Chapter 6:
Author's POV:
It was about 3 in the afternoon and Fionna was sitting at home, on her bed thinking. 'How come I never noticed this before? All three of my guy-friends like me!' Fionna thought. 'But who do I like? Do I still like Gumball? Is it possible I like bad-boy Marshal Lee? Or have a fallen for the hot prince of Flames?' she wondered, searching her heart for the answer yet to be discovered. Just then there was a knock on the door. Before she could even wonder who that could be, she heard her big sister open the door.
Fionna's POV:
"Prince Gumball! How nice of you to drop by!" Cake exclaimed, oddly pleased.
"Hello Cake! Is Fionna home?" I heard him ask.
"Why yes she is! I'll tell her to come down!" Cake replied. "FIONNA! PRINCE GUMBALL IS HERE!" she called me.
"Coming!" I called back, descending the ladder.
"Hello Fionna!" he greeted me as soon as I came downstairs.
"Hello Gumball!" I replied.
"I'll leave you two alone..." said Cake, winked at me and left.
"So...I was wondering if you'd like to accompany me for tea?" Gumball asked cheerfully, gesturing towards the door.
"Um...sure PG!" I replied and we both headed outside.
Once outside, I saw Lord Monocromicorn waiting for us. He greeted me with a stomp and I waved my hand in response. Gumball helped me climb on LM's back, as he sat in front of me and we headed off to the Candy Kingdom. It was a short, but awkwardly silent trip there, and I could tell Gumball was becoming nervous. When we finally got to the castle, Gumball quickly got off his friend's back and helped me down.
"Thank you" I said to him as he helped me down.
"You're welcome!" he replied and we headed towards the castle...
Marshal Lee's POV:
It was about four in the afternoon and I should be asleep, but instead I was planning a way to win Fionna's heart. I was lying on my couch - or rather floating above it – strumming on my axe-bass, trying to finish my song that I'd been writing for Fi. I was almost done, when a thought hit me. 'What if she never got over Gumbutt? What if she's falling for him right now?' I thought. 'Nah, she was definitely over him, he had his chance and lost it...now it's my turn!' I assured myself. 'I'll win for sure! It's not like Matchstick's gone be any competition!' I thought once more, confidently and carried on with my song...
Flame Prince's POV:
I was lying in a cave with my fire lions, thinking of what I could do with Fionna tomorrow. Since there was not enough time for all three of us to try to impress her today, we agreed that one of us should have to try tomorrow. So, I was stuck being last... 'At least I had more time to prepare...' I thought, as I lay there stroking a sleeping fire lion cub that was lying on my lap. Just then I hear tiny little footsteps coming from the mouth of the cave and coming towards me.
"Your majesty? Are you in here?" said a small, familiar voice. Just then, a little flambit came running in.
"Flamba? What are you doing here?" I asked confused, sitting down on the ground in front of her.
"I heard yous is going to try and impress Fionna so I came to help." Flamba answered.
"Thank you Flamba, any ideas on what I should do?" I asked.
"Well...Fionna is no ordinary girl..." the flambit replied. " What do you have in mind, prince?" she questioned, simply curious.
"I was thinking of a picnic and-" I began, but got interrupted.
"Flame Prince, no offence but, this is Fionna the Human we're talking about! The hero of Aaa!"
"And your point is..." I questioned, not understanding Flamba's point.
"My point is that yous has to do more than a picnic to impress her! That's what the pink prince will do! You have to be more..." Flamba explained.
"Creative? Exiting? Adventurous?" I questioned once more.
"Yes! But most importantly, be yourself!" the flambit said. "No one likes a faker!" she continued.
"You know what? Your right Flamba! Thanks!" I said, thanking Flamba and standing up.
"No problem your majesty!" She replied.
"Hey Flamba?" I asked, again.
"Yes, Flame Prince?" she answered, looking up at me with curiosity.
"Can you teach me how to cast a flame shield?" I asked with a smirk and we both got to work.
Fionna was in for a surprise...
Fionna's POV:
We were heading towards the castle when Gumball suddenly stopped. I turn around to face him and I see him smiling.
"What?" I asked curious.
"I would like to show you something." He replied. "But you'll have to close your eyes!" he continued getting out a blindfold.
"Is that necessary?" I ask.
"Yes, because I know if you do it yourself, you'll try to peek and spoil the surprise." He answered.
"Good point." I replied and he chuckled. He grabbed my hand and led the way. With the blindfold on, I was becoming more curious by the second as we were walking. Soon we came to a stop and Gumball unfolded my eyes. I opened them and Gumball laughed at my shocked face. I look around and I see this beautiful maze-like garden.
"Whoa!" was all I could say, I was blinded by all the flowers in the garden. There were white, red and purple roses everywhere! Since it was a maze, I couldn't see what was further inside it.
"You like it?" he asked me
"Yes, it's so beautiful!" I answered, still in a daze.
"Yeah...but not as beautiful as you!" He complimented and I couldn't help but blush a little.
He saw my slightly blushed face and smiled. "Come on." He said and took my hand. He led me further through the maze and the further in we got, the more flowers and trees there were. There were apple trees; cherry trees and some candy trees- that I'm guessing are from the Candy Kingdom. There were also many different kinds of flowers of all colours and some weird looking bushes here and there. Apart from the plants and trees, there were some cute little creatures running here and there.
Suddenly my attention was drawn away from the garden and at Gumball who was heading towards a bush, full of cupcakes. He bent down and picked some in his hands and came back to where I was standing. He led me to a bench and sat down and gestured for me to sit next to him. Once I sat down, he gave me one of the cupcakes; it was chocolate with purple icing. I took a bite and all the flavours came flooding into my mouth.
"Mmm..."I said, enjoying the cupcake.
"You like it? I made it myself." PG asked, taking a bite of his own cupcake.
"Like it? I love it!" I said between bites.
"I'm glad you like it." He said beaming with delight.
Once we finished the cupcakes we played a bit with some squirrels and birds. Sometime after, we sat on the bench and PG turned to look at me. He gave me a red rose; I took it and smelled its sweet sent. I could feel PG staring at me and turned to look at him.
"This has been a wonderful afternoon Fionna." He said to me with a loving look.
"Yeah..." I replied turning my gaze away from him. He then started coming closer. I turned to look at him and he kissed my cheek. I felt a blush coming on and my heartbeat started beating slightly faster, but not much.
It was getting late and we decided it was best to leave. He took me back to the treehouse, by the time we got there in was about six in the evening. I waved goodbye to PG and headed inside.
Marshal's POV:
I had finished my song about an hour ago and I was lounging around the house, checking my plan twice to make sure I was ready. I floated in the bathroom and checked my hair one last time before I grabbed my axe-bass and headed out the door. I was going to make this, a night for my bunny to remember...
Fionna's POV:
"Hi Cake! I'm home!" I called out to my sister as I walked through the door and I saw her playing with BMA. When she looked up from her game and saw me, there was a big grin on her face.
"What?" I asked her confused
"Ohh! How'd it go girl?" She asked exiting.
"It was alright I guess...He took me to this amazing maze-garden, with all these flowers and trees... We had fun..."
"Good! I'm glad you had fun babycakes!" Cake said.
"Yeah, and he gave me this rose" I said holding up the rose to show my sister.
"Oooh! I'll get a vase!" She said running off. I sighed; she really wanted me to choose Gumball...
When she came back she took the flower and put it in the vase. "Sooo...did he kiss you yet?" she asked and I blushed.
"Cake!" I called out to her and hid my blushing face.
"Well did he?" Cake asked again, getting more curious. When I kept blushing she realised that he did."He did, didn't he?" she asked all exited.
"Only on the cheek! Jeez Cake; I just don't get you sometimes!" I replied and headed for the ladder that goes to mine and Cake's room. I walked in and flopped on my bed. I sighed in my pillow, 'What have gotten my self into?' I thought.
A's note: Sorry for the wait! Here's chapter 6! Enjoy!
