Yes, peeps, I am alive and well. It's been a crazy year for me so far, what with classes, my job as a pizza delivery boy and some on-off relationships, it's been crazy indeed. Well, anyway, three things. One, this is a new fanfic I've chosen to write after seeing the "Adventure Time" episode "Puhoy" that I'm sure left many of you mind boggled and/or with tears in your eyes like myself. Two, to those of you who are familiar with my first two fanfics, no this will not be written in screenplay format. Instead, I will be writing this in the regular old format that y'all are used to. And three, to those of you who are fans of my work and are still waiting patiently for another chapter of "The Warners", please stay patient. Like I said, rough year and it's been hard trying to write something I need to get back in touch with. However, with summer coming up, I'll be attempting to get back in touch with my "Animaniacs" side and continue writing more of "The Warners" as well as focusing on this story. So expect me working on both of these stories at some point this summer. Well, anyway, here's the first chapter of this story and I hope you all enjoy it! :D
Finn
It was an ordinary day in the Land of Ooo. Blue sky, clouds, birds, all that good stuff, and on a bench taking a break from their usual walk were Finn the Human and his girlfriend, Flame Princess. It had been a year since they started dating and somehow, it had felt longer. Seriously, every time he spent with her was like something out of a dream. He was truly in like with her, or like-like or whatever. Either way, he liked spending time with her. A lot. Sure, they've had their ups and downs before like any other couple, but those were easily fixed through the usual link of communication, dungeon tour or going to a secure place and finding a bunch of abandoned farms or buildings and having her burn them down. Hey, it was better than having her burn down an actual town full of people. She almost got herself kicked out of the last town she nearly obliterated. Anyway, after a few moments of awkward silence, Finn decided to break the ice.
"Hey, wanna hear an awesome joke?" he asked.
"Sure." FP responded.
"Okay." Finn cleared his throat. "Well, this one time, I walked over to the library and when I got there, I asked went over to the librarian and I said, 'Hey, Miss Librarian, ma'am, would you mind spilling the beans on where the Self Help section is?' And do you know what she told me?"
FP placed her palm in her head as she tried to look for the answer in her head. After a few seconds, she gives up and hums 'I don't know'.
"She said, 'If she told me, it would totes defeat the purpose!'" Finn blurted as he began cracking up at his own creation. Flame Princess however, just stood there confused as she tried to dissect the punchline in her mind.
"I don't get it."
Finn's chortling slowed down as he gasped for air, then paused once FP's reaction processed through his fourteen-year old mind. "What?"
Flame Princess now looked embarrassed as she rubbed her arm, not looking at her human boyfriend. "Uh, well, it's not that it's a bad joke, I just...don't...get it...is all."
Now Finn looked a bit embarrassed. "Oh, uh, well-"
"Beep, beep! Look out!"
"What the..." Finn looked up. FP, not so much as she looks confused at Finn's reaction.
"Beep, beep! Pillow delivery."
Finn looks at FP. "You don't hear that?"
"Hear what?"
"Beep, beep!"
"Wait." Finn pauses, then realizes. "Is that-"
"Look out, buddy!"
Just then, a light shower of pillows unload on top of Finn's human head, as well as BMO and his small companion named CMO (who seemed to appear out of nowhere. Hmm, maybe he jumped in there at the last minute. Eh, who knows?"), bringing him back to reality.
Finn is seated on a small cylinder pillow and (or was) facing the wall of a fort made entirely of pillows, mattresses and blankets housing and towering the entire treehouse from top to bottom with wooden poles holding up certain parts of the blankets to resemble either windows or passageways and an entrance in the middle. Still, with that, he didn't really seem all that interested in this great "towering achievement" that he helped create with Jake and BMO and was instead over-analyzing a thought that had been bothering him since this morning. Heck, even before the knife storm appeared and he always loved seeing those, especially with how rare they usually are. Anyways, irritated, he pans his head around.
"Jake, cut it out!"
"Sorry, buddy." Jake, as a full-size snowplow, states in a confused manner. "I'm just trying to cheer you up some." He shifts back to his normal pudgy dog self. "I mean, here you are chillin' out with history's coolest friends, building an actual pillow fort, but you just sit there sulking. I mean, what gives?!"
"I don't know." Finn sighs, still finding the floor more interesting than everything else around him. "I guess I'm just thinking about Flame Princess. I told her a joke the other day and she didn't even laugh or anything. Guess it's over between us."
Jake tilts his head in confusion. "Wait, that's it? A joke?"
BMO walks around and joins the two. "Maybe she just didn't get it yet."
"Yeah, right, BMO." Finn turns around. "More like she used up all her laughs on some other guy's jokes probably." He sighs again and turns back to face Jake. "Man, having a girlfriend is hard."
Jake may not be able to understand why this is making his bro so down in the dumps, but that doesn't mean he can't still help him. "No, dude, being crazy is hard. You're getting all hung up, all hung up on imaginary problems. You gotta focus on what's real, man. Here, I'll show you." He stretches out his arm and fishes a plastic coffee cup with a pink flower sketched on it. "You see this cup? This is literally my favorite cup." He turns and tosses the cup toward the window where it breaks through the glass and falls. "Now it's gone forever. So it's not real, and I don't care about it anymore."
BMO gasps. "Oh, no! My favorite window!"
"I don't know what you guys are talking about." Finn states looking a slight bit...unamused at the thoughtful advice his friends are trying to give him. He gets up grabs his plastic coffee cup and his red demon blood sword and places them between his bag and backpack. "You know what, I think I just need some alone time right now. Gotta let my mind...fester a bit, you know?" He says while rubbing his forehead. "I'll be back in a little while." With that said, he falls to his hands and knees and commences crawling toward the inside of the pillow fort. As he did so, he could hear Jake's voice echoing through the fort.
"Finn! Festering's always bad, man!"
He didn't care, he just commenced...
"There's no good kind of festering!"
...further and further into the void.
"FIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!"
A/N: Don't know exactly how long it will take for the next chapter to show up, but please be aware that I will be writing this story every day and will keep editing until I am finally satisfied. I hope you guys will enjoy this story as much as I'm enjoying writing it.
