Previously…. Finn, Fionna and Marceline went out to practice, but ran into a zombie. After that, they met someone. Who's Ember? Why is she so important to Finn? Why is she there?
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Finn scoops Ember into his arms. Her hair falls in tendrils of flames off of her head. Her arms hang off of her body, and flail when Finn starts running through the maze. Marceline and I fly through the maze, riding Finns tail. I bite my lip as the tears sting my eyes.
'Why is she back? She shouldn't have come back. WHY IS SHE HERE!?"
The four of us ran into the cave. I watch as Finn flies through the halls, carrying Ember, to Bubblegum's lab. He pounds on the door, and Bubblegum answers.
"What do you wa-" Then she sees Ember, her pale skin a sickly color. "Bring her in here. Lay her on the table, quickly now!" Finn does what she says, and lays Ember on the table carefully. Bubblegum makes us all leave, but Finn refuses. Bubblegum sighs.
"Fine. Sit in the corner. Only get up when I tell you to do something. Stay away from me if you want her to survive. " Marceline and I shuffle out of the room, and into my, and Finn's bedroom. I sit on the edge of my bed and Marceline sits down next to me. I pull off my hat and throw it across the room. I burry my head in my hands, and scream. Then we just sit there in silence. After a while, Marceline finally breaks the quiet.
"So, who is Ember?" I give a dry laugh in response, and lift my head to meet her eyes.
"Ember, is Finn's "true love". They were together for three years. She was his everything when he was twelve to fifteen. Within those three years, I didn't hear from Finn at all. The only time I'd see him was in the hallway, in the classes we'd have together, or at MMA training and fights. But he wouldn't even look at me. Ember changed him. Wouldn't let him hang out with his friends, wouldn't let him wear his own clothes.
*five years ago, 3rd person pov*
Finn walked down the hallway, his blonde hair short, and spiked with the gel that She had gotten him for his birthday. His new clothes clung tight to his lean body. He had just found out about MMA, and started to show a real interest in it. His pants were even tight. Ember McFlame clung to her boyfriend's arm. She smiled sweetly at her friends, and glared at any girl she passed that she didn't like. When they passed the small Fionna, Ember stopped Finn. She turned him and pulled him into her arms kissing him passionately. Finn kissed back with the same intensity, tangling his hand in her red hair. Fionna turned away and slammed her locker closed. When she walked by the duo, she "accidently" shoved them, and sent Ember tumbling to the ground.
*end of flashback*
She's rich. Her daddy is a multi-trillionaire. He owns the world's largest business corporation to have ever made its stake in the business empire. She broke his heart when she left him. It was horrible.
*Two years ago, Fionna POV*
Finn stumbled through the back door of the fighting arena and fell to the ground. I ran up to him and flipped him around. He had just fought the biggest man on the rival gyms team. He didn't win. And the behemoth really did a number on him. Both of his eyes were swollen shut, and purple and green with bruising. His ribs were blue, and blood trickled out of his mouth. His face was covered in cuts, and his nose was sideways. I picked up Finn, and drug him to my mom's car.
"Mom! We need to go to the hospital!"
"Why is that hunnie?" I opened the back door to my mom's violet minivan and loaded Finn inside, sprawling him across the seat. I closed the door and jumped in the front seat. Without any questions my mom brought him to the hospital. I stayed with him in that hospital room for two days. He had a serious concussion, a rip had punctured his lung, and his rips were bruised. His eyes were severally bruised, and they had to put him in an induced coma. I didn't eat, and I didn't sleep. I just sat in the chair by his side, waiting for him to wake up. Then when they took him out of the coma, he woke up. I was so happy to see him awake. But the only thing he wanted was Ember. It was always about Ember. The doctors called her, and it took her three hours to get there. Finn wouldn't let me in his room. When she finally got there she was so pissed that I was there.
"What are you doing here?! I thought I made it very clear that Finn isn't your friend anymore! He's mine now!"
"Then why did you let him almost die! You should be thanking me you bitch! If it wasn't for me, he'd be dead in the alley behind the arena!"
"That idiot! I told him not to hurt him that bad." She tried to whisper it to herself, but I heard her loud and clear.
"WHAT!? ARE YOU SAYING YOU HAD HIM BEAT!?"
"NO! I ARRANGED FOR FINN TO FIGHT BUBBA-LEE! I TOLD BUBBA TO MESS HIM UP! NOT TO KILL HIM!" Then it got quite. All eyes were on Ember. When the one voice I hadn't heard in years spoke up behind me.
"You…. You had him beat me? You're the reason I had to fight someone out of my weight class? That was you? Why Ember? I-I love you!"
"Well, I don't love you Finn. I haven't ever loved you."
"But…. I gave you everything. You even took my virginity!"
"Yeah, I know. It wasn't worth it. Three years of faking everything. God you really believed that someone like me, would really fall for a person like you? I'm sorry Finn. But I had Bubba-Lee beat you so it would be easier for me to break up with you. It's over Finn. Goodbye."
I turned to see Finn start falling to the floor. I dove and caught him and hit the ground on my knees with him in my arms. He began sobbing.
"I-I'm so so-sorry Fi! I l-let her g-get between u-us. I w-was wrong!"
*End of flashback, back to regular POV*
"I stayed with him in that hospital for three weeks while his body healed. I trained with him to get him back into fighting condition. Those three years were the only time that Finn and I weren't close. We grew up together. And now that she's back…. I don't want to lose him again. I can't lose him Marceline! I don't know what I'd do!" Marceline rubs my back, tracing small circles on my shirt.
"I don't know that girl, but I believe you. She won't take Finn. I promise."
The days passed and the only time he came to the room was when he came to get his stuff. He and Ember were sharing a room together now. I don't see Finn, and neither does Jake. Jake stays with me now. Jake doesn't even talk to Finn any more, he talks to Marceline instead. He and Ember don't leave the cave. They sit on my couch, whispering to each other.
It has now been two weeks since Ember showed up. I'm lying in my bed, Jake on Finn's old bed, when Marceline walks into the room. We both look up, and seeing that it's just Marcie, we lay our heads back down.
"What the matter with you two today?"
"I'm so sick and tired of being around Finn and Ember. I'm going insane!" Marceline nods her head.
"Then why don't we go out? Kill some zombies or something?"
"Mmmmm…. I guess that sounds alright. How's it sound Jake?"
"That sounds fun. I can expand my territory! I think I'm gonna pee on a zombie. Yeah! Then I'll have moving territory!" Marceline and I erupt with laughter. "What? What'd I say that was so funny?"
"Oh, it's nothing Jake. It's just sometimes I forget you're a dog. Some of the things you say are pretty out there." Marceline says, wiping a tear from her eye and I nod my head in agreement. "Come on Fi! Get dressed! Bring a sweater or something! I wanna kill lots of zombies!"
I bounce out of my bed, and to my dresser. I pull out a pair of pants, and a grey sweater. After I slide them on over my t-shirt, and short shorts, I grab my bunny hat and pool my hair inside it and pull it down over my head then put on my mix- matched combat boots. Marceline goes into her room, and comes out in a black sweater, skinny jeans, and her red boots. She has an axe strapped to her back along with her bow and her quiver strapped to her hip. I have a sward strapped to my back, from when Marceline went on weapons re-con a couple days ago, along with my backpack full of knives of all sizes. We got the sweaters from that re-con too. Everyone got one. I pull Jake's sweater down over his body and he starts running down the hall.
"Let's go! LET'SGOLET'SGOLET'SGOLET'SGO!"
Marceline and I laugh, as we walk down the hall behind Jake. As we approach the mouth of the cave, Ember stops us.
"Where are you guys going?" We turn around, and look at them. Ember's sitting on Finn's lap. Her red tank top only has one arm, and it's ripped at a ragged angle down to her side. She wore a pair of black spandex, and on her feet were a pair of red Toms. Finn was wearing a dark blue shirt, a pair of black denim shorts, and black and blue convers. Marceline is the one to speak, venom drips in her voice.
"We're going zombie hunting. Something you wouldn't think of doing, princess, especially in those clothes." Marceline rolls her eyes, and turns around, grabbing my hand, pulling me into the maze.
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We've been outside for hours, killing zombies, getting our frustration out. Jake ran back home, satisfied with marking zombies. I slice off the head of a zombie, and he falls to the ground, the ooze spouting from his neck. I wipe off the blade, and watch as Marceline's axe slices through the abdomen of a zombie. I walk over next to her, and watch as the top half of the zombie scratches at the dirt, trying to move. This zombie is a woman. Her long blonde hair taking on a red hue from the blood of her victims. Her eyes are a dead fish color, and her mouth is lifted in a snarl. Her teeth are a mangled mess. They're black, and green with rotting flesh, and the skin on half of her face has been torn off. I see her jaw moving, and the teeth crashing together in hunger. I sigh, and look at Marceline.
"Are you going to finish her off, or am I?"
"Mmmm… You've been under a lot of stress. I say the last kill of the day goes to you." I roll my eyes and raise my sword above my head. Flinging the sword down, I pierce the head, and the half of her body is impaled. Slowly I remove the sword from her head, and wipe it off in the dirt. We turn around, and start back for the cave, when out of the corner of my eye, I see a huge outline of something stumbling forward. This whatever it is, is moving slightly faster than what I'm used to. I hold my arm out in front of Marceline, and she stops, turning to me. I point to the outline and she nods her head. We run to the trees in front of it, hiding behind them for a sneak attack. We look at each other, and nod. When the figure is close enough, we jump out from behind the trees. The thing falls back on the ground, letting out a shriek. I look down at the thing on the ground, and gasp. Marceline has her axe raised above her head. I dive in front of the person.
"Marcie don't! It's…. It's my uncle Simon!"
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Cliff hanger! Woot woot! So tell me what you think about this chapter. Do you like it? Do you hate it? What do you think of Ember?
