Chapter Fifteen:

Marceline was too tired when she first regained consciousness from the spider's attack. She did remember when Finn tore up the spider web around her, and when she looked into the twelve year olds eyes, she remembered whispering, "Hey weenie."

But the next part she remembered very WELL. Finn leaned down, and she felt a pair of soft lips touch hers. Marceline's eyes widened. Was Finn, the adventuring dog loving FINN kissing HER? She remained frozen. But then Finn eased back, taking his warm pair off of her freezing lips.

That was just Marceline's side of the kiss.

All Finn could remember, was Marceline almost flipping dying, and he was holding her, and she suddenly woke up… then… he… kissed her. Finn's brows furrowed. Wait, why did he do that? There must be a reason why he did that. Jake warned him weird stuff would happen, something called… oh what was it… oh yes, PUBERTY!

Was puberty what made Finn kiss her? The two stared at each other blankly. Their faces were still close together. Marceline's face was unreadable, and Finn's was bright red like a beet. Then, the embarrassing part came.

"I DEFEATED THE SPIDER!" Jake announced, hopping to the two.

"AH!" Finn and Marceline exclaimed at the same time, jumping apart from each other.

"Hey guys what happened?" Jake asked. "Finn, you look like you saw a ghost. Man, we already met three ghosts, there's no reason to be afraid of them. So what's going on dude?"

Finn opened his mouth, but the only thing that came out was, "Uhhh." He turned his head to Marceline, "Uhhh…"

"Uhhh…" she replied, just as awkwardly.

"Uhhh…."

"Uhhh…"

"We…"

"Uhhh…"

"We were just…"

"Just uh…"

"WHAT?" Jake demanded.

"PUBERTY!" Finn then screamed.

"Puberty?" Marceline and Jake asked at the same time. They didn't expect that answer!

"I mean geometry!" Finn cried.

"Geometry?" both the vampire and dog asked.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" Finn screamed, running off towards the spider's dead body. I hope I never go through that humiliation again! Jeez, what was I thinking, kissing Marceline? Gah! I wasn't thinking I was just happy she was alive. Well, wait, she's already dead, but I was glad she wasn't dead dead.

"Well, well, well Finn the Human," came an all too familiar voice. Finn looked up, but for once was slightly relieved Magic Man had approached him. Now Magic Man can take his mind off of this cursed 'puberty' and adolescence problems! Hopefully. He better have something good in store.

"Yeah, yeah let's hear what you've got Magic Man," Finn said.

He raised a brow. "Why in such a hurry human?"

"None of your cheese! Just lay it on me, did I complete my trial or not?"

"Nope, all you've done is kill my pet spider Michelangelo Riviera Torres."

Note to self, write that down as weirdest spider name you've ever heard, Finn thought. "I thought killing your spider was part of my trial," Finn replied defensively.

"Yes, it was. However, do you think that's fair to my spider? Raised from a small egg, learning and succeeding in grammar school, high school, getting his GED, and now he has been killed, simply as a step in a trial for a human."

"He was YOUR spider and these trials were YOUR idea!"

"So it was, so it was." Magic Man laughed. "Don't worry, I have like four more spiders who've gotten their GED."

"I don't care about how smart your spiders are! I want to go home, I want to finish these trials, and I want to kick your buns! So lay it on me Magic Man, what's my next move?" Finn interrogated with his voice loud.

Marceline and Jake stepped up behind him, but remained silent.

"Your next move?" Magic Man asked. He laughed. "You tell me." Then, taking a small violet magic vial, he popped the black cap, and gulped down the strange concoction. Suddenly Magic Man doubled in size, tripled rather, no, perhaps QUADRUPLED in size! He was no twice the size of the spider, in fact, his size made the spider look quite normal. So he was pretty huge, and creeping Jake the math out!

"Dude! Please tell me we don't have to fight him!" Jake exclaimed, the three of them in the shadow of Magic Man. "I can't even get that large! I'm not strong enough!"

"Defeat me, and you'll pass your trial," Magic Man laughed. "And perhaps learn the true meaning of being a hero."

"If this was all to learn the true meaning of a hero, I would've just looked it up on the dictionary!" Finn yelled. He sighed. "Alright Jake, Marceline, you guys don't have to fight with me. Cause, I have no idea how we're not going to not die."

"Hey, let's not forget our roles here: Jake is the energetic and life experienced weenie, you're the encouraged and spunky human, and I'M the hardcore rocker vampire that doesn't let a stupid Magic Man get in her way. And since I'm stuck with you two, you're both going to help me fight! Or so help me, I'm having HUMAN AND DOG FOR DINNER!" Marceline hissed, contorting her face to look menacing.

"OKAY OKAY!" Jake screamed.

"Fine, fine!" Finn screamed as well.

Marceline smirked. "Knew you boys would see it my way. NOW GO FIGHT MAGIC MAN!" she yelled. Jake immediately ran off. Before Finn did, he turned to Marceline.

"Thanks," he mumbled.

She kept her smirk. "Just don't expect a smooch if you fall unconscious."

Author's Note:

This was really just a filler chapter. Thanks for all the review, and thank you ahead of time for the reviews (hopefully) I'll get. Whoo hoo! :D