Chapter 2
Finding the Sword

Finn and Jake had set out on their quest to claim Juno's demonic sword for their own collection. As they walked, the idea of keeping the sword from evil began to grow in Finn's mind and he smiled and hummed as they walked.
"So how do we get to the Shimmering Mountains?" Finn asked Jake.
"It's pretty easy man. There's a trail leading through the forest. I remember going there a long time ago. It was pretty nice. There was an amazing taffy Shoppe!" Jake said, mouth watering.
Finn laughed and said "This should be a piece of cake!"
Jake returned the laugh, "Yeah man!"
The two entered the forest worry-free, ready to defeat whatever may lurk within. However as they pressed forward they began to suspect that there was nothing waiting to ambush them.
"Hey Jake…" Finn said worried
"Yeah man?" Jake replied
"I got this strange feeling…" Finn said looking around.
"You sure it wasn't that big bowl of hamburger meat you had for breakfast. I told you that meat is a dinner food man."
"No, it's not that. I feel like, there's danger all around us, but nothing's attacking us."
"Oh, you're just being paranoid dude" Jake replied in an assuring voice, "We probably just took the least dangerous path through the forest. Every forest has a safe path and a dangerous path, we just got lucky. I mean its 50/50 right?"
"Yeah I guess you're right man." Finn said looking around somberly.
But just as they finished talking, a fat bandit rolled out of the bushes and looked at them scared.
"Ah ha! A fight!" Finn yelled grabbing his golden sword.
"Perfect! I'm like 2 XP away from leveling too!" Jake said turning his arms muscular. However this bandit did not attack them, he just yelled and began to run away. Finn and Jake looked at each other puzzled.
"Well that was weird. Most bandits usually attack and try to steal our junk." Finn said scratching his head.
"Maybe that bandit was just scared by us. I mean we're pretty intimidating." Jake replied shrugging.
The two continued walking as the exit to the forest became clear. As the light shone from outside the trees, they caught another glimpse of the fat bandit, now outside the forest and catching his breath.
"Jake! There's that bandit! Let's go over there and see if he'll tell us what his deal is and if he tries to run, we'll grab him and punch it out of him" Finn said.
Finn and Jake tried to calmly walk over to the bandit, but when he saw them he yelled and ran off. Jake stretched his arm quickly and grabbed him. Pulling him closer to them Finn yelled "Why did you run from us?"
The bandit looked around nervously and said "oh…well…uh…you know…I just…didn't feel like fighting."
"See Finn, he's just a coward" Jake said.
"I'm no coward!" The bandit said, "I'm the greatest bandit who ever lived! I…just…d,d,didn't feel like fighting you."
"Jake this dude is seriously messed up. Squeeze him until he starts making sense" Finn said looking angry.
"No! Wait!" The bandit cried. "I…I heard a voice…told me to stay away from you guys! I swear!"
"Whoa. Jake put him down. Let him go, he's seriously messed."
Jake dropped the bandit who immediately ran off screaming. Finn and Jake looked at each other. "Dude, are you as creeped out as I am?" Jake said to Finn.
"A little bit. Why would that guy hear voices telling us to leave us alone? Usually with these crazies it's the other way around."
"I dunno dude. But my dog gut is sensing some bad voodoo man. It's probably something to do with Juno's sword. See we're at the bottom of the Shimmering Mountains!"
The two looked up and saw a strange black aura coming from the top of the mountain. It was faint but they could see it.
"Alright! Time to grab that sword and close the book on this evil business" Finn said determined to preserve peace in the Land of Oo. He hopped onto Jake's back as he grew slightly and stretched his way to the top. Once there, they saw almost the entire landscape of Oo, they could even see the Candy Kingdom. In front of them stood a solid black katana impaled in the ground. An aura of white light surrounded it.
"That must be the light barrier the princess was talking about. Evil hands might not make it through but our hands are crystal clean man! Let's grab it!" Finn yelled and leaping off Jake's back, grabbed the sword and pulled it out from behind the barrier. He lifted it high in the air with a mighty "HEEYAAAAAAH!" but midway through his battle-cry the sword vanished in a burst of black flame.
"What the…?" Finn exclaimed looking around, "where'd it go?"
"I dunno man…But I got a feeling we're gonna find out" He said pointing at the Candy Kingdom. Finn turned around to see the black aura they saw at the top of the mountain, hovering over the Candy Kingdom.