Burst

Chapter 4: Elemental

Ember was woken up early next morning by Finn. "Come on Ember, I want to show you something cool!" He whispered eagerly. "Finn, the sun hasn't even risen yet." She groaned. The boy tugged on her arm. "Let's go before PB wakes up." He urged. Ember rubbed her eyes sleepily, but sat up and smiled. "Alright."

"Here we are." Ember's eyes widened. There was small pond, with a large rock similar to a diving board. There was also her cave, but she ignored it. "I'm sorry about it being so close to your uh..." Finn paused. "Old home?" Ember finished, grinning. He nodded with a red face. "There used to be two little boys that came here all the time." The girl reminisced on her imprisonment. "They talked all the time, and they taught me how to speak." Finn put his hands on his head as he listened to Ember, before speaking. "Oh, cool! I used to come here all the time when I was little, and…" He trailed off. Finn quickly grabbed Ember's hands. Her eyes were glowing in the pale sunrise. "You taught me, didn't you Finn?" She breathed, breaking the silence. They stared into each other's eyes for what seemed endless. They found themselves wrapped around each other, hugging. Finn at last pulled away and smiled at her. "Let's go."

"Yay!" The two teens cried as they ran towards the pond. Finn leaped onto the rock and jumped off. "Cannonball!" He announced before splashing in. Ember giggled. "My turn!" She called out, climbing to the 'diving' board. "Do it! Do it!" The now hat-less blonde encouraged her. "Here I go!" Ember jumped in, water evaporating around them. Finn's eyes widened as he saw the sight before him, she was laughing so much she was crying! He chuckled. "It's so much fun, right?" He asked. No response. He glanced at her again, to see she wasn't laughing, she was crying out in pain. "Ember!" He dived in after her. He saw her, her complexion gray, face scrunched up in pain. He gasped and began choking on the water. He coughed and pulled her arm up to the grass.

"Ember, Ember!" Finn cried, wet hair covering his eyes. His vision became blurry with tears, and he began to sob. "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry, Ember." He whispered, then coughed up more water. The once-fiery girl was gray, and she was limp. Finn continued to weep until he wiped his eyes and stood up. "I need to get help. I want to show you the coolest spots in Ooo, and the best peeps I know." He told the unconscious elemental. "You can't go to Glob world just yet. I promise I won't let you." He picked up the girl, who was light from years of starvation, and headed off to the Candy Kingdom.


"Princess! Prubs I need your help, please!" Finn called out, placing Ember on the couch. Bubblegum rushed out, a frantic look on her face. "Have you found Ember? She's been missing since this morning, and she's still weak, she shouldn't be going-" Finn cut her off. "I took her out this morning, Peebles. We went to the pond, and we started swimming, but then she…" The blonde motioned to the limp being on the couch. Bonnie gasped. "Finn! She's a fire elemental, you donk! Now there's an even larger chance of her dying!" Finn flinched at the monarch's scolding. "I-I'm sorry! I didn't know!" "You're dang right your sorry, Finn. You out of all people should've known not to put someone in such danger!" Bubblegum growled. She grunted as she picked up Ember, and walked towards her lab. A stunned Finn opened the door for her. Bonnibel turned around and stared at the blue-eyed boy, who looked at her with an emotionless expression. "I think you should go home and rest." The princess whispered, avoiding his gaze, pain filling her heart. "I'll…call you if she wakes up." Finn nodded as the pink beauty shut the door. He slipped himself into a chair, and cupped his face in his hands.

"What have I done?"


A/N: Ahhhh. I almost cried writing this. Mostly because I had to listen to a bunch of sad songs, but whatever. I hope I poked your feels a bit with this. On a bit more lighter subject, I know a lot of you have questions about this story. I've even gotten a pot hole alert, but don't worry! I've taken all of this into consideration, it all will make sense soon.

Next: Mental Preparation

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