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"Dangsin-eun manh-eun il-eul haessda gat-eun soli Finn," said Lady Rainicorn as the human finished the story of his travels.
"No kidding," said Princess Bubblegum, agreeing whole heartedly with what her friend had said.
"Wait, so let me get this straight," said Jake, causing all of the attention in the room to fall on to him. "So you're saying, that the first year you were looking for your dad you could only find rumors and false trails that lead you on a wild goose chase. The next year you got some viable information, something about him escaping from a place called the Citadel, crossed thousands of miles only to find that the information was old and that even though your father had actually been there he'd left who knows how long earlier. Despite all that however, you don't give up and spend the next year finally tracking him down to the top of some isolated mountain only to find that all of that time in isolation made him go crazy and he believed you were nothing more than a figment of his imagination. Then out of nowhere he starts attacking you and hacks off your arm, only to realize that you're real and during these moments loses his footing and falls to his death before you spend the next year finding your way back here."
"That pretty much sums it up," said Finn who was still a little downtrodden after having retold the story of his adventures.
"Did you really have to summarize it like that?" asked Marceline. "Couldn't you have done that internally or something?"
"Not really, basically I just felt the need to make sure that I hadn't missed any of the important information and that anybody who had dozed off or something was brought up to scratch," explained Jake.
"The way you made it sound was as if there was a fourth wall or something and you were bringing the reader or watcher up to scratch," said Princess Bubblegum. "Enough about that however. Finn, I want you to know that even though it's been years since we last saw you, we are still your friends and always will be."
"Thanks," said Finn, lifting his head ever so slightly in order to look the princess in the eye. A smile crossed her lips and even though he tried to mimic the expression upon his own face but knew that it was a cheap replica. Flame Princess, seeing his discomfort, placed a hand upon his shoulder trying to put his nerves to rest.
"Are you okay?" she asked, removing her hand before his shirt began to burn.
"Yea, just thinking is all," said Finn.
"Well anyways, we should get going," said Jake. "We'll catch up tomorrow bro."
"I'll see you at the party," said Finn.
"What?" exclaimed Jake in surprise. "I thought you'd want to catch up with me mano o mano all day tomorrow. How do you already have plans?"
"Well actually I need to head over to Wizard City and pick up some stuff," said Finn.
"Are you sure that's safe?" said Marceline.
"I've got a plan, I'll just need your help," said Finn turning his attention towards Flame Princess.
"Me?" said Flame Princess in shock.
"Yea, you can stay here the night if you want and we'll head off first thing in the morning," said Finn finally starting to sound slightly optimistic, a glimmer of the Finn that they all knew and loved.
"Sure...sounds great," said Flame Princess blushing slightly, not having expected to be offered to spend the night.
"Oooooooooo," said Jake causing Lady Raincorn to give him a playful slap behind the head.
"Dangsin-eun geuleul yongseo haeyahabnida. Geuga i iyagi ui julgeoli e pil-yo haessgi ttaemun-e dangsin-i tteonan iyuneun geos-eul ileohan hwansang-eul gajigo han hae dong-an ulineun nuguui haengdong geuga mwongalaneun oebuui nugunga e uihae gyeoljeong doeeossda danji modeun munja issdago wihae sala han geos hu ne beonjjae byeog." said Lady Rainicorn, her words being understood by less than half the people in the room.
"I'm sure it's not that bad," said Princess Bubblegum. "Although since you two are leaving shortly can I please get a ride home, don't really feel like walking home at this time of the night."
"That shouldn't be a problem," said Jake before turning towards his brother and rushed forward, embracing him in a hug. "Don't ever leave again man."
"I'll try man," said Finn as he returned the hug.
"Alright then, we'll see you tomorrow night," said Jake as he broke the physical contact.
"See you then," said Finn as his brother walked over to where Lady Rainicorn and Princess Bubblegum stood.
"Farewell," bid Princess Bubblegum as Jake opened the window and stretched outside, the princess hoping atop Lady Rainicorn before the brightly colored individual flew out into the open air.
"I should fly the coop as well," said Marceline as she tucked several strands of hair behind her ear. "I've been awake long enough as it is and knowing little miss goody two shoes I'll need to be on my best behavior tomorrow and that ain't happening if I don't get enough shut eye."
"Fair enough Marceline, we'll see you soon," said Finn waving his hand in the vampire's direction.
"Later," said Marceline as she flew out of the open window before Finn walked over and closed it, eventually turning his attention to the last remaining person within the house other than himself. Flame Princess sat there awkwardly as she rubbed her knees together and looked away from the human. Finn couldn't help but admire how beautiful Flame Princess had become over the years but he was no longer a child with a crush and knew that he had to be mature around all the princesses...at least to a certain degree.
"You sure it's alright for me to stay Finn, I can just come back in the morning if you want," said Flame Princess not wanting to be a bother.
"If you don't burn anything down it'll be fine," said Finn with a slight chuckle. "Please though, don't burn the treehouse to the ground, I kind of need to live here."
"I'll keep my temperature down then," said Flame Princess with a smile.
"You can take my bed upstairs if you want, I'll sleep on the couch and we'll head out first thing tomorrow, sound like a plan?"
"It's a date," said Flame Princess before heading up to where she would be sleeping leaving Finn stuttering and blushing at the wording that his friend had used.
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The walk to wizard city wasn't as bad as one would imagine, Flame Princess and Finn exchanging polite chat along a journey that seemed to end as soon as it started. Not once through their conversation however did Finn mention why they were here but just that he had to buy one item that he just had to have and couldn't get anywhere else. Upon reaching the hidden entrance to the city, Finn spoke the password that had been used several years earlier to enter the enchanted kingdom. As the barrier faltered a single man stood at the entrance to the city, a member of the wizard police if Finn recalled correctly.
"Halt," said the guard as they raised a hand, the signal instructing Flame Princess and Finn to come to a stop. "I don't sense any magical output from you. Everybody knows that those with no magical ability are forbidden from entering the city."
"Well you see, I do have magical abilities," lied Finn causing Flame Princess to look at him in confusion. "Or at least I did."
"Did?" repeated the guard in confusion.
"You see this," said Finn pointing at the scarred stump where his arm once was. "This is the result of trying out a new spell of mine. Everything was going fine but it just overloaded and before I know it I'm screaming out in pain, blood pouring down my torso until my yells attract my neighbours. Ever since that day I've been scared to use magic again, for anything other than summoning my elemental spirit Ruby here."
Flame Princess flushed slightly at the name that Finn gave her but it went unnoticed as Finn continued his story. "I'm just here to purchase some items and be on my way, you have my word that no trouble shall be caused by me or my familiar here. Are we free to pass?"
The guard stood there for several seconds before stepping to the side, bowing slightly as Flame Princess and Finn walked past. "Your familiar?" said Flame Princess once they were out of earshot.
"On my travels I magician who kept a creature with him, something that he called his familiar," explained Finn as they continued their walk down the street, ignoring the curious glances that witches and wizards sent their way. "I merely adapted the idea and used it to get us through."
"I remember once I told you not to lie to me again," said Flame Princess.
"When did I lie to you specifically then," said Finn with a cheeky smile. "Anyways I hope you don't mind the name I gave you, couldn't really go around calling you Flame Princess now could I."
"I guess," said Flame Princess as she looked away.
"I'll make it up to you shortly," said Finn turning a corner with Flame Princess by his side before coming to a stop. "Alright, we're here, just give me a couple of minutes to buy something and we'll be on our way."
"Wait, you mean we're only here for one thing," she said slightly annoyed by the fact they had come all this way for a single object.
"Trust me, it'll be worth it and I want it to be a surprise," said Finn as he pushed open the door. "I'll only be a minute."
"If you say so," said Flame Princess before Finn stepped through the door and allowed it to close behind him. She stood awkwardly outside the door as seconds ticked by like hours, feeling so out of place in the city comprised of magicians who had the power to do incredible feats that would astound thousands. They also had the power to extinguish her which was terrifying in it's own right.
One such wizard, one of whom she had squabbled with in the past, stepped into view and she couldn't want Finn to come out of the building a second sooner. Thankfully the Ice King hadn't seen her as yet and she tried to make herself seem as small as possible so that no attention would be drawn her way. This of course didn't help in any way as Ice King twisted his head to the side and spotted the fire elemental as if some internal princess trigger alerted him to the nearby royalty.
"Flame Princess!" he exclaimed in the thankfully deserted street lest the rage of the wizard community bare down upon her at that moment.
Before she could react however Finn stepped out of the shop, his purchase having been made. "What's going on?" asked the human before his eyes fell upon the ice wizard who had made his youth irritating to say the least. "Oh it's you."
"Finn," shouted the Ice King as he closed the distance between him and the duo. "My glob, how long has it been and what happened to your arm? If I remember correctly that was the arm that you used to punch me in the face with.'
"It was both of them actually," said Finn clearly remembering attacking the Ice King on multiple occasions with both fists. "Anyways, we kinda have to bail before anybody else recognizes us, you know the whole no magic thing."
"Oh right, you guys would be in heaps of trouble if people realized that you weren't wizards," said the Ice King at the exact moment that a couple of members of the Wizard Police stepped into view, their attention quickly focusing on the now identified non-magic users before them.
"Non-magic users within the city walls, receive your punishment," stated one of them as they lifted up the band covering their face.
"Down FP!" commanded Finn as he pushed his companion to the ground just in time before a beam of cosmic light shot over their heads. As the attack cleared, Finn grabbed hold of Flame Princess' hand and pulled her to her feet. "Run!" Not letting go of her hand for a second, Finn dragged Flame Princess along the alleyway. Before they rounded a corner, Finn looked over his shoulder to see that the Ice King had raised a barrier up causing an attack to ricochet into the sky.
"You owe me one Finn!" shouted the Ice King as he took to the sky.
"You got us into this mess in the first place!" shouted Finn in retaliation as he turned down an alleyway and out of view, Flame Princess by his side. "Alright, we need to get out of the city ASAP!"
"I could fly us out," offered Flame Princess, "But I don't want to burn you though and it would definitely be at least five seconds of flight."
"Halt!" shouted one of the Wizard Police as he rounded the corner and reached for his headband.
"Flight it is," said Finn as he leaped into Flame Princess' arms before the elemental took off into the air, a beam of light passing through where they had stood not a second later. It didn't take them long to escape the cities walls but Flame Princess was well aware that every moment she held onto her former boyfriend the more damage he would take. As she tried to descend however several beams of light shot directly into her flight path, forcing her to swerve to avoid being struck. Desperation beat through her being as she avoided every attack that she could, knowing full well that Finn could very well die within her arms if he stayed within her grasp too long.
Seconds ticked by like hours before she found herself with an opening, piercing through the sky like an arrow as she descended towards the ground, hitting the soil with enough force to leaver a crater in her wake before letting go of Finn, praying that the damage wasn't so bad. "Aw, I was liking it in your arms," said Finn with a light chuckle which caused confusion to rush through Flame Princess' mind as she looked at him.
Instead of seeing the human with burned flesh and his clothes on fire he was perfectly normal, not a single scratch on him. "Finn...how?" she started before pausing, not quite sure how to phrase her question.
"How am I not a pile of ash?" said Finn asking the question for her. Reaching into his shirt he pulled out an amulet that was strung around his neck by a golden chain. "This is what I bought in the store, it's a trinket that heavily reduces the effect that fire has on me and whatever it is that I'm wearing. With this around my neck I'll never be burnt again."
"Why did you buy something like that?" asked Flame Princess, confused at why he had bought the amulet.
"So I could do this," said Finn as he closed the distance between them and embraced the elemental princess in a hug and after a momentary stiffness at the human who held her in his arms, she returned the hug; neither of them letting go for a while as they merely enjoyed the physical interaction.
This moment, simply put, wasn't going to end anytime soon.
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Hope you enjoyed.
For those of you wondering what that giant speil that Lady Rainicorn went on about, here is the translation.
"You'll have to excuse him. After you'd been gone for over a year he had these fantasies that the reason you had left was because it was necessary to the plot of a story and that we were merely all characters whose actions were decided by someone outside of something he called the fourth wall."
Just me having a bit of a laugh at myself and my ideas; I blame the booze
Peace
