Finn tried his best to move as fast as possible. He hope that the queen and his people were all right. Within about 35 minutes of nonstop walking, Finn would see the trees clearing and the kingdom itself.

the outer walls have been burnt down. the stench of burning sugar and battle filled the air around the once peaceful candy kingdom. there were wizards around, but not many.

Finn's heart dropped down to his feet. He sat down in the bushes where he tried to catch his breathe. He felt numb and, to him, everything was quiet. He didn't even notice the teen talking to him he was so shocked.

the wizards noticed him. they came running towards him, weapon in their hands.

Finn's dispire turned into rage. He bared his teeth and his fists clenched. Ice started to form around him as he wanted the wizards to pay for what they have done to his kingdom and home.

'yes.' the voice whispered. 'good.. freeze them. freeze them all.'

With a mighty roar, Finn shot ice beams at the wizards. These caught them off guard and Finn successfully froze them. Finn got up and started to walk into the kingdom, freezing any wizards at threaten him.

'good… good…' the voice whispered.

Finn stumbled into the castle and looked around, the place was damaged greatly but there were no bodies or blood.

The queen was still there, holding the dagger to the wizard's neck. She looked like she was alright, just a little tired.

Her glance moved to the door when her general slammed it open. "F..Finn?" She said, half glad and half feeling remorse. "You… you're back.."

Finn felt the weight of worry lift away as he saw and heard the queen.

"Oh glob you're all right!" Said Finn, smiling and tottered towards the queen, accidentally leaving a travel of his blood on the fool from his feet

"What..what happened to you?" She walked towards him, leaving the wizard alone. "Your feet is covered in blood. Come on.. Let's get you patched up and ready for battle. Go to doctor ice cream. He'll help you.."

"I... run out without shoes..." Said Finn, eyeing the wizard general with a look of hate in his eyes almost daring him to move and provoke his wraith.

The queen stayed silent. She sighed, facing her general. "I'm sorry.." She muttered and looked down. "I shouldn't have shouted at you.."

"It's not your fault..." Said Finn, glancing at the wizard general a few times.

"Why is he out?" Asked Finn, pointing at the wizard general.

"remember? they attack, i kill him." she said it like it was a completely normal thing. "don't worry, i'll just threaten them a littl—" she was cut off. the wizard escaped from the rope that bound him and stabbed the queen from the back.

she collapsed to the ground as the wizard made his escape in the chaos. blood flowed out from the wound and soaked her pink gown crimson red. Time seemed to stop when he saw the general stab the queen. He screamed and caught the falling queen. He can feel the warm sugary blood drip onto his clothes. He quickly got up and, holding her body carefully, he started to make his way to the candy hospital. If the queen dies, the kingdom will fall without their strong leader and he'll lose his love.

the queen struggled to breathe as the blood dripped from the crimson stained cloth onto the candy floor. she could feel her consciousness slipping away as her general carried her. her eyelids felt heavy as lead and she wanted to fall asleep. "f..finn.." her voice was barely audible.

"Everything is going to be ok!" Gasped Finn, tears forming in his eyes. His voice was slightly cracking "Y-Y-you're going to be fine!"

He turned a corner and can see the hospital. He hoped to glob that he wasn't too late. She couldn't answer. Her body felt numb. She couldn't feel anything. The bleeding wound didn't hurt at all. She felt strangely comfortable, comfortable enough to drift off to sleep.. She closed her eyes, still breathing weakly.

"I need you to stay with me!" Cried Finn, tears falling form his eyes.

Finn was able to get her to doctor ice cream, shouting out her to use any and all things that'll help the queen as she was taken away. Once the queen was taken to the ER, he crashed down onto his knees and just stared at the doors. He hoped she'll be ok or else he and the kingdom with fall.

She opened her eyes for a second when she felt that the general had put her down. The doctors were speaking to each other but she couldn't make out what they were saying. She was struggling to breathe. It felt like she was drowning..

"My queen, don't worry.. You'll be better soon.." They said in a soft, calming voice. She suddenly felt so sleepy, even though it was so hard to breathe.. The queen felt sleepier than she was ever before. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted away to sweet, sweet slumber.

Finn numbly watched a spare nurse guide him into a room, sat him down and started to treat his feet. He could have cared less about the state of his feet, he just wanted his Bonnibel to be ok! He never got the chance to tell her how much he loved her and how thankful he was for letting him stay in the kingdom despite the destruction he done in the past, teach him how to read and write, gave him a room with a warm bed and food to eat.

Finn burred his face into his faces and let the tears fall down but stayed quiet. He didn't want others to see his weakness in this time of need. He was the second highest authority in the kingdom and he needed to lead them while the queen is down.

One of the guards burst in through the door. "The wizards are about to take over the castle! The citizens are at danger! What is your command, sir?!" The guard spoke in half gibberish.

Finn jumped when the doors slammed open and almost kicked the nurse treating him. It took Finn a minute to figure out what the guard said.

At once Finn thought for a moment and he started to form a plan of action. He told the guard his plan.

"You have to go and order it out." Said Finn "The queen is hurt and I must stay here to protect her!"

"Y..yes sir!" The guard left the room in a hurry.

Finn watched the guard go then looked down at his newly bandaged feet. He feet felt better but still painful as He stumbled into his and the queen's recovery room. He laid down in his bed and stared up at the ceiling. He hoped that his men can fight off the wizards...

The surgery seemed to be going well. The constant beep of the machine had chased away the deathly silence in the hallways.

The soft white light in the room was interrupted by a flashing red. The lightbulb above the ER door blinked violently and muffled sirens rang. Doctors and nurses rushed in and out of the room, carrying various medical tools and bowls of sugar.

Finn was laying in his bed as watched at the nursed went back and forth in their work. He was nervous about the how thing, praying silently that the queen will be all right. He can smell the cherry flavored candy blood from where he sat. Other might take the smell as a nice thing to Finn, who lived in the kingdom when he was 14, finds this rather horrifying. the flashing red lights can be seen throughout the hallways near the emergency room. nurses rushed to help the doctors, moving busily. some of them had very worried looks on their faces.

Finn frowned at the look at some of the nurses' faces. He played with his bed sheets in a lame attempt to calm himself, it didn't work. the nurses just outside the door were whispering to each other.

"the surgery isn't going so well.."

"is the queen going to die?"

Finn felt his body numb when he overheard those words. He wanted her to live! The kingdom needs her and he needs her more than ever now. She was the only thing that kept his insane.

the nurses noticed him and stopped talking. they ran off, hoping that he didn't notice them. Finn watched the two nurses go. He lay there in his bed, felting numb and maybe a little cold.

He did this, he ran away and the wizards came after they heard he ran. He caused her death. Finn closed his eyes and gritted his teeth, seeing the wizard general stabbing the queen.

He made a vow to himself that moment, vowing that he will make the wizard general pay fr what he had done to the queen.

After what seemed like years, the doctors successfully finished the operation and took her into the nicest hospital room they have. they put her down gently on the bed and let her rest.

Finn never took his eyes off of the queen when the surgery was done. She looked like a mess but he knew she was fine.

"Will she be all right?" Asked Finn when the doctor walked but his bed.

"she needs lots of rest, but she'll be fine after a while. you should rest too." she doctor told him, gesturing him to go back to his bed. Finn sighed in relief and sat back down in his bed. He was so happy that Bubblegum is going to be ok! Also the doctor was right, he need rested.

After a long a stressful day, Finn made himself comfortable and closed his eyes, quickly falling asleep.

The teen stood there, grinning. "See see? I was right!" He smiled in glee. " i was right! It was a good thing you listened to me!"

Finn glared at the teen then cursed him.

"I hate you and I never want to talk to you ever again!" He started to walk about the icy castle be made what seemed like a life time ago.

"Aww, i'm hurt! If it weren't for me you wouldn't have saved the queen in time-" the teen floated alongside him.

"No true." Snarled Finn, not looking at the teen. "If I never MET you then NONE of THIS would happen! The war would be over by now if you had not show up!"

"You're hurting me feelings!" The teen said without showing any sort of expression change. He was grinning the whole time. "Come on. If it weren't for me, your precious queen would be dead."

"It's because of you this happened!" Snarled Finn, his fists in a ball "What will it take for this to get through that thick head of yours! When the Queen wakes up, we're going to find a way for you to get out of my head and I am going to convince her to throw that bloody crown into the hottest fire or send it to the Fire Kingdom!"

"Good luck with that.." He floated up to his face, tuning his position upside down and looking right in his face. "There's a reason why it's in the vault.."

"Yea, because you're a hazard to everyone's health," Grumbled Finn even mine!"

"Hazard? I'm the opposite! I can make people live longer!"

Finn just snored then laughed softly

"You're doing a horrible job." said the human, crossing his arms.

"Hey hey, i can't do that to the queen! You're my king. I serve you, not her." Finn said nothing as he walked, he just wanted to be alone so he can think happy thoughts but he can probably tell that will never happen.

"Come on, lemme help— i just want to help you! Let's play together like old times!" The teen smiled.

"No thank you!" Said Finn, glaring at the ground "No more games and that is final!"

"Aww, what a shame." The teen said, falling behind a little. He was floating behind his king. "I didn't want to have to use force.."

Finn felt a shiver run down his back when the teen spoke those words.

"W-what do you mean?" he said

The teen said nothing, just smirked. Finn didn't say anything too. He wondered what tricks this... thing had up his sleeves.

"I wish you luck, my king…" The blizzard howled, shattering the silence. The scene began to fall apart.

Finn sat up in his bed, feeling cold. Still half asleep, Finn looked around the hospital and looked for the queen. The queen was in her bed, asleep. She seemed very peaceful and calm.. Finn smiled a little when he saw the sleeping queen. He was happy to see he all right. Then he looked down at his bandaged feet, they felt better. She winced and whimpered in her sleep.

"Nn..no.." She mumbled. Finn smiled turned into a frown when he heard the queen muttering. He wondered if he can maybe grab a chair and sit next to the queen.

He slowly got out of bed and tested his feet, big mistake. He feet screamed in pain and Finn quickly got back in his bed, feet throbbing.

The queen opened her eyes. She tried to sit up, but couldn't. She let out a yelp in pain and fell back to her bed.

"Bubblegum!" Said Finn when she yelped "Take it easy! You're still healing."

"Where..what happened..!" The queen asked, making herself comfortable and mumbling 'ow' multiple times. She seemed a little confused for a moment. "What happened to the wizard?! How..how's the battle going? How long was i out for?" She began asking him questions non-stop.

Finn held up a finger to silence the queen.

"First of all." Said Finn "You got stubbed in the back by the wizard general who was playing dead. I rushed you t the hospital where Doctor Ice cream fixed you up but in doing do I wrecked my feet pretty badly."

He pointed down to his bandaged feet.

"One of my higher ranking army men found me here and I gave them a plan of defense. From the looks of it, it worked as I myself don't know the time."

"I see.." She said, looking around. She placed her hand on the bandages wrapped around her chest. Hopefully it would heal soon..

"All we have to go right now is to wait for our wounds to heal..." Said Finn, he felt like he was forgetting something important

"Yes.." She murmured. "How.. How are you? Feeling alright?" She asked to the general.

"In terms of body, yes" said Finn, laying back down in his bed. The throbbing in his feet were going down.

She didn't respond for a bit. She was thinking.. She was thinking about the crown. Stupid crown.. If it weren't for that stupid thing, the war could have been won already.

Finn said nothing himself, thinking the queen needed to plan things out and it gave him time to figure out what he was forgetting. Finn thought to himself for a little bit. He really wanted to know what he was forgetting. He rubbing the side of his face as his thoughts turned to his latest dream thinking it's the thing he was forgetting.

The voice inside his head chuckled quietly.

Finn then sat up finally remembering what he forgotten but dread filled his mind and stomach.

"Bubblegum." Said Finn, looking worried "I need to tell you something... About a dream that I should tell you."

"What is if, finn?" The queen turned her head a little so she's facing him.

"I had this dream..." Said Finn then he told his queen what he dreamed, how the teen followed him pestered him how he needed to listen to him and how he is panning something he was going to do with him.

"That's no good.." The queen was worried now. He's physically weakened! His mind is more vulnerable than ever. She sighed. "We'll figure something out…don't worry too much."

"I'll try too." Said Finn trying to get comfy in his bed.

She nodded and winced a little, placing her hand onto the bandage. "Ouch.."

"Careful." Said Finn pointing at the queen "You're wounds are worse than mine."

"Alright.." She got a little comfortable and laid there still. "I'll be fine.. Don't worry about me.."

Finn nodded and laid down in his bed but keep an eye on the queen. He tried to keep his mind calm and clear. The queen close her eyes. The room was quiet.. She slowly began to drift off to sleep.

It took Finn a minute to find out that the queen fell asleep again. He sighed and stared up at the ceiling, not wanting to sleep.

Finn groaned and buried his face into his hands.

"No you!" Finn thought "Go away! Can you see that I am recovering from my feet wounds!"

"That's why.." The voice smirked.

"That's why what...?" Asked Finn, not too sure about what the teen is meaning. There was no response from the voice except the sound of light chuckling. His chuckled sent a tiny bit of his energy through the general's body. He connected to his mind, making him see things.

Finn shivered from the chuckle, he hated the teen and just wanted the quietness. It looks like he'll never going to be alone.

All Finn can do right now is to sit tight, gripping his bed sheets and withstand the visions. He has to stay strong for his queen his kingdom!

"Just give up.. It'll be lot easier…"

Finn shook his head. He can't! he would not leave the queen again. He wont do it, he'll never do it not now... now when she needs him!

"Give up… Just let it all go…." The voice whispered to him. "It'll be better for the both of you.. You've come too far… This spell cannot be reversed.."

Finn shook his head, he will NOT give up! He will NOT abandoned his queen! He has to fight it somehow.

Finn gritted his teeth and shut his eyes.

"I rather die than you take over!" Growled Finn to the teen. "So that means you'll die with me!"

"That's where you mortals are wrong…" The voice whispered in a mocking tone.

"Then I'll just take you with me..." Growled Finn, thinking up a few logical ways to destroy both him and the crown.

He'll do whatever it takes to protect everyone from himself. Even if it means killing himself

"Good luck with that…" The crown began whispering to him what could happen from now on if he killed himself. The images of burning candy kingdom, the dead people lying on the ground, the queen, slain… Or talking her own life… The scenarios played in his head like movie clips.

Finn grabbed his head and shook it head. he wanted to stop, he wanted all of it to stop! The only thing that saved his mind was the fact that none of those images are real. There were other ways to keep this thing under control.

"Good luck, my king.." The voice faded away. Too much is no better than not enough.

Finn lay there in his bed, shivering from that aftermath from the teen's metal attack. He wasn't sure how long until he finally breaks but until then he will fight the crown off for as long he can. The teen watched and smirked. He's come so far..

'Good luck, my king..' He thought to himself while he grinned.

'You'll need it…'