Well, school, learning how to draw, and learning how to play the piano and the guitar are taking lots of time. Hopefully those who are still reading still enjoy. :)

And do point out any errors and typos.

"Here we go again," Roselinen said as she and Finn trekked towards Plushville once more, on their way to Beddington.

"Your dad did allow us to be away from home a day or two if ever anything happens, right?" was Finn's immediate reply.

"Well, yeah. Then again, he did seemed kinda worried, seeing as it would only be the two of us together..."

Both realizing what she had just said, Finn merely made a chuckle while Roselinen blushed yet again, in immediate embarassment of what she had just said.

"Ah, well, like a city'd be a a place to be alone, y'know," Finn continued.

"Well, he still worries,"

No more continuing the conversation, they went on, continuing their long trek to their distant destination. This time, there were no scheming trolls to be noticed in their adventure, and they made their way straight to Plushville without so much an interruption, other than Roselinen's being exhausted from time to time.

Nearing the town yet again, on the hill overlooking it, the two found Plushville yet again, now seemingly over with their overly long party that raged for 12 straight hours from sunset till sunrise. Now not even a single firework was flying up, and without much further ado the two made their way down the hill and headed into Plushville, maybe looking for a break and a snack.

What instead welcomed them as they entered the town was almost everyone in town either passed out, extremely tipsy, or lying in a puddle of their own vomit.

"Yikes, what the heck happened? They all seem to be...dead or crazy," Finn asked dumbly.

"They're drunk, silly," Roselinen replied with an amused chuckle. The boy that saved her life the previous day apparently didn't know what alcohol was.

"Huh? How does that happen?" Finn replied dumbly yet again.

"It's when you drink this drink that makes you feel dulled in the head and dizzy the more you drink it. This is what happens if you drink too much," Roselinen explained.

"But why would they drink it?"

"I dunno, they like the feeling, I guess. I've sipped some once. I don't like the taste,"

"Well, I guess what they're doing is kinda stupid, then,"

"Finn! Roselinen!" a man greeted the two suddenly. It was Hatrick, who seemed to be the only person in town not drunk. "What brings the two of you here again? Maybe you're on the way to Beddington?"

"Actually, yeah. We are," Finn replied.

"Although it's really far, you know. Don't you have any transport or something?" Roselinen added.

"Transport, eh? We've got some taxis. For a somewhat big fee you'll get there, but since we're still grateful for you guys saving our town, we'll let you right for free. How's that?" Hatrick answered.

"Sure. Why not?" Roselinen replied.

"Great! I'll get a driver for you two, just wait for a moment,"

Now straight on the way to Beddington, the two sat inside the car, with Finn doing nothing but peer outside to see anything interesting while Roselinen finally relaxed her tired legs, exhausted from hiking.

"Well, this'll be a somewhat long trip," Roselinen broke the silence.

"How long?" Finn replied.

"2 or more hours, I dunno. Well, I think I'll take a nap. It's gonna be a long ride anyways,"

"Huh. Maybe I will too, let's both take a nap. Nothing to do here but sit,"

Jake finally took out the fishing rod.

"Finn. Fiiiiiiiiiin..." a disembodied voice whispered.

"Wha-?" Finn stirred, and began to look around wildly. He was in a massive plain, akin to the Grasslands, but without anything else in sight, nothing but a sea of rolling green all the way to the horizon. It was night, yet no moon nor star filled the sky.

"Come baaaaaaaaaack..." the voice, like that of the distorted voice of a woman and a man, called out.

"Who are you?" Finn shouted out. The disembodied voice echoed in his hearing, even if there was nowhere for the sound to echo off.

"Doooooooon't you remember us?" the voice replied, with increasing loudness and intensity. Then out of the corner of Finn's eye he saw something move. Turning around, it was Jake, though his fur seemed very much unlike the color he remembered.

"Come back, dude. Come back hoooome..." Jake said in the voice Finn was hearing, before stretching his arms towards Finn.

"Woah, Jake, what are you gonna do?" Finn asked back, creeped out by what was going on. He blinked momentarily, and once he opened his eyes he instead saw Princess Bubblegum standing right in front of him, staring at him emptily, unfazing. There was no sign of Jake having been there at all.

"What the...PB? B-but Jake-"

"Come baaaack. You can do it..." she simply said, with the same disembodied voice as before, before slowly fading away, like dust blown by the wind.

"Woah, PB! What's happening to you!? Don't-"

The sky suddenly burst with a blinding green flash and a powerful gust of wind, and the clouds split apart Finn saw a great, horrible monster fly down from the sky, its eyes fixated upon Finn. Squinting his eyes Finn could make out what it was. It was the Lich, flying straight at him, his face filled with a terrifying fury.

"DON'T YOU THINK I AM GONE" the Lich shouted out, though still in the same disembodied voice as before and not the deep, terrible voice Finn was familiar with. As it neared him, and as Finn stood rooted on the spot unknowing of what to do, he too faded away just like Princess Bubblegum, becoming nothing but a gust of dust upon hitting Finn.

Finn felt nothing, and soon the green light faded, until the sky was a dark featureless thing yet again.

Then he saw from the edges of his eyes a bright light, and turning around he saw Flame Princess, who immediately put her arms over his shoulders. Finn, putting his arms around her back, expected a scorching hot feeling, yet her touch did not burn him. It merely felt warm, and for a moment their eyes met. Her gaze penetrated deep into him, and Finn felt in his heart a deep sorrow, knowing he might never see her again.

"I love you." she said.

"I..."

Without even letting Finn finish, she brought him closer, and without a moment's hesitation kissed Finn on the lips.

And as the two kissed, there was a flash of fire, setting alight everything around them, and soon flames grew and grew until everything Finn saw was nothing but a wall of fire in all directions. Soon Flame Princess began to fade away into the infinite fire in Finn's arms, and Finn, with tears in his eyes, could do nothing but whisper, "Please don't leave me..."

Soon she was gone, and Finn was left by himself, enveloped by the flames around him, yet remaining unburned. And the world slowly faded into white...

Finn opened his eyes, dazed and puzzled on what he had just dreamed. Sadness filled him yet again, fearing that he really might never come back, and he would soon die here having forgotten his real life. He might never see Jake, his brother and closest friend, ever again; he might never see again his close friends, like BMO and PB and Marceline, and he might never see again his girlfriend, the love of his life, Flame Princess. She was who Finn missed the most, the girl who Finn had done everything he could for her for love. Now she was gone, along with the rest of his life, as if he were a page in a book, ripped out and then pasted into another, leaving both inconsistent. He felt like he was an aberration in this world, not truly belonging here.

Yet already he had saved many people, and he was already reestablishing his old life, that of being a hero. First he slew a dragon, now he saved a town from invaders. But even then, he still felt unbelonging, and wished only to return to his real life. Back to everyone and everything he knew, everything he cared for...

Yet there was one thing that instilled doubt in him in whether he should return or not, and that was Roselinen. She was still asleep, asleep on Finn's shoulder. For the past 5 months ever since he ended up in the Pillow World, she had been his only friend and the only person close to him in this world. Ever since he had danced with her on the first day he was here, ever since she let him live with her, and through all the months that Finn had been here already, she was there. A close friend, a companion, and someone he cared for. And Finn admitted it inside him; she was pretty. Her being a pillow notwithstanding, he didn't see any reason why he wouldn't be attracted to or crushing on her. She was attractive, intelligent, and friendly. She would be a great girlfriend. Yet Finn could not shake the feeling that it felt like cheating, like it made his relationship with Flame Princess irrelevant, as if just because he was stuck here meant he would no longer be loyal to her. He felt stuck, as if he was facing a crossroads, where either path made him doubt on which to take.

"Finn Fleshpillow," the driver called out, interrupting Finn's thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"We're near Beddington now. 10 minutes at most,"

"Oh, alright. Thanks for the ride, by the way,"

It was then that Roselinen began stirring awake. Groaning in drowsiness and trying to sit up straight, she uttered, "Are we there yet?"

"Almost. We've been asleep on each other's shoulders for the whole ride, you know," Finn answered, to which Roselinen answered by leaning on his shoulder again, trying to get back to sleep.

"Wake me up when we get there,"

"It's like 15 minutes away now, you know. Might as well wake up already,"

"Eh,"

"Wake up, Roselinen. We're here,"

"Huh?" she said, opening her eyes yet again. From what she could see outside the car they were in some taxi station somewhere in the middle of the city. Finn opened the door, and after Roselinen finally got off his shoulder, stepped outside, and she followed.

"Thanks for the ride, man!" Finn said to the taxi driver.

"Sure! Keep slaying trolls, haha!" he responded, right before speeding away.

"Well, we're here! What now?" Finn said.

"Well, why don't we find some local wizards guild, or maybe some research facility or university or something?"

"What's a university?"

"Never mind. Let's just go around," Roselinen said, grabbing Finn's arm and dragging him along to wherever she went.

5 minutes would pass with them doing nothing but walking around in the streets, observing every little quirk the city had to offer. They'd pass by restaurants and vendors selling pillow snacks, pillow fast food, pillow gourmet food; markets selling pretty much pillow versions of real life goods, various commercial shops, some tall apartments in the distance, and even a strip club, where sexy pillow women remove their casing for the enjoyment of their patrons.

As they roamed around, Roselinen decided to start asking around where the nearest wizard's guild was. Spotting a random woman, she asked,

"Um, ma'am, do you know where the local wizard guild is?"

"Oh? You're gonna have to take the metro, just around the corner. The guild's on the other side of the city, at the east. Just pay up, get on the train, and once you reach Covertry Station just go left of the exit, you'll find this building with a big sign. They're rather famous here, actually,"

"Thanks, ma'am. How much's the train?"

"3 bucks one way, whichever station,"

"Thanks! Let's go, Finn," she finished, grabbing Finn's arm and dragging him off yet again.

After finally making their way to the station, they encountered several long lines passing into turnstiles that led to the platform. Apparently, they just needed to pay up at the end of the line, receive a ticket, and they were free to get on.

After waiting out for a rather long time, they finally managed to pay up and get on the platform. Once they were there, Finn found himself dumbfounded as he saw what passed for the railway tracks here. It was a zipper, a massive one, and it functioned in every way similar to actual tracks. There was a train that was already there, but was bound in the opposite direction Finn and Roselinen were going travel. At the frontmost car was someone in uniform and a pointy wizard hat, and after casting some sort of spell the train started to accelerate out of its own accord. As it sped out of the station, it opened up the zipper-tracks, and after some time the zipper closed out of its own accord again, and another train arrived. Finn remained astonished at the manner of transport the Pillow people had came up with.

Soon a train arrived, eastbound just as Finn and Roselinen wanted, and once it stopped they immediately boarded it, and after some time after people began filling the train up, the doors closed and it began accelerating away, straight out the station.

An uneventful 20 minutes would pass, other than Finn gazing out of the windows seeing as much as he could of the massive city that was Beddington. There were a few skyscrapers in the distance, but for the most part the city was more of a mix of commercial areas, apartments and condominiums, parks, and other random buildings and establishments of varying purposes.

Soon they finally arrived at their station after a few stops, and alighting the train they made their way out of the station.

"Finn, what time is it?"

Finn looked around for a clock and spotted one on one of the walls.

"1 PM. Why?"

"Well, just in case we might have to stay here longer than we expect, we might have to spend the night in this city,"

"Ah, back home today or tomorrow, as long as we find anything here, don't really mind. Let's go!"

And with that the two exited the station and headed left just as the woman they asked told them, and true to her word, the two spotted a rather unremarkable building with a large sign on its side, upon it was written "Wizard's Guild of Beddington".

"Here we are," Finn said as they went towards the guildhall. On its wall by the door was a poster titled "The 46th Wizards' Championship! The Ultimate Grueling Test of Magical Power!" and subtitled "Conquer the Five Tests and Triumph as the Wizarding Champion of Beddington!" and at the bottom was written "July 20-27, at the Beddington Stadium! Enter the contest or buy your tickets now!". All over the poster were numerous images of wizards either showing off the full power of their spells or were in battle, either with other wizards or strange, terrible pillow beasts.

"The heck is this?" Rosalinen asked, curious about the poster.

"Ah, I dunno. Let's just go in," Finn replied. And with that, he knocked on the guildhall's door.

Eh, as usual, please review, and hopefully this wasn't too much a filler of a chapter.