Hey, guys, welcome to the Universe! It's been quite a long time since we've updated Adventure Time - a REALLY long time, probably months - and we thought it's about time we ended the saga. One of the reasons we hadn't updated, other than me being preoccupied with upcoming fics and general laziness (sorry), was the lack of feedback from you guys. With the amount of time it takes to write these things, we'd like to know what you liked, hated or just a general comment on the story and the silence has been disheartening and downright disappointing to say the least.

That being said, it's been far too long since we updated and, lack of feedback or not, it's time to finish the story. Here we go!


DARKNESS. A swallowing fog filled the realm Natsu roamed in. He squinted, struggling to see when a warm light caught his eye. A fire.

"What the?"

He approached it, feeling a strange calm wash over. He looked around. The flames illuminated his surroundings dimly and behind him were his friends. They were terrified.

"Guys ..." He said in worry


ERZA, GRAY, Lucy, Happy, Finn, Jake, Marceline and Phoebe slowly stepped away from Natsu. The Salamander stood before, misshapen and hideously transformed into a large muscular humanoid beast with red scales black fire for hair, large tusks, horns, a tail and black fiery feathered wings slowly stretching. His cold, black eyes watched them and he growled.

"Natsu!" Happy flew toward him.

"Happy, get back!" Erza pulled him back.

Natsu shot a ball of fire at her from his palm. Finn, drawing his sword, got in the way and deflected it but the impact threw him off he's feet.

"Natsu, what the flip, man?" Finn frowned as he got back up and Natsu roared in response. Finn turned to Erza "Is this one of his powers?"

"No. He ... he's never done this." Erza said.

Finn looked at her, unconvinced. Natsu lunged at the crew and they quickly separated. Finn blocked Natsu's massive paw and he got pushed back, initiating a stare-down.

"Natsu, you have to fight it." Finn said.

"Oh, no, he can't help it." Klarion said with a chuckle, "The seal is broken and you're all going to die."

Klarion laughed and a whooshing sound drew Finn's attention as Natsu summoned a light mandala that fire swirled into. Natsu spat a fireball at Finn who evaded it, letting it explode behind him. Jake leaped at Natsu from behind, enlarging his fist.

"Sorry, dude!" Jake said.

Jake smacked Natsu aside with a powerful blow, tumbling him back. Natsu tried to ignite a fireball in his mouth and a beam of ice hit him, freezing it instantly.

"ICE MAKE: ICE GEYSER!" Gray yelled.

Gray slapped the ground and ice spread out, encircling Natsu and turning into spikes that launched him upward. Joining the attack, Marceline flew up and pounded him to the ground with massive fists, causing the earth to rumble.

Lucy watched the battle, gripped and confused, and she saw Erza and Happy who're equally frozen. She turned and saw humanoid demons approach.

"Uh, guys?" Lucy backed up.

The demons charged at them and Erza drew her sword, jumping into the fray and pushing them back with a powerful lightning blast.

Natsu attacked Finn, bombarding him with wild clawing that the boy dodged. Natsu jumped back and sprayed fire on Finn, washing him over and sending him into a wall. Gray, summoning an ice sword, ran toward Natsu. Natsu raised his hand, ready to attack, when Phoebe tackled him and hurled him onto a wall.

Phoebe rose up and threw fireballs and Natsu, hazing his eyesight, and shot down with a huge punch that caused dust to spread out. The earth rumbled as a result and the others were gripped at attention. Klarion, however, was not and he grinned.

The dust cleared, revealing Natsu with his arm impaled into Phoebe's stomach.

"Phoebe!" Finn yelled.

Natsu grabbed her face and tossed her aside. Finn, enraged, pulled his scarf over his mouth and drew out two twin swords, the Twin Enix. He charged at Natsu, his gauntlets and boots coming aglow, and swung his blades down, causing wind to shoot at him. Natsu stood, unfazed by the attack, and stretched out his wings that went on fire.

An unbearable heat spread through the room, so much that even the demons writhed in discomfort. Wiping sweat from her brow, Erza turned and saw Natsu approach Finn who sent slices of wind at him with his blades. Finn held his swords out and swung them down; creating a curve of wind that broke the ground apart.

Natsu remained unfazed.

"Dammit." Finn growled.

Gray panted "Ice ... Make: PRISON!" He summoned a light mandala and it vanished. "Huh?"

A powerful wind burst out of Natsu, forcing all those near him to their knees. Finn struggled in the onslaught, trying to lift his blade, but Natsu was already on him! The Dragon Slayer smacked Finn aside, knocking the blades out his hands. Natsu turned to the others and fire spread out from his feet.

Happy looked up, unable to move from the fire speeding towards him and Marceline jumped in front of him, shielding him with her arm. The fire burned her skin and she screamed in agony. The fires raced toward Erza and Lucy and the demons ran.

Erza saw this and quickly summoned her adamentium armour, shielding her and Lucy. The shield immediately cracked and Erza panicked.

"What's going on out there?!" Lucy said struggling.

Erza looked out and the shield exploded, knocking her and Lucy back. Erza stood slowly, looking at the wall of fire swirling around Natsu. She was afraid, but moved to him.

"Natsu, you have to stop!"

Natsu growled and hurled a fireball at her! She summoned her Flame Empress Armour, absorbing the wave. Her suit cracked and she gasped, quickly jumping out of the way and the wave exploded. Natsu roared and she quickly summons her sword.

"I don't want to fight you." Erza said.

Natsu charged at her and she clenched her sword, ready for him. As he drew closer, she looked into herself, dismissing her sword and she stopped his forehead with her palm, looking him in the eye.

"Erza, get away from him!" Gray yelled.

"Natsu, look at me. I know you're in there." Erza said.

Natsu growled, his fires grew stronger, causing Erza's glove to crack, but she still held on.

"You have to fight this - you're under a spell."

Fire exploded out of Natsu, nearly blowing Erza back, but she still stood.

"Natsu, I know you're in there," Erza held his face with both hands, "It's me, Erza, follow my voice."

Natsu growled and lurched back from her. He thrashed about wildly. The others stood in awe and watched him as his flames died down. His body turned back to normal and he collapsed to his knees. Erza ran toward him.

"No, no, no!" Klarion yelled and stood up. "This isn't supposed to happen." He growled and raised his arm. "You wanna mess with my toys? Fine then, let's play."

The heroes and mages raised their weapons, ready to fight when a bright light burst out of Klarion, knocking them back. He raises his arms and the room started crumbling. A deep red aura emanated from him and the room went black.

"You think you can fight a god?" Klarion asked.

The guys looked around in confusion, blindly deflecting attacks from demons around them. Klarion stepped forth from the darkness and snapped his fingers, summoning a wave that forced the guys off their feet and knocking the demons into other rooms.

Klarion laughed as he approached them and Finn threw a device into Klarion's chest. Klarion was amused, but was quickly knocked back onto a wall and electricity burst from the device.

"Guys, we don't have much time before the device runs out of power." Finn drew his swords. "Lucy, draw up the circle - the rest of us will hold him off."

"Hold him off? Do you not see how powerful he is?" Marceline asked.

"I know what I'm doing - follow my lead."

Finn, Natsu, Erza, Gray, Phoebe, Marceline and Jake ran toward Klarion as he broke the device and he fired red lightning at them. Lucy opened a book and put it on the floor. In it was an illustration of a complicated mandala.

"Are you sure you can draw it in time?" Happy asked.

"Don't worry, I got this." Lucy said, drawing out a piece of chalk.

"Okay, I just think it'd be better if a person with human hands drew it up –," Happy said.

"Not now, Happy!" Lucy frowned.

Finn swung his sword at Klarion and missed him as he stepped back and blasted him away. Klarion dished out blasts similarly to Phoebe, Jake, Gray and Marceline, but was caught off guard by Natsu who knocked him down with furious right punch.

Finn took the opportunity and blasted Klarion with a wind vortex from a device in he's hand. Klarion remained standing, but was weakened and Natsu and Finn took advantage of this. Natsu hit Klarion with two fire-infused punches and kicked him to Finn who uppercutted him back to Natsu.

"Crimson Lotus: FIRE DRAGON'S FIST!" Natsu yelled.

The fires on Natsu's fisted expanded to great size and he barraged Klarion with a flurry of punches. His attacks were rapid, nearly invisible to the naked eye and he knocked Klarion back, sending him skidding into the floor.

Finn grasped his amulet and it glowed, allowing him to levitate. The others recuperated and followed Natsu and Finn as they descended on Klarion.

Lucy, having finished drawing the mandala, stood up and looks at it. Nothing happened. "Uh, shouldn't something be happening?"

"It should be –,"

A loud rumbling drew their attention as the others were flung all across the room. Klarion walked toward them with fury in an aura of energy.

Lucy started to panic when she saw the Enchiridion on Klarion's throne.

"Happy, we need the Enchiridion," Lucy said.

"What, you want me to get it?" Happy asked.

"You're much faster than I am and the others are in trouble."

"Do you want me to die?" Happy asked.

"You'll die if you don't try to help!" Lucy growled.

Happy bit his lip and braced himself. Spreading out his wings, he shot toward Klarion's throne and grabbed the book from it. Klarion saw this.

"Hey, what're you doing?"

"Oh-oh!" Happy flew off.

"Hey, get back here!"

Klarion raised his hand and summoned a holographic arm which he grabbed happy with. Happy tried to fly, but failed to battle his pull. He tossed the book to Lucy and Klarion panicked.

"NO!"

Klarion dropped Happy and flew toward the Enchiridion which Lucy ran toward as well. The book opened mid-air and the mandala Lucy drew started to GLOW.

"Lucy!" Natsu yelled.

A bright light burst out of the book, blinding the others and disappeared. The guys looked and saw that Lucy, Klarion and the book had vanished.

"Lucy?" Natsu said, dumbfounded.

"Wh-what just happened?" Finn looked around.

"A portal just took off with them." Marceline said.

"Where are they?" Erza looked around.


LUCY'S EYES shot open and she gasped as she floated in a desolate realm. Purple clouds, debris and smoke moved all around her and she squinted as she saw Zanpakutou floating in the distance above.

"Where am I?"

She looked around and the enchiridion hovered nearby. She grabbed it and heard noises. Moving past a large wall, she shifted down and saw the celestial spirits below.

"Guys?"

"Lucy?" Taurus turned to her.

"Guys!" Lucy grinned and swam down.

The spirits gathered around her. They're all there: Taurus, Gemini, Scorpio, Loke, and several others she hadn't seen before. She smiled, but frowned as she realized they were all different ages than she remembered. She looked around in awe and shock and saw the celestial king floating nearby.

"Wha? You're here?" Lucy asked.

"Lucy Heartfilia, it's good to see you again, though I'd prefer you were somewhere else." The Celestial King said.

"What happened to you guys?"

"It's as I said, we just appeared here long ago." Loke said.

"I can't believe it, I finally found you!" Lucy grinned. "I need to get you guys out."

"No, Lucy, you have to get out of here - it's dangerous."

"Yeah, our ages keep changing, but who knows what'd happen to ya." Scorpio said.

"I can't leave you guys –," Lucy tried to say when she suddenly shuddered.

Several spirits shuddered as well and she opened her eyes to see her clothes hanging off her shoulders. She'd turned thirteen!

She looked around and saw the other spirits had changed as well!

"Wha? What happened?"

"It's as I said, you have to go." Old Scorpio said.

"No, I won't leave you!" Lucy said.

"Lucy, listen to your spirits - you could die here." The Celestial King said.

"But I can't just leave you behind!" Lucy yelled.

She looked around and sees the spirits panicking. Some lurched in pain and Aries crawled on a nearby building, struggling to breathe in her old age.

"I can't leave you here." Lucy said.

"Lucy, please!" Loke yelled.

Lucy shuddered and coughed badly. She looked at her palm and saw blood and looked at her pallid, frail old arms. She'd become 80!

"Lucy, you're going to die if you don't leave." Loke said.

"But I –," Lucy said.

The Enchiridion glowed brightly and the clouds around them started to swirl. They turned into portals all around them, each showing a different dimension. Lucy looked around, in pain, and saw the Celestial Kingdom nearby. She looked at her hands and saw her skin peel back from the book.

"Guys, there's the Celestial World, you can go now! I'll hold the book!" Lucy said.

"Lucy, it's killing you." Loke said.

"If that's what it takes, then fine, but I won't let you suffer here." Lucy said.

Loke tried to speak, but saw the determination in her eyes. He nodded and he and the others reluctantly moved toward the portal to the Celestial Kingdom. The Celestial King, the last of them, turned to Lucy and saw her arms have turned to bone.

He placed his hand through the Celestial Kingdom portal then raised his free hand toward her. His eyes came aglow.


PHOEBE GRUNTED as Finn bandaged her wound, closing it. He looked at her with worry – her pale, sweaty face looking back at him in pained relief. He knew she'd be okay.

"Can you stand?" He asked, offering a hand.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." She said weakly and he helped her up.

Erza stood across from them, watching Natsu in anguish as he stared emptily at the wall. "Natsu, she's gone."

"No … no, she can't be." Natsu frowned.

"It's been an hour." Marceline said.

"No, she's still out there, I know she is."

A bright light came from the corner of the room, drawing the attention of the guys, and out spilt Lucy who collapsed on the floor while clinging to the book. The others rushed to her side and found that she was still old.

"Who's that?" Happy asked, not recognizing her.

"Lucy?" Natsu's face lit up and he ran to her.

"Lucy?"

"What happened?" Natsu said, holding Lucy up.

"Why's she holding the Enchiridion?" Finn took the book then saw her skinned arms. "What happened to her?"

"We've gotta get her back to Inza's, quick!" Marceline said.


NATSU, FINN, Erza, Gray, Marceline, Phoebe, Happy and Jake stood around Inza, watching as she moved her hands over an unconscious Lucy on a table in her house. She shifted her hands as if performing a reiki, scanning her body which had turned back to its original state.

"I took out as many of the foreign particles as I could that were causing her aging. It's all up to her now." Inza said.

The others watched in worry, Natsu being the most worried and concerned as he moved closer to her. "Lucy, please wake up."

The others glanced at each other, the grim realization dawning on them as they moved back. Tears welled in Natsu's eyes as he looked at Lucy when she suddenly stirred.

"Lucy?"

"N … Natsu …?" Lucy said as she roused.

"Lucy, you're alright." Natsu said in excitement, helping her sit up.

"Wait, where are they?" Lucy jerked up and looked around.

"Where are who?" Erza asked.

"The Celestial Spirits! I saw them on the other side."

"The other side? What're you talking about?" Finn asked.

"I was sent into another dimension and I found the Spirits there." Lucy said.

"Whoa, really?" Gray said excitedly.

"Yeah."

"So, what happened to them?" Erza asked.

"I don't know." Lucy looked down at her keys, noticing a slight glow to them. "But I'm sure they'll be fine."

"Did you see Klarion? What happened to him?" Finn asked.

"I don't know, I was there alone."

"So, we have no idea where Klarion is." Finn said, pacing about.

"Well, what now?" Gray asked.

"I don't know – there's nothing we can do I guess."

"So, it's back to square one?" Phoebe asked.

"Not exactly." Inza said, now holding the jar. "The magic of the jar has decreased significantly – I can't sense Klarion's presence in this realm."

"So, we beat him?" Lucy asked.

"For now, his powers are at bay – I don't think we'll be hearing anything from him for a long time."


"OH, WHAT? After all that and I still get nothing?" Finn whined as he, Jake, Phoebe, Marceline and the mages walked out the gates of the Candy Kingdom.

"Well, at least PB touched your shoulder, bro; you gotta appreciate being at tier zero." Jake said and Finn growled in response.

"A million Jewel! On to the nearest café, Happy!" Natsu held up a bag of coins with a grin.

"Ai, Sir!" Happy saluted and dashed off with him.

"Natsu, get back here!" Erza chased after him.

Finn watched them run off and chuckled when he felt a sudden warmth as Lucy hugged him. "Huh?"

"Oh, I'm gonna miss you guys." Lucy grinned and moved on to embrace Phoebe. "I'm gonna miss all of you."

"Yeah, it's been pretty fun." Gray said. "I'm gonna take the next train to Magnolia."

"Aw, you can't stay a little longer?" Phoebe asked.

"We could, but we've been gone from the Guild for a while and we've got work to do." Gray responded.

"Well, I hope we can see you guys soon." Finn said.

"Yeah, try to keep the little guy from dying out there." Jake said.

"Yeah, we will." Gray said.

"Bye!" Lucy said with a smile.

Finn waved them off and smiled to himself as they left. "So, what do you guys wanna do now?"

"Sleep forever." Phoebe stretched out. "I'm heading back home."

"Same here." Jake said and walked on. "You coming with?"

"It's okay, I'll catch up." Finn said.

"Well, suit yourself." Jake left with Phoebe.

Finn pocketed his hands and turned to Marceline who hovered nearby silently. "What?" Marceline asked.

"I wanna ask you about something." Finn turned to her. "Why'd you help us?"

"What, with the Klarion thing? I told you, there was something fishy going on with the demons."

"Yeah, but you're not the hero type."

"Can't a girl try something different?"

"Well, I'm not buying it," Finn pulled out his amulet from his jacket. "Miss Abadeer."

Marceline's eyes dilated slightly, but she kept her cool. "Miss what?"

"Four hundred years ago, you gave me this amulet and half an hour later, the mysterious explosion happened." Finn walked up to her, quickly noticing her become tense. "Why'd you give it to me?"

Marceline sifted her mind and huffed, descending to the ground with a shrug. "Fine, I'll tell you …"


A CONSUMING darkness and blackness surrounded Klarion as he floated through the endless void. He reached out and touched the space before him, jerking back in shock as glass spread out in a kaleidoscope of colour and reflections across the universe. He breathed heavily, his voice echoing cacophonously and he crumble under the pressure when a bright light suddenly appeared behind him. He turned and saw a portal open.

"Nazar." He frowned. "What're you doing here?"

Out of the portal stepped a black humanoid being with no facial features with scales along his body, two horns stretching down to his back and a long tail that spread out. "The Witch Boy, he must be losing his touch." The being said telepathically in a voice that sounded like a thousand chilling whispers speaking in synch. "Thwarted by mere children."

"Don't patronize me, you dysfunctional clone." Klarion growled, releasing a red aura.

"You attack him? How would you even fight him?" Nazar said.

Klarion huffed and crossed his arms. "How'd you find me?"

"The Eternal Men sent him for you – there is much to discuss."


Well, hope you enjoyed it.

Sorry if it's short – or overly lazy – (I really hope it isn't), but it's finally finished! Hopeful I can do better with other books, but I'm finally done. Thanks to all the people who favourited and followed in the past – even though I bet they got tired of waiting and gave up – and thank you all who've read this far. If you wanna read more, check out our Star Butterfly fanfic, Star vs. The Universe, and any of our other fics in our stories.

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