So so so sorry it's really late, guys. But exams are coming up and I have so many papers and projects due, plus studying. So I apologize for not delivering on my promise. Because I'm so busy, I'm going to try to update regularly, but I can't guarantee anything. So just keep checking back for updates.

Chapter 14

"Yo, Jake! You know where I put my sword?" Finn hollered.

"Which one?"

"Dad's sword," he said. "You know. The red one we got from Dad's dungeon."

"You stuck it in the closet with your backpack, dude," Jake answered.

"Can't you boys hurry it up?" Cake said impatiently, paws on her hips.

Finn was busy stuffing supplies in his green backpack. Jake sat by the door, waiting for him. Marshall floated beside him, arms folded as he waited.

"Calm down, sister," Jake said. "Finn's got this under control. He can save your Fiona like that!" he snapped his fingers.

Cake rolled her eyes. "I just want to get goin' soon! Who knows what that old creep is doin' to my baby."

Marshall glanced out the window. The sun was just beginning to set. "We'd better get this over with before the sun rises."

"Oh yeah," Finn said. "I almost forgot about that. Don't want you to burn up in the sun."

"So do we have any idea where this guy lives?" Marshall asked.

Cake shrugged.

"Who did you say kidnapped her?" Jake asked.

"It was some old guy with a long white beard and a magic crown. I think Ice Queen called him the Ice King."

"Ice King?!" Finn and Jake shouted.

Finn pulled slung his backpack over his shoulder. "Ice King's up to his dirty tricks again? The old guy just never learns!"

"So you know where his lair is?" Marshall asked.

"Oh yeah!" Jake opened the door, the others filing out. "He lives in the tallest peak in the Ice Kingdom. It's a long walk, but with my powers we should get there in no time!"

Finn hopped on Jake's back as he stretched to more than twice his normal size.

Marshall chuckled. "The dog's just like you, kitty cat."

"Shut up!" She shoved him aside and stretched herself to match the dog's size.

"C'mon, Jake!" Finn was brimming with excitement. "You ready, guys? Let's go!"

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"Old guy…what are you doing?" Fiona asked.

The old man with the long white beard was dancing around excitedly. A cluster of penguins was watching him closely. He sang and danced gleefully, almost as if he had forgotten that Fiona was even there. He had frozen Fiona in a block of ice so that only her head was free. Finally he stopped and approached her.

"Oh, Fiona, I always knew this day would come," he said, his eyes gleaming. "I knew I'd find you eventually. And now that I have, everything will be perfect!"

"What are you talking about? And who are you anyway?"

"Wank!" one of the penguins cried.

"You're right, Gunther. I guess I haven't explained yet."

Fiona arched an eyebrow. "Explained what?"

"I am the Ice King," he said with a wide grin. "And I've brought you to my domain, the Ice Kingdom!"

"Huh? Ice King? So are you like married to Ice Queen or something?"

He laughed. "Of course not, silly!" He strode over to a chest made of ice and rummaged through its contents. He pulled out several self-bound books with horribly drawn pictures on the front. "You see, for years I've been writing stories about your adventures with Cake and Prince Gumball, and even Marshall Lee! But I knew that somewhere out there, you weren't just in my imagination…you were out there somewhere."

Fiona glanced at the cover of one of the books. "The Adventures of Fiona and Cake…" she read under her breath. "Hey wait! Have you been spying on us?!"

He giggled like a school girl. "I wouldn't call it spying, but I know everything about you Fiona. And now that I've found you, I'll never let you go!"

"What?!"

"This is the happiest moment of my life!"

Fiona struggled, but she the ice around her was frozen solid. She couldn't move at all. "Let me go, you freak!"

"I'm going to be your best and closest friend! And then, after we've done all the fun friend-bonding junk, you'll be my bride!"

"No way! Let me go, guy!" she shouted frantically. There was no way she'd marry some creepy old man she never met before. She didn't even like him…not even a little!

"Oh come on, it's not so bad," he said. "We'll get married, and capture princesses together. And we can eat all our meals together, just like in my books! It will be the best thing ever!"

"No!" She struggled, but she couldn't even make the ice budge. "Cake, help me!"

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Cake's ears pricked up. "Did you hear that?"

Jake lifted an ear, listening closely. "Yeah. Sounded like a girl screaming for cake. But if you ask me, pie is way better!"

"No, you idiot!" Cake hissed. "Not cake the food! Cake the cat!"

"What kind of a name is Cake?" Jake laughed.

"That's my name!" she shouted. "Fiona's in trouble and she callin' me!"

"Ice King must be trying to marry her or something," Finn said. "He's always doing crazy junk like that to girls. But it's weird that he's doing it to this Fiona girl…he's usually only interested in princesses."

"Oh, my poor baby! Please please please be okay…just hang on, Fiona."

Marshall was getting impatient. He had been quiet for almost the whole trek. "How far until we get to the Ice Kingdom anyway?"

"It's right up there." Finn pointed off in the distance. Just beyond the hills, they could glimpse the snow-covered peaks and icy landscape of the Ice Kingdom. In the light of the moon, the snow glistened and sparkled. But ice had never looked less appealing to Marshall than it did now.

"You said you fight this guy a lot?" Cake asked.

"Shoot yeah! All the time!" Finn laughed. "He's always messin' with princesses and making them cry."

Jake nodded. "And you know how we heroes do it! Gotta save the ladies and all."

"Yeah, man!" Finn and Jake fist pumped. "He's not all that evil, but he's pretty bad. And beating up bad guys is my thing."

"You sound a lot like my girl." She sighed. "I just hope she's okay. Right, Marshall?" She glanced up, but the Vampire King was gone. He had vanished while they had been talking. "Marshall? Marshall Lee!"

"Where'd the vampire guy go?" Finn asked.

"I don't know, but I've got a bad feeling," Cake muttered.

Jake kept going, not bothering to stop to look for Marshall. "Let's just keep going. I bet we'll see him eventually. He came here to help save Fiona after all, right?"

"Yeah, that's what he said. But that boy sure has been acting strange ever since I asked him for help." She sighed. "Let's just hope everything turns out alright."

Chapter 15 coming soon!