Ice Queen PoV.

*Flashback* At the Bar…

The Ice Queen watched through the window as Fionna and the raven haired boy hid behind the bar table and escaped through the secret hatch, she narrowed her silver eyes at them and pulled her blue hood over her head, then a short drunken man stumbled through the door mumbling to himself when he saw her his eyes widened, "Whoaaaa! Somebody get me a glass! 'Cuz I just found me a tall drink of water." He said tipsily, she giggled, "Oh, stop it!" she said in a flirty tone waving her hand at him, he grinned, then she whipped out her dagger and touched the tip to his nose threateningly, "No tell me where that hidden hatch leads." She said in a low voice, the short man looked at the dagger, surprised, "Knife…" he gulped.

At the Other Exit of the Secret Hatch…

The Ice Queen waited by a moss cover hatch with a yellow duck painted on it, waiting for Fionna and the boy to come out, she heard coughing and yelling, she crept towards it, dagger in hand waiting to attack, when the hatch flew open to reveal two brawny red headed men, she retreated to a small cliff area and peered over the edge to see the soaked men, "Stupid horse! Kicked us into the stupid river!" said one with the sideburns, his brother with the eye patch helped him up wordlessly, "I'll kill that Lee…" Cain growled through his teeth, "The faster we find him, the faster we get the crown; c'mon!" he motioned to Jack, the Ice Queen smirked, she had an idea. She stood up at the edge of the cliff, "B-o-o-y-s!" she called out in her sing song voice, the whipped around and looked up at her, she smiled, "Perhaps you should stop acting like wild dogs chasing their tails and think for a moment…" she held up the brown satchel with a smile of pleasure plastered on her face, they brought out their swords threateningly and pointed them at her, she chuckled, "Oh please, there's no need for that." she tossed them the bag, and they grabbed at it fighting to see when Cain pulled out the tiara, they smiled greedily, The Ice Queen was only getting started, "Now that you have what you need you can be on your way; though I was going to offer you something worth 1000 crowns that would have made you richer beyond belief; and that wasn't even the best part!" she laughed, "All well, ce la vie, enjoy your crown!" she turned to leave, "What's the best part?" Cain asked, she smirked and turned around, "It comes with revenge on Marshall Lee…" she said, the brothers ginned at each other and looked back up at the woman, "You got yourself a deal…"

Now…

"Mother…?" Fionna turned to the Ice woman who had her arms crossed with a smug smile on her face, she stepped forward and hugged her, "Mother…how did you find me…?" her mother laughed over her shoulder, "Oh I just found the trail of complete and utter betrayal and followed that…" Fionna sighed guiltily, "Mother, I-" "We're going home Fionna. Now." Fionna pulled her hand away, "No, wait mother, you don't understand, I've been on this incredible adventure and I've seen and learned so much! I even made new friends. And…and I also met someone…" "Oh, yes the wanted thief, I'm so proud." She said sarcastically, pulling her arm, Fionna pulled her hand away again, "wait, mother…I…I think he likes me…" she said smiling to herself, her mother scoffed, "Likes you? Please, Fionna, that's demented." Fionna looked up, "But mother I…" "Dear, this whole romance that you've created just proves you're too naive to be here." Fionna looked at her surprised, "Why would he like you? Come on now - really! Look at you - you think that he's impressed?" her mother said throwing her hair up in the air for emphasis, "Don't be a dummy, Fionna, come back with me-" "No!" Fionna retorted; the Ice woman raised an eyebrow, "No? Oh. I see how it is…" she said with a smirk, " 'Oh Fionna knows what's best', 'Oh Fionna is so mature now', think she a clever grown up girl now." She said in a mocking tone putting her hand on her face and flicking it off, she turned around her back to Fionna, "Fine then, if you're so sure then you wouldn't mind giving him this…" she brought out the brown satchel from her cloak, Fionna's eyes widened, "How did you…?" her mother took the tiara out showing it to her, "This is why he's here, don't let that boy fool you! Go on and give it to him, and then you'll see," "Mother-!" "Trust me Fionna," she snapped her fingers, "that's how fast he'll leave you; I won't say I told you so when he leaves…" she slung the strap around her shoulder and put the crown in the bag, "If he's lying to you; don't come back crying to me when he does." And with that, she disappeared into the shadows leaving Fionna alone in the forest with the satchel in her hands.

The Ice Queen watched Fionna for a moment, Jack and Cain behind her. Becoming impatient Cain was about to go after her, when the woman stopped him with a sword made of ice blocking his way, "Patients, boys." She said, "All good things come to those who wait."

Fionna PoV

Fionna hid the satchel behind a tree when Marshall came back, she looked out into the woods where her mother had left, deep in thought, "Hey, you okay?" Marshall asked, Fionna snapped out of her trance, and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear, "Oh, yeah I'm fine I was just…lost in thought I guess." She said, his eyes searched her face for an expression that would give her away, but he shrugged, and then smiled, "So, will my arm get super human strength? Because, super human looks; that I already have, but superhuman strength; that would be stupendous." Fionna stared at him blankly for a moment and burst out laughing, "What? I'm serious! What's so funny?" Fionna fell backwards in hysterical laughter, which ultimately lead for the both of them to double over laughing, "What? You don't think I'm hot?" Marshall laughed, Fionna laughed even harder, "Why…why would I…I think…that?" she said in between gasps, "Because you're laughing at me about superhuman looks!" Fionna wiped a tear from her eye, "No, I 'm laughing at what you said about superhuman strength! It just sounded so ridiculous!" they laughed about this for a long time until Marceline threw her boot at them from the other camp, "Guys; SHUT UP! I'm trying to sleep!" she yelled, they stopped laughing and giggled a little, and they both fell asleep looking at the stars.

Marshall PoV.

The next morning, Marshall woke up to see Fionna's tiny sleeping form curled up under her long hair like a blanket, he smiled, she looks really cute when she sleeps… he thought, then he blushed and shook his head, "No! She's just a friend…yeah. A friend." He looked back at her and sighed, and then he felt a puff of air ruffle the hair on the back of his head. His eyes widened, and he didn't move; he slowly turned his head around to be face to face with an angry black stallion, he stared at him blankly and then turned back around facing Fionna, "Well I hope you're here to apologize."

Silence.

"Aaaaagh!" Fionna bolted awake to see Marshall being dragged away by his grey flannel shirt by the angry horse, "No! Bad horse, bad horse!" Marshall yelled, Fionna stood up and grabbed his arms and started playing tug-of-war with the black stallion, "Give me…him…!" she said tugging Marshall's arms, then Marshall let go of one of Fionna's arms, unbuttoned his shirt, and slipped out of it, now only wearing his black under-shirt; causing all of them to fall on the ground. The horse shook his head with Marshall's flannel shirt in his mouth; he then stood up and started to pursue the boy again when Fionna stood in front of him, "Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! Easy! Easy…" Cake gave him a stern look, and then he looked back down at the long haired girl, Fionna smiled, "That's it!" Cake smiled up at the large black horse, "Hi-ya gorgeous." She meowed, the horse neighed a polite greeting in response, "Sit." Fionna said, he resisted for a moment, "Sit…" she urged, he sat. "Now drop the shirt." He grunted in protest, "Drop it…" she said sternly. He dropped it on the grass, Fionna smiled, "Oh…you awe such a good boy…yes you awe!" she said scratching the top of his head, the horse wagged his tail like a dog, Marshall watched in disbelief, "Awe you tyawd of chasing da bad man evwee where?" "Excuse me?" Marshall scoffed in disbelief, the horse nuzzled her, "Nobawdy weely apweeciates you do they?" His ears went back, "Do they?" he shook his head, "whose side are you on?" Marshall asked, completely dumbfounded, "He's a bad horse!" Fionna pouted at him, "Aw, he's nothing but a big sweetheart; isn't that right…" she looked at his name tag, "Lord Monochromicorn?" Marshall raised an eyebrow, "There's only one person I know who'd give an animal that kind of name…" "Mo-Chro!" a voice called from the bushes, he turned around and frowned; it was Gumball. Gumball was about Marshall's age with his pinkish-brown hair is somewhat in a quiff, with unusually violet eyes, pinkish skin, and he wore a standard soldier's uniform; but pink. The pink soldier ran towards Lord M. and pet his head, Marceline followed shortly smiling with her hand on her hip, "So this was what all the commotion was about." She said with a laugh, but Gumball whipped around and scowled at Marshall, "Lee…" he said disdainfully, Marshall retuned the gesture, "Gumball…" he hissed, the pink soldier advanced towards him, "I swear, I'm going to kill you…!" "Wait!" Fionna quickly stood in front of him, stopping him from coming any closer to Marshall, "P-please don't hurt him!" Gumball stopped and looked at the small girl with the long hair, taken aback by her sudden appearance, he raised an eyebrow, "Why are you with this criminal?" he asked baffled, "He's not a criminal; he's my friend!" she said boldly, he looked at her and back up at Marshall, "And besides…he's taking me to see the lanterns." She said; he crossed his arms, "little girl…" "Fionna." Marshall corrected, she turned around and looked at him surprised, that was the first time he had said her name, "Fionna, this has nothing to do with you, so if you would kindly step aside…" Fionna stepped forward and pointed her frying pan in his face, he jumped (AN, if you were wondering how she got the frying pan, I forgot to add that Marshall picked it up after he dropped it. XD) she scowled at him, "It has everything to do with me if it concerns my friends." She said through her teeth, then she relaxed, "Look; in two days is sort of the biggest day of my life…so I need you two not to get him arrested." Both the horse and the captain looked at her baffled, "Just of 48 hours, and then you can chase each other to your hearts' content." She said quickly, Marshall sighed and held his hand out for Gumball to shake, he looked away, "And it will also be my birthday…just so you know." After a moment Gumball sighed and shook hands with him, which probably had a big impact on his ego, and left for the other camp, Fionna smiled and walked with Marceline who called, "Thanks Bubba!" she called, he flinched and kept on walking.

When everyone left, it was just Mo-Chro and Marshall. In which Mo-Chro took advantage of the situation, and punched Marshall in the gut with his hoof, knocking the wind out of him and falling over. He neighed with triumph.