A/N:

Teller14-djb: We're close to home for this story after this chapter. But we still have more adventures to tell.

Clockwork: This is a trilogy after all. But it's more of a time of discovery for Shawn.

Teller14-djb: You can't once just go along with things, can you? You always have to go mystic on us, don't you?

Clockwork: Ask too many questions, you do. Time for the next chapter, it is.

Teller14-djb: Whatever you say Yoda. Silver tongue…ACTIVATE!

Chapter 7: Plans on Ice

Shawn's POV

I was running. The cool wind rushed along my face, the warmth of the grass brushed against my toes. Night had fallen along the land, wherever it was. 'Oh great,' I thought. 'This stupid dream again.' I ran along the hill that never seemed to end. Again, I felt a small part of me want to give up and roll down the mount, but as always here, an even bigger part was screaming for me to go further with this. I finally gained enough consciousness to look upwards, and there I saw it…

Chaos. Absolute, unprecedented, unsought, genuine, complete and utter destruction.

The grass was brown and shriveled, which caused my feet to ache. I coughed for the air felt like toxic on my lungs. I finally realized where I was. 'This is Ooaa,' I thought trying to preserve oxygen. The raging wind fell silent and a malicious laughter occupied the space. I looked out onto the horizon and witnessed a monster begin to grow off the ground and into the clouds. Curly horns, a skull for a head, fire coming out of it's ancient hands. "The lich," I breathed. He turned in my direction and I screamed as he shot fire at me.

-0.0-

"Shawn," I heard as I was beginning to gain consciousness. "Shawn wake up. Wake up. HEY!"

"I'm up," I jolted awake.

I surveyed the room and saw Star staring at me.

"Oh thank god," I breathed. "Star I had a long dream where the Ice King and Ice Queen sent us to Ooaa and you were talking and you spoke Korean and-"

"Um, that wasn't a dream," she told me.

"Oh come on! How much sanity do I have left?!"

"Not a lot when you shout into the air," Cake answered startling me.

"How long have you been there?"

"Long enough to here you call out the Lich," Jake replied flipping the eggs. "What the grog was that about anyway?"

"Nothing. Just some stupid reoccurring dream I keep having."

"For how long?"

"Ever since Christmas vacation hit."

"Anything new happen this time," Star asked.

"Apart from seeing the Lich, no."

I got up and did my, um, morning routine, in the bathroom. It was a bit of a challenge because my mind for some reason was set on school. Every few minutes or so I kept reminding myself that school didn't exist anymore. One of the few perks on time travel. Anyway once I finished, I went over to the table to eat breakfast. Jake and Cake made Everything Burritos. I dug right in while Star picked at it.

"Much different from dog food isn't it," I teased.

"What's even in this thing," she questioned.

"Emery kond o breafeat fud," Finn muffled.

"In English please?"

"He said every kind of breakfast food," I clarified. "How's that for bilingualism?"

"Oh sure, that you understand," Star batted.

"So what's the plan for today?"

"We should probably see what the Ice Dweebs brought you here for," Fionna spoke. "And we better do it before the show starts. We only have a few hours."

"What time is it," I asked.

"Its Noon dude," Jake told me, making almost choke on my burrito.

"I am so late for sch-"

I stood up and got weird looks from all of them. I mentally face palmed myself when I realized my stupidity.

"Right," I said sitting down again. "No school in the future. Got it"

"Didn't you say you hated school," Cake recalled.

"I do. My mind just won't let me forget about it though. Maybe that's because Luna's still-"

"Do you smell that," Star interrupted.

Jake and Cake sniffed the air with Star. Luckies. They get superpowers and super-senses.

"It's coming from the Candy Kingdom," Jake exclaimed.

Jake and Cake grew their bodies but their heads stayed the same size. Finn and Fionna grabbed their packs and hoped on their pals. Even Star got on Cake. They were about to leave but then the oversized animals turned to face me standing behind them.

"Ya coming or what," Finn asked.

"I think I'll this one to the professionALS," I screamed when Star grabbed my collar with her teeth. "Star!?"

"Your coming," she threw me on Jake, "and that's that."

They raced to the kingdom. I decided to memorize the path just in case I may need to know later. Let's see, over the meadow, through the candy woods and we were there. Just like the song, only to a much weirder place. When Jake stepped through the bridge-gate, I saw that everything was caught in flames.

"This can't be Flame Princess' doing," I thought aloud. "Could it?"

"Only one way to find out," Jake replied.

I surveyed the area to see if I could spot her, while Jake kept running along side the girls. I didn't see Flame Princess, but I did see those candy corn kids in a building that was beginning to catch fire. It would've taken too long to alert the others, so I stupidly jumped into the house they were in. As soon as I did the door was immediately sealed off.

"Uh oh," I breathed only to cough. "Kids! Are you in here?!"

"We're here," I heard them call back. "Behind the couch!"

"I'm coming! Just…don't move, okay!"

"Hurry!"

I ran into there living room and lifted their couch to find them.

"You're really strong," the littlest one said.

"Are you kidding," I said. "You're couch is made of marshmallows. Now fallow me!"

They nodded and started trailing after me. Since the door was blocked off I lead them upstairs. In retrospect, not my best idea. We reached a large bedroom which I guessed belonged to their parents. The door barricaded too once we were all in.

"What do we do now," the boy asked me.

I looked around the room in a panic and saw that the window was open.

"Hop on my back," I ordered. "And fast!"

Without hesitation they piled on. Thankfully, I could move normally because these three were really light. I broke the window with my retractable sword just to make more room. Then I notice a tree in front of the house that wasn't on fire. I lashed out my grass sword and it roped around o branch just low enough for us to make it down safely.

"Hang on tight," I called.

Once I felt their hands grip my shirt I jumped and swung from the house and onto the ground. The sword went back into a wristband, the kids let go and we were about to walk away from the building.

Until…

"LOOK OUT," Star called.

I looked behind me and saw the building come towards us.

A/N:

Teller14-djb: CLIFFHANGER! HANGING FROM A CLIFF!

Clockwork: Can't hold on much LONGER!

Teller14-djb: If you don't know what that's from you had a bad childhood. No offense. So while I got you guys on the ropes with this, let's have some fun. I'll still post the next chapter but I want to start our challenge. I won't ask you what the name of the song is; instead it's for all the artists out there.

Clockwork: Viewer Challenge Time!

Teller14-djb: From what you guys have read so far, I want you guys to make a picture for Into the Wormhole and send it to my PM. Tell them what they'll win Clockwork.

Clockwork: The best design will be featured for this story and if they choose they'll receive a cameo in the next story! So until then…

Teller14-djb&Clockwork: See ya around!