Adventure Time High: Senior Year.

Chapter one: Start of Senior year.

The sun slowly crept over the horizon, the alarm was set, but Finn was already wide awake. He had been waiting for this day for a long time, and it felt so surreal. The day had finally arrived. Shutting off the alarm before it had a chance to ring, Finn got up and headed to the bathroom. Splashing cold water on his face, Finn watched the water droplets run down his cheek, and took a look outside the bathroom window. The sun was rising. This is the moment that he wanted. Finn wanted this. He wanted to walk back up those concrete stairs, through the double doors that lead into a whole different world. Finn wanted to walk down those same hallways full of lockers, past those class room doors. He missed the noise of a busy classroom or a bustling hallway. He missed the smell of the lunch lady burning the food, the smell of the gym showers that hardly got cleaned, the scent of a million different perfumes and colognes getting intermingled as kids brushed arms while walking through the halls. Yet what Finn missed most of all, was being able to see his new friends, his old friends, almost every day. All of them. Under one roof. Just like it was last year. Only, this was nothing like last year, and Finn knew there was a change on the rise. Jake was a teacher this year. Sugar was gone this year. They may be the same kids, but the game had changed, for better or for worse, this was no freshman party. This time, it was serious. This time, it was senior year.

Jake was already gone, being a teacher meant getting up before the students. Prepping the class room. Preparing the lessons. It was a whole new list of responsibilities Jake had to take on, but he was doing it in stride. Finn wondered if jake had found his calling in teaching. Since Rainicorn babies grow up fast, Jake never had a chance to teach his own children anything. This was Jakes chance to teach kids, even if they were the older demographic. Finn could hardly believe it himself how fast time flied by, it seemed like over night Finn had grown up. This was his final year of high school. It was almost unbelievable. It seemed to Finn like only yesterday that red brick building was under construction- and now it was his last year. The final days. Finn knew this time around, it was all or nothing.

After Finn finished getting ready, he headed downstairs to the kitchen and drank a quick-made fruit smoothie. Keeping a close eye on the time, Finn knew he didn't want to show up late on the first day of school. This time around, Finn wanted to set a good impression for the year. Leaning over to grab his back pack off the coffee table, something gleamed from underneath the couch. something had caught the suns rays, causing a reflection, and now it had caught Finns attention. Getting on his hands and knee's, Finn peered under the couch, and blew away the dust that had collected underneath over the summer. Finn reached his hand in and pulled the book out. The book Finn debated whether or not he should get rid of, only to forget about it when summer break rolled around. It had slipped off the couch one day, and just like that, was lost for a whole summer. It was lost because no one was looking for it. The so called "Guide to high school" book was nothing but thick pages of bad advice. When Finn first found it freshman year, he assumed this was the guide everyone else followed. Only after reading it cover to cover, Finn discovered it was full of rotten tips and tricks on how to climb the social ladder, knocking everyone down on your rise to the top. It was high school evil, and even though Finn had confronted about the book, she was just as surprised as Finn. None of the teachers had ever seen the book before. It was just there. Sitting on the library shelves, waiting for anyone to come along and pick it up. it just happened to be Finn that stumbled across it first, on the very first day of school two years ago. After closer inspection, it turned out that the book didn't even belong to the school. The book had no tag, no barcode, and the check-out rooster- if there even was one, was torn off. The Librarian assumed that it was a mistake, that the book was transfered over along with the move. Since Finn was the one who found it, the librarian said Finn was the one who should keep it. Finn didn't want it, but disposing of it properly so no one else could ever find it kept getting pushed down to the bottom of the priority list, and there for it sat underneath the couch. It was nothing more than a dust collector now.

"Hurry up, dummy." Said a small voice.

Finn turned around to see BMO, standing there with a mug of coffee in his hand.

"You're going to be late for school!" BMO exclaimed, pointing to the clock on the wall.

BMO was right. Flinging his backpack onto his back, Finn slid down the ladder that led to the bottom floor, and ran outside, closing the door behind. It was a beautiful day, but Finn didn't stop to smell the roses. Finn hit the ground running and headed right for the rolling green hills in the distance, following the gravel pathway he knew all too well. It was the pathway that led to the home away from home, the path that led back to school.

Finn paused just outside the school, both his palms pressed against the cool steel doors. Just beyond them was another year of amazing experiences. Another year of fun. Another year of friends. He was a senior this time, so the first day jitters were no more than a single butterfly of excitement. Finn pushed open the front doors, and walked down the halls that he knew like the back of his hand.

It was hard to take everything in, because every few steps or so, someone would recognize Finn, and stop and say hello. Just when Finn thought there were no more people to say hello to, a bunch of new kids started pushing in through the west-sided doors. These kids were the new freshman class. They walked around, wide eyed and wonder-struck. Finn wanted to stop and welcome them all to C.K High, but was pulled into a larger group of people before he had the chance to.

Flame Princess, Marcy, Princess Bubble Gum, Flame Prince, Marshal-Lee, Prince GumBall, Stacy, and Dash. New friends and old friends. They were all here.

"Finn!" Flame Princess was still a human. Her skin was cool to the touch, but this time Finn didn't have to worry. She was perfectly healthy as she grabbed him and hugged him.

"Flamey, you look great!" Finn couldn't help but grin from ear to ear.

Without her Flame Element blood running through her veins, her hair no longer held in the air. it now was orange, straight, and hung just bellow her shoulders. Flame Princess looked like an average girl, though strange at first, Finn had got accustom to it. It would be strange once the potion wore off and she returned to being a fire element again.

Flame Princess winked at him and intertwined her fingers with his. "You don't look half bad either."

"Marcy, also looking well." Finn said with a shit-head smile.

Marcy gave Finn a shove, and smiled back. "Shut it dork."

"Speaking of dork," Finn jokingly gestured to Princess Bubble Gum and Prince GumBall.

"I'm no dork!" Princess BubbleGum faked being shocked.

"Well I am." Prince GumBall smiled. "I wear my dork-sash with pride."

"Dork-sash?" Flame Prince scoffed with a smile. "You'll never change, nub."

"And look who's not late- for once!" Princess BubbleGum clapped as Marshal walked over from getting a soda.

"Ha ha, very funny." Marshal said with an eye roll, cracking open his soda. "I'll have you know I was here five minutes early, so stick that in your-"

"Kids!" A stern voice suddenly sounded from behind them. "What do you think you're doing, standing around with your fingers up your noses?!"

Finn half expected to be getting into trouble right off the bat, but when he turned around, it was only Jake, in a black tie and a name tag. He was standing there, trying to look angry and serious, but as soon as they started cracking up, so did he.

"Does your name tag say; 'Mr. Jake'?" Marshal squinted, floating closer.

"Yeah." Jake said looking down to it. "It was suppose to be my last name, but 'Mr. The Dog' probably wouldn't stick well."

"You look great, man." Finn said, giving his best friends a quick hug.

"It's going to be an exciting year." Dash sighed with a smile.

"I can't wait to set all the new trends!" Stacy squealed. "I have so many good ideas!"

"And I can't- I mean, we can't wait to win this years Science Fair!" Princess Bubble Gum high fived with Prince GumBall.

"This is going to be great!" Flame Princess beamed. "I missed this so much."

"Me too." Finn assured her.

"And I've missed you!" Marcy suddenly grabbed Flame Princess and hugged her tightly.

Marshal and Flame Prince watched awkwardly, and Finn wondered why they weren't acting as buddy-buddy as they use to. Finn hoped nothing happened over the summer like a fight or an argument. Yet as soon as Finn noticed, so did Marcy, who then shoved Marshal into Flame Prince. It was an awkward, fast, hug- but none the less, Marshal gripped Flame Prince's shirt tightly before shoving him off, laughing with a grin.

Finn shook his head with a grin. Both of them were trouble makers, but their friendship seemed odd. Finn could never tell when they were fighting or when they were pals.

Turning his attention to his newer friends, Finn looked Dash up and down. Dash was dressed nice, as always, but was looking more tired then usual. Dash had sunglasses tucked into his front pocket, but so long as he wasn't wearing them all day, it didn't concern Finn. He just hoped Dash wasn't dipping into old habits and hiding his problems behind his sunglasses.

Lockers, locks, schedules, new classes, and old teachers. It was only the first day, but as soon as that first bell went off, everyone was already back in the swing of things. The Ice King was having a hard time teaching chemistry, he kept accidentally freezing all the chemicals in the back room- he was then transfered back over to teaching history. Lady Rainicorn was teaching home education, Lemon Grab taught Math, Library Princess was the librarian, Tree Trunks was the Lunch Lady,- and the list went on and on. Each teacher was matched to their element, and the school year was moving smoothly along.

During the break between the first two classes in the morning, Finn made a stop at his locker and filled it up with school supplies. Notebooks, pencils, pens, textbooks, and the one book that Finn always kept locked away during school. It was the Guide to high school book. Finn wanted to more know about this book, where it came from, but for now he had to get to his Social Studies class. Placing the book back into his locker brought back all sorts of memories, some good, some bad, but one that lingered in his mind the longest was Sugar. This wasn't the first time Finn had thought of her. His first High School love. Finn had no idea where Sugar was now, and bringing her up would only cause unneeded drama. So Finn ignored the slight hurt in his heart, that ache of lost love, and closed the locker, making sure he it was locked.

Without Sugar causing drama, the school was super peaceful. It was like all the high schools you see straight from an old 90's movie. Finn loved it. No longer were there cliques at lunch, only different tables of friends. Sure, most people still kept to their own kind, like the cheerleaders and the nerds and such, but now without Sugar, there was no hateful barrier between them.

"What are you thinking?" Flame Princesses asked, sitting at the round lunch room table.

"I'm thinking that this year is going to be a good year." Finn smiled as the rest of his friends sat down for lunch. "Anyone want to make a toast?"

"A toast?" Dash looked confused. "For what?"

"To commemorate the beginning of our senior year of course!" Stacy beamed.

"To science!" Princess Bubble Gum raised her cream soda in the air, Prince Gumball raised his as well.

"To fashion!" Stacy raised her diet berry soda next to Princess Bubble Gum's soda.

"To new love." Flame Princess said with an adoring look to Finn.

"To... old habits." Dash raised his Popper Cola up as well.

"To new experiments." Flame Prince had a devilish smile as he raised his Extreme-X energy drink.

"To Being on time." Marshal rolled his eyes as he too raised his soda, Red Cherry-Fizz.

"Amen to that." Marcy had the same soda as Marshal.

Finn was so wrapped up in hearing everyone else's toasts, he hadn't thought of what he was going to say.

"To senior year." Was all Finn could think of, and it seemed like a good way to end the toast.

Everyone tapped their soda cans together, smiling and chattering. Finn felt over-joyed, and wished that this year would last forever. Even though he couldn't wait to experience everything his senior year had to offer, Finn also didn't want his senior year to end. He wished he could live in this moment forever. Even though the year had just started, Finn was already sad about the upcoming end. Graduation was a mixed pot of feelings for Finn, he wanted it, but he didn't want high school to end.

"I must admit Finn, I'm a bit jealous." Marcy winked at him. "You better treat that girl of yours right, or else I will."

Finn smiled and grabbed Flame Princesses hand. "Sorry, Flamey belongs to me."

"We'll always have that October night." Marcy nudged Flame Princess who giggled in return.

"Wait, what?" Finn suddenly felt color rising to his cheek. "What happened in October?"

"Secrets that stay between the sheets." Marcy said, raising an eyebrow at Finn.

Finn knew something was up between Flame Princess and Marcy close to the beginning of freshman year, even Marshal said that the two of them had fucked around a few times. Flame Princess was most likely still a virgin, that much Finn knew. Finn tried not to think about what her and Marcy might have done the nights they spent together, but sometimes the thought of them together snuck into Finns mind late at night. It didn't bother him in the least. Finn never really suspected Marcy to be a bisexual, but then again it wouldn't be something out of the ordinary for her. There was some gossip around Marcy's newest sexual orientation development, but it would die down soon enough. Most guys found it hot, some girl found it odd, but over all Marcy was accepted. If Sugar was still around, she would probably have blown Marcy coming out as a bisexual some big deal- blowing everything about it out of proportion. Without Sugar, people felt like they could be who they really were without worrying about being scrutinized for it. It made people a lot happier, and it made the school a more healthy place to be.

After lunch was over, Finn said good-bye to Flame Princess and the rest of his friends and headed to his locker. He was feeling good, the first day was going without a hitch. Maybe now that the school was free of Sugar, it would be a perfect year. Finn made his way down the hall, running his hand across the lineup of blue lockers, he made his way to his own, and opened it up. Starring into his locker, Finn's heart sank to the pit of his stomach, and a grim feeling washed over him. He had his pencils. His note books. He textbooks. His pens. But there was an obvious blank spot between his two textbooks that wasn't there before lunch break. The Guide to High School book was missing. It was gone. Someone had taken it. But, how was that possible? The only person who knew Finn's combination was him, the locker door was closed and the lock in tacked. No one had broken in, so where had the book gone? Nothing else in his locker had been moved, nothing had been touched. There wasn't a single lose hair, a single fingerprint, no trace that anyone had been in his locker. Finn would have no way of tracking down that book, it was like it disappeared from existence.

Two things suddenly occurred to Finn has he stared blankly into his locker. The first thing was that a book full of terrible advice was now floating around somewhere in the school, waiting for any unsuspecting teenager to pick it up, and then the school would have another royalty clique on it's hands. Or worse, another Sugar. It was like releasing a tornado into a small inclosed space, and Finn knew all too well that the book wouldn't just go away. The book held power, but it was corrupt, and the next person who was to get their hands on it would surely become corrupt too. It was only a matter of time till the book resurfaced in the hands of some other kid, who was trying to make their way to the top of the social ladder, but going about it the wrong way. The second thing Finn realized, was that this year was going to be just as- if not more dramatic than the last.

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Authors Notes:

It. Is. Here. You wanted it? You got it! Adventure Time High sequel! I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter, I know it's starting out a little slow, but don't worry, it'll get more interesting as the story goes on. I promise each chapter will be at least 3000 words, so you guys will have plenty to read. Thanks so much, guys.

-Pink Peaches.

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