Chapter 1: The Accident
It was a normal day in the Land of Ooo, where the sun would normally be high in the sky of the early morning, but today, strong clouds were obscuring the bright day and looming over the land. It had only just begun drizzling with rain.
In a large tree fortress, two people were resting inside of the living room, one being a young teenage boy with a white hat that had bear ears sticking out of it, the other being his older brother, a dog with yellow-orange fur. The two were well known throughout the Land of Ooo for being adventurous heroes. The living room was made of wood and well maintained. They had nothing they could do, all of their plans being ruined by the rain, and the duo stuck doing nothing in their own tree home.
The teenage boy stood up, letting out a short yawn. "Do we still got any board games?" he asked his older brother, Jake, a magical dog that could stretch and change his body, though he could only stretch up to a limited length. He always tried his best to protect his little adopted brother. "Finn, we gave 'em all to some of the candy orphans. Remember?" Jake answered, getting up and beginning to look around for something they could do the living room. The only thing furnishing the room was a few scratches in the walls, a coffee table and a green sofa.
"And BMO's still recharging… great," Finn muttered to himself. He was known as the last human alive in the Land of Ooo, though he was also known for being a hero, the reputation he lived by to stay good and protect all. The two were trying to think of something to do. "Listen, dude. Why don't we go visit Bubblegum? She might have something we can help her with," Jake suggested to his younger brother. He didn't enjoy moping around and especially hated seeing his brother sulking about. "Fine…" he sighed, reluctantly agreeing. Anything that would get rid of the boredom, he welcomed. Finn went and grabbed an umbrella before proceeding downstairs to their front door which was surrounded by hordes of treasure and various weapons that they had gathered on their lifetime of adventures.
The two set off into the outside land. The rain was starting to get heavier while the two walked beside each other, sharing the umbrella. His older brother was trying to think up on something to start conversation, and only one thing came to mind. "So… how have you and Flame Princess been?" Jake questioned, wondering how his brother was doing with his girlfriend. "She's been a bit upset, lately. She hates seeing me get hurt whenever we do anything," Finn explained. He tended to get burnt whenever he held her hand, hugged her, or even kissed her. The silent atmosphere took over, the only noise coming from the rain that pelted off from their umbrella.
They arrived to the Candy Kingdom, where it looked just as lively as expected. Only a few candy people were outside in the rain that seemed to be gradually getting heavier and heavier. It was no surprise to them. They just ignored it while continuing through the candy paved streets, straight towards a huge candy castle that was nestled in the middle of Candy Kingdom.
Once the two entered the Candy Castle, Finn closed the umbrella and rested it near the door. "Oh, welcome, Finn and Jake," they were greeted by a familiar servant in the castle, Peppermint Butler. He was the princess's right hand assistant in many activities she did. "What brings you two here?" he asked the two heroes. "We just wanted to visit PB," Finn answered. Jake just nodded. "Oh yes, come with me," the butler insisted, leading them deeper into the castle. The hallways had various portraits that depicted a woman with pink skin and long pink hair, in a royal dress and a tiara set on her head.
Finn just looked at the paintings in boredom. Lost in his memories, he remembered the crush he used to have on the princess, but he had moved on when every attempt failed, due to the princess being much older than him. He became more aware of how childish he felt, the longer it went on. Finn was snapped from his trance once they arrived to a room full of scientific equipment that was lying around, gathering dust from either not being completed yet or just having no use.
"That's odd. She should have been here…" Peppermint Butler claimed. The room was awkwardly empty, though one look around the room proved to answer where she was already. "Dude, are those icicles?" Jake questioned, seeing multiple frozen spikes on the ceiling, steadily dripping water from starting to melt, and snow on the ground in small random piles. "The Ice King!" Finn and Jake told each other at one upon realizing whom the leftover frost was from.
Finn was rushing alongside Jake, going out of the castle. The princess had been kidnapped once again. It happened a lot, a thing which they were used to and didn't think much of, but both of them were ecstatic to at least have something to do. They were running out of the candy kingdom heading straight for the icy mountains in the far distance not caring about the heavy rainstorm that still went on.
A few minutes passed, and they arrived to a frozen wasteland known as the Ice Kingdom, with a giant Ice Fortress nearby on top of a mountain. "Just stretch us up there," Finn told Jake. Before he could, they were suddenly blasted by a loud roar. A frozen golem arose from the snow right in front of the entrance. "Uh oh… Dude…" Jake stepped back a bit. His younger brother grabbed a handle from his back, and pulled out a golden, but brittle sword. "This Snow Golem is just going to waste our time. You go save Princess Bubblegum. I'll handle this guy," Jake explained the plan. The young hero just gave a nod, thinking that his older brother could handle it by himself.
Jake stretched his arm out, punching the Snow Golem, instantly enraging it. It stomped towards him, but while it was distracted, Finn slipped around it and made his way into the entrance of the ice fortress. Once inside he could see very few furniture that was around, mostly made out of ice, with a group of penguins randomly wandering around, but didn't pose any real threat.
Finn climbed up an all too familiar staircase of the ice fortress. He could hear voices echoing from the top of the ice fortress where the steps were leading him. "You know they'll come and save me eventually. Just let me out and you'll be spared a beating this time," a woman's voice echoed. "Ha! I doubt they even know you're gone," another voice echoed that sounded odd.
Finn arrived to the door where the voices were coming from. He gripped his sword tighter before kicking in the door and watching it fly open. Finn stepped into a room with a cage in it and a big window to view the ice kingdom from. The princess that was in the portraits was standing within the cage, and a pale blue skinned man with white hair and a long white beard was standing nearby in a blue robe, and a gold crown with multiple gems embedded in it.
"I'm here, Bubblegum!" Finn declared. Princess Bubblegum was relieved when she saw him kick in the door. "Hey, come on! I'm sick of fixing that door every time!" The man in blue shouted furiously before shooting a bolt of ice at Finn. He blocked it with his sword, causing it to freeze over. He smashed it on the ground, breaking the ice off of it. "Just give up, Ice King," the young hero taunted. The Ice King had a mental problem and a brief past with another friend of Finn's. Finn however got more annoyed with the Ice King, each time he saw him. The Ice King was insane, the fact being that he always tried to kidnap princesses to marry them, but whenever it happened, Finn and Jake would come in and rescue them.
The Ice King didn't respond and just proceeded to shoot icicles out from the palms of his hands at the young boy. Finn blocked most of them with his sword, but a few hit his arm. He just charged at the Ice King, swinging his sword. He missed and his sword smashed into the frozen ground and got stuck. "Oh glob," Finn muttered. The Ice King grinned and shot out another bolt of ice, freezing Finn's left foot, from the ankle up to his knee.
"Finn!" Princess Bubblegum watched in fear from the cage, wishing that she could just help. Finn looked at his leg for a second, where the frozen tingly pain was already bothering him. "Prepare to be a big ice block," the Ice King laughed, about to blast him again. Before he knew it, Finn had begun charging towards him, getting himself blasted by a bolt of ice that froze his left fist. Finn threw an uppercut on the Ice King's jaw.
The ice king stumbled back before falling out the huge window that he used to view the land. Finn just came over to the prison that Bubblegum was in. "Oh, thank goodness. Are you okay?" Bubblegum questioned out of worry. "Fine, j-just a bit cold…" Finn answered before beginning to beat on the lock with his frozen fist until both the lock and the ice encasing his fist broke apart. Princess Bubblegum was glad to be freed once more. "Thank you, Finn. Come on, let's get out of here" she insisted, wanting to leave.
"You got it, PB," Finn said with a smirk. Suddenly a loud groan agony pierced his ears. He went over to the huge window which the Ice King had fallen out of, and saw him lying on a platform part way down. The young hero's eyes widened. He was about to jump down. "What are you doing?!" Bubblegum shouted, wondering what he was trying to accomplish behind this. Finn didn't answer before sliding down the icy slope to the Ice King.
"Are you okay, dude?" Finn questioned before seeing a smaller spike of ice sticking through his shoulder. He was horrified. "Holy glob…! Come on, I-I'll help you," he said, trying to ignore his frozen leg while trying to help the unconscious Ice King. Suddenly, Finn heard a loud crack and looked behind him, seeing the platform starting to crack. Finn tried to pry the Ice King from the frozen spike that was extruding through his shoulder.
"FINN!" Princess Bubblegum's voice echoed from higher up as the platform broke off and began sliding into the ice below. Finn was trying to stay calm, but the next thing he knew, they were smashing into the snowy ground. Just then, Finn fell unconscious in an instant.
End of Chapter 1