As they approached the opening to the dungeon, they noticed it was sealed off with talismans and chains. When Jake went in for a closer look he was shocked with electricity and was pushed back to Finn and Marceline.
"Woah man are you okay?!" yelled out Finn. The cave never had this type of defenses; someone had to have been here he thought.
" Ya…ow…I've been better, whoever put that up does not want anyone coming into that dungeon, I don't know guys maybe we should find another way in or find somewhere else to find the runes." Suggested Jake as he never even wanted to leave the house, he even believes that it will all just blow over.
"We can't go, its just a weak spell, I can break it, just give me the demon blood sword and it'll be done for." Marceline had said when she went for the bag for the demon blood sword. When she got it out of the bag, she started to chant something and she stroked the center of the dungeon's opening. As she did the talismans all burned away, and the chains disappeared.
"See, easy, now lets get in there and get Boni's little runes." Marceline said nonchalantly.
"Jake ever get the feeling that something bad is going to happen?" asked Finn
"Everyday with Marceline man, everyday" responded Jake
As they went further into the dungeon, they started to notice that it had changed, it looked like someone changed it to match a ceremonial chamber or a worshipping chamber.
"What is this, it wasn't like this before, that's it when I find the person that did this, Ima beat them up for this." Stated Finn angry at how they messed up his father's dungeon that was made for them.
"I don't know Finn, they could be worshippers of a demon or something, they could be trained too so watch out, okay weenie. Plus, we don't even know if they are still here so let's just get what we need and leave." Marceline said before they arrived at a large steel door.
"What is this, this was never even here before….wait how did they even put a giant door and a new wall in here?" wondered Jake
"Well its blocking the way, so that means that they are hiding something in there, and we have to find out what…*sigh* at times like this FP would be perfect…..wait sorry" stuttered Finn as he realized what he just said
"….Smooth weenie, ima pretend I never heard that." Said Marceline before she turned away from Finn after his last comment.
"Doesn't look like it needs a key, maybe its magically sealed like the opening to the dungeon, or maybe it a hologram?" As Jake says this he touches the door, and knows it is not a hologram, but it doesn't feel real, like another door.
"Um guys, it feels weird. Yo Finn check this out, you too Marceline." Jake said calling over Finn and Marceline to the door.
"Wait what is this, it feels like its there…but not there at the same time." As Finn says this he steps back and draws his sword and swings at the door. The sword stops, but it doesn't hit the door, it can't even touch the door. It's like the sword itself is being repelled from it.
"Woah, that's new, well sorry guys, I don't know anything about this even if it is magic."Marceline said surprised, as she never saw any type of sealing magic that repels objects like this. While they look around to find a book or a key, or anything else that can help to open the door, Finn gets a chill down his spine and notices a breeze coming in from the wall.
"Um, guys, do you feel that breeze?" asked Finn, as he never noticed it before.
"Nope sorry" said both Jake and Marceline
Finn goes to investigate the wall, and notices a small crack in the wall. As he starts to dig into the crack to make it large enough for him, after a good fifteen minutes of digging, he finally gets the crack big enough to stick his head through. As he looks through he sees a dark room with a lit fire, and a figure next to that fire.
"Yo Marceline, Jake, get over here I found something." Finn whispered as he approached them. Marceline stops flying around the dungeon, and Jake stops looking for a key.
"Ya Finn, what is it?" asked Jake
"Look" Finn told Marceline and Jake. As they looked into the hole, they saw the same thing that Finn saw, but not the figure.
"Did you guys just see that?" asked Finn.
"See what, a fire, ya that's weird but it is a dungeon." Replied Marceline confused to what Finn was talking about.
"Umm, you know what never mind, I must be tired is all." Finn said, trying to reassure himself that his mind was playing tricks on him. As they start to make the hole bigger to go through, they start to notice more of the buried room.
"Yo guys, I never saw this room, it looks weird" said Jake
"I agree, lets get these runes and get out of here." Replied Marceline. After they worked for another half an hour, they were finally able to enter to room and saw it filled with books, scrolls, paintings on the walls, and keys in the middle of different circles.
"What is this place? It looks like a mages lair." Marceline says in awe of the odd room. As they look around, they see a silver key, the same color as the door that is blocking their way.
"Yo guys think this would work?" asked Finn. As he grabbed it, he couldnt stop looking at it. He was just frozen there until Marceline kissed his cheek.
"That always gets you weenie haha. Lets go, and next time don't space out, k?" Marceline asked playing with Finn.
"Hehe, ya sorry about that." Replied Finn. What was that? Eh probably nothing. Finn thought to himself. As they left the room and went back to the door, the key started to become attracted to the door, and flew right out of Finn's hand to the keyhole. The door and the wall disappears to reveal the rest of the dungeon. All they saw were black markings on the walls, and a little further down was where Finn got his sword, but it should had been deeper into the cave. How did we get here so fast? Finn asked himself. When they ran up to the small area, they looked around and saw what they needed.
"Well,guys, give me a second so I can write this stuff down and start making some sense of it, till then, try not to get in too much trouble, okay weenies?
"Hay Jake, wanna check out the walls, while we're here, we might see who was here?" asked Finn, who started to feel odd, as if he wasn't awake yet.
"Naw, im just gonna take a nap, I'm tired from all the digging." Replied Jake
"Okay, I'll just be over here…ARRRRGHHHH! MY HEAD!" yelled Finn, who almost immediately collapsed and went unconscious. When Finn woke up he saw Marceline and Jake above him, but something was off.
"Hay guys whats wrong?" asked a concern Finn
"Nothing….just that…your still alive" said Marceline with a demonic voice.
"Wait…WHAT!?" yelled Finn. Just then both Marceline and Jake melted away and combined to make the most evil creature in all of Ooo. The Lich was back, and he was in Finn's mind.
"Lich!? I thought I trapped you?" asked Finn
"You though you did child, but you can never seal away evil, or the fear in your heart." The Lich had said with a rasped voice.
"What are you talking about, I don't fear anything, and I know for a fact I don't fear you Lich. Now let me..wait where's my sword?!' Finn panicked and charged at the Lich with his bear hands, but as he did he was transported to the middle of the ocean, one of Finn's fears he kept from his years of adventureing. No, arghh, not the ocean. I can't stand this, I need to get to some shore. Thought Finn
"Hahaha. You are still afraid of the ocean child? How can you even think to defeat me when you can't even swim in the beach? The Lich was provoking Finn, who was already panicking. As Finn stared to swim, he remembered nothing was real. He just needed to calm down and remember he is just asleep. When he thought this he was back at the cave. But the Lich was still there.
"What? I thought I got out"
"You cannot leave Finn, not until you know true fear" rasped the Lich
" There is nothing you can do…wait what are those? Asked Finn in a small and frightened voice.
"What these? Don't you recognize them, their your dog and girlfriend Finn. They are nothing but dead slaves now! Hahaha!' laughed the Lich with his evil voice.
"You Monster!" yelled Finn. Just then the Lich grabbed him by the ehad, and tilted his head back.
"This is what will happen, look at you world filled with death and misery, this is what you caused for not stopping me hahah!" laughed the Lich as Finn saw what was truly his greatest fear. He saw all of Ooo and Aaa burned with bodies littering the forests and streets. He saw all his friends either dead or slaves to the Lich. He saw Marceline and Jake the Lich's personal slave. The horror that Finn saw made him realize that he was scared, and that he really can't stop the Lich.
"Finn wake up man, dude wake UP!" yelled Jake as he slapped him with an enlarged hand.
"Was that really necessary, all I had to do was kiss him a bit." Complained Marceline
"WAHHH! *huff huff*" Finn had finally woken up to the real world and not his dream with the Lich.
"Finn you okay you were out for like two whole days, we had to drag you back home, we already went to PB, and oddly everything returned to normal." Marceline informed Finn. Without thinking, Finn hugged both of them and started to cry.
"Dude what happened, you okay?" asked both of them
"Ya I'm fine it…..it was just a dream….a very bad dream" Finn had said. But now Finn can never be the same, he was broken, for he saw his greatest fear, he saw what happens when the Lich wins, and this time he just might.