The first thing he noticed as he returned to consciousness was noises, like every other morning. There were the usuals. Birds chirping, the occasional hill giant running nearby, and breathing. But this time the breathing was really close. He refused to let it bother him in his half asleep state, and decided to take as long as possible to wake up. Soon enough, he was mostly conscious, but he kept his eyes closed for a moment longer to gather his wits about him.

'Wait a minute.' He thought to himself. 'What IS that breathing right next to me?' He finally decided to open his eyes. He found himself staring into the face of an angel. She had fair skin, and a little tuft of golden blonde hair sprung out from behind her hat. He found himself mesmorized, and he continued to stare, engraving every detail of her face into his memory for later recall.

Then he realized who he'd been staring at. "AHHH!" He screamed in surprise, as he realized just who he'd been having those romantics thoughts about.

Fionna's eyes shot open, and she screamed at the closeness of their faces, and the fact that someone was screaming in her face.

Finn quickly sat up, and looked away. "Sorry." He mumbled.

She also sat up. "No, I'm sorry, I accidentally fell asleep next to you last night."

'That wasn't what I was saying sorry for...' He thought to himself, but decided it best not to repeat it out loud. Fionna looked at him, as if to say something, then noticed he had his body completely turned from her, and was looking completely away from her.

"Hey." She said, trying to get him to turn around.

'How can I face her after what I was doing?' He thought frantically.

"Hey, I said I was sorry! It happenedbyaccident!" She said, starting to get defensive.

'I know! It was just because I was still half asleep. Everythings not the same when you aren't fully awake! I wasn't really having those feelings, just imagining them!' He took a deep breath to calm down.

Now Fionna was upset, thinking Finn was purposefully trying to ignore her. "Now, listen! I spent all night worried about your health, so don't you-"

Finn turned suddenly and interrupted her. "Sorry, I was just thinking about something!" He said.

"Oh?" she asked, honestly confused. "What about?"

He blushed. "Oh... uh..." He said, stalling to think of the answer, then he thought of the night before. "Just wondering what happened yesterday." He lied.

"Oh. That." So, she told him about the torture the Seer-Demon put Finn through, and how Marshall put him to sleep so his mind coould repair itself.

"Wait." Finn said, after having heard the full story. "I was asleep for the entire day and night!" He got up and rushed to the door. Flinging it open, he ran outside, not even bothering to grab his shoes. He ran, avoiding any especially sharp looking rocks, and exited the cave. Right outside the cave, he stopped and staired straight up.

Fionna, curious, got up and followed him. As she reached his location outside the mouth of the cave, she too looked up. Their, in the middle of the sky, were two suns, one slightly smaller and less bright.

She stared in horror. "Is that..." She asked, leaving the question hanging, as if to talk about it would make it more real.

"Yes. The meteor."


"What do you mean 'You have to leave now'?" Marshall complained. "You guys just got here and I've been wanting to jam for a while now. You people are no fun."

Fionna tried to placate him. "Listen, we'll play when we're done saving the world! But this is a little more important."

Marshall seemed to mull what Fionna had said over in his head. "Well I guess that settles it then. I'm going with."

Fionna smiled, but Finn frowned slightly. He caught himself though, and recovered by saying "Welcome aboard." Despite not meaning it.

"We don't have team shirts yet, but we're working on it." Fionna joked.

"I don't think I want to wear it if you're designing." Marshall said, laughing.

"What's that supposed to mean." She said and she huffed in indignation, to which Marshall just laughed again. Fionna noticed suddenly that Finn was looking at her intensly, and when he noticed she noticed, he looked away.

Before she could say anything, he headed for the door. "Well, let's go." Finn said.

So the three set off North, towards the wintery lands of the Ice Kingdom.


AN: Kinda shorter chapter, but it was also released sooner than normal. So suck it.

I'm kinda disapointed that noone answered my Q last time, so I just added a random character, and Marshall's the type of guy who's bored enough to follow the action wherever it goes. Nothing much else to do when you live for nearly an eternity.