CHAPTER 39
Finn makes his way to the castle's Grand Hall and hides behind a pillar. He sees everyone in the Candy Kingdom tied up. At the end of the hall, the Lich sits on Princess Bubblegum's throne with Huntress Wizard, still trapped in a bubble, by his side.
Huntress Wizard is still pounding on her bubble. She tries her teleportation spell and it fails. The Lich looks at her and laughs.
"Save your strength. By now, you should know it's futile to escape." The Lich says. He then looks at everyone else and says "As should the rest of you. Soon all of you will die."
The Lich laughs again, and Finn steps out of hiding.
"FINN! THANK GLOB YOU'RE HERE!" Princess Bubblegum says.
The Lich looks up and is surprised.
"Is everyone okay?" Finn asks. Everyone nods or says "Yes".
"How is this possible?! There's no way for you to make it here within an hour."
"I'm full of surprises. You should know that by now." Finn said.
"Yes, I suppose you're right." The Lich says as he draws his sword. "Now, let's end this."
"Of course. But before we begin, I want to kiss my wife."
"Very well."
The Lich snaps his fingers and the bubble bursts.
Huntress Wizard runs forward and embraces Finn and they kiss. Finn covertly takes the ring off and places it in her hand.
"Take this and go get help." He whispers.
Huntress Wizard looks at it.
"What is it?" She whispers back.
"A teleportation ring. It belonged to Garrick. Just focus on a place and it'll take you there."
"A teleportation ring? Why didn't he use it to escape?"
"I don't know. He gave it to me before he died, and he wanted me to ask you to forgive him."
A tear falls down her cheek at the news of her brother's redemption and death.
"Of course I do."
She discreetly puts it on.
The Lich begins to tire of the sentimentality.
"Enough of this." The Lich says as he waves his hand and Huntress Wizard finds her hands tied up and placed with the others.
The Lich walks forward with his sword.
"Okay. Let's fight." He says.
As the Lich is distracted with fighting Finn, Huntress Wizard calmly whispered a spell and her and everyone's bindings were undone.
Huntress Wizard then whispers to Princess Bubblegum "Do you have a place where all of you can hide?"
Princess Bubblegum nods and motions to the others to follow her. They do and they all sneak out.
Huntress Wizard knows she hasn't got time to waste. She transports herself to a mountainside and says "Wizards rule." The entrance to the Wizard's Market opens and she hurries to the Wizard's Council and barges in on their meeting. One of the wizards speaks.
"Huntress Wizard, what brings you here? You know that this meeting is for council members only. You are not allowed here."
"My apologies, but we're in great danger. I need your help."
"Danger? What sort of danger?"
"The Lich."
The wizards begin murmuring amongst themselves.
"That's impossible. He was destroyed by Finn."
"I'm afraid he found a way to come back. Finn is my husband and he's fighting him right now inside the castle of Princess Bubblegum."
The wizards murmur again between each other. Afterwards one of them gets up and gets a huge book from a bookshelf and lays it on the table. One of them opens it to a page. They talk amongst themselves again and nod in agreement.
"We believe we found a spell that will work, but it will require pixie dust, which none of us have."
Huntress Wizard's eyes widen, then she reaches in her pocket and takes out the bags of pixie dust the fairies gave her.
"Here, I have some." Huntress Wizard says as she hands them over.
The wizards take them and form a circle and begin mixing the ingredients in a cauldron. A flame bursts from it, and then it's over. A wizard reaches in and pulls out a dart. He hands it to her.
"Here, use this dart. It must hit him, and you'll have only one shot. So please be careful. Now go, time is short."
"Thank you." Huntress Wizard says as she teleports back.
She sees Finn and the Lich still fighting. At that moment, the Lich looks over and sees everyone but her gone.
"WHAT?!" The Lich says angrily. Finn rushes in to attack when the Lich's guard is down, but the Lich knocks him clear to the other side of the room.
"WHERE ARE THEY, GIRL? WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?" He angrily asks.
"I'll never tell you." Huntress Wizard replies defiantly.
The Lich grabs her and says "YES YOU WILL!"
"NO I WON'T!" Huntress Wizard yells back as she stabs the Lich in the hand with the dart.
The Lich yells in pain as he drops her.
Then, the Lich looks in horror as he is slowly being turned into stone. He looks at Huntress Wizard in disbelief.
"WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME GIRL?" The Lich yells.
"Put an end to your miserable existence. No longer will your evil hurt anyone else."
"NO I CAN'T DIE! NOT LIKE THIS! NOT LIKE-"
The Lich falls silent as the rest of him becomes stone.
Finn and Huntress Wizard rush towards each other and kiss.
They both look at the lifeless statue that the Lich has become.
"What should we do with it?" Huntress Wizard asks.
"I'm not sure. I'm sure Princess Bubblegum will think of something."
They both walk towards the door to leave.
"You know, you never got around to finishing your story about how you became a wizard." Finn said.
"Okay. Next, I-"
With that, the viewscreen goes black.
Jake turns to Prismo and asks "We're not going to hear the rest of her story?"
"Sorry, Jake. It gets fuzzy after that."
"Well, okay." Jake says disappointingly.
"Cheer up, Jake. After all, I shown you three possibilities with whom Finn might end up with, and they all turned out great. So you don't need to worry about him when it comes to love."
"Yes but I would like to know which one it is."
"Sorry, Jake. But that decision lies with Finn."
"You're right."
Jake looks at his watch.
"Oh my! It's getting late!"
Jake heads toward the door. He turns and waves goodbye.
"Thanks, Prismo! See you later!"
Prismo waves goodbye.
"Anytime, Jake! See you later!"