Finn could barely even believe it, he could only gape by what he saw. Betty riding on big thunder clouds, dragging magic out of the earth itself and laughing hysterically while she did it.

That was not all though, her body had changed. It looked like Betty had grown bigger in seize, her skin looked nearly ash gray and her long red hair was whirling in all directions like long tentacles in the wind, most of all though was her eyes which looked luminescent, a weird electrical blue.

"STOP THIS NOW!" Bubblegum demanded as she send forward the bubblegum guardians. "STAY AWAY FROM MY KINGDOM!"

"You!" Betty hissed. "How dare you keep me away from my Simon?!" she asked. "You just want him to stay pathetic to make yourself look good! I'LL CRUSH YOU!" she shouted sending a beam at bubblegum, which was only barely deflected by a gumball guardian shield.

"BETTY LISTEN TO ME! YOU'RE CONFUSED!" Bubblegum shouted.

Finn swallowed. "What happened to her?" he asked. "That is not the same Betty whom first arrived here, she's compleately different."

"You said it." Jake nodded.

"It's the magic." Huntress wizard informed. "The more magic she absorbs the more she changes, if she absorbs enough there'll be nothing left of the original Betty Gross."

"Is that how it is with all wizards?" Finn asked turning to Huntress wizard.

"More or less." Huntress wizard replied. "It is one of the great questions among wizards. Do we control the magic or does the magic control us? Seems to me the more powerful we are the less there is left of our original self. We get consumed."

"Why do anyone even want to become a wizard when that is the case?" Finn asked.

Huntress Wizard shrugged. "Some of us are just made that way, others become wizards accidentally, but mostly people are just way to full of themselves and think they are the ones whom can handle it. People like her!" she pointed at Betty in front of herself. "She was arrogant, see what that brought her."

Finn closed his eyes. "Maybe thinking she could safe Simon when no one else could the last thousand years was a bit arrogant." he admitted.

"A bit?" Jake asked. "Dude, if there was an easy way to do it don't you think Marceline would have done it hundreds of years ago?"

Finn bit his lip then looked up at Betty as he pulled his sword. "We have to get to her." he said. "This is not in anyones best interest, not even hers."

Huntress Wizard glanced at Finn, then back up at Betty. "You don't stand a chance." she informed him.

"Hah! That's what they always say. And usually they are right, but I go for it anyway!" Finn stated and Huntress Wizard smirked.

"Cool." she said and stood ready. "Let's go then!" she stated and they all yelled as they charged into battle.

From the castle room where Simon slept did Marceline stand guard, she looked over the window and could clearly see where the battle was taking place not to far form the candy kingdom as it looked like a giant storm was brewing over there, complete with dark clouds and thunder bangs raining down. Marceline exhaled deeply then turned to Simon only to halt as she realized he was awake… He was just laying incredible still on his side with open eyes and tears streaming down his face, freezing on the midway and then fall down on the bed as small ice crystals.

"Simon!" Marceline gasped. "Are you okay? Why are you crying?" she asked.

"I don't know." Simon swallowed. "Something is wrong… Something is really wrong. And it feels like it's my fault." he admitted and he squinted his eyes. "Someoneis hurting so bad, and it's because of me! I know it's because of me. I... I need to stop it, i need to help but I don't." he hissed and then opened his eyes again as he swallowed. He shivered, but it didn't look like it was because of the cold, it looked like he was scared.

Questioning Marceline looked at him and Simon swallowed.

"You're going to think i'm mad." Simon breathed.

"A bit to late for that." Marceline admitted. "I already know you're kind of mad."

And Simon smiled amused but his smile faltered. "When I close my eyes… I see things." he whispered. "And I… I think some of it is real, but I don't know which one. I think, one time… There was another world, with a lot of people. Then suddenly, there was a big boom and a big flash, everything shook and then… Everything was gone. Everything had been destroyed, there was only the cold and snow."

Marceline looked at Simon then pulled a chair over to his bed and sat down closing her eyes trying to figure this out, Finn had said Simon prefered honesty, that he could tell when he was being lied to.
And Bubblegum had said his mind was fraqule and could not handle to much information, still something had to be done and Marceline opened her eyes.

"It was the bomb." Marceline informed. "I remember it to, it was a special kind of bomb. Releasing this special toxic that destroyed human tissue, it only took such a short amount of time for the people who lived at that time to destroy everything. The few people whom didn't die at that area mutated, turned into these weird monsters, eventually though new life took over and rebuild over the ashes of that world, and here we are today."

"yes I see, that makes sense." Simon nodded a little sadly. "Life before that was different, I think I was happy at that time. There was... Someone. Someone important. But I hurt that person, really bad." then he glanced at Marceline. "I assume we survived because we are not human."

Marceline nodded. "You got it."

"A wasteland." Simon breathed laying on his back looking up. "I see it when I sleep." he admitted. "Other things to… people who scream, weird monsters and creatures some of them… Quite terrifying." he turned his head. "I hurt someone… Really bad. Not just one, more people. I hurt a lot of people… I didn't mean to."

"I know." Marceline assured and Simon looked up at her.

"Please just tell me if i'm getting to pathetic." Simon asked.

Marceline looked at Simon then smiled lightly. "Simon, I always just wanted to help you. But you never let me." she said. "Not before it was to late, I'm only happy I can help you now." she said. "I only wish that I.." and she halted as she turned away.

"Marceline?" Simon asked.

Sadly Marceline looked down, so many memories played through her mind.

That night, when she had caught Simon crying away from the campfire, saying he didn't want to change any further… But he did it anyway, to protect her. She remembered when he left her, he was frightened that day. Fear had shone from his very being, he knew he was turning into something. Something that wasn't him and he was beyond terrified of it, that's why he left.

She remembered when Betty had jumped through the time portal and declared she would fix the crown, by that announcement Simons eyes had widened in fear and he had asked them to stop Betty.. He hadn't wanted Betty to fix the crown, he wanted the alternative even though that meant… Death. She remembered Empress eyes and her words to her. "If you really loved Simon, why would you ever let him degenerate to this pathetic state?"

Why had she? She should have stopped it… Long ago. And Marceline closed her eyes fighting the tears.

Simon had been frightfully aware of what was happening to him, he had never wanted to loose his mind.
Marceline thought she had been sad scared and alone when Simon left her, but now she realized what she had felt back then possible couldn't compare to the feelings Simon had gone through that same day… Feeling the same things. Sad, scared and utterly alone. Terrified of his own mind and the uncertain future.

And Marceline reached out a hand and took Simons blue one, holding the cold hand tightly.

Simon looked questionable at their hands then up at Marceline. "I hurt you. Didn't I?" he asked.

And Marceline sniffed, if she lied now Simon would be able to tell… He was not as thick as the Ice king, he could tell when people lied to him. "Yes." she then admitted. "You hurt me in ways I didn't know was possible."

Sadly Simon looked at her, he didn't speak, just let her sniff.

"Haha, that's how it is to care for someone apparently." Marceline chuckled in a hollow laughter.

Slowly Simon sat up in the bed, he sat there in front of Marceline and the two looked at each other, then Simon reached forward and pulled Marceline into a hug, allowing Marceline to cry into his shoulder.

And Marceline cried. "Do you remember me? Simon?" she asked. "The things we went through?"

"I'm sorry I really am, I don't." Simon admitted holding her. "But…. I… I feel like you're important. Like, I don't want anything to happen to you. Like that would be the worst thing I could ever imagine. Even worse than all the things I see when I close my eyes."

And Marceline smiled amused then closed her eyes. "Good enough." she breathed.

In spite all of their affords Betty was moving ever closer to the candy kingdom, gumball machines were being smashed, Finn and Jakes attacks were for naught and Bubblegum was running out of tricks.

"Oh no what do we do?!" Bubblegum cried. "My people! I can't!"

Finn hissed. "If only we could draw her in another direction!" he said. "If we could, settup a trap or something."

"FINN THAT'S BRILLIANT!" Huntress Wizard exclaimed.

Finn blinked. "It is?" he asked.

"Yes, we should lead her into a trap." Huntress Wizard said. "I know an area, it negates most magic. We should lead her there."

"Okay how?" Finn asked. "How do we get her there."

"We could try and lure her with magic." Bubblegum commented. "But if that place negates magic, then how would that even work?" she asked.

"Don't use magic, use the song of longing." Huntress wizard encouraged. "The Ice king, he played the song of longing. It was for her wasn't it?" she asked pointing up at Betty. "Let him play the song of longing at that place."

Finn looked at huntress wizard. "Well… I suppose it's worth a try." he admitted. "But how do we get him there?" he asked. "Betty is moving fast now!"

Bubblegum looked thoughtful then looked up. "Wizard Huntress, you know where this place is and you're fast. You go fetch Simon and Marceline, bring them to that place you talked about. We will try to keep Betty here for as long as we can."

Huntress Wizard nodded. "Got it!" she said. "I'll call some friends to, they might be able to help."

"What sort of friends?" Finn asked.

"Ice kings friends." Huntress wizard said.

"The Ice king has friends?" Finn asked

Huntress wizard looked at Finn. "The most sad and pathetic creatures in Ooo are wizards, the most sad and pathetic wizards often find solidarity with each other."

"So… You are going to call in a bunch of sad and pathetic wizards?" Finn asked and Huntress wizard nodded .

"Yes."

"Well okay, if you think it'll help." Finn blinked.