Finn finishes gathering his gear, heads downstairs, and begins to walk out the door. Marceline lags behind, but not far (as levitating does have it's advantages.) Finn stops several steps outside the entrance of his towering treehouse and without turning he asks of Marceline "So...Where to?" Marceline freezes before saying "Well actually I didn't think this far" Finn chuckles lightly "Well how about the forest there's always bound to be something interesting happen there". Marceline nods in agreement as they begin their trek towards adventure.
Not long after the walk had begun the forest had already come into view. Finn continued his journey forward with Marceline following. She had been staring at him from behind for the majority of the trip. Finn began to speak pulling Marceline out of her trance. "The Scars are from a year back." "Ye...yea I know, I just didn't think they would be so...so deep." She replied. Neither spoke a word for sometime, until finally reaching the woodline. Finn stops before breaking through the trees. He sighs deeply as he bows his head. Marceline drops to the ground, feeling the ground beneath her (something she is not prone to do very often.) "Hey Finn...you ok?" Marceline said worriedly. "Not Really" Finn replied. "You come to me after so long….after when?" , Marceline was confused, unsure of how to answer. "um...Finn I don't-" Finn Interrupts Marceline "Of course you'd play dumb. Why would you actually try to care. You didn't care before you were with PB and you haven't cared since that ended. Marceline you come to me now, because everything else has been taken from you. You have nothing to free yourself from your boredom so where do you go?, the last place you haven't failed Right? Am I not Right? Marceline remains silent now that Finn had turned to face her as he began yelling down on her. She had begun levitating again to help avoid any real confrontation. "Finn, I'm Sorry" Marceline said quietly. Finn then looking up locking onto her eyes. "Sorry?..SORRY DOESN'T BRING MY MOM BACK, SORRY DOESN'T BRING ANY OF THEM BACK!" Finn says furiously. He storms away as he says "I knew I couldn't hold it in. Goodbye Marceline." He fades into the distance as she floats with the clouds letting the tears drift into the wind.
***Several Days Later***
Finn is helping a small farm village repair several homes. Once completing the repairs the village celebrates and invites Finn to be apart of it. He politely declines, but they do not take no for an answer. Finn sits at a table talking to a group of children. He is finishing up his story for the children "There I was trapped within the body of GOLB slowly being digested when suddenly… A HOLE opens up! At that moment Simon said his final goodbyes to his love, as I leaped out to safety." "WOW" the children all said in excitement. Finn prepares to continue the story only to then see a villager running out from the darkness screaming in utter terror. "HELP SOMEBODY". Finn jolts up to see the commotion. Stepping around the children he heads to the noise. The villager collapses a small collection of steps from Finn. He looks down upon her to see a gash laid upon her back. The rest of the village gasp into terror as a voice calls out from the dark. "All who hear me are already dead." Finn looks up, he steps forward warning the rest of the village to return to the light. He walks to the darkness as a familiar laugh begins to sound out louder as draws closer "Hehe, Finn the human. You've tried time and time again." The Voice says. Finn replies "No...I...It can't be...Show yourself LICH!" "All in time boy, all in time" the voice booms as the darkness fades to show the moon's face once again. Finn stands silent as the village folk run to their homes in a panic. Finn turns and runs, he runs harder and faster then he has in a long time. He knows where he must go, the only place he knows to go in a crisis like this Candy Kingdom.
***One Hour Before***
Princess Bubblegum sits at her table as she continues to work on an arm more oriented to Finn nowadays. She struggles to keep herself awake as she lays the final pieces. "Careful. CareFUL, CAREFUL" PB says. PB faceplants onto the work having now fallen asleep. The unfinished arm spits and sputters as it powers down.
***An Hour Passes***
Finn kicks down the door to PB's room as we see the banana guards behind him. PB is still resting her head on the craft table as the unfinished arm is engulfed in flames. The banana guards rush the arm as a threat crushing it in the process. This causes PB to awaken "NO, My work!" PB yells "Sorry Princess" the banana guards say in unison. "Ugh, it's fine just go now." PB says "Yes, Princess" the banana guards reply in unison. PB looks to Finn as he approaches her saying "PB there's an issue." PB then replies "yeah, no kidding" PB says as she gestures to the arm. "what!?" Finn says as he looks to the now burnt arm "No, not that." he finishes saying. "It's abou.." Instantly a Darkness surrounded Finn. It become cold to a point where his breath was visible. Nothing was left, but Finn and the endless void that surrounded him. Then….He spoke. "Nothing changes does it boy? Always running back to her. *Deep chuckle* Even time cannot change your character can it Finn?" Finn's name echoed abound him. As he stood there the cold became focused from behind, he could feel it near his shoulder something reaching for him. Quickly he turns around to see...nothing. The Void now gone in a flash. Finn hears PB from behind "Finn?" Finn turns to her. " Did you not.." Finn stops speaking as PB gives him questioning look. "Are you alright Finn? You came in a panic and were going to tell me something." While the words leave her mouth a Deep SHUSH can be heard within Finn's head. "then you just froze and turned around." PB said . Finn replies with "Um, Sorry Princess I think I overreacted." "Is it your mother again?" PB asks "What!? No I haven't seen her in some time." Finn says. "Well what was it then?" PB continues push for an answer. Finn tells her "N...Nu...Nothing,...I gotta go."
***One Hour Later***
Finn Returns to a silent home, He climbs the ladder and begins to prepare for bed, after putting away his equipment Finn looks to Jake snoring in his bed. Finn begins to think as he continues to put his equipment away. As Finn finishes removing everything from his satchel, he can still hear it. FINN how he spoke it still puts fear into him. FINN repeated once again, but this time stronger and louder from behind him. Finn Turns frantically to see...nothing.
