Hello again you guys, I hope you are all delightedly eager to continue reading more of this Fanfiction series because here it is, the first chapter of Adventurers United! – Part 2! Thank you all for your affectionate, never-ending support for this story, it means the world to me; please continue to review and as always, enjoy! :D
A/N: For Part 2 I have decided to change the original animation of the show to Anime as a 'Wizard of Oz" effect, but you do not have to imagine the characters in that style; if you are interested feel free to visit my Tumblr page for visual aid, I have provided a link on my profile page for you all, once you are there click on the page on the side that say 'FanFiction' to see any post tagged as such. ;D
Disclaimer: I do not own Adventure Time.
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Well kids that's all for tonight, come back for more tales my dear Graybles! What that you say, you want to watch more, but it's so late and you all look so tired and sleepy. Oh how can I resist those adorable little faces of yours, oaky very well we'll continue our feature. Now I'm warning you don't sleedozey off ramped because you'll mighty miss something grand!
Chapter 1:
"What the Stuff?"
"What they hey, where am I and what is that annoying beeping sound?" Fionna was slowly awakening from what she guessed was unconsciousness; she was no stranger to unconsciousness since she had been knocked-out countless times before, but this was peculiarly different somehow. In the act of cautiously opening her eyes, Fionna was unanticipatedly blinded by what appeared to be a flashlight. "What the stuff lady, get away from me!" Fionna shouted as she shoved the doctor away from her.
"Now calm down Ms. Mertens, I need you to lie down right now okay sweetie?" The Doctor kindly ordered and softly laid her back down. "My name is Dr. Betty Winters, you've been in a coma for almost three months with your – "
"Fionna!" cried a beautiful blonde woman, who for some reason was very familiar to Fionna, and then hit her.
"Mom?" Fionna said rhetorically as her mother tightly squeezed her.
"My baby girl, we thought we were going to loose you and your brother, thank God you're awake now!" Fionna's mom was sobbing now, overjoyed to see her daughter awake and safe in her arms.
"My brother?" Fionna asked softly as Dr. Winters pushed the curtain back to reveal a confused blond boy who almost looked exactly like her. "Finn?"
"You do remember you brother right Fionna?" Mrs. Mertens asked with uneasiness; she was a thirty-seven year old woman with bleach blond hair and blue eyes, she stood at five-foot-nine inches. Bridget Lancaster was her maiden name; she was born in Portland, Oregon on March 28th 1975 and earned her masters in art and owns a studio in downtown Seattle in which she makes and sells her art.
"Who could forget Finn?" Fionna asked rhetorically as she thought about the question; her mother gave a sigh of relief.
"Sweetheart can you tell me about the night of your accident?" Dr. Winters asked.
"Um yeah, uhh… we were driving home from dinner at Red Robin, I remember I ordered the crispy chicken sandwich with fries ad a side of buffalo sauce, it was really good have you had that before; anyways, then we got smashed by some idiot behind us! Also it was June 11th, which I think was a Tuesday, how long was I out again?"
"Less than three months, unfortunately you and your brother were unconscious for you entire –"
"Wait that would mean we slept for the whole flippin' summer!" Fionna shook her head in her hands. "What the junk that's so unfair, I mean like we didn't even get to enjoy our vacation!"
"Oh honey it's only the 9th of August and you don't go back to school until the 16th, that gives you a week left of vacation." Mrs. Mertens tenderly wrapped her arms around her shoulders in contentment. "Neither of you have summer-work in your Honors classes because you already finished your assignments so you don't have to worry about that, and your father went ahead and registered you both for high school, huh, you guys were super excited to start high school. Tell you what, I will take you and your brother downtown to do some school shopping for this year and we can drive around Washington to find stuff to do, sound good kiddo, Finn sweetie does that sound like fun? Finn? Finn! Finn, snap out of it you're not with God yet, Finn? I'll just keep calling you until you answer, Finn? Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn, are you there, Finn, Finn, Finn, you know you're going to break soon, Finn, Finn, Finn, Finn –"
"Argh, Mom quit it can't you see I'm in shock?" Finn said dramatically.
"Goddamn Bridget you sure know how to grab their attention, maybe you can give some guidance when me and Simon have kids." Betty laughed.
"Betty? Betty, Betty, Betty… hmm, I've know that name… oh you're our neighbor from down the street," Fionna recollected; "you're engaged to Mr. Petrikov, the Sophomore World History teacher at Garfield High School, that's where me and Finn are going to this year! I knew you were moving in with Simon because you were engaged now, how's everything going with you lovey-dovey-birds?"
"Oh I'm glad you remember me now, we're doing great thanks for asking Fi; yeah our wedding is in winter, we wanted a Christmas wedding! Ooh, I know you and your brother will be on Christmas break by then, I would love it if you all came."
"Sure thing, but then I have to where a dress, ugh!"
"Here's an idea: leg-warmers, they're starting to comeback now and I've decided to wear a pair underneath my dress to keep warm, a lot of the other ladies are doing that too."
"Oh holy cow leg-warmers, bring back the 80's son!" Finn whooped. "Maybe you guys should make your wedding into like an 80's, like, Christmas themed wedding and whatever, that would be sick!"
"This is why the women plan weddings and not the men." Fionna teased, Finn stuck his tongue at her.
"You kids, it's as if you were never in a coma in the first place," Bridget rolled her eyes. "Betty when can they come home, tonight?"
"Umm, you know what actually, um, since everything seems do be doing alright I think they can go home tomorrow morning, I just want to keep them here for one more night to be safe and then they're free to go, okay? I know you and Jonathan are desperate to have them back at home, speaking of which where is you're husband slash my cousin?"
"Wait you're our aunt – oh now I definitely know why your name is so familiar, you're our aunt form Chicago; wow that's so cool, we're gonna have the coolest teacher from GHSS as our uncle!"
"I know huh, I heard that he's super chill about everything, except when it comes to late work then I heard he gets a little pissed."
"Language little man!" Bridget waved her finger at him.
"It's not a bad word Mom!"
"I don't care I don't want you talking like that in front of me or your father, understand?" Finn grunted in reply. "You know Jake and Cake have really missed you guys, they've been sleeping in your rooms since the accident. The poor things, animals totally know when something's wrong."
Finn and Fionna remembered their cat and bulldog, but in this world they remembered that their pets were just that: pets, not awesome stretching cat and dog just simple animals that couldn't speak. Perhaps since they are animals and have a supposedly sixth sense they might remember the land of Ooo and Aaa, but sadly that is only an urban legend. Their thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the sliding glass door, "Kids you're awake, your Mom just text me a while ago and I brought you guys something to drink, are you guys hungry yet want me to get you something?" Jonathan Mertens was a built man with dark brown hair and green eyes and is thirty-nine years old, standing at a height of six-foot-four. Jonathan was born September 10th 1973 in Chicago, Illinois; he is now a pharmacist. He came into the room, setting the drinks on the table that divided Finn and Fionna's beds, and pulled Fionna into a tight bear hug, "Oh my little wild girl, I've missed you so much you don't even know."
"Can't. Breath. Dad." Fionna's arms were crushed against her chest.
"Sorry. Finn!" Jonathan pulled Finn in the same bear hug as Fionna, but Finn tried to show his father up by squeezing him as hard as he could until he finally gave up, out of breath. "Nice try kiddo." He mussed Finn's blond hair. "Anyways are you two hungry –"
"Yes, yes please get us In n' Out I need a hamburger like right now!" Fionna had grabbed her father's shoulder. "I want a double-double with cheese but without onion, fries, and a Pepsi!"
"Me too, but I want a Dr. Pepper instead."
"Goddamn you kids are hyper for food aren't you?" Jonathan laughed then turned to his wife, "Do you want anything?"
"Uh, just get me a strawberry shake, I'm not in the mood for food just yet, if I get hungry though I just go to the cafeteria."
"Sure thing, Betty do you want anything from In n' Out?"
"No thank you I'm fine, thanks though"
"No problem, okay so…" he took out his iPhone and began to type in the orders; "I've got two double-doubles with cheese and no onions, a side of fries, a Pepsi and a Dr. Pepper, and a strawberry shake, am I right?"
"Yeah!" Finn and Fionna said practically bouncing in their beds.
"Well okay then I'll be right back with that." He left the room.
"Oh wait Jonathan – aw never mind he's gone, kids I'll be right back I need to go get my phone from the car before he drives off." Bridget left the room.
"Well niece and nephew I will see you later, call me if you need anything, we're glad to have you back. Again sorry that you missed almost your entire vacation, but hey, you have a few days to enjoy time off so it's not too bad. Okay bye kids love you!" Betty left the room, leaving Finn and Fionna by themselves.
"Fionna, do you remember…" Finn was hesitant to ask his sister about what just happened a few moments ago.
"Ooo and Aaa, totally – was it a dream or is this reality?"
"No it's our wish, it came true, remember how we wished to live with our friends in a time of peace without the Lich, that's what's up it came true. All of our friends might be here too, Marceline is definitely here and Marshall might be alive!"
"Oh Glob Finn I hope Marshall's alive," Fionna could feel the tears threatening to escape; "he was one of my best friends Finn, I loved him like a brother; did you see Marci and Bonni and Gumball, they were so heartbroken about all the plop that went down. How will we find them if they are here, I mean from what I remember Seattle is a huge city! Hey do you remember stuff that we never did?"
"Yeah, I feel like I lived a double life or something, like, I remember my life in Ooo and here in Seattle! Huh, so this is what Earth used to look like before the Mushroom War, it's pretty nice, and look out the window you can see a whole bunch of people down there!"
"Whoa Geometric!" Fionna stared down at the streets below to watch the people.
Even their own species were strange to them, they had seen humans in old movies, but it was bizarre watching them in real life. From three stories high they could see humans of different color, race, size, and culture; there were two people who caught Finn's eye – a boy and a girl, they looked like they could be siblings. The girl was pale and so was the boy, Finn remembered how pale people were in Washington; there was no sun throughout most of the year. But one thing stood out to Finn, the two kids were familiar with their long black hair and pale skin.
"Look at those two kids down there, they look like Marci and Marshall, that's funny." Finn's smile faded, because there was no way the two kids he just saw were his old friends from the lands of Ooo and Aaa.
~A~U~A~
The fallowing day Finn and Fionna were given a clean bill of health and were free to go home after spending three long months in a coma at the hospital that they will not even remember. It was a six-minute drive from the Virginia Mason Hospital near downtown Seattle to the Mertens' home, which was actually down the street from Garfield High School. Their home was just as they remembered, it was a small house but it was beautiful thanks to Bridget's artistic vision. The house was single-story with four bedrooms and two bathrooms; the walls on the outside were wood-paneled and light blue, the trim of the house was white, and the door was a rich cherry red color that was covered by an overhang supported by two thin beams on both corners; and the garden was surrounded by a white-picket fence, there were also flower beds alongside the front of the house made of stone, overflowing with pink, violet, and red daisies and roses and other flowers I do not know the name of but they're really nice in my head! Jonathan parked the silver 2010 Honda, Element they were riding in behind the blue Mini Cooper in the long driveway; they had no garage. The four vacated the car and went through the back gate that led to the small backyard; an insanely cute, blond English bulldog burst through the doggy door of the human sized red backdoor, a dog the Mertens' had named Jake!
"Jake buddy!" Finn kneeled down to catch the huge dog, which snuggled into his chest.
"Where's Cake…" Fionna stopped when she saw an adorable white and brown cat prance over to where she was and hop into her waiting arms. "There's my girl!"
They all entered through the red door and into the laundry room and through the kitchen. Jonathan went straight to the living room to sit on the couch with his laptop, Bridget went to the office, and Finn and Fionna went to their rooms. Finn's room was exactly how he left the night of the accident, sort of; his Mom had obviously cleaned up a little; he went to lie down on his bed with a wooden plank backboard and stared at the ceiling, missing his real home in Ooo. "I have a family at least," he thought; "haha, check that out there's a paper airplane painted on the wall. I really like this room, it's pretty tight." Fionna walked into her room, and though she knew what her room looked like it still surprised her when she saw it in person rather than just memory. She walked over to her bed and ran her fingers along the soft, red bed spread with floral patterns. What she had always liked most about her room were the shelves because she made them by hand; she and her mother had gone to a garage sale, she noticed a busted dresser with the drawers in perfect condition; Fionna liked to conduct DIY projects like her mother since she turned the drawers into shelves. Like Finn, Fionna missed her real home where everything was strange and that was considered normal living. The coming week would be long for the twins, and they were now grateful for having slept through their entire summer.
~A~U~A~
It was now the night of August 15th, 2012, the Mertens had just gone out for dinner as a Farwell gesture to freedom before having to slave away yet another year in school, but this was Finn and Fionna's first year of high school so who knows what mysteries await them. Of course my fellow high school students we know what lies ahead for Finn and Fionna: drama and romance, heartbreak and betrayal, friendship and rivalry, and sexual desires! It's every parent's nightmare to send their teenager to the trappings of high school, but it means that they are closer to having their kids out of the house so they ignore it. Jonathan decided to have the "high school talk' with his children before they went to bed, thank God they were at home for this awkward conversation; basically he had the "sex talk" with them, there's really was no difference at all. During the "talk" Fionna felt somewhat nervous, it was because she had a huge crush on Garrison Mumford in middle school, he was a grade higher than she was but she still saw him enough to fall head-over-heals for him. A lot of people Garrison knew called him 'Bubba' or 'Gumball' because he had snuck into the teacher's lounge with his best friend and broke the decorative gumball machine, he and his friend got in so much trouble. At first Garrison did not like being identified by his cruel nickname, but eventually he warmed up to it and it became a habit for him to respond to either of those names including his own. Fionna never actually knew who his best friend was but she had heard that he was a big time prankster along with his older twin sister. A thought had then occurred to Fionna as her father blabbed on, "Wait could it have been Marshall, then he is alive, but will he be at our school tomorrow?" Fionna looked over at Cake who was resting on the back of the sofa behind her Dad's head, Cake looked back at Fionna, but she did something that startled her owner. "Did Cake just wink at me, does she remember? Maybe I'll ask her tonight when everyone's asleep, Mom would probably take me back to the hospital to have me checked for some mental issues."
Finn was looking at his sister while at the same time scratching Jake's head, he was as nervous as she was when their father moved on to the "guys only want to get in your pants" topic. Finn of course would never consider becoming – active – with a girl, but he did like a girl once, but she was older and way too mature for him, plus she was very intelligent. Bonnibel Mumford, she was Garrison's cousin, his parents had adopted Bonni when her parents died, it happened eleven years ago in 2001, and we all remember what tragedy happened that year. Andrew and Charlotte Mumford had left their five-year-old daughter Bonni under the care of Andrew's brother, Garrison's father, so they could both celebrate their fifth anniversary together in New York. Early in the morning of September 11th, 2001 the couple decide to view the city inside the North Tower of the World Trade Center… they were never found after the Towers fell and it had not taken long for Bonni to realize her parents' fate. Every year since that day Garrison, his best friend and his sister, and many others who were either friends or strangers would make lanterns for the victims and heroes of 9/11, Bonnie was the one who would give a speech for the entire class, and after a small prayer to end the speech the students would light and release their lanterns. Finn had always admired her strength and will to endure the pain she suffered, including her kind attitude taught to her by her parents. At one point Finn tried t ask her out, but as he fumbled for words she stopped him, gave him a quick kiss, and told him, "You're very sweet Finn, and, not but, I don't want to ruin our friendship." Finn completely understood and they continued to be good friends, he got over her very quickly.
"Okay well kids I think I've embarrassed you enough for today," Jonathan was finally done with the "talk;" "go to sleep you've got an early morning ahead of ya'."
Fionna grabbed Cake and quickly went to her room; Finn went to get a drink of water as Jake trailed behind him. Once in her room Fionna set Cake down on her bed, "Cake, big sis' do you remember me, remember Aaa our home? Please give me something to work with if you do."
Cake tilted her head and narrowed her eyes as if to say, "Seriously baby-cakes it took you a week to figure it out, you could have read my body language I know you're good at that stuff."
"Oh my Glob Cake you don't know how relieved I am that you remember, ugh I've been so emotionally exhausted this week. Hey does Jake remember too?" Cake nodded, "Should I tell Finn or should we wait until her figures it out?"
Right on cue Finn rushed into his sister's room with Jake in his arms, "Fi Jake remembers Ooo and I think Cake does – wait you already figured it out didn't you?"
"How could you tell?" Fionna asked sarcastically.
"Finally now I can go to sleep now that I have my best-bro with me." Finn left the room, gently closing the door.
"You probably know I haven't slept all week because I missed you that bad?" Fionna smiled at her adoptive sister who nodded in reply. "Maybe we can figure something out so you and Jake can talk to us, when our parents aren't home of course, we could use the Scramble pieces!"
Cake pursed her lips in thought as if to say, "Yeah that's a pretty neat idea, but it's gonna be such a hassle trying to put all those blocks together, you guys better not ask big questions! But if you are gonna make us spell out big responses and whatnot, then you'd better have a whole mess of catnip honey 'cause I ain't doing nothing frustrating like that for free!"
"Okay fine we'll figure something else out, maybe you can text us or whatever." Cake sat up and stretched her paws out to Fionna. "Right no thumbs, yeesh if only you and Jake still had your powers then you could just stretch out thumbs, but then you guys would be able to talk so, like, there's no point."
Cake sighed at the thought of no longer having her powers; sure she could jump to extreme heights, but what fun is there in jumping if you can't stretch out your paws to grab hold of something like a tree branch? It was already terrible enough not being able to stretch, but being mute, well, that is just too much! Cake could not deny that at least her little sister remembered everything about Ooo and Aaa, and of course her good friends Finn and Jake! She thought about when she saw Jake after the Wish was granted, she was sleeping on Fionna's bed when he pushed the door open and found her; she hopped down from the bed, and when she realized that he was still Jake they gave each other a fist-bump; fortunately for them they could understand each other. Jake was worried about what happened to Lady, Charlie, Jake Jr, Viola, TV, and Kim Kil Whan, and Cake was worried about them and Lord Monochromicorn. Above all they were worried about where everyone else was, yet according to their new memories Finn and Fionna would be around soon.
Fionna crawled into bed and turned of her red bedside lamp, letting the natural light of the moon illuminate the darkened room. Tomorrow would certainly be an adventure for both Finn and Fionna, and as usual they had no idea what to even expect what would happen next.
~A~U~A~
Thank you all for your support in this story, please continue to review, and sorry it took so long I have siblings who actually had school this week. The reason I wanted to mention 9/11 is because I wanted to pay tribute in a big way to the heroes and victims of that unforgettably tragic day. Chapter 2 will hopefully be out soon, in which you will meet more humanized Adventure Time character; if you want to see what Finn and Fionna and their house looks like go ahead and visit my Tumblr page, I have provided a link for you on my profile page or you can type my username. Until next time! :D
- Ayden
