Chapter Twelve:

"This is the fourth level dude! One more to go, and then we'll be out of this mess!" Finn exclaimed, as he, Jake, Lady Rainicorn, Ice King, and LSP bounded up from the third level to the fourth level.

"Oh my lumps, I hope PB is on this next level," LSP said, "Her and I were lumpin' captured when we were checking out pictures of Hot Dog Princess's blog."

"Princess Bubblegum has been captured?" Finn shrieked. "Oh no! Now Magic Man has gone to far!"

"What's it like Finn?" Ice King then asked.

"What is what like?"

"What's the feeling like when your lover is captured? I'm just curious, seeing as I'm the one who usually does the capturing. Do you feel alive?" Ice King questioned.

Finn groaned. "Princess Bubblegum is not my lover!"

"Oh, I see, you two are taking things slow," Ice King grinned, "Princesses like playing hard to get." He winked.

"NO! We're not dating, or in love, or anything like that!" Finn exclaimed.

"Oh ho, so now you've fallen for that vampire chick instead of my best friend? What, PB not good enough for you now?" LSP interrogated.

"What? NO! Marceline and I aren't lovers either!"

"Oh come on Finn, the only reason you're so dedicated to saving them is because you love one of them," Ice King said.

"No! I'm doing this for honor! For what's right! Saving Bubblegum and Marceline is the right thing to do!" Finn screeched.

"Yeah! My brother has morality!" Jake defended. He lowered his voice, "But if you did choose, could you go with Bubblegum, because Marceline gives me the shivers."

"NO ONE UNDERSTANDS!" Finn screamed.

"Ah, he's going through the first stages of puberty," Lady Rainicorn cooed.

"I remember when I went through puberty. Next thing Finn knows, he'll have an overwhelming desire to steal power and princesses for his collection," Ice King added.

"Oh my lumps, he might grow a beard as well," LSP added.

Finn sighed. No one understands.

(A/N lol poor Finn, tormenting him is fun because he's so cute XD Even though I'm not a 12 year old boy (I'm a girl lol) I can imagine that a unicorn, a magical dog, a lumpy space princess, and a middle aged ice king talking about you and puberty can be pretty humiliating)

The fourth level was most definitely the strangest thing Finn and his comrades had ever seen. It looked like their home, every tree, rock, and forest path looking the same, even the Candy Kingdom wasn't too far off. But the five knew that this was all trickery of the mind, which this wasn't really their home, in fact, it was far from it. However, that was not the puzzling part, it was the skies. One half of the skies were bright orange from the glistening sun, and the other half was dark blue with a luminescent moon. Half day, half night.

"I'm going to bed," Jake said, stepping on the part of grass that was nighttime. "And now I'm awake!" he exclaimed, stepping over to the day side. "This is totally radical man."

"Are you kidding? This is UNACCEPTABLE! How will we know which time is breakfast, and which time is dinner? Now I have to re-plan my princess kidnapping schedule!" Ice King cried.

"I have a really bad feeling inside of me," Finn said to Jake. "A really bad feeling."

"So do I man, but it's probably gas." Jake grinned. "Don't worry Finn. We've made it this far, haven't we?"

"Yeah… I just can't shake this bad feeling inside my gut."

"Remember what I taught you; always trust your gut."

"Jake, I taught you that when we went out to the Cloud Kingdom, you ate too many cloud tarts, your gut told you to take it easy, you kept eating tarts anyway disregarding your gut, and then you ended up getting sick and couldn't take me shopping for a violin case!" Lady Rainicorn exclaimed.

"What the lumps, men are so messed up," LSP commented.

Jake shrugged. "Yeah, yeah, whatever."

"Look! Up ahead I see two cages!" Finn exclaimed. The human boy dashed off running as fast as his legs could carry him, his friends not too far behind him. With an incredible burst of adrenaline (and perhaps a sugar boost from his candy bar) Finn leaped up seven or eight feet in the air, clinging to one of the iron cages.

Two iron cages, one on the day side, one on the night side, were hanging up by trees by a strong chain. Only a little slit was inside the cage, and Finn stuck his face up to a slit, looked inside, and-

"Finn!"

"Princess Bubblegum!"

Finn's eyes were wide with disbelief as he saw the Candy Kingdom princess inside the cage, nestled in a far corner. "I'm so glad you're here! I've been in this strange cage all day and I couldn't get out! Please save me!"

"Sure Princess, but just hold on one second."

Finn let go of his hold on the cage, falling to the grass. "WAIT! FINN! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE AGAIN!" Princess Bubblegum shrieked.

Running over to the night side of the grass, Finn leaped up onto the other cage. Please be Marceline, please be Marceline, please be-

"Hey weenie."

"Marceline!"

Standing inside the cage, with her hands on her hips, was Marceline the vampire queen. "Took you long enough," she said nonchalantly. "I've been in this cage for a few hours, with princess pinky in the other cage across from me."

"It's okay, we'll get you out of here," Finn assured, "I'm going to open Princess Bubblegum's cage first because it's day time and I can see better."

"You really think it's that easy, don't you?" Marceline asked.

"What? Why isn't it that easy?"

"Magic Man set this whole thing up human boy. The only way you're opening pinky's cage is with me, because her cage will only open up when my hand touches the lock." By now, Jake and the others were over on the day side, Lady Rainicorn talking to Princess Bubblegum.

"Alright, I'll let you go, and you can come open her cage," Finn said. "How does this thing open anyway?"

Marceline sighed. "You still don't get it, do you? Pinky's cage is on the BRIGHT and SUNNY side of this place. I can't go over there without my skin boiling up and frying like potatoes in a pan. That would be the part where things get hard."

"Oh," Finn replied. "Darn you're right! This is so not mathematical."

"Hey dude! Princess Bubblegum is getting kind of desperate to get out of her cage!" Jake called from across the day and night side of the grass.

"How do I open you're cage Marceline?" Finn asked.

"Oh gee, I don't know, maybe with this key," she replied, slipping her hand through the slit in the cage, handing Finn a silver key. "I would have unlocked it myself, but the lock is on the outside of this stupid thing." Quickly, Finn opened Marceline's cage, and she walked out, stretching out her long pale limbs. "Like I said, took you long enough," she yawned.

"How can we save Princess Bubblegum if you can't cross over into the sun?" Finn asked the vampire, "There has to be a way!"

"Perhaps if I give you something of mine that has my DNA, which is required to open her cage, you might be able to get it open," Marceline mused.

"Yeah, that's a great plan! Maybe you could give me a lock of hair or something," Finn agreed.

"No, that won't work, and not only that, there's no way in the Night-O-sphere I'd cut this mane of styling beauty. I need to give you something that'll stick to you long enough for you to climb over to her cage."

"Great idea!" Finn exclaimed, "Oh I know how about you give me a-" His sentence was cut short, when Marceline's cold lips pressed against his cheek. The twelve year old boy's eyes widened, his head spinning with questions like: Why is she kissing me? Does she like me? Oh math I can't date an older woman, can I? Wait, dating? I'M ONLY TWELVE! Why is she kissing me? Her lips are cold. Should I kiss her back? Wait, kiss her back? I'M ONLY TWELVE!

After a few seconds, Marceline pulled back, smirking when she saw Finn's face the color of a ripened tomato. "Now you've got a lipstick kiss mark. Go over to pinky's cage and press your cheek against it that should set her free."

"Uh…nuh…alright… yeah…. okay," Finn stammered awkwardly, walking off the plank of the cage, forgetting it was suspended in the air, and falling flat on his face on the ground. Now his face was even redder, if that was possible.

Marceline chuckled as she watched Finn embarrassingly walk across towards Princess Bubblegum's cage. Heh, he's so cute. Wait, cute? I'M THE VAMPIRE QUEEN!

Author's Note:

Heh heh, FxM is so cute XD I know I cut the chapter short before Princess Bubblegum was freed, but this was a good way to end the chapter so it could go into the other one. Only three or so chapters left! Oh, and check out my other FxM one-shot please! Thank you for reading and please review. ADVENTURE TIME!