Prologue: 'Why? Why me? Whynotme?' Finn made slow progress on his way back to his Tree House. Jake, his brother, was treading next to him but remained silent giving his bro some much needed space. Finn was at one of his moments of catharsis, sometimes the frustration of rejection from his beloved princess just needed to be let out. He just couldn't let it go that he wasn'tgoodenough for her. He understood the rejection when he was younger but now he stood at about five foot eleven and had a slender yet hard, mean build. He was old enough now yet the rejection continued, every time ripping at his hold on stability. He never gave up hope on maybe someday things would change... but now with thatTwizzyguy in the picture –

Finn was roused from his thoughts by a distant plea for help. Jake's ears perked up, listening, another girlish scream rent the cool dusk air.

"That sounds like Flambo, bro. We should go see what he needs this time," Jake started heading towards the sound, but looked back when he noticed Finn's blatantlackof following him.

"I'm not in the mood for that now Jake, it's Flambo. It'll just be something pointless like it was last week and the week before. He's probably just dropped a piece of coal in a hole or something. I'm going home he can deal with it himself."

Jake's face displayed only shock, "But DUDE! You're a hero! You're supposed to help people when they're in need-"

"Inneed," Finn cut in, "Not for pointless junk! I'm tired of it man!"

"But what if he's in some serious danger, dude! Do you want that on your conscience?"

Finn looked down and clenched his jaw. He knew Jake was right. He should go regardless of his mood. 'Well maybe there'll be a giant robo-rabbit or something fun to fight,' he thought to himself.

"Alright," he said letting out a sigh, "let's get going."

They headed in the direction of the sound they'd heard. Finn noted with a bit of uneasiness the lack of any further cries of help. He and Jake came upon a rocky outcropping and headed around the edge. Finn felt the air turn to ice around him, he looked down upon a scene of horror splayed out before him. The little flambit he knew and cared for was lying at his feet... among a few additional nearby places.

PART ONE: THE PURGE

Chapter One – A Bitter Anniversary (Revised)

It's been five years since everything started to change. When Finn was only fourteen he met the girl of his dreams and was happy, he was no longer dependent on PB and longer even cared to see her. Tragically, a year later his happiness was ripped away from him and his innocent desire to be the great righteous hero of Ooo was shattered and tainted with reality. Upon his loss he returned to old habits of pursuing the Princess and his continued rejection only burdened him more. Our hero began to mature through the years and he put together an organization of fighters and peacekeepers to keep the land safe. For a time, it seemed like he might be finding peace and happiness in his life despite his loss and rejection.

Then exactly a year ago he experienced a night he'd never forget. That night his princess became the Queen and he was not her King. On his way back from the wedding, emotionally distraught, our hero hesitated in coming to the aid of someone in need for selfish reasons. His hesitation cost him though and when he arrived on the scene he was too late and he lost someone dear to him. Through the past year, our hero has never been able to determine who or what committed that crime despite its reoccurrence all over Ooo. Since that night though, Finn swore he'd never let his own self interest cloud his judgment again.

This is part one of A Struggle Against Storms, this ten chapter part will tell the story of the fall and destruction of our great heroes. This part starts off with the calm before the storm and ends only after the greatest destruction Ooo has seen for a thousand years takes place.

Now for the story.

Finn was dressed up. He had his nicest suit on which accented his rather formidable stature and strong shoulders. He wore a nice light blue tie and for once was without his signature bear hat. It wasn't his Prince Hot-bod suit (he out grew that a number of years ago), but this outfit was nothing short of it. He'd cut his hair, thoroughly bathed, shaved, trimmed his nails, and even put on some cologne. He'd likely never been in better condition. That was probably t due the fact that he hated ever second of it.

Tonight was the anniversary of that day. The day he was still bitter about. The day he'd lost hope on ever getting what he wanted. He was on his way with Jake to the anniversary party of Queen Bubblegum and King Twizzy's marriage.

Finn let out a sigh. He wasn't angry at QB nor was he mad at KT, but he was mad... mad at fate maybe? He knew, he could see, that the two genuinely cared for each other, and he couldn't blame them for that. They were after all a very good match. Yet Finn couldn't help being bitter that he didn't have that. He wanted – he needed that. Now though, Finn was reduced to putting on a show of friendliness whenever in the presence of his majesties. To her, he was still nothing but a loyal servant and old friend.

Finn checked the time. 'It's almost 7:30... I need to get Jake in a minute...'Finn felt tired, this was one of the few days he let his emotional exhaustion come to the forefront of his mind. He never had the time or luxury any other time, ever since that other day... the day he failed. He'd started an organization based in the Candy Kingdom but holding jurisdiction throughout Ooo known as the Command of Continental Security, of which he was the head. It was the first time he took a serious responsibility for the safety of Ooo and being as busy as he was he couldn't chance letting his emotions get in the way of his work. Not if he didn't want a repeat of the day that still haunts his nightmares.

"One day... I will have closure..." he said quietly to himself as he remembered the events of that day.

Finn snapped back to reality. He checked the time again and called up to his brother, "Hey Jake! Get down here! We're gonna be late!" Finn watched as the magic golden bulldog stretched his way down to the main floor.

"Ahg!" Jake groaned rubbing his back, "I'm getting too old for this junk, Finn. We ready to head out?"

"Almost," said the human, eying his brother, "you aren't dressed yet dude."

"Huh?" Jake looked down at himself, "Oh, hehe, my bad." He quickly morphed his torso into the image of a suit and bow tie. "There! All ready." And with that the duo made their way to the Candy Kingdom Palace.

When the human and his dog arrived it turned out that the majority of the guests had already made it to the Party hall. Bubblegum and Twizzy, to Finn's relief, hadn't made their grand appearance yet, so in the meantime the two went about and mingled with the crowd. Jake parted to go hang out with Lady and some of their other friends while Finn located a group of his Command buddies and joined them. They spent a good fifteen minutes catching up, discussing the 'scenery' and making inside jokes, when finally the topic Finn knew would come up reared its ugly head.

"So," started Crust, one of the newer members of the Command, "a full year huh? It's only been that long and things 'round here have been looking a lot better."

Herick, a man made of sandstone who held the role of best sense of humor in the group, let of a bellow of laughter, "You make it out like 't wus 'orrible er somethin' before then!"

"Well you've got to admit a lot of things have improved, even if it wasn't bad," interjected tall cat-like creature by the name of Thints, "The overall quality of life's gone straight up, we've never had better international relations, we're even getting trade in with the Fire Kingdom, nationwide the crime rate plummeted – ''

"Too be fair," Interjected their second in Commander, a gray-skin humanoid with pointed ears with windswept tan hair, "the latter is more likely due to us and 'ol Finny." The wind magi, Bersi, inclined his head toward the silent human with a slightly amused looked on his face.

The group's gaze followed Bersi's over to the human whose face showed only implacable disinterest in the topic at hand.

"Undoubtedly the crime rate is attributed to us in part, but we as an organization would not exist if not for Her Majesty's will," Finn's voice had noticeably taken a tone gave the impression of being rehearsed and obligatory.

With a smile on his face Herick opened his mouth to interject something, when he was cut off by an announcer proclaiming the arrival of some late coming royalties to the party. Finn rolled his eyes and he heard several of his comrades' groans when Lumpy Space Princess entered dramatically squeezed into a horrid red sequence dress. Finn smiled slightly when out of the corner of his eye he noticed Herick making gagging motions. After LSP was done posing and showing off, in came breakfast princess in a modest simple maple syrup colored dress. Finn watched as the procession of princess made the entrances, 'Jake keeps telling me I need to settle down, but...'looking at these princesses Finn couldn't help but feel slightly... repulsed. Not that they were repulsive looking, but the thought of them that way just gave Finn a sick feeling. 'I can't settle down with someone I can't be attracted to... I'm just going to end up living as I have for the remainder of my life.'And Finn wasn't necessarily saddened by this thought.

"Arriving all the way from the land of night, stars and storms, please welcome the young and beautiful Alliah, Princess of the Cosmic Kingdom!"

At this point nobody was really paying attention to the announcer anymore, but out of simple curiosity, not having heard of the Cosmic Kingdom before, Finn glanced over to the entrance of the Party hall. He had to do a double take.

In walked young girl of maybe 5'3'', her skin was a light gentle shade of blue. She had on a slim dress of a dark blue that had convoluted streaks of white, black and purple that softly blended into the dominant color. Her skin looked smooth and soft, the edges of her figure seemed to the human – he could think of no other word than warm – and then there was her hair. Falling just past her shoulders, her hair seemed to flow liked water seemingly to defy gravity. It was dominantly white but had shades of silver and blue wafting within it. Finn watched as she walked to the announcer and thanked him then proceeded into the hall and walk past him. Her face seemed to have an expression that was about to start good naturedly tease you. Then she glanced over to where he was and he caught her eye before she looked away and continued on. 'Her eyes...'they were green but they had streaks of silver swirling around her irises where they melted in the deep black center of her pupils.

'Alliah...'

Author's Note: This is my second attempt at a story and I'm hoping that it will be easier for me to write in the perspective of someone more mature in their thoughts... This is about Finn and a new character Cosmic Princess. I'm hoping people will like it, just let me know. I'll try to update regularly.

Let me know of any errors and stuff... I did this in one night.