Chapter I

A Broken Heart

He stands there, surrounded by the fallen humans who dared oppose him. The blood on his hands, an even deeper red then the moon that night. His once blue eyes, now cold and dark as the shadows he cast, look upon the corpses lining the hilltop. The warrior took in a large breath, and laughed to the sky. "Finally, I have my revenge. Mark this night glob, for I killed them all single handedly! I, a warrior of human and demon blood has shown the people of this world the power I hold within my grasp! I, Hunson Jacob Merten, claim this planet as mine!"

He did it, he killed all of humanity single-handedly. Quite literally as well, seeing as his left arm was a mechanical replacement for the one he lost as a child. You might be asking, "Why the heck would somebody want to kill off all of humanity! He's part human himself!" You would be right to ask that question, but it is a long tale. So let's get started before this becomes an entire novel.

Over 100 years, the humans had once populated the land of Ooo. In the face of evils sprouted after the war, the humans had no choice but to escape to a different land. With the assistance of the vampire huntress Marceline, they were able to make it to a new land. A land with lesser evils, creatures that could be dealt with; and from there, humanity was able to start again. This did not change the fact that there were still beings on this planet, things beyond human imagination, the humans couldn't contend with. Just 17 years ago, the humans spotted a giant being in the sky right over Ooo trying to eat a comet whole! That was when they began a new project, a missile large enough to wipe out all of Ooo and the evil that lurked on it.

16 Years Ago

The Land of Ooo

Finn had turned 17 just under a week ago, and with that extra year Finn had grown just that much taller, leaner, and a little more mature (but not much). He was visiting his friend Marceline when they started discussing about how tall Finn got, well more so Finn pointed it out that he was now taller than her. Upon realization of this to be true Marceline took appropriate action and took Finn's hat and decided to keep it just out of his reach, floating near the ceiling of her living room.

"Okay, I get it! I can't fly, just give me my hat back." Finn said annoyed but amused at this little joke.

"Only if you agree to walk on your knees whenever you're in my house." Marceline responded in a teasing tone. She may look seventeen, but with her being over 1000 years old, she felt that she deserved a little more respect. Finn dropped down to his knees, chuckling to himself.

"There, happy now Marcy?" She returned the hat back to Finn, and flew back down on to the couch. Finn followed, and sat down opposite to her.

"Hey want to watch a-"Finn tried to speak but was interrupted when Marceline interjected. "Hey did something happen between you and Flame Princess? You two were acting kind of weird during your party, like you two trying to avoid each other."

Finn was quiet for a while, flustered by the suddenness of the question. Seemed like almost a full minute before he answered. "You know how FP and I dated a while back?" Marceline glared at Finn, knowing he was trying to stall as much as possible. "Yeah, you two were crazy about each other."

Finn sighed at the memory, then continued. "She's agreed to marry Cinnamon Bun. He's kind of had feelings for her for like a year now, and when bubblegum heard she thought it might be able to bring peace between the Fire and Candy Kingdoms. So now once she turns 17 in a couple of months, she's going to marry him." Finn frowned at the recollection of discovering this. He didn't sleep that night, and instead tried to clear his mind by going wolf chasing with Marceline.

"Ouch, sounds like it hurts." Marceline felt bad, she may have been curious but it didn't feel right making Finn sad like this. He might end up trying to distract himself by eating all her food again, and she was a bit low on cash at the moment. "Yeah, you have no clue… Hey got any food?" Marceline panicked for a moment.

"No!" She screamed, then after realizing her mistake lowered her voice down to a casual tone. "No, I don't have any food. Although, we could watch a movie if you're up to it." Finn thought on that for a moment, having forgotten that he was going to ask that same question before this down spiral of a conversation started.

"Sure, I'm going to make some popcorn. Don't choose anything lame, okay?" Marceline sighed with relief, and went through her old collection of films. After the popcorn was done, she was able to settle on an old classic. "Hey Finn, remember this?" She held up her copy of Heat Signature, the same one that she, Finn, Jake, and a few of her old ghost friends tried to watch a couple years ago.

"Oh yeah, I forgot we left that here." Finn remembered back when she pranked them and convinced him and Jake they'd become vampires. "Pop it in!" They lied back on the couch on watched the mind-blowing masterpiece of a film.

They sat there the through the entire night, watching the movie, chatting, playing some music, usual bro-stuff. Finn finally noticed what time it was, and got up and headed for the door.

"Oh dang, I should probably get home. Jake's going to be worried if I'm not there." Marceline was caught off guard by this. "Why? Is Jake afraid of sleeping alone or something?" She knew the Jake was still kind of scared by her, but sleeping alone?

"Yeah, he's been afraid ever since the blank-eyed girl incident." Finn shuddered remembering that seriously bonked out day. He turned around to head home when Marceline suddenly grabbed his shoulder and turned him around.

"Wait Finn, why don't you stay with me tonight? Jake could use a little toughening up. Besides we haven't even had any REAL fun yet." Marceline was still looking for a bit of action tonight, after all even though it was fun, she's cooped up in her house all night. "I don't know…" Finn had to think for a while, but finally made his decision when Marceline mentioned going out for wolf chasing.

"Alright, let's head out!" Then with that, they ran outside in search of some wolves to chase. Where they ran, or in Marceline's case flew, all over the lands finding and chasing the wild wolves that populated the continent. When it became midnight, Finn stopped for a moment to sit down.

"Hey Finn, what are you sitting down for? They're going to get away!" Marceline gestured to the wolves who were taking advantage of this moment to flee. Finn looked up at Marceline then turned his head toward the sky.

"It's a little late," He yawned, and started to close his eyes. "And I'm so tired…" Finn fell backwards onto the ground and dozed off to sleep. Marceline sighed and picked up the hero and flew him back to his house.

'Big baby…' She thought to herself, 'Really big baby, seriously this is the last time I'm carrying him anywhere' Marceline grunted as she tried to get Finn's body in a better position to carry him, until finally she had his body nestled on top of her arms in the bridal position. 'He really has gotten taller than me, and…'

She mentally slapped herself before she was even able to finish the thought, I mean who is she thinking that he could actually be cute. Sure, she teases him about it from time to time, but she never really meant anything by it. Besides, Finn is obviously still hungover on Flame Princess.

By the time she finished that thought, she arrived at Finn's treehouse. She knocked on the front door, knowing Jake would be up as his "sleeping buddy" was not home. Jake slammed the front door open, with a panicked look on his face. He quickly took Finn's sleeping body and ran back in, not even acknowledging the fact the Marceline was there at all.

Then with that dealt with, she went back home and got some rest.