the teen stared at the king. "hey hey, you're back!"

Finn glared at the child, remembering all of the things that happened to him when he appeared.

"Stay. Away. From. Me." Growled Finn, turning his back on him

"you came to me!" he smiled. "you came to see me! i'm not leaving or coming, you are!"

Finn straighten where he sat and whipped around screaming angrily.

"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" He again turned away from him and back to staring at the snowy ground

"what's wrong?" the teen's voice showed concern.

"You." Growled Finn, shutting his eyes and hugged himself "Because of you... I HURT my Queen Bubblegum!"

"i didn't do anything!" the teen almost seemed like he was enjoying this.

Finn slowly began to raise and he slowly turned to face the teen. There was hatred in his eyes.

"Leave me alone." he snarled "Or else!"

"Or else what?" The teen smirked. "You can't really do anything. I'm not alive. You can't kill me or hurt me."

"Oh I will find a way." Said Finn in a deadly calm voice. He rubbed his neck, almost feeling the thread but not quiet. "There's always a way…"

The teen grinned. "Of course you will.."

Finn continued to rub his neck, he could sworn he felt something! He felt his fingers wrap around the golden tread and gave it a good pull.

"wha-?"

Finn gasped in surprise as the thread tighten. He glanced at the teen, trying to see if it was his doing. The teen's grip on the string tightened as he pulled a bit harder.

"You left what was probably keeping you sane.. Now i can do whatever i want with you."

"It's worth it if it means she'll be safe..." Gasped Finn, clawing at the thread around his neck.

"The general just abandoned his kingdom. In a middle of a war. How safe could that place be?"

"She called it off!" Yelped Finn, trying to pull the thread away from the teen "There is no war!"

"The wizards are brutes." The teen smirked. "They will attack.. They won't miss their beat chance."

Finn didn't say anything as he gripped the thread. He looked down at the frozen ground. After a minute he finally said in a voice full of emotion.

"I-I'm sure the queen can f-figure something out..."

"Of course." The teen said with a mocking voice and let the thread go. The thread seemed to disappear when both sets of hands let go.

Finn continue to sit on the ground and stare at it. He thoughts dwelled on the queen and how she was doing.

"Who knows? You abandoned her. The kingdom could be being attacked as we speak. Your precious queen could be captured. Tortured. Or worse, brutally murdered." The teen continued to speak in the mocking tone. He had a grin on his face the whole time while he spoke.

"shut up..." Growled Finn, beating his sharp teeth at the ground. "You just want me to go back so you can make me get the crown..."

"Oh, and here i thought you loved her." He said in that same mocking tone. "You're willing to let her dieeee? Just because you're afraid of a little thing like that?"

"I DO love her! It's what it'll do to me!" Yelled Finn "Bubblegum told me that it made me insane! I almost killed her and everyone TWICE! Bubblegum is not a pushover! She'll find a way to fight... she makes most of the plans..."

"So you're abandoning her. How brave of you." The teen said with a low, sarcastic voice. Finn, closing his eyes, tried to block the teen's voice and only thought about all the fun times he had at the candy kingdom and all the wonderful times he had with the queen. A soft smile appeared on his face when thinking about his beloved queen.

"You're abandoning her.." The teen whispered to him. "Your 'beloved queen' could be in danger.. Tortured, killed…"

Finn stiffen up but stayed silent and continue to dwell on his thoughts. It was trying to fool him and make him return where he'll be a threat to all.

"You're being selfish. You're risking her life for your own reasons… You're WEAK." The teen stayed silent for a bit to let that sink it. Finn frowned a little, many times he was called that and he'll never get used to it. He hated being called weak but years of battling and name calling harden him greatly. He has to stay strong! Not for himself, but for his queen.

"For your queen, eh? You won't be able to do that when she's dead…"

'Sweet heavens he can read my thoughts!' Thought Finn, his eyes snapping close and stared at the ground in front of him.

"Um, i could since a while ago." The teen responded and gave him an almost innocent stare.

Finn made a frustrated groan, burring his face in his cold hands. he can't even have any peace in his own mind! This is going to drive him insane if he doesn't get used to his fast...

"Well excuuuuse me, my king." The teen spoke in a sarcastic voice.

"Just leave me alone!" Said Finn, rubbing his head.

"You came to me…" He spoke in a quiet voice. "You knew what was going to happen.."

"What are you talking about?!" Snapped Finn "I do NOT understand WHAT you are TALKING ABOUT! If you are going to tell me stuff like that, just tell me and not riddles! Yeesh!"

"Memories drifting in and out of my mind- and all the little people…" He sang quietly, circling around the general. "Get left behind.."

Finn stared at the teen then he face palmed, shaking his head a little. He should just give up on the idea of trying to get a straight answer from him. The teen didn't say anything this time, just grinned.

Finn enjoyed the short time of silence even though there was a nagging feeling in his mind. This feeling grew stronger as the world around him started to melt away.

Finn opened his eyes, he was still in that tree. He gasped at the pain his legs and feet gave off. Finn rubbed his legs in hope to ease the pain. He probably shouldn't have run so far without shoes too, his feet were bloody and covered in scabs. He looked around were he sat in the tree, trying to find things to make something for his feet. Finn in the meantime made some make-shift shoes out of leaves for him. He thought about returning to the kingdom as his mind was on the queen. He was worried for her and the people. Maybe if he can talk the queen into dumping the crown in the fire kingdom and watch it melt into a puddle of gold.

Finn gently made his way down the tree. His legs and feet screamed in pain as Finn put them to work, so much so that he collapsed when he made it to the ground. He lay there for a minute, grumbling darkly as he did so.

the candy kingdom's soldiers were in chaos. even if they did call a cease fire, the wizards might, no, probably will attack if they found out that their general was gone. the queen was in the castle hall, trying to calm everyone down. she regretted shouting at him. she felt guilty for being weak. she spoke to the people, trying to let them relax a bit. the queen was exhausted; she didn't sleep at all. all she wanted right now was to sit down for a moment. she yawned and walked over to the banana guards, trying to keep things together.

the teen, watching the general and the candy queen, chuckled. the smell of chaos in the air was delightful.

'She's going to get killed..' The voice whispered.

The candy queen ran down the stairs and reached the cell. She flung the door open, grabbed and tossed the wizard to the ground and tied him up. She put the dagger to the confused wizard's neck. "You're coming with me!" She shouted, dragging him along with her back to the castle main hall.

Finn didn't say anything nor did he gave up hope. He continue his long walk towards the kingdom, even though his feet bled badly from the stress of walking.

The queen dragged the wizard to the center of the castle main hall and tossed him onto a chair. She put the dagger to his neck and told the guards to keep the citizens back.

"The moment they step in, you're going to die.. Unless you tell them to retreat." The queen spoke in a low, enraged voice.

Finn was taking about break, a much longer break than before. He was tired, his legs were throbbing and he lost feeling in his feet. He was able to stop the bleeding but he needed to regain feeling before he continues. He sighed and looked up, he can see the smoke passed the tree lines.

'she's going to be dead..' the voice began to list the possible ways that she would have died.

'tortured.. beheaded.. electrocuted..'

"If the queen goes and the kingdom goes..." Growled Finn "then it's general must follow where it's queen and army goes... I think you know what I mean..."

the voice didn't stop. it spoke in its quiet emotionless voice, still muttering the ways that his queen could have died.

Finn just closed his eyes and tried to block out the voice with different thoughts. He wished the his feet would heal a bit faster.

'drowned.. burned.. suffocated.. hanged.. drugged..'

"Just shut up!" Snapped Finn "If she dies then I die! I... I just..." He choked up from the sudden emotion at the thought of the queen dead.

'she'll blame you…' the voice whispered. 'she'll blame you for abandoning the kingdom..'

Finn didn't say anything as he slowly got up and started to walk again. Finn wondered when what time he'll get back to the kingdom.

'she's going to die if you don't hurry up…' the voice whispered. 'run.'