Fionna swung her sword angrily in the air as it came crashing down on...apples. She pants a bit as Cake puts another apple on the tree stump in front of her. Another swing and a perfect cut.
"Thank you for cutting my apples for me," says gleeful Old Tree Trunks. He takes the skin-peeled apples from Cake and put them in his pie pan, "I can hardly hold a knife with my trunk anymore..." He begins to walk back to his house to cover his pastry.
Cake starts on peeling the other apples while humming a tune to herself. Fionna slices another apple apart, "So, why you happy Cake?"
"Oh, you know, Lord Monochrome?" she giggles at saying his name and Fi tries to crack a tiny smile. "He told me how beautiful I looked in the night sky and, oh, oh, oh, and when he wrapped his body around me," she squeezes herself tightly. "And to end the night he gave me a bag of catnip," she sighs and gracefully falls on the ground. "It was beautiful Fi..."
Fionna lightly chuckles, "I guess it would be..." She lightens herself up by thinking to herself that at least her sister is having a good time with her boyfriend. "Is that why you stayed up all night?"
"AND STILL AM!" the catnip bag had mysteriously appeared in Cake's paw and starts hitting it lightly against her cheek. "Hey, you going to that ball tonight at the Candy Kingdom?"
"Uh...no," Fi says bluntly, "Why am I hearing this for the first time?"
"Sweetie, you've been stuck in the house since..." Cake pauses, "Since BMO called you fat, remember?"
"CHUBBY!" corrects Fionna and throws her sword back in her bag. "Hey, Ms. Pig," she greets Old Tree Trunks' girlfriend as she came walking by with her bow bouncing on the side of her head.
"Hey girls," she waves a hoof and goes in Tree Trunks' house.
"Well...guess we're not getting apple pie," says Fionna while looking at Cake.
Cake has a sly smile on her face, "Party?" She playfully hits Fi's shoulder, "C'mon, you loved Gumball's parties! Let's get over the awkwardness and party 'til tomorrow morning!" She shakes her arms in the air.
"Mmm...Okay."
"Did I hear the word 'party?' 'Cause I am the definition of it!" said a garbled yet clear voice. The purple, stuck up cloud floats down out of no where and poses, "Hey guys!"
"Lumpy Space Prince?" says slightly alarmed Fionna. "What are you doing here?"
"Just scavenging for nuts and vegetables, you know, to raise these pecs," LSP tries to flex his arms, but fails and starts panting. Fionna and Cake start wondering why he even approached them in the first place just like every other times. "Phew...well, anyways, you guys better come, especially you Fionna. Gumball is expecting you," LSP strokes his moustache a little and dramatically disappears out of sight over the hill. "Ooh, you look tasty to eat..." the girls hear him make an effort to throw a stick or stone at something. "OH GLOB, OH GLOB, NEVER MIND I CHANGE MY MIND!" a roar is heard and they see him floating back towards them.
"LSP what happened?!" exclaims Fi as he runs right behind her and Cake.
"I'm sorry! I thought I could take it down!"
Old Tree Trunks' voice came from behind Fi, "I have apple pie."
"PIE!" cheers Cake and LSP, but the catnipped kitten is kept behind to prepare for the worst. "Aw man..."
"Pie later Cake," she draws out her sword, "Come out you monster!"
In her surprise, a huge flame lion, twenty times bigger than Flare, rise from over the hill. Fi gapes and Cake stares with huge eyes. The only thing containing water around them is Old Tree Trunks' water pail and nothing more. "Kick its butt girls!" yells LSP through the window.
"What did you do you fool?!" growls Cake.
"I-It had these jalapeno or something, and I was so hungry that I threw a rock at it, I mean, I showed off my pecs at it and then it got angry," he stuffs his face with apple pie.
"That's my apple pie," she mutters and grabs the pail just in case. "Got a plan Fionna?"
"Uhmm, wait, maybe it can talk!" carefully, the brave tomboy takes a few steps forward to the fire animal. "Uhm, hey, I'm sorry my stupid friend did that, so can you please forgive hi-" Before she can finish her apology the flame lion lets out a steamy, loud and hot roar that shook Fionna and back off for cool air. "Oh man..." she rubs her eyes and blinks for a while noticing tiny flames rising on the grass.
Cake gasps, "FIRE!" she pours the pail over where the flames were and yelps of pain are heard. The large flame lion hurries to where the cries are and Fi follows finding out those flames belong to flame lion cubs'.
"Oh no..." one out of three took in most of the water and laid on the ground making her remember when she first met...Flame Prince. It's been two weeks since she last saw him. Helpless, grey and lifeless. She bends down to pick it up, but the mother towers over her with a terribly upset face. Fi expects her to fiercely rip her apart limb from limb, but instead the cub is scooped up in its mother's mouth and carried to their cave. Fi follows.
The cave is narrow for the flame lion as she bends down to push herself through the walls. Fionna had to avoid touching the walls for she can feel heat emitting from them and the each step closer got hotter. She wipes her sweat and sees the three flaming heads of the active cubs pushing each other around and flickering in the dark. The heat is becoming unbearable for her, she already felt like fainting, but it is either curiosity, the guilt of being responsible for the hurt cub, or a feeling pulling her to follow. However, she stops, puts her hands on her knees, and closes her eyes panting. Her throat is dry.
She can no longer hear the steps of the flame lion cubs' or the mothers' nor feel their presence in front of her. Instead she heard footsteps approaching her, stopping, and then continuing, inching closer and closer towards her. Immediately, she points her sword blindly to whoever is coming with one arm still on her knee and head facing the ground. "Who...is there?" she asks dryly.
"Fionna?"
She didn't want to look up, she already recognized the voice and the feet a few inches away from hers. "F-Flame Prince, wh-what are you doing here?"
"I should say that to you," he says sternly, but then his tone becomes concerned, "I'm glad you stopped where you are-"
Fionna didn't sense the concern and with a little anger she responds, "So I wouldn't find you? So I wouldn't bother you anymore? After...taking care of...you?"
She faces him and he had confusement written on his face. He shakes his head, "No, if you continued on you would have burnt to death in the lair of flame lions and lionesses." She sees him holding the cub that was drenched before, "This guy got himself drenched in water, but he's okay now."
Still panting, Fi watches him set the healthy cub down and hop happily back to its family, "So, you didn't go back home?"
"No, now that I spent some time thinking I realized my 'home' is a prison," Flame Prince gestures Fi to walk forward and she does as he went to her side. "I was kept away, told what to believe in and who I am, how can I go home when I disagree with everything she taught me?"
"She?"
"My mother."
Silence fell on this topic and Fi couldn't stop staring at that blank face of his which stared straight ahead. For a second he seemed confused and worried, but then he became untraceable again. When the entrance of the cave is able to be seen Fionna begins to walk slower, so did he.
Flame Prince side glances at her, discovering that she has been looking at him for a while. In embarrassment she flicks her head forward and twirls a piece of her hair that has been hanging in front of her eye. They reached outside where Cake and LSP waited, "Flame Prince?!" exclaims Cake.
"Ah, yeah, we bumped into each other," says Fi while pushing her hair to the side.
LSP floats around Flame Prince, "This you new boyfriend, Fi? Is he going to be at the party tonight?"
"Par...ty?" Flame Prince repeats the word that has never trailed off his lips before.
"Oh my Glob, don't tell me you don't know what a party is?" says a really shocked LSP.
Flame Prince stood there with his cheeks turning slightly red from his lack of knowledge of things like these. "Uhm...I guess not."
LSP had his mouth open, "Man, you never danced with any ladies? Like, held their hands and dance around the room"
"Fionna's the only lady I've made contact with," he says bluntly and Fi turns red again.
The cloud groans, "Man with your hotness I bet you can get actual 'ladies'!"
"Don't listen to him," Fi pushes him away, "He'll just mess up your mind."
"What does he mean by 'actual ladies'?" asks Flame Prince, now curious. "Are you not one?"
"NO NO I AM!"
A low laugh is heard and a shadow sweeps over the flustered girl and confused boy, "With that figure she is."
"Marshall Lee!" cheers LSP as the vampire steps down on the grass with his umbrella next to Flame Prince.
"Cake, you've been awfully quiet," whisper Fionna, ignoring Marshall's presence.
"I gots me pie," smiles Cake while sneaking more bites behind LSP.
"Save me some," Fi turns back to Marshall, "What are you doing here?"
"Joining the fun," he smirks at Flame Prince. "I think I want to spend time with him."
"What?! No!" Fi refuses. Who knows what things Marshall Lee will blurt out to Flame Prince. Especially, things about her. Stupid and embarrassing things.
Marshall chuckles, "Don't worry Fi, I'm just going to show him how to have a good time. He and I will crash the party tonight as uninvited guests."
Flame Prince glances over at Fionna and she nervously smiles at him, "Fionna...is this what you call someone having feelings for you?"
"Ah, you mean..." she begins to flush a little.
"Yes...does Marshall Lee have feelings for me?" Marshall backs off nearly knocking his umbrella over, Cake and Fi shared uncontrollable laughter with each other, LSP wasn't listening, and Flame Prince did not get what is funny. "I don't feel the same way Marshall."
"First rejection I am able to swallow down," he takes an apple out and sucks the red out of it. "No dude, we're both royalty, the only difference is that I know how to have fun." He leans close to his ear, "And how to sweep the ladies."
Flame Prince twists his head to Fionna, "Are...parties fun?"
"Ye-"
"Yeah man!" Marshall Lee butts in and Fi puffs her cheeks. "They are the bomb, when I'm there of course."
"Are you going to be there Fionna?"
"I-If you're there," shyly she smiles and Marshall rolls his eyes.
"Then I'll see you there."
[Wrote most of this in school. pardon everything]