Melphantom: I know this chapter isn't very eventful but...just keep raeding on, please!

Andrew: In case any of you were wondering, I wrote my part of the chapter while laying in bed and drinking iced tea.


Peppermint Butler's POV:

How This All Started...

It was a normal day in the Candy Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum and I were in the Candy Castle running around with some chores and such. By that, I mean she was doing experiments and I was in the room helping. Nothing that didn't normally happen, really.

"Hand me the lime colored chemical in the vile, please." Princess Bubblegum asked, mixing some things together in a large bowl.

"Right away!" I responded, quickly grabbing the lime colored vile and carefully handing it over to her. I observed her mix that in and the whole liquid turn that color. I was a bit curious as to what she was making but I guess I assumed it to be a bit rude to ask, maybe. She'd probably tell me eventually, I suppose.

After mixing a few more chemicals together I noticed her start searching for something quite rapidly and panicked. "Is something wrong?" I asked her, a bit worried. "Perhaps something is lost?" I wondered to her out loud. She turned to me looking stressed out.

"We're missing the wild ashberries!" PB remarked. "Oh! There's no time to grow more! Could I ask you to go into the forest and get them!?" She asked. I nodded.

"Sure thing!" I accepted the task, of course. She wished me good luck and to be back within two hours at most. Didn't seem too difficult, really. "What do they look like, Princess?" I asked. She described them as berries that kind of looked like ash-colored strawberries and they grew on trees.

I nodded and left the Candy Castle and headed towards the woods to start my search for these weird berries. I was hoping I wouldn't run into any whywolves or any other such creature lurking in this forest.

Hey, maybe I'd even see someone around I'd know! Like Master Finn or something! He was a pretty cool guy and I knew he liked adventuring around here sometimes with Master Jake. This forest wasn't unfamiliar to me, either. I've come around here before to do rituals many times. It's been a while since I've done one honestly, maybe I will again soon!

I looked up ahead and saw a bush with strange berries on it. Maybe they're the ones Princess Bubblegum was speaking of! The ashberries! I'd make it back in even less then an hour! Record time!

As I got closer to the bush, I found that they were the exact berries I was looking for. This was so convenient and much easier to find then I had thought.

I placed my basket down and started picking some of the ashberries carefully and placing them in the basket. Hm. PB never said exactly how many she needed. I'll just fill the basket to be safe, I suppose.


Finn's POV

I woke up this morning and looked around. From the moment I sat up, something seemed wrong. I could feel it, but nothing really looked out of the ordinary... I decided to ignore the feeling and got out of bed.

I walked into the kitchen. It was still early, so it was kind of dark still. I xD I decided to check the other rooms in the house just in case. Nothing. I was just overreacting. It was still early though, and Jake wasn't up yet, so I decided to play some BMO until he did.

When Jake woke up, he seemed pretty hungry. He immediately went into the kitchen and started making some bacon pancakes. I've always loved that song that he sings when he makes them.

When they were done, we sat down and dug in. "So" Jake said, his mouth full, "Where do you wanna go today?"

I thought about that for a moment, but I couldn't think of anywhere we haven't already gone. "Uhm..." I mused. "Maybe we could-"

Jake cut me off by yelling "Finn, look!" and pointed at the floor. I looked closely, and then I saw it. The snail. But this wasn't just an ordinary snail. It was the snail that was possessed by the Lich! "Get the snail!" Jake yelled, and dove to the floor.

I ran into my room. I quickly got dressed and grabbed my backpack and sword. I ran out to see the snail moving in circles, unnaturally fast for a snail. Jake was chasing it around. I rushed out into the middle and slashed at it. But I just missed...

The snail sped down to the bottom floor and out the door. Jake and I followed him. We could just barely see it, but we kept going. The snail ran into the forest area. We lost sight of it, but we went in anyway in hopes of finding it again.

We looked around for a long time. We couldn't find the snail. "Hey Jake..." I said. "Maybe we should go back home or something. We've lost the trail."

Jake sighed. He agreed, and we started walking back. Halfway back, Jake said to me, "Hey look Finn, it's Peppermint Butler! Lets go say hi!" and started walking over to him. I followed behind.


Melphantom: Hope yopu enjoyed! Review, please!

Andrew: Stay thirsty my friends, things are about to get real. =^-^=