Finn was at the microwave. It was a Sunday and three weeks ago, Finn and Jake decided that they would take it easy on Sundays and just work on the Tree House they lived in ever since BMO decided that their house needed some serious redecoration. Still feeling half asleep because he just woke up from a terrible nightmare. Finn was not exactly sure what his dream was about. All he could remember about the dream was there was a lot of fire and death, and also something he didn't understand. A mysterious shadow standing behind a huge flame. The shadow had somehow looked familiar. Finn thinks he should lay it easy on his and Jakes daily adventures. Finn thinks that right after lunch, he should tell Jake that they should only have seven adventures a day instead of eight. But he's not going to tell his best friend that he had a bad dream because he thinks that Jake will think he's a softy. He'll probably make up some kind of excuse as the day goes along.
Just then, Jake crawled down from the bedroom. "Yo Finn, is that microwave pizza done?" Jake asked looking hungry.
"Almost. Should be done in a few more minutes" replied Finn.
While Finn was preparing the frozen pizza. Jake went to go make some orange juice.
"Hey Finn." Shouted Jake over the sound of the juicer. "Yeah Jake?"Replied Finn "Did you have a nightmare or something last night?" Said Jake.
Finn froze and didn't know what to say that instance. He didn't know whether he should tell Jake the truth or to just try to tell a lie.
"Uh, yeah" Finn said over what felt like an hour. "Why do you ask?" "Cause I had a bad dream too."Admitted Jake. "Really?" Said Finn in confusion. "Wait, did your dream involve fire and lots of destruction?" Questioned Finn. "Hell yeah, and and with that weird shadowy guy." "Then we were having the same dream" Said Finn "Rhombus!" Exclaimed Jake excitedly "What do you think it could mean?" "Not sure." Said Finn. "Maybe it could be-" But just as Jake was about to finish his sentence, the microwave tinged. "Pizzas done!" Finn shouted like he usually does when he's startled.
But the real reason he said it was because he didn't want to hear Jake's theory. He thought it best to just put the method aside for the moment and try to enjoy their Sunday.
"Hey, Jake. You want some pizza?" Said Finn as he took the pizza out of the microwave oven. "Nah, I'm good. I've got to go and meet lady down by Chocolate Truffle Hill. Just make sure there's still some when I get back okay?" Said Jake unsure whether Finn would eat all the pizza himself or save some for Jake. "No promises." Said Finn "But bring me back some truffles" Said Finn as Jake climbed down the ladder to the front door. "Fine" Yelled Jake who was already at the bottom of the ladder.
Finn sat down at the table and was about to sink his teeth into the first slice, when he heard Jake screaming downstairs. Finn reacted immediately and jumped downstairs not wanting to waste any time. When he hit the ground floor, he could feel the force of the impact, but shook it off quickly as he had done so before time and time again. When he looked around he saw Jake standing by the front door, his jaw dropped so low, it looked like it would fall off.
"Dude, what's wrong?" Finn said still confused about the situation.
"Finn, you need to see this!" Shouted Jake.
Finn approached Jake and stood by his side. But what he saw just made him stagger backwards.
What Finn was looking at was the Candy Kingdom. Only, it was not the jolly Candy Kingdom that he knew. The Candy Kingdom he gazed upon was set ablaze with a massive fire and was spewing out large clouds of smoke. There were also the faint cries of the Candy People but as he kept on staring, the cries got fainter until he could here. Nothing.
"We've got to go and help them! They could be in trouble!"Said Finn "Oh gee I don't know the situation looks fine. It's just the Candy Kingdom on fire of course we've got to go and help!"
Then Jake immediately stretched out into his humongous form and slid under Finn as he did carrying Finn to the Candy Kingdom at a fast pace.
When they got there, they saw that buildings had been burnt down and that the walls around the city had been broken. They saw movement from behind one of the piles of rubble. They moved closer to investigate. When they had lifted the piles of rubble, they found that it was Starchy, the part time grave digger and part time mail man. He was covered in rubble and he was badly burnt in several parts.
"Starchy?" Said Finn "Finn, thank the stars!" Said Starchy looking terrified. "What happened here?" "It was just a normal routine mail delivery. When all off a sudden. He came out of nowhere."Said Starchy with tears and fear in his eyes. "Who did? Who came out of nowhere?" Asked Jake. "Starchy began to sob softly. "I don't know. He was like no one I have ever seen before. He moved so fast. Like a Demon. Spreading fire and destruction throughout the city." "Can you tell me what he looked like?" "I only got a quick glimpse of him. But that was all it took to know that his intensions were not pure. He bore a black hood, and he had a mask.
Then all of a sudden at once, the nightmare came flashing back too Finn. He could make out the mysterious figure better. He bore a night black cape and wore a mask just like how Starchy described. And he stood before a great fire. And as he watched him, the desolate cries of the dying could be heard from behind him. Then Finn snapped back to reality.
The Finn started thinking about Princess Bubblegum as he looked around and saw her castle still burning and smoke pouring out of the windows. "Princess Bubblegum, she could be in trouble! Jake I'll go look for her. You help any candy people that you see." "Okay."
Finn raced as fast as he could to the castle jumping over burning debris as he did. He soon got to the Castle and saw that the entrance was blown open. He raced inside and found that the banners and nice decorations that used to sit on pedestals were now no more. Nothing was felt save for burning walls and piles of debris. He quickly raced upwards to the Princess's chambers. As soon as he got in he saw Princess Bubblegum lying unconscious on the floor. Her body covered in ash and burnt slightly. Her skin colour also looked paler than normal.
"Princess!" Finn shouted in both excitement and fright. He saw the princess slowly turning her head towards him and opened her eyes. "Finn." said the princess weakly. "Help."
Finn quickly rushed to her side and helped her onto her feet and quickly took her outside. He put her down onto the ground so she could breathe normally. She quickly regained her strength and the colour to her skin was turning from a pale pink to a bright pink. She sprung up quickly and took in a huge gasp of air and coughed out a little bit of ash at the same time.
"It's ok princess just breathe normally." Said Finn trying to calm her down. "Oh Finn, thank goodness you came. It came out of nowhere" "What did?" "I'm not sure." Princess Bubblegum said as she began to weep. "It just destroyed everything with weapons I have never seen before." "Finn. Princess!" shouted Jake with candy people in his extremely stretched out arms. "Where is everyone else?" asked Princess Bubblegum with anticipation. "I'm sorry princess. This is all that's left. Everyone else is dead." Princess Bubblegum started to cry. "It's ok PB. I vow to catch whoever did this and bring him to justice." Princess Bubblegum looked up at Finn and still with tears in her but with a small smile. "Oh Finn. Thank you." "Just tell me which way he went." Princess Bubblegum pointed in the direction of the Ice Kingdom. "He went that way." "Okay"
"Wait Finn!" shouted Princess Bubblegum as Finn was about to take off." Princess Bubblegum pulled out an egg shaped object that was concealed within her robes. "This is the weapon that it used. After it had burnt down the town it came into my bed chamber and asked about The Key. I pulled out my magic wand, but he threw it at me and I was too late and it exploded and knocked me out. He dropped it as he left and I grabbed it just before I fell unconscious. I hope it will serve you well on your quest."
Finn took it from the princess and put it in his backpack. "Thanks princess. What do you think he meant by the Key?" "I don't know the answer. But I am sure you will find out when you catch him." Finn nodded and ran off into the distance alongside Jake. "Be careful." Murmured the princess as she turned to tend to the candy people. And so their journey began.