An: Hello, once again!
I feel like pointing out something, which is don;t be afraid to tell me if you think i buggered something up. I know Maijin pointed out some shit i did wrong and i was happy to fix. The simple thing is that you guys telling me what i fucked up allows me to improve, even if its a tiny thing. So by all means, tell me what i did that was garbage. I'm not gonna go all jack Nicholson on you and smash your door down with a axe.
Oh, to point out, that 'dragon' from the episode davey is by no means what the dragon from two chapters ago looked like. Dear god no. Imagine the usual 6 limbed dragon from fantasy lore. Or, if you play monster hunter (if not, google this) imagine Lao-Shan-Lung with wings and most of his body decaying.
Rant begin
On a unrelated note, if anyone who is reading hasn't played Shadow of the colossus, i would tell you to play it right now. Fuck this story, it's not even that good. Shadow of the colossus was probably one of my top three games which i can't order for how good they are (the others being the walking dead game and Half Life 2). That game was probably the most cinematic and beautiful game to ever have been released. I am only saying this because i found out a lot of people haven't played that magnificent piece of art work. It dwarfs my story by miles, and only has about ten pages of dialogue.
Rant over
Enough of that, onto the tale! Where will we go, hm? Even i don't know until i decide!
Chapter 8: If The World Wasn't About to be Destroyed, This Would Be the Best Day Ever (And the Longest Title Ever)
As we come to the adventuring group today, we see that the couple leads the group, snuggling into each other the best they can without falling to the ground. Finn, Marceline, and The enchanter all glowed a light blue, as if made of ice. The reason being, while that they all were immune to fire for various reasons, their clothes were not. Having deemed walking around nude a bad idea, the Ice king had spoken up, saying he had a "Flame-Lightning-Lycan Shield" he had made previously. Asking why, he told him about how he had gotten into a fight with a massive werewolf, who had been trying to eat Princess Bubblegum, and he had tried to save her.
No one believed him.
Anyway, the old wizard didn't look much different, except for his beard now glowing blue, which made him look even stranger, shuffling along in that oversized robe. Mind you, the scenery was strange, the earth had been torn apart by steam and lava, causing their path towards their goal to be a lot more dangerous, as the shield could disperse if placed in direct contact with high amounts of heat for too long.
"Ice King, where did you say the Amulet was, exactly?"
"Hm? Oh, it was past the Fire Kingdom, in the Burning Badlands. Horrible place that...really not the place for me. But you asked, friend, and i will deliver!" He cried, raising his fist in the air, trying to mock Finn's usual gesture.
Looking away, Finn just enjoyed snuggling with his girlfriend, who shared the sentiment.
Watching the board, now devoid of many pawns, he chuckled lightly. "Looks like...the...Castles are coming to block the advance." he said slowly, watching them move into positions. "I hope...that they can handle it."
The ground began to shake, causing Finn to draw his sword and place Flame princess behind him, which caused her to growl and go around him. Just because she liked cuddling didn't mean she couldn't fight! She said mentally, glaring at Finn. As he was about to apologize, the earth exploded in a massive crack of sound, and they watched some form of serpentine monster slither out, it's body covered in flames, hiding it's true form. Behind it slithered a identical creature, the massive things easily the size of a entire street. Hissing with such power to cause them to block their ears, they watched their prey carefully.
Smithy was going to have none of this, he decided, and bit down on his thumb. As the blood leaked down his finger, he smeared it across his knuckles. This, in turn, caused his entire left hand to glow furiously, a rainbow of colors that revealed how many had been activated by the blood.
Information on Blood Runes:
Like his regular runes, which he can activate by simply running his own energy inside them, or artifcat runes which draw power from the world itself, Blood runes draw power from...blood (surprise!). They use the crimson liquid as the base of the power, making them much more dangerous then his average runes. However, he has to re-apply blood each time to use them, making them dangerous and slow to use.
Charging like a mad man, he ignored the flames licking at his body, which quickly dispelled the barrier with a small pop. Leaping onto the closest one, he drove his fist into the creatures flaming hide, his smithying clothes becoming very singed, and allowed the runes to imprint themselves on it's skin.
Quickly, the runes that had been placed on his knuckles activated. Had anyone understood the runes, they would have read "Dampen, Weaken, Drain, Poison and Slow." The cacophony of affects kicked in, the flames dying down, then completely extinguishing themselves, revealing a black scaly hide, the serpents body now visible. It hissed, and fell to it's side, It's own power draining into Smithy, while magical poison pumped it's way through it's body, followed by the last magical rune slowing the creature to a crawl, taking a good 20 seconds to just hit the ground.
The second snake hissed, and snapped at the Smithy, gripping him in it's massive flaming fangs. At this point, he had little chance, his blood evaporating before he could swipe it. He powered up the few runes that would help, They only assisted in keeping himself inside the creatures mouth and not it's stomach, and he mentally screamed at himself. 'can't die, can't die, can't die. She'll be so upset if i die...i won't hear the end of it when she dies, too..."
The Ice king watched the chain of events with mild fear, the creatures hissing making him wish to flee. However, he watched the strange smithy man charge and attack one. He had laughed and danced when he saw it go down, but had felt his gut pull at him when he saw the other one grab him.
Mentally, he fought with himself.
"Run!"
"No, Hide!"
"Both of you shut up! Go help, you can save the day!"
He frowned, he doesn't remember that voice. Usually it's just the two telling him what to do.
"Ice King, you can do it! Now save him, and you'll be a hero!"
Frowning, he found himself liking the jist of what this voice was saying, and floated into the air, supported by his magical beard. He pulled onto the crown, asking for power, and it gladly gave it to the mad man, it wanting nothing more then to make it's owner happy.
Feeling his body spark with magical power, he bid the air to freeze, the sky to snow, and the earth to frost. Driving all the power he could muster, the temperature took a sudden drop reaching levels of cold that froze the magma into blackened rock in seconds, and caused the white powder to fall from the sky. Both serpents hissed, the one that lay defeated wriggling the best it could, each snowflake like a dagger to it's body. Eventually it stopped, laying dead. The other one, however, gave out a scream and dropped the smithy, attempting to flee into the hole from where it came, but found itself impaled on icicles the size of cars. Hissing, it attempted to free itself, before everything went black thanks to a hailstone the size of a house.
Floating down, the mad monarch huffed, feeling his body burn from the effort. "So...guys, did i do good?" he asked, hoping for compliments. However, he looked over to see shock and awe on their faces, And flame princess drawing into Finn the best she could, shivering from the display. Frowning, he realized that he may have caused trouble, and mentally bid the frozen air away from them, her shivering subsiding.
"Ice King, that was..."
"Bad fucking ass!" cried Marceline, laughing loudly. "Didn't know you had such power, man."
He felt his cheeks turn a darker shade of blue (the best he had to a blush) and smile. "Thanks guy, but i hope i didn't hurt the girl, Finn." he looked at her with mild worry, wanting to make friends with the polar opposite of him in every way.
Trying not to shudder again, she smiled. "It was beautiful to watch, i have never seen snow before. Even if it's cold." she shivered and attempted to get warmer using Finn as a source, who was just as cold as her.
The smithy, meanwhile, pulled himself off the ground and walked over, holding his side. "You couldn't have done that before i was swallowed like a grape?" he gasped, not wishing to do that again.
Marceline let out another string of laughter evoking it from the other three, making the Smithy glare at all of them for the rudeness.
The Librarian watched the board, smirking. "The bishop shows his true colors, and the actual power he wields" watching the bored, he saw pawns and knight tip over, and wondered what had caused this.
As we draw to a close, we see the bodies of Grubs, Nikolai, and enough Lycans and Goblins to plaster the main street of Candy kingdom green and brown, which they did, each one drunk as a skunk. They had made their promise true about drinking Candy Kingdom dry, leaving not a drop of booze left. And all was well.