10 Playing in the Snow ( 6,5 year old at the beginning)

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Dudes, I accidentally changed the writing style of this story! But I like this new style. So, tell me if you like the change or if I should go back to my old pattern. Ah, for these who didn't notice it yet, I will only write 25 chapters of this story. Look at my profile if you want to know more.

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Finn really appreciates his lessons with the princess. Well, mostly because almost all of their lessons involve tales of heroes and adventurers. At first I found that funny, after all I was a great adventurer myself. That changed since I am imaging Finn actually going on an adventure, he is just way too innocent.

I thought long about how to destroy his idea of being a hero. It is awful, I know it, but seriously, which decent parent would want their son to go in dungeons full of skeletons or send them in a fight with dragons? No, Finn will not be an adventurer.

To my surprise, Margaret wasn't against Finn being a hero. She says, he must do what he wants to do, or he will be unhappy. The world became harebrained! Better be unhappy than dead, the undefeated rule number one!

I myself had to learn it the hard way. My older brother Sam died while we tried to clear the dungeon at the hole of the center of Ooo. He was something like a mentor to me, the one who protected my innocent at all times.

No, don't think about him. You know that you can't take it. It does only hurt you.

"Dad, it is snowing," a cheerful and childlike scream shouts at me. No, sadly it wasn't Finn; it is my 22 years old blood-related son.
"Can I play with Finn in the snow?"

"Yes, please daddy!" Now Finn butts in hearing Jake's plead and approving of the idea. "Can I, pretty please?" He looks at me with his best puppy eyes. At times like these I am unsure if he is actually a human or a dog.

Well, it is the first time that it is snowing here. Even though our little Forest is not too far away from the Ice-kingdom it never snows here. An old legend says that it snows in Ooo when the old Ice King remembers. Nobody knows what he is supported to remember, but the legend fills everyone with sorrow when it snows. It is almost as if the snow finishes the unspoken part of the legend.

This sorrow attracts a special kind of goblins at the grass-lands which attack with their tears. It is pretty harmless beside the fact that the tears make you really sleepy and sad. Of course, you could fall asleep and freeze to dead but that would need about six hours… Wait, a technical harmless foe? I think I could use that!

"Well, as long as you two play in the grass-lands. Some kinds of carnivorous animals get aggressive and attack even bigger beings when it snows."
I thought Finn would be horrified hearing from the beasts, so that he would surely play in the grass-lands. But fire burns up in his eyes which once also burned in my eyes.
"You have to promise me, Finn!" He would never break a promise. He looks at me as if I caught him red-handed while trying to nibble from Margaret's pie. Nether the less he nods reluctantly.

"Come on Finn, dad would never know it. You do want to be an adventurer, don't you?" Jake is pretty annoying. I promised!
"A true hero never breaks a promise!"
"Baby…" Hearing Jake calling me a baby made me almost giving in. But I am gonna be an adventurer, I can't lie!

After half an hour we finally arrive in the grass-lands. We passed it often when we went to the Candykingdom but the sight was just magical today. I wouldn't even believe that these are the grass-lands if I wouldn't trust my feet.

The small hills of the lands are almost out leveled, only the few trees distracting the seemingly almost flat snowfield. But this works in favor for the beauty of the lands. All leafs are completely white with a thin layer of snow surrounding it, while the thin branches look like glass. Only the thick tree trunk is still mostly green, even though the snow and wind painted them slightly white creating a complicate muster.

Without moving an inch away from my spot I stare overtaken at this new panorama. For felt hours, which were in reality only seconds, I was out of myself. Jake, noticing that my admiration took over me, uses his chance quickly. A snowball shakes me ungentle out of my rigor.

Losing my balance from the sudden impact I fall in the snow twinkling puzzled. My brain slowly began to work again, telling me who was most likely the thrower; Jake. Sure enough, I heard him laughing madly.

"That wasn't funny, Jake," I yell crossing my arms. The laughing does not die out but grows even more in strength. "Dude, that was totally funny! You do only not know what real fun is about," the mean dog answers, still laughing like a hyena.

"Dude, I am all about fun," I scream madly now pouting. "Sorry bro, but since you take lessons from Princess Bubblegum you get lamer by the day!" Well, he is not completely wrong, I try to imitate her. Learning with her is totally algebraic, she tells me so much about heroes and most of them are human like me! But besides that she is pretty boring, in a cute way.

"Hey," Jake shouts out, sounding a bit creped out. "Man, something wet hit me!"

Weird, where could it have come from? We are not near a tree or something. My thoughts of the matter stopped as I was also hit by something wet at my neck. Suddenly, I feel pretty sad. I turn around to see if there was something but there is nothing besides snow.

"Finn, I hear someone crying over there," he tells me looking in the same direction. Someone is crying? I stand up from the snow in order to walk in the direction. After only some steps I am stopped by Jake's hand on my shoulders. Confused, I stare at him. "We have a problem. I can hear crying all around us."

I try to listen closely to every sound. He is right, they are all around us. I grow agitated of the nature of the mysterious crying beings. I turn around, trying to catch a sight of the beings. I do not success for at least a minute.

Jake was luckier than me in his search. After a while he points in the direction of a little snow hill. "Bro, do you see the same as me," he asks nervous. I intensely stare in the pointed direction doing my very best to discover the being. Finally, I see what he means.

In the snow stands a little blue humanoid with white clothes on. No wonder that we had a hard time to discover them. It stares sadly at us, while crying rivers. He looks so vulnerable right now. I almost couldn't take the sight

Suddenly, a lot of water hits my back. I feel again this sadness and urge to just fall asleep. My sight gets fuzzy. With my last strength I turn around, in order to stare at the aggressors. There stands a lot more of these creatures.

"Snow goblins? They aren't supported to live here. How…" Jake explains what these beings are sounding drowsier with each word until he finally falls asleep. Looking at him sleeping, it is actually a good idea. Wait, no, we would freeze to dead! We can't sleep here! Fighting the urge to sleep, I stare at Jake, trying to motivate myself in staying awake in order to save him.

After some minutes, my head is only filled with one wish; that the ground wouldn't be so cold. Well, it doesn't matter anymore since I am already resting on the ground, just about to fall asleep.

I watch out of my hideout how my children are being attacked. 'Yes, I truly am the best farther ever,' I think insulting myself. I have to remind myself that do it for Finn's future. He would die way too early if he were to become a hero.

To my surprise, Jake is the first to fall asleep even though Finn is practically soaking in tears. Finn stares at his brother, ignoring the goblins completely. Somehow, I am beginning to feel proud how long he is able to withstand the goblins. But I know that this is a battle which he can't win, no matter how hard he tries. These goblins are normally on of the weakest and most harmless creatures of Ooo but not when it snows.

Minutes are passing, with Finn staring at Jake. Even a dragon would be long asleep by now. Thinking about saving them now, Finn suddenly falls asleep. Finally, I am able to get them. I start running towards my sons, in about 5 minutes I should be at their side. Silently, I curse the good nose of Jake. If he wouldn't have such a good nose I would have been able to hide myself practically direct beside them without being noticed

While running I drink my fire red portion of energy; the tears of the goblins should now be affectless against me. Smirking brightly, the first tears hit me. The portion works; I feel only the sadness of the tears.

I arrive at the sleeping bodies of my sons. Seeing Jake shivering, a feeling of quilt overcomes me. Finn is not yet as strongly affected by the cold as his brother. Well, he is only half as long in the snow than Jake, so it is probably normal. Placing my sons on my shoulders, I try to run until I notice that they are both way too heavy.

I realize that my way home will not be as easy as I thought it would be. It would have been a good idea to take a sledge with me. Can't help it now, I walk with the speed of a snail to our home. Oh, thinking of snails, one is winking to me.

'Ah, the fur is soo warm and comfy,' I think as I wake up. About to fall asleep again, the memories overflow me suddenly. Moving abruptly to a sitting position I stare at the place I am at. After a short moment I realize that I am in my and Jake's bedroom. His loud snore tells me that he is still asleep.

Looking out of the window I realize that the sun is rising, or maybe setting. I don't know. I decide to leave my room. No matter what, I have to ask dad something.

Arriving at the living room I discover that dad and mom are arguing fiercely over something. I have no chance to discover their subject since they stopped when they heard me enter the room.

Mom hugs me tightly, staring at me as if I was half dead. Looking at dead, he seems to be in pure disbelief. Could it be that I was on the verge of dead? This only strengthens my determination why I want to talk with dad.
"Finn, are you alright? God, I was so afraid that you would freeze to dead! Your stupid farther forgot that you have no fur and can't survive hours in the cold!"

I don't understand why she mentions dad like that. He didn't know about the snow goblins, right? Wait, that doesn't matter right now.

I smile at mom reassuring that I am fine. She seems a little relieved. Now I turn to dad, he seems to feel guilty. Normally I would ask what happened but there is something more urgent right now. I look at him with all the determination that I can build up. "Dad, I want you to train me. I want to be a hero."

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