Princess Bubblegum P.O.V.
"Princess! Princess! Princess, wake up!" PB opened her eyes and saw Peppermint Butler next to her.
"Finally! Princess, I have to tell you something very important."
"Okay, let's hear it."
"I analised Finn's grass sword and it turns out it's cursed! It is slowly eating away at his heart, making him more and more evil. Eventually he will believe all his friends are against him and he will start killing people on sight!"
That was a lot to take in. "I…I noticed something changed about him. Now it makes sense. How do we remove his sword?"
"That's the thing, I don't have a solution yet. Give me some time to figure it out and try to keep him away from danger in the meantime."
"Ok, but don't take too long….I…I can't stand seeing Finn like this."
After that she went to her lab and found her tracking device. 'Good thing I planted that tracker on Finn.'
Finn P.O.V.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked around him. Flame Princess was still sleeping, so he went to put his clothes on quietly. Then he climbed down the ladder and heard a sound. It came from the phone. "Sounds like I got a message."
He picked up the phone and started reading. 'The location of the human camp is just east of the Ice Kingdom. When you are done there come back to the shelter. I have a final quest for you.'
Finn couldn't believe it. The only other humans he ever met were Betty and his dad, but he only saw them once. Now he was gonna meet a whole group of them. He might even find out who he is.
All this thoughts made him impatient, so he hurried towards the door.
"Finn!"that was Flame Princess calling.
Finn turned around to face her "I really gotta go FP, what is it?"
"You need to listen to me, please. I kept trying to tell you this. Your sword is cursed. It will slowly destroy your soul as long as you use it. We need to get rid of it somehow!"
After considering it, Finn finnally answered "You….maybe you're right. I felt kinda strange lately. But it will have to wait, now I really need to go somwhere."
"But…"
He interrupted her "We'll talk when I get back. See ya'!"
He hurried out the door and into the forest heading for the human camp Mark told him about.
He must've been pretty close when he heard a noise. Looking to where the noise came from he saw something pink moving. When he realised what it was he felt anger go through his body.
"Finn, stop, you don't wanna go there!"
"How do you know what I want? Get out of the way, I don't want to have anything to do with you."
"Finn, just listen to yourself. This isn't you! This isn't the you I love! That sword is changing you into something bad and evil!"
That surprised him. "How do you know….I….I have been feeling weird lately." He looked at her again and realised he was mad at her for no reason, that the sword made him hate her in the first place. "Oh, Gob, I'm so sorry PB. I…I've been such a jerk. Please forgive me!"
"Thank you for understanding Finn. I knew something was wrong when you started acting strange. We need to get to the Candy Kingdom and find a cure or something."
"Wait, first I need to…I need to go deeper in the forest. I need to find something." Finn wanted to go forward but PB stopped him. "I saw what you're looking for Finn. You won't like what you find there!"
"I need to see this, Princess. I want to know!"
"Okay…..I can't stop you. I'll be waiting at the Candy Kingdom."
With that they separated. Finn went deeper and deeper into the forest until he finally found it.
And then he wished he didn't. The camp was a ruin. The tents were burned and no one was alive. There were four corpses laying on the ground. Finn felt sad like he hasn't felt in a long time. He thought he was gonna get to meet others like him and now his hopes are shattered. He felt a tear but he fought not to cry. He decided he needs to give the bodies a proper burial.
Later, after he finished the burying he headed straight for the fallout shelter. He entered the lab and opened the computer.
"Hello Finn. I trust you have found the camp?"
"I did….but they were all dead."
"I am terribly sorry to hear that. Well, as I said I have a task for you. I have finished the cure but I have no way of distributing it to all the humans, unless you can deliver it."
"Deliver it where?"
"Inside the Candy Kingdom there is a giant tree that I believe you already know. Pour the cure on its roots and the leaves will release a substance in the air. That substance will spread around the Earth and thus all humans will be cured."
Somehow, Finn didn't feel very happy when he heard that. 'But I still probably won't meet other humans'he thought sadly.
"And this 'cure' will be completely harmless?"asked the boy.
"To humans…yes. Though it may be extremely nocive to other beings."
"Wait… what do you mean 'extremely nocive?"
"Most of the intelligent beings in the world will die in a week's time, while the humans will live normally."
"What?! That's insane! I'm not going to kill millions just to save the humans. Many of my friends will die!"
"Finn, you need to understand…this may be our last chance to save humanity."
"If all the humans are like my dad then maybe they're not worth saving."
"You don't know what humans are like. You won't do this just because you don't know any! If you deliver the cure…I can tell you were your mother is."
Finn couldn't believe what he just heard. "I can't do this to my friends…to Jake…or PB."
"No, but you can do this for your mother."
"I…you're right. I have to save my kind."
"Good. Then take this bottle. Pour it on the roots of the tree and you will complete your destiny."
Finn took the bottle from the table and exited the lab, heading straight for the Candy Kingdom.
Princess Bubblegum P.O.V.
She was looking out the window, waiting for Finn to arrive. When he finally did, he looked troubled.
PB came out to talk to him. "What's wrong, Finn?" She asked.
"It's nothing PB."he said walking past her.
"Where are you going?"
"I…I need to get sonething done."
She stopped him. "Finn, what do you want to do? Be honest with me, please."
He raised a bottle. "With this I can save the humans. I just need to pour it onto the roots of the Giant Tree."
Something didn't sound right. "Where did you get that? It might be dangerous. Let me run a few tests on it first."
"No! I need to hurry. He said…he said he can tell me where my mother is."
That surprised her. "Who said that? Finn, he may be lying to you."
"Don't stay in my way, Princess. This cure can save humanity, I know it can!"
"Listen to yourself. It's that sword again, it's making you crazy! Let's just remove it and you'll see you're wrong."
"No…no! You can'tstop me, I'm too clo…AAAHHH!". A firebolt hit Finn in the back of the head and he passed out. PB looked up and saw Flame Princess.
"I can get his sword off while he's out."said the fiery girl.
Princess Bubblegum didn't expect FP to help her, especially since she was jealous on her, but she needed to trust her.
Flame Princess landed and put her hands around Finn's hand. She said some magic words and looked at PB one last time before finishing her spell. "Tell Finn I always loved him….please." she said before dissapearing.
PB couldn't believe what she just saw. The grass sword was gone. Flame Princess had sacrificed herself to save Finn. She realised the flame ruler loved Finn more than life and because Finn was with her, FP couldn't live with that.
Finn P.O.V.
Finn opened his eyes.
"Finn. Are you okay?"asked PB, who was standing right next to him.
"Yeah, yeah I'm alright. I'm so sorry PB. I wasn't myself when I did all those things. And I almost did another mistake."he said, breaking the bottle with the substance.
"So….I guess we can try again now?"she said.
Finn got up and looked PB in the eyes. "Yes. Let's try again."he said as they kissed for what seemed like forever.
