Well here's chapter 4. :D

Jake's long legs stretched over the trees of the small forest outside of the Candy Kingdom. In the distance Finn could see the frozen mountains of the Ice Kingdom. He could see the tall icy castle and the snow surrounding it. His eyes lingered on the frozen landscape as they neared the Candy Kingdom, letting his mind wonder again. Finn's eye contact was broken when they reached the candy gates.

Finn looked around surprised. He hadn't realized they had gotten there so fast. Finn shook it off and looked down at the small group of candy people who came to greet them. It was four candy children-three gumdrops and a marshmallow. They all looked up at them with big smiles as they waved high to the adventurers. Finn smiled back at the little candy kids as they approached the palace gates.

After stating their names the big chocolate gates moved to the side, allowing the pair to enter.

On the other side of the gates stood a smiling Peppermint Butler. He waved happily to the duo and beckoned them inside.

"Why hello Finn and Jake. I supposed you're looking for the princess?" Peppermint said in his normally polite voice.

"Yeah, you know where she is?"

"Of course, just follow me."

Peppermint butler lead them up a flight of stairs and turned right to walk through a hallway, passing a few doors as they walked. Finn recognized the hallway as the one leading to Bubblegum's room, which they had actually passed a few doors down.

They soon came to a pair of large pink doors. The doors handles being large candy canes shaped like door nobs. Peppermint butler knocked on the door and announced there presence. They waited at the door for a few short moments before a voice behind the door told them to come in.

Peppermint butler politely opened the doors for the heroes and allowed them entrance. After they entered Peppermint butler excused himself and left, closing the doors behind him as he did.

The inside was a square room used as Bubblegum's study. On either side of the room was a bookshelf filled to the brim with books, most likely containing things about science and the like. The room was as expected a soft pink color the only difference being a light blue rug situated in the middle of the room. On the far side of the room was a wooden oak desk. The desk was neatly organized with a small reading lamp sitting on the side next to a small stack of books. On the other side of that desk sat Princess Bubblegum, her head hidden behind a book.

Bubblegum looked up from her reading to see the two adventurers. She gave them a warm smile and a small wave.

"Hello, Finn and Jake. I was just doing some research for an experiment I was working on. Do you need something?"

Finn smiled at the princess's politeness.

"We just wanted to ask you a question, but if you're to busy we can come back later."

Bubblegum waved her hand as if dismissing the idea.

"No, it's quite alright. Feel free to ask."

Bubblegum put down her book and placed it with the rest of the stack occupying her desk. She looked back to the two with her hands claps together. Showing them that they had her full attention.

"So what is it you wanted to ask me?"

"We wanted to know if you knew anything about cursed objects?"

Bubblegum looked at them with puzzlement. That was unexpected.

"Cursed items? Whatever for?"

"I think the Ice King's crown is cursed. If so then maybe that's why the guy acts so weird."

"Finn the Ice King has always been weird. Why would you think it has to do with his crown?"

Finn looked down it the carpet then back up to the princess, trying to think of a way to explain his reasoning. He figured the best way was to tell her what happened. So he went through the task of explaining all of what happened last week with the Ice King's video tapes.

"Two weeks ago we found a suitcase full of old video tapes that belong to Ice King. We wanted to see if he had any important secrets on them so we could use them to our advantage. A lot of them were just weird and un-useful, until we got to the last tape. The last one was of the Ice King before he got his ice powers or his crown. He didn't always used to be crazy, he used to be human. Like me."

Bubblegum's face went from confused to shocked in an instant.

"He started acting the way he is after finding the crown. That's why I think the crown is cursed, that's what's making him crazy, and if we can fix it maybe he'll go back to the way he was and stop capturing princesses."

Finn finished looking down to the carpet again. He knew that wasn't the whole truth of why he wanted to solve this, but he didn't want to seem like he was only doing this for his own gain. He kept his eyes low trying not to make eye contact with the princess.

Bubblegum looked down at her joined hands in thought. This information was certainly startling to say the least. And from what Finn said he does make a good point. If Ice King really used to be human before obtaining his crown then there must be some sort of magic surrounding it. What she didn't understand is if he was human then how did he survive the war? She looked back up to the teen in front of her, and let out a sigh. From the look on his face he was thinking the same thing. She put on a more positive face as she addressed the heroes.

"Okay, lets look into it. We can start by researching it in the castle library."

Bubblegum stood up from her seat and walked to the door. She stopped at the entrance and waited for them to follow.

Finn gave her a very eager nod and followed her as she lead the way to the castle library. They went down the staircase from before and to the right. They passed by several doors before coming upon two large chocolate doors with peppermint handles. The door itself almost took up most of the wall.

Bubblegum grabbed one of the door handles and pulled hard. She let out a small oomph as she pulled on the heavy handle. Within time the large door soon slowly opened, revealing the castle library.

The library was a large round room, surrounded by bookshelves on every side. The room had a second landing overhead, where you could see two windows, other then that the walls where covered with bookshelves. The room had two ladders attached to the bookcases so that someone could use them to reach the second floor or get to a high bookshelf. The ladders had wheels put on them so you could use them to move across the room. The room itself must have been part of one of the towers connected to the castle. The room's ceiling was very high up. You could hardly see it from down at the floor. It was almost as though it wasn't there.

On the floor was covered by a tan carpet. Other then the bookshelves there was a single long table in the middle of the room. It had a reading light on either side of the table and one in the middle. The table had eight chairs. One on both ends of the table, and three on each side.

The princess hummed as she looked through all the different categories of books. Trying to find the ones needed for the task at hand. While Finn and Jake looked around the library in awe. They had never seen so many books before in one room. Finn and Jake's eyes soon turned back to the princess when the sound of heavy books hitting the table reached there ears. The princess had already gotten five books off the shelves and was now looking through one of them as she continued hummed.

Finn took a seat on the left side of Bubblegum while Jake sat on the opposite side of her. Before sitting they both grabbed one book from the stack of books Bubblegum had brought to the table. After sitting they both opened their own book and started to read.

The book Finn had got was Cursed Objects of Ooh. After glancing at the picture on the cover Finn turned to the first page and started to read.

. . .

Finn let out a loud groan as he closed the fifth book he'd looked through. Still finding nothing useful.

He threw the book into a pile they had put on the edge of the table. Finn looked over at his two companions to see if they had any better luck. Jake was now soundly sleeping, his head laying on the table, and a book laying over his head. On the other side of the table Bubblegum was now going through her seventh book and looked to be having no success. Bubblegum sighed as she closed the book she was searching through and placed it among the other books in the pile. Bubblegum looked to the other two at the table with a frustrated frown.

"Finn are you sure there isn't anything else you may know that could narrow down our search? Anything at all?"

Finn scratched at the back of his head in thought. He couldn't remember anything else special that could help them in their search, other then what he already said at least.

"Not much. Ice King found the crown somewhere and after he put it on his head he slowly started changing blue and getting his ice powers."

"Are you sure that's it?"

"Yeah. That's all I know."

Bubblegum put her hand to her chin as she thought over the information. It wasn't much to go on. For all they know there could be a lot of magical items that could give you powers or change your appearance.

"Finn do you think you could find any other information about his crown or how he got his ice powers? From how this is going it will probably take us days to find the right book with so little information."

Finn scratched at the back of his neck in thought.

"Okay I guess I could try and ask him. I don't know if I'll get an answer though. Come one Jake let's go see the Ice King."

When he turned to his friend Jake was loudly snoring into his book. Drool was coming from the side of his mouth as he mumbled in his sleep. Jake's legs kicked as he chased after whatever creature was running around in his dreams. Finn smiled fondly at the yellow dog as he growled in his sleep.

"Looks likes he's knocked out."

"Finn, how about you take the marrow? I don't mind you using it to get to the Ice Kingdom."

As she said this Bubblegum went into her pocket and fished out a small yellow whistle. The whistle was shaped the same as the one for a dog, it was small and fit in the palm of her hand. It's only difference from a dog whistle being the tiny M engraved at the top. Bubblegum handed it to Finn, who caught it easily in his hand.

"When outside blow the whistle and the marrow will come to you."

Finn looked down at the small whistle and gave her a nod to show he understood.

"Thanks princess. I'll bring him back as soon as I'm done talking to the Ice King."

"Alright, but you be careful." Bubblegum said giving him a kind smile.

"I will princess."

Finn gave Bubblegum a thumbs up before heading out the door. Bubblegum watched as the young adventurer left. She gave a soft smile to the door he left through and went back to work, hoping to find something to help there search.

. . .

Finn walked outside the front doors of the castle. The sun was soon to finish it's descend to the ground. It was most likely some time near six by now. Finn looked one more time to the glowing orb before looking back to the whistle. He'd better hurry before it get's to dark. He didn't know how well the marrow could see in the night sky.

Finn took in a deep breath before placing the whistle between his lips, and letting out a long blow. The whistle made the smallest noise, like the sound of someone blowing into a small straw. Finn looked at the whistle with confusion.

Is it broken?

Finn's pondering was interrupted as a large shadow came over head. Finn looked up immediately to find a huge brown bird flying above him. The bird circled around him in the sky before landing gracefully in front of him. Finn smiled at the site of the royal band atop it's head.

Finn placed the whistle back into his pocket and walked closer to the marrow. The bird stayed still as Finn's hands brushed against it's soft feathers. When Finn was sure it was calm he climbed on top it's back. After Finn had steadied himself on the large bird's back the marrow turned it's head slightly in his direction.

"I need you to fly me to the Ice castle."

Fin pointed to the icy mountains of the Ice Kingdom. At the very highest mountain you could see the smallest bit of a window.

"Can you get me there?"

The marrow spread out it's wings and let out a loud caw. As if confirming Finn's question. Finn held tight to the neck of the large animal as it pushed hard off the ground. The marrow spread out it's wings and flapped hard against the wind, lifting it's legs as they were soon off into the sky.

Finn held tightly to the marrows feathers as he felt the wind going past him. Jake wasn't kidding when he said the bird was fast. Finn had to use one hand to hold down his hat as the wind nearly knocked it off.

They were now high in the sky, and below them Finn could see the candy people and there homes quickly go by. The marrow quickly flew over the Candy Kingdom and then over the forest. Dozens and dozens of trees went by as the flew over them. Finn could fairly see the small animals in the forest look up as they flew over head. Within two minutes they were entering the cold snow covered lands of the Ice Kingdom. The marrow started to slow down as they came closer to there destination. They passed by a few of the Ice King's penguins as they flew to the large window opening in the Ice King's castle.

The marrow landed itself on the ledge of the window and turned it's body slightly to let Finn off. Finn slowly climbed off the bird trying not to pull to hard on it's feathers as he stepped down. When he placed his feet on the icy floor of the castle Finn was happy that his shoes protected his feet from the cold.

The room was quite as he looked around the living room. It was a rectangular room with a couch, rug, and a TV. On one side of the room Finn could see the Ice King's arm chair. The furniture like most in the house was a dark shade of purple.

Finn looked around the room one more time before turning to the marrow.

"I'll be back after I find the Ice King. Just wait here, okay?"

The large bird made a little squawking noise before nodding it's head in agreement. Finn smiled to the large brown bird before venturing into the rest of the house.

Finn walked over to one of the two hallways he remembered being in the home. He was vaguely sure that this one lead to the bedroom, or it could be the one leading to the kitchen. As Finn walked through the hallway he was surprised to see the lack of penguins in the frozen home. Usually at least three of the little birds would be found walking around halls.

Finn walked down the hallway until he reached a door at the end of it. The door unlike the rest of the house was not made of ice but was a normal wooden door. As Finn stepped closer to the door he could make out the small carvings of pictures put into the door. It was skillfully crafted. In the center of the door was the carving of a large snowflake. In the corners of the door were also snowflakes, each snowflake looking different from the last.

Finn took another moment to look at the carvings before knocking lightly on the door. His knock making a small echo as it's sound bounced off the walls. Finn shifted from one foot to the other as he waited outside the door.

After a few more moments of waiting Finn knocked once again on the door. He waited outside the door fore one more minute before letting out a bored sigh. Ice King must not be home. Finn turned on his heel to go back down the hallway when a low sound caught his attention. Finn stopped in his step to turn back to the door. Finn only had to wait a few more seconds before hearing the sound again. This time it was slightly louder. Finn presses his ear against the wood to get a better hear of the small noise.

On the other side of the door Finn could hear the smallest sound of moaning. It was a small moan but it sounded like the person was in pain. Finn listened closely as the moaning got louder. Finn soon became worried as the sound continued to increase. Who ever is in there must be in a lot of pain. Finn placed his hand on the nob and slightly opened the door.

Finn looked into the room with worry. The moaning was starting to turn into a low scream. Finn quickly stepped in and looked around the room. Soon his eyes fell on the bed sitting in the corner of the room. On the bed was Ice King, shaking and sweating. His breathing was erratic as Finn ran closer to the bed. As Finn got close he could see how much paler the Ice King looked then normal. He looked almost white, only a hint of blue left on his face.

Finn's heart beat quickened as he tried to figure out what was going on. Ice King's body started to shake harder as whatever was happened became worse. Finn grabbed hold of both his shoulders trying to hold him down. He lightly shook the Ice King's shoulders as he tried to wake him up from whatever nightmare he was having. This action seemed to only worsen it as the Ice King started to scream at the contact yelling 'no' loudly as his body fought against Finn's grip.

Finn pushed hard on the Ice King's shoulders, holding him against the bed. Ice King still shook but now his screams had lowered to low yelled please for help. Finn had to use all his strength to hold the Ice King down. Finn looked to the Ice King's face as he tried to calm him. His face was twisted in fear as his eyes stayed tightly shut.

"Ice King! ICE KING!"

Finn's yells-though not by much-had somehow calmed him enough to stop yelling. He now lightly mumbled as his body shook in Finn's grip. Finn not knowing what else to do wrapped his arms tightly around the Ice King's body, trying to steady him as he shook violently.

"Ice king it's me, Finn! Listen to me, you have to calm down!"

Ice King's face still portraying horror as he fought against whatever beast was haunting his dreams. His breathing still erratic as when Finn came in. Finn continued to talk to him as his nightmare continued.

"Ice King calm down, it's okay. Calm down!"

Finn spoke in a calm voice as addressed the Ice King, hoping that it would calm him down. Ice King though still shaking slowly started to breath a little easier. His breathing was still rushed but not as much as before. Finn took in a deep breath to calm his heart beat as Ice King started to mumble again.

"Please stop the screaming."

Finn softly hushed him as he continued to mumble.

"It's okay. There's no screaming. Just calm down."

Finn loosened his grip on the Ice King as his shaking went down to a minimum. He now laid still in Finn's grip, his chest quickly rising and falling as his breathing slowly calmed. It had taken a few more minutes of soft words but the Ice King's breathing had calmed down a bit. It was still to fast but at least he wasn't hyperventilating. When Finn was sure the Ice King had stopped shaking he slowly removed his arms from the his body. He slowly stepped away to stare at the Ice King as he laid in the bed, still asleep.

Finn looked over the sweaty body of the Ice King. His color still hadn't returned, but at least he was resting. Finn looked closer at the wizard's face as he inspected his body. He could see the dark bags under his eyes. Whatever had just happened hadn't been the first time.

Finn slowly stepped closer to the bed as he lightly touched his shoulder. His skin felt hot to the touch, which definitely wasn't normal for him. Usually his body was as cold as the ice, but now it felt like he'd been sleeping in a hot shower.

Finn continued to stare at the Ice King as he still laid asleep on the bed. He'd never seen anyone act like that before. Not over a dream.

Finn's attention was snapped away from the Ice King as the door to the room had creaked open. On the other side of the door Finn could see the little black flippers of one of the penguins. It's eyes were full of worry and fear for it's sleeping master. Finn softly smiled at the little bird as it came closer.

"Hey little guy. Don't worry he's okay now."

The little bird looked up at him and gave him a small 'quack'. Finn didn't understand what it meant but he could tell by it's expression that it was still worried about it's master.

"Had this been happening a lot?" Finn asked the small bird.

The penguin knowing slowly nodded it's head as it stared worriedly at the man in the bed. Finn looked to the penguin and then back to the Ice King before making up his mind. Finn looked back to the worried bird and went down on one knee to get to it's eye level.

"I need you to get some of your friends to help me take him to the big bird in sitting the living room. I'll put him on the bird and fly him to the Candy Kingdom. They have doctors there that can help him."

The bird looked hesitant for a moment before waddling it's way out the door. In a few moments it had brought back two other penguins. Finn smiled at the two other birds before looking back to the Ice King. Finn hooked his arms under the Ice King's and wrapped them around his chest. Finn pulled him onto the floor where the penguins stood. The penguins quickly rushed over to there master and lifted up his lower body. With the help of the small birds Finn was able to lift the Ice King off the floor and out of the room.

. . .

The marrow had been sitting patiently for the last ten minutes as he waited for the boy to return. What it hadn't expected was to see him dragging an unconscious Ice King with the help of three little penguins.

Finn quickly-and with some difficulty-lifted the unconscious man onto the marrows back. The marrow did nothing as the man was loaded onto his back, but was curios as to why. Finn quickly climbed onto the marrows back and stated that they needed to get to the castle as quickly as possible without knocking them off.

The marrow let out a small squawk as it nodded it's head in conformation. It soon spread it's wings and jumped threw the window, it's wings immediately catching the air and flying straight to the Candy Kingdom.

All those nightmares are now night terrors. I got this idea from watching Harry Potter. The part where they talked about him screaming in his sleep.

Ice King's memories are trying to come back but they're not the best of memories. Maybe he'll have some better memories to dream about in a later chapter. :D