"Can't you let me sleep tonight, mom? I haven't complained before, but I'm trying not to scare everyone away. I miss you, but I don't want those memories of you anymore. It hurts me to much to continue. Stop. Stop! STOP! STOP IT MOTHER! I CAN'T STAND SEEING THIS ANYMORE!"

Allen closed his dream journal. He wished his mom would stop haunting his dreams. Tonight was the most vivid image of that day that he's had in a long time. Maybe it would get bad again. Maybe he'll have to go away again. He hoped not.

It had been about an hour since Marceline went home. Allen had been replaced by Austin and, with him, Huntress Wizard. Finn looked at her in shock when she had shown up. She quickly left the tree house, and nothing more was said on the matter. Adriana had set out on some errand with Austin, and Jake left to see lady. Now Finn was sitting at home alone. Or so he thought.

"Sure has been boring around Ooo lately." He said to himself. "Maybe something will happen to liven things up a bit." He sat, starring out the window. He looked around the room until his eyes stopped on a lonely, lit candle. "Hmm... I wonder what FP is doing." His thoughts started drifting back to Flame Princess.

Meanwhile, in the Fire Kingdom, Flame Princess was processing what she had seen. The night before, a man with a giant cross on his back and a scythe had come by her kingdom and was searching for something... Or someone. After searching the whole kingdom, he left. She had a guard follow him and report to her when they discovered anything. So far, not a word had been heard from the guard.

Back in the tree house, Finn heard the sound of someone rummaging through his room. Finn, who was now on full alert, raced upstairs to his room. What he found was the same man who had been in the Fire Kingdom. "Who are you, and what do you want?" Finn said, summoning his grass sword and getting into a fighting stance. The man glanced at Finn for a split second, then returned to looking through his stuff. "Hey! I asked you a question, now answer me!"

The man stopped, turned, and starred Finn in the eyes. The man's eyes were pure white, and he had a smile that stretched from one side of his face to the other. He had blonde hair down to his elbows hidden under a hat with bull horns sticking out underneath. He looked Finn up and down, then pushed past him without a word. He continued to walk all the way out the front door and out of Finn's view.

As soon as the man was gone, Austin crashed through the window, and Adriana walked up the stairs. "Is he gone?" Austin looked around nervously. He looked out the window, ran down stairs, and after checking ever room, joined Finn and Adriana again.

Finn nodded. "Who was that guy? What does he want?" Finn still held his sword, standing next to Adriana.

"We don't know. Adriana and me were almost home when we saw that man swallow a flame guard whole, then breathe out a puff of smoke. Well, Adriana gasped and he saw us. As soon as he did, he started walking towards us. We ran here and hid. Guess he got tired of looking and left, but that was close." He sighed and fell backwards on the floor.

Adriana stretched her arms and legs, then started cleaning. "Sorry about the mess. I'll try and find out what is going on after this mess is dealt with. And, I'm sorry we didn't take you with us Finn. Austin said it was family stuff."

"So what were you guys doing? And... What was up with Huntress Wizard being here earlier?" Finn was helping clean up the mess,and Austin was trying to contact Allen.

"None of your business." he said plainly. This made Finn pause for a second in surprise. "Allen? You there? I need to talk." Suddenly, Austin ddisappeared.

"That was weird. So, will you tell me what you guys were doing?" Finn and Adriana finished cleaning the room, the went to sit in the kitchen.

"Hmmm... Okay. But this is just between us. Austin loves Huntress Wizard. They've known each other since Austin was a kid."

"But isn't he still a kid?" She shook her head and explained the ages of her and her brothers.

"...And I'm 15. I have a different mother than them, though. Their mom died when Austin was born. No one actually knows what happened to her, but most likely it was the birth that killed her." Finn nodded. He didn't really know what she meant, but he went along with it. "Anyway, Austin wanted me to help pick out a present to get Huntress Wizard. The thing we got her was in a dungeon guarded by a giant Black Widow Leech. Those things suck. It took us a while to kill it, but after it died, its babies hatched. There were so many that we almost didn't make it. Luckily, my siren powers caused them to stop and leave us alone." She pulled out a dagger made of ivory with a green tip. "I had this made from the mother's fang. I enchanted it to have an unending coat of Black Widow Leech venom on it."

Finn looked at the dagger in awe, then placed it on the table. "You know, you're amazing. Beautiful, adventuress, and... And... Why can't I think of it? There was something else, but I can't put my finger on what I was going to say."

She shrugged. "Don't worry about it. I'm sure you'll remember eventually." She stood up and stretched again. "Hmm. I seem to be needing to stretch a lot today. What were the symptoms of the venom... Bones locking up, visions, fever, and paralysis. After that, death. Maybe I should go to a hospital."

Finn had walked to the Candy Kingdom with Adriana, and now Adriana was being worked on, trying to remove the venom from her system. Finn wandered around with Peppermint Butler, who he ran into in the hospital wing, and they were making small talk, when Allen showed up.

"Hey, uh... Allen?" Finn felt this getting complicated, but was getting better at it. When Allen was around, he had blue hair and brown eyes, and only his canines were sharper. Austin had red hair, green eyes, and all of his teeth were like a dogs. He also had wolf-like features, like his ears.

"Hey Finn. Where's adriana?" Finn explained what happened with her and Austin, and how Adriana had been bitten. "So she's in the hospital. Figures." He put his head in his hand and sighed."Well, at least she's okay now."

"So, what's up? Where's Austin?" Finn watched Peppermint Butler walk off in the direction of the castle.

"Back at home. And he's staying there until I say otherwise." Allen crossed his arms.

"Why? Did he do something wrong?" Finn was a little upset by this. Austin was one of his best friends, and now he didn't get to see him anymore. Allen was fun and all, but seemed to much like a Dad, kinda like Jake.

"No. He isn't safe here. The man you guys saw was after Austin. The man is very dangerous, and there are a LOT more than just the one. We can't let them get Austin, or they will kill him." Allen started drawing something on his forehead with blood. When he was done, there was a pentagram on his head. Finn looked at it for a few seconds.

"What's with the drawing?" Finn asked, still starring at it.

"This is a lock between this world and mine. It will keep them out and Austin in."

Finn wondered what was really going on here, but felt it was to personal to ask. "What are we going to do? Should we fight them, or leave them alone?"

"You're going to leave them alone. Stay with Adriana and protect her. I'm going to settle this, once and for all." With that, Allen walked away.

So, the men chasing Austin are demon hunters. Allen is about to go fight them all himself. They are good vampire and witch killers too, so this doesn't look good for Allen and his family. What's going to happen next?! Find out in the next chapter!