Trouble

Finn was laying in his bed as he been in the last couple of weeks. No thoughts, no hope entered his mind as he didn't move. The robots he and Simon found ended up being the ones who ended his life. Finn wasn't dead but he was just pointless at this point. Frustrated, he stood up and walked to the window in his room. Although his feet were asleep and inactive for the last couple of days, Finn made it with no problem. There he watched the outside of the house. Memories started flushing in with him and Jake goofing off, people who needed help knocking extremely hard on the door, and even the Ice King flying around. Finn wished that those moments could return.

BMO entered the room and saw Finn out of his bed for the first time in a while and started to cheer. Finn turned around and saw his housemate jumping and clapping and cheering.

"BMO, what are you doing?" Finn asked as he turned back to the window.

"I am glad that you finally had the will to stand up for yourself," reply the console. Finn stood surprised.

"What do you mean BMO? I just wanted to remember all the good times before I go back into my pit of despair." Finn turned to his bed and saw it extremely dirty and disgusting. There was mold, food, and sweat inside. That was his pit of despair.

"No you not gonna go back there. I will clean it and give it back to you when you come back as a hero," BMO said as he grabbed the "pit of despair." Finn tired to grab it but was too slow and fell on his bed.

"BMO I am a hero. I'm just not needed, that's all."

"No, you let those robots take over your duties. You should be fighting them for your life. Not just quitting just because you hate yourself." BMO stood and spoke firmly. It kind of scared Finn a little. Then Finn stared at his trophy shelf. It was composed of many gifts given by princesses who he rescued. A woven medal made by Raggedy Princess, a trophy given by Slime Princess, a drawing by Lumpy Space Princess and much more. Finn ducked down and look under his bed where he pulled out and opened a box. There was his mechanic right arm, the katana sword he used to go down the pipes, the demon sword which Hudson Abadeer cursed, and Jake's sword. Finn turned to look at BMO and smiled.

"You're right BMO, I'm been in my emotions too much. I shouldn't let some robots take my purpose in life away. I am a hero and I fight for it," Finn gladly exclaimed. BMO started jumping up and down, cheering for Finn.

"Thanks BMO, you're a good friend," Finn said. Finn then realized what he said but it was too late.

"You're welcome Finn. And thank you for being my friend and admitting it. Jake would be proud." Finn thought about it for a while then proceeded to go to the Candy Kingdom to prove his worth. Once he exited the house he had his mechanic hand on, and his two good swords on his back which formed a x. He also took his back pack with him because you came never come too prepared.

Once inside the kingdom, Finn saw that the robots have done quite a good job. No scared candy civilian, no destruction, no acts of crimes. Everything was great inside the Candy Kingdom. Banana Guards were there but were either asleep or distracted with something else. Finn wasted no time in looking for Princess Bubblegum. Just as he was about to knock on the gate to enter the castle, it opened. Finn waited to see who it was, and saw Simon. Simon had a book on his hands, and bumped into Finn.

"Oops, I'm so sorry. Oh, Finn it's you. How you been?" Simon asked hoping to get a happy answer.

"Not so good, sadly," Finn replied.

"What's wrong?"

"Those robots have taken my purpose in life. I'm a hero Simon and I can't be beaten by some robot," Finn said rather frustrated. Simon understood why Finn was upset and tried to help him.

"Finn you should prove yourself to Princess Bubblegum then. Show her that Ooo's greatest hero can't be beaten. She is in her laboratory testing out some upgrade she made. Good luck Finn." Finn nodded and ran inside the castle. He knew the way to the laboratory due to him always helping PB out.

Once Finn entered the laboratory, he saw Princess Bubblegum working on the top of the head of one of the robots. She was too distracted to notice Finn entered the room so she continued her work. Although she jumped back a bit when Finn called her, Princess Bubblegum was happy to see Finn.

"Hey Finn, I'm so glad you came. Listen, I been working on this new upgrade for the robots which makes then also adventurers and I needed you to overview them to make sure everything is right," Princess Bubblegum spoke very quickly, not losing her rhythm as she moved around the robot. Finn was shock that PB was totally replacing the former champion and wanted his help.

"PB I can't do it. I'm no longer am who I used to be. I know I globbed up with the reward thing, but you completely destroying my way of life. I need to be a hero again," Finn said hoping Princess Bubblegum would listen. However she continued to mess around with the robot as she just gave a "uh huh." Finn got more frustrated at Princess Bubblegum's lack of words. Before he said anything else, PB stood up and laughed manically.

"The second one is done Finn! Take this two and go on a quest to wherever. Whatever they discover is yours and be sure to write me notes to know what's happened. Many robots have been tested and they showed no weakness in anything so don't worry if they might get destroy. Also no princesses said anything bad about them either so don't worry," again Princess Bubblegum spoke too quickly for Finn to understand everything but she started pushing the robots to the outside of the laboratory.

"Bubblegum! We need to talk!" Finn tried again, hoping Princess Bubblegum would hear him.

"We talk later Finn, just go on a quest with them, and then we talk about whatever you want," PB said more calmly as she closed the doors of the laboratory on Finn. Finn took and deep breath and turn at the robots who he was forced to take care of. The robots were about Finn's height, and had wheels on the bottom of their feet so they didn't need to take steps. One of the robots was green and the other was blue so Finn wouldn't get them confused. Hoping to end the quest quickly, Finn started to point a finger, signaling the robots where to go.

"No need to point, Finn the human, we know what to do," one of the robots said.

"So what should I call you two?" Finn asked the robots.

"We walk and talk so we can arrive to destination quicker," the other robot said. With another deep breath, Finn started to follow the robots. As soon as they were inside a forest, Finn spoke again.

"Y'all didn't tell me what I should call you, so don't get mad if I call you names I don't like."

"Sorry for wait, Finn the human. Call me Dan," said the green robot.

"And you can call me Stan," the other one spoke. Before Finn could say something Dan interrupted.

"Destination arrived. Hidden dungeon discovered." Finn was surprised on how fast the robots found the dungeon. It kind of remind him how Flame Princess found a dungeon when they were dating. Finn started thinking and wondering so much that he didn't realize the robots already went inside and had found a treasure room. Finn ran inside the large dungeon, turning where he saw where there were tire marks. It took Finn a while but he managed to catch up to the robots. Apparently they made it so far inside that the had reach the treasure room and were fighting the last boss. Finn saw as the robots attack a large armored knight. The robots movements were unbelievably quick as they were circling around their opponent, destroying his armor. Finn knew the goblin knight had no chance to win, so he went ahead to see the treasure.

There was a lot of mounts of gold coins in that room. Some as tall as Finn. Finn looked around the gold hoping he find something like a sword or a nice armor. There was nothing of that class in there so Finn started to loot the gold. As he was collecting from a mount of gold, a small box fell from that same mount. Curious, Finn opened the box to see there was a beautiful ring inside of it. The ring was made of gold and had complicated designs on the sides. On the top there was a ruby which had a weird texture. With his left thumb, Finn touched the jewel. Once he did, he fell something that wasn't a ruby but was put in the ring. Finn looked at it, smelled it, and tasted it before he knew what it was. Coal. Who would put that inside such a ring? Why would they do that? As the questions blew up on Finn's mind, the robots approached him.

"Quest complete. Shall we help you with the looting, Finn the human?" Stan said. Finn receive another thought as he stared at the Stan. Without hesitation, Finn grabbed a torch from the wall and threw it at the robots. The torch landed between the two robots. The robots did nothing as flames grew on them and they slowly melted. Finn saw this and thought something else. Fire Kingdom. No robot could live there since they would just melt. Finn realize that that meant that he could serve for the Fire Kingdom. Although, Flame Princess might not accept his services. Also didn't Princess Bubblegum said that no princesses reported any problems? But what if Flame Princess said nothing because she felt like those robots were spies. Finn knew Flame Princess didn't trust Princess Bubblegum so that could mean the robots were long gone and he could serve in the Fire Kingdom.

Wasting little time, Finn ran towards the exit. As he did, Finn stepped on the goblin the robots defeated. The goblin let out a grunt, as Finn turned around to look at the bested goblin.

"Whoops, sorry dude, I didn't knew you were there... or that you were alive." The goblin chuckled as he stare at the ceiling.

"Ah don't worry about it. I should have been dead years ago. Ha ha. Anyways you can take all my gold. I don't need it anyways," the goblin said with a smile.

"I don't need it either. It's kind of pointless to me. You keep it. I mean you were just fighting for it weren't you?"

"Nah it's just the will to fight. I enjoy fighting other people to the death although I'm very old. I guess I just stay here, guarding this gold." The goblin continue to lay down as Finn thought about the ring.

"Uh sir, what can you tell me about this ring?" Finn asked. The goblin turned and saw the ring, remembering how that ring came to that dungeon.

"Once when I started to guard this place, a wizard came flying in. He told me that he was running from the cops and he needed a place for the ring to be safe from anything. I told him to leave it here and he did. Apparently days later they caught him and sentenced him to life in dungeon. Must have done something bad," said the withered goblin.

"Why didn't you report about the ring then? He could have stole that and maybe that's why he was wanted," exclaimed Finn.

"What's the point? He is already not going to be free." Finn looked at the downed goblin with a face of disgust. But there was no reason to stay there, talking down to the goblin, so Finn left and this time didn't get distracted.

Finn left to the treehouse to get his fire suit so he could go to Fire Kingdom. Once he made it, Finn searched for his suit very sloppily. He didn't want to lose time as he could be a hero again. Looking inside of drawers, the freezer, and under his bed, Finn found the suit on top of the fridge. As soon as Finn saw the suit, he launched himself at it, knocking he fridge over. Hearing a large noise, BMO appeared and saw Finn holding his head.

"Are you ok, Finn?"

"Yeah I'm fine."

"So you finally took back your place as champion of the Candy Kingdom? You must be very happy since the fridge is down and you're going to go to the Fire Kingdom to tell Flame Princess," guessed BMO. Finn cheeks became red as he shook his head and hands.

"No that's not it. I uh wanted see if I could serve the Fire Kingdom," Finn replied.

"So you trying to get closer to Flame Princess?" BMO asked without thinking.

"No no, I just wanna be a hero. That's all BMO," Finn said hoping BMO would stop asking questions.

"You're a bad liar Finn. I see the fridge down and can assume you were getting your fire suit, and I see you with a ring on your hand. Just tell me the truth." Finn didn't knew he was lying but part of him said he was. He also didn't knew he had placed the ring on his finger.

"Look BMO, I got to go. I be back later."

"Ok and I already wash your blankets and everything so don't worry about entering your pit of despair," replied the computer.

As Finn left for the Fire Kingdom, he put on the fire suit and was thinking on how to enter without being seen. He thought as best he could and made a plan. Once on the borders of the Fire Kingdom, Finn saw the guards were asleep so he could easily enter. All that planning and for basically nothing made Finn a bit sad. However he didn't want to dwell on a unnecessary plan so Finn continued to go to the castle. Outside of the castle Finn very carefully climbed the castle, always slipping and sliding but made it far up enough to see through a hole. Inside the castle was what appeared to be a meeting. Flame Princess had the biggest seat at the table as she yelled, commanding the meeting. Cinnamon Bun was there too, but he wasn't sitting. In the chairs at the table were flame elementals. Finn listened closely as he rested on the gap of the wall.

"You got to let us help. You aren't emotionally ready to take care of a Kingdom and are in serious danger. Everyday the threat seems to grew massively. If you..."

"No, I can rule by myself! I just crush the danger when it presents itself," interrupted Flame Princess. She seem to be questioned about her ruling so Finn payed close attention. Also about the danger so he leaned forward to not miss a word.

"You being immature right now. Just let us take over a couple of days and..."

"That's not happening. I'm not leaving my people in your hands. I don't even know who all of you are, so why should I trust you?" again Flame Princess interrupted. Finn felt like going down there to help Flame Princess and found himself climbing down the wall to go help but he managed to keep calm and return to the small gap.

"We already said who we are and what are our intentions. We want the best for the Fire Kingdom and would really appreciate if you just listen," said a female elemental.

"I don't want to work with you people so just leave." The Fire elementals seem frustrated as they were turned down and reminded Flame Princess about the threat. This time Finn spoke to himself as he said "Don't worry, Princess. I protect you from anything." He didn't notice he was discovered until somebody shouted "up there." Finn turned and saw guards entering the room and climbing the wall. Although they constantly fell they continued to try. Finn saw his opportunity and went to where he climbed to climb, this time, higher.

"This will be evidence that I can sustain myself against danger," exclaimed Flame Princess as she flew to and through the gap. She continued to ascend as he spotted the one watching and saw he wasn't a fire elemental. Wasting no time, she launched herself and grabbed the trespasser as he transformed to a more larger and dangerous fire elemental.

"Flame Princess! It's me Finn!" Finn yelled out hoping that Flame Princess wouldn't hurt him or sentence him to life in dungeon. It seem the incorrect move since she recognized him and gave a more hateful look as she grew faster. Although wearing a fire suit, Finn felt the flames melting him inside the suit to protect him from flames. He turned to look at his left hand and saw the suit was evaporating. Finn screamed for Flame Princess to stop but there was no stopping her. Finn turned to look at his hand again and saw that the suit was now open at his pointer finger. He prayed and hold his breath until there was a large explosion that sent him far. With very little strength left Finn turned to see where he was. He noticed a weak red front of him, and many bumps surrounding him. That's all he remembers until he passed out.

Once Finn woke up again, he again tried to look around. His vision was very blurry as it slowly returned. As he looked to his left, he saw the bumps were actually rocks and there was snow in some parts of the ground. Still looking left, Finn saw the clouds weren't very far from the ground. He was in a mountain! Finn was pondering which mountain he was in until he remembered about the red in front of him. He turned to see Flame Princess, unconscious, holding his stomach. Finn is in trouble.

Author Notes: Merry Christmas and this is my gift to you. New chapter and a story twist. Originally I wasn't planning on what happened on the end but I love how it ended. So I drew my artwork but if you still want to give me a artwork, please I'm a horrible drawer. Since I have an artwork I'm going to try to make three chapters before Jan 11 but writing each chapter seems to get more difficult each time. Thanks for the feedback and I enjoy that you guys are liking the story. If you do have an idea for the story, please tell me because I sometimes do have an empty mind. Again, Merry Christmas, I hope you enjoy your day, enjoy your days during holidays, and have a great time doing whatever. Peace

A-T Beta, I really do appreciate that you like the story so much it really does help as a writer knowing that people enjoy their story.

Brianvalkyrie, thanks for the feedback and I can see how you say Finn is turning like his father. It's really interesting to me that I didn't knew about what I was basically doing but I want to give Finn a more happier life.

Nuclear Pigeon One, I was laughing at your comment and I can't blame you. I can't draw neither but thanks for all the support for the story.