The Hero's Pride rolls gently over the wide ocean, splashing every time the bow comes back into the frothy waters, the captain and the crew both being tossed to and fro by the constant, ruthless and yet soothing waves. The ship itself isn't overly large and could easily be handled by one person but Finn had still picked up a small crew of just five people, to keep him company if nothing else. The oak wood panelling, the hand crafted guard rails that ran the length of the ship, intricately designed to appear as if seashells had been crafted to form a long rail and the wheel, a simple almost cliché design, aside from the golden ring lining the rim. The sails at least three or four times taller than Finn, are a pure white, made of a very fine cotton, while the crow's nest, fitted with a swivelling spyglass, sat at the top. The instant Finn had seen the boat, when he had first gotten into sailing, Finn had been in love with it. From top to bottom Finn keeps it sparklingly clean because it was exactly what the name suggested, the Hero's Pride.

Finn himself is at the wheel, admiring his ship for the umpteenth time. His thoughts drifting while his worries seem far away, almost as if he'd left all his troubles back in OOO. With nothing on the horizon and nothing to aim for Finn is just heading out not knowing where he is going and hoping for the best. Day after day passes by with little to interest him aside from the occasional island or the games played on his breaks with the crew, there have been no boats or other signs of life however. Finn's days are excruciatingly simple and slow. After waking up early in the morning he will unfurl the sails, have breakfast from his rations stored below deck with the crew and then continue sailing. Around lunchtime, Finn and the crew will take a quick snack from his rations before going straight back to the wheel or their posts and continuing their course.

Because of the small numbers of Finn's crew, he has gotten to know then quite well, his first mate, Arty was the one who'd represented the group when he'd heard Finn was recruiting a small crew, he was also their leader and was both feared and respected, he seemed to be some sort of humanoid octopus with a dark pinkie-purple skin and tentacles for arms, as far as Finn can tell. Berry is their lookout, he will sit in the crow's nest and keep an eye out for anything that might help them, he is extremely prone to singing and will often start train reactions of old songs throughout the ship that would have everyone joining in, berry had resemblance to that of a monkey and is the shortest of the crew. Hayes is in charge of keeping their rations, he will often tell jokes and stories to the others on breaks of the kind of mischief he would get up to back in his hometown in OOO, Hayes is very similar to the dolphin, while he isn't the strongest of the crew, he is definitely the smartest, his talent with numbers is a force to be reckoned with, it made Finn wonder why he hasn't gone into accountancy or something of the like. Ward is the biggest on the ship, stocky and very heavily built, he handles the ships weaponry, at first Finn hadn't thought of putting cannons on his ship, having mainly used it to go fishing or just for sailing, but as soon as Ward had seen the ship he had gotten to work, fitting canons and altering them to be the perfect size to both fit the ship and do damage, he often sits for hours tinkering away with his weapons of his own design that worked in a similar fashion to hand grenades, Ward was very similar to the Orca that Finn had seen once or twice around the northern areas of OOO, this is because Ward's skin is completely black but has a white front, he is also very prone to starting a fight and is very feisty or aggressive. The final member of the crew and the only female member is Flora, she does nothing more than provide support to other members of the crew however they had insisted that she be allowed to come with them when Finn had hired them, with her sharp tongue and witty retorts Finn had initially believed that she would be a waste of space but after seeing her spar with the other crew members he admitted that if they got into a pickle it wouldn't hurt to keep her around. Flora is very beautiful and often draws the gaze of Finn himself when they are in their downtime, Flora most resembles the corals and the plant life that would grow at the bottom of some of the reefs surrounding OOO, she has bright orange skin with patches of cyan around her eyes that make it look like some kind of makeup, her looks paired with her flirty attitude make Finn laugh when she would tease some of the other crew members.

It is the sixteenth or seventeenth day of Finn's journey and Finn and the crew are having their early morning ration. Berry has become transfixed with a rock in the distance, he doesn't know exactly why, but he just gets this off feeling when he's looking at it. Deciding just to shrug off his weird feeling, Berry climbs back up to the crow's nest for another day of fruitless spotting a storm was coming, he could see it, feel it, taste it, the salt in the air told them all they needed to know but none of them bothered to speak up assuming it wouldn't be any trouble to them. But. The following day just when Berry thinks he can see land off in the distance he notices something, the rock he had seen the day previously was there as well, and it seems to be getting closer to them. Closer. Closer, the others had noticed it now too and an uneasiness had settled over the small crew of The Hero's Pride, it was then, in one moment, that they all realised in sudden, dreaded clarity, that it was no rock. It was a ship. A huge, beast, and it was prowling across the murky waters towards them as if stalking its prey. It was close enough to see faces now, jaunting, jeering faces peering into their ship knowing their advantage. When both boats had finally reached a standoff both of them going in circles to avoid getting flanked their leader comes to the side of the ship, a humanoid with resemblance to that of a shark, except for his blood red skin. He calls across "I be Capn Red Rackam, what might ye be doin in me waters this fine eve?", to which Finn stepped forward from among the crew and told him about their long journey and that they seek to land on the shores that they had just come from. After hearing what Finn says the captain laughs, an unfriendly bark and looks Finn and his crew over, and then Finn's ship. "should ye be wantin' passage in me territry' matey, 'ere be a toll ye're be havin' ta pay." The Captain stated, Finn barely able to understand the man's thick accent. to this the strange captain's crew gave an exited collection of murmurs before quietening down to allow Finn to respond, "a toll? What kind of toll? We haven't got much to offer though." He shouted beginning to feel the hairs on his arms stand up, his crew behind him were fidgeting, he'd ask them what this is about later but for now he would have to go along with what this, captain wants. "the first thing we'll be wantin food so well take yours, next be that young lass right ere, me boys need a lil' fun now an again eh?" a laugh went through hi crew at this while The Hero's Pride crew shook their heads and nodded to each other, they had agreed on what to do in a situation like this, Red continued, "... and the third be... your ship.", even before hearing their final demand Finn had decided he wouldn't agree to their terms, but after hearing that they wanted his ship Finn got even angrier, but before he could shout back, Arty put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a knowing smile, before he turns to the rest of the crew and they say in sync "lets give 'em hell cap."

Finn smiles at his crew before turning back to Red Rackam, "we do not agree to your terms Red, now let us through before we have to use force!". Red gives another round of harsh laughter before saying "if that be 'ow ye want to play, then so be'it!", when Red finishes both he and Finn shout "fire" at the same time.

Both sides are nailing round after round into each other, sustaining heavy damages, Finn taking no current casualties, aside from berry who's been injured in the leg and Red, due to Wards tech, has lost a lot of men but still stood around fifty strong. The conflict is now coming to an end, both ships are damaged irreparably and on their last legs but Rackam has one last trick up his sleeve. At the back of Rackam's ship a hidden compartment suddenly opens, inside is a small black and yellow sphere with spikes coming out of it, Red sprints towards the sphere and dives onto the floor hidden from Finn and his crew's view. Red then pops up from behind cover and throws the sphere in Finn's direction, while at the same time the mast on Reds ship comes crashing down onto Finn's, entangling the ships, but also causing the sphere to stick to the masts hanging between the ships.

Everything seems to be in slow motion for Finn, he could see clearly when Red had thrown the sphere and when he had realised Reds do or die plan and that what he had just thrown was a very high powered explosive, he froze. He is brought back to his senses however, when Arty bowls into him and knocks him backwards over the side of the ship, the last thing he sees is Artie's sad, smiling face as he tumbles down into the dark, cold, debris filled water. Finn is trying desperately to get to the surface when a huge red and orange light went off signalling that the bomb has exploded, successfully destroying what is of left of Finn's prized ship...and his crew. Debris is flying past him in the water as he tries to scramble his way to the surface. The air in his lungs is running out. He isn't going to make it. He is going to die. Die and be just another corpse claimed by the sea.

No. That is not his fate. This is not how he is going to die, Finn gives one last spurt towards the surface and is just about there, his hands are out of the water, when another piece of wood pelts into his stomach, pushing him back into the depths again and knocking the air out of him. Finn is crying. He hadn't noticed it because of him being in the water, but he is crying, this wasn't how he'd imagined he'd go. The last thing Finn sees before the darkness takes him is his treehouse, back in OOO, it's in full bloom and the petals are raining down from the sky, his friends are there, Jake, lady, Princess Bubblegum, flame Princess and others, but Marceline's not there, where was Marceline?, why wasn't he with her? and she with him? and why weren't they telling each other how much they love the other?.' Oh yeah' he thought fighting to stay conscious 'she doesn't love me.'.