Chapter 2: Awakening
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"Where is he!" screamed Marceline with her demon face at a poor candy nurse causing her to faint
"Ugh," said Marceline as she pushed through the doors into the infirmary walking past empty and occupied beds until she noticed a towering blue figure sitting down and staring intently at the occupant of the bed.
"Hey, you haven't seen a boy in here have you? White hat, blue shirt and shorts?" asked Marceline as she floated over to the blue figure
"Umm you mean Finn?" said Canyon looking confused as she pointed over to the unconscious teen
"Yeah! Wait, that's not Finn, is it?" Said Marceline as she looked over the unconscious teen and separated the mess of blonde hair to see that it really was Finn
"What…" Said Marceline looking confused
"Well it's a long story, you see…" began Canyon when she suddenly turned to look over at Marceline only to see her unconscious
"Oh my…" Said Canyon
After awhile Marceline awoke in a hospital bed looking at ceiling, her mind blank for a moment before everything came back and hit her. She turned around on her side only to find Finn staring at her.
"Finn?" said Marceline
"Hey, Marce!" said Finn as he gave her a warm smile his jawline seemed to have gotten much broader and sharper
"Are..Are you okay? Asked Marceline with concern as she looked at this suddenly older looking version of Finn
"Yeah, I feel great! Stronger and more stretchy?" said Finn looking unsure as he sat up and stretched his arms causing Marceline to giggle
"That's called growing, Finn." Laughed Marceline
"Math.." muttered Finn looking amazed
"So what happened to you anyways, Finn?" asked Marceline curiously as she brusher her hair to side.
"Glob it was crazy!" exclaimed Finn as he recounted the amazing details of the day before to Marceline
"Wicked," said Marceline as Finn finished up his amazing tale "So where's the sword?"
"Right.." "Umm.." "Where is my sword?" said Finn questionably as the door to the infirmary suddenly opened and Princess Bubblegum walked in followed by Canyon ducking under the door.
"Well… It all checks out, so it wasn't the throne that cause this." Said Bubblegum thoughtfully
"Maybe the throne?" asked Canyon
"Maybe." said Bubblegum as the two approached Finn and Marceline
"Oh good, you're both awake," proclaimed Bubblegum as Canyon gave a small wave to Finn and Marceline
"So Bonnibel, what happened to Finn?" asked Marceline curiously as she floated over next to Finn
"Well, it seems when he pulled the sword out of the throne, which was pretty stupid and reckless I might add!" Said Bubblegum with a loud reprimanding tone at Finn causing him to blush and scratch his head.
" Something happened in the process and Finn seems to have aged to approximately…" Bubblegum stopped talking and pulled out her age scanner and scanned Finn "19, but other than that I can't seem to find anything else that's wrong with him."
"Is it reversible?" asked Finn
"Well you're not made out of candy so I'm afraid the changes are permanent as I can't just reduce you're mass," said Bubblegum looking disappointed with herself, she hated when she couldn't find a solution to something.
"No biggie, It's only like 5 years right?" said Finn as he did the math with his fingers
"You got a lot more, and 19 is when things start to get good anyways!" said Marceline with a smile trying to reassure Finn and make him feel better.
" I'm not worried, Marceline, I'm still young and spry! "Said Finn jumping up only to slip on the rail and crashing onto the floor
"Finn!" exclaimed the three girls in concern
"I'm good, usually I nail it," said Finn confused
"Growing!" said Marceline as she suddenly looked at Finn and started laughing along with Canyon and Bubblegum
"What?" asked Finn confused as he looked down and realized he was still in his clothes that he wore when he was still 14, which were extremely tight, and his pants basically became like underwear. "Glob! Muttered Finn as he blushed a fiery red quickly grabbing the sheets and wrapping it into a makeshift toga.
"Aw, that outfit was so cute though, you should have done you're baby dance." Laughed Marceline as she imitated Finn's baby dance causing Canyon and PB to double over laughing and Finn to start seething
"Oh, ha ha." Said Finn sarcastically with his arms folded as he waited for the three to stop their laughing.
"So what about the sword?" asked Finn as the three were finally able to compose themselves
"Well, it seems to check out," as she unwrapped the sword and handed it back to Finn
"Hey, I've seen that sword before…" said Marceline quietly as she floated over to Finn and took the sword from him causing the gray essence to suddenly go rampant around the sword.
"Whoa, how'd you do that?" asked Finn looking amazed and Canyon and PB to look on with slight concern.
"Simple Finn, this sword was made with vampire blood, my vampire blood." Said Marceline with a fond smile.
"Glob, I'm sorry Marceline, I didn't know." Said Finn sounding ashamed with himself as if he had hurt Marceline in some way
"Oh no you're fine. I was in a good mood when this lame blacksmith came to me asking for some of my blood for an epic weapon or something." Said Marceline
"Well I guess, it's rightfully yours then" said Finn nobly
"Don't be silly Finn, I don't need a sword. I'm the vampire queen." Said Marceline flashing her fangs in a cute way, kind of like a chipmunk. "Plus, I trust you with my blood, and it is an awesome sword." Said Marceline sweetly
"It's my honor, m'lady." Said Finn as he knelt down dramatically causing Marceline to smack him with the sword
"Quit, being a dork, and take the sword," laughed Marceline as Finn got up and grabbed the sword sheepishly.
"Well Finn, I think you might be alright but I want you to stay another night at the hospital so I could run some more tests to make sure that you ARE alright." Said PB
"Hmm, seems alright to me." Said Canyon "I think I'm going to head on home, I need to freshen up and it's been like two days."
"Thanks for taking me back her and staying, Canyon. You're totally a radical dame." Said Finn giving Canyon a quick hug without noticing how Marceline's eyes flashed red with anger, which she quickly hid.
"I thought I was the radical dame…"
"It's not a problem Finn, I have a feeling we'll see each other soon," said Canyon as she returned Finn's hug and walked away giving a quick wave to PB and a seemingly disgruntled Marceline.
"Hey Marce, you want to stay and hang for the night with me?" asked Finn hopefully as he didn't want to be stuck in the lame hospital alone.
"Hmph." Said Marceline, as she turned away, transformed to a bat and flew out the window.
"Um, was it something I said?" said Finn confused
"Oh, Finn." Said PB shaking her head with a small smile
So Finn the Human was forced to stay another dreadfully boring night in the infirmary with no games, no adventures, or anything. But he did get time to closely examine his new sword.
"You're probably one of the most awesome swords ever." Said Finn with a smile as he stroked the blade, Finn swore he could feel the sword warm up and glow a little.
Meanwhile off in the night a disgruntled vampire queen could be seen off in the field strangling and kicking pixies as she vented out her frustration.
"Stupid Finn," muttered Marceline angrily, she didn't know why she was so angry but she just was. For the first time in 1000 something years, the vampire queen was jealous, she just didn't know it.
The next day Finn was finally out of the hospital after being poked, prodded, scanned, blasted, and at one time even licked by Princess Bubblegum as she ran various tests on Finn.
"Well everything seems to check out, if anything weird happens, you will let me know righ?" said PB spacing out the last part of her sentence.
"Forsure, PB." Said Finn as he began to pack his stuff and head out.
"Umm Finn… are you planning on wearing that toga everyday from now on?" said PB
"Hmm, Why not?" said Finn as if wearing Togas were like the most normal thing in the world.
"Oh, Finn.." Said Bubblegum shaking her head as she grabbed Finn's hand and led him out the door to the nearest candy tailor shop.
"What are we doing here PB? You need new clothes? You have like a billion outfits to look gorgeous in.," said Finn confused causing bubblegum to blush a little and smile.
"Such a sweet talker, you." Said Bubblegum giving Finn a slight punch in the arm, "no, we're here for you. You're 19 now and that boyish outfit just isn't going to work for you anymore. Plus it's kind of weird you wear the same outfit everyday."
"Hey! I have different outfits, they're just all the same!" said Finn defensively, oblivious to what PB was implying.
"Princess!" said a small female strawberry shake candy person
"Hello, Belladandy," said PB giving the small shake a hug
"What can I do for you today, are you finally ready to try on those wedding dresses you drew?" said Belladandy looking over at Finn
"No, No, No, it's not like that, it's.. Something else." Said a blushing bubblegum as she finished her sentence lamely.
"I just need new clothes, yo" said Finn oblivious to why the Princess got all nervous and shaky.
"Ah I see, one moment." Said Belladandy as she quickly ran behind the counter and started sketching taking glances over at Finn. After about 30 minutes or so of sketching she returned to Finn and told him to look over the sketches and picked out which one he liked. Finn had no clue, so he handed it to PB to choose, as he trusted that she would have a better knowledge of fashion then him.
"Glob, I wish Jake was back." Thought Finn as he chuckled to himself "Man, he's going to be shocked. "
PB asked Finn some questions such as his favorite colors, favorite dungeons, etc. After muttering with Belladandy off to the side the two smiled and Belladandy quickly got Finn to stand up, took his measurements and headed to the back.
After about another 30 minutes Belladandy walked backed out with a package and some new black sneakers on top.
"Here Finn, try them on." Said Belladandy directing him to the changing room.
Finn grabbed the new clothes excitedly and ran into the changing room, after about 5 minutes Finn came out dressed in a white shirt, black hoodie, ripped black jeans, and black high top sneakers.
"Oh Finn! You look amazing!" gushed PB
"Glob, this is totally a better look than before, I look totally rad." Said Finn as he kicked himself for not trying to find new clothes earlier. "Thanks Belladandy these new clothes are totally math!" exclaimed Finn
"Oh not a problem Finn, anything for our champion and Princess. She picked out more designs and I'll get right to making them and have someone send it over to you at your tree house." Said Belladandy with a smile
"Glob, Belladandy. I don't know how to repay you for these awesome digs." Said Finn as he looked in his bag and took out a giant emerald and dumped out a small mountain of gold. "Will this cover it?" Asked Finn
"Oh my.. That's too much, I can't possibly." Said a shocked Belladandy; even PB was a little surprised.
"What? Oh its no biggie, my whole downstairs tree house is full of stuff like this.," said Finn to an exasperated Belladandy.
After a 5-minute argument with Finn pushing Belladandy to take the gold, she finally relented and PB was standing outside the store.
"Thanks for the help with the new digs and resting me up." Said Finn looking over at PB
"No problem Finn." Said a smiling Princess Bubblegum
"I wish Marceline would have stayed so I could show her these totally math gigs." Said Finn
"Hmm she seemed kind of mad at you yesterday." Said Bubblegum pretending to think thoughtfully.
"What? Why? Did I do something wrong?" asked Finn nervously as he tried to recall if he did do something wrong to upset Marceline.
"Well I don't know Finn, sometimes girls just get mad and the best thing you can do is apologize with a sweet gesture." Said PB in a matter of fact type manner.
"Well, Glob I better go apologize right now!" said Finn as he ran out the Candy Kingdom with his new sword on his back.
"You do that Finn," said PB with a smile as she began to head back towards her castle.
The moon was once again up and the thin rays flash through the windows of Marceline's house causing her to open her eyes. Her hair was a mess as she crashed into her bed in ager after spending a bunch of energy terrorizing pixies and any unfortunate creature to get into her way as she floated home.
"Stupid Finn." Muttered Marceline as she made to grab Hambo and hug him only to remember she gave it to Simon. Marceline sighed sadly, when suddenly she heard a creak outside her home causing her to float over to her window and she saw a tall blond haired teen was sitting outside her house.
"Finn?" said Marceline with surprise forgetting her anger for a moment as she floated downstairs and opened the door.
"What do you want?" Said Marceline rudely
"Oh, Marceline!" said Finn surprisingly as he got up with hiding something behind his back.
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry if I said something to make you mad at me yesterday, and well I don't know if this will help but I got you this." Said Finn as he showed Marceline a basket full of fresh strawberries causing Marceline's eyes to get wide and absentmindedly lick her lips.
"And I got you this too." Said Finn nervously as he took out from his jacket a brand new Hambo, causing Marceline to stare at him absentmindedly "It's not the original, but I had raggedy princess make a new one and I was thinking you could make new memories or catch up with this one." Said Finn nervously scratching his head.
"So… How long have you been here?" asked Marceline Blankley
" I don't know, like 8 hours?" said Finn
"Why didn't you just knock?" asked Marceline
"Well, you were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you up." Said Finn
"Oh Finn!" said Marceline as she zipped towards him and embraced him in a tight hug
"So are you still mad?" asked Finn
"Of course not, " said Marceline with a smile as she was sank into Finn's arms
Authors Note: Well that's chapter 2, I know there's not a whole lot of action but it's a good building block chapter if I do say so myself. Let me know what you think guys!