So this is the final chapter for Fionna: The Last Human Standing. Poor Charlie has passed on into another life or into heaven with the Cosmic Owl and Glob or wherever he ends up going to. Point is, he's gone. But he will be forever missed. If it makes you feel any better, I actually started to cry a little bit. :(
Be sure, however, to look out for my new Adventure Time fic that'll be coming out Friday or so. It's a modern AU fiction that's about college life and all that fabulous stuff. It's Fionna and Cake so it's something I think you'll like *coughfioleecough*
Disclaimer: Sorry. I don't own Adventure Time.
Cake was sitting in the treehouse with BMO as the sun was just beginning to rise over the Ice Kingdom's mountains in the horizon. Ever since Ice Queen was slowly regaining her memory, Marshall didn't need Gumball and Cake's help anymore. It wasn't like he didn't appreciate their help, he did, but he was also going to the icy domain as little as possible because Ice Queen, who was now responding to Simone, was finding it easier to focus on herself while she was alone than with others. So Marshall spent time hanging out with Cake, to much of her discomfort, and visiting Gumball during the late hours of the night to scare him or hang with him over the course of the day.
It seemed close to a year that Fionna was gone. Cake was assuming the worst. How could it be that she was gone for so long and not come back? Perhaps she had been killed in the process of finding out the human secrets or came across a nuclear accident and was horribly mutated and was hiding due to shame. Cake just wanted Fionna home no matter what the circumstance. She would love Fionna no matter what.
The feline paused her game and looked out the window, her fur standing on end.
"What is wrong, Cake?" BMO asked her. "Are you bored? We can play a different game."
"No... hold up," Cake said with a shake of her head. She walked downstairs and out the front door. She ran out to the top of a hill near her home and squinted into the distance. Two figures were coming out of the Ice Kingdom. One was flying and one was walking. At first, she assumed that it was Marshall Lee and Ice Queen coming into the grasslands but the walking figure was too short and small to be Ice Queen and the flying figure had wings.
Cake squinted a little harder and made out the outline of the walking figure. Were those bunny ears? Suddenly Cake smiled and she hopefully called out to the figures.
"Fionna!?" she said.
The figures stopped and the walking figure extended a hand above its head as if it were waving.
"Cake!" it cried. "I'm home!"
Cake felt tears prick the back of her eyes as she went down on all fours and ran as fast as she could towards her human sister. Fionna dropped her sword and pack and ran towards Cake, tears flowing down her cheeks. They met halfway and Cake wrapped Fionna twenty times in her arms, winding her stretchy arms around Fionna's body, purring like the cat she was.
"Babycakes! You're back! Oh thank goodness," Cake said, her paw combing through Fionna's tangled bangs. "I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too," Fionna said, her one arm hugging Cake with all her might. Cake took notice to this and pulled back, breaking the hug. Her eyes observed Fionna's figure and groaned.
"You gotta be kidding me," Cake said, shaking her head.
Fionna shrugged nervously and managed a smile. The cat sighed.
"Alright, baby, let's get you into Dr. Prince's office and fetch Gumball and see what they can do," Cake said.
"Hold on," Fionna said. She turned to Adam, who had landed and was trying to pick up Fionna's stuff with his giant beak. "Adam," she said. He lifted his head and blinked. "Can you do me a favor and take everything to the boat on the top of that treehouse. You can drop it off there and then... well, you don't have to help me anymore. You're free to fly around as you please."
The bird hopped over to Fionna and pressed his beak to her side. "Thank you, Miss Fionna. I will always be here to help you in Aaa. Just gimme a whistle."
"Will do, buddy," she replied, stroking his feathers.
Adam picked up her things and few off towards Fionna and Cake's home. Cake turned a little bigger so Fionna could climb on top of her. Cake then rode off towards the Candy Kingdom, hoping that Dr. Prince was visiting Gumball like he did every Monday to research symptoms. The girls passed through the candy gates and into the kingdom's village. Cake then let Fionna dismount and then helped her into the palace.
"How did this even happen?" Cake demanded as Peppermint Maid showed them up the stairs to Gumball's lab.
"I'd rather tell you when Gumball and Marshall are in the same room. Preferably a home," Fionna explained. "Can you do that for me?"
"Of course," Cake nodded.
Peppermint Maid opened the lab door and, thankfully, Dr. Prince was in fact there, his nose in a book. Gumball looked up from a cake he was modifying and his eyes widened when his eyes landed on Fionna.
"You're back!" Gumball said with a grin and Dr. Prince glance up from his book. Gumball rushed over to Fionna and engulfed her into a hug. He noticed the unbalance of Fionna's figure and stepped back. He mouthed wordlessly at Fionna's missing arm and she grinned a little.
"Think you and Dr. Prince can fix me up?" Fionna said.
Gumball gave Cake a look and took Fionna's left hand, taking her over to Dr. Prince. The two boys shooed Cake out of the room and told her they would call her when they were finished. Cake glared as the door shut in her face and the feline went off to go get something to eat in the kingdom. After about four hours, Cake was woken up by Gumball. She had fallen asleep in front of Gumball's lab after a while as she was waiting for Fionna. Cake stood up and followed the Candy King into the lab. Fionna was sitting on the table and Dr. Prince was writing on his clipboard. Cake blinked in shock as she watched Fionna move a robotic arm slowly. Her hand was replaced with a robotic clamp but a robotic hand was lying on Gumball's counter so she was probably going to get that installment instead of the clamp.
"Girl... awesome arm," Cake said.
Fionna smiled a little. "Yeah. It's pretty rad. Gumball can I have that hand now?"
Gumball nodded and made a little adjustment before unlatching Fionna's clamp and putting on the hand. Fionna then flexed the hand and made a few grabbing motions and wiggled the fingers.
"All set," Dr. Prince said.
Fionna hopped off the table and hugged Gumball again. "Thanks, dude. You too, Dr. Prince."
"Always willing to help," Dr. Prince said.
"Now about what happened," Gumball began but Fionna shook her head.
"Later," Fionna said. "I... I need to go and unpack my stuff and then see Marshall Lee. I need to talk to him."
"Well, come on, Fionna. Let's go on home," Cake said. She led Fionna out of the room and then she turned to Gumball before she followed the human. "I'll send you a message when we'll meet up to hear Fionna's story."
"Sounds like a plan," Gumball agreed.
The two girls traveled back to their treehouse and picked up the items that Adam dropped off. Cake questioned the amount of things Fionna had brought home but Fionna didn't respond. They took the items inside and Fionna received a very warm welcome by BMO. The little computer waddled over to Fionna as fast as it could and jumped up and down, waving its stubby little arms for a hug. Fionna giggled and picked BMO up and hugged it tight.
"Fionna! I missed you!" BMO said.
"I missed you too," Fionna cooed. ''I'll be sure to play lots of video games now that I'm home."
"Yay!" BMO cheered as Fionna put it back down on the floor.
Cake went to go make Fionna a nice, hot meal and Fionna sat on the bench, digging through her things. She tossed the old food away and placed the Tupperware into the sink. She ended up getting up and down as she put away her old things and Charlie's books and blankets and other miscellaneous items. She sifted through her pack and found the bag of little people. She took a peek at Cake to make sure she wasn't watching since she would scold Fionna for having them. Fionna looked inside the bag and took out her little self, placing her onto the table. Fionna dug through the bag again and found another figure. She took it out and then found her heart breaking into two and her eyes watering. A little Charlie had somehow got into the bag. Fionna had no idea how but didn't care. He was sitting on her palm, strolling around like the original Charlie did.
She placed him onto the table and the little Fionna and Charlie started to interact. She watched them as they started laughing and goofing around. Tears leaked out of her eyes and she broke down. Cake turned around and saw the little people. Instead of scolding Fionna, she rushed over and held her sister in her paws, eying the boy that the little Fionna was talking to. Cake wasn't so sure who this boy was but she had a feeling that he was important.
"I miss him so much!" Fionna sobbed into Cake's shoulder. "Why, why, why? Oh Glob, why?"
"I don't know, sweetie," Cake said gently. "I'm so sorry."
Fionna shook in Cake's arm for a moment until she pulled away, wiping her tears. She swiped the two off of the table and stuffed them back into the bag. Fionna climbed up to her room and placed the bag beneath her bed. Unbeknownst to Fionna, Witchcraft Woman was peeking inside the house with a pitying look on her face.
"You may be my enemy but I know your pain," she mumbled.
Fionna turned and saw her. Witchcraft Woman waved a little and raised her fingers, ready to snap.
"I saw what happened while I was searching for a few things out in the ruins. The boy was important to you," said Witchcraft Woman. "I decided to help you a bit. Don't mention it, goody-goody."
Fionna had no idea what to say. Witchcraft Woman snapped her fingers and vanished with a poof! Fionna narrowed her eyes and turned back to her bag. Then she smiled and stood, thanking she still had a little Charlie in her life. After eating her hot meal, Fionna left the house and told Cake she would be right back and to send for Gumball. Fionna walked over to Marshall Lee's cave and entered the mouth of it. She strode down to the little house and knocked on the door with her left hand, still weary of her robotic hand. The door opened and Marshall poked his head through the crack, about to glare at whoever dared to visit him. When he saw it was Fionna, he threw the door open and pulled her inside.
She found herself in a big bear hug and her feet getting lifted off of the ground. Marshall hugged her as tight as he could, so relieved that she was okay.
"You're back," he said almost daring to believe it. "You're back..."
"I am," she said, hugging him back and smiling into his chest. "And I'm so glad to be."
Marshall put her down and noticed her arm. He stared at it and then back at her, giving her a look that read "really?" Fionna smiled sheepishly.
"I'll explain later. C'mon, I'm telling everyone back at home," Fionna said.
Marshall grabbed a sweatshirt and pulled up the hood, following Fionna outside and back to the treehouse. When they arrived, Gumball and Cake were waiting for them in the living room. BMO was sitting on Gumball's lap and looked very interested in what was going on. Marshall floated over to the three of them and hovered above them, ready to hear Fionna's story.
Fionna drew up a chair and sat down. She took a breath and faced them.
"Ready?" she said.
They all nodded and Fionna closed her eyes. And so she told them everything. Her first few days on her own, meeting Charlie, traveling all around with him, the different cities, the monsters, Memoria City, the fake town (she avoided her little relationship with Charlie in front of Marshall Lee), and the crater. She showed them the pictures they took and the things they discovered and even went into explaining the alternate universe. They all stared at her in awe, their mouths hanging open. Every now and then, Fionna would pause and let a few tears fall down her face and breathe. When Fionna finished her little story, she looked up from her lap at them. She raised her hands and managed a smile.
"Ta-da," she said unenthusiastically. "The end."
"Fionna... that sounds..." Gumball said, looking to the others for help.
"Like the adventure of a lifetime," Marshall supplied.
Fionna nodded gravely. "So how about you guys? What's been going on with you?"
They all looked at one another and told Fionna their time with Ice Queen and how they tried to get her memory back. Fionna jumped to her feet and gaped at them.
"So Charlie and I helping Simone come back... worked?" Fionna said.
"What? Oh... y'know, that makes a lot more sense," Marshall said, looking at her with a smirk. "Wow..." His smile vanished a little. "Thanks, Fi."
"Let's go see her!" Fionna said excitedly.
The group rushed over to the Ice Kingdom as the night began to fall and Fionna literally ran up the hill and burst into the main room. Simone, still looking like Ice Queen but had a different dress on that was similar to her old outfit, was going through a few boxes from the The Past Room. She glanced up and saw Fionna panting heavily, Gumball, Cake, and Marshall Lee behind her. Fionna walked over to Simone and smiled widely.
"You made it," Fionna said.
Simone smiled too. "Indeed I did." She frowned. "Where's Charlie?"
Fionna's smile vanished too and she shook her head. "He didn't make it home."
Simone stood up and grabbed Fionna by the shoulders. "I'm so sorry, Fionna. Did he go peacefully?"
"In a way," Fionna said. Simone gave Fionna a gentle hug and addressed Gumball.
"Do me a favor and put a headstone in the Candy Kingdom graveyard to honor this poor boy," Simone told him. "He's helped many of us here today."
"I shall put an order in at once," Gumball said. "Good night, all." He gave them a short nod and strode away back to the Candy Kingdom.
"So the whole alternate universe had you trapped inside all along?" Marshall said, trying to wrap his head around the idea.
"Yes. Very odd magic," Simone said, letting Fionna go. "But I made it back."
"Somewhat," Cake said. "You still have your white, long hair and blueish skin. Plus, you still have your crown. How are you not going nuts again?"
"The gem. It's blue now instead of its old red," Simone replied. "I guess that was the ultimate source of the curse. I think I'll still be able to be the Ice Queen but have my own mindset. Oh, Marshall Lee," she said, looking at the vampire sadly. "If only I had that ability years and years ago to protect us. I could have stayed with you."
"You're here now and that's what matters," Marshall said. "You and Fionna."
"As long as everyone is okay," Cake agreed.
Fionna mustered a smile but she felt a heaviness in her heart that only Charlie could fill. She missed him dearly and wished that he could have made it home with her. He would have been so happy... he would have had friends.
The three said goodbye to Simone and Marshall Lee walked the girls home. Cake went inside but Fionna paused before entering. She turned to face Marshall with a smile.
"I missed you a whole heck of a lot," she told him.
"You better have," Marshall teased. "But I missed you too. Glad you kinda got back in one piece."
"Hey, this arm is pretty Algebraic," Fionna said. "I'm gonna test it out tomorrow."
"Don't you think you've had enough adventure?" he asked her.
Fionna stared at him. "Are you joking? I still have a lot to do."
"Did you ever find out what happened to the humans?" he said.
She smiled sadly. "Yeah... I know exactly what happened. The demise of the human race was caused by... well, it was caused by the human race."
"Say again?"
"Marshall, after traveling around and seeing the decay, Memoria City, the fake town, I realized that the humans were bringing their extinction closer and closer. How Charlie and I ever escaped that, well how our parents escaped, I may never know."
"Don't you want to know?"
"Maybe one day. But for now, I think it's time I remain home for a while and... and focus on things here." She leaned forward and planted a tender kiss on his lips. Before he could respond, she pulled away with a smile. "See you tomorrow, Abadeer."
She walked inside her house, leaving Marshall Lee a little stunned. He grinned a toothy grin and flew off.
As Fionna remained home, she was slowly getting over the trauma of her travels. She still cried at night over the death of her friend and found herself staring wistfully into space, her thoughts wandering into her memories. Otherwise, Fionna was very happy to be back home and was adjusting to her normal life once again. Going on adventures, saving the occasional prince from their daily problems, jam sessions with her buddies, and playing video games with Cake and BMO.
Cake would sometimes catch Fionna playing with the little people, little Charlie and Fionna running around the maze of books that the piled around the table for them to adventure in. Fionna was still obviously lost in the memory of Charlie but who could blame her? She was close to him. He was the only other human she had ever known. But Cake noticed that Fionna was playing with the little people less and less and was seeing Marshall Lee more and more.
Cake was actually shocked to come home from a date with Lord Monochromicorn to find Marshall and Fionna kissing on the bench. The feline cleared her throat and the two of them pulled away, a little surprised and embarrassed to find Cake glaring at them, tapping her paw on the floor expectantly. They failed to give her an explanation so Cake kicked Marshall out of the house, telling him that it was past Fionna's bed time.
A year went by and Fionna was eighteen. She had almost gotten over the trauma of the journey completely but was still very heartbroken over the fact that Charlie was gone. Marshall Lee even noticed that Fionna, now his girlfriend, was becoming distant at times and wished to be left alone. When he questioned her about this while she was hanging out at his house, she sighed and gave him the one worded answer he was secretly dreading.
"Charlie," Fionna said.
"I thought you were over him," Marshall said, raising an eyebrow.
"What if Simone died, Marshall? You know what, no. How did you feel when she left?" she demanded of him.
Marshall refused to meet her blue eyes. "Like someone tore my heart out and trampled on it."
"Exactly. Charlie was to me how Simone was to you," Fionna explained. "A companion that taught and protected me. Can't you understand how hard it is then?"
Dawning comprehension fell on Marshall's face and he understood fully why Fionna was feeling so upset. He flew down to sit beside her on his couch and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.
"Fi... I'm sorry," he said. "I bet he must've been a great guy. I may not have known him but I would have loved to meet him."
Fionna smiled and hugged him. "He would have loved to hear that."
Time kept on passing by and Aaa didn't change a bit. Fionna got older, Marshall Lee aged a little more to the point he was twenty-two, Cake and Fionna still went on wacky adventures together, Gumball and Marshall were able to rekindle their friendship, and Simone was helping Gumball in his scientific studies and baking. Soon the land brought new friends and new enemies as Fionna gained her new arch nemesis since Ice Queen was no longer her enemy. A humanoid gladiator that liked to take over small villages. But Fionna would always be there to save the day.
One fine morning, Fionna, now twenty-three, was washing a few dishes in the treehouse and looked down as someone tugged at her skirt. A little boy with raven colored hair and blue eyes stared up at her with a small smile, a frog in his hands.
"Look! I found this in the pond, Mommy," he said.
Fionna smiled and crouched down to look at the frog. Cake, who was drying the dishes eyed the frog. "Don't let that thing get near my sink, boy."
"Sorry, auntie Cake," said the boy.
"It's a cute little guy, isn't it?" Fionna said. "Did you show Daddy yet?"
He shook his head. "No. He's taking a nap upstairs. I didn't wanna wake him."
"Marshall Lee Abadeer!" Cake called but Fionna shushed her. Cake glared at her sister. "I don't want no frog in my kitchen."
"Why don't you take the frog outside and play, dear," Fionna said.
"Okay!" he chimed, running outside.
"For a half vampire, he's lucky to be going outside at all," Cake said. "He got a lot of your traits as a human."
"He may not be full human but he got his Dad's traits too," Fionna said with a smirk. "I found him trying to play his father's guitar last weekend. He's not that bad."
"Can he float?" Cake asked. "I haven't seen him do that yet."
"He tries," Fionna said with a little laugh. "He definitely wants to float. But we'll see as the years come and go."
"Fi... are you ever gonna let Marshall Lee change you?" Cake wondered.
Fionna smiled at her sister. "No. I want to live the life I was given. As much as I love Marshall... I don't think I could ever bring myself to end the human race so quickly."
"For all you know, there could be more humans out there," Cake pointed out.
"I don't want to take another risk like that again," Fionna said. "I know what happened and I don't desire to search anymore."
"So you've given up?" Cake said, putting her paws on her hips.
"No I haven't. But I have more important things to watch," Fionna said, nodding out the window where her son was playing with his frog. "And let's not forget his father. What would he do without me?"
She and Cake laughed and finished the dishes. Cake hopped off the counter and stretched. "Well, I'm gonna go visit Lord Monochromicorn. Wanna join me? I think my kitties are gonna come over too."
"No I'm going to go visit Gumball for my arm's yearly upgrade," she said. "It's getting a little creaky."
"What about that walk you promised your son?" Cake reminded her.
"Oh! That's right!" Fionna said. "Silly me."
"See you in a bit," Cake said, walking out of the house and grabbing her bike to pedal off and go to Mocro's.
"Bye, Cakie!" called her nephew from the pond.
"Bye, sweetie!" Cake waved as she rode away.
Fionna walked out of the house too and met up with her son by the pond.
"Ready to go on that walk?" she asked him.
He nodded and let his frog slip through his fingers and into the pond. They began to walk around the grasslands and after a while, the little boy looked up at his mother.
"Mommy?"
"Mhm?"
"Can you tell me that story again?"
"Which one, hun?"
"About you and that guy and how you traveled all around."
"You've heard that one dozens of times. Why do you want to always hear it?"
"It's my favorite."
Fionna smiled and sat on a hill that overlooked the Ice Kingdom. The little boy sat beside his mother and she scooped him into her lap.
"Why is it your favorite?" she asked him, brushing his black hair out of his eyes.
"I dunno. I just like it," he replied.
"All right... it all started when I wanted to know what happened to the humans," she said.
"Like you," he said.
"Like me, yes. And after I learned a few things from your daddy, I decided to go and find out for myself," Fionna said, laughing at his enthusiasm. "And I ran into another human named-."
"Charlie!" he finished. "Like me! That's my name!"
"Yes it is," Fionna said, fighting back a few tears. "And what did Charlie always say to me?"
"It's not impossible, it's unlikely. In fact, nothing is impossible," Charlie recited. "I like that saying, Mommy."
"Me too, Charlie," Fionna said, ruffling his hair affectionately. "Me too."
I think a lot of you saw that name coming. I know Fionna is a little young to be having a kid but she's been around the block a few times and I didn't want to jump ahead too much in time so forgive me.
I hoped you liked the ending and thank you all so much for your support. And if you didn't like the ending, don't tell me because I'll get sad. It's never nice to say you don't like things. Keep it to yourself, please.
Remember to put me on your alerts if you want to catch my AU Fionna and Cake called: "Love Like This". It's a college setting full of fun, parties, studies, and romance.
A shout out to those of you who wrote in songs:
Just Be Safe by i love ur books
Pie Song by pie song
Candy Dandy by party hardy
Forever Lost by tomboy
Oh, Fionna by DarkMousyRulezAll
I've Learned by Chelsie the Vampire Adventure
Don't You Remember by Chelsie the Vampire Adventure
Thank you all so much for your entries and I hope you'll write me songs for my AU story 'cause there'll be a few from the actual show and a few from my viewers. I really appreciate the reviews and favs and all that. It really makes my day. And, as always:
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