Chapter 1: Finn
"Fern, if things are going down the way I think they're going down, please tell Jake I love him."
"That doesn't matter. I love him!"
"I know you do, Fern. Listen, we can stop this and just go home together. All this lying and fighting, it doesn't have to end like this. Today doesn't have to have this kind of finality."
~Adventure Time Season 9 Episode 14, 'Three Buckets'
"Fatality," PB's cheery voice intoned from Finn's arm. As the whacker blades began to spin faster, Fern grunted in dismay.
"I'm not dying today! I. Will. Take. Your. Place!"
With that statement, the Grass Sword plunged forward.
Right into Finn's neck.
Finn's eyes widened in shock, even as his legs began to spasm from pain. In the reflection of his eyes, Fern saw himself. He saw regret. He saw betrayal. He saw a life that could have been, snuffed out by the sharp blade of grass slowly draining out the life-blood of the last human in the Candy Kingdom.
He saw the love for Jake and Jermaine that he also possessed, the loyalty to PB he also felt.
He saw Finn's love for Huntress Wizard, and the sadness for the pain she would feel should she ever learn of this.
And he saw the love Finn still felt for Fern, the belief that Fern could still be good, that he would serve Ooo well.
Fern ripped out the sword. And as Finn the Human breathed his last, he could have sworn that there was a smile on his face.
Finn was buried at the riverbend where they had once gone fishing together, with no headstone nor grave marker but the bloodstained bear hat that he had always worn.
All throughout Fern's life, he had never felt much mercy for those he killed. But now, every life he would take would weigh heavy on his soul, knowing that Finn had had faith in him, that he could be better.
That he would be better.
Author's Note: Well that was depressing wasn't it? If you liked it, please do drop a follow. I'm planning on doing more.