Hey guys I wanted to take a little moment to thank everyone who has been so kind and helpful to me since the beginning of this fanfic (yes that was two days ago but still..) I appreciate all the pointers, suggestions, support, and all that stuff and I really love you all! I really wanna thank Autumnbreeze-49 for leaving magic reviews that make me smile a ton! :3 :D and also to Sweetums128neo because I felt and irk inside me when I wrote the whole "love" thing and your review made me realize why! So I'm probablygoing to go back and edit when I have the time And you're totally right so thanks for pointing that out bro! Anyways thanks a bunch EVERYONE and I hope everyone enjoys this chapter Huzzah~! Also WARNING: Princess Bubblegum is EXTREMELY OOC.
"What's so great about her? Anything she has I bet I have too! I'm prettier, smarter, richer, nicer, friendlier, sociable, tons of fun, how could he possibly like her more than me?" Bubblegum didn't know what had sparked her sudden interest in Finn but it just wouldn't go away. She tromped through the halls of the palace to do some science; it always helped her think rationally. She hadn't thought this way about him since she had been transformed into a thirteen year old a few months back. Memories from the times she spent pranking the Earl with Finn now flashed through her mind. Did he forget all about that stuff? Did it mean nothing to him? "How is she more important than me?" She wondered aloud in exasperation as she stormed into her lab.
"Don't get such a big head Bonni." Marceline tutted from her perch on a filing cabinet.
"Will you stop following me Marceline?" PB started pulling out materials for some random mixture while the Vampire Queen floated around her, relishing in her overly human emotions.
"Because you don't understand yet," She snickered as the princess knocked over a beaker in her frustration.
"What's that even supposed to mean?" There was a long silence in which Bubblegum continued her sciencey stuff while Marceline floated and stared.
"How much do you like Finn." She had waited a long time to ask this question for one very good reason; PB would be so focused on her science she wouldn't give any thought about lying in her answer.
"With all of my heart." She answered simply as she began to pour an oozing green slime into the concoction. Marceline smirked and floated out the door. Bubblegum froze in horrifying realization of what she just said, not noticing or caring about the overflowing sludge that was spilling onto her hand and the table.
It was about two o'clock in the kingdom of Ooo and Princess Bubblegum was on her way to the two adventurer's tree fort to stop the Finn from doing any other stupid stuff. When she arrived she saw Jake dumping some containers of gasoline onto the coals causing the flames to leap up and intensify. When he finished drenching the path he looked up and noticed her.
"Oh hey Princess! Watcha doin over here?"
"Well I came to speak with Finn," She said, eyeing the coals with bitterness.
"He's upstairs, can you tell him I'll be heading over to Lady's house in a bit?" She nodded. "You can just head right in." She thanked him and went into the house. Once I made it upstairs I found Finn shirtless looking at his reflection in the mirror; his body was basically a giant burn mark. Bubblegum watched his muscles ripple as he rubbed some of the worse spots. When did he get so buff? Finn jumped back when he saw PB in the corner of the mirror. He threw a blue shirt on quickly much to her displeasure.
"P-Princess, what are you doing here?"
"I just wanted to see you Finny." She replied with bubblegummy sweetness. Since when does she call me Finny? He thought curiously. She walked closer. "So why are you so into Flame Princess?"
"How'd you know about that?"
"It doesn't take a genius to ascertain that after seeing your body." She lied. No matter how much she hated the Vampire Queen she wasn't going to drag her into this. Finn blushed heavily.
"I just like her that's all." He mumbled.
"Yah but why do you?" She said, trying to hide her irritation.
"Well she's funny, a great girl to just hang with, and she's really pretty." Finn mumbled; a blush burned his place cheeks.
"But I'm all that stuff too!" She exclaimed.
"Peebles you're acting really weird," The adventurer said nervously. "What's going on?"
"Finn I know you don't really love the flame girl, you love me so let's forget about all this foolish fire stuff and be happy." Now he understood. She liked him.
"Princess I do love Flame Princess and you can't change tha— MMPFT!" Before he could finish his sentence PB slammed her lips onto his and pushed him up against the mirror. Finn struggled but soon all the fight left him and he sunk into the kiss. He knew it was extremely wrong, but for some reason it felt so right. When she broke the kiss the taste of bubblegum lingered in his mouth.
"Like I said; I know you love me." She smirked. Finn glowered over at her and she froze; she had seen Finn angry, sad, anguished, utterly shattered, but never had she seen him so furious, and at her to boot.
"Princess, I. do not. love you. Do you understand?" His words were firm and each one stabbed Bubblegum like a knife through her heart. He stormed out after that, leaving her bawling her eyes out on the ground. (Authors note: I know Finn has a policy not to make a princess cry but I felt that he would hate being used like that even more. :\)
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"Thanks so much Flambo." I smiled gratefully at the small fire animal as he continued melting away at the glass in the back of my candle holder prison.
"Sure thing princess." After a few minutes of waiting the hole was big enough for me to slip through and I snuck out of the throne room while father and his subjects were distracted by the new court jester. I ran to my room to fetch my cloak and I made my way out of the palace, ducking every so often to avoid guards or subjects who would recognize me. Soon I made it to the border of the fire kingdom and the snow kingdom and I looked over warily. Yes being a fire elemental I could melt through this snow easy but that didn't mean it wasn't going to hurt.
No I had to forget about that; the whole reason I was here was to overcome the water element to be with Finn. I squared my shoulders and brought my foot down on plush snow, it felt as though someone was putting out my flame slowly and painfully but it soon subsided. I kept walking, thinking of Finn. Every time I took a step I flinched, searing pain coursing through my legs, soon I was limping through the snow while my energy slowly drained away. Several times I thought of unleashing my fire powers and melting all the snow in my path but I knew I needed to get through this.
"For Finn." I said those words over and over as I trudged through the snow, all the while a small bat holding a magic orb flutter around in the sky. Once I made it out of the snow kingdom I saw that my coloring had faded to an almost pink looking shade. I smiled to myself thinking something that made my fiery shade slink back onto my frame. It was all worth it for him. I happily began walking through a grassy field while I watched the little bat fly away.
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It had been an hour since the whole Bubblegum thing and I was in the middle of training when something heavy dropped on my head, making me fall face first into the coals. I leaped up to find a bat zipping down only to transform into the lanky, long haired, Vampire Queen; Marceline.
"Yo Finn," She said slyly. "I've got a little something to show you." She retrieved the orb from the coals and spun it making a little movie of sorts start. In the orb I saw Flame Princess struggling through mounds of snow that ranged from the height of her waist to her shoulders. She looked like she was in terrible pain but she just kept on going. It made me get butterflies in my tummy. She was going through what looked like terrible pain…for me. Then I started to hear her mumbling something unintelligible.
"Can we turn it up?" She shook the sphere around and her voice became audible.
"For Finn. For Finn. For Finn." She repeated those words until she made it out of the snow kingdom where she stood smiling and regaining her beautiful orange shade then went on her way through Ooo. I stood there blushing like an idiot while Marceline smiled at me.
"I know you two can make this relationship work."
"How can you be sure?"
"I've been around for thousands of years," She smiled ruefully as she floated upwards and changed back into her bat form. "I know exactly what true love is."
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I had found I nice little secluded pond in some cotton candy forest where I sat down and dipped my feet in; it was excruciatingly painful at first but then it soon ebbed into a dull ache.
"Hey you!" I angry voice sounded behind me, I spun around to face some pink lady with a crown on her head, she must be Ooo royalty.
"Me?"
"No I meant the trees," She said snarkily. "Yes you! You're trespassing on candy kingdom soil, get out before I have you imprisoned!" I jumped up, pain charging through my legs as my feet hit solid ground.
"I'm so sorry I didn't know, I just stumbled upon this place I didn't know I was trespassing, I'll leave now." I hastily tried to escape the angry gaze of the older woman but for some reason she wouldn't let me pass.
"You wouldn't happen to be Flame Princess would you?" Her voice dripped with hate.
"Yes that's me." I said uneasily, what was this lady's deal? Out of nowhere she grabbed me by the throat and slammed me up against the tree, I yelped in pain and fright.
"So you're the one who took my Finn away from me." She seethed.
"W-what?" I could barely talk but my mind was moving a thousand miles a minute. What did she mean her Finn, did he used to date this girl and he dumped her for me? She dropped me to the ground and spat on me, causing me to flinch and a sizzling sound filled the air.
"You're a fire elemental; you'd never work out with someone like Finn." She smirked maliciously down at me. I wouldn't let this girl get the better of me. I stood up, ignoring the constant pain throughout my body and stared straight at her.
"We can always try."
"So that's why you were putting your feet in the pond huh? Here, let me help you get over the pain of water!" She grabbed me by my flaming hair and started dragging me over to the water.
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"Finn, bro we gotta go right now!" Jake yelled as he burst through the door.
"Jake what the hey hey is goin on?"
"I was going over to Lady Rainicorn's for dinner when I heard some shouting in the candy woods and I saw PB with Flame Princess, she looked terrified!" Finn was grabbing his sword and running out of the house before Jake could say anything else. He quickly followed suit.
Well theres a cliffhanger for ya! Hope everyone enjoyed! And have a wonderful night/day children! ;D
~Em-chan!