Hey guys! I know I haven't uploaded for a long time and believe me, I'm really sorry. Also, don't ask me where I came up with the Christmas thing; it sort of just came to me, but here's chapter 7. I'll try not to make you guys wait too long next time.


Chapter 7: Winter Wonderland


Marceline and Finn were working on their campsite in the cave. This time, out of kindness and realization that Finn was horrible at making tents, Marceline volunteered to make the tent and campfire. Finn gave her the animals they caught earlier and went out into the blizzard to see if there were any trees outside for firewood. Finn was searching for about a half hour until he found a forest of pine trees.

"Huh, feels like Christmas again." Finn thought out loud, then his mind flashed to Jake. "Sigh, Jake always celebrated Christmas with me. We always got in our sweaters and played BMO, or just sat by the fire." Finn said as he recalled some of the happiest moments of his life. A tear fell from his eye. He took out his sword and started chopping down the branches of a medium-sized tree. Once he finished, Finn got an idea, he found a much smaller tree and cut it down, and carried it, and the firewood back to the cave.

Surprisingly, Marceline was able to pitch the tent in a matter of minutes, guess all that time exploring Ooo paid off. She picked out all of the pots, pans, and other cooking materials and made a circle out of rocks where the actual fire would go, and set up the cooking pans around it. Then she realized how hungry she actually was and decided to drink the blood out of a few squirrels, then put them in the spit for when Finn got back. She finished in about twenty minutes, giving her tons of thinking time.

"Wow, guess we really are having that adventure I asked for, huh Finn." Marceline said sighing, fully aware he couldn't hear her. She knew exactly what it was like to lose a best, or in her case only, friend. The cold did nothing to help her feelings about Simon or as he's now known, the Ice King. She started to let tears fall down her face, but quickly stopped, afraid to let her emotions loose. "Finn, I promise we'll get Jake back, there's no way I can let this happen to you too." Marceline said to herself seriously. Then she saw Finn walking back with firewood and wiped away her tears quickly.

"Yo Marcy I got the firewood." Finn called to her with a huge grin.

"Hey Weenie, what's with the huge smile?" She asked back with enthusiasm as Finn walked into the cave.

Finn walked in front of her and plunked down a small pine tree into the snow. Marceline looked at him confused. "Finn, why are you putting down a Christmas tree? It's like, March." She asked him.

"Marceline, I was looking for firewood when I ran into all these pine trees, and I felt like it was Christmas. I always spent Christmas with Jake, so it brought back bittersweet memories of him. I was hoping maybe just tonight we could pret…" but Finn never finished be cause Marceline tackled him to the ground with a hug with a huge smile saying, "Finn, that's an amazing idea." She knew what he was going through and she couldn't think of a better way to lift their spirits. Finn hugged her back with a large smile on his face because she helped raise his spirits in such an amazing way. When they did finally let go of each other, they both blushed.

"We should probably set up a fire Marcy" Finn said to ease the tension.

"Good idea, it's getting colder and fast. We need to build a wall at the cave entrance though or else the snow and cold will come in." She added. "So while you're doing the fire pit, ill set up a proper wall."

"Alright, lets get to it." Finn said excited to finally feel even somewhat warm since the night before their adventure.

About five minutes later Marceline got the start of her wall done and Finn had finished the fireplace, he also came up with an idea. He put a mound of snow in a pot and held it over the fire under the spit with the squirrels. "Hey Marcy can you use your powers to light this?" He asked.

"Sure Finn" She said back and snapped her fingers as a fire appeared on the wood.

In a few moments, the snow had melted into water and started to boil. Finn remembered Jake telling him if you boil water that cleans it. In a few minutes it cooled off and Finn drank all of it down instantly. "Boy, someone's thirsty" Marceline said to him. Turning to face her Finn realized she had finished the wall of snow. Almost instantly they both realized how warm it got. As the food was finished cooking Finn started eating.

With full stomachs and warm bodies, Finn and Marceline decided it was time for bed. "Finn, you do know that later tonight, the fire's gonna go out right?" Marceline said

"Well, ya but I thought we would be asleep by then." He said not understanding what she meant.

"So, when you wake up do you still want your toes?" She said as Finn's face drained of color just thinking of the cold. "I'm not trying to imply anything, but we need to huddle together for warmth." She said as the color returned to Finn's cheeks in the form of scarlet red.

"Uhh, that sounds like a great idea Marcy. So you mean cuddling?" He said extremely embarrassed.

"What? Finn no I meant like body heat and stuff." Marceline said getting slightly embarrassed now as well.

"Oh ya sure then, that's way less weird and awkward." Finn said enthusiastically.

They both crawled into the tent and got in the same sleeping back which surprisingly had enough room. Marceline wrapped her arms around Finn and buried her head into his chest. They were both smiling, thinking about each other.

"Best Christmas present ever" Finn thought to himself.


That's the chapter! I'm actually proud of my self on this one surprisingly. Post your thoughts in the reviews. Bye!