AUTHOR'S NOTE: Yeah, remember at the very end of my fanfic "Do You Remember Me?" when I said I'd be writing a FinnXBubblegum story soon?

Well...it...didn't work out. -_-

I wrote two chapters of the story, but...in the end, I seem to have lost my spark (majority was because I'm not really a core FinnXBubblegum shipper) and so it led to the story being discontinued. :(

Well, to somehow make up for it (hey—don't bash me; it's not like I promised to write it) I decided to write something based off the episode "Burning Low," but it's in PB's point of view; well, maybe it might help defend her too (because a lot of AT fans nowadays think of her as a jerk).

PINK BEHIND THE BURN

It was time to collect their taxes once again, I said to myself as Morrow landed and set me down in front of Finn and Jake's treehouse.

I knocked a couple of times on the door.

"Hello?" I called to the other side, but I received no response.

I tried again, but there came the same results.

Great, I thought to myself, I guess those two are out somewhere.

I turned the knob around, and discovered it wasn't locked. How odd, that those two would leave home without at least locking the door. Maybe they trusted Beemo too much to be in charge of the house security—unless Beemo was with them, too.

I shrugged, then opened the door and let myself in.

The place was loaded with gold, a few swords, and all sorts of treasure those two had found in their previous adventures. All the more reason to not leave home with an unlocked door.

Well, for me, it was a good thing—at least for today. It saved the trouble for having to wait for them who knows how long.

I pulled out the sack and began taking a handful of the gold, taking just enough for their taxes. I was sure they wouldn't mind. With all the treasure laid in this room, I was certain they wouldn't notice the numbers dwindling down a bit.

After a few more collected gold, I heard muffled noises of conversation. Most likely it was the two. I smiled—I guessed that meant I'd have to explain myself.

The door opened.

" 'Sup, guys?" I said.

"Princess Bubblegum?!" Finn and Jake said in unison.

It was odd to see Finn wrapped up in thin foil—who knew what that was for? I was about to ask him about it when Jake asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Collecting taxes," I answered, then explained, "You guys weren't around so I let myself in."

Then Finn had the strangest expression on his face. He paced sideward, almost as if to avoid me for some odd reason, then he said, "Princess, do not inhale."

"What?" I was confused by his behavior. "Why?"

He didn't answer; he just continued his sideward pacing until he flipped to the ladder and went up.

"What was that all about?" I asked, more to myself.

Jake answered my question. "Oh, he's just off to take a shower after hanging with his lady friend."

That sure piqued my interest. "Ooh, a lady friend. Do tell."

Jake shook his head. "Nope, sorry, that's his business."

I sure wasn't giving up. I bent down so I could see Jake at the eye evenly. "Oh, come on, Jake, you can tell me."

"No way, that's his P-Bizz. You gotta respect the man's P-Bizz."

Well, I tried. I stood up and said, "Oh, okay, I understand; I'll respect that."

I had just been about to walk past Jake when he suddenly blurted out, "Flame Princess! He's hanging out with Flame Princess!"

Flame Princess?! That stopped me cold. "What?!"

"Well," Jake said in a subdued voice, "I don't mean to be telling stories out of school, but pretty soon they'll be taking it to Tier 2."

Tier 2? And so soon?! "No, this isn't possible."

"Oh, it's possible, alright."

"I just never thought...Flame Princess...," I muttered. "I...have to go."

Very abruptly, I walked past Jake, not looking back; I didn't stop until I was out. Then I cried out, "Morrow!"

Morrow appeared and swept me up to the sky. My mind was troubled, but I held on to my thoughts. I would not think about it until I reached my room.

As soon as I was in the Candy Kingdom castle, I rushed to my room, all while avoiding eye contact with anyone else there.

I finally arrived in front of my room, and kicked the door open. I ran to my bed, collapsed onto it, and took out my diary from under my pillow.

It was there that I wrote the most impossible computation I had ever witnessed.

FINN+LOVE=FLAME RPINCESS

"Oh gob," I muttered, "I thought I'd be ready for this."

I had to think of something to avoid all this. But how? Jake had said Finn and Flame Princess were about to take it to Tier 2 (and I just needed to make sure that never happens!) so could I even afford to stop them after what I could assume those two had been through?

I wasn't sure.

But I knew I just had to try.