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Finn's first reaction, upon seeing the dog was to fall silent. It had nothing to do with the fact a talking dog was well... Speaking to him, it's just he remembered his father telling him never to talk to strangers and since he felt rather guilty about running off, he had decided to heed his fathers words and for once listen to him.

The dog raised a brow, confused by Finns lack of response. "Hey, kid, I asked you a question" he stated, waiting again for Finn to answer his previous question, when Finn said nothing again, the dog grew rather annoyed. His arms folded firmly across his chest as he moved to glare down at the child.

"Look man, I'm tryin' to be nice here, y'know it's pretty rude to ignore someone when-"

The dog didn't get to finish his sentence, as Finn opened his mouth and suddenly blurted something out. "I'm not ignoring you!" The boy insisted, holding his hands up in defence, upon realizing he spoke to a stranger, Finn face-palmed letting out a dismayed 'oh man' as he realized yet again he disobeyed his father.

Once Finn had responded to him, the dogs expression visibly relaxed, his arms uncrossed as he spoke again. "If you're not ignoring me then why were you bein' all quiet?" He questioned. Letting out a sigh, Finn decided there was no point in giving him the silent treatment when he already started speaking to him, "Cause, my dad said I shouldnt talk to strangers" Finn responded, slightly irritated with himself.

When hearing his reason, the dog let out a laugh. "Pshh, my dad says a lotta things too but I don't listen to him" The dog replied, waving a hand as if it were no big deal, Finn raised a brow in confusion, as far as he was concerned disobeying your father meant you got into trouble, was it not the same for this dog?.

"The names Jake, by the way, Jake the dog!"

The dog, known as Jake introduced himself cheerily holding out a hand for Finn to shake. However, Finn wasn't so enthusiastic as Jake seemed to be nevertheless he shook his hand out of politeness. "I'm Finn, Finn the, uh, human" Using a free hand to rub the back of his head, Finn cast his gaze downwards.

Now, he was expecting to get into some sort of trouble, like his dad said would happen. As far as he knew his father didn't seem to keen on coming in here but Finn couldn't figure out why, from what he could see this place wasn't to bad.

"Nice ta meet ya Finn!"

Came Jakes cheery response, for some reason, the dogs happy nature made Finn seem at ease. "Yeah, you too Jake" Finn replied, seeming to gain some more confidence in talking to the other, Jake grinned upon hearing this, "So, Finn, what brings you to the Candy Kingdom?" Jake asked, mostly out of curiosity.

At the simple question, Finn found himself a little hesitantly answer, mostly due to how the other would react. "Actually, I got lost" Finn told him, letting out a sigh, "Ugh, that sucks man, being lost is no fun" Jake exclaimed, puffing out his cheeks, "Yeah, your telling me..." Finn agreed, a small smile tugging on his lips.

"Well, y'know what? You seem like a nice kid so I'm gonna help you out. 'Kay? "

At Jakes offer, well if you could call it that, Finn instantly brightened up. "Really? Your gonna help me?" He questioned, "Yeah, dude, sure I am!" Jake confirmed, Finn didn't know what came over him at that point. The joy of the possibility of finding his father, the gratitude he felt that someone was actually willing to help him but all these feelings caused Finn to get up and hug the dog Infront of him.

Taken back by the boys hug, Jake let out a 'Woah' once Finn had finished squeezing the life out of him, he spoke again. "Thanks Jake! Your the best" the child chimed, causing Jake to laugh, "I know dude, I get that a lot" he replied, winking, signalling he was probably joking.

"Alright, first things first, we should probably find your dad" Jake stated, as Finn nodded his head in agreement, "Right! He must be pretty worried" Finn replied glumly, "Hey, don't worry about it, we'll find him" Jake reassured, "So when was the last time you saw him?" Jake asked the boy.

Placing a hand under his chin, Finn instantly replied. "By the entrance of this...Candy Kingdom" Finn replied, nodding his head, "Right, got it, wait there" Jake instructed, Finns brows furrowed in confusion, wondering what Jake was planing, to his surprise, Jake started growing before his very eyes, until he towered over the kingdom.

Finns mouth hung agape, by the time Jake came back down he was still in shock. "Hate to tell ya but as far as I can see, no ones by the entrance anymore" this was enough to pull Finn out of his shock, "What? Are you kidding? Where is he?" Finn began to panic, only to be stopped by Jake as he held the boy by the shoulders.

"Calm down, I said I'll help you find him and I intend to do that"

Finn smiled at Jakes words. "You're right, I'm sorry, it's just I've never lost him before... I mean, never been lost it's just -" Jake cut the boy off. "It's cool, I get it" he assured, Finn nodded his head in response. "Alright..." He replied softly.

"So..." Jake began, "If he's not outside the Candy Kingdom, maybe he's inside the Candy Kingdom" Jake mentioned, Finn offering a shrug in response having no clue where he was anymore. "Well, it's worth a look, let's go!" With those words said, the two began tracking though the Candy Kingdom in search of Finns father, The Ice King.

~O~ MeanWhile ~O~

The Ice King was in a major panic, loosing sight of Finn had caused him to have a bit of a breakdown. Marceline had been trying to calm him down ever since, however, it seemed each attempt she tried was ignored, "Oh, glob! What if he's in trouble? What if he's in danger? What if-" as if finally having enough of the Ice Kings ranting, Marceline grabbed the older man by the shoulders, looking sternly into his eyes.

"Ice King! Stop it!"

She demanded. However, the reaction that came next was unexpected, the Ice King instantly pulled out of her grasp pointing an accusing finger at the female he said. "This is all your fault!" Taken aback by not only his words but his tone Marceline backed off a little , "If you hadn't of talked me into taking him out this wouldn't of happened!" He continued, his voice raising with each word.

Marceline looked almost sorrowful at his words, she let out a sigh as she hung her head. "I know but do you think yelling at me is going to solve anything? How was I supposed to know he would run off like that? Maybe if you let him out more, this wouldn't happen!" She retorted.

"Oh! So your saying this is my fault?"

The Ice King questioned, throwing his hands in the air. "I-I look, no! " Marceline seemed to be struggling to respond, both of them getting worked up about the situation. "Look, he couldn't of gone far, instead of yelling at eachother let's just look for him" Marcekne reasoned, the Ice Kings expression softened, knowing that arguing wouldn't solve anything.

"Fine."

Was the elders response, Marceline nodded her head. "Right, first we should check The Candy Kingdom" Marceline said, pointing towards the entrance, "And what makes you think he'll be their?" The Ice King demanded, Marceline raised a eyebrow, "Did you hear what he said when you tried taking him home?" The Ice King sighed, "Alright, alright we'll goto the Candy Kingdom" he grumbled.

- 0 - Finns P.O.V - 0 -

Finn and Jake had spent a fair few moments wondering around the Kingdom, if Finn wasn't so focused on finding his father, he'd probably still be amazed at the whole kingdom. After a few more moments of wondering around Jake spoke up, "Man, I'm getting hungry" he complained, patting his stomach with his hand.

"Try eating the walls! They're made of Candy"

Finn mentioned, smiling at the thought of Candy. "No thanks man, I haven't got much of a sweet tooth" he mentioned, it was then something caught his eye, a fruit stand not near by run by a little candy cane person, a smirk appears on Jakes lips. "They look good" he said, pointing to the fresh fruit.

"Yeah, shame we don't have any money"

Finn responded rather glumly. "Who said we needed money?" Jake began walking up to the fruit stand, leaving Finn behind and feeling rather confused. Finn watched as Jake began talking with the stand owner, before he pointed over at something, when the owner turned his back, Jake scooped up a handful of fruit and ran back to Finn.

"Quick! Let's go"

Using a free hand, Jake picked Finn up with ease. He began running for a few moments before taking shelter in an alleyway, Finn looked positively mortified at what Jake had done, "Jake! Isn't that stealing?" Finn exclaimed, shock evident in his voice. "Yeah " was Jakes simple reply as he stuffed his face with an apple, "Isn't stealing wrong?" Finn questioned, a worried expression across his features.

"Only if you get caught"

Jake said as if nothing was wrong, So, Finns new friend was a thief? Despite knowing it was wrong, Finn simply couldn't argue with his logic and what was done was done so he began to relax. "Want some?" Jake questioned, his mouth full of fruit, Finn hesitantly took a banana from him, "I'm not sure I feel comfortable eating stolen food" Finn replied his eyes narrowing.

"Uhh, just think of it as 'borrowing' "

Finn frowned. "But were not giving it back!" He pointed out, "Then think of it as permanently borrowing, eh?" Finn sighed, "Well, alright... If you say so" Finn replied as he began peeling open the banana.

The two sat in silence for a whole as they ate the stolen goods.