Ch1- Unknown Beginnings
Almost everyone in Ooo knew about the two heroes that repeatedly saved the land. The hero boy named Finn and his companion the fellow hero Jake, the magical dog. Almost everyone knew Finn's story. He was found in boom-boom Mountain by Jake's parents. Adopted into the family. He grew up into a radical boy who as an adventurer and with his adoptive brother, Jake, by his side, also became a hero. What no one knew, not even Finn himself, was where the human boy came from. Whenever he thought about it, the boy would get all 'soul search-y' and then the magical dog would do some antic to get him to smile. Since no one knows when Finn's real birthday is, the young boy and Jake celebrate the day he was found. Just as the dog's parents had done. Today was young Finn's birthday. He has just turned eighteen.
"Yo! Finny, come here." Jake called upstairs.
"What is it Jake?" Finn came asking from the stairs. The now taller and muscular eighteen-year old entered the kitchen to see his older sibling sipping from his favorite mug. The two where now alone. Finn's monumental 18th birthday party had been hours ago, yet the mess of it was still on their lawn.
"You didn't open your presents yet." The dog informed pointing at the pile of presents
"I don't feel like doing that man." Finn sighed and looked away. If Jake looked at him for too long, the dog would recognize that look on his face.
"Bro?" Jake asked
Finn sighed, "L-lets just play Beemo." The young boy smiled to make his companion happy
"Dude… are you bummed out cause it's been eighteen years since we found you and you still don't know where you came from?" The dog asked plainly
"What? No. Why would that bother me, man?" Finn smiled nervously "Like mom always said, its not where you come from, it's where you're heading that counts."
"That-a-Finny." Jake teased. There was a silence as the two walked towards the living room to play video games. "So… then are you bummed out cause Flame princess didn't show to your B-day?"
"What? Why would I care?" Finn's face went beet red "I don't like FP…"
"Uh-huh." Jake teased as he turned on beemo.
"I don't!" Finn protested.
"Right. Right. She kept thinking you were made of water cause you kept crying." Jake chuckled "So she denied to ever date you."
"Man, that's not cool. We respectively ended our non-relationship." Finn informed
"Uh-huh. Respectively?"
"I learned it from PB," Finn said smiling
"Right." Jake dragged the word out "You're getting closer to PB." He winked
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Finn asked
"Nothing man, just that now you have a shot of dating her. You know both of you being eighteen, and all." Jake smiled wide "Maybe she reduced her age to be with you."
"No, man. PB reduced her age to rule over the candy Kingdome longer." Finn informed
"Whatever man. You gotta read between the lines!" Jake exclaimed
"Yeah, okay man. Next you're gonna tell me Marceline is in to me too." Finn rolled his eyes.
"Hey, you don't know. You're eighteen now. Marceline has needs too." Jake winked
"Dude, you're bananas."
"Am I, Finny boy? Am I?"
"Yeah, man." Finn shoved him playfully.
"Look, man, all I'm saying is, you're older now. Marceline wouldn't date you before because you were too young. Same with PB. Now you're their age." Jake teased "And as for Flame Princess, we all know she's still crushing on you big time. Remember last month when you saw her at the grand meeting of Ooo royalty?"
"When I was escorting Princess Bubblegum?" Finn asked
"Yeah. When she saw you were with PB, she was so jealous."
"Whatever man. This is all your imagination. Careful with that thing though. I'm gonna go to bed." Finn put his controller down and went to bed, trying hard not to think of any of the nonsense Jake was just talking about. PB had been his friend forever. She had said no too many times before. Moreover, Marceline. Marcy was his all-time bud. She would never date him. And FP? Flame princess was beyond over him… they all would never even consider dating him…. Right? Finn shook his head. Pushing the thoughts away as he snuggled into his sack. Night-night.
*Finn's dream*
"Finn." The voice beckoned him forward. He was in a lively house full of people and cheering. However, he could not see. He could only hear their voices and sounds. Everything else was a blur. Then laughter. He heard the voice get closer. "Finn." It was a woman. "I love my Finn."
"You're smothering him." Another voice teased. It was male. It sounded so far away.
"My Finn loves me." The voice replied. There was a huge blur and now he was getting hotter. Like that time he was in FP's presence. "Run!" The woman's voice yelled, "Open it!"
"It's stuck!" Another female voice yelled
The crowd was now panicking. Frantically yelling. Finn could hear the ocean waves behind him getting louder. He could hear pounding on wood. Yells. Screams. He was frightened by the fast movement as the blurry figure ran with him closer to the back of the house. Towards the cooler place with a view of the big blue blur he decided was the ocean. He could smell the salt in the air. He could hear the frantic screams and feel as the heat grew and got closer. "Help!" The voices chanted together, off key.
"Finn…" The first woman's voice said sorrow and fear in her tone. He could feel the light wetness fall upon his face from the woman. A tear. "I- I… don't forget me Finn." The woman's voice now held a smile. His vision cleared for a second- long enough that he could see a white hat as it approached him. The hat was placed on his head and he was kissed. He heard a sharp scrapping sound and then felt as if he was falling. Falling. He began to scream… fearing of hitting bottom. His heartbeat raced. Then there was a splash. All of a sudden, he was chocking on salt water, drowning. He was fighting against a blanket. His short arms and legs not strong enough to fight gravity as the blanket imploded on him. He could feel himself contained in something as the rain hit his face. The waves pulled him farther away from the places above where the screaming people had continued screaming in pain. Finn's eyes filled with tears as he felt the water creep up on him.
*Awakened!*
"Finn, Finn, Finn!" Jake shook him hard. Finn's eyes flew open and instantly his arms wrapped around Jake. "Are you okay, buddy?" Jake's voice held a high note of concern. "You where screaming in your sleep. I thought you were being attacked."
"Naww… Just… just a nightmare." Finn said pulling away from Jake.
"Really?" Jake asked sitting down next to his bro "That bad? You were screaming pretty loud."
"I can't explain it Jake… it was… so real."
"What was it?"
"I- I think I was drowning." Finn said confused "but I was… it was hot. Then a voice. There was this lady who said not to forget her." Finn shook his head the details fuzzy "I don't know man… I just…"
"It's okay Finn… just lie down." Jake patted his head and walked over to his pack. He opened it and brought back their mom's music box. "Here. Sing mom's lullaby. It always makes it better." Jake gave Finn the music box and got comfortable at the foot of Finn's bed.
"Okay man." Finn sighed and began to crank the music box. Soft music began to play.
X
The sun rose and the morning came. The hours of the morning where passed by the duo in their cleaning the tree fort. After the afternoon came, Jake went to meet Lady Rainicorn by the old barn and left Finn to fight Shark guy and Science cat. Tomorrow he would invite Lady over and all three would hang out.
"Hey sugar." Jake waved at his girlfriend before stretching to meet her. He kissed her and turned to the glow of the sky. Lady looked at him expectantly as he passed her half an orange. "What?"
"Did you tell Finn?" She asked before sucking on the orange
"He just turned eighteen last night." Jake sighed
"Jake-" Lady began but he interrupted her
"And he had a nightmare to top it off… When I woke him up from it, the poor guy saw me and threw his arms around me. I can't just leave him when he needs me." Jake looked down
"Jake, I know you've taken care of Finn almost all his life… I know you love him like a brother, a friend, and as your own son, but you can't stay with him forever." Lady smiled at him "Tell Finn you want to move in with me. He'll understand."
"I know he will… Finn's cool like that. But I'm not so sure he's ready to be alone." Jake looked back at her.
Lady stroked his fur and laid against him "Finn is brave and strong and eventually, you were going to have to let him go."
"Yeah…" Jake sighed and put his arm around her
X
After Jake had left, Finn defeated the shark guy and the science cat, right on schedule. He walked into the house and played beemo for a while. He then got hungry and went to the kitchen to eat. While in the kitchen bits of his dream popped into his mind. Why was he so scared? He had gotten over his fear of the ocean years ago… but last night in his dream, he had experienced it all over again. Why did that woman say not to forget her? Why did she say he loved her? Why couldn't he remember anything else from that dream? All he could remember was the woman and her voice. Soft and full of joy. Then scared and sorrowful. Then he could remember the salt water chocking him. He was eating the sandwich he had just created when he heard the door open and closed. "Hey, Finn, I'm home!" Jake called as he climbed up the stairs
"Hey, man. How was Lady?"
"She's fine… umm… Finn, I need to talk to you about something." Jake sat down on the table.
"Sure buddy. What's up?" Finn put his sandwich down and picked up his cup of juice.
"Well… Finn, I don't want you to freak out or anything, but I'm moving in with Lady."
Finn spit out the juice, almost choking on the liquid, as he looked at his friend, wide-eyed.
"What? Why?" Finn got up
"Well… Finn, you're older now and you can take care of yourself… so I decided to move in with Lady… because you know she's my lady and I love her." Jake looked at his friend with an apologetic expression
"B-b-but man!" Finn began to pace around the room "You can't just…" He fumbled with his words. "What about your croak dream? I promised to always be by your side! Forever!" Finn threw his arms up for emphasis.
"Finn, don't worry about my croak dream. Lady will be there. Besides, I'll always be here for you." Jake smiled "We'll still go adventuring together and stuff."
"Jake…" Finn mumbled. "I-if this is what you want." Finn smiled, sadly. He forced a happy face for Jake "At least now I wont have to hear you talk about how three girls love me all the time..."
Jake chuckled. He knew Finn well enough to recognize that he was faking, but he wasn't going to call him on it. Finn would just deny it and get mad. "Well they do!" Yeah… better to just change the subject.
A/A/N
My first Adventure time fic about the originals! This WILL NOT contain the gender bents… maybe a reference or two to the fan fiction. It's only fair I write at least one story about the originals. Don't you think? In addition, when Lady speaks, I will not torture you with gibberish. Still only, you people, Jake, and PB can understand her.
In this story, I will wreck (well… try.) poor Finny's sanity. Not kidding. Constant confusing nightmares. Random memories. Jake's moving out. FinnXPrincess Bubblegum (Bonnibel); FinnXFlame Princess (? Suggestion's for her name?); FinnXVampire queen (Marceline). I don't know. Umm… read at your own cost. A lot of suspense going on here. In addition, I'm making this up as I go along so the ending or pairing is going to be a surprise to me too. (Just because I'm 'Fioleefan' doesn't mean I don't like Finn and PB together. I think it's sweet. And Flame P. She's like Marceline and Princess Bubblegum rolled into one. Of course, I love Marcy too. Anyways, this is undetermined.) This is a story I'm working on the side so I might not update as soon as others.
TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS STORY I SUGGEST (MORE LIKE ORDER YOU) TO WATCH ADVENTURE TIME EPISODE 'The creeps' and 'Beautopia' IF YOU ALREADY HAVE NOT. This really will make more sense if you saw it. Until next chapter.