Chapter 6

Fionna's P.O.V.

There will always be calm before a storm

Good luck before bad

Anger before happiness

Everything seemed to slow down as if father time was trying to undo time himself. I watched slowly as the rose in the glass vial flew from my fingers, I tried to catch it but failed, my fingers just grazing it, I watched it in horror as it bounced on the hard tiled patio floor once and I let out a slight breath as I thought everything was fine at first but then realized that it was still in the air. I watched as the microscopic trauma of a crack turned into a million shards, ash spilling everywhere. My beautiful rose was gone, the only one I'll ever get especially because it was eternal. I realized I was falling to ground, my entire body was aching with pain and couldn't seem to stop myself from falling or even catch myself. I hit the ground hard making the shoulder I had landed on sting even more than it was with my cuts. I tried moving but only to fail at all attempts. My body was becoming paralyzed.

"I-Ice Queen w-what d-did you d-do to me?!," I said my face became hard to move.

"oh you know those throwing stars that sliced you all over your body? Well I covered the edges in a sleep/paralyzing potion that may I say I'm quite proud of because it's so potent, heeheehee so you should be out in about ten minutes and I shall be on my with my Gummy," she said in that stupidly high pitched cackling voice.

"G-Gumball run." I said

"ok I can totally do that a-and I'll get help... If I can...," I heard Gumball say a little frantically and saw his pink shoes run off quickly, I realized my vision was starting to blur.

"what have you done?! The frick is wrong with you?!," I heard Marshall-lee yell his voice horribly scary.

"M-Marshall run, please... I can fight her your a king and I'm the warrior and savior of the princes and kings, you shouldn't dirty your hands with stupid things like this.," I said struggling to lift my arms and push myself up only to get a stupid twitch in both arms.

"oh so your a king? Even better! Why don't you come with me sweet heart.," I heard Ice Queen say.

"please you'd have to kill Fi first before I give myself up!" I heard Marshall yell and laugh. It like I was developing a fever and I felt as if I was going to throw up, it was surprisingly painful, I thought it was just a paralysis potion that had made contact with my body but I was wrong.

"I forgot to mention the side effects deary, it's a fatal fever and painful stomach cramps but I guess I would be more worried about your tiny brain frying inside that stupidly tiny head of yours. Just thought I'd tell you because you look like your in pain teeheeheehee," she said in a sweetly disgusting voice. I felt my body convulse and then threw up I couldn't move to get out of it and was really embarrassed. My entire body was shaking and Marshall saw this and his face went to deep sadness immediately and then it turned hateful.

"Ice Queen your going down." he said in a monotone voice

"ha, as if you can beat me!" Ice Queen cackled.

Marshall jumped at Ice Queen and punched her in the gut she flew a couple of feet but caught herself. Her face was priceless she was so surprised, if I could, I would be laughing so hard my stomach would be hurting but right now but my stomach already hurt and not in the good way. Ice Queen lunged at Marshall-lee but he dodged her and she flew into the wall, Marshall took this chance and grabbed her hair smashing her face into the wall and then dragging it along the wall. Ice Queen ripped away from his grip and slapped him, which didn't really do anything may I add. Marshall tripped her and karate chopped her stomach with his foot. She spit up something but it couldn't tell what it was, she got up and raised giant ice spears from the ground and launched them at Marshall but he dodged them quickly.

"you know you should really just give up and be mine Vampire King!" she shrieked and threw some sharp ice shards at him.

"in my next life you ice turd!," he shouted somehow blocking them and throwing back at her. I felt my consciousness fading slowly and knew I had hurry up and try as hard as I could to get my body back. Marshall roundhouse kicked Ice Queen in the face guiding her face to ground of the terrace with his foot. He slammed her so hard into ground that she went through the patio, I felt cement pebbles rain down on my face, I saw Marshall pick up a couple of medium sized rocks and throw them through the hole, he was probably aiming for Ice Queen who I estimated to be out like a light. Marshall turned to me, his face was no longer covered in a bright smile but was horrified. I guess I was lying in a pool of my own blood... And embarrassingly enough, throw up.

"oh...my...god... Fi I'm so sorry!," he said "I'll get you-...," everything turned black, my conciousness had dropped off a cliff and I was now floating in the middle of black darkness.

"hello?," I asked unknowing of my surroundings. It was kinda cold and I looked at myself. Well that's embarrassing I was completely naked and even though I knew I was alone I felt myself blushing. I realized now that there were millions of stars around me and it made me feel like was floating through space. "hello?," I asked then I felt scared, being alone is terrifying and I was alone in the middle of nowhere. "IS ANYONE HERE?! PLEASE?!," I screamed I felt tears streaming down my face. My worst nightmare was to be alone and have no one. This wasn't a dream it was a nightmare.

"Fionna it's ok your safe, your safe now." I heard a familiar voice say soothingly. "I have you now, please don't be scared. I have you now, my beautiful rabbit." the voice said again sweetly.

"where are you?! Please I'm so scared!," I screamed, I felt my tears come faster.

"it's ok, I'm sorry I have to go now but I promise we will meet in the future and I hope we become close. I promise to protect you forever. Beautiful rabbit." I heard the person say, I thought I felt someone hug me.

"no wait! Please! Don't go I'm so lonely!" I screamed, the stars were slowly fading until it was completely dark again. "please Marshall...," I said but my voice seemed to grow faint and echoed against nothing.

I opened my eyes to see a pair of giant beady cat eyes leaning close to my face.

"oh thank the heavens! Your safe, I thought we needed to take you to the hospital!" Cake said letting go of a deep breath.

"w-where am I?" I asked everything now coming into focus.

"home sweet heart,"

"how"

"we-ll I went off to see lord Mochro and he suggested that we go on a late night picnic so I told him to just let me go home and freshen up first so I got home and did all that stuff and just as I was walking out the door this giant black slime monster thingy game barging in and pushed me to the side and I saw you inside of it so I turned around and grabbed a machete and when I turned back around I saw Marshall-lee holdin' you in his arms but you had cuts and blood and throw up all over you and then he told me that Ice Queen attacked but he didn't say it was Ice Queen he just said it was some nosy moronic ice witch, but anyways he said that she attacked and paralyzed you and that it also knocked you out. So he knocked her out and then brought you here and put you in your bed, and then I went to go get some medicine and band aids and stuff like that and he came downstairs just as I was going up and he said that you suddenly started crying really hard like you were terrified of something but you were still asleep. So he came downstairs to tell me and then went home to patch himself up." she said in one breath.

"woah, woah, woah, cake first of all I asked how I got home and I know how I got hurt for christ's sake I was there. Second of all how did he get me here?! Did you say he was a giant black slime monster?," I asked a little perplexed

"yeah it was really scary I don't like that guy Fi he doesn't seem right. So you know just stay away from him..." she said looking away as she said it.

"cake like I said he's a vampire king so we have to protect him it was the oath we took." I said crossing my arms which stretched the skin on my arms which hurt like heck.

"dang Ice Queen and her stupid potions, she really hurt me this time!" I said examining myself. I remembered what I had in my dream. It was just a dream so everything I heard or saw in it never happened, I thought to myself and discarded the memory.

Back to future -

Ahh my past days have been so miraculous and filled with fun. I will never take them for granted, I thought to myself.

" a new year means new people and new experiences." I murmured to myself. I heard a twig crunch behind me I stopped dead in my tracks and pretended to be digging through my bag while listening for any sign of what kind species had been stalking me while I had been thinking, the thing or person or whatever sounded light and there was a fshh with every step it sound as if something was...catching on fire... I turned around quickly to see Flame Prince, who I guess I had startled but to tell the truth my heart was pounding and my palms were sweating. Cake once told me that the scariest thing for any species of girl is being stalked and not having any tampons in the house... Disregard the last point... But still she was definitely right about the being stalked part even if it was only for like a minute.

"oh god it's just you, thank the candy kingdom!" I said putting my heart over my chest, "why on earth were you following me?," I asked a little breathless

"well I saw you across the hill and thought I'd catch up but you seemed so deep in your thought process that it seemed stupid to interrupt you when you looked so pretty thinking so hard..." he said avoiding eye contact and I guess he was blushing because his face seemed to glow darker.

"oh well I would've been fine with it I mean you are a prince so you can do whatever you like," I said smiling at him.

"well the thing is I really... I really wanna become a king." he said suddenly staring at me seriously, a determined look had covered his face.

"yeah I know, all the princes do," I said not really sure what he was talking about.

"well to become a king, a king needs a...a...a...,"

"a what?" I asked really confused what exactly brought up the subject of kings again?

"a king needs a queen, a queen who's brave and can care for her subjects and supports the king and is also a loving wife!," he said suddenly clenching his fists

"oh really I didn't know that I wonder why cake never told me..." I said thinking about it.

"my god! Your so innocent and that's what makes you so cute!," he said, a pained look on his face, "I'm saying I want you to be my queen and I'll be your king, and we can watch over the flame kingdom together in harmony and maybe even have children one day!," he said walking towards me and grabbing my shoulders he was looking into my eyes with what seemed to be a look of want.

"I...I...," I stuttered

"I need an answer now please!" he whimpered. I stared into his eyes and felt my face burn. How do I answer?