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Demon Born
Finn sat on the couch ignoring Jake's complaints as he did the same. Finn barely noticed the discomfort of sitting on the couch because he was distracted. His reason was that Marceline was, once again, flirting with him to get a reaction. She was sitting in his lap, laying her head on his shoulder, and hugging him. This time was different than any other time, because she had also turned on a sappy romance movie where the main female was doing the exact same thing, right down to their words. Clearly she had watched the movie too many times but Finn was both trying not to laugh, and not to blush.
Just as he was about to say something, there was a knock on the door. Finn instantly threw Marceline off of his lap and moved to answer the door. When it was open, he saw that there was a twenty some year old man with silver hair, a red trench coat, black sleeves, a red vest, and a large broadsword with skulls on the cross guard. Behind him was a woman of the same age with bright red hair, tan skin, a white poncho, and off white clothes. She had a pair of cutlasses shaped like elephant tusks.
"You must be Finn," the man said. "My name's Dante. This is Lucia. May we come in?"
"I guess," Finn said stepping aside.
"Hey Dante," Marceline said floating over. "It's good to see you."
"You too," Dante said. "Half-demons have to stick together."
"True," Marceline said. "So, I got a question. Is he a pure blood vampire?"
"No," Dante said. "Somehow, he's only a half vampire. He won't like the taste of blood and will be able to survive on regular food. He will, however, be immortal."
"Cool," Marceline said. "Will he have the abilities of a vampire?"
"Floating yes," Dante said. "The rest, no."
"Sunlight?" Marceline asked.
"No effect," Dante said.
"Cool," Marceline said. "Catch."
She tossed him Finn's sword and when he caught it, a grin spread across his face.
"Very cool," Dante said. "Let's see, if I do this."
He cut his arm with Finn's sword then let some more blood fall onto the blade then onto his own blade. Both glowed then the light faded and Dante grinned.
"Just as strong as yours," Dante said and tossed the sword to Finn. "So, you want me to help Finn get my dear darling Daddy's sword?"
"Yes," Marceline said.
"Trish had it," Dante said. "Before The Despair Embodied killed her. He probably has my sword now."
"Great," Marceline said. "He's the one that forced me to try to turn Finn. He would have died otherwise."
"How well did you do against him?" Dante asked.
"He kicked my ass," Finn said.
"Probably," Dante said. "Well there are two things you need to know. First, the moment you touch my father's sword, you'll become half demon."
"Okay," Finn said.
"That means you will not be even comparable to a human anymore," Dante said making sure he understood the weight of the decision."
"I don't care," Finn said.
"Okay," Dante said. "On the plus side, you will have my father's powers, the same powers that I have."
"Cool," Finn said. "Can we get going now?"
"Not yet," Dante said. "I want to see your skill with a sword."
Finn sighed and he and Dante left the building. Once they were far enough away from it, they began to fight. Finn swung at Dante's head and Dante ducked under it then swung at Finn's side. Finn blocked his sword and shoved it back then spun and swung at his chest. Dante jumped back to avoid the attack then swung at Finn. Finn blocked Dante's sword, his own sliding into a notch near the tip of the blade. He spun away from Dante and pulled Dante's sword with him. Dante let it go and when Finn swung again, he caught the blade in one hand then stripped it from Finn's grasp with the other. Then he drove it into the ground and smiled.
"Congratulations," Dante said. "Not many can keep up with me in a fight. Even less can strip me of my sword."
Finn smiled and picked the sword. He liked it more than his father's, but his father's was a family heirloom.
"I'll trade," Finn said.
Dante grinned and tossed him his father's sword. Finn thanked him then tossed Dante's back to him. Dante pressed it against his back then released it and it didn't fall.
"How'd you do that?" Finn asked.
"Magnet," Dante said. "Effective huh?"
"Got another one?" Finn asked.
Dante tossed him a harness with a flat, rectangular, extremely powerful magnet on the back. Finn put it on under his shirt then stuck his sword to it and grinned.
"That's a neat trick," Finn said. "I like it."
"It's really effective too because when you want to fight you can just grab the hilt and swing," Dante said.
Finn nodded and they went back inside.
"So, where'd you get the cool sword?" Finn asked.
"Rebellion?" Dante asked. "He's a gift from my dear, darling, pain-in-the-ass father."
"Mine was made-" Finn began.
"Out of demon blood by your father," Dante said. "I know. It's one of the most famous blades in existence. Second only to the one we're supposed to find and to the one The Despair Embodied wields."
"Does he have a shorter name?" Finn asked.
"Nope," Dante said.
"Figures," Finn said. "So, where do we go first to get the sword?"
"I told you The Despair Embodied has it," Dante said. "To get the sword, we'll have to get him to use it then beat him."
"Or we could try to use a spell to find out if he has it or not and its exact location if he doesn't," Marceline said.
"That works too," Dante said.
Marceline got a map of the world then set a tripod over it and used a spell. The tripod had a pendulum with an arrow hanging in the middle, and as she said the incantation, the pendulum began to swing then pointed off the map. Marceline replaced the map with one of the Nightosphere and got a similar result. the same happened with the Underworld. Finally she got a map that was completely red and had images of strange creatures around some of which were crossed off. this time, the pendulum pointed at the center of the map which had the image of two statues and a living skyscraper forming a triangle around the spot the pendulum was pointing at.
"It would have to be there," Dante said. "Okay, looks like we'll have to get this over with the hard way. Bring whatever weapons you want to bring. I suggest anything with a blade."
Finn nodded then leaned against the wall. Marceline retrieved her Axe-base and they were ready. Dante smirked then turned and they all left. Jake followed but without a weapon.
"You should stay here dog," Dante said. "You'd only be a liability."
"Would not!" Jake said.
"He's right," Finn said. "Sorry Bro but this is our fight."
"What if that demon returns?" Jake asked.
"Run," Dante said.
"You can go to the Nightosphere for now," Marceline said. "It'll be difficult for him to get there."
"Actually-" Dante began.
"Shut it!" Marceline said.
Dante shrugged and they disappeared from sight around the opening of the cave. Jake turned and walked back into the house and opened a portal to the Nightosphere then went through.
Finn wanted to learn to float like Marceline was but she said that he wouldn't be able to do it for around a century. Dante picked him up and threw him into the air and as Finn fell, he closed his eyes and curled into a ball. He had never told anyone that he had a fear of falling but somehow trusted Marceline enough to not be afraid when flying with her. After about thirty seconds of not creating a puddle on the ground, he opened his eyes and looked down to see that he was floating about six inches off the ground. He looked to his side and saw that Marceline, Lucia, and Dante were all standing a ways away. Lucia looked bored, Marceline looked shocked, and Dante looked proud.
"Fear works well at activating powers," Dante said.
"Cheap," Marceline said. "But thank you. Now I won't have to carry his fat-"
"I'm not fat!" Finn protested.
Marceline laughed and Finn smirked then flew over and lifted her a thousand feet into the air.
"I can fly too you know," Marceline said.
"I picked up a good trick a while ago," Finn said. "Magicus Nomoreicus."
Marceline felt her powers vanish and then Finn released her. She began to fall fast. She screamed but just before she landed, Finn caught her.
"Jerk!" Marceline said. "Give me my powers back!"
"Give them back?" Finn asked. "I forget how to do that one."
Marceline stared at him the slapped him and began marching toward the which that grew donuts. Finn grinned then said the spell backward and Marceline's powers returned. She glared at him and he just smiled.
"Come on," Dante said. "We need to go."
They continued walking until they reached a ruin deep in the evil forest. When they arrived, Finn was shocked about two things. The first was that all of the monsters had gathered at the ruin. The second, was that they all bowed before Dante.
"Who are you to them?" Finn asked.
"Judge, jury, and executioner," Dante said. "If they do nothing against anything good, I will kill them. If they obey my rules, they live."
"I see," Finn said.
They reached the middle of the ruin and Dante cut his hand and wiped the blood on the ground. A portal opened and Dante turned to him.
"Now remember," Dante said. "This world is known as the Demon World for a good reason. It is also, however, known as Hell for just as good a reason."
"We're going into Hell?" Finn asked.
"That's right," Dante said.
"Let's get this over with," Finn said.
Dante nodded and they all stepped through the portal. Dante, Lucia, and Marceline all seemed not to notice, but the moment Finn entered, he felt his chest begin to hurt. It wasn't bad so he ignored it.
"Okay," Dante said. "Mundus, The Savior, and the other guy are all that way."
He began to lead them and the scenery was almost exactly the same on all sides. It was horribly hot, there were towering blood red flames everywhere, and there were piles of burned carcasses still burning and screaming in the fires. The sky was blood red and had slightly brighter red clouds.
"This is-" Finn began.
"SSSHHH!" Dante warned but it was too late.
All of the carcasses sprung to life jumping up and charging at them while weapons seemingly appeared in their hands out of mid air. Some had axes, others had swords, others had hammers, and still others had knives. Dante groaned but all four of them began to fight. Finn and Marceline fought back to back and Dante and Lucia did the same. The creatures were fairly weak but there were hundreds of thousands of them or more. Eventually, Finn and Dante managed to wind up beside each other with Marceline and Lucia meeting as well.
"There's a lot," Finn said cutting three in half.
"Yep," Dante said cutting one down then drawing something that looked like an oddly shaped, black, metal boomerang with a hook.
He pulled the hook with one finger and a small explosion went off on the end aiming away from Dante before the creature it was pointed at, fifteen feet away, dropped dead with a small hole in its forehead.
"Ever seen a pistol before?" Dante asked indicating the odd boomerang.
"A what?" Finn asked.
"Thought not," Dante said. "Point, and squeeze the trigger."
Dante demonstrated a few times then tossed it to Finn and drew a silver one. The one he had given Finn was black. Finn was about to try but a creature smacked the pistol away and Finn killed it with his sword instead. Finn didn't bother trying to go after the weapon. Instead, he focused on avoiding the thousands of swords now targeting him. He did fairly well and blocked what he couldn't dodge, all the while slashing creatures. Finally there was only one left and it had Dante pinned to the ground. Finn picked up the pistol and put the end to the creature's head. It turned to look at him just as he pulled the hook and its head exploded.
"I like it," Finn said.
"Me too," Dante said taking it back.
"How are you so much better a fighter than the rest of us?" Finn asked looking at the massive pile of enemies Dante had killed.
"I'm demon-born," Dante said. "Being demon born gives me a lot of abilities that make me superior to you."
Finn nodded then Dante continued to lead them toward the sword. Finn winced every few steps because the pain continually increased with time, but every once in a while, the pain would spike then drop back to where it had been.
THE END
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