Past And Present
Day Eight of Bee moving in:
"Come on Bee. So you had a couple of bad experiences?" Jake pleaded as he and Finn followed Bee into the living room of the tree fort. "Come on! You'll love this dungeon! I promise!"
"I think I'll pass. After yesterday I don't want to be dragged into another dungeon," Bee groaned. "In fact if I never see another dungeon in my life I will be very happy!"
"Oh come on Bee it wasn't that bad," Finn said.
"Yes it was. Finn yesterday I had to take three showers and wash my clothes twice to get rid of all the slime stains!" Bee snapped. "And I'm still not so sure I got rid of the smell."
"I thought you smelled a little different," Jake said. "It smells nice though."
"If you two want to go run around in a dungeon I guess I can't stop you," Bee sighed. "You obviously can take care of yourselves. But I'm staying here where it's nice and safe and nothing is weird."
Just then the little green man stormed out of one of the holes in the wall carrying a tiny typewriter. He threw it to the ground and repeatedly kicked it. Then he took out a sledgehammer from somewhere and bashed it several times before stomping back into the wall.
"Let me rephrase that…" Bee groaned.
"Oh come on Bee," Finn begged. "Give it one more chance. You'll see."
"Why is it so important for you that I go into these dungeons in the first place?" Bee asked.
"Well for one thing dungeons completely clear your head," Finn said. "Helps you make sense of things you know?"
"No, I don't," Bee said. "Dungeons are scary and cloud up your head with fear and crazy! They're horrible!"
Finn and Jake gasped. "Don't you knock the dungeons lady!" Jake warned.
"Well it's true!" Bee put her hands on her hips. "If I was your mother I'd forbid you from going into dungeons!"
"Well good thing you're not," Finn was angry. "Man I always thought if I found another human that person would be like me! But you're…"
"Well what do you expect Finn? You're a teenage boy and I'm…not," Bee let out an annoyed breath. "I'm older and…Well…I'm just not interested in the same stuff you are."
"It can't just be because you're old," Finn said. "Ice King is way older than you and he likes dungeons."
"Then go explore dungeons with the Ice King!" Bee snapped.
"Geeze Bee you're starting to become a bit of a drip," Jake grumbled.
"Jake ever since I moved in here I've been literally in one dangerous and or crazy situation after another!" Bee gave him a look. "I don't want to be in danger or hurt. Can't you understand that?"
"I guess so," Finn relented. "I just thought maybe if the dungeon cleared your head you'd get your memory back faster."
"I don't think a dungeon is going to do that for me," Bee sighed.
"Hmmm…You have a point," Finn sighed. "I'm sorry Bee. I was just so excited going off into dungeons with another human I didn't realize what you wanted."
"What I want is to remember who I am," Bee said. "And being scared out of my wits all the time isn't helping!"
"Hey maybe there's another way to wake up Bee's brain?" Jake said. "We've been going about this all wrong! Bee is like a smart person right? And smart people read a lot of books! And reading books is a smart person's way of adventuring!"
"Where are you going with this Jake?" Finn asked.
"Maybe the best way to make Bee remember isn't with a dungeon but with a book? Like one of the old magic books we found!" Jake remembered. He went over to a shelf filled with books. "Maybe there's a memory spell in here?"
"Magic books?" Bee blinked.
"Yeah like this one," Jake pulled one out. "Although I don't think the spells work in this book. We tried it a couple of times and nothing happened." He walked over and handed it to Bee.
"This isn't a magic book Jake," Bee told him. "This is a book of Nursery Rhymes. It's for children."
"It is?" Finn blinked.
"So basically we were trying to cast a spell that wasn't a spell?" Jake blinked.
"Sounds like it to me," Bee looked through it. "I remember these from when I was a child. But I don't remember my childhood. I mean, these rhymes are familiar…"
"I like this one," Jake pointed. "Mary, Mary quite contrary. How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and pretty maids all in a row."
"Aw that's a nice rhyme," Finn said.
"Actually the rhyme is a reference to Queen Mary of England or often known as Bloody Mary," Bee explained. "The garden is actually a cemetery and she filled them with the bodies of her enemies. The silver bells, cockle shells and pretty maids are actually instruments of torture and beheading."
"Yeeesh," Jake winced.
"What about this one? Little Jack Horner," Finn pointed out. "Jake and I tried sticking our thumbs in holes to make some magic happen."
"It's not a spell," Bee shook her head. "Actually this refers to a nobleman name Thomas Horner who secretly stole some land from the king and got away with it."
"You're kidding," Finn's eyes widened.
"Nope," Bee nodded. "It's true."
"So this children's nursery rhyme is basically telling kids that you can get away with stealing stuff?" Finn was stunned.
"Well yes, technically," Bee said. "At least Horner did."
"O-Kaaaaaaaaaayy," Finn pursed his lips. "How about this one? Ring around the Rosey?"
"That describes plague symptoms and if you have them you're dead," Bee added.
"Eww…" Jake winced. "Try another rhyme."
"Rock a bye baby…" Finn looked at the book. "Okay this one is pretty self-explanatory. Putting a baby in a tree and watching it fall…Weird. What about Peter Pumpkin Eater?"
"That's about divorce and how one guy killed his wife and stuffed her body into a large pumpkin," Bee explained.
"What kind of sicko rhymes are these?" Jake barked. "I mean what kind of parent teaches their kids these rhymes? Psychopaths?"
"Obviously," Finn shuddered. "Man this is way worse than a spell book. Even an evil magic book isn't this twisted!"
"No kidding!" Jake agreed as he took the book away from Bee. "At least with a spell book you know what you're getting!" He threw it out the window.
"We need a different book," Finn said.
"One that doesn't teach you how to be evil!" Jake added.
Before Bee could reply the special occasion phone rang. "Who could be calling on the special occasion phone?" Finn asked.
"You have a phone just for special occasions?" Bee blinked.
"Who doesn't?" Jake replied.
Finn answered the phone and an image of Princess Bubblegum was shown. "Hey Finn! Put Bee on! We found something very interesting that might be related to her past."
"Okay," Finn let Bee show herself on the monitor.
"What's going on Princess Bubblegum?" Bee asked.
"We found something fascinating. Banana Man was working on one of his projects near the border of the Badlands when he uncovered a strange dungeon that seems to be filled with artifacts from before the Mushroom War," Bubblegum explained. "I thought you might want to check it out."
"Oh…A dungeon. Great…" Bee groaned.
"Uh Bee doesn't like dungeons very much," Finn explained.
"Really?" Bubblegum blinked. "Oh I mean…I just thought you'd be interested seeing that it is part of your past and…"
"No, no. You're right. I have to go," Bee sighed. "I have to take any chance I can to regain my memory. Even if I have to go into another dungeon."
"All right! This will be great!" Finn whooped.
"Wonderful," Bee rolled her eyes.
It wasn't long before they arrived at the excavation site riding on Jake's back. "Aw yeah! We're gonna explore the past dungeon style!" Jake whooped as they arrived.
"Don't worry Bee," Finn said. "We'll be with you all the way. You'll be totally safe. I promise."
"Thanks Finn," Bee sighed as they got off of Jake and he shrunk back to regular size. "Of course I can't help but remember you made that promise before…"
There were digging equipment and Banana Guards all over the area. Some candy people were there too looking through dirt. Princess Bubblegum in a pink exploration suit and hard hat waved to them. "Hey! Bee! Finn! Jake! Over here!"
They went over to her. Banana Man was standing next to her. "Hey neighbors! Long time no see!" Banana Man said cheerfully.
"Hey Banana Man. Banana Man this is Bee. Bee, Banana Man," Finn said.
"It's very nice to meet you," Bee shook hands with Banana Man.
"Likewise!" Banana Man smiled. "I know I should have come over sooner seeing as we're neighbors but I was so interested in this project! As you know one of my many hobbies is researching pre Mushroom War life and technology."
"I didn't know that," Jake blinked.
"Dude, how do you think he knew how to fix that truck we found?" Finn rolled his eyes. "And the rocket?"
"Oh yeah before we trashed the truck and blew up his rocket," Jake nodded.
"You did what now?" Bee blinked.
"Long story. Water under the bridge," Banana Man waved. "Anyway my sensors in my Finding Stuff Detector picked up a large cavern underneath and with the help of Princess Bubblegum we've unearthed a massive find! Look we even found a few artifacts!"
He pointed to a table and went over to it. "Behold the artifacts! This goblet obviously held great significance in its time!" He showed it to Bee.
"It's a Starbuck's mug," Bee blinked.
"Star-bucks…" Banana Man's eyes went wide as he pronounced the word.
"Starbucks was a coffee chain that also sold pastries and other coffee and tea related items," Bee said. "And now that I think about it, it kind of was important in human society. Unless you drank at Dunkin' Donuts."
"Dunkin' Do-nuts?" Banana Man blinked.
"Another coffee and donut chain," Bee said. "Very popular too."
"So, they were rivals?" Banana Man blinked. "Two warring factions on the opposite sides of the Mushroom War."
"Not on the Mushroom War but yeah they were competitors," Bee explained.
"That explains this old T-shirt I found," Banana Man held up a tattered T-Shirt saying Friends don't let friends drink Starbucks. "And this one." It said Friends don't let friends drink Dunkin' Donuts.
"Yeah there was heavy competition between those two companies," Bee said. "Not as bad as the Soda Wars now that I think about it but…"
"Soda Wars?" Finn blinked.
"Wow the past was a lot more violent than I thought," Bubblegum remarked.
"You should hear their nursery rhymes," Jake whispered to her. "Those are sick!"
"The Soda Wars were also between rival soda companies and had nothing to do with the Mushroom War," Bee explained. "Well actually I think some of the CEO's backed the weapons companies so…"
"This is so fascinating! More pieces of the puzzle of pre Ooo life!" Banana Man cheered. "Bee, you could help our research so much!"
"Well I guess I have no choice but to help," Bee agreed. "So…Let's see this dungeon thing you found."
"Right this way," Banana Man motioned and they went underground in a cave tunnel accompanied by two Banana Guards. The tunnel was lit by lanterns all along the way. "This is so exciting! I love doing stuff with Finn and Jake and now I have a new friend to do stuff with!"
"It's kind of nice having a new friend too," Bee said. "So you've known Finn and Jake for a while?"
"Oh we've gone way back," Banana Man waved. "I wanted to borrow a cup of sugar once and they blew up my house. I fixed a truck for them and they got me arrested for indecent exposure. Fun times."
"Oh that's…" Bee began. Then she did a double take. "Wait, what?"
"What's the story about Bee not liking dungeons?" Bubblegum whispered to Finn as they walked along the tunnel.
"Oh she had some real bad experiences and she's kind of dungeon shy," Finn explained. "And she nearly got crushed when we were collecting tears from the rock giant so…"
"Didn't she know that rock giants cry rocks?" Bubblegum asked.
"No, she didn't," Finn said. "And we kind of forgot to tell her."
"Ah I see…" Bubblegum nodded. "Well some people just don't like dungeon crawling Finn. I guess Bee is one of them.
"That is just so wrong," Finn groaned.
"I don't think so. Think about it. Bee isn't used to Ooo yet and she is a little…older than you," Bubblegum said tactfully.
"You're older than all of us but you like dungeons," Finn said.
"Uh not always," Bubblegum admitted. "And besides Candy People age differently than humans. And Bee isn't as agile as the rest of us. A dungeon is a lot more dangerous for her."
"I didn't think of that," Finn frowned.
"And don't forget she also had that traumatic near death experience so…" Bubblegum said.
"I gotcha. No more dungeons for Bee until she thinks she can handle it," Finn nodded.
"She just needs a little more time to get used to Ooo naturally," Bubblegum said.
"Jake and I were thinking that maybe Bee would like to read some more books," Finn said. "Maybe that will…?"
"We're here!" Banana Man called out. They entered a large cavern that looked like a huge building. They entered what looked like a courtyard with a dried up fountain.
"Whoa look at this dungeon," Finn looked around. "There are treasure rooms everywhere. And they have names on them. May-ceees."
"Barnes and Noble," Bubblegum read another. "Must have been a barn catered to royals. But they got the spelling wrong. Weird."
"This one says Bed, Bath and Beyond," Jake pointed. "What's beyond bed and baths?"
"I don't know. That's part of the mystery of this dungeon," Banana Man whistled.
"It's not a dungeon. It's a mall," Bee looked around. "A collection of stores. It must have sunk underground centuries ago."
"A mall?" Finn blinked.
"Malls were also meeting places for young people and for socializing in something called a food court," Bubblegum added. "Am I right?"
"Yes, you are," Bee nodded. "Wow, it's pretty well preserved considering."
"So these are all stores to sell stuff?" Finn asked. "Cool."
"And they're filled with stuff all over the place!" Banana Man cheered.
"Since all the people who ran the stores are gone I guess its okay that we can take things," Bubblegum thought. "We can use them to study."
"The Barnes and Noble is a book store," Bee explained. "There's a lot about humans and the pre Mushroom War there!"
"Now we're talking!" Bubblegum said. "Finn, Jake. Bee, Banana Man and I are going to check the book store out with the Banana Guards. You two look for monsters."
"There shouldn't be any monsters in the mall," Bee said.
"You never know," Bubblegum said. "After the war life mutated and got pretty cray-cray. Anything could have survived down here."
"If anything did we'll find it and beat it up!" Jake said cheerfully. "Come on Finn."
The two adventurers went off to find some monsters. They only thing they found was boredom. "Man there's a lot of junk in here," Finn grumbled.
"Yeah but it's on sale," Jake remarked. "Let's check out that store over there."
"Huh," Finn looked around. "All kinds of weird junk in here. Whoa! Jake look at this!" He picked up a box and unwrapped it.
"What is it?" Jake took a look. "Magic 8 Ball? What does it do?'
"According to the box it tells the future," Finn looked at the box. "The directions are, ask a question then shake the ball. Will I be a righteous hero one day?"
He shook it. "All signs point to yes!" Finn grinned.
"Big deal! That's not a real question," Jake let out a breath. "Give me that."
"Get your own man," Finn moved to protect his treasure. "There's a whole pile of them over there."
"Okay fine!" Jake barked as he grabbed one for himself and unwrapped it. "Will I be known as the greatest sandwich maker of all time?" He shook it.
Finn read it. "Highly unlikely."
"Aw man!" Jake frowned.
"Magic 8 Ball are my sword fighting skills awesome?" Finn said. "Yes! HA!"
"Let me try again! Magic 8 Ball, am I the most awesome dog that ever lived?" Jake shook the ball. "Concentrate and try again? Okay! Am I the most awesome dog that ever lived?" He shook it harder. "HIGHTLY UNLIKELY! WHAT?"
"Heh, heh…" Finn chuckled.
"Okay I think mine is busted or something," Jake grumbled. He threw his away.
"Magic 8 Ball will we find some really cool treasure down here?" Finn shook the ball. "It is certain. See? I got the good ball!"
"Dude you're asking it all the easy questions!" Jake said. "Of course we're gonna cool stuff down here! We found these didn't we? And Banana Man found stuff."
"Okay so we'll ask it some different questions," Finn said.
"Fine! But they're gonna be harder," Jake said. "Magic 8 Ball! Should Finn…cluck like a chicken?"
"What?" Finn yelled. "Don't ask it that man!"
"And the answer is…" Jake grabbed the 8 ball and shook it. "Most definitely yes!"
"Well if the 8 ball says I should," Finn shrugged. "Cluck! Cluck! Clu-uuuuck!"
"He, he, he…" Jake laughed. "You're right Finn this is the good ball!"
"Oh yeah?" Finn took the 8 ball back. "Magic 8 Ball…should Jake change shape into kitty cat!"
"No way man I hate cats!" Jake protested while Finn shook the ball.
"Yes!" Finn laughed as he showed him the answer.
"Did you shake that ball hard enough?" Jake put his hands on his sides.
"Can't argue with the 8 ball!" Finn grinned.
"Okay fine…" Jake changed shape to look like a cat. "I am not going to meow."
"Should Jake meow?" Finn shook the ball. "No."
"Ha!" Jake smirked.
"Should Jake cluck like a chicken?" Finn shook again. "Most definitely yes!"
"Aw man, I stink at this," Jake groaned.
"Come on Jake," Finn grinned.
"Fine. Cluck, cluck, cluck…" Jake grumbled.
Finn laughed. "Okay now we're really going to put this baby to the test!" Jake changed back to this regular form.
"Bring it on!" Finn grinned.
Meanwhile not that far away Bubblegum, Banana Man and Bee and the Banana Guards emerged from the bookstore carrying books. "I can't believe how many books were preserved," Bubblegum said happily.
"Yeah but some of them had some real big teeth marks on them," Banana Man said in a worried tone. "Like something tried to eat them."
"Haven't seen anything so far which is a good sign," Bubblegum said. "Besides I'm sure if there is trouble that Finn and Jake can handle it."
"Finn I found some books for you to read," Bee said. "I really think you might like this one. It's called The Hobbit by…" She looked around. "Where did he go?"
The sound of laughter was heard. "Okay here I go!" Jake had grown larger and had turned his bottom legs into a corkscrew and was jumping up and down."
"Jake! Stop! What are you doing?" Bubblegum yelled as they ran up to them. "You're going to cause a…"
RRRRRRRRRRRRRUMMMMMMMMMMMMMBBLEEEEEEEEE!
"Cave in…" Bubblegum groaned as pieces of the ceiling started to fall down.
"AAAH!" Bee yelled as some very large pieces of rock fell towards her.
"Bee!" Finn realized what was going on. He leapt to save her using his sword.
The next thing he knew he was climbing out of a huge mound of dirt and rocks. "Whoa…What happened?"
"You and Jake caused a cave in!" Bee shouted. She had been knocked down and some dirt had covered her. A wall of dirt and rock surrounded them. "What were you thinking?"
"Hold on. Will we get out of this cavern?" Finn shook the 8 Ball and read. "Concentrate and ask again. All right." He closed his eyes and thought.
"What are you doing?" Bee shouted.
"What the Magic 8 Ball told me to," Finn shrugged.
"WHAT?" Bee yelled.
"You see Jake and I found these magic balls and we decided…" Finn began.
"These aren't magic Finn. They're toys!" Bee shouted in exasperation. She grabbed the 8 Ball and broke it open by throwing it against the ground. "See? It's nothing more than water with blue dye and a dice with words inside! It's totally random!"
"So Jake could still be a famous sandwich maker?" Finn blinked. Bee glared at him. "Okay, okay I messed up! We can still get out of here. See there's a cavern over there."
"It's a store. Not a cavern," Bee sighed. "But maybe we can find something because if we're not careful our air could run out and we could suffocate!"
"And that's bad right?" Finn blinked.
"I knew this was a bad idea!" Bee groaned. "This is why I hate dungeons! And this isn't even a real dungeon! This is…"
A strange noise was heard. "Please tell me that was Jake trying to rescue us," Bee blinked.
"Uh Jake? Is that you…?" Finn asked nervously even though he had a sinking feeling it wasn't.
Something with huge teeth and a huge snout burst through the walls. "Bee! Look out!" Finn shoved Bee away when something hit him hard on his head.
And then everything went dark for a moment.
Finn opened his eyes. He was in the Candy Kingdom. "How'd I get here?" He looked around.
"Finn…"
Finn turned around and saw Billy, his hero standing there. The Cosmic Owl was flying above him. "Billy? Is that you?" Finn blinked. "Whoa you've got the Cosmic Owl with you!"
"Finn I haven't got much time," Billy said. "A great danger to Ooo is coming. It has already begun."
"What do you mean?" Finn asked. Suddenly an explosion was heard behind him. "WHOA!" He saw fire everywhere and a huge mushroom cloud covering the Candy Kingdom.
"The past and the present are colliding," Billy said. "And if they are not stopped there will be no future. The fire that burned the world will return. Only this time there will be no rebirth. No second chances."
"You're saying there's going to be another Mushroom War?" Finn gasped. "Well how do I stop it?"
"You don't," Billy shook his head. "But you can help the one destined to stop it."
"So who is it?" Finn asked.
"Three must become one and one must become two in order for two to become one," The Cosmic Owl said. "Only then will the first hero of Ooo return."
"Is this some kind of math problem?" Finn blinked.
"Remember Finn you and your friends need to help the First Hero," Billy said. "Or else everything will be lost!" Just then a huge wall of fire separated them.
"BILLY! BILLY!" Finn tried to go to him but the wall of fire separated them. "Too hot! Billy!"
"Finn! Finn! FINN WAKE UP NOW! SERIOUSLY!"
"Huh…?" Finn groggily opened his eyes. He was lying on a treasure pile filled with coins, jewelry and all sorts of odds and ends.
"Get away! Get away!" Bee was defending Finn using an old hockey stick against four giant rats the size of Volkswagens.
"BEE!" Finn woke up.
"Giant rats!" Bee screamed as she tried to fight one off as it broke her hockey stick. "Really big giant rats!"
"Now this I can handle!" Finn readied his grass sword and got up. Just as one rat knocked Bee back, Finn jumped in front to save her. "Who wants some? Come and get it!"
"I hate it when dinner fights back!" A giant rat hissed as Finn cut its paw with his sword. "OW!"
"I told you we should have killed them immediately Herb!" One giant rat shouted angrily in a shrill female voice. "But noooooo! You just had to keep them fresh because you're a gourmet!"
"Well forgive me if I like my food to taste good!" Herb snapped.
"We're nobody's food!" Finn yelled as he swung his sword around. "AAAAHHH!"
"AAH MY WHISKERS!" Another rat yelled as his whiskers were cut off. "THOSE TOOK FOREVER TO GROW!"
"You just had to have human tonight didn't you?" The female giant rat yelled. "No forget the candy person and the bananas and the dog! Nooooo! That wasn't tasty enough for you! You went right for the humans!"
"It's been a long time and I had a craving!" Herb yelled.
"CRAVE MY SWORD OF JUSTICE!" Finn shouted as he leapt up and used his sword to kill Herb.
"See, that's what happens when you're a picky eater!" The fourth rat said to the other surviving two.
"Get out of here!" Bee was throwing coins and anything she could grab from the treasure pile at the rats. "OUT! OUT!"
"OW! OW!" The second rat groaned. "Great! Now we're being assaulted by our own treasure pile! Thanks a lot Herb!"
"He's dead!" The female rat snarled. "No big loss. Actually I was thinking about leaving the jerk anyway. So…"
"And now you and I don't have to sneak around and be together! OW!" The Fourth rat snarled. "You know what? This is all Herb's fault! Let's forget these humans and eat him instead!"
"Yeah that female looks a bit too old anyway," The second rat agreed as he started to tug away Herb's body.
"WHAT?" At this comment Bee threw another handful of coins. "I'll show you old!"
"OW! FORGET THIS! LET'S GO!" The female rat yelled as the rats scurried off down a large hole carrying their dead comrade and soon to be dinner.
"And don't come back!" Finn raised his fist.
"That was very disturbing," Bee groaned as she sat down, tired. "And you wonder why I don't like dungeons?"
"Bee, you saved me," Finn realized.
"Well of course I did!" Bee snapped. "As mad as you make me sometimes I just couldn't let you get eaten."
"Sorry I got you into this mess," Finn sighed as he sat next to her. "Wow Bee. You were pretty hard core against those rats."
"I was just acting mostly on instinct," Bee was breathing hard. "I've never done anything like that before. At least I'm pretty sure I haven't."
"Okay Bee. No more going into dungeons for you," Finn said. "I promise."
"Technically this is still a mall and I wanted to come this time to find out more about my past," Bee groaned. "Just promise me you'll be more careful in the future."
"I promise. Hero's honor," Finn told her. "Now we gotta find a way out of here."
Just then the wall of dirt next to them crumbled. "Found them!" Jake pulled back his oversized hand.
"Oh thank goodness you two are okay!" Bubblegum gasped. She was covered with dirt as well as Jake. "When Jake smelled rats I was worried."
"Yeah but it's cool," Finn said as he stood up. "Bee and I took care of them and we were just about to look for a way out."
"Hear that! I saved the day!" Jake grinned.
"After you put us all in jeopardy in the first place!" Bubblegum snapped.
"Uh I was kind of hoping you'd have forgotten about that," Jake scratched his head.
"Not for a long time!" Bubblegum glared at the dog.
"Where's Banana Man?" Bee looked around.
"Oh right. He must still be buried alive," Jake blinked. "Forgot about him."
"WHAT?" Bee yelled as she stood up.
"We found him!" A Banana Guard called out.
"I'm okay…" Banana Man was heard weakly. "Ooh I think I have a concussion!"
"Okay is it just me or does it seem like every time those two meet up with Banana Man, Banana Man is the one who suffers?" Bee groaned as she pointed to Finn and Jake.
"You're not the first one who's thought that," Bubblegum agreed.
"Oh that reminds me," Finn spoke up. "Prubbs I had this dream from Billy and the Cosmic Owl! They gave me a prophecy!"
"Who's Billy and the Cosmic Owl?" Bee asked.
"Who's the Cosmic Owl?" Jake repeated incredulously. "Billy I get but…Who's the Cosmic Owl? He's like only one of the most important spiritual beings ever!"
"The Cosmic Owl is a supernatural being that often appears in prophetic dreams," Bubblegum explained. "While I usually don't take much stock in dream prophecies, there have been plenty of documented cases of the Cosmic Owl. And the accuracy of the dreams it appears in is too high to ignore. Sometimes these prophecies are rather significant. Finn what exactly happened in your dream?"
"Well it started off with Billy saying that the past and the present are colliding and if it isn't stopped there isn't gonna be any future," Finn remembered. "He was in my dream too. And that a big fire was going to come back and burn the world if we didn't stop it."
"That's pretty significant," Jake's eyes widened.
"And then the Cosmic Owl said three has to become one and one must become two in order for two to become one," Finn added.
"Are you sure you have that right?" Bubblegum gave him a look.
"His exact words. Swear to Glob," Finn said. "And then he said only after that happens will the first hero of Ooo return to save us. And then there was fire. A lot of it."
"Well that's helpful," Bubblegum frowned. "That could mean anything. And I already knew from my data that there's a high chance that the Candy Kingdom could be threatened again. As for the fire maybe Cinnamon Bun is gonna burn the Candy Kingdom again? Or the Lich will escape and attack? Or Flame Princess…"
"Oh come on PB you don't really think Flame Princess would do that," Finn frowned.
"You have to admit Finn when it comes to fire she's the most likely suspect," Bubblegum pointed out. "Or her father. Maybe her father will take back power in a coup and attack the Candy Kingdom? That seems the most logical."
"I dunno," Jake thought. "Flame Princess is pretty powerful and her subjects actually like her better than Flame King."
"They fear her more than Flame King," Bubblegum corrected. "What confuses me is that math problem."
"Really because usually I'm the one who has trouble with math. Right Bee?" Finn looked around. "Bee?"
"What's this?" Bee noticed something in the treasure pile. She went over and picked it up.
"Looks like a necklace of some kind," Finn blinked. It was a gold choker with pointed prongs and a ruby oval gem in the middle.
"Okay this was worth the trip," Bee's eyes shone with delight.
Finn's eyes grew wide. "Jake…Women are weird."
"True dat bro," Jake shrugged.
