What happened last:

After something that Finn said triggered a painful memory, Marceline's mind was sent back to the time when she finally lost her friend, Simon Petrikov, to his schizophrenic-like breakdown. She was finally able to escape her nightmare when she fully relived the pain that happened many centuries ago.

"No matter how hard things get, Marcy, you have to remember that things will always work out. Life is hard and you may want to do bad things because they're easier, but you can't. You always have to remember to help others and always be good. So remember this… Live, Marcy. You always have to try to live and never give up."

~Simon Petrikov

Marceline returned from her coma-like state to Finn slightly shaking her, trying to wake her up. The wind was still furiously blowing from the vortex overhead.

F: "Marceline! Are you ok? Marceline!" Finn yelled over and over.

M: "Y-yeah… I think. What were we doing again?" She said as she put her hand on her head as if trying to soothe the pain of a migraine.

F: "We were about to get through the barrier to find Maja and save Jake but you passed out."

Marceline then looked Finn in the eyes and hugged him.

M: "Thank you, Finn."

Finn didn't understand why she said that but he guessed that she had a terrible nightmare while unconscious. She ended up talking a bit while passed out. Finn just hugged her for a moment until Marceline stood up with him still in her arms. She grasped him tightly in her arms; she was preparing to pass through the barrier once more. Only this time, her eyes flared up. They were glowing red with rage and she had a hateful look on her face as she darted towards the eye of the storm.

This time Marceline had much less trouble with getting through the wind barrier. She could hear whispers as she began to carry Finn through the powerful winds. She could hear her most depressing memories replaying over and over. They normally would have broken her down once more had she not been thinking of how Finn changed her life soo much for the better and in such a short time.

M: "You can't hurt me anymore!" Marceline roared furiously at the voices that spoke of her horrible past as her eyes began to tear up. Finn also accepted that what she was saying had to do with her nightmare as well so he just let her be.

Her mind was more determined than ever, her thoughts focused on Finn. Her mind was clear of everything but him. For a moment, and for the first time in almost 1000 years, she had no pain. She had no stress, no hatred, and no depression. No emotions except for happiness and hope. She reached for the eye of the storm. She could see the inside of the barrier, only inches from the tip of her fingers. She was reaching with all her might, the protected center of the storm appeared clear and free of this chaos.

As soon as Marceline reached her hand on the other side of the barrier, it seems to have disabled all together. The storm continued but the two were thrust in the eye of it, where the winds no longer existed. The barrier and storm still remained but it was on the other side of the force field.

F: "Marcy you did it!" Finn excitedly yelled.

M: "Yeah… looks like I did. Man… I'm not feeling too good…" Marceline said as she tried to stand up, feeling dizzy.

F: "What's wrong Marcy?" Finn said sounding generally concerned.

Marceline then fell to the ground in a slump and passed out.

F: "Marcy!" Finn yelled as he rushed to her side to figure out what had happened.

Maja: "Ha! She's weaker than I thought!" Maja said smugly in her demonic voice that seemed to have multiple people consecutively speaking at once.

Maja, the sky witch, was hovering in the entrance of the castle, strong gusts of wind coming from behind her. She was wearing a green dress and a brown-orange cape as she normally did. Razor sharp teeth, slightly pale skin, and very deep crimson eyes. They were almost the color of dried blood.

Finn was caressing Marceline's head to tend to her unconscious body. As soon as Maja was done speaking he took off his backpack and put it under Marceline's head as a pillow. He then stood up, back still turned to Maja, and clenched his right hand into a fist and the other wrapped around the handle of his demon blood sword. He could feel rage slowly building up inside. He came all this way to save his brother and this happens? Marceline is incapacitated and Finn wasn't sure how to defeat a sky witch but he had to try his best, for his brother, Lady and of course… for her.

F: "So, you must be Maja." Finn said with a dark tone in his voice as he turned to face his foe. She seemed weak to him. Finn's confidence with things has improved within the past few days, maybe a bit too much sometimes.

Maja: "Well obviously!" She said condescendingly.

Maja: "I guess you couldn't leave well enough alone, could you?

F: "I'm here for my brother and Lady! And I'm not leaving without them. I'll kill you if I have to!"

Maja: "Oh! Those old things? Here, take them! I don't need them anyway. Hahaha!" Maja laughed like a maniac as the two were thrown from the top of the castle.

As soon as Finn saw both of their unconscious bodies falling from the castle everything suddenly slowed down in his mind. He knew that he couldn't catch both of them so he had to choose. The height wasn't enough to kill them but it was enough to where it would hurt pretty badly. That made his decision easier. Within the split second that Finn had to think he decided that he should catch Lady. Jake would rather die than have anything happen to Lady and he would kill anyone that tried to hurt her. And he recently found a few candidates for his hit-list...

Finn quickly sprinted in the best spot to catch lady and had no problems with it. She was fairly light so it was a simple task. On the other hand, Jake slammed into the ground with a great thud. As soon as Finn could, he carefully set Lady Rainicorn down and rushed over to Jake. He was surprisingly awake, but just barely.

Maja: "Hahaha!" Maja laughed once more, snapped her fingers and went back into her castle.

Finn ignored her for the moment knowing that her days were numbered, she will pay for this.

J:" F-Finn… It's…" Jake said, fading in and out of consciousness.

F: "C'mon bro, speak to me! What is it?" Finn said, worried about Jake and not knowing if he would be ok.

J: "T-trap…" Jake said as he passed out again.

Suddenly Maja's familiar, the Crow-rabbit named Crabbit appeared. It quickly lunged for Finn, striking him and knocking him on his back. His sword was knocked out of his hand in the process.

F: "And who are you supposed to be?" Finn said as he stood up and brushed himself off.

The Crabbit did not speak; it just made its crow call and continued to attack the young hero boy. At least this time, Finn was ready. The battle started out very intense. The Crabbit was fighting for whatever reason it had and Finn was fighting for all of his injured friends, Marceline the Vampire Queen, Lady Rainicorn and Jake the Dog. They traded blows, back and forth. Some were blocks, some were, hits, others were misses. Although Crabbit was physically stronger than Finn, the human boy had something that most did not have: a hero's heart.

While the battle raged on between Finn and Crabbit, Jake regained consciousness enough to crawl over to Lady. He was able to wake her up after a few attempts.

J: "Baby… I need you to go to the Candy Kingdom… tell PB that we need help."

Lady: "How will they find you here? I'm not even sure where we are." Lady said in Korean (of course)

J: "It's ok Lady, PB has her ways. Trust me…" Jake said as he began to cough and grasp his side in pain.

Lady: "Ok, Jake. I'll go as fast as the wind will take me. I love you."

J: "Dangshin uhl saranghabnida…" (That's the romanicized Korean phrase for "I love you")

Lady then kissed Jake on the forehead, and used all of her strength to get up and fly away. She was of course incredibly worried for Jake, Finn and Marceline but she knew that they would manage for the time being. They always made a great team in bad situations. She knew she had to get to the Princess as fast as she could to fix everything as fast as possible.

Jake then passed out once more. He's been through a lot within the past week and could no longer stay awake. He was completely drained of his energy.

Back to Finn and Crabbit, the battle continued. They both fought as if it were a battle to the death. Finn had every intention to kill the crow-rabbit for what he had done to his friends. He had to win this battle, for everyone. His brother had obviously been through who knows what and Marceline lost all of her energy and passed out without reason. He was afraid of the Crabbit and Maja due to their great and unknown power, but his love for his brother and his growing affection for Marceline was able to override that fear.

Finn the Human fought with rage and hatred. Punching as hard as he could, sometimes hitting Crabbit soo hard as to make it stumble from a massive blow. But for every hit Finn successfully landed, Crabbit landed two even more devastating ones.

After a few minutes of intense combat, Finn was able to land an uppercut that knocked the Crabbit back a few feet and onto its back. He thought that he had won for a moment, still focused on his enemy. He never let his guard down when he defeated an enemy, especially one that had committed a crime against Finn's moral code such as this. Finn was still feeling blind rage at this point; thoughts of what might have happened to his brother over the past few days filled his heart with a mix of hatred and darkness. He had never felt this insane before.

Finn began to see red. The color red saturated everything he saw. He had a thirst for the blood of a criminal. He carefully walked backwards towards his sword, not turning his back on Crabbit, and then picked it up. He walked up to the beast and raised his sword, preparing to thrust his sword through the heart of the evil hybrid animal.

F: "Crabbit! You have disrespected me by hurting the ones that I hold dear! And for this heinous crime, you will pay with your worthless life! And you will NOT be granted clemency!" Finn yelled with a voice that sounded both enraged and insane to the seemingly unconscious body. He has never felt like this before. It felt… great in a way. It felt right to him. This had to be done.

Suddenly, Crabbit woke up; screeched at Finn with its crow call and used it's abnormally powerful legs to kick Finn in the face. The animal's feet connected with Finn's chin and he flew about 10 feet into the air and came down crashing into the ground. It had all happened so quickly.

The sly beast had obviously planned to do that in the event that Finn was able to defeat it. Regardless of its strength, Finn's determination was the factor that assisted in his (almost) victory, at least until the Crabbit's cheap shot.

Crabbit: "Ha ha! Fool." Crabbit said in a relatively deep voice.

That was the hit that knocked Finn unconscious. He had failed his friends; but only he would tell himself that. His mind went black, no dreams or nightmares happened while he was out. The only thing that his mind was able to process is the fact that they were all in very grave danger. What was Maja planning? Why did she give Jake and Lady up soo easily? Why did Marceline faint without any reason? There were soo many questions racing through his mind. Questions that he had to find answers to; and he is determined to find those answers, one way or another.

That's Chapter 12. How'd you guys like it? :P