I've written for plenty of genres, most of which is obvious I know nothing about, so I'm gonna give it a shot here, somewhere where I know enough to get by. It will be an all new Lich King saga, so it won't take a lot of knowledge of the original plot to follow along.

So, what you're about to read is an introduction, a first chapter of the first part of the trilogy.

Some parts will be comical, where others will be more of a serious nature. I'm a little worried that stories with the Lich are over-written in this genre, but I haven't had the time to read a lot to find out. All I can do is hope you enjoy mine enough to want to see it through.

Most of the main characters will be included, and even some originals thrown in. It will have references and allusions to current and past times and several references to other media.

So, I think I've stalled enough. Let's get to it.

Finn watched the fire spread from the top of the hill, a mixture of disbelief and fear keeping him from looking away. What scared him the most was the excitement.

Even as the Candy Kingdom burned, he felt the coldness crawl up his spine.

"Isn't it magnificent?"

The voice was back, he didn't look for it's owner. Instead he focused on the Banana Guard who had already begun to mobilize and fight the fires, though from this height they seemed to be panicking ants.

The voice's laughter echoes, "Can you feel it? The raw power! The insatiable lust for carnage, slowly crawling through you, seeping it's way into your very core!"

There was something wrong far below. Unable to eradicate the fires, the small dots of the inhabitants of the Candy Kingdom begin to scurry outside the city walls, forced to watch all they own burn.

"Mark 9:47 and 48. If your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It is better to enter the kingdom of god with one eye, than to be cast down below where the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched."

Finn shook his head, "What have I done?"

"You set the tables for the beginning of a new era of Ooo. Don't cry over spilt milk, it was bound to happen eventually. You just saved them from their delusions of courage."

Now, the Banana Guard was helping the last of the dots to the area the rest had gathered. The Gumball Guardians appeared, though he couldn't make out what was happening.

"Oh? You wish to know what's happening?"

Before he could reply, his body began to tingle and he was standing amid the turmoil below, invisible to those around him.

Princess Bubblegum stood watching as the walls began to crumble, keeping the helplessness she felt locked away for the good of her people. Unfortunately, her eyes were what gave her away.

"Your majesty."

She turned to the captain of the Banana Guard as he ran over to where she stood, "How are my people?"

"Everyone was evacuated safely with only minor injuries."

"And what of the fire?"

He shook his head, "I'm afraid that we are unable to stop them. They are being kept alive by a strange substance. Every time we make progress, it starts back and sucks the oxygen from the air."

"Napalm," Finn says aloud.

She shook her head, "Who would dare attack my kingdom? And more importantly, who would fight with such dangerous means?"

After several minutes, she was still at a loss, "Did anyone see anything related to the attack?"

He shook his head, "I'm afraid everyone is too shaken to give a clear statement."

Returning her gaze to her tower which just began to burn, she nodded.

"What are your orders?"

At length, she clenched her fists, seeing no other way to respond, "Buildings can be rebuilt. For now, tend to the injured and keep order. Tomorrow, we will begin our arrests and questioning, starting with Flame Princess."

"Yes, your majesty," he replied, for the fist time fearing his leader.

Now left alone, save for the invisible Finn, she gritted her teeth.

"I'll show them that we fight back ten fold. An attack on royal grounds will not be tolerated."

Finn shook his head, "No more. I want to go back."

When he opened his eyes, he was back on the hill. Nearly the entire city was in flames now.

Finn collapsed, no longer to keep it inside, the tears falling freely. He rested his arms across his knees and hid his face.

"Don't celebrate too long," the voice returned, emanating his pleasure, "We still have a lot of work to do."

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Bane Of The Weak

Northern Passage

Introduction

"The world is indeed comical, but the joke is on mankind."

- H.P. Lovecraft

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"Come on, dude. Time to get up!"

Finn shook his head, "Uhn uh."

Jake closed his hands around the bed and shook it, sending Finn and the bed tumbling. After a moment he let go, returning the bed to where it was.

Finn continued shaking his head, "No! Real world boring!"

"Come on, speak in real sentences," Jake sighed, "You can't sleep all day! It'll make you Yonkers!"

Finn gave in, rolling off the bed, "Fine, I'm getting up."

"I'll go get breakfast started. Don't fall back asleep."

Finn nodded, but as Jake disappeared down the stairs he leapt back into the bed. As much as he tried, however, he was unable to return to the dream.

Instead he stared up at the ceiling, trying his best to commit as much as possible to memory.

He remembered very little of it, other than the fact that it involved the Lich, as most of his dreams. No matter how many times they dispose of him, he returns, stronger than before.

In the dream, he was sitting across the table from him, a chess board and pieces in front of him. From what he could remember, he wasn't winning. The Lich wasn't even paying attention. While he waited on his turn, his face was buried inside a book with a battered and worn cover.

He'd looked over all the pieces, finding no move that would end without a loss of his own pieces.

After glancing to make sure he wasn't paying attention, Finn moved his bishop to a spot out of it's reach and claimed the Lich's horseman.

"Your turn."

He finished the sentence he was on and glanced away from the book, not bothering to move anything, "Check."

Finn looked at the board. Indeed, the move he made illegally had put his king in the line of his castle.

Finn sighed and moved his piece back to it's last spot.

The Lich nodded and claimed the bishop with his castle, "Checkmate."

Finn looked and it was true. There were no more moves that would save his king.

"Well, that was mildly enjoyable," said the Lich as he flipped the pages in his book.

Finn threw the board and all the pieces from the table and reached for his sword, finding he was unarmed.

Ripping a page from his book, he circled something on it with a red pen and extended it to Finn, "You should feel honored, I don't destroy my precious books for just anyone."

Finn reached for the page and that's when it ended.

"Hey, I said don't fall asleep!"

"Yeah, yeah, I'm up. Not that there's anything to do."

He spent the better part of ten minutes pushing his food around before he decided to eat.

"So, what's the plans for today?"

Finn shrugged, "I guess nothing."

"Nothing? Not even a dungeon raid?"

He shook his head, "With the crime rate at an all time low, there's really nothing for us to do."

Jake sighed carried his plate to the sink, "Look, I wasn't gonna tell you this, but PB has been sending the guardians out more than usual."

"So?"

"So," Jake replied, as he ran water over the plate, "That means something big is going down. She doesn't send them out for no reason!"

Finn nodded slowly, "Okay, but she'd let us know if something was happening, right?"

Jake shrugged, "I don't know, dude, but if you're that bored, it'd be worth asking."

"Alright, I guess it's better than sitting around the house all day."

Finn lifted his plate and poured the remainder of his breakfast into his mouth. Dropping his plate in the sink, he hurried to the trapdoor and began to slip his shoes on.

"Beemo, guard mode! We'll be back later," Finn yelled as Jake returned with his backpack and sword.

Beemo's screen switched from the charging indicator to a serious face as he saluted, "Yes, sir!"

"And stay off the couch!" Jake yelled as they disappeared through the opening.

Once they were gone, Beemo sat back down and the charging screen returned.

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Princess Bubblegum tapped her pen against her cheek, puzzled by what she was reading.

The note arrived by the standard mail carrier, but it was filed as un-important and was set to be destroyed like all other junk mail. However, it was Peppermint Butler who sensed that something important lied within the tattered envelope.

She had done all she could to decipher the sender, but even after a day and a half of work she was lead to believe it was sent by no ordinary living being. The only evidence left on the envelope was small traces of ectoplasm and dark magic.

The note itself, she was fairly certain, was sent by the Lich. However, it's content was the reason she chose to send her own personal guardians on the assignment.

"Excuse me, your majesty," Peppermint Butler said as he entered the lab room.

"What is it?"

He moved aside for Finn and Jake to enter, "You have guests."

"How's it going, Peebles?"

She nonchalantly placed the note on her desk amid the rest of her cluttered papers, and pretended to clear up the space on her desk.

"Hey guys, sorry the place is a mess. Just been a bit busy lately."

"You should see Finn's room, mess city!" Jake said as he jumped on the desk to sit down.

"Aww, come on, dude!"

She laughed and turned to her blackboard where she pretended to be working out a mathematical equation, "So, what can I do for you?"

"Actually," Finn began, looking over a nearby shelf of vials, "We came to ask what we could do for you?"

"Yeah, nearly everywhere we've been, the Gumball Guardians were."

She laughed and erased a portion of the board, "It's… nothing I wanted to troubled you with."

"If we can help, let us. We don't have anything else to do."

"It's nothing, just a little threat someone sent us."

Jake glanced at Finn who nodded briefly, "Do you know who sent it?"

"I'm sorry guys, it's a classified case. We're handling it diplomatically, it's actually quite boring."

Finn looked to the table Jake was sitting on and nodded, "Alright, if you say so."

"Thanks for understanding guys. If there's anything I think you'd be perfect for, I'll let you know."

Jake nodded and followed Finn out of the room, "See you later, PB."

Finn pulled the door closed behind Jake and started down the hallway.

"Well, so much for something to do," Jake said as he entered the stairwell.

Finn looked around and stopped abruptly, "Hold on."

"What's up?"

He slung his backpack to the ground and pulled out a notebook and pen, "Turn around."

Jake was confused but obeyed. Several moments later, Finn stood up and tore the page he had been writing out of his book.

"Look, dude. This is what I copied from your Badonks. The ink must have transferred when you sat on it."

Jake looked at the page before stretching his head behind him, "My buns!"

"This has to be the threat that PB was talking about."

"Well, what's it say?"

Finn began reading the words he'd copied.

Princess,

We fought your wars with all our hearts, but you sent us back in body parts. You took our wills with the truth you stole, even so, we offer prayers for your loved one's souls.

Your kingdom's shadow may spread over all of Ooo, but that's fine. We're accustomed to fighting in the shade.

This is promise, your kingdom will fall and you will pay for all the wrongs committed under your iron rule. History will repeat itself, and if it's happened once it will happen again.

Sincerely,

LK

"Hmm."

"What do you think it means?" asked Jake as he took the page to read it again.

"It means we got a King to hunt."

"What you noising bout?!"

Finn grabbed the note and carefully returned it to the book where it wouldn't be damaged, "I'm noising that the Lich King is back, and for some reason PB doesn't want us to look for him. Aren't you even the least bit curious why that is?"

Jake nodded, "Yeah, but she's got her most powerful guardians searching for him, what if they find out we're looking too?"

Finn smiled as he slung his backpack over his shoulder, "What time is it?"

Jake folded his arms and looked away.

"Come on, I know you know what time it is. What time is it?"

After a moment of thinking it over, he finally sighed, "It's."

They both leapt into the air high-fived, "Adventure Time!"

There we have it, the introduction for part one.

I tried to be vague but informative over the course it'll take.

Well, I'm gonna try to get some other stories done before I quit for the night, so feel free to let me know what you think.

Thanks for reading!