The Carbon Prince
Part II
After a meal of bacon and eggs, Jake, Finn, and Carbon Prince set out to find a location for Carbon Prince's new home. It took about an hour to find the perfect spot. They settled on a clearing right outside a shallow cave. They spent most the morning build a small house out of wood and stones attached to the cave. The house extended out into the clearing, the back wall opened into the cave and had two complete walls made of various sized stones stretched out into the clearing. The house had a large gap in the third wall and lacked a roof. The trio were almost done with the last wall, struggling to find good sized stones when CP thanked Finn and Jake for the twentieth time.
"Thank you guys so much for doing this. I really appreciate it."
Finn sighed, "No problem. Helping people is what we do,and besides this isn't the first time we built a house for somebody." Finn thought back to the house he built for Flame Princess.
Jake dropped a large stone onto the wall, "Yeah we've had to weirder things for people before." Carbon Prince was about to ask Jake about the different things they did when he heard a faint yelling in the distance.
"Finn?" "Finn?" "FINN?" Flame Princess suddenly came crashing out of the woods. She ran directly to Finn "FINN! THANK GLOB! Finn I need your help my dad got out some how."
"What How? Wheres Cinnamon Bun and his giant flying flame wolf?"
"CB went back to Candy Kingdom for awhile. And my dad must have tricked someone into letting him go."
"Ok. CP you good here by yourself for awhile?"
Carbon Prince walked from behind the wall, "Yeah I guess."
"Um Finn?" Flame Princess glanced at CP then back at Finn
"Oh yea um Flame Princess this is Crystal Prince or Carbon Prince now I guess. CP this is the Princess of the Fire KIngdom."
CP walked up slowly, "Uh hi." He stuck his hand out to greet the fiery princess. FP looked up at CP. He was still wearing the suit Bubblegum gave him, and the black was beginning to show through it. Without thinking, FP reached out and shook Carbon Princes hand. His entire hand was immediately engulfed in flames and they quickly spread up his arm. CP began flailing his arms about and ran through the woods. He quickly found a small pond and jumped in. Back at the house Flame Princess was freaking out.
"Oh my glob, oh my glob! where did he go? I didn't mean to…" Finn and FP went running after CP. They quickly found him. CP was soaking wet and had torn off the singed suit and threw it on the bank of the pond. The pond had turned completely black.
"OH MY GLOB I AM SO SORRY!" Flame Princess quickly apologized. "Are you ok?"
CP looked up, "Yup but the suit is ruined." HE pointed to the half burned plastic suit.
"Why do you need the suit?" FP asked curiously.
"Instead of burning things I turn them ugly." CP walked over to a tree and rubbed it turning the spot black.
"Oh.."
Finn finally spoke up, "Um FP your Kingdom is in trouble remember?"
"Oh Glob! Got sidetracked. Lets go."
Finn called out, "Jake lets go! CP you coming?"
"Uhh Finn I'm just going to finish my house. I hope thats ok."
"Yeah thats cool. We'll be back later."
Jake increased his size picking up FInn in the process. "See ya later CP." Jake said as he followed Flame Princess through the woods.
Back at his house Carbon Prince began to work on his house again. He couldn't help but think about Flame Princess. She was almost just like him. She can't touch anything without burning it, and he can't touch anything without making it ugly. On top of all this he couldn't stop think about the way she glows when she burns, and how beautiful the fire, and more importantly, she was . CP soon realized that he had all but stopped working as he day dreamed about Flame Princess. He looked up at the scorched path from which she came from. He dropped the stone he was holding and took off running down the path.
Meanwhile Jake, Finn, and Flame Princess reached the Flame Kingdom. FP stopped near a rock. "Hey Flambo! You here?"
"Hello! How may I help you my hot mama?" Flambo appeared from under a rock and jumped on a larger one.
"Flambo I need you to cast a flame shield onto Finn and Jake. Quickly."
"You got it." Flambo quickly recited the spell and spit on Finn and Jake turning them blue.
"Thanks Flambo!" FP said as she took off running toward the kingdom with Finn and Jake right behind. Once in the kingdom they found out just how bad things were. People were running around fighting each other, stealing things, and committing other crimes. Flame King had taken his spot on the throne. Flame Lord was no where to be found.
"You guys can go for the citizens. Try not to hurt them please. I still want a kingdom to run after this is over." Flame Princess said as they sneaked through the kingdom.
Finn look at FP, "What about your dad?"
"I'll try to hold him off until you guys can help." With that the three of them rushed at the throne trying to ambush Flame King.
"Ahh my daughter! I knew you would be back." Flame King chuckled as he stood up and started blasting flames at her. FInn and Jake were fighting with the citizens and locking them up in their homes or tying them up with chains.
"Hey Jake you think you got this?"
"Yeah man go get your girl."
Finn kicked a citizen in the face and ran towards Flame King. Finn rushed at him with his sword drawn ready to attack.
"Finn NO! He's still my dad don't hurt him!" Flame Princess yelled as Finn was about to strike. Finn jumped in the air and kicked Flame King in the face knocking him back. Finn landed and began to rush at Flame King again.
"Foolish boy. you honestly think you can beat fire!" Flame King said the last part as he blasted a pillar of fire at Finn. Finn tried to use his sword to block the fire but it didn't work. Finn was hit with the full force of the blast and was sent flying back.
Flame Princess watched as Finn was sent through the air and hit the . "Finn!" She turned back towards her dad just in time to be hit with another blast of fire. This knocked her back making her fall to the floor. She looked back at Jake who had grown in size to get an advantage over the citizens. It wasn't working. They had begun to crawl up his legs and stab him with little daggers. He couldn't tie them up or lock them up fast enough. Flame Princess then looked back at her dad worried.
"This time I'm going to make sure you stay locked up. That is unless you decide to take Don Jon as your husband." Flame King said as he approached his daughter.
"NEVER!" Flame Princess blasted her dad with multiple balls of fire. This sent him reeling back. FP continued to send an onslaught of fire at her father as she walked to Finn. Suddenly a huge blast of fire sent Flame Princess across the room. Her father walked through the smoke.
"If you wont take his hand in marriage then I guess Ill have to lock you up for the rest of your life." Flame King sent a huge pillar of fire at FP. Finn had just regained consciousness as the blast was fired.
"Flame Princess NOOO!" was all Finn could say as he watched the events unfold.
FP couldn't do anything but brace for impact. She put her arms up in front of her and closed her eyes waiting for the blast. It never came. Flame Princess opened her eyes in time to see Carbon Prince collapse into a crumpled ball of flames in front of her. She couldn't believe it. She felt a tear of lava fall down her cheek. She looked up at her dad.
"Very well. Your demise has just be delayed." Flame King prepared to send another torrent of fire at his daughter. Flame Princess just stared at CP as another tear went down her cheek. she felt another blast of fire hit right beside her. She looked up to see Finn grabbing on to her father's arm redirecting the blast. Flame King quickly knocked fin off and hit him with another blast of fire sending him into a wall where Finn collapsed again. Suddenly a scream erupted getting everyone's attention. Flame Princess suddenly exploded violently into her evil form ten times bigger than normal.
"ENOUGH! YOU HAVE CAUSED NOTHING BUT PAIN IN MY LIFE. FORCING ME TO DO THINGS I DON'T WANT TO DO. IT ENDS NOW!"
Flame King stared in awe. He began to chuckle, "You are evil! I always knew you had it in you! Now we can rule this kingdom as father and daughter!
"I AM NOT EVIL! I WILL NEVER BE EVIL" With that Flame Princess sent a massive wave of fire at her father. He was quickly engulfed in the flames. Flame Princess returned to her normal self. she collapsed into the fetal position crying at the mess around her. The flames over her father died down revealing the Flame King collapsed on the ground. The citizens stopped attacking and kneeled down before the throne. Jake quickly made his way to Finn.
"Hey bro you ok?"
"Yeahh what happened?"
"Flame Princess showed her dad who's boss."
"What about CP?"
Jake glanced at the flaming lump on the ground."He uhh didn't make it."
"What? We have to help him!"
"Dude you're way too weak."
Suddenly Flame Princess got up and walked over to her father and made sure he was still alive. after confirming he was unconscious she turned to the crowd of citizens watching. "Citizens please return to you homes and release all others. Please stay in your homes and remain silent for the remainder of the day." The citizens quickly went back to their houses. Flame Princess turned back to her father. "Hey Jake can you put him in the lantern?" Jake stretched his hand and picked up the unconscious king and put him in the lantern above the throne. Flame Princess walked over to CP and crouched beside him. Jake helped Finn up and they joined her.
"What should we do?" Finn asked.
"Probably put him out and bring him back to where ever he came from." Jake answered. Suddenly CP started moving and groaned.
"Oh Glob! You're alive! Are you ok?" Flame Princess asked.
"The flames…" CP said softly.
"What? oh put out the fire quickly" FP instructed.
"No, They.."
"What about them CP?" Finn asked.
"They don't hurt."