Chapter 4: The Plan, Part 1

Jake was at his girlfriend's home. He was cleaning up using each of his fingers like a mini hand to dust. That is until he heard a familiar bell ringing. Jake went and saw a long rainbow colored unicorn with a bleach blonde mane curled up and resting in her bed looking seriously ill. "What do ya need, lady?" he asked while waiting with a hand and foot on her. He had given her a bell to call him since she had lost her voice. Although, even if she had it she was unable to speak English. She had a bump at one part of her body that had grown larger over time due to the pregnancy.

Lady Rainicorn shook her head. She didn't need anything, but she pointed toward the window. Jake went to look out through it with a raised eyebrow. Outside it was now snowing. "Whoa! That's awesome!" he said with glee, wishing he could spend the day in the snow with Finn, but even so he had to attend to his sick girlfriend. However, he was unable to know what happened with Finn and Fionna.

At the Candy Kingdom, Finn was sitting alone in the hospital where multiple residents were treating Fionna in another room and tending to Cake. Finn looked around to see Gumball approach him. "Are you alright, Finn?" he asked taking a seat beside him while waiting for news on his friends as well, but he was startled when he saw the young boy's eyes change color. Once they were green, and now they were blue. However, he decided not to think so much about it. "It's nothing I couldn't handle," Finn answered in an odd tone of voice making the prince raise an eyebrow.

"Um… I see… are you sure?" Prince Gumball asked again to make sure. Finn straightened up. "Oh, huh? Yeah, man. I just keep blanking out, sorry," he apologized claiming to have blanked out just then, but it clearly wasn't. The prince sighed after thinking and assuming what was wrong. "I know you blame yourself for Fionna getting hurt, but it is not your fault. I know you two used to be close in more ways than one," Gumball tried to reassure him, but then wound up reminding Finn of a past event. Fionna used to be his girlfriend, but unfortunately he had broken up with her for an unknown reason.

"I was distracted, and I got trapped. As a result, she got hurt," Finn claimed. He sighed before seeing a doctor come out who was normally proclaimed as doctor princess. "I have good news, and bad news. Cake has a broken arm so no more stretching that limb for a while. Fionna is awake and alright, just scraped and bruised a bit," the doctor explained the condition of their friends. Finn and Gumball were relieved to see Fionna come with Cake following. Cake had a cast on her arm and Fionna had bandages wrapped on some parts of her body.

"Thank glob you're alright! I'm sorry you all received injuries while rescuing us," Prince Gumball apologized while Fionna looked around a bit. "It's nothing. But where's Bubblegum?" she asked not seeing her around which confused her. "Oh, sorry. She had to go calm down the kingdom," he answered. Fionna sighed not liking how Bubblegum left so fast.

"Come on, let's just get home," Cake told her younger sister. "Yeah, I need a rest…" Fionna responded. When they began to leave, Fionna was suddenly stopped by Finn. "Allow me to walk you," he offered. Fionna blushed and nodded agreeing to his offer noticing his odd behavior. "That'll be nice. Thanks," Fionna responded. The three of them began to make their way out of the kingdom, not caring about the snow that was piling up on the ground. "It's pretty, isn't it?" Fionna asked. Cake nodded approving about it while Finn chuckled. "Black and white fields… the color has been sucked out… all covered in snow," Finn said with a smile looking at the huge piles of snow that were covering the land and trees.

Fionna and Cake were looking at him with widened eyes. "What?" he asked confusedly. "Was that a haiku?!" Fionna asked in surprise. Finn looked away awkwardly. "I… uh… yeah. I guess it was," he said upon realization, but he had no clue about where it came from. It was like someone else was talking for him which puzzled him. "Boy, where did you learn that?! Has Jake been teaching you about them?" Cake questioned while they were making their way to Fionna and Cake's home, their feet crushing the snow flat and leaving a trail behind them.

"Nah… I just… don't know," Finn answered while looking worriedly at his own feet, wondering what was going on with him to cause him to keep acting like someone he wasn't. It was like he was changing, but he was unaware of his eyes having changed color from green to blue.

"Oh my glob!" he suddenly heard Fionna and Cake scream at the same time. Finn looked up and gulped, seeing Fionna and Cake's own tree fort chopped down to the ground. While they were away, someone had cut it from the roots. Fionna broke down at the sight of this. Finn hugged her trying to cheer her up. "Don't worry, Fionna. Everything will be okay…" he said. Cake found a note placed in the wreckage. "This is a little early gift for you, Fionna. From the Ice Queen." The angered feline crushed it in her paw. "I'm going to go tell Princess Bubblegum about this!" she said before stretching herself away, even when she was still unable to stretch her left paw because of the cast.

"M-my home… first m-my mother's sword, and now this?!" Fionna kept sobbing, and Finn was starting to realize where the snow was coming from. "Fionna… you can stay with me if you want, until it gets fixed," he said offering her his home. Fionna sniffled while getting up from the ground and nodding. "Y-yeah… when Cake and I get better… they'll pay for this," she declared while walking away with Finn's arm around her. She was glad to have a friend to support her through this disastrous event.

End of Chapter 4