"W-Where am I? Why is everything so dark? Mom? Dad? Where are you? I'm scared... I wanna go home... Please..."
The girl's eyes shot open and quickly sat straight up, wincing immediately from the burning sensation on her left arm. She looked down and saw a brown blanket made out of what she had guessed to be the fur of some kind of animal. She slowly threw the blanket away from her arm to see her forearm bandaged with splotches of blood on the area where her wound is. She raised an eyebrow, she did not remember bandaging up her arm, she also didn't remember lying down on a bed.
She looked around the area she was in to get a sense of where she was. It was obvious she was in some kind of bedroom, but it was much more different than one would find in a suburban home. Almost everything was made out of wood including the bed she was in, which looked like there wasn't that much effort put into making it. There was a dresser to the wall to her left that had one of its drawers open. The drawer itself had a green blanket and a pillow inside it, making it look like a bed. What caught her attention though were the numerous roots that were all over the room from the walls to the floor as if this room was made inside a tree, which could be the case.
Using her other hand, she grabbed the back of her neck and twisted it around to get rid of the stiffness. She looked out the window to her side to see bright, grassy hills that gave her the thought that it might be near noon.
As she rubbed her eyes, she heard footsteps from a hole on the wall in front of her. She tensed and quickly hid under the blanket. The footstep started to get nearer until it was right beside her. She heard something being put on the table beside her and the sound of water being put into a glass.
Curious, she slowly dragged the blanket from over her head until her nose and peeked out. She looked up to see a boy in a blue shirt and shorts with a white hat of some kind taking a sip from a glass. She stared at the boy for a moment before the boy turned to look at her, which made her yelp and quickly hide under the blanket again.
Finn couldn't help but stiffle a giggle at the girl. He poked the blanket to get the girl's attention. The girl slowly peeked out again, the end of the blanket only down to her nose. Finn glanced at the girl's eyes, it looked like she was about to tear up again.
Finn knelt down at the side of the bed, now having to look up to the girl, and put his hands on the edge. "Hey, are you okay?" Finn asked. The girl hesitated, unsure whether to answer the stranger, but nodded nonetheless. Finn put on a smile, happy to know that his medical skills were enough.
"So, what's your name?" The girl tried to answer his question but her voice came out as raspy and incoherent gurgles. After noticing, Finn quickly grabbed the glass and pitcher that was sat on top of the table beside him and poured some water into the glass. He offered the glass to the girl who gladly took it. Finn knelt there while she hastily drank the water. The girl parted the glass from her lips and gave it back to Finn, who once again put it on the table.
The girl panted and coughed, trying to catch the breath she lost from drinking and clear her throat. "So, what's your name?" Finn asked again. The girl glanced at Finn from under her bangs, studying his face. "M-Melody. My... name is Melody." Melody answered with uncertainty, unsure whether to trust this boy or not. "Melody, huh? Well, my name is Finn." Finn gave Melody a reassuring smile which seemed to calm her down.
"So, what were you doing down in that dungeon?" Melody looked down and focused on the blanket that cover her legs. "I don't... remember... anything..." Finn raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"Anything? You don't remember anything? At all?" Finn was skeptical about Melody not remembering. "No, the last thing I remember was waking up and seeing this wound," Melody gestured to the bandaged up arm, "That's all I can remember. I don't know where I came from or why I was there." Finn frowned at the fact that Melody can't remember. She was like Simon minus the crazy, old ice wizard part.
"Do you remember anything else?" Finn asked. Melody looked down at the blanket and closed her eyes, focusing on trying to remember. "I... remember my name and... my parents. That's it," Melody opened her eyes before frowning, "I don't know where they are though."
Finn's frown deepen. He opened his mouth to ask another question when he heard a rumble coming from Melody's stomach. "Um... you want some breakfast?" Finn offered. Melody thought about it for a bit before nodding. Finn got up and offered Melody a hand. Melody looked at his hand with uncertainty, and glanced at Finn's face to see a warm smile, which made her take his hand. Finn carefully pulled her up, but Melody fell as soon as she started walking. Finn caught her, however, and put her arm over his shoulder and guided her to the ladder, making Melody blush a bit from the gesture.
The way down the ladder was tough, Melody had to jump down through the hole while Finn caught her. They made their to the kitchen where Finn guided Melody to the dinner table and sat her down. "Do you want eggs or..." Finn trailed off, hoping Melody is fine with eggs as it's the only thing he can cook. Melody nodded, "I'm... fine with eggs." Finn nodded back and went to the stove to start cooking.
Melody looked around the room, taking in the surroundings. A majority of the walls were covered in roots and trunks, some used as furniture. Almost everything was made of wood, with the exception of the stove across the room and a couple of objects that Melody didn't know what they were.
Her inspection was interrupted by a cute, robotic voice that came from beside her. "Hello, pretty lady! My name is Beemo! Who are you?" Melody looked down to her side to see a small rectangular robot with arms and legs. Melody eyes widened at the little robot apparently named Beemo. "Uh... My name's... Melody." Melody answered with uncertainty, although less than when she told Finn her name.
Beemo put on a cute little smile on its digital face. Giggling, Beemo asked, "Are you Finn's new girlfriend?" Melody raised her eyebrows while a blush appeared on her face. "Uh..." Melody tried to think of an answer. Thankfully, Finn walked up to the table with a plate of scrambled eggs and a glass of orange juice on hand.
"Here are the eggs, and I made some orange juice too," Finn put the plate and glass on top of the table in front of Melody before noticing Beemo, "Oh, hey Beemo." Beemo turned to look at Finn and smiled. "Hello, Finn! Is Melody your new girlfriend?" Beemo asked innocently.
Finn rubbed the back of his neck as a blush starts to appear on his face. "Hehe... eh... Beemo, why don't you go play with NEPTR for a bit, yeah?"
"Okay!" And with that, the little robot jumped off the seat and ran towards another room. Finn watched the little robot go before turning back to Melody with the blush still on his face. "Sorry about that. Beemo can get pretty excited when there's new visitors." Finn said with an embarassed expression.
"Beemo's a... robot?" Melody asked, confusion present in her voice. "Yeah, he's also a video game console." Melody tilted her head in confusion, "Video games?" Finn raised an eyebrow before asking, "You... don't know what video games are?" Melody hung her head down and shook it, which cause Finn to raise his eyebrows in surprise.
Before they could continue talking, the sound of the front door and a familiar voice calling out to Finn could be heard. Finn turned around and looked back at Melody, "Uh, I need to get that. Eat up, alright?" Melody nodded. She picked up the fork on her plate and started eating as Finn went into the other room.
Finn made his way to the living room to see Jake going up a ladder. Jake waved at Finn as he got up from the ladder, "Hey, dude. You did okay while I was gone?" Finn nodded, "Yup."
"Great- uh... who's that?" Jake pointed behind Finn. Finn turned around to see Melody standing at the doorway leading into the kitchen with a glass of orange juice on hand. Finn turned back to Jake, "Oh, this is Melody." Finn gestured his hands to Melody, who had her eyes widened in surprise at the talking yellow dog that stood up with two feet.
Jake looked Melody from head to toe. After noticing that her hair was messy and she was only wearing a white tank top and shorts that stopped right above her knee, Jake's eyes widened in surprise. Jake turned to Finn quickly, "Dude! Please don't tell me you did Tier 15! Finn, you're only sevent-" Jake's scolding was cut short when Finn covered his mouth with his hand.
Blushing, Finn turned to Melody, who was still standing at the doorway with a surprised expression, "Uh... hehe... heh... uh, will you excuse us for a minute?" After that, Finn dragged Jake into a different room while Melody still stood at the doorway.
After entering and closing the door so that Melody couldn't hear, Finn let go of Jake and got his hand off his mouth. Jake splurt out saliva while sticking his tongue with a disgusted look on his face. "What the heck, Finn? You don't have to drag me, you know? And who exactly was that?" Jake asked with a hint of anger in his tone.
Finn took a deep breath for what he was about to say, "Okay, so you remember that dungeon you told me about before you went and visited Lady?" Jake nodded, "Yeah, well, I found Melody there crying and wounded. So I patched her up and brought her here. And no, Jake. We did not do Tier 15." Jake sighed in relief at the last part, but tensed up when Finn said with an slight angered tone, "Also, that dungeon you told me about was a dud. There wasn't any loot in it." Jake began to sweat and rub the back of his neck. "Hehe... heh... eh..."
But thankfully for Jake, Finn just sighed and immediately changed subject, "Dude, I think Melody is human." Jake looked back up to Finn, "Yeah, me too. Like, she looks very similar to you. She probably is human," Jake looked to his side in thought, thinking about something before looking back up at Finn, "We should probably take her to PB. See if she's actually human."
Finn thought about the idea for a bit but shook his head in denial. "We probably shouldn't. I mean, she'll probably freak out or something. Like, I think she doesn't know what video games are. She also looked surprised when she saw Beemo, who knows what'll happen when she sees a walking creature made out of gum and like hundreds of talking candy."
Jake rubbed his chin and thought about it, "Yeah, you're probably right. But wait, she's seen me already, right? And she didn't freak out or anything." Finn stared at the floor in thought for a moment, but was interrupted when a ringing noise came from inside his backpack.
Finn reached in and brought out his phone from his backpack. He pushed a button and brought the phone to his ear. "Hello?" Finn asked before a familiar voice came from teh other line. "Hey, Finn. Can you come to the palace real quick? I need to test some chemicals and there no other test subjects around. Well, no reliable test subjects, at least." Princess Bubblegum said. 'Speak of the devil.' Finn thought.
"Uh, yeah. I'll be right over." Finn replied before hanging up and putting the phone back in his backpack. Finn looked down at Jake, "That was PB. She needs me at the palace."
"Wow, speak of the devil." Jake said. "Yeah, I know right? Can you give me a lift over there?" Finn asked.
"But what about Melody? We can't just leave her here." Jake said. Finn frowned and rubbed his chin, trying to think of a solution. Failing, he sighed and looked at Jake, "I guess we have to take her." Jake nodded and the two walked out of the room and into the living room. When they entered, they saw Melody sitting on the couch with an empty glass on the table in front of her.
When Finn approached her, Melody looked up at Finn. "Um, me and Jake here have to go... somewhere. And we can't leave you here, so..." Finn trailed off. And as if magically, Melody nodded and stood up, "I'll go with you... uh... guys. Do you have any spare clothes I could borrow?"
Finn raised his eyebrows in surprise before shaking off his surprise and answering, "Uh, yeah. There some in the drawer next to my bed." With that, Melody nodded and made her way to the ladder with a slight wobble, wincing at the pain on her arm when she grabbed one of the handles.
A few minutes later, Melody came down the ladder in a blue long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans and brown boots, with her hair brushed to be less messy. Finn glanced over at Melody and felt his face get warmer and his heart beat faster. 'Wow, she's... pretty.' Finn thought. Finn immediately shook off his thoughts and focused on the task on hand. Finn stood up and grabbed his backpack, with Jake following suit.
"Let's go."