Nightmares (FioLee)

Chapter Twenty

Caoilainn watched, satisfied as the world of Aaa descended into chaos. 
"Was this really necessary?" Her chamberlain asked her. 
She nodded once. "She became a vampire. She might have borne a dhampyr, anyway. I saved this world." 
Her chamberlain glanced at the destruction in front of them, then looked back at Caoilainn. "For a saved world, it looks very fiery." 

Caoilainn laughed. "True. But life usually rises again after the ashes. Come. We have business elsewhere." 

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"How are we going to fix this...?" Gumball whispered, looking at the world in front of them. The Ice Queen's palace was being used as a refuge, though it was quickly melting. 
"There was no way to prevent it." Cake protested, before looking at the Ice Queen. "Was there?" 

The Ice Queen frowned. "I don't... I don't think so, no." 
Much to the consternation of many of Aaa's citizens, a woman with messy brown ringlets and a beat up baseball cap appeared in their midst. "Alright kids, I'm ba... why is everything on fire?" 
"The Lich escaped. It's only a matter of time until we all die." Gumball explained. 
"Where'd you come from?" Marshall snorted. "Everyone knows that." 

The woman frowned. "Where's Fionna?" 
"Who?" The Ice Queen asked. 
"We don't know any Fionnas." Marshall added. 
"Maybe you're thinking of someone else?" Cake suggested. 

The woman frowned. "None of you know who Fionna is...? Not even the vampire? Not even Cake...?" She paused to fiddle with her hat. "What kind of crazy havoc did the nutcases wreak...?" 
"I'm sorry, who are you?" Gumball asked. 
The woman looked up. "I'm Olivia." She nodded towards the destruction. "I, um... well, let's just say that is due to another version of me... wait, there's no Fionna, right?" 

"I believe that was established." Gumball agreed. 
"Then the book-thing, the Enchiridion? That hasn't been activated? Space lady-person still exists?" Olivia pressed. 
"I don't know what you're talking about, but assuming the Enchiridion hasn't been destroyed by the Lich, yes." Gumball huffed. 

Olivia snapped her fingers. "She would never destroy it. It makes her job easier. 'Scuse me, who's got the Enchiridion? Anyone? Also, kinda gonna need your crowns..." 

After collecting the necessary materials, she returned to Gumball, Cake and Marshall. "You three coming?" 
"Depends. Where are we going?" Marshall asked. 
"Someplace that exists outside of time." Olivia replied. "C'mon. If I stay too long, this universe will fall apart more than it already has. Now, are you guys coming, or not?" 

"Will this save Aaa, or not?" Gumball asked. 
Olivia shrugged. "Hopefully. S'better than doing nothing, right? Now, if you would just give me your crown..." 
Gumball finally handed over his crown, and Olivia slipped the last jewel into its slot, opening the portal to Prisma's dimension. 

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"Hi." She greeted Prisma. "Glad to see you're still alive. Now, about the matter of wishes..." 
"Wishes?" Marshall repeated. "I didn't hear anything about wishes." 
"It's genie rules, vampire. I can't trust this to not be messed up. Like, if I just ask for Fionna back, she could be even worse than me, savvy?" 

"Then by all means, let's allow the insane pirate woman to save our world." Gumball muttered. 
"Why are we here if we aren't going to do anything?" Cake murmured back. 
"Look, there are a variety of things that could go wrong, just like you said." Prisma agreed. "And are you sure you want to do this...?" 
Olivia nodded. "Now, I may have made a wish before... so that's kind of why I brought these guys." 

"What was your wish?" 
"I, well... I kind of wished for Fionna and Cake to be returned to Aaa..." Olivia frowned. "But anyway, do you know why Fionna suddenly disappeared?" 
The scene with Caoilainn appeared on Prisma's projector. 

"Then why not just wish for Caoilainn to be gone?" Marshall asked. 
"Because it would appear that Caoilainn and Fionna are related." Gumball noted. "Besides, didn't Caoilainn form your kingdom? You would be out of a job." 
"...and if we wished for Caoilainn to change her mind, the entire fate of the vampire kingdom could e changed. Ugh, time travel is so tricky..." 

"Why not just wish for the Lich to never have existed?" Cake asked. 
Prisma frowned. "Wow, I just got deja vu..." 
Olivia nodded vigorously. "Yes. Good. Deja vu from Fionna. That is a thing that we all should have. Alright... let me think... I wish that Caoilainn changed her mind about her weird blood purity thing after meeting Fionna... wait, no!" 

Everyone looked at her, and she stared at her hand, before smiling. "I already used up my wish... oh, thank God. You, Peppermint Patty--" 
"Excuse me?" Gumball asked, offended. 
"I want you to wish for the universe to return, as it was, a few minutes before Caoilainn disappeared and while Fionna was still alive and in existence and not evil, while still retaining the knowledge of what Caoilainn was about to do and how to stop her, and my appearance in their universe up until now, but not all of the memories of their entire lives without Fionna. That can't be messed up, right?" She asked Prisma, who shrugged. 

"You can try." 

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Gumball, Cake and Marshall stood still for a minute as their memories and bodies adjusted to the different universe. 
Caoilainn stopped talking abruptly, staring at them. "Are you... what is going on?" 
Marshall moved first, drawing Fionna to him and hugging her tightly. "Do you have any idea how much life would suck without you?!" 
"Is this normal?" Caoilainn continued, as Fionna broke away from Marshall and drew her sword. 

"No, but things haven't exactly been normal for a while, anyway." She shrugged. 
"Marshall, there should be some selenium in the closet. Go get it." Gumball ordered as Fionna and Caoilainn started to engage in combat. "Cake, would you mind...?" 
"No problem." Cake said confidently, before jumping on Caoilainn and turning into rope, restraining her. 

Marshall returned with the selenium. "Got it. What do you want to do with it--" 
Gumball grabbed it, and force-fed Caoilainn some. "This should stop her for a while." 
Caoilainn coughed. "What was that? What is going on?" 
"I have to agree with Caoilainn. We were just about to--" Fionna was cut off by Gumball, Marshall and Cake drawing her into another long hug. 

Timothy adjusted his glasses. "Anyone care to explain?" 
Caoilainn coughed again, and Timothy grabbed her now liberated wrists. "Come along, your majesty. I suppose it falls on me to babysit the monarch... again." 
No one paid any attention to him as he left. 

"Why do you guys keep hugging me? I'm not going anywhere." Fionna laughed. 
"No. You're not." Marshall agreed, kissing her neck. 
"Caoilainn tried to erase your existence entirely." Gumball explained. 
"The Lich was burning everything, and it was awful." Cake added. 

"Never do that again." Marshall begged. 
Fionna finally pulled away. "I'm not going anywhere, guys. Really. But there's still the problem that I'm the Vampire Queen, and Marshall is... well, not the Vampire King."
"Really? That's what we're focusing on?" Cake exclaimed. "He doesn't even care! You were erased from existence entirely! That is a bigger issue than whether or not he has a crown!" 

"I really don't." Marshall agreed. 
"If it's all the same to all of you though, shouldn't we at least make Fionna human again?" Gumball asked.