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Before I begin, a few ANs: Again, sorry this chapter is poorly written. Also after watching Too Old (which I won't spoil) I feel like I should point out that this story was set before AFMSG and Too Old. Lemongrab is still one of my favorite characters even after what he did, but I don't think anyone can see him in the same way again after seeing Too Old. Finally I'm going away soon, so I probably won't be updating for about 2 weeks.
"Are you nuts? Did you see the way Lemonjuice was holding that knife?" Jake asked.
"No, I didn't," Princess Bubblegum answered, "And no, I'm not crazy. The purpose of creating the Lemonsisters was to introduce female citizens to Lemongrab, remember?"
"Oh, yeah. Do we have to come too?" Jake whined.
"Yes. We need to make sure they and the Lemongrabs get along, and we are the closest people to them." Princess Bubblegum explained.
"Oh okay then. So when are we going?" Finn asked.
"Right now," PB replied, "Now let's go get them."
Lemonade was still looking through the fridge and Lemonjuice was now looking with her.
"What do you think this food is, sister?" Lemonjuice held up a can of cola and shook it.
"I think that's a drink." Lemonade replied. Lemonjuice glared at the can.
"6 years dungeon. No trial." She hissed at the cola.
"Why are you punishing a drink?" Lemonade asked, confused.
"It confused me!" Lemonjuice snapped. Lemonjuice pulled the tab on the can. The drink foamed and spat in her face. "HOW DARE YOUU!" she spat "ONE MILLION YEARS DUNGEON!" she yelled at the can. Finn, Jake and Princess Bubblegum walked into the kitchen to see a lemon whose face was dripping with cola. "Err girls, we're going to castle Lemongrab. We'll be leaving once you've cleaned up." She said. Lemonjuice quickly washed her face in a nearby sink and followed Finn, Jake and PB out of the room. Jake grew long enough to allow Finn, Princess Bubblegum and the Lemonsisters to ride on his back, and they set off for castle Lemongrab. As Castle Lemongrab came into sight, Lemonjuice and Lemonade stared at it in awe.
"Is this a place for… lemons like us?" Lemonjuice asked, her eyes sparkling.
"I guess you could say that." Princess Bubblegum replied.
The Lemonsisters' eyes continued to twinkle as Jake took extra care to carry the four across the bridges on the last stretch of the journey. Finally they reached the entrance to castle Lemongrab. Everyone got off Jake as he shrunk to his normal size. "Okay girls, we're going to meet the Lemongrabs now so be nice." Princess Bubblegum told the Lemonsisters and they both nodded. Finn opened the door and they all walked inside. Lemonjuice and Lemonade followed close behind Princess Bubblegum. The Lemongrabs and the lemon children who were still alive were sitting around a large, lemon shaped table, enjoying some of the candies from the candy tree. The Lemongrabs sat together at one end of the table with the Lemon Children sitting in the chairs next to them. Conveniently, there were five empty seats at the other end of the table. The Lemongrabs stared at the group. The Lemonsisters were talking to each other about the castle's acceptable conditions and didn't even notice the Lemongrabs until,
"We told you to call first!" Lemongrab shrieked. They both turned to face them, still behind Princess Bubblegum. Lemonade froze as soon as she saw Lemongrab's face. She could see a sparkling background around him, and everything about him was just… so acceptable. The dimples on his lemony face, his long pointed nose, the nub on his head. "So… cute…" she thought. She sighed and relaxed as the pupils of her eyes turned heart shaped and she smiled as if she was in a trance. Lemonjuice was just staring at her, not knowing how to react. She could tell that her sister had a crush.
"Yes, this is unacceptable!" Lemongrab 2 yelled.
"Wait!" Princess Bubblegum shouted, "We brought guests."
Lemonjuice and Lemonade stepped in front of Princess Bubblegum. Lemonade stood up straight now, but her pupils were still heart shaped and she was smiling. Lemonjuice just stood there with no expression on her face. Lemongrab stood up and approached both of them. "Who are these rigamaroles?" he asked.
"This is Lemonjuice," Princess Bubblegum pointed at Lemonjuice, "and this is Lemonade." She pointed at Lemonade. Lemonade's heart pounded faster and faster, her eyes sparkling more and more as Lemongrab approached them. Lemonjuice didn't react to Lemongrab approaching them. Lemongrab came close to Lemonjuice and poked her. First on her face, then one of her breasts, then her shoulder and then even more places. Lemonjuice poked him back the same until they were both poking each other at a fast speed. "Hmm, she… is… acceptable." Lemongrab approved, smiling, and moved on to Lemonade. Princess Bubblegum sweated nervously as he came close to Lemonade, as she knew that Lemonade didn't have the same lemon styles as other lemons.
When he approached Lemonade, she still had her 'in a trance' expression. He poked her once in one of her huge lumps. She blushed and giggled. Lemongrab's face wrinkled and he poked her blushing cheek. Lemonade turned away, blushing further. She looked up at Lemongrab and fluttered her eyelids, hoping that he would find her acceptable.
"Yeeeuuurrghhh…" Lemongrab paused, but after seeing that Princess Bubblegum was folding her arms, judging him, he made a decision, "Acceptable." He said quickly. Lemonade almost fainted, although luckily she was caught by Lemonjuice. Lemonade gazed up at her sister who had caught her, smiling. Lemonjuice had caught her with one arm, and she raised it to stand her up again.
"Care to join us?" Lemongrab 2 asked, welcoming the guests.
"Sure." Jake shrugged and they all sat around the table to enjoy candy corns and skittle coconuts.
At the top of the lemon castle, binoculars perched on the tall castle wall, was Ice King. He was well hidden, and from where the group was sitting, you could only see the silhouette of what easily looked like a lemon bird. He was holding a pair of binoculars in one hand and Gunter in the other, perching on a few bricks that were sticking out and using his huge beard to balance himself. Gunter was angry with Ice King as usual, and quacked at him angrily. "Shhh, they'll hear you." Ice King whispered angrily. He saw Lemongrab poke Lemonade in one of her lumps, and he saw her flirtatious reaction. "Oh how dare he flirt with my future wife!" he whispered in the same furious tone. Gunter quacked at Ice King. "Shut up Gunter you know that princess is going to be my future wife." Ice King pointed out. Gunter rolled his eyes and mumble-quacked to himself. "Gunter," Ice King gritted his teeth, "I'm starting to get real mad at you."
Ice King watched through binoculars as Lemongrab, PB, Finn, Jake and the 'Lemon Princesses' sat down and ate coconut filled skittles. From where he was, he could see down Lemonade's shirt, and he was enjoying the view.
"Ohh yeahh my sweet Lemon Princess." He said. Gunter quacked at him again. Ice King glared at Gunter. "Gunter she will be my wife and you know it! Now shut up or no dinner tonight!" Ice King raged. He looked through the binoculars again to realise everyone around the table was now staring in his direction. He ducked quickly, his back to the castle wall. "Wow Gunter," he panted, "That was close, we should really go home now."
Ice King flew back home, still holding Gunter under one arm and holding the binoculars with the other hand.
Everyone around the table except the few Lemon Children were staring at the top of the castle wall where Ice King was perched.
"What was that?" Finn asked.
"Ehhhhh probably just a bird…" Lemongrab 2 said. Finn shrugged and they finished eating their skittle coconuts.
"So who are these?" Lemonjuice asked, looking around at the Lemon Children.
"These are our boys." Lemongrab replied proudly. Lemonade was sat right next to Seed-Wad. She smiled down at him, and he looked blankly at the empty skittle coconut he had just eaten.
"Aww aren't you precious!" Lemonade said as she squished Seed-Wad's cheeks. Seed-Wad widened his eyes, startled. He let out a loud shriek.
"He doesn't like that! Unhand him!" Lemongrab warned. Lemonade let go of Seed-Wad. She sat up and giggled, blushing.
"Of course, my love." she said. Everyone, including the Lemon Children, turned and stared at her. Lemongrab even had a disgusted look on his face. He wanted to express how truly unacceptable he thought she was, but he knew Princess Bubblegum wouldn't allow it. He could say 'it's gross' about a candy person easily, but never a lemon person.
"Errm… girls… Finn and Jake… I think we should go." Princess Bubblegum said awkwardly. The Lemonsisters, Finn and Jake got up and followed Princess Bubblegum. The Lemonsisters noticed that Princess Bubblegum was heading outside, so Lemonjuice waved goodbye to the Lemongrabs. Lemonade did the same, except also winked at Lemongrab. This caused Lemongrab to frown at her.
Princess Bubblegum, with Finn, Jake and the Lemonsisters, walked out of castle Lemongrab. Princess Bubblegum had a worried expression on her face. Finn held the door open for Jake and the Lemonsisters, and closed it behind him afterwards while the Lemongrabs and the Lemon Children watched them all leave. When the door had closed, and Princess Bubblegum was sure that the Lemongrabs could no longer see them, she sighed.
"Lemonade, you need to understand, Lemongrab doesn't feel the same way about you." She said.
"How did you know I liked him?" Lemonade asked dimly. Princess Bubblegum's face went deadpan.
"It was obvious." She moaned.
"Oh, okay then. I'll stop." Lemonade responded.
"Great. I think we should go home anyway." Princess Bubblegum looked into the distance, "It's getting dark."
Jake grew longer to allow everyone to ride on his back, and headed towards the Candy Kingdom. On the Journey, Princess Bubblegum rode right behind Finn, and the Lemonsisters were behind them.
"Finn, I think we need to keep them for just a little bit longer before they can move into Castle Lemongrab." Princess Bubblegum said quietly, so the Lemonsisters didn't hear her. They were already having a conversation with each other anyway.
"Wait, they're moving into Castle Lemongrab?" Finn asked, surprised.
"That's why we created them, remember?" Princess Bubblegum pointed out, slightly angry. Once they were back at Princess Bubblegum's castle, Princess Bubblegum spent further time showing the Lemonsisters around the castle, getting to know them. She noticed that Lemonade had candy styles. She was friendly and kind to everyone, although she approached them in an unintentionally creepy way, which caused some of them to panic. Lemonade didn't understand why people were scared of her; she was trying to be nice. Lemonjuice on the other hand was different. Lemonjuice had a weird obsession with knives, and wasn't really kind to anyone. Princess Bubblegum noticed that she was very similar to Lemongrab, and understood lemon styles. She didn't try and be nice to the candy people, and sometimes she even called them 'slaves'. Despite this, Lemonjuice was brilliant at videogames, and could also understand candy styles. Although they had very different personalities, it was obvious that the two sisters got along well together and hardly fought, and Princess Bubblegum liked them that way.
Later in the evening, she tucked them in the same as before. She smiled as she flicked the light switch and whispered "Good night girls." When she had closed the door, Finn and Jake were standing behind her. "We'll be going now, goodnight Princess." Finn said. Princess Bubblegum stopped them.
"Finn, Jake, would it be okay if you were to stay here, to help me take care of the Lemonsisters?" Princess Bubblegum asked kindly.
"Sure," Finn replied, "But why can't you take care of them?"
"Because I have a kingdom to run too." Princess Bubblegum said.
"We'll do it," Jake said, "but we'll need to go home to get pyjamas and a toothbrush first."
"That's okay," she yawned, "I'm going to bed. You can sleep in the room next to mine if you like."
Finn jumped onto Jake's back. Princess Bubblegum opened the window so Jake could glide out and towards their treehouse. She waved goodbye until they were out of sight, and then walked tiredly to her room.