"

"Because I want to go to the PIT."

The soldiers of Lemongrab were gasped when she mentioned it. Even Lemongrab cannot believe she knew about the PIT. "Do you know who were locked down there? Right? They are dangerous."

"But they can accept a deal. They have never broken one."

"Are you sure?"

"Certainly."

At the Nightosphere, under the PIT, nine entities were locked up inside their respective cells. Then one of the nine felt something exciting. That creature grinned, "My brothers, freedom is coming."

TO BE CONTINUED...