Chapter 2: Traveling

Authors note: I forgot to mention in the last chapter that the flame prince is eighteen and Fionna is seventeen, enjoy.

I woke to the smell of frying chicken and the sound of sizzling meat. I found myself drawn towards a small clearing behind a rock where I saw the flame prince frying a small bird like creature. He turned to see me staring at him while he was crouched over a small fire.

"Oh hey Fionna I didn't hear you wake up."

"Morning," I said still half asleep. "What's that?"

"I found a rooster in the forest and I thought it would make a good breakfast, Do you want some?"

"Yes please." He handed me half of the small bird and I sat down on a nearby rock as I bitten into the oily creature.

"So what's your plan for today?" He asked me mumbling through a mouthful of food.

"Well I was going to go back to my hut and see if I could make it any further west."

"Why are you heading west?"

"I've heard a kingdom far to the west is made completely out of candy and wasn't damaged by the fire."

He started to pack up his things when he got a half puzzled and half angry expression. "Yeah theres a kingdom there but you'll never get in."

"Well why not?"

"They're hoarders, I strayed too far to their boarders once and I was chased off by armed guards."

"Hmm." I only met this guy yesterday and now he's telling me that getting into the candy kingdom would be a highly dangerous infiltration mission. Getting to the candy kingdom was the only plan I had.

"Uhh earth to Fionna hello," said the flame prince as he waved a hand in front of my face. I must've zoned out while thinking what my next move would be.

"Sorry I was just thinking."

"So what's our plan now?"

"Our plan what did he mean by our plan? Are we a group now? Will I have to travel with this man now? Will I have to take care of him if he gets hurt? I'm not ready for this kind of commitment" I thought to myself.

"I'm going to get back to my hut then decide what to do from there."

"Okay let's get a move on then." He replied enthusiastically.

We packed up our stuff and started to walk through a thin forest towards my hut. Neither of us said anything when until he tried to strike up a conversation with some small talk. "So how long have you been in this hut of yours for?"

"Only a couple of months, I decided it would be a better idea to get stuck in for winter and gather supplies. This was my last supply run before I set out for the Candy Kingdom. I've been trying to get there for three and a half years now but I haven't found any sign of getting closer. If I didn't make it there before the next winter I was considering giving up." There was a long silence before I thought I better continue the conversation.

"So what's your story then?"

"Well it's kind of long and a bit sad,"

"Go ahead I want to hear it."

"Well ever since I was little my mum always told me about how I'd grow up to be king one day and I'd inherit all the land in Ooo. She wouldn't let me play with any other kids and told me that they were lowly peasants. Well when I turned sixteen I met this girl who I really liked. We'd hang out all the time in secret. This went on for a couple months until I asked her if she wanted to be more than just friends and she said that she'd been waiting for so long for me to ask that and she felt the same way. A couple weeks later my mum fond us together. I tried to explain to her that I really loved her. Of course she didn't care. My mum killed her in front of me. I never got to say goodbye." He stopped now because he'd began to tear up and I didn't want to push for more details.

"That's really horrible." I said trying to condole him but I knew that it wasn't much and wouldn't help a lot. "Well here it is." I gestured towards a small hut with a tin roof and a broken window, it's not much but it's all I've got."

A silver hound leapt out from the door and pounced onto the prince growling menacingly.

"Down Luna," I shouted at her and she prowled round to behind one of my legs. "She's a moon wolf, I found her abandoned by her mother for being the runt of her litter."

"Damn dog attacked me."

"She was just trying to protect me." I walked over to my hut and invited the prince in. I lit a fire in a small stone pit I'd dug and made a meal out of whatever I could find in my cupboard. The ligt was fading and the wind started howling and the rain pounding on the flimsy roof. I snuggled down by the fire with Luna while the prince sat on the floor. A couple drops of water leaked through the roof and fell onto the prince's head. There a loud hissing as the water turned to steam and he recoiled in pain.

"So I guess you're staying here tonight I said."

"Yeah I'd really appreciate that if it's not too much of an issue."

"Yeah it's no problem" I said while actually a bit annoyed that this man I just met was staying the night in my house.

A couple hours later Luna was growling softly in her sleep and the prince was asleep silently. The light from his fiery hair was playing off all the walls and made the rain on the shattered window glimmer like gold.

"He's actually pretty cute." I thought to myself as I fell asleep.

Authors note: So chapter 2 is done and I hope you liked it I should be updating every two days. I'll take any suggestions on characters, ships or any ideas you guys have.