As the group slumbered in the silent night, Ice Queen murmurs slightly, her crown glowing lightly as it does its work, and affects the sleep of its wearer once more. She was with Marshall Lee, and Finn too! The both of them singing and dancing with the overjoyed Ice Queen in the cooling air of the night, the group sharing laughter with one another as they bound through the green fields of AAA.
She had done it, she had got her happy life, she has the vampire in the family level of friendship, and her knight kissing her on the cheeks. She trips and falls, reaching out and grasping Finn, bringing them both to the soft ground as Marshall quickly falls into a fit of laughter, floating upwards as he loses control.
She merely joins him in the laughter, before leaning down and kissing her slightly stunned husband on the lips, the hero swiftly reacting to her touch by pushing into it. They make out for a split second, before breaking off as Ice Queen rises to a stand, extending a hand to the downed man, who eagerly accepts it, letting her yank him up with a cheeky grin. She pulls him into her chest, Finn swiftly wrapping an arm around her waist and spinning to her side, the couple leaning their heads together. Ice Queen closes her eyes, and beams with a strong blush, sinking into Finn's firm lover hug, 'This, this is the life!'
Suddenly she notices a lack of something. Marshall's laughter was gone. Her eyes peek open to spot her silenced son, yet spot no sign of him in the air. With slight worried curiosity, she pans her head, trying to spot the undead king, Finn raising an eyebrow at her, "What's the matter?"
She starts to breathe quicker, her eyes darting around, "Marshall. Where's Marshall?" 'He's able to handle himself! He's-' Her eyes widen as she spots him. Broken, maimed, torn to shreds by multiple large metal spikes speared through his body. Her heart stops, and watches as the spikes shift, becoming large swords instead, before being yanked out of him. His body drops to the floor with a bloody splat as the sword wielder's reveal themselves to be none other than candy machines.
Then, a metal claw appears from nowhere as the sky darkened to a morbid grey, grasping Marshall's corpse and dragging it towards a giant metal Gumball's face. She gasps, then immediately screams as she flings hundreds of ice spells at them, but they simply do nothing to the metal monsters. She snaps to her knight, "Finn! We-"
He was gone.
She stares wide eyed at the spot where he stood not a moment ago, and panics. She snaps around completely, and her jaw drops, body going limp as the world is enveloped by a humongous shadow.
There Finn floated, and so was Huntress and Martin, their bodies bloody and broken, and behind them, was the robed woman. She grinned a wicked smug grin as she gazes down at the pathetic royal, while two citadel guardians roared behind her. But they weren't casting the shadow. The planet sized Cthulhu abomination was as its putrid grey hands reached for the entire continent of AAA. And crushed Ice Queen with it.
She jolts awake in bed, her eyes wide as she pants, her gaze immediately snapping to Finn and Huntress beside her, the couple sleeping gracefully. She holds her breath, before releasing it in a long drawn out manner, her woman sitting up in bed in complete silence as she attempts to calm herself down, 'What was that!?' She questions, her brain desperately trying to recall the details that attempt to purge themselves while she taps the tiara, 'What the Glob was that!?' She repeats to the artefact, demanding an answer for why it gave her that dream. All it does is release a sensation, once she was all too accustomed to. Fear.
The tiara was afraid of something.
Ice Queen blinks, never before had it done such a thing, heck, even gave her an emotion! But here it was, trembling in terror, making Ice Queen groan slightly in fear, 'What? Are you saying we should run to protect you!? I won't abandon-' It releases a wave of pain into her, making her flinch, but then nod with a slight grin, 'You want me to protect Finn, Huntress, and Marshall?' A soothing sensation flows through her, making her sigh, then glance at her knight and his mate still sleeping away, and gains instant stability.
Her flight or fight instincts slow to halt as she carefully lays herself back down, not wishing to disturb them for her sake as she attempts to sleep again. In the end, it takes scooting up a little closer to Finn to work, but eventually she begins to drift off again, 'I have so many questions, but whatever is going on, I need to be full on energy for me to sort it out. Tiara, knock it off for now, but remind me when I wake up. Remember, we're in this together.' Her response was a wave of magic that put her immediately to sleep.
Hours drift by as the world approaches a new dawn, what swiftly descends upon the citizens of AAA, orange light warming the world for the activities to come. Unfortunately, it doesn't get the chance to grace the skins of the slumbering trio, but their natural alarm clock takes over instead, Huntress being the first to awaken. She blinks as she finds her face squished against the soft yet firm skin of Finn's neck, his golden hair flicked above them both. She grins, and tightens all four of her limbs wrapped around his chubby form, snuggling her bear like a kid to a toy would, seeking it warm and comforting touch all across her face. As she mixes their scents, Finn naturally wakes up to the her movements, and instantly focuses on her, gaining a small grin as he lets her continue, 'Not a bad thing to wake up to~'
She suddenly stops, then proceeds further with the snuggling, 'Oh really now?' Her inquiry causes a powerful blush to warm his face, yet he only bends his back into her with a slightly larger grin. Her hands drift from their tight position of Finn's chubby belly up to his shoulders, and gently kneads them as they relax together, making sure to get the day started off well.
Ice Queen groans as she awakens, yawning as her body reactivates for the day, and blinks at the sight before her, before swiftly joining it with a mischievous smile, "Is it touch boyfriend time? I'm up for touching boyfriend time~"
She grabs his shoulder, holding him still as leans forward and plants a quick kiss on his awaiting lip, causing him to groan lightly, "Easy, I just woke up." They quickly relent their loving assault, Huntress instead sitting up in the bed and stretching, waking her body up for the day as she eyes the pile of processed birds she had caught yesterday. She slips free from the warm grasp of the bed, and starts magicing her clothes onto her curvy form, glancing back with a warm smile at the couple still cuddling together. She speaks softly to them, "Come on guys, we have that royal meeting today, remember?"
Ice Queen, who was in the middle of kissing Finn, shoots her eyes wide at the reminder, quickly parting from her boyfriend as she smirks at him, "Well knight, let's inform the world, shall we?"
He nods, and the royal grabs his shoulders, before tugging them both out of bed at once, tumbling to the floor in a loud series of bangs. She merely laughs and picks both herself and the slightly stunned Finn up to their feet, before carrying him towards her dress with him still in her arms, firmly pressing him against her chest.
He chuckles slightly, raising an arm eyebrow, "You're full of energy today. Sleep well?"
She giggles slightly, "No, I'm excited for my first meeting my bear, but I did also-" She freezes up as the mind slipping dream returns to her with a sick laughter, ready to spook her for round two. She blinks, then laughs nervously, "Actually… I didn't sleep well last night, and I think there is something we should talk about." She informs the couple.
Huntress halts in her reheating the bird meat, glancing at her best friend, "Something happened?" Ice Queen nods somberly,
"Kinda… a nightmare, but it came from the tiara." The duo stop to glance at her worryingly, causing the royal to shake her head and let go of Finn, then reach down for her dress, "Don't worry, we'll talk about it after breakfast, we'll want to eat first."
Huntress nods unsurely, but continues in making them all something to eat, while Finn opens their wardrobe, and pulls out his light blue set of clothes, smiling fondly at them before swiftly beginning to get dressed. As Finn put his newly assigned royal clothes on, Ice Queen squeezed into her dress, her mind drifting off to the night and getting stuck there, the dream constantly repeating inside her head. She just can't make sense of it, what was it foretelling? All she knew was the robed woman is involved, and she knows that she was at the arena and fought on Finn's side. Where does she come in, in all of this? How does she kill Finn, Huntress…And that other man. She doesn't know him, she hasn't met him, so who is he?
She shakes her head, 'Maybe Finn or Huntress knows. But what were the machines that killed Marshall?' She suddenly snaps out of her thoughts when Finn calls her name, standing right before her! She jumps a little in shock, causing him to shake his head, "Man, you were really lost in your thoughts there… is this dream that bad?"
She shrugs, instantly trying to hide her fear as she wears her royal dress and crown high, "It's fine, I've had real life experiences that were scarier. Just, you guys were in it, that's all."
He raises an eyebrow, humming in thought as his face twists into slight worry, "Was… was the cosmic owl there?"
She blinks. "Who?"
"Cosmic owl. A bright, golden bird."
She shakes her head, and the duo make their way towards Huntress who had a bunch of meat at the ready for them, Ice Queen raising an eyebrow at her knight, "No, I don't think I saw him there. Why? What does he mean? "
Finn grins a little, "If he appears in your dream, then what you saw or dreamt about will become real. He's a fortune teller really. But, seeing that he wasn't in your dream, then it's not going to happen!... Or at least isn't guaranteed to happen."
She nods at his explanation, while Huntress hands them some meat on some sticks she just grew, grinning at them, "Ok you two, enough talk, let's eat so we can get going to the royal meeting. We can discuss the dream on the way there."
Finn nods, but then halts just as he was about to take a bite of the bird, raising an eyebrow at Ice Queen, "Are we arriving on a dragon again?"
She smirks at him, "Why would we not arrive on a dragon? There's nothing wrong with showing off a little~ I'll just send him a magic command real quick to meet us outside the house." She halts for a second, before nodding and digging into the succulent meat, Finn smirking at her before joining his girlfriends in the meal.
He does, however, glance at Huntress, "I'm just wondering… I've noticed a few changes, because of the transformation-"
Ice Queen jolts a little, snapping her gaze to the couple, "Transformation? What transformation?... Huntress, did you turn him into an actual bear? Is that why you gave him that nickname?"
The watcher of the forest swiftly shakes her head, "No, he has become part wood nymph after he requested to in our date… that's not a problem, is it?"
The blue woman shrugs as she continues to eat, "Not really, still, you could have told me, or at least check with me first." She complains slightly, causing Finn to raise an eyebrow,
"But how could we? You were busy scaring everyone away from the party. And we weren't dating at the time…"
Ice Queen stops for a second, before shrugging, "Fair points." Finn shakes his head at her response, before he flicks his attention back to the smirking Huntress,
"As you were saying bear~?"
He chuckles, "Well, I've noticed I like the forest more, like becoming joyful when I'm inside one, and I've noticed I like meat more. Is that from you, or wood nymphs in general?"
She squints slightly, "Well, those are wood nymph things, but I did prefer meat more than everyone else… but it is slightly worrying that it is changing your personality, your likes and interests… we've got to keep an eye out Finn, if other changes start appearing, then we've got to undo the spell immediately." He nods somberly, before they all swiftly finish off their breakfast.
They throw the sticks into the fire pit to burn later, before they rise with grunts, Finn grabbing his stuff from their resting spot of yesterday as Ice Queen steps outside, signalling the ice dragon flying far in the distance to come hither. It roars as it swoops in from the distance, making the royal glance back inside for the couple, discovering them smooching. She raises an eyebrow cheekily at them, a massive smirk on her face as she watches them make out, their arms firmly grasping one another, "Having fun you two?"
They part with some blushes, but zero regrets as they stroll towards her with their hands intertwined, giving one another a firm squeeze of encouragement as Huntress leans on him, grinning at Ice Queen, "Sorry, but we likely won't get another chance today."
The blue woman shrugs, "Fair enough. But… if you were to tell everyone tod-"
"I'm not ready."
Ice blinks at her swift response, but ultimately shrugs, "Alright, nothing wrong with pushing you every once in a while. Now, let's ride a dragon!" The couple nod, and swiftly exit the house with her, staring up at the dragon hovering in the air above their house, each thump of its wings flinging up a blizzard of dirt and dust. Huntress merely flips onto their roof, then leaps towards the dragon, creating a vine from her cloak and attaching it to an arrow as it shoots out her quiver. It wraps around the ice dragon's leg, and like Tarzan, she swings on the vine, flipping around under, behind, then atop the cold beast. She glances up, and discovers Ice Queen casually flying Finn up as they both stare at her.
Then clap at her, causing her to blush, "Don't patronise me."
They simply smirk as Finn shakes his head, then gestures to Ice Queen, "My lady, if you may?"
She smirks, and swiftly runs up the dragon's neck before sitting down and grasping its horns, Finn and Huntress hurrying to mount the beast behind her. The man wraps his arms around her waist as she smirks, deliberately grabbing them and moving them south a little as his hands rest near the crotch. Then, with a yell, she sends them bursting through the air, the dragon roaring as it picks up speed and heads towards the Candy Kingdom once more.
Ice Queen glances backwards at her boyfriend, finding confidence and courage into chatting about her horrific dream once more, "Hey guys! About my nightmare-" Huntress immediately perks up,
"The one from the tiara that involves us? What happened? Why has it sent you into such a panic?" She inquires, holding firmly to Finn, 'If we're in danger…'
Ice Queen sighs, "You died. Marshall died... and some man died, he was bald, yet had long brown side hair and beard, white shirt with a grey-"
Finn tightens his grip on her, "Martin. You saw my dad die. How? Why were we all dead?"
His inquiry makes her hum, "Martin was killed by some robots, where a massive robot Gumball took his body. You, Huntress, and Martin however… I'm not sure, I turned to look at you, and you were floating in the air, bloody and broken, presumingly by the robed woman floating behind you. You know, the woman from the arena? The one who helped you for a bit, then left?"
He nods, "I remember her… you think she will kill us?"
Ice Queen shrugs, "I don't know… I think so. Just… be wary of her, there might be more to her than it seems… as she had two massive crystal people just behind her, then this massive… I don't know, a monster was beside the planet! It just reached down and crushed all of AAA under its hand!"
Finn stares at her, processing what he's been informed of, his face twisting in thought… "That's… horrifying to think about… what did these crystal things look like?"
She sighs, "How do I describe them… they were like incomplete people, made of red see-through crystal, their limbs practically shattered off, and white… organs? Going through their whole bodies, and a white face."
Finn imagines them for a second. Then freezes up. "Citadel guardians. She had citadel guardians." His eyes slowly widened in realisation, "She must be from the citadel! She must be who he is running from! Glob it makes sense now!"
Huntress raises an eyebrow, "You think she's the one chasing your dad?"
He nods frantically, "Yeah! Think about it! When did we first meet her? At Wizard city! Remember? I had seen a mysterious figure staring at me, then he simply disappeared! That was Martin! Then who appeared right after? Her! She had detected him, and came searching for him!" He stops to think again, before snapping his fingers "Then at the arena! Remember? She was in the arena and fighting alongside us, but suddenly just ups and leaves for no reason. She obviously had detected him again, and when she couldn't find him, she moved on."
Ice Queen hums, raising an eyebrow at him, "Interesting… and makes sense. But that's something to note as well: she was always in incognito. You said she was strolling in the streets, or blending in with the warriors. If that's like some law she has to follow, we can exploit it! Make sure your dad is always in public or something, so she can't just make a direct move!" She suggests excitedly, spotting the candy kingdom in the distance and beginning their gradual descent.
Huntress sighs, "Maybe. But still, we shouldn't test her… because what happened in your dream, may happen for real."
Finn blinks, "Yeah, you said she had Citadel guardians? And some other huge thing?"
She nods, "And that they killed you two. I think that's more of an important thing to note. And… what about Marshall? Where does robot Gumball come in all of this?"
Finn shrugs, "Hey things try to kill us on the daily, so yeah we're used to it now. But I don't know about robot Gumball… he did once have a robot army of guards, but he scraped them all after they proved themselves to be too violent."
Ice Queen tightens her grip on the horns as they now rapidly approach the kingdom, "He better pray to have not have rebuilt them, or the Candy Kingdom will become the second Ice Kingdom on AAA. Finn, I've been able to get a music session with Marshall, so come with me to them, just hover outside and make sure nothing happens to our vampire. If something plans to make a move against him soon…"
He tightens his hold on her, "But what about my dad? If he's going to be attacked as well, and by citadel guardians as well…"
She sighs, and releases the horns as the dragon hovers downwards to land in Gumball's large garden, her hands drifting his as she gives them a comforting squeeze, "I… I don't know my bear. I guess we just got to handle one thing at a time, whenever they come for us."
They land with a heavy thumb, princes all around them glancing at the group as they sigh, and swiftly begin dismounting the great beast. They, like everyone else, start following the flow of princes into the Candy Kingdom, discovering the princes chatting all about them, making Finn's eyes widen a little. He starts scanning the crowd, much to the confusion of his company as Ice Queen raises an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"
He flicks his attention to her, "I dealt with those thieves yesterday, remember? Breakfast Prince's reward was to start a trade system with you. I'm trying to spot him…" Ice Queen, who was much taller than the hero, starts sweeping her gaze across the royals, hunting for his iconic hair.
She spots him near immediately, the prince making his way behind them while talking with Jungle Prince, causing her to tap her duo on the shoulders, "Wait a sec." She orders, triggering her guards to halt in the main entrance as everyone flowed around them like water, giving a slight glare at the blockage but quickly moving by. Soon enough, Breakfast Prince was upon them, the royal stopping mid talk about their kingdom's self-sufficiency to gaze at the trio, gulping a little, and approaching.
He stands before them timidly, flicking his nervous gaze to Finn's sword occasionally, "Hello Ice Queen. You look… beautiful today."
She smirks, "Thanks, but I'm past the prince chasing stage, so you don't need to worry about that. How are you fairing?" She inquires, twisting around to continue the walk towards the meeting, everyone swiftly moving to keep up with the tall woman's strides.
The prince laughs weakly, "Things are great! I haven't had any troubles lately…" She flicks her gaze to the lying prince, and discovers his attention on the other royals all around them, 'Oh he's trying to keep his reputation. Makes sense.'
She couldn't really blame him, and if she wanted this trade deal to be good, she will have to remain on his good side, hence, she simply shrugs, "That's grand to hear! I had heard you and my knight had met up in your kingdom. You two do anything interesting?"
He nods, "Yes! I invited him to my castle and we had a meal together!"
Finn nods, "Yeah, it was actually pretty good! We had a good… chat together as well, things are going smoothly between us." He adds, his mind flicking to their murder talk the day before to help spin the lie.
The blue woman grins, "Well that was very kind of you! And it all tasted heavenly as well? Well, then I presume I myself must go now as well."
Breakfast Prince chuckles and nods, his nervousness fading a little, "Yes, I wouldn't mind you showing up for a meal every once in a while, it will only strengthen the bond between our kingdoms!" He exclaims, making Finn and Ice Queen grin slightly. The royal at her kingdom's growth, and the knight at the opportunity to strengthen the chains of peace in AAA. Things were going well.
Huntress meanwhile glances about, hissing slightly at anyone that approaches her personal bubble. She definitely felt out of place.
They enter the main chamber, the exact same place that they had the apology ball in, only this time chairs and tables filled the room. Names, or in some cases different materials for people like flame prince, marked where the royals were to sit, making the group blink, before beginning the hunt for their place. Huntress found it. They were right at the front, point and centre.
They awkwardly sit down, or at least Ice Queen does, only one chair being provided to the group due to them failing to mention the OOO duo's attendance. Huntress sorts it out however, quickly making a stump from her cape, then them both awkwardly having to attempt to sit on it, much to the comedy of the princes behind them. Ice Queen curses in her head, then swiftly uses her magic to form a second ice chair, Finn swiftly taking it as to let the nymph claim her log. They were off to a humiliating start, and the talks hadn't even begun.
Gumball suddenly appears on the stage, walking calmly and collectively towards the mic present at the front of the stage, tapping it a few times to silent the crowd of royals, and bring all attention to him. Most people would be scared being stared at by princes and a queen. But he's dealt with that for the last five hundred years. He wears an almost bored expression, but with a sigh, puts the public mask on and grins at everyone before him, grabbing the mic to angle it a better towards his mouth, "Greetings everyone! Welcome to the annual prince meeting of AAA!"
He exclaims, and gestures his spare hand upwards above, triggering Butterscotch Butler hidden in the side-lines to pull a rope, and a pink banner to fall. On it were the neatly painted words of the event, but with an extra piece of cloth with the hurriedly scribbled on words of 'plus Ice Queen!', causing said royal to smirk a little and shake her head, trying to suppress a laugh. At least they tried.
Yet, other than her noises, there were no other sounds in the room, except an excited whoop from the back, coming from none other than Fionna herself as she throws up her arms in celebration. She and Cake had arrived as guard duty for the event, just as Finn has done every once in awhile back in OOO. Her feline sister standing beside her swiftly grabs her arms and pulls them down with a slight blush, staring at Gumball as he clears his throat, then beams at everyone again, "Of course, this year we have the addition of Ice Queen who was nice enough to join us!"
She stands up, and spins around to bow at everyone, grabbing the edge of her dress and pulling them up slightly to give courtesy, smirking at everyone, "And it's good to be here! Welcomed this time, that is." Her joke earns a chuckle or two, making her grin even larger a little, 'Good. First step is to get everyone to warm up to me!' She swiftly sits back down, and begins more schemes inside her head, her gaze locked on Gumball, 'I need to be a better royal… and I need to build a kingdom from scratch. Something he's done and knows all about. I've seen him do it over the hundreds of years we've been alive.'
She glances at her knight, and whispers as Gumball continues to chat away, "Hey my bear, could you possibly get me a meeting with Gumball in private? I would like to ask him for some advice."
He raises an eyebrow at her, "Possibly. I mean, I know his timetable and everything off by heart, I can try to set something up after this meeting."
He informs her, making her smirk as she focuses back on Gumball, "You're awesome. You know that? Like, the best knight ever?"
He chuckles, "And your the best queen ever, pol~"
With their slight flirting over, they focus back on the meeting itself, just in time for Gumball to start asking for reports of their kingdom's blights. The first to stand was Breakfast Prince, grinning with pride as he stares at Gumball, "I am happy to announce my little thief problem has been sorted out for me, they won't bother me or move onto any other kingdom any more." There was a wave of clapping in celebration, with only a few remaining silent, huffing in annoyance or rolling their eyes. Every kingdom has enemies and allies after all, and Ice Queen was already scanning the playing field. If they didn't like Breakfast Prince, and she starts to trade with him, then they themselves will likely become her new political foes.
… There weren't many, and besides, most if not all the princes will have some grudge or distaste for her, so in reality, it didn't matter too much to her. However, the prince then gestures his hand towards her and crew with a large grin, "And, I have to thank Ice Queen and her knight for it. They cleaned the criminal mess up like it was nothing, and I'm looking forward to starting trade deals with her." The new details trigger a chatter storm to sweep through the halls, causing Gumball to raise an eyebrow, 'They've been doing things without me knowing, and are already growing in strength…'
The blue royal herself nods at the prince, while Finn winks and gives a finger gun, "No problem bro, call me whenever you need me."
The living food grins at them, "Will do, however, I, and probably a few others, wish to start a trade deal with you and your kingdom. What can you give us?"
The couple halt for a second, before Ice Queen sighs, "Admittedly… not much. All we have right now is some wood that we have gathered from the forest around and on my mountain. We've just started off and don't have many people as of yet, though we do plan for that to change. So other than some logs of wood, the most we can probably give you is firepower, as I think you lot know what us three are capable of." The princes grimace at the memory, causing the blue woman to giggle.
Finally, Raggedy Prince clears his throat, "That's an interesting offer… but I'll take the wood if possible. How much for a single log?"
Huntress swoops in, "Six gold a piece!"
Immediately the cloth prince smirks, "That's a great value! We'll start trade straight away! And who knows, maybe bacon head over there could take you up on that security offer, he's already accepted it once after all~" His tease causes a chuckle to fill the room as Breakfast Prince grinds his teeth together, glaring at the living cloth as he mutters insults.
Finn and Ice Queen meanwhile face the front once more as they glance at Huntress, the royal raising an eyebrow at her "How did you know that price would be good?"
She smirks, "Simple. I'm a wood nymph. My people would use to sell the correct amount of wood to neighbouring kingdoms at an acceptable level, so some zealous woodcutters hoping to make a bucket load of money wouldn't go on a cutting rampage. With us selling the logs, they themselves never needed to get a woodcutter's company, and thus never went into the forest, leaving nature undisturbed. Of course, for that to work, we had to sell it at a bargain."
Finn nods with a massive grin, "What you just implemented here. Nice." He then blinks. "... Am I using bigger words?"
Ice Queen shrugs, giving him a slight pat, "I think you are… are you trying to act more like a royal?" She suggests.
He thinks for a second, then his eyes widen, "Yeah, I think I am. I think I'm trying to act more like Bubblegum! She used big words like that all the time. I guess… I see her as an inspiration? It's the only reason why I could be trying to copy her."
Ice Queen hums, "Interesting…" She shrugs, "Oh well. Just try to not get too smart, I kinda prefer you as the dumb kid who ogles me when I flaunt my knowledge~"
He hums, nudging her slightly, "I'll think about it, I mean I have to remain interesting somehow!" He jokes, before losing himself to his thoughts, 'I am trying to act like Bubblegum. But I guess that's because she was so such a good ruler in my eyes, well, excluding the dictatorship and spying… let's try it. It didn't seem to go bad for her, so let's go into this like Bubblegum would!' He plans with a smirk as another prince begins to do an evaluation of his situation:
"So I am suffering from a three percent drop in gold due to inflation, and Slime Prince still hasn't given me an egg."
A few minutes later, chaos descends onto the talks as Finn, Ice Queen, and Huntress attempt to keep up, however, it was of no use. They didn't understand a single thing being discussed at times, they didn't know of the current rivalries between the kingdoms, they didn't know what words they were blabbering about. They were fish out of the water. The only thing they could really help with was their specialties, for example Finn gave a suggestion to Jungle Prince on how to repel raiders, or Ice Queen to Frozen Yogurt on how to keep the cold. Huntress could only really give warnings to their expansion plans if they were going to cut into the forest, warning of nature's retribution, but she too felt utterly useless.
They were completely out of their depths.
At the end of the six hours of discussions, they all had headaches, and were mostly keeping to themselves, listening half-heartedly to what was being discussed about them. Even Polar had practically given up on trying to learn to be a proper royal, there were simply too many things flying past in discussions and topics for her to keep up with, let alone analyse as well. She lightly thumps her head down with a sigh as two princes yell at each other about some deal, trying to settle on some figure for some tax or payment or whatever. She had forgotten everything that has been discussed here today, she's made no progress on becoming a better Queen for her people.
As she releases an annoyed groan, Finn gently puts his hand atop her own and gives them a light squeeze, flashing her a weak, comforting smile. She grins sadly, but heartedly at him, whispering a thank you for his support. At least she wasn't the only one who was lost. Misery loves company indeed. She glances around and sighs in slight annoyance, preferring to be with her son- Marshall Lee at his hhous and jamming to some tunes than this headache. But she must stay, for her people. She refuses to be an incompetent ruler, and she refuses to drag down Finn's name with her as well if she fails.
And for that, she needs to do some work. She glances up at Gumball, staring at him intensely, until finally he flicks his gaze to her, causing her to give him a small nod. He twists his face in slight confusion, but quickly realises what she meant, "Ah Ice Queen, got something to say?"
She nods, staring at him, "Yeah. Why did you enter my Kingdom? Either last night or this morning, you or your men entered my kingdom without permission." She inquires, making 'oohs' and whispers start up in the room.
Gumball however, simply raises an eyebrow, cocking his head in confusion, "What do you mean? I haven't entered at all."
"I'm pretty sure you did, or otherwise what happened to all the Bubblegum Guardian parts and remains? They've vanished overnight."
Gumball freezes up, blinking in shock. "... Ice Queen. I haven't taken them back. I haven't given my banana guards any orders to reclaim them. I didn't send machines to salvage the remains. I have no idea what took them." He answers honestly, and the ice royal knew that was from the heart. She could hear the worry in his voice. Someone took the Bubblegum Guardians. She has to admit, that doesn't sit well with her, and the same could be said for the candy prince, as although he casually moved onto the next question, one thought was stuck in his head:
Who took his most powerful weapons?
'Was it Lemoness? She hates me as her father. No, she's too stupid to pull that off that quickly and silently. Who?... Where is robot me?... I need to do investigations now!' He shakes his head, and claps his hands, making the meeting jolt as their eyes widen a little, locking onto the candy prince as he brings an attention-drawing presence to the stage. He beams sweetly at everyone in the room, "Well everyone, that sums up this year's annual prince meeting! We have one last thing to be done today, and that's none other than a speech by Ice Queen!"
There was a weak round of applause from the crowd as Ice Queen sluggishly lifts herself up, glancing at her knight, who rises himself, giving her another grin. They stare into one another's eyes for a moment, gaining support to fly higher than ever before with the beauty held within their love's soul. Ice Queen turns, and makes her way towards the stairs that lead up to the stage, Finn swiftly following right behind her as Huntress remains seated. The hero takes one glance at her, and she gives him a thumbs up in support, making him beam at her with a slight blush. Here they go.
Ice Queen takes a peek over her shoulder at him, giving him half lidded eyes, "You know Finn, this has been actually super stressful today. I could use some real heavy stress relief back home, if you get what I mean?" She whispers.
Finn blushes, and whispers, "I don't know… bit early for that really… I can give you a massage? Huntress seems to like them."
She sighs, but nods, "Yeah, fair enough. I'm up for a massage." They plan as they head towards the mic, and freeze up before it for a second, scanning the crowd while they gather the inner strength to get them through this.
And that's when Finn notices him.
Martin.
He was standing at the far back and hidden slightly in shadow, grinning at them as he gives his son a proud thumbs up, before glancing at his watch, and sighing, shuffling to hide behind a pillar.
Finn squints in confusion at him, just as Ice Queen begins the announcement, "Princes of AAA! I have good news! Something you'll definitely enjoy!" The princes all immediately grab their plates, holding them up defensively, semi cowering behind them as they peek over. The blue woman blinks, before throwing her arms up, "I'm not going to kidnap you! That isn't the surprise!" They squint at her accusingly, causing her to sigh, "But it does concern my love life."
Fionna at the back twitches her hand to pull out her sword for safety, but a quick glance at Finn calms her down, 'He's good. We know that from the truth stones… but what is he staring at?' She becomes puzzled, and follows his stare, only to discover his gaze was locked onto a pillar… 'What are you staring at?'… She plans to investigate.
Ice Queen stands up tall and proud, "I am happy to announce..." Finn stares at Martin behind the candy pillar, flicking up his hand with his fingers up, before bringing a digit down. Three. Ice Queen puts a hand to her chest, "... That I… " Two. The royal gestures to Finn. "... And my knight..." One. She reaches for his hand, "... Are officially-" Zero.
A massive white portal screams into existence in the centre of the room, causes yells of terror to escape the princes as they scramble away. Fionna and Cake leap to action, pulling their weapons out as they glare at the vortex, while Huntress leaps at her couple on the stage. Summoning her arrows, she takes aim as a form slips free of the neon glowing portal, then widen in shock. It was the robed woman.
She strolls in with a sigh of annoyance, her icy harsh gaze scanning around the room, before locking onto her favourite group. Her face snaps from rage and fury to calm, serene and peaceful as she walks towards them with a bounce in her step, "Hello! You haven't seen a man called Martin around here?" She points a finger directly at the shocked Finn, "You know what he looks like~"
Ice Queen growls, before screaming as her hands glow with magic, and blast a solid beam of ice magic at the woman. She simply raises a hand and let the attack slams into her, yet she does not turn into a giant popsicle. The attack simply disintegrates as soon as it hits an invisible dome around her, whispering as it protects the woman.
The royal growls at the robed mystery, while Finn whips his blade free and holds it defensively, "Who are you!?" He demands, causing the mysterious lady to beam cheerfully and full of life at him as her glowing eyes squint shut,
"I'm Hekate! I'm from the citadel! And I'm looking for an escaped convict~" Muscle Prince beside her gets up, glares, and gives a war cry as he charges at her. With a single thought, she sends him flying backwards, slamming into a wall and getting stuck there.
Then she gives a glare full of vile hatred, before smashing him about the room, before with an ear shattering scream slams into the ground hard, "You're not stronger than me! I'm the most powerful here! You should bow to me!"
He doesn't reply. He was completely unconscious as blood dripped from a cut on his head. The robed woman neatens herself up, before speaking to the trio again in a soft voice, "I'm so sorry about that. Have you seen him?"
Finn glares slightly, hesitant to start a fight, "Look, we want no trouble-"
"Like Glod we don't!" Ice Queen cuts in, her hands glowing with magic, "She's from my dream! She wants to kill you and Huntress!" She attempts to murder the woman again, a massive icicle shooting from her palm and towards her foe.
Hekate simply sighs as without even moving a muscle she halts the attack mid air, the ice spike floating. Then she spins it around, and rockets it back towards the sender, the royal's eyes going wide. Finn throws himself before Ice Queen, causing Hekate to panic, and swiftly deflect the projectile away from them. It shoots into the wall, smashing a whole through it as Finn grimaces, "Look lady, he's not here."
She raises an eyebrow, putting a hand on her robed hip, "Oh really? My magic senses tell me he is in this area?"
Finn glares slightly, "Well, they're obviously wrong." He argues back, while Fionna, still standing behind it all, squints in thought, then snaps her head to the right, staring at the pillar Finn was practically ogling. She slowly makes her way over to it, walking sideways as she keeps her weapon trained on the powerful magic woman, 'She's some sort of law enforcement hunting a criminal, she's a good guy!'
She suddenly stops before the pillar, taking a moment of preparation, before yelling as she spins around it. All attention is drawn to her scream, then to her sword she holds out before her, then to her target.
Martin has his hands up as the tip of her ice blade sits right against his throat.
The colour drains from Finn's face as Hekate beams, Fionna snapping her head to the robed woman, "I found him!" The powerful wizard floats upwards, before hovering her way towards Martin, her hand snapping out before he could do anything. Magic grips him as he becomes stiff, and lifts him up, dragging him towards the woman as they both cross the room, meeting halfway.
Finn yells a war cry as he bounds towards them, with Ice Queen and Huntress swiftly behind him, following him every step of the way. He lobs his blade at Hekate, who simply raises her other hand and catches the weapon mid air. But he simply sprints past her.
Before she could react to the deception, Huntress was upon her with arrows flying that hit her shield uselessly. However the nymph herself pounces on the shield, growing as she sits atop it. Whipping her knife out she stabs the defensive barrier, making some way inside but no where near enough. Hekate sighs, "Please stop. You're my favourites! I would hate to break you."
A portal appears underneath Huntress, causing her to leap off just as a massive tentacle shoots up to swat her off. She growls and charges again, circling to try and find a weakness. The robed woman unleashes a lightning bolt into her.
She cries out in pain as she goes flying towards Finn, who stops his sprint for Martin. He was planning to free his father while Hekate was distracted, but he instead bounds for Huntress. His arms snap out and catch her before she could hit the floor, the woman groaning as she lays stunned for a second.
Then she quickly snaps out of it, rolling out his palms and onto her hands and knees, the hero quickly helping her up. They stare at the robed woman as Ice Queen rushes to do battle, unleashing powerful spell after powerful spell. They all slam into the woman, who grins smugly as she neutralises them all with ease, then with a swipe of her hand, counterattacks.
Fire sprouts out from under the hurriedly dodging Ice Queen, before a barrage of lightning rains from the sky. The royal screams as she hurriedly dives and leaps, while also spraying out magic at her fellow royals. Ice cocoons form over them as Finn glares from the side lines, "She's powerful."
Huntress shakes her head, "Maybe, but I'm the hardest around. I'll beat her. I just need to find a weakness, everything can be hunted."
She growls out, just as Fionna rushes to them, "Guys! What's going on? Why aren't you helping that woman? She is the good guy!... Right?"
Finn spins at her, "Seeing how she is going after Martin, no! No she's not! You've donked it up this time Fionna! Now help me stop her!"
She stands shocked, hurt, and upon seeing his rage once more, afraid, "I- he's bad right!?" She questions, pointing a finger at the father still held stiff in the air, "She's good! She's trying to catch a escaped criminal, so why are we going against her? Aren't we doing evil if we do that?"
Her inquiries get a worried look from Huntress, who plants a hand on her shoulder as she shoots her arrows towards Hekate, "The world isn't black or white. It's a ugly mess of grey." With that, the watcher of the forest bounds towards her foe.
Fionna stands confused for a second, before Finn rushing towards Martin snaps her out of it, and snaps her head between everyone. She didn't know what side to pick. Finn was good. So was this Hekate… probably. She was trying to capture an escaped convict. With a groan of pain, she spins around and rushes to the princes stuck in cocoons, grabbing the shells and lobbing them through the wall and out of the fight.
She and Cake will protect the innocent for now.
Ice Queen meanwhile screams as she forges a humongous ice sword while she flaps her eyebrows, floating in the air, before slamming down. It smashes into the shield so hard it forces the woman and her invisible bubble into the ground a little, creating a cracked crater. Hekate raises an eyebrow, before doing a massive swoop with her hand, and out of nowhere a sea of water if formed beside them. The massive amount of flood water smashes into Ice Queen, sending her flying away.
The room begins to flood, but Ice Queen slams her hands into the water, and with a flex of her magic, turns it all into ice. Then shatters it all into a blizzard of ice, summoning it all to float behind her. Then, in a concentrated stream, returns to sender. Hundreds of ice shards the size of hands continuously slam into the woman's barrier as she glares in anger.
It doesn't stop for a solid fifteen seconds, a never ending stream of icicles that fail to pierce the shield that only annoys the robed woman. Ice Queen gives a killer glare, 'How do I beat her!? She's going to kill Huntress! She's going to kill Finn!' She glances at them, discovering Huntress rushing towards her after obviously recovering from the water.
The nymph leaps beside her, the magic duo finally united together to take on the threat as Huntress glances at the royal, "Any ideas?"
Ice Queen shakes her head, "Not a globbing clue. That shield or ward or whatever it is impenetrable, nothing I do to it even scratches it!"
Huntress sighs as Hekate strolls up towards them, her hands glowing with pure raw magic, "Seriously guys, stop, I don't want to break my favourite toys~" She freezes up, then begins acting bashful, "My apologies, that was very rude of me, but do please stop? I have no idea why you're so protective of him?" She inquires, cocking her head in confusion.
Ice Queen just scowls, her eyes beginning to glow, 'I won't let her kill them! "Because I've been warned about you…" Her tiara sends signals out like crazy, one of fear and worry, but also a surge of strength. It too doesn't want the only duo who helped them to be murdered. And it was willing to go all out. Ice magic surges through Ice Queen as she loses herself to magic madness, her eyes glowing just like Hekate's.
The woman smirks, and rolls a finger, "Come hither, mad child of mine."
A moment later she goes flying out of the candy castle in her protective bubble, raising an eyebrow at the blue woman screaming towards her. She flicks her hand, and summons a swarm of birds that rocket towards Ice Queen. She in turn raises a hand and blasts out a massive beam of solid ice, freezing the feathered creatures instantly.
As their frozen bodies tumble towards the earth, the royal crackles as she starts forms massive claws on her hands. She smashes into the woman's bubble with enough force to ram them into the ground, smashing into the Candy Kingdom. Houses and walls get smashed as momentum drags them, all the while Ice Queen frantically slashes at the shield.
Hekate simply sighs, "I don't have time for this. Guardians, secure the package, I'll be there in a second." At her words, two massive portals form outside the castle, tearing into existence as the red, see through structures of citadel guardians enter the realm.
Ice Queen glares at them, and swiftly aims a hand, blasting out a massive icicle in their direction before Hekate pounces on her raised arm. The massive ice attack the size of a bus flies through the air, before smashing into one of the guardian's arms. It shatters just as it was reaching inside, causing it to spasm and glance at its broken limb.
And not at Huntress pouncing at it.
She unleashes her five arrows into its face, only for them to bounce off uselessly. Its crystal body was too tough. With a feral growl of rage, she summons her weapons back to her, before screaming as she does it again. With a surge of magical strength, she puts all her weight behind the attack, rocketing her arrows forward once more.
They slam into the guardians with enough force to dig into them this time, cracking its head as it stumbles backwards. She grins, but then locks onto the second one still reaching for Martin. Finn denies it, shoulder charging into the side of its hand to jolt its course. It grasps nothing just as Finn leaps onto it, and stabs his blade into its wrist, piercing into it.
It simply gazes at him.
And blasts him with a laser.
He goes flying off through the air with a cry of pain, smoking as he crashes into the ground so hard he bounces. He skids to a halt with a groan, yet when he opens his eyes, Huntress is already there by his side, checking him over. He quickly scrambles up, "No! Martin!"
He glares at the guardians as they clutch the father, then harshly yank him outside before the duo could do anything to stop them. Doesn't mean they won't try though. Finn bounds after them, leaping at the hand as it pulls the stiff man out, landing on the limb and gripping his blade stuck in it.
With a war cry he yanks it free, before rushing up the arm, eyes locked on the guardian's face as it charges up another laser blast. At the last second, Finn leaps off and lands on its chest just as the beam strikes its own limb, shattering it slightly. The hero stabs his blade into the red crystal that makes its form, harshly bringing him to a halt, before growling as he begins to scale its form.
The guardian's friend comes to assist, swinging its hand back, before rocketing it forward to splat the hero against its chest. Suddenly Huntress swoops in on a vine attached to the first guardian's hand, grabbing Finn just as the second one's limb slams into where he was. Huntress disintegrates the vine, and swiftly shifts form mid air, becoming a huge bird with a loud squawk.
She clutches Finn in both claws, holding him by his arms as the loop around the colossal giants with a scowl. They immediately go to swat them from the sky, causing the duo to take immediate evasive actions as the limbs come roaring towards them.
Huntress arcs over a limb as it sweeps under them, then suddenly takes a hard turn right to avoid another limb, just brushing by its fingers. She glares at the giants, then rockets at them, clutching Finn tightly as she squints in focus. She aims between their huge bodies as they clench their fists and go to swing for her with all their might.
At the last second Huntress shifts back to her nymph self as their smaller target size breezes past the guardians. Just as they were swinging to crush her. Their fists slam into one another with loud violent bangs and a rain of shattered crystal, both giants stumbling backwards at the blow.
As they recover, Huntress becomes a bird once more, and swoops towards the stunned first guardian. She arrives at its arm still holding Martin, and drops Finn right at the crack in its limb from its laser earlier. Then with a loud squawk she shoots towards the second giant as it recovers, suddenly becoming a rhino and slamming into its head with all her momentum.
Finn nods in appreciation, but gets to work on his guardian, smashing and chiselling at the damaged limb as it recovers. Finn glares as it stares down at him, watching it charge up another eye blast. As the attack roared out, Finn hurriedly popped up his tech shield, and the blasts struck the defensive barrier.
Finn grimaces as the blinding light strikes his shield, the attack super heating the air all around him as he holds his ground! After a second the attack relents, causing Finn to immediately switch his attention back to the crack, slamming his fist into it smash a huge chunk off. Then the eyes laser starts up again, causing Finn to flinch as he readies his shield again, 'This is going to take a while, but I won't let them take you!'
Ice Queen meanwhile was still dancing with Hekate, her glowing eyes locked on the cosmic being as she stands with a raised eyebrow, "You done having a tantrum- miss?" She inquires, her voice suddenly becoming bubbly at the end.
Ice Queen scowls with a glare full of pure hatred, then screams as she leaps at the woman. Her glowing hands cup together above her head, before slamming down together as she crashes into the woman. A massive ice dagger fizzles against the dome barrier as she pants crazily, a storm forming around them.
If there were any candy people still watching the show, they were certainly running for the hills now. A shredding blizzard barrages the barrier as Ice Queen wails on it, trying to find the chink in her armour. The robed woman just glared slightly, "You're my strongest child, but you're not better than me."
With a single thought, she sends the royal flying, her blizzard instantly disintegrating as she is smashed through a random candy house. She rolls through the rubble, ending up on her knees, before launching forward with fury fuelling her every step.
Hekate counter charges, her fists glowing with magic as tendrils, fire, lighting, water, ethereal weapons, and a landslide follows her. Ice Queen suddenly shoots up, causing Hekate to stumble as she snaps her gaze sky bound. And gets a humongous ice spike to the face.
The earth trembles as an icicle the size of several houses violently slams into the ground, whipping up a storm of dirt and dust. Houses and rubble around the impact are launched like projectiles, shooting out and destroying the Candy Kingdom.
Ice Queen grins at the top of it, her hands pressed against it as she pants lightly to recover her lost breath. That took a lot of energy, and she got it dead on her foe, causing her to take a moment. If the rapid light attacks of her blizzard didn't break her barrier, then the 'earth shatterer' pounding should have.
Suddenly the icicle simply melts into water. And is violently launched upwards back into her face as she is sent flying with it, washed away by the blow. At the crater of ground zero, Hekate scowls while laid down, 'That hurt!' She levitates up from her spot, spinning around correctly as she watches Ice Queen crash in the far distant.
The robed woman's already glowing eyes flare up a little, "No one is stronger than me! I need more power! I always need more power!" She suddenly squats, her form glowing as she enchants herself, before leaping through the air towards her foe.
She spots her lying stunned on the ground, and shifts into a massive elephant to crush her. Only to get launched by a thick pillar of ice coming from the royal's body. She is sent flying away by the violent summoning as Ice Queen sighs, and lifts herself to a stand with a frown, 'What the glob is her magic? It doesn't have a theme, just… magic!'
While Ice Queen tries to figure out her foe, Finn remains on task of saving Martin. He knows the guardians won't create a portal to the citadel with him on it, they won't risk security a second time. What meant he had as long as he wanted to break its arm as he occasionally halts to stop its laser or a swat from its other hand.
There wasn't much left for him to go, invigorating him to shred the giant's arm even faster. His heavy blows slam again and again into it, shattering piece after piece off with satisfying crunches. He glances at Huntress, still distracting the second giant with ease, never halting in sweeping and swooping over every attack it could throw. Glob she was a life savour.
Finally the wound beneath him groans as the crystal begins to break apart rapidly, causing Finn to scramble backwards. The hand before him falls, making him blink. "Martin!" He screams as he peers over the edge, watching his father fall in the solid grasp of the now dead hand.
Suddenly it is caught mid air by a tower of ice, courtesy of his queen as her glowing eyes remain locked onto the older man. Only for her reward to have her tiara knocked off by a flying boulder. It bounces about as the woman frantically scrambles after it, reaching desperately for her power. It suddenly gets yanked in a direction by an invisible force, causing her to panic and chase it.
It flies into Hekate's awaiting hand. Ice Queen doesn't have time to a stop, skidding as the robed woman rears her arm back tiara in hand. Then throws her clenched fist into the blue royal before her, smashing her own crown in her face. Ice Queen flies onto her back with a grunt of pain, glancing at her foe as she saunters smugly over towards her.
She kneels before the woman, her glowing hands touching her slightly bruised, singed, and cut body. Instantly metal chains tightly wrap around her as Ice Queen struggles in her prison, making Hekate sigh, "You're annoying- I hope it isn't too tight for you!"
Ice Queen scowls at the multiple personality woman, "You're crazy you bitch." She spits, getting one final defiant attack in.
The robed woman only smirks, "But mam, you know about that yourself, we suffer the same thing!... You're ice magic can snap freeze these chains to break them, just not quick enough~!"
She places the tiara onto the royal's head, and instantly Ice Queen's eyes glow as a massive pillar of ice explodes from her palm. It slams into the woman, who's shield deletes the attack instantly as she sighs, staring at the royal "Shame I won't kill you. I like you, and your group. It's the only reason why you're all still alive and I didn't instantly disintegrate you. Well, that and we have a plan for you all."
Ice Queen only hisses as she makes super long nails and attempts scratching her, but once again her barrier stops the attack. Hekate raises an eyebrow, "You don't learn, do you? Last time I checked, I didn't want to kill myself, so why are you…" She grasps the royal's hand. And halts all her magic. "... Trying to kill me with myself?"
With that riddle, she stands up tall and glances at her target, discovering Finn standing over him with his barrier up, holding off the guardians second hand. She grins at him, "Always so stubborn, so determined! Gets the heart pumping to see him never surrender no matter the situation!" She remarks, before giggling like a little girl as she hovers, then rockets towards him as Ice Queen screams, and turns her reactivated magic onto her chains.
The metal holding her down groans and squeaks as it bends and twists at the rapid change of temperature in the whole environment, the royal grunting as she deep freezes the destroyed candy street. Ice and frost grows on the rubble that was once homes as the metal chains cracks as it slowly weakens, until finally, it gets to the point where she can shatter them. So with a glow of her hands, she shoots an icicle straight at her chains, and they all shatter with sharp metal snaps.
She wastes no time in scrambling up and rushing to the air, hurriedly shooting towards Hekate as she shoots towards Finn. Ice Queen scowls, 'How was that bitch able to remove my magic for a second!? I've never heard of a spell that could do that!... Doesn't matter, I must save my knight! And Huntress! I won't let her kill them!' She screams as rockets ahead full speed, her glowing eyes locked on her foe.
The robed woman meanwhile grins as she quietly swoops up from behind Finn, Martin watching her approach with wide eyes, "Hey kid! She's coming!" Finn blinks and snaps his head behind him as he holds back the entire hand still, scowling at the woman as she approaches.
She lands before him with a large smirk, "Having fun there 'kid'?"
She mocks slightly, yet Finn only snaps his normal arm out and aims at Martin, "Ice shield!" His necklace glows as it shoots a light blue orb at the man, striking his stuck father and instantly creating an ice cocoon around him. He smirks at Hekate as she stares, "You're not. Taking. Him."
She simply grins and pats him on the head, "Cute. Wouldn't mind having a chat with you every once in a while 'kid'." She decides his nickname as she strolls up to the ice bubble around Martin, and with a single touch, deletes it from the world. Finn stares wide eyed as she reaches down and grabs his father, yanking him free from the dead hand's grasp before glancing at the approaching Ice Queen, "We've got the target, let's go!"
At her orders, the guardians immediately peel away from their foes, creating massive portals behind them to the citadel. Of course, that means Finn was no longer having to push a giant hand back, and he immediately lunged at Hekate. Only for her to side step him. She waves a hand mockingly at him, "Toodles~"
With that, her own portal engulfs her and Martin as they are taken to the citadel. Huntress suddenly snatches him up in her bird claws as she does a loop in the air, then rockets towards the guardians as their huge form slowly slips away. They land on its form just as Ice Queen arrives, the royal joining them as they hide on its leg and out of its view, just as it pulls them with it to the citadel.
Then the portal seals up behind them.
They were trapped in another dimension with the citadel.
Fionna and Cake were in the normal realm, surveying the damage as they stare at the princes in their protective prisons, hoping to glob they'll melt free. While RoboGumball smirks in his fully operational lab, "So, the other kingdoms are now leaderless thanks to those ice coocons? What an interesting development~"
Another chapter down, I'm terribly sorry for the wait!
So first off, I want to thank every single person who wished for me to get better after my health troubles! It means so much to me that you guys care a little for me despite my recent drop in quality. I'm trying my best to make it up to all of you by pushing myself a little harder to write these chapters as best as I can!
In the meeting, you may of noticed a lot of scheming, scanning for enemies, and thoughts. That's politics for you, I tried to make them as realistic as possible, with boasting, preferences, and average people like Finn, Huntress, and Ice Queen getting confused.
About Hekate, if you're wondering why she may seem a little op… she's a god damn cosmic being. And an important one at that with an important title, of course she isn't no pussy. Kinda like GOLB, it would of taken more than Finn, Ice Queen, and Huntress to beat him, so it would take more than them to beat her.
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Eternal Violets, on FF, chapter 43:
Good to see you have returned from the dead! I missed you dude. It's alright, it's your life and you can choose to spend in whatever you want, and the fact you spent some time reading my fic is enough to make grin stupidly! I'm glad you liked the date! And I hope you will enjoy the next chapter~ Ah, I know I shouldn't see my work in a negative light, but I do need to kick myself into gear and make another bunch of awesome fight scenes. A lot of people stuck around for them, and there's been a lack of them recently. Thank you for the compliment, you're a god tier dude yourself! You stay safe as well, peace my dude! (P.S. You can now actually find the next chapters as I write them on discord!)
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It's not too bad, I'll just have to change what I eat for the rest of my life. No coffee, no coke, nothing cooked in oil or fat (so deep fried, in a frying pan, or anything with oil or fat like butter), no chocolate, no biscuits, and no acidic foods like oranges or pineapple.
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Thank you, I am recovering right now, other than pain in my chest I'm doing well. Heh, don't worry I've taken the day off to recover, I will always come back to give you guys content, it's a part of me.
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Nope, just double checked, his death is still unknown.