Hi guys! I'm happy that you liked the first chapter! I'll just answer to the reviews that I got (which were one xD)
Guest: Eh, I'll try. Some of the main characters from the cartoon will be there, so don't worry. I just don't know if I'll be able to find a place for every main and side character from the show. We'll see, just wait :D
So without any further ado, here's the second chapter!
A woman ran into a long, white hallway. It looked plain and simple, with chairs by almost every wall. From time to time she passed by a door without even looking at it. The woman was covered in sweat, her mouth was open, grasping for air, her blue pupils were frantically shaking in her eyes. The way she ran was strange as well. One second she was running, the other she was slowly walking. Finally she stopped. The woman saw a person standing in the hallway. It was a tall and thin man. He was wearing glasses on his young face and his messy, dark brown hair was lying on his head, while a beard and a mustache were slightly covering his mouth. He wore a white, long coat, with a plain white shirt under it, light brown pants and black shoes.
''Ah, Mrs Mertens!'' He said as he saw the woman run up to him.
''Doctor, is it true? My son woke up?'' She held onto his shoulders and shook him slightly.
''Woah, woah.'' The man made a gesture with his hands, asking the woman to back up a little. The woman wasn't very tall, but neither was she short. Her blonde hair was reaching a little past her shoulders. ''Yes, Finn woke up a few hours ago.'' The doctor explained.
''Can, can I see him?'' She asked immediately.
''Yes, but in a moment. First off, I wanted to warn you.'' The man's tone was really serious. ''Finn lost almost all of his memories. He probably won't recognize you.'' The woman froze. ''We didn't have to much time, honestly, so we only managed to make a few tests and so far all clearly showed, that Finn's memories about this world are faint.''
''This world?'' Finn's mom asked.
''Yes. Apparently, while in coma, Finn was living in a dreamed up world. We still know close to nothing about this, so I can't say anything more.'' The doctor finished and gestured to the woman to go. ''You know the room. See you there Mrs Mertens!'' The man walked off, and so did the woman.
Finn was lying in his room and staring at the ceiling. The doctor said to him that they'll continue the tests later today. They were asking him a lot of questions, for example about what he dreamed about or simple questions about the names of some objects.
''Dream...'' Finn said. ''As if... If anything's a dream, then it's definitely this.'' Finn still didn't believe that he was in a coma for the whole time, that the Land of Ooo was just a figment of his imagination. Instead, he was explaining everything by saying that all of this was a spell casted by a wizard. ''Everything feels so real... What a powerful spell!'' He said to himself as he was examinating his right palm.
Suddenly the door to his room opened and someone walked in. Was it the wizard? Finn was on his guard, or at least tried to be. His current state didn't even allow him to move properly.
Instead of a wizard, a woman walked in. A woman somewhat familiar, a woman whose face was in Finn's mind, but all foggy and barely recognizable. Finn narrowed his eyes and tried to focus on the woman's face. The moment the woman walked in the room she looked at the boy. When she saw his face with his eyes open, tears started to well up in her eyes. They slowly made their way down her red cheeks, finally reaching her chin and dripping of on the grayish floor.
''Finn...'' The woman spoke softly. ''Finn...'' She repeated a second latern and came closer to the young boy.
Finn leaned back a little. He was kind of afraid of the woman, she was acting like she knew him, she even knew his name! ''W-who are you?'' Finn finally asked.
The woman stopped. She hesitated and didn't really know what to do. ''F-finn?'' She asked silently. ''Don't... Don't you recognize me?''
Finn shook his head. ''Who are you?'' He repeated more confidently.
The blonde woman took a deep breath and tried to calm her voice down. ''I'm your mother Finn.'' She said, as some more tears dropped down from her face. Her blue eyes shone in the sunlight that was falling through the window on the opposite side from the door.
Finn's eyes lit up as well. Even if it was all an illusion, he didn't expect someone to say that to him. And on top of that she actually somehow resembled Finn. Her blue eyes, her awkward smile, even her quite long, blonde hair. It was almost as if Finn was her boyish, younger version. He didn't know how to respond. Should he play along with it, or maybe should he fight the illusion?
'This all feels so real... It kind of feels familiar and nice to be honest... Maybe I should just play along everything for a while...' Finn was having a fight inside his head. In the end he decided to give in and go along what was going on.
''Sorry, but I don't recognize you...'' He lowered his head as some sort of apology.
The woman just ran to him and hugged him suddenly. It was such a strange hug, it felt so familiar yet so new. But most of all, it was insanely warm and comfortable. Finn wanted to hug her back, but in the last second he pulled back. He still wasn't sure how to react to this new situation he found himself in. He was a stranger in a foreign land and to make things worse, a lot was thrown at him at once.
His mother finally pulled back from the hug and looked hers son right in his blue eyes. She lowered her head a little and touched her forehead with his.
Again, this surprised Finn. It was a strangely nice feeling, he actually didn't want it to stop. When the woman pulled back and stood straight with a warm smile, tears were still flowing down her cheeks.
Finn on the other hand was in complete shock. He couldn't say anything, he was just looking at his mother with his eyes and mouth wide open.
''What's your name?'' Finn muttered out. The question caught his mother off guard, but she quickly regained what was left of her composure.
''It's only natural that you wouldn't remember...'' She lowered her head and wiped the tears from her eyes. ''It's Canyon. Canyon Mertens.''
Finn froze. Canyon? The Canyon? The Canyon that was with Bill? Finn felt dizzy and the world before him started spinning. Just what was going on?
Finn opened his eyes, and a bright light welcomed him. He slowly raised up his hand and covered his eyes with it. As he was getting used to the light he quickly noticed that he still was in the hospital room. Did he fall asleep? He put his arm back on the bed and lifted himself up to a sitting position. He looked around, but no one was there. He was alone again.
He lied back and tried to relax. This whole situation was crazy and stressful. 'Thank Glob this is only a illusion...' Finn thought. 'I just have to find a way to break it...'
Suddenly the door to his room opened yet again, and someone quickly made his way to Finn's bed. It was the doctor.
''So, you're finally awake?'' He smiled. ''Are you ready for another series of tests?''
The blonde woman was waiting in the hallway in front of her son's room.
Suddenly she heard the main door leading to the hallway burst open. A man with short dark blonde hair and a dark blonde beard was hurrying through the hall. He was a little fat, but not much. He was wearing a purple suit with a bright red tie and a plain white shirt underneath.
''Ah! Martin!'' Canyon stood up when she saw the man. ''So you made it!''
''Yeah, as soon as I heard that he woke up...'' He tried to catch his breath. ''I hurried here...'' The man and the woman shared a hug with a kiss on the cheek. ''How much did I miss?''
''Well, actually nothing.'' Finn's mother admitted. ''They're still asking him questions so I don't know a lot.''
''Eh...'' Martin sighed. ''As always with the health service...'' They both sat down and the man looked at his watch. ''Well, it's only 2 PM so there's still a lot of time. Let's hope they'll hurry up.''
As soon as Martin finished his sentence the door from Finn's room opened and the doctor walked out. Canyon and Martin both stood up and faced the brown haired man.
''How's Finn?'' The woman asked.
''Actually he's doing amazingly great!'' The doctor said with a big smile on his face. Just now he noticed that the woman had company. He turned to the other man and said. ''Ah, I see you made it Martin!'' He reached out with his hand.
''Of course!'' The man answered and shook the doctors hand. ''Tell us everything Doctor Ethan.''
''I have to admit, this case is really interesting and unique!'' Doctor Ethan said as he took out his notepad and started searching through the pages. ''It seems as if Finn, while being in a coma, was dreaming about another reality. He imagined another world. He won't tell us anything about the world, but we're not forcing him to do it.'' He explained. ''But that's not even the interesting part! What got me and the hospital staff curious, was the fact that his education was progressing even while in coma. Maybe it wasn't progressing as fast as it would be in real life, but he didn't stop in development.'' Canyon and Martin had their eyes wide open. The doctor looked at them and smiled again. ''What's more, Finn seemed to have matured a lot while being in coma. His body looks more like the body of an adult, that's natural, but drastic changes were noted in his emotional state. As for a boy in his age he seems awfully mature, especially on his mental level.'' Finn's mother's eyes started watering. She was sad that in a way she missed his son's adolescence. ''Please don't worry Mrs Mertens.'' Doctor Ethan said with a warm smile. ''He still has a long way to go to be an adult!'' The woman showed a sad smile. ''And lastly, as for his body strength and ability to walk and perform other basic human functions... Thanks to the regular muscle training we were doing while he was in the coma, he'll be able to start his regular life relatively quickly. He'll need to have a couple of hour of rehabilitation daily and he'll be ready in no time!'' Canyon and Martin looked at each other with relief. ''We still have some more tests to make, but you'll be able to take him home late afternoon.'' Doctor Ethan said and walked off with a smile, waving at the woman and the man.
Finn's mother looked at the man in the suit and smiled widely. The man smiled back and looked at the door leading to the blonde boy's room. ''Welcome back buddy.'' He said quietly to himself.
The short hand of the clock was about to hit the number six when the door to Finn's room opened one final time. The boy looked up to check who was it this time. The doctors said that they are completely done with their tests, so now what?
''Finn?'' A familiar female voice was heard. It was his mother, or at least she claimed she was. Canyon walked into Finn's sight and smiled at him. She came closer to him and sat on his bed. ''We'll...'' She started and Finn looked at her with a questioning glance. ''We'll be going back home Finn.'' She said. ''And this time, you'll come with us.'' Her smile was soft and somewhat sad. She wasn't even looking at her son while she was talking to him. Instead her eyes were focused on the grayish floor.
''Home?'' Finn asked with a image of the Treehouse in his mind. He would love to go back to his house, but he was sure that the house the woman was talking about wasn't the Treehouse. ''When are we going?'' He asked finally.
''In a moment.'' Canyon answered. ''We'll pack you up and we'll be ready to go.'' She said as she stood up and called for someone. Shortly after a man in a elegant, purple suit walked in, and Finn immediately recognized his face.
''Martin?!'' He half-shouted. Both of the adult were shocked and confused.
''W-wait...'' Finn's mother started. ''You remember him?'' She came closer to Finn.
''I, I...'' He was stuttering. He shouldn't have said what he said. ''I just remembered a name when I saw his face...'' He tried to make up a lie.
His mother looked at him with a troublesome expression. She had no idea how to react, after all it was her first time dealing with someone who just woke up from a coma. ''I'm glad that you're regaining memories then.'' She decided to take is as a good sign.
After almost an hour they were ready to go. Finn hoped on his wheelchair and they proceeded to go downstairs by an elevator. They checked out, and after having some trouble with packing Finn into Martin's car, they ventured off.
The ride took quite a while. Finn was sitting with his mother in the back while Martin was driving. The atmosphere in the car was tense, but nobody really wanted or had anything to say. The adults knew that Finn had a hard and stressful day so they wanted to give him some space, while Finn was looking out the window and thinking about how to break the wizard's spell. He wasn't accepting the reality, no, he couldn't accept the reality. Since he remembered, he lived with Jake and BMO in the Treehouse. That was his reality, not this.
The car ride wasn't that long to be honest. It took about thirty minutes to arrive home, but those thirty minutes felt like a whole eternity for Finn and the adults. When they finally arrived the blonde boy looked at the house he would live in from now. It wasn't a big house, at least not as big as his previous. In reality the house was a regular sized house for w whole family. It was painted white with dark brown elements, such as the roof, the window sills or even the gutters. Apparently the house had two floors in total, or so it looked from the outside, there was always the basement left as well as the attic. In front of the house there was somewhat of a small garden with a couple of bushes and flowers growing wherever they could. Finn looked around and saw that this was a quite big neighborhood. On both sides of his house he had neighbors with identical houses. He sighed at the thought of having any contact with them.
Canyon helped Finn get out of the car, while Martin set up the wheelchair and started taking the luggage out of his car. Finn's mother opened the door and pushed Finn inside.
''Your room is upstairs, but you'll be living downstairs for now. When you'll be able to walk again you'll return to your regular room.'' She said with a smile.
Canyon 'drove' him into a semi-small room, which usually would be a room for guests to sleep in. The room was painted white, with dark gray ceiling and wooden panels as the floor. On top of the panels there was a black and gray, fluffy carpet. On the wall opposite to the door, there was a window with curtains. To the left of the window, on the next wall, there was a cabinet and a TV hanged above it. On the right side of the window, by the next wall, there stood a double bed. By the wall the door was situated in, there stood a quite big wardrobe. The whole room looked actually really comfy, but not as near comfy as his and Jake's room in the Tree Fort.
Finn's mother helped him get out of his wheelchair and laid him in a comfy position on his temporary bed. She handed him the remote, ruffled his hair and kissed him on his forehead.
''I'll help dad unpack the rest of your and our stuff. Watch some TV or just relax and rest a little.'' She smiled and left the room while waving to her son.
Finn laid back in the bed, slowly covered himself in the sheet and closed his eyes. It was a tiring day, and his body still was weak. He needed as much rest as he could get, he would need it. In his mind, from the beginning there was a though that didn't left him for even a second - to break free. To find a way to escape from this spell and get back to the real world as soon as possible.
Soon, he fell asleep.
For the next two weeks, Finn was working for many hours a day to get his muscles to work properly. His determination was great, and it helped him get on his feet relatively fast. Of course the training the doctors were doing with his body in his coma had a big influence as well, but still.
After half a month, Finn discovered many new things and found out a lot about this world. He discovered anime, TV shows, video games, how big this world is. He found out, that he'll have to go to school as soon as he'll be able to function normally.
His legs and arms were starting to get stronger and sturdier. His body was regaining the energy it lost while Finn was in the coma.
All this was happening, while Finn had one though in his mind: 'I need to escape...'
Thanks for reading! This took a while, because I didn't really have access to the computer for a while, but I managed to write form time to time, and here we are! Also, I hope you noticed what's going on with the titles :D I'll try to name every chapter after a song name, so be on your watch and I'm sure you'll recognize them!
Anyways, please leave a review and stay tuned for the next chapter!
Papa Bless You,
~ Felix
