Hello Everyone and I hope you enjoy reading my first actual Finnceline/Flinn. On to the details now, these chapter's are pretty much how I think the fp episodes should have gone (not to say I didnt like them). Yes I do use a few lines from the show, but everything else is different. Anyway R&R and if you have a question, dont be afraid to PM me.
Finn woke to the smell of burning fumes.
"AH!" He screamed as he saw he was in an area of fires and lava lakes. The heat from the fires made him cover his face with his hands. Finn stood up and looked around at the fiery landscape.
"What is going on…?" Finn asked himself wondering where he was and how he even got there in the first place.
He heard the soft pattering of feet and turned around to be greeted by a familiar face. Susan Strong ran up to Finn with a worried look on her face.
"S-Susan? What are you doing here?" Finn asked very confused.
Susan shook her head, "No time, to talk, Finn." She said, still having a bit of trouble pronouncing the words.
"What do you mean 'no time'?"
Susan put her hands on his shoulders and looked at him with a very serious face, but he could also see a hint of worry and concern.
"Don't play with fire. It hurt you if not careful. Best to leave alone."
The landscape started to change; the lava lakes turned into frozen ponds, the fires grew into tall pine trees, and the ground beneath his feet softened as it turned into snow.
"Cold will help. It will keep you cool and protect from bad warmth. Let cold keep you warm." She said before letting go of Finn and running off towards the woods.
She stopped before she went into the forest and looked at Finn, "Promise me you will listen." She said before running off, not giving Finn enough time to answer her.
"Susan! Wait!" He shouted, wanting her to stay and explain what she meant. Finn sighed and shook his head. He looked at the environment and was shocked to find he was strangely warm. White delicate snowflakes started to fall from the sky, making their descent to the ground.
Finn looked up at the snowflakes but heard a very loud screech, "KAAAaaa!"
"What the..?" He said and looked at where the noise came from to find…
"The Cosmic Owl?" Finn said confused as the golden owl flew overhead and off into the distance.
"FINN!" A voice shouted, waking Finn from his dream.
He looked around to see that he was in his bed in the Treefort. Jake was standing over him with a look of worry on his face.
It…was a dream? He thought with a blank expression on his face.
"You okay bro?" Jake asked putting a hand up to Finn's forehead, "Whoa! You're burning up; let me go get you some ice to put on that forehead."
As Jake left, Finn felt his own forehead and to his surprise, he was feeling very hot. Finn laid back down to wait for Jake, but slowly the hot feeling left him and he felt better.
"Huh…that's weird." Finn muttered and got up. He pulled off his pajamas and put on his regular adventure outfit that he wore every day. He didn't pick up his demon sword because he didn't think anything would happen today. As he walked towards the ladder that led down to the living room, Jake stretched up with an ice pack and some bacon pancakes.
"What're you doin' out of bed, you're too sick to go out!" Jake said sternly.
"Actually I feel fine now, go ahead and feel." Finn said and pointed to his forehead.
Jake put a hand to his forehead and looked shocked.
"That's really weird, oh well now we can go adventuring!" He exclaimed dropping the plate of bacon pancakes and ice pack on the floor, "Oops..heh heh." Jake chuckled; embarrassed as he forgot he was holding the items.
Finn laughed and shook his head at his brother's clumsiness.
"Sorry bro but I think I'm gonna try and get a date with Peebles. Something tells me this time, she'll say yes." Finn said climbing down the ladder while Jake cleaned up the mess.
"Sure bro, call me and tell me how it goes. Oh and good luck!" Jake said as Finn walked out of the Treefort and stepped out onto the Grasslands.
Finn continued walking with his head down in thought.
What did Susan mean? And what was the Owl doing there? That was so confusing, and what was up with the scenery change. That was totes crazy. He thought. He looked up and hadn't noticed that he had made it to the gates of the Candy Kingdom. The guards hurriedly opened the gate for him and Finn walked inside with a small thank you to the banana guards.
Candy people waved and smiled at him as he passed by them. Finn waved at them with a smile and continued to the Candy Castle. He stepped inside to see Peppermint Butler talking to Starchy.
"So do you think you can handle it?" Peppermint Butler asked Starchy.
"Sure I can!" Starchy said grabbed a strange suit that Peppermint Butler was holding and ran out.
"What was that all about?" Finn asked curiously.
"Oh, master Finn! Starchy was just going out to run an errand for the princess in the Fire Kingdom." Peppermint Butler said.
"What did he have to do?" Finn asked.
"Oh just to get some…er…lava! Yes that's it, lava." Peppermint Butler said secretively.
"Um, okay? Why would candy people need la-"
"What do you need Finn, there must be some reason why you came here." Peppermint Butler said, changing the subject.
"Uh…Oh! I wanted to go see Princess Bubblegum." Finn said.
"Oh of course! She's in her lab, working on some potion." Peppermint Butler pointed to the hall where the lab was.
"Thanks Peppermint Butler." Finn said and made his way down the hall way and walked into the lab.
"Hey Peebles!" Finn greeted Princess Bubblegum, who was swirling a bright green liquid inside a vial, "Whatcha working on?"
"Oh hi Finn, nothing just some cure for that fever everyone seems to be catching, for some reason they get a really high fever but then it goes down a few minutes later. I guess it's not really that important since it hasn't been reported again, but just in case it's a mass outbreak I'm preparing a cure for it." She said pouring another chemical into the vial, turning it into a yellow color.
"A fever huh? I had that same thing this morning but…I thought it was from my dream…" Finn said, once again thinking about his strange dream.
"Oh? What did you dream about?"
"Huh? Oh nothing, it probably didn't have anything to do with the fever." Finn said.
"Hmm…Okay I guess." PB said, a bit unsure of the answer.
"So…uh Princess…do you want to go on a date with me tonight?" Finn asked, looking away and scratching the back of his head.
"Oh Finn…I like you, really I do…but you're my friend we can't become anything more. I hope you can understand." PB said looking at Finn with, not a look of sadness, but a look of pity.
Finn held back the tears that threatened to fall and said, "I understand Princess, good luck with your research." He briskly walked out of the lab and eventually out of the kingdom. He just wanted to be out of there. As he entered the cotton candy forest, the tears came loose. Finn cried softly so as not to attract too much attention.
He really didn't want to go back to the Treefort, Finn knew Jake would just say, 'It's alright bro she just doesn't understand how much she needs you. Next time she'll be yours for sure!'
No he couldn't go there, the only other person he knew who could help was Marceline. He walked in the direction her house was in. Finn tried to wipe away the tears but they just wouldn't stop. He had been rejected so many times; you would think he would've stopped caring after awhile. Finn just couldn't seem to get over PB; she just seemed so sweet, nice, and well…perfect.
As Finn made his way into Marceline's cave he began to wonder if it was a good idea coming here or not. Maybe he should just go out and adventure…He slapped his forehead. Finn remembered that he had left his demon sword at the Treefort, and that would mean talking to Jake. Guess this was his only option, so he took a deep breath and knocked on her door.
"Just a minute!" Marceline shouted. He heard some thumping and moving around until the door was finally opened by the vampire queen.
"Oh hey hero…" She started to trail off as she saw the tears on his face, "You tried to ask her out again?"
Finn just nodded and rubbed his face with the sleeve of his shirt. Marceline floated next to him and put an arm around his shoulder.
"Come on, I got something to show ya." She said softly.
When they walked in, Finn noticed that the house was littered with garbage. He looked up at Marceline with a raised eyebrow, but she ignored it. The other thing Finn noticed was that there was a black couch sitting where her old, uncomfortable one was.
"Go ahead…lay down on it." Marceline said.
Finn walked towards it and sat down. It was probably the most comfortable couch in Ooo. He slowly laid down and sniffled.
Marceline sighed, "I'll be right back Finn."
"Sure…" Finn said a bit depressed.
As soon as Marceline left Finn shuffled through his pocket and pulled out a piece of Bubblegum's hair. He held it close to his face and sniffed in the sweet smell. Finn wasn't being creepy he just didn't know what to do. The piece of hair helped him a lot of times but, this time it didn't seem to be working at all.
"Finn?" A familiar computerized voice asked.
"Beemo?" Finn asked looking at his and Jake's video game console, who was sitting on the coffee table right infront of Finn.
"What are you doing here Beemo, shouldn't you be at the Treefort?" Finn asked.
"Well, I really wanted to just hang out here, Jake thought you were going to be gone the whole night so he invited Lady over. I decided to come over to get away from their make out sessions." Beemo said with a disgusted face.
Finn gave him a small smile but it quickly faded back into a frown. Beemo looked at him curiously, wondering what had happened to make Finn so sad.
Marceline came in a bit later with her axe-bass strumming it a bit. She noticed he had found Beemo, so she propped her axe-bass against the wall.
"Hey, Beemo, put on a game." Marceline whispered to Beemo. He nodded and put on a game with a guy driving a motorcycle. Finn sighed and just looked at the piece of Bubblegum's hair that was held in his hands.
I can't keep pushing this down any deeper
Why do I keep trying if I can't keep her?
Every move I make is just another mistake,
I wonder what it would take
Because it feels like there's a hole inside my body,
Like there's a hole inside my heart
It's like this feeling is gonna consume me,
If I keep waiting for this thing to start
Oh, I feel like I'm all gummed up inside,
It's like I'm all gummed up inside
It's like I'm all gummed up insi-i-i-ide.
Finn sighed and closed his eyes, another tear slid down his face.
Marceline looked him with a worried expression. She floated next him and poked his cheek.
He grunted and Marceline said, "Come on Finn, let's go adventuring, maybe that'll get your mind off things."
"Maybe…" He sighed and got up. Marceline floated over and grabbed her axe-bass. The two walked out of her house with a wave goodbye from Beemo. Once they were out of her cave and had gotten into the forest Marceline listened for any cries of help that might put Finn into the heroic mood he used to have. Fortunately, she heard loud feminine cries for help.
"Listen Finn someone's in trouble! Don't you want to go save them?" She asked energetically, trying to lighten up Finn's mood.
"I guess..." Finn said with a sigh and they both ran towards the sound of the noise. They entered a clearing to find mechanical owls pecking a wash tub.
Finn punched one of the owl's to the ground, breaking it.
Huh…guess I don't need my sword after all. Finn thought.
Marceline took her axe-bass and smacked the side of the other owl, sending it to a tree and smashing it. Finn rubbed his knuckles and pulled the wash tub off whoever was underneath.
"Flambo?" Finn asked, "That was you screaming for help?"
Flambo chuckled a bit before answering, "Yeah, I bet you thought I was a dame on account of my girlish screamin'."
"Well whatever, you're safe now. Go and go back to your home or something…" Finn said trying to get Flambo to leave.
"I can't, not without some company! I was on an errand for the Flame King and he would extinguish me if I don't have a decent reason for being late!" Flambo said, his eyes getting big at the idea of being extinguished.
"Sure we'll help you out! Right Finn?" Marceline asked, nudging Finn in the shoulder.
"I guess…" Finn said unhappily. Flamebo looked at Marceline, who shrugged.
"Alright follow me." Flambo said and ran off in a different direction. Marceline and Finn both ran after him, trying to catch up. When they had got up with him they looked at what was infront of them, the Burning Lands also known as the Fire Kingdom.
"Awesome I remember being here once. Remember when I told you about that Finn?" Marceline asked Finn, nudging him again.
"Yeah, good times…" He said expressionless. Finn didn't seem upset he seemed very curious.
Didn't my dream take place in a land of fire and lava? He thought very interested now.
"Well come on Flambo let's get going!" Finn said already stepping off and onto the charred ground that marked the borders of the Fire Kingdom. His foot started burn and he quickly jumped back to safety. Finn stomped his foot on the ground to put the fire out while Marceline and Flambo shook their heads.
"Listen buddy, yous can't just waltz right in there and not expect to be burnts. I gots to cast flame shields on yous." Flambo said.
"Oh, I guess that would really help." Finn said, now sitting on the ground and rubbing his burnt foot.
Flambo closed his eyes and put his hands together. He then opened his eyes and contorted his mouth to a strange shape while chanting something and moving his hands about. As his hands moved around strange symbols popped up until he stopped. Flamebo then spit fire on Finn's forehead.
"There I cast Flame shields on yous, also I spat on yous." Flambo said with a grin.
"Ow…" Finn said, he then was immediately covered in a blue shield.
"Shmozow!" He exclaimed and stepped on the charred ground again. This time his foot didn't catch on fire.
"Hey doesn't Marcie need a flame shield?" Finn asked.
"Nah weenie I'll be fine, it won't hurt me as bad as it would hurt you." She said floating over next to Finn.
Flambo looked between the two of them and said, "Well come ons, the king aint got all day!"
Flambo lead them into the Fire Kingdom and into a clearing where many people were seated. Finn looked around at the burning landscape and saw a giant man of fire in metal armor and wearing a crown seated on a throne. But what was in the middle surprised Finn most of all. In the middle there was a giant lantern and in the lantern there was a girl around Finn's age. Her orange-red hair flows above her head. She had yellow-orange skin and a long sleeveless dressed that touched the ground.
He was completely speechless as he saw how beautiful she was. Marceline looked at him with a raised eyebrow and looked at what he was focusing on. Once she saw the flame girl Marceline immediately understood. Though she felt something inside but she pushed it aside, not really paying attention to what it was.
"Flambo? Finally you are back, what took you so long?" The giant flame man asked getting up and walking over to Flambo. He then noticed Finn and Marceline and was eyeing them cautiously.
"Well ya sees Flame King, I was getting attacked by these rabid iron owls. Then these two shows up and kicks their tin cans to pieces! I swears it! So then I sees that this young…er uh…Prince was single and I decides that hey he might has a thing for your daughter." Flambo said making up half the story.
"Pr-?!" Finn's mouth was immediately covered by Marceline. He looked at her and she shook her head.
"A Prince?" the Flame King says looking rather confused, thinking that there were no prince's in Ooo. The crowd also mutters the word 'prince' and seems to look at Finn questioningly. The flame girl starts to look at Finn with interest.
"Uh..Yes! I am uh.." Finn was having a hard time lying so Marceline decided to step in.
"He is Prince Finn of the Grasslands! He has also coming bearing two gifts!"
"Two gifts? I want two gifts!" The crowd mutters again and nods approvingly.
The Flame King looks down at Finn and nods, "Very well, show us your gifts if you truly want to be with my daughter Prince Finn." He rumbled.
Marceline shuffles through Finn's backpack, "The first gift is um…a water bottle!" She exclaims waving it about to show the Flame King, though it accidently slips from her grasp and lands on jester who is instantly extinguished when the water bottle made contact with him.
"Oops..." Was all Marceline had to say.
The Flame Princess gasped and scowled at Marceline for killing the jester.
"Prince Finn has smoked my jester! Pour quoi?!" The Flame King said a little angered. However, he reconsiders it and says, "…I do hate my jester."
The crowd nods in approval and so does Flame Princess.
"For your next gift…ah!" Marceline said as she saw a fire musician playing on his guitar. She whispers something into Finn's ear and goes over to grab the guitar and tosses it to Finn who catches it.
"A...Uh…serenade for m'lady!" Finn strummed the instrument a bit to get used to it and started to play.
Oh, Flame Princess,
I think you're rad.
I really wanna kiss you,
Right in front of your dad.
Flame King looks at Finn surprised while Flame Princess looks at him with a smile.
'Cause I think you're great,
I wanna be your mate,
Or maybe go on a date.
'Cause it feels like there's a fire inside my body,
Like there's a fire inside my heart.
It's like this fire is gonna consume me,
If I keep waiting for this thing to start.
Ohh, I feel like I'm all warmed up inside,
I feel all warmed up inside,
I feel all warmed up insi-i-i-ide.
Finn just randomly came up with the lyrics and looked up at the Flame King, hoping he had liked it.
"A fire inside my body?! I am disgusted! Leave now Prince before I decided to fry you once that flame shield wears off!" The Flame King threatened walking off.
Finn looked down in complete despair and dropped the guitar.
"Finn…it's gonna be okay, you can't really win 'em all, especially when it's to impress their dad." Marceline said giving Finn a playful punch, hoping it would cheer him up.
"No it's not going to be okay Marcie. I just feel like everyone thinks I'm too young or I'm just a joke. I didn't even get to talk to Flame Princess and I was still rejected!" Finn shouted getting upset.
"Finn we can try again later." Marceline said trying to calm him down.
"That's exactly what Jake would say…Maybe I should have let your dad suck up all of Ooo's souls…maybe it would've been for the best." Finn sighed depressed.
"Finn that has nothing to do with this." Marceline said, but as she was going to say something else the Flame King walked back over, his eyes very bright and looking excited.
"You mean you were the one who freed the souls from the Lord of the Nightosphere? I have to thank you so much for that. For without you my entire kingdom would be vacant! Any Prince ruthless and bold enough to take on the Lord of Darkness would make an excellent boyfriend."
"Yeah!" Finn whispers now happy.
"For my evil daughter!" The Flame King shouts happily.
"What?!" Finn and Marceline shout, not expecting Flame Princess to be evil.
Flame King nods with pride, "She's an unstoppable force of destruction, but nothing a bold young man like you couldn't handle. Congratulations!" He pulls a lever releasing Flame Princess from the lantern. His body then evaporates and his armor floats up and the Flame King returns to his spot on his throne.
The Flame Princess quickly runs out and rushes over to Finn and embraces him in a very sweet hug.
"I'm so happy! I'm so happy to meet you, Prince. You're my prince." She said, seeming very happy.
The crowd of fire people mutter, "Aw, that's so cute! That's sweet!
Finn smiles starting to forget what the Flame King said and thinks to himself, Huh…she seems normal.
"Stop whispering!" Flame Princess shouts angrily at the crowd turning into a fire with four tips. She starts shooting out fire and one of it hits a flame citizen turning him into flambits.
Flambo looked down and smiled, "Hey, so that's where I came from."
Flame Princess returned to her normal state and continued to embrace Finn. He looked at her with big eyes and starts to rethink this whole idea. He shrugged it off though, only because he felt he could change her.
Marceline however quickly said, "On second thought, you're not really his type."
"We're…what?" Flame Princess said confused looking at Finn with somewhat pleading eyes.
Finn didn't remove his stare; he actually found himself wanting to look at her pretty yellow eyes.
"He changed his mind, he doesn't like you." Marceline said, grabbed Finn and flew off quickly before Finn could even stop her.
"You…WHAT?! Flame Princess shouted angrily, starting to grow and becoming enraged.
Marceline flew away faster and made it to her house safely. She quickly got in and slammed the door shut.
"Why'd ya do that Marcie? I think I actually liked her!" Finn said, not so much angry as he was frustrated.
"She's evil Finn, plus she's unstable. Who knows what could've happened?" Marceline said looking out the window to see a very enraged Flame Princess stomping towards the house. Marceline gasped, grabbed a bucket and went to the kitchen to fill it up. Finn quickly ran outside and watched as Flame Princess got continually closer and closer to him. As she saw him she lifted up her hand to swat him.
"Finn!" Marceline shouted and threw the bucket of water at the Flame Princess, quickly getting in the way of her and Finn. Flame Princess screeched in pain and started to shrink to her regular size. As she fell Finn caught her and looked at her for a second. Again, Marceline felt that same feeling from before but pushed it aside.
Flame Princess started to come to, but when she did she pushed herself away from Finn. FP whipped her hair to get the water out of it and her hair went back to its regular position.
"You! What's wrong with me, huh?! You don't like me?!" Flame Princess shouted angrily.
Finn couldn't of anything else to say but, "I like you!"
Flame Princess took a step back and blushed but her expression quickly returned to her angry stare, "What's wrong with you?! Don't ever mess with me again!" She slaps him, making a burn mark of her hand on Finn's face before she shot out of the cave, leaving a trail of fire.
Marceline watched her run off and sighed, "Thank Glob that's over…"
"Marcie…I think I have a crush." Finn says staring at the trail of fire left behind the flame princess.