Hello, everyone, here is the third chapter for this story, in this chapter Dante will find someone that can be considered his nemesis, like Finn and the ice king, Dante will grow a hate to this new character for something he did, but if you want to find more about him, keep reading and leave your reviews.

Chapter 3: Archenemy

It was midnight at the land of Ooo and Marcy was sitting in the roof of her house while looking at the moon, not taking her brother, Dante, out of her mind. Marceline closed her eyes while a memory of her and Dante while looking at a sunset came to her mind, Marceline opened her eyes again and just felt the happiness she felt when being to her brothers side, but at the same time she felt the sadness of not having him to her side in that moment.

Marceline was about to come down from the roof of her house, when she noticed a light coming from the entrance of her cave so she floated to it only to find Flame princess, with Finn, Jake, and Lady Rainicorn. Marcy blinked several times as he watched the young princess in front of her and said. "Finn told you about my brother and you want to hear more about him right"

The flame princess nodded with her head and said. "Your brother sound like a great person, just like Finn, and it's really incredible how he could survive to the mushroom war"

"Yeah, Marcy, he sounds like a great guy, we want to hear more about him" Finn added while Marceline sighed.

"Well, what if you stay here sleeping to hear more about him" Marcy said with sarcasm while Finn and Jake brought some blankets and laid in the floor, and they placed a fire proof blanket for the flame princess so she could lay down without burning nothing while Marceline face palmed and said "I needed to open my mouth"

Marceline floated and sat in middle of them and said. "Well, he were traveling through the subway tunnels waiting to get somewhere where we could find something to eat, and to see if there where more survivors like Dante around, but an inconvenience came, the energy of the subway went out making the train to stop so we needed to get out from the train and we started to walk"

-996 Years ago-

Dante, Simon, and Marcy were walking though the dark tunnels trying to find the way out of there but it was hard for them since it was all dark. "Oh man, is so dark to see, I wish to have a lantern with us" Marcy said trying to look in the dark.

"I think I can help with that" Dante said taking his gauntlet and making the gem in it to shine and give them some light.

"That gauntlet is full of surprises" Simon said taking a subway map. "I think if we continue here straight we will get to another station and we will be able to get out from this place"

"Great okay let's get out of here fast" Dante said guiding the way and then of some minutes of walking on those dark passages the found the station, so Dante did the same like in the first station and reestablished the energy from the entire subway, only to find many mutants surrounding them, so Dante rushed to Simon and Marcy.

"Dante, get out of here with Marcy, I will… "Simon said trying to reach his crown but Dante stopped him.

"Marcy needs you to be to her side Simon, don't lose your sanity now, I can take care of them" Dante said touching Simon's crown while it started to shine.

Marcy and Simon rushed hide behind some boulders inside the subway, while Dante stood in front of the mutants and clutched his hand with the gauntlet while the gem in it shined a blue light, then Dante's skin turned a light blue and his hair turned white.

"What just happened to Dante" Marcy asked while she looked at Dante while he rushed to the mutants and punched several of them, then he turned to a mutant and grabbed him by the head and freeze him, then he jumped in the air and created a giant blizzard and force all the mutants in their track. Dante felled to the ground while he returned to his almost normal self.

Dante turned to Marcy and said. "Well, I just discovered something about this gauntlet, that I can absorb anyone's energy or power, and let me use it like if it's mine"

"Very interesting, this gauntlet is a powerful weapon, and is a good think you got it in your hands" Simon said, and then thinking about something. "How Dante did knew I will lose my sanity if I put on this crown"

Dante, Marcy, and Simon walked upstairs to find it was night already in the surface, so they placed their beds on the ground ready to sleep, but before they went to sleep, Dante turned a campfire to keep them warm and to give them some light.

Dante yawned and then dropped himself over the cover looking at the stars while Marcy lay to his side, and asked. "Dante, do you know how many stars are in the skies"

"Well, Marcy, my dad always told me that you couldn't know how many stars where in the sky, but he always told me that there where millions of stars out there, that we couldn't even count them" Dante said looking at the sky.

"Wow, I wonder, if there are more survivors in the earth, and what will happen to this civilization" Marcy told him while Dante smiled to her.

Dante turned to her and said. "I know there might be other people that managed to survive this war, and that together we will build a new civilization, even better than the last one"

Simon smiled at Dante's thought, and that despite this was, he is still a cheerful boy, full of hope and faith. "Dante, I'm happy that you still believe there is hope for us, and I also know that some day, a new civilization will rise from the ashes of the old one"

"Like a phoenix" Marcy added while the four of them where looking to the sky.

Dante looked at the stars while remembering those days with his father and his mother, causing him to start to cry unaware that Marcy was looking at him and said. "Dante, why are you crying?"

"It's nothing Marcy, I'm… Okay" Dante said cleaning the tears in his eyes. "Goodnight Marceline"

And like that the three of them closed their eyes, ready to sleep. The hours passed while they where sleeping but then something woke up Dante, a voice in the air calling his name, so Dante stood up and walked around to find what was calling him. Dante walked through a forest following the voice, until he found a river so he thought a little of water to drink won't hurt him, so he kneeled down to drink some water, but when he saw the reflection he saw a big dark shadow on the river but when he turned he didn't saw nothing.

Dante stood up scared from what he saw and looked around to find if someone was near, but nothing… there was nobody there, so he decided to return to the camp site, but as soon he gave the first step something grabbed him from the shirt and pulled him to the river. Dante tried to get up, but a hand grabbed him by the throat and forced him to the ground of the river, trying to drown him, but the young boy grabbed a rock and hit the creature with it, and when Dante turned he glared to a creature he have never seen before.

A tall person with a skeletal arm and leg, its face was a skull from one side and decomposed skin in the other with two horns to the side of his head, and his mouth with no lips and showing grotesque teethes, the creature was also wearing an army outfit.

Dante stood up glaring at the creature and said. "You… I thought you died then of the explosion of the bomb… General Steven"

"So you remember me, you little brat" The general said smiling at Dante.

"I do what I can to not forget your face, too bad you are now uglier than the last time I saw you" Dante said taking his gauntlet.

"So your dad gave the gauntlet your mother found, to bad you still don't know how to use it" The general said ready to fight Dante.

"I will learn how to use it some day, but now I will use it to avenge my father, my mother, everyone in the earth that died thanks to your plan of ruling the world, thanks to you I don't have family anymore, thanks to you there is no civilization, thanks to you everyone in the world just died!" Dante shouted while his hair turned white and his skin turned blue. "That's why I will take the responsibility to avenge everyone's life, to erase you from this new world, if the bomb didn't erased you, then I will"

"Big words for a little worm like you" The general said while Dante ran to him.

Dante jumped in the air and tried to punch the general, but the general punched Dante sending him to the ground. Dante waited for the general to get near, then he kicked him sending him to the river, then Dante rushed to the river and froze it with the general in it, but the general broke the ice then threw a green flame from his hands directly to Dante, but the young boy created a shield of ice protecting himself.

The general walked to Dante while he still kept launching flames at Dante, and said. "This is your revenge Dante, how pathetic, but I should have guessed it, you are just pathetic like your father"

Dante got angry when the general said that, so he froze the ground causing the general to slip, then Dante ran to the general and created an ice bat and hit the general in the face causing him to fall to the ground. "How you did even survive the bomb" Dante asked freezing the general's legs.

"It's a long story, it was only me and your father at the base, and he tried to stop what he did by launching two rockets to the bomb before it could even touch the ground, but I tried to stop him, he both fought but he pressed the button and launched the two rockets that impacted the bomb destroying it in mid air, but still it was too late, the bomb was too near of the earth, destroying part of it and sending waves of radiation through the entire world" The general said "That's how I got this mutations, I'm different to other mutants I'm better, I can control other mutants to my pleasure, I'm now evil in its purest form, I survived because I'm strong while you dad… well, let's say he is just a pile of bone now"

"Shut up" Dante shouted jumping in the air and creating a giant boulder of ice slamming it over the general causing the ground below them to collapse and send both of them to the subway.

The general stood up again and laughed maniacally and said. "Big Mistake boy, he are surrounded by shadows, here I have an advantage"

Then the general stepped backwards disappearing in the shadows, so Dante tried to look around for him, but when he turned he received a punch directly in his face, followed by a laugh. Dante tried to find the general, but every time he turned he received punch in his face or his stomach. Dante was about to give up when from nowhere a little flame appeared giving him enough light to find the general. Dante stood up and saw the general running to him, but Dante froze his legs and jumped to his head and started to absorb his energy, but the general grabbed the boy from the shirt and threw him to the ground.

The general walked to Dante slowly, but as soon he got to near, Dante stood up and punched him causing him to fall. Dante stood up clutching his fist while a dark green light came from his gauntlet, while in his face appeared the painting of a white skull, and his skin turned dark green. "Let's see how you like this" Dante said running to the general while his fist was engulfed in a green fire and punched the generals face causing him to hit a wall and fall near a beam of sunlight causing him to burn.

"That's it, it's morning already" Dante said charging his both fists with the green fire and shooting it to the roof causing the sunlight to illuminate the subway, causing the general to burn and get weak. Dante took advantage of it, and ran to the General one more time with his fist in fire. "Take this you Lich" Dante shouted while hitting the general while he became dust and smoke.

Dante looked at the sunlight while covering his eyes while smiling. "Wow, I guess, I won" Dante said and then turning to the little flame. "Hey thanks little buddy, if it wasn't that you lighted this cave I will be dead by now" Dante added while he noticed the little flame smiled to him.

Dante stood up smiling and created a stair of ice so he could get out of the subway, and walked to the campsite only to find Marcy and Simon still asleep, so he just dropped over the cover and closed his eyes to sleep, but in that same moment Marcy and Simon woke up only to find Dante sleeping.

"What a nice day, hey Dante wake up it's time to leave" Marcy said shaking Dante.

"Let him Marcy, I bet he is tired from yesterday, what if we get something to eat to thank him" Simon said while looking at Dante.

Marcy nodded, but before leaving she turned at Dante with a smile and said. "Dante, you are a great guy"

-996 years later-

"Awesome, so Dante fought that general and beat him, he is so great" Finn said standing up while Flame princess smiled at him.

"Yeah, but I still don't know if that general even survived to the explosion, maybe it was something else" Marceline said while Lady Rainicorn tapped her shoulder

"naneun dangsin-ui dongsaeng-i ssaun saengmullichi saeng-gag (I think the creature your brother fought was the Lich)" Lady said coiling around Jake.

"What, don't be silly my love, the Lich is an ancient creature, but I don't think someone like Dante could beat it" Jake replied, but then the flame princess interrupted him.

"No Jake, she is right, my ancestors, the first flame people presence a incredible fight between the hero of the gauntlet and the Lich King, the legend says that the first flame person was in what is now the flame kingdom, when two creatures came from the skies, one of them was the Lich, and the other was a mysterious creature wielding a golden gauntlet, the two creature started to fight and the Lich was about to defeat the creature with the gauntlet, but my ancestor helped the hero illuminating his path, allowing him to defeat the Lich with the power of the gauntlet, and that then of defeating the Lich, the hero thanked my ancestor creating a friendship between him and the flame people" The flame princess said taking a painting of the Hero of the Gauntlet fighting the Lich. "As I can see it, the hero of the gauntlet is a lot like your brother Marceline"

"It's impossible, it's him, Flame princess do you have more information about Dante" Marceline asked taking the painting.

"Yeah, there is a whole book about him in the flame library, if you want me I can bring it next time" The Flame princess said smiling to the vampire.

Marceline smiled to the princess and said. "Yes, please, I will thank you princess"

"Marcy, why are you so interested in that book" Finn asked looking at the Vampire.

Marceline just sighed and said. "I just want to know something Finn" Marceline then laid in her mattress looking to the roof of her cave and thought. "Dante, if that book can tell me what happened to you, I will finally be in peace, to know where my brother is"

And that's the end for this chapter I hope you liked it, Dante is one mysterious character, and trust me there are more mysteries to come, so keep reading to find out what will happen, cause in the next chapter, Simon and Marcy fall victim to a great fever, and it's Dante's work to find the cure before it's too late.

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