Let's Try Chapter 6
'I'm sorry I just left without telling you, but I got some stuff to figure out, Flame Princess'. That's what the note Finn found when he woke up said. His head hurt a little, but he didn't really pay attention to it. He looked around him as he remembered what happened last night. It all slowly came back to him, everyhthing he and Flame Princess did, and he couldn't help but think Marceline was to blame because of the beer he gave him. Though he did feel like there was something else that made him cheat on Bubblegum, he just couldn't put the finger on it. 'I thought I had better control of myself' he thought 'I should probably clean up here and go inside to see if Jake is still sleeping'.
He found the dog sleeping on the couch with a butt drawn on his face. He shook him a little until he started to open his eyes. "Hey, Jake, what happened last night?"
The dog got up and strecthed a little, then he finally opened his mouth."We had a blast, it was totally crazy here. I never even realised you were gone."
"No, I mean, after I went out. Did something weird happen?"
"Well, by the time Cupcake brought the weed and we started smok...Uhhh, I mean by the time we brought the...uhhmmm, chocholate, yeah!, by the time we brought the chocholate nobody really knew what was going on. Oh, but I did see something weird. Right before the chocholate came Marceline just barged in, took her stuff and left. She looked pretty mad too! I don't know what her deal was, everybody else was just having a fun time. Anyway, where have you been?"
Finn's heart skipped a beat there for a second. Marceline saw EVERYTHING. She saw and she was probably going to tell Princess Bubblegum." I just didn't really feel that great so I went outside for some air. Nothing special. Well, I'm gonna head over to PB now, I need to tell her something."
"Sure, man, see ya later!"
Finn believed that he could make it to PB in time, maybe she would forgive him if he got there fast enough. But at the same time, Marceline maybe didn't even tell her. He had to choose where to go first. If he went to Marcy, he could prevent PB from ever finding out, and if he went to his girlfriend, he could make her forgive him if she already knew. 'I gotta know what Marceline knows first, maybe she didn't even see Finn and Flame Princess' he thought as he set his destination for Marceline's cave.
He was halfway there when he heard someone calling him. "Finn, wait up, I need to talk to you." It was Flame Princess.
"Listen, princess, whatever happened last night, I wasn't really myself. I had a couple of drinks and I acted on impulse. Now I'm really in a hurry, so if you could just let me go, that'd be great."
"I already know about that, and I know it meant nothing to you, but..."she was interrupted by Finn.
"You knew? You knew and you still did it? Do you know how much I regret it now? Flame Princess, Marceline saw us, and she probably told PB by now, so you pretty much ruined my relationship with her! How selfish are you?"
Flame Princess had a sad look on her face. "Just listen to me Finn. I'm sorry for what I did, but there's something else going on, you need to hear me out!"
"I don't care if you still like me! I don't care about you at all? You think you can just give up your kingdom and now everything will be fine? I'll never forgive you for this, OR for breaking up with me! Why won't you just go away?! You ruined everything!"
By now, the princess had her eyes full of tears and she couldn't stand having Finn's eyes on her. "If that's what you want...ok. I'll just go away and you won't see me again." She left running and didn't even once look back.
Finn was angry, but as she left he felt a little guilty.'Maybe that was too much' he thought. He wanted to go after her and apologize, but he didn't have time for that. 'I don't get why I've been acting so crazy lately. I just do the first thing that comes in mind, without even thinking!'. He was angry at himself now, but he had to get to Marcy's cave fast.
When he finally entered the cave he went straight for the door and knocked hard."Marcy!" he shouted. There was no response so he slowly opened the door and walked inside. He searched around the house for a bit, but Marcy wasn't here at all. He knew then where he would find her. She probably already told Princess Bubblegum by now.'Well, I should just try and make her forgive me, if she's not too mad.'
He ran outside and headed towards the Candy Kingdom as he heard a few men talking on the road. He hided behind a rock and watched as they passed by. Then he knew immediately who it was. The warriors whose leader he killed yesterday where carrying a captive. He didn't take a good look, so he didn't know who it was, but he couldn't waste any more time. He had to get to Bubblegum faster, he could deal with the warriors later.
When he finally arrived at the Candy Kingdom he couldn't believe what he saw. The front gate was destroyed, and the main street that led to the castle was ravaged. There were fires that the poor candy people couldn't stop, but what really troubled him was that there was a hole in the window that led into Bubblegum's bedroom.
Behind him a familiar voice called."Finn, thank glob you're here, you need to help us!" Peppermint Butler seemed really worried.
"What happened here?"
"It was a group of warriors. They disabled the Gumball Guardians long enough to take what they wanted."
"Well, what did they want?"
"They took the princess. They came in fast, set fire to the houses along the way, grabbed the princess and then ran away before we could even get the Banana guards. I don't even know if...Finn? Where are you going?"
"I will stop them , and get the princess back. They won't hurt her."
"If they wanted to hurt the princess they would've done it here, Finn! We need your help right now. The fire is too much for us to handle. So many will die if you just leave us!"
Finn looked behind at the destruction the warriors left, and he felt anger and pain flow through him. But most of all, he wanted vengeance."I will go kill them, that's all that matters to me right now." With this he left.
Finn soon found a track he could follow, that would lead to the warriors. He ran as fast as his feet allowed him too, until he finally found a large cave with a campfire inside, and more men around it. He came closer and listened to their conversation.
"Hey, boss, why didn't we just gut her back there?"
"That would be too easy. We'll have a little fun with her first, and then we'll get to gutting. That boy will learn to never mess with us again."
"You'll regret this, you monsters!" that sounded like the princess.
"Shut up you, no one can save you now!" after he said that, Finn heard a smack, and he knew who received it. Anger once more surrounded him, and his grass sword grew instantly.
"Okay, let's she if this one looks pretty without clothes, hehehe" the man moved his hands towards the princess, but then he suddenly stopped. He looked down and saw a sword coming out of his chest. He collapsed on the ground, while Finn got his sword out of his stomach and looked at the other men.
"You shouldn't have done this." Finn said as he started slashing away left and right, killing all of the warriors with ease. The princess looked at him with shock.
"That wasn't neccessary, Finn. We could've just locked them away."Finn cut her handcuffs and helped her to her feet.
"I'm just glad you're ok. I'll do anything to protect you." He tried to kiss her, but she turned her face.
"I know what you did, Finn. Marceline told me."
"Princess, I...I wasn't...Uhhhh! Look, I was drunk, ok? I didn't want to do it, I just wasn't myself lately. I thought I could control myself, but it seems I was wrong. Please, I already talked with Flame Princess and she understood it wasn't me last night, believe me. Besides, it was Marceline who gave me the beer!"
"You're acting so childish Finn! You think just because you're sorry everything will be ok? Just...just give me some time. Alone time. We'll talk later."
Finn was out of options. "Ok"
"Cool. Is the Candy Kingdom safe?"
"I couldn't stay there and make sure it was safe. I had to get to you as fast as I could!"
Princess Bubblegum was really mad now. "Finn, you know I care about my people more than anything! No matter what happens to me, they come first! I don't even know how many died in the fires, and you think you did the right choice?! You know what, just go. I'll go and handle it myself. Just leave me for some time."
Finn knew exactly how he made Flame Princess feel now, and he felt really bad."Ok. I'll go then"
On his way home Finn realised something was wrong. He wouldn't usually make all this bad decisions. He knew he had to find out soon enough, but now he just wanted to rest.
