AN: No good reason for the late update this time. I had stuff I wanted to do Sunday and with finals on the horizon, I was not pulling an all-nighter.
Finn raised his right foot, preparing to race across the vast white expanse. He looked back and saw his new friends preparing to follow. Cake had on a worried, but determined expression. Prince Gumball was looking at Finn expantantly. Marshall had on a smirk that said "Come on, 'Hero', prove yourself." Fionna's face wasn't looking at Finn's, but her eyes seemed distant, as if her mind were in another reality.
"Everyone ready?" Finn said. Everybody nodded. "Once we step foot in this snow the Ice Queen will know we are here. On the count of three."
"One." Everyone's face tightened, preparing for a difficult chase, but they couldn't afford to waste time with battling the Ice Queen. The meteor had nearly arrived, and the snow in front of them was feeling it's heat. They all were.
"Two." Finn turned forward again, and bunched his leg muscles. He estimated they had until night to destroy the meteor. This was it, they couldn't afford to be slowed here.
"Three!" Finn's foot landed hard on the snow and sunk a few inches, his left foot landing in front of the right almost immidietly. That's how it was for a few minutes. Heavy foot after heavy foot, splosh after splosh, Finn's socks quickly filling with water. He could hear his friends heavy panting behind him, the splash from there own feet landing in the slush.
Finn turned his head as he heard a screech emit from a ways off, and suddenly a small blue streak was flying through the sky, headed for them. It wouldn't take long for her to catch up.
"Prepare yourselves!" Finn yelled back.
"Oh glob! She's REALLY fast!" Prince Gumball yelled.
They ran as fast as they could, all except Marshall, who was infinitly amused by their lack of flying capabilities. They had made it nearly three quarters of the way out of snowy territory when the first ice bolt was thrown. It missed Fionna, it's intended target, but managed to get a shallow cut in Finn's leg. A hiss escaped his lips, but he saved his breath for running.
"Get out of my kingdom!" Finn heard a high pitched voice yell from behind.
Suddenly, Finn heard Cake speak up. "Hey, Icy, It's me!" He tried to sneak a look back, out of surprise, and instantly regretted it. He stumbled, nearly falling entirely. Suddenly, Fionna was beside him, lifting him back up by the elbow and keeping him running. He chanced another glance behind, intent on catching what was going on.
"Listen, can't you just let us go?" Cake called.
"Of course, you can go! As soon as I get my PRINCE!" Ice Queen yelled, and she swooped at Gumball.
Marshall intercepted the Ice Queen, blocking her. "I may not like the pink fluff ball, but we need him, so if you don't mind..." She cut him off by trying to fly around him, to which he responded with a mid air spin kick.
Finn had to admit, Marshall was pretty impressive at fighting, but he would never think of telling the egotist.
"Finn!" Fionna's voice caught his attention, his head snapped to her, and, noticing she was looking at his leg, he followed her eyes. What he thought was a small cut, was drenched in blood. Now that he noticed it, he could feel his strength slowly draining.
"Garbunkle! My legs more gunked up than I thought."
"Can you make it?" Fionna said, concern seeping through her voice. Finn nodded his head.
"It barely hurts."
A screech distracted them again. Turning his head back again, still pumping his legs, he noticed the Ice Queen was infuriated, and she was still trying to push through Marshall.
As Cake, Finn, Fionna, and Gumball ran, the Ice Queen tried to dive bomb them and throw ice bolts, but each time was thwarted by the Vampire King.
"Haha!" He laughed triumphantly, after having smashed another ice bolt in mid air. Suddenly, he stopped keeping pace with us, and tackled Ice Queen. "I'll keep her busy." He yelled back. "Just keep running, you guys gotta get to the mountain now!"
For a second, we thought the rest of the mad dash would be easy, hell we were almost there. Then, snow golems popped out of the ground.
Since they were so slow, it was like trying to dodge trees that would suddenly sprout right in front of you. One popped up between Finn and Fionna, seperating them, and removing the hand that hadn't left Finn's side unsteadied until then. Finn hadn't realized how much he was leaning on her. He stumbled, then fell, face-first, into the snow.
Struggling Finn got up, and barely rolled out of the way of a snow giant's hand descending to crush him. He scrambled to his feet and, ignoring the seering pain the dull throb in his leg had developed into, ran full blast. He ran left, then right, jumped over an emerging giant, then rolled to the side as one tried to step on him. Suddenly, the white snow beneath his feet changed to rocky brown dirt. They had escaped snow territory.
Looking around, he noticed Gumball and Cake trying to catch their breathe.
"Where's Fionna?" He asked, then looked around without waiting for an answer. He saw a patch of yellow in the snow a little way off, surrounded by snow golems. "FIONNA!" She wasn't moving.
Finn started running back, when just a second ago he had no energy. He came to the golems, just as one went to bend down and pick her up. He pulled out his sword, leaped through the air, and the giant's snowy hand seperated from it's arm as Finn sliced through in mid-air. He landed next to Fionna, his legs spread apart, and sword at the ready.
One golem punched, and Finn cut the fist in half. Then rushed forward and cut off one of it's legs. It toppled to the side, clashing with another snow golem, and they both dispersed onto the ground. Another golem grabbed a large chunk of snow and launched it at Finn. He simply rolled to the side. Rushing forward, he scooped up Fionna, and ran back to Cake and Gumball. The golems threw a few more snow boulders but soon gave up as none reached their target.
He set Fionna down, as gently as he could. "Fionna?" He called.
Her eyes started to flutter open, and Finn released the breath he didn't realize he had been holding.
"Oh, thank Glob." He pulled her into a tight embrace. "I was worried there for a moment."
Her arms folded around him, and for that moment, the world could've been ending and Finn wouldn't have cared. They seperated, but his eyes locked on hers. "I promise I will make it back to you." He whipered.
A throat was cleared behind them. Gumball was standing there, a telescope in his hand. "If you two are very well done being romantic, I would like you to look at the top of the mountain."
Finn was the first to look. There, on the peak, was a dark purple, swirling mass.
"Is that..." Finn started, then left the sentence hanging.
"A portal." Gumball finished.
They finally reached the top, the meteor nearly taking up the entire sky. They now stood at the very top of the mountain, a circular, mostly flat top, about 15 feet in diameter. In the center was a small chest. Off to one side, on the very edge was the portal. Finn, Fionna, and Cake swarmed the chest, while Gumball pulled out a small device and walked up to the portal.
"What is it?" Cake asked, peering at the chest in anticipation.
Fionna opened the chest, and a bright light emitted from it as it swung up. Inside, sat a small ring, but where a gemstone normally sat, there was the picture of a blue heart. She picked it up. "Should I put it on?"
Suddenly, Gumball spoke up behind them. "I think, it's what we've been looking for." They all looked at him. "This portal leads back to Finn's original world, of that I'm sure. And look at the inscription at the bottom of the chest."
Finn bent down to examine said inscription. He read it outloud. "This necklace has the power to grant one wish, but both sides must be held, and both holders must wish for the same thing."
"And I think Finn was sent here because the other one is in his universe. And if I'm correct, it's in the same place. That portal SHOULD lead you to it." Gumball said.
"Should?" Finn asked, uncertainly. Gumball shrugged noncommitedly.
As Finn stepped up to the portal, Fionna stopped him. "Wait, is this goodbye?"
Finn paused, and turned around to face her. He noticed, thankfully, that Cake and Gumball were walking off to give them space. "I'll miss you so much. I..." He paused, not able to say it because of the uncertainty.
Fionna smiled. "I love you, too." She leaned in and kissed him. So much love was held in that brief passage of lips, it meant the world to Finn.
An old idea popped into his head, from back at the river. "Wait, don't wish for the meteor to be gone!" Finn said, excitement breaking through.
"What, why wouldn't I?" Fionna questioned, throughly befuddled.
"Just trust me, ask to be sent to Prismo's world. Just trust me." He was smiling so wide. Everything was going to work out. He turned and jumped through the portal.
Suddenly, he felt himself falling, much like when he first arrived in Fionna's world. He landed much faster, and for a second, he thought nothing had changed. The landscape was still bright from the light given off from the meteor. But there was noone else around and the chest in the center of the landing was closed. He scrambled to it, and opened it. Inside, a red heart ring lay there, shining for the world to see. He grabbed it and pushed it on his finger.
'I want to be sent to Prismo's world! I want to be sent to Prismo's world!' He thought frantically. He fealt himself be lifted, then the dirt brown disappeared, and was replaced by a white wall with a shadow.
He was standing back in the place he had once made that fateful wish at, but this time, Fionna stood by his side, instead of Jake.
"Well, hey again, Finn, I see you brought a lady friend!" Prismo exclaimed. "Do you want any tea, or a hotdog?"
"Finn, what's going on? Where are we?" Fionna asked, a little shaken.
"No, man, we're good. But thanks." He called to Prismo. Then he turned to Fionna. "Listen, this guy grants one wish each, instead of just one total!"
Fionna seemed a little puzzled at first. Then, as realization seeped in, her face elighted with joy. "Does that mean?"
"Yep!" Finn said, beeming.
"You guys going to make a wish, or what? Jake set me up with this really cute girl. She's mortal but..." Then Prismo whistled. Whoever it was, she got Prismo excited.
"Uhhh... yeah. One sec." Finn said. Then turned to Fionna. "You ask that he remove both meteors, then I'll ask him to make a two way portal in both of our houses, and to steady our worlds, so that we can visit each other constantly."
She nodded then walked forward. "I wish the meteors threatening both me and Finn's worlds-"
Prismo cut in, "'Finn and I', but continue."
"-both Finn and I's worlds were destroyed!"
"Done, and how about you little man?"
And Finn repeated his wish to Prismo.
There was silence for a moment, and Prismo just frowned. "I'm sorry." Is all he said.
"What? Why are you sorry?" Finn asked.
"I can't force worlds to change their behaviour. Not because I'm not strong enough, but because it's something that could in and of itself destroy said world. I'm not doing it."
At those words, Finn's heart dropped to the floor. Here he was, having risked his neck and done so much. Here he was, battered, bruised, bleeding still out of one leg. And here he was having to listen that it was all in vain, that he didn't get his happily ever after.
Fionna hugged him. Tears welled up in their eyes.
"I'm so sorry." Prismo repeated.
Finn looked at Fionna. "I wish I could say we will always be together, but you can't go through life wishing for what can be." He turned back towards Prismo.
"What are you going to do?" Fionna asked, but Finn ignored her.
Finn took a deep breath, steeling his nerves, then said, with tears in his eyes, "I wish we were all back home, with no memory of the meteor, the prophecy, our adventure, or our time together."
Fionna cried out. "No! I don't want to forget you!"
"It's- it's for the best. Fionna, I love you."
A white flash, and Finn's eyes shot open.
Finn got out of bed. Something was wrong, but he didn't know what. He didn't feel like doing much, so he just sat on the coach and thought. He was confused, so much so he had to force himself to remember what had happened the past few days. He had done some looking into of a recent theft and beat up the thief, but that's about it. Yep, nothing really special. But he felt in gut that that wasn't true. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. He opened it, and was greeted to a large crowd.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY."
'Jake, Lady Rainicorn. There was so many people here. Gumball, Marshall Lee.' Finn stopped himself. 'Why'd I call Princess Bubblegum and Marceline by guy names?' He just shrugged it off, as the names became less and less familiar. Slowly, the feeling that something wasn't right disappeared for good.
Part of the way through the party, Jake noticed something on Finn's hand.
"Hey, Bro, what's that?"
Finn looked down, and noticed a ring with a red heart on it, instead of a gemstone. "I don't know."
"Well take it off, dude, it looks girly, and girls like manly men!" Jake said, then stretched his arm into a bulging, muscular arm. The thing about Jake flexing is that he can cheat.
"Naw, man, I don't know why, but this ring feels special to me." And that feeling never went away.
AN: Oh, man, if a writer pulled this on me, I'd be pissed! But, I really felt that this was what should've happened. I really want to hear what you guys think, so please, REVIEW!
I wrote the first paragraph or two different originally. The first edition started with Finn placing his foot down, they heard a screech, then started running. But I wanted alot of detail in this for some reason. I love writing like this but don't do it often enough. It creates a MOOD. It also helps that I'm listening to ambient music by nayhan.
I don't know why I never did this before, make up nonsensicle words for Finn. It fits him so well. Garbunkle! That's just brilliant!
IDK why, but some of this chapter seemed... awkward? In the middle. Something didn't seem right. People kept bugging me and I couldn't keep focused. Well, this stories done, but many more stories still need to be written. Have a great day readers, and remember, love life while you can, because you don't always have forever with the ones you love. Bless your face, and if you sneezed while reading this, bless you. Goodnight!
P.S. I'm probably getting sued for stealing Tobuscus's catchphrase. *Shrugs*