Chapter 10: Camping Talk

As Finn was getting back to his right mindset after getting knocked out from training with Grant. He realized it was night time now, and he saw Fionna and Violet roasting some food over a fire, laughing and talking happily. "Oh good, you're finally back in your right mind," Grant said chuckling while relaxing on a log by the fire. Finn remembered what had occurred to injure him. "Ugh… I got beaten badly, didn't I?" he asked feeling bad for being beaten so easily. Just then he saw Grant give him some of the cooked meat from the fire.

"I found some ugly beast for food. So, kid, you sure you didn't want to tell your families before we left, or you not got any?" Grant asked wondering if Finn and Fionna had any family to tell about their whereabouts. "Nah, Fionna has an older sister and I only have a girlfriend and an older brother. We weren't exactly seeing eye-to-eye a little before this. In fact, I outright left our home after an argument," Finn explained in irritation, just thinking back on it. Grant chuckled while looking into the fire. "What was it over?" he questioned. Seeing him mad was slightly funny to him.

"He always is paranoid if I'm out of his sight for too long, especially if it's with a girl. He got mad because I was stuck in a forest with Fionna for a night, all because of stupid Tier 15," Finn told Grant about what had happened. Grant burst out laughing hearing it, catching Violet and Fionna's attention from their conversation.

"So, kid, at your age you don't know what Tier 15 is? The land has become more cowardly since my time. I learned about it when I was barely fifteen," Grant claimed knowing Finn was older than that and found it funny how he didn't know. "Would you two like to know what it is?" Violet offered Finn and Fionna. The two just looked at each other with confused faces, unsure if they should agree or not. "Um, sure I guess," he responded, looking at the two as if they had been hypnotized.

"Tier 15 is, like, the best feeling in the world. Nothing else can beat it," Violet started talking to the two about 'Tier 15,' how it works and what it normally results in. Fionna and Finn were listening in awe to Grant and Violet's explanations. They didn't even try to hide anything in it. They were explaining it in full detail.

After the conversation, Finn and Fionna were just looking at the two in awe, their eyes stuck wide open. "Need us to repeat or anything?" Grant asked with a chuckle, seeing the two slightly shake their heads declining the offer. "Right, well, get some rest. We'll continue training tomorrow," Grant told them before he and Violet went to rest. Finn and Fionna looked at each other. "Well… that was uh… interesting," she claimed. "Yeah, I never thought I'd learn about it," he responded since Jake would never talk to him about it.

Before Finn and Fionna could go try to get some rest, they were interrupted by someone. "Finn! Bro!" Jake called over to his brother as they saw him come over. "Jake?" Finn asked confusedly while Fionna sighed, having a bad feeling that another fight may occur. "What the glob are you doing out here, man?" he asked his older brother. "I came to find you, man! Bubblegum said you and Fionna were with two other humans! Listen bro, I'm sorry about acting like I did at the tree fort. Why don't you come home and we can just forget about it?" Jake responded, still worried if the other humans they were with might be assassins.

"Sorry, dude, but I'm not going back," Finn claimed. "What? Why?!" Jake jumped in surprise even after he apologized his little brother was refusing to come home. "Because, dude, my master wouldn't like it. I have my reasons and I told you I don't like getting watched constantly by you anymore. Fionna and I have to obey our masters for now," Finn explained how he hated how paranoid his older brother had been over him the whole time, trying to keep Tier 15 hidden from his brother for so long, but his paranoia of watching Finn each day didn't help anything, but rather annoy him instead.

"B-but…" Jake stuttered shocked about how his bro acted like he didn't want anything to do with him. "Sorry dude. Can you let Cake know I won't be home for a while?" Fionna requested. Jake just let his ears stretch down to the ground as he began walking away, depressed and feeling like he failed as an older brother. After that was aside, Fionna and Finn continued to their tent to rest for the night.

End of Chapter 10