Adventure Time: Complications

Author's Note

Okay! Hello to anyone who still checks here frequently. I can't blame anyone for not, though, as I haven't posted anything in like maybe a year. It's actually pretty bad. Well, I apologize to anyone who actually liked this story for any ungodly reason.

Well, starting off here, I have been gone for a long time primarily due to school. I'm not the best in math and so I usually had to spend a lot of time there. Also, I got a whole lot of games in the time that I was gone and so, since I was so entertained I never ever had any desire to write, and, in fact, I was quite opposed to it.

It's actually really interesting. Writing used to be one of my favorite things in the world to do, but, recently I pretty much lost all of my drive. And I'm not entirely sure if I got my drive back. But I'm willing to try.

As for the Legend of Korra story... well, I'm not as enthusiastic about that one anymore. I don't think that idea would go anywhere, and I really don't think I'd have an easy or fun time writing it.

However, I do have plans for a Legend of Zelda story. Since it is my favorite game series of all time, Link being my favorite game character of all time, I feel that it's about time I dabble in a bit of the fanfiction. Recently, I've been reading a fanfiction called, "Legend of Zelda: Only Chosen Love", or something along those lines (I'm horrible with names) and I was really into the whole idea of a high school LoZ fic.

So, I'm going to try to pitch what I've got thought out of the idea so far. The first chapter is going to start of with Link finally coming to the academy, your generic first chapter I suppose. Most of the chapters will be based on the experiences that Link has with his friends and with Zelda (the main love interest), while some other chapters will be focused on experiences that Link has had with other characters in the franchise, except more in a realistic setting, based on the school esque thing that I'd have going on. I've thought about Saria's Song.

Basically, Link and Saria will be hanging out with eachother and she dares him to follow her into the Woods near the school, and come with her to the other side. (which, for convenience will be named the Lost Woods). He does, but then gets sidetracked along the way and gets lost. Since he knows she'll wait for him to come, he explores the woods more, and soon finds his way over to where she waits. He sees her playing the ocarina and hears a wonderful tune from her, and he inquires about it, soon having her teach it to him on his own ocarina. And so, he learns Saria's song.

I don't know what you guys think, but I'm really excited, and I really feel that this can really get me back into loving fanfiction and passionately writing more and more. Leave your thoughts on this idea!

Also if you have any suggestions as to what Finn can do in some of the later chapters, I'm open to them! Just PM me. I've got a general idea of how I want it to end, and if I've got some great ideas, I'd probably bring them out even faster! Them being the chapters.

Anyways, I got a laptop, not necessarily a new one, but still, it's my own personal laptop, so I have a lot more time and oppurtunity to write, so I'm really excited about that. And I've been recently reading some Legend of Zelda fanfictions, and a few others, and it's inspired me to try and come back to the whole AT:C story. I almost wanted to say story arc, but that would kind of insinuate that there would be another story arc after this one. I doubt there will be. I'm kind of over this story. And also, I kind of somewhat hate Adventure Time.

I'll expand more on why in the next chapter's author's note, because this one is getting obnoxiously long.

Enjoy!

My eyes opened slowly and adjusted to the light. I found myself staring at an unfamiliar ceiling, and soon found that I was in an unfamiliar room. As I moved around slightly, I found that I was in an unfamiliar bed. I sighed quietly, and tried to calm myself. I felt an uncanny warmness at my right side. I turned over to my right, and in front of me lay the Flame Princess. I was surprised, but I couldn't find any strength to gasp, or wake her up, or make any noise, for that matter.

She turned around slowly, until I was facing her back. My throat was parched and I couldn't speak, but I felt a burning desire. I wrapped my arms around her, and held her close to my chest.

It hurt. It hurt bad. I was being burned. Her body was fire, scorching me, exciting me. The desire grew more and more and I felt more pain, but I forced myself to hold it. My breath was ragged, and I felt my heart beating quickly as I brung my lips down to her neck. My lips tingled upon the impact of the flame that was her skin.

She giggled, her back pressing against my chest again and spreading the fire. She turned around, a smile playing on her lips and came closer to me. She touched her forehead to mine, and the fire caused more pain and desire to cloud my mind. I could feel her breath, smell it, taste it, and I brought her closer to me so that I could press my lips to hers.

She was fire. I went numb.

"Finn!" Jake called, smacking my shoulder to get my attention.

"H-huh?" I muttered, blinking rapidly. "What... where am I?" I asked, rubbing my eyes with my hands.

"Here at the tree house, where else?" He asked, an eyebrow raised. "Dude, you were burning up! More dreams about... you know...?"

I shook my head with a sigh. "No, not Princess Bubblegum."

He sighed in relief, and put a hand on me. "You'll find the right girl, don't worry, man. Besides, you've always got me and BMO, anyway," he laughed, grabbing me into a headlock and pulling on my hat.

I laughed with him and struggled out of his grip until he let me go. "Yeah, pals fore' gals for sure!"

"Yeah, man!" he fist bumped me. "That said," he began with a laugh, "I'm going out with the Lady and Jake Jr.! So seeya later, bro!"

"Alright dude, seeya." I bid him goodbye, having a genuine smile on my face.

"Oh, I forgot! I told BMO not to let you out of the house- you need a rest, bro! It's your day off, enjoy it!" He added, before going down the ladder that led to our room.

"Wait, what!?" I yelled, when what he said finally processed. I sighed and put my head between my hands. Maybe this would be a good thing. Some time to rest, some time to just think. 'Speaking of thinking...' I shuddered as I reminded myself of the dream I had just had.

Did I really like the Flame Princess? That was the question. I had a lot of fun with her, she was cool, and pretty, and I just... well, I connected with her. And I just had a dream that I was sleeping with her.

But the dream led me to the most disturbing part. She had hurt me, and I had liked it. I wanted her, I needed her, but she scorched me. Even just touching her set me aflame, and when our lips touched... I blacked out.

It couldn't have been a premonition dream, though. The cosmic owl wasn't there. If he was, that would be extremely creepy. Jokes aside, it could've just been my mind filling in the dots. I don't remember ever touching her, so... that was at least plausible.

But that brought up another question. Would she burn me? If we touched? Was she even healthy for me? She was fire, I was a human, and humans were never meant to play with fire. I smiled, despite myself, at my grim humor.

Things with her just weren't as clear as they would be with Princess Bubblegum.

I loved her. I still love her. That was arguably the worst part. And I didn't know if she loved me back. My mind wandered back to what had happened to me yesterday.

She almost kissed me. That proved that she at least had some feelings for me. And that made it even more confusing, and convoluted, and, really, it just wasn't fair to me. There was something that she wasn't telling me. It was why she wasn't smiling when she was with the Prince. Why she acted so sad when she talked to me alone. She was hiding something from me.

I sighed again. What happens if she does like me? Do I just abandon the Flame Princess entirely? Do I reject Princess Bubblegum? Who was I to say that the Flame Princess even had feelings for me? So many questions, so little answers. I was beginning to get frustrated, to be completely honest.

And then it came down to what mattered more: My history with Princess Bubblegum, our past, all the adventures and fun we've shared, or my anticipation with the Flame Princess, the fun and adventures I know we're bound to have.

I knew Princess Bubblegum- or at least, I thought I knew her-, but I wanted to know the Flame Princess. Were they equal? Following my original logic, a dream about Princess Bubblegum meant that I loved her... so... a dream about the Flame Princess, a much more intimate dream about the Flame Princess... did that mean that I loved her? More, perhaps, than Princess Bubblegum?

I guess it really all came down to what I expected, and what would be expected of me. Princess Bubblegum and I would be happy together, I'm sure, but...well, if I was with her, would that make me a prince? Or a king? My adventuring days would be over at the expense of being with the woman I wanted and I knew I loved. If I was with the Flame Princess, I would live a life of adventure and exploration with a girl that I could love, a girl that could potentially kill me.

Neither was really alluring.

I took a few more moments to stare up at the ceiling with no purpose, before coming to a decision. "I need to find Princess Bubblegum," I muttered to myself. "I need to know what's going on, or at least find out a little bit more about the situation."

So I had to get past BMO. Great.

As I got dressed I thought about ways to get past BMO, but I ultimately decided that I would try to be honest, because I didn't want to worry the lil' guy. I gulped and began my descent down the ladder.

"Oh! Finn! You're awake!" BMO greeted me, jumping up and down. "Want to play Conversation Parade? It's your day off!"

"Sorry, BMO, not today. I've got to go talk to Princess Bubblegum." I told him firmly bending down so we were face to face.

"I'm sorry, Finn, but Jake told me not to let you out of the house." He apologized.

"BMO... please... this is really important," I pleaded. Something about how pathetic I looked, or maybe how sincere I looked caused him to give in.

"Okay, Finn, but please, make sure you're back before Jake comes home..."

"Hey, no problem, buddy," I told him, patting him on the head. "We'll play some games when I get back, alright?"

"Yay!" BMO smiled and jumped in joy. I gave him a high five, before saying goodbye and leaving. I had no specific idea as to where the Princess was, but I guessed that the Candy Kingdom Castle was as good a place as any to start. Lucky for me, it turned out that she was there, on the balcony where she first informed me of the Peanutbutter Prince, with the Prince himself.

When I got up there, I knocked on the wall to indicate my entrance.

The Prince looked over at me before scowling. "I assume you're here for my betrothed?" He guessed, his condescending nature present and showing in his voice. "I don't associate with hooligans. Bonnibel, inform me when you're done with the trash."

I glared at him, not bothering to say even a word to him as he walked through the doors I entered from. "Princess-" I started, turning my attention over to her.

"Finn, why are you here?" Princess Bubblegum cut me off, looking surprised and angry at the same time.

"I... I-I wanted... I mean.." I started blubbering. I had not expected this kind of reaction from her at all, I expected more of a surprised smile, and then we sort everything out, and we're happy again... "I needed to see you... I thought you'd have been happy to see me..."

"Finn... I said that we shouldn't see each other again." she said, frowning.

"How can you honestly say that?" I asked her, getting fired up and angry myself. She almost kisses me, then tells me never to come over to the castle again? It made so sense, and it wasn't fair.

"I'm... going to get married, and be happy... and you should be happy with the Flame Princess..." she replied, an almost empty look on her face as she answered me, almost as if she was unaffected, almost as if she didn't care.

"I should be happy!? When did you begin to care about what made me happy!?"

"We could have been together, before, you know, Finn..." she muttered, looking down at her dress.

"That doesn't matter! You say that you never meant to hurt me, that you want me to be happy, that I should move on, but you keep toying with me! Do you love me, or not!?" I roared now, my eyes trained exclusively on her.

"I... I don't love you," she muttered, looking away from me.

"...Oh." I muttered in response. I wasn't totally convinced, in fact, I was barely convinced at all, but, well, I would just have to find out more over time. "PB..." I called her, wanting her to look me in the eyes. She didn't respond so I walked up to her and held her chin up with my hand. "I love you. I still love you." I kissed her softly on the lips before backing up. "Even if you don't love me, I'll always love you," I told her, our eyes still connected. She was still emotionless, as she gazed back at me.

"Oh," she stated, blandly. "You... you should be going, now, Finn." she stood up. "I'll go and retrieve the Prince. Have a nice day, Finn."

"You too," I replied.

I was happy. In fact, I was almost ecstatic. There was a chance that she still loved me! I was so giddy, that when I got home, the first thing I did was play with BMO.

Oh boy! That took about 12 hours in all for me to write and edit and etc. It was a lot of fun, and it was certainly a departure from my usual content in this story, normally conversations and actions, less about thinking and things of that nature. I'm extremely proud of this though, and it's easily my favorite chapter of this story, and, I think, the longest. I was just going to leave it as a chapter full of Finn's thoughts, but I decided at the last minute to add in the part about PB, and I'm actually pretty glad I did.

Funny, because, as of today, August 20th, it's about 4 days late of my last update to this story.

I'm really loving typing with this new Laptop, as well!

And it's about 4 AM, so I'm gonna go to sleep.

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