Chapter 9 - training
Finn woke up early the next day. He silently slid out of bed and got dressed. He retrieved his hero sword and gauntlets from the armoury. He gathered a few supplies and placed them in his backpack. He slipped the backpack on to his back and silently slipped out of the tree house. The sun was just starting to rise and the sky was a light pink colour. The morning breeze brushed against Finn's face, refreshing him. Finn started walking in the direction of the hero's guild.
After a few hours Finn arrived at the hero's guild. He made his way inside and went straight to the large chamber where he had got his powers. He walked down the stairs to the chambers floor and saw Fionna staring at one of the statues. Finn smiled and walked over to her, thinking about all the questions he wanted to ask her. Fionna heard Finn approaching and turned to face him, smiling.
'Thank glob, your here.' Said Fionna happily, 'I've been here for ages.'
'Really?' laughed Finn.
'Yeah. I've been exploring this place, its huge!' exclaimed Fionna, exaggerating with her hands. 'Follow me. I've got something to show you.' Fionna walked off down a corridor and Finn followed, slightly confused and curious. The corridors were furnished with red wallpaper which was in pretty good condition seeing how old the place was. Torches lined the walls as well as golden shields decorated with strange patterns. After a short walk, Fionna turned left and walked down the corridor to a pair of silver doors. She pushed them open and walked in. Finn quickly followed her inside and as soon as he entered a wicked smile crept across his face. Rows upon rows of swords, axes, hammers, cleavers, maces, shields, daggers, knives, spears, bats and gauntlets lined the walls. Pistols, rifles, blunderbusses, crossbows, and bows accompanied them. All the weapons were different colours, shapes, styles, patterns and sizes. Also several magic books, gauntlets, potions, amulets, rings and staffs were jotted around the room. 'You like?' asked Fionna, giggling at Finns smile. 'I do like.' Replied Finn, still taking in the shear amount of weapons available for him to choose. 'If you like this, you're going to love the other room I found.' Chuckled Fionna. Fionna led Finn back out the armoury and led him to another set of double doors. She opened the doors to reveal a room a large room with ornate wallpaper. Outfits and armour, dressed on mannequins, were lined up neatly on either side of the room. Small rooms with curtains were dotted around the room, probably for trying on the armour. Male armour was on the left and female was on the right. Finn walked over and examined some of the armour. It was all far too big for him but it looked amazing with its large chest plate decorated in bronze and metallic green.
Finn walked around the room a bit and turned to Fionna. She was busy examining a smaller set of armour. A bit of her long blonde hair protruded from the front of her rabbit hat. Her deep blue eyes were like oceans, beautiful and mesmerising. Her beauty was staggering. It made Finn feel things he had never felt before. He felt... in love. More than he had been with Princess Bubblegum. Even more than Flame princess. His stomach did somersaults every time he looked at her. Sure they had known each other for less than a day but Finn just couldn't help himself. She was amazing. Finn walked over to Fionna and stood next to her. 'I think it would look good on you.' said Finn. Fionna turned to Finn. 'You really think so?' asked Fionna.
'Er... well yeah.' Blurted out Finn, his face immediately going red. Fionna giggled and smiled at Finn, causing Finn to blush even more. 'well I think we better get training.' Whispered Fionna in Finns ear. 'um, ok.' Said Finn. The two young heroes walked out the room and began their training.
It had reached early evening when Finn realised the time. He said goodbye to Fionna and began walking home, thinking about the day. As they had trained they had learnt a lot about each other. Finn had learned that Fionna came from a place called Aaa and had a magical cat called cake as a sister. He had also learned that Fionna mainly hung out with someone called Prince Gumball and a vampire called ... he had also told Fionna about his life. He found it very awkward but he managed. By the time he had reached home, it was quite late in the evening. Finn opened the tree houses door and was immediately met by Jake. 'hello Finn.' said Jake calmly. Finn walked in and closed the door, all the time avoiding eye contact with his brother. 'hello Jake.' replied Finn.
'so where have you been today?' asked Jake. Finn looked around the room nervously, desperately trying to think of an excuse. 'I was with... flame princess.' Sighed Finn, realising how bad an excuse that was. 'what did you say?' questioned Jake.
'I was with flame princess.' Said Finn quietly. Jakes face immediately curled in to smile. 'so trying to get it back on, are you? Good for you bro! Said Jake happily. Finn just stared at Jake. 'had he just believed what he had said?' thought Finn. 'just tell me when you're going to disappear like that. Leave a note or something.' Said Jake. Finn smiled, realising that he had just found the loophole he would need to sneak off.