Authors Note: Well like usual I have been a lazy person. Sorry about that, but at least I'm not taking a year to update right? Haha, that was a bad excuse. well this chapter beats the others for length so enjoy. Also excuse any errors in grammar, I work late at night and tend to get lazy during editing. Enjoy you lovely readers!
Finn slowly put his feet down on the wooden floor and closed his eyes, wiping the sweat from his face with his right hand. Finn stopped for a second and opened his eyes as he stared at the palm of his right hand. Completely normal, but Finn felt a sense of awe as the dream was still fresh in his mind. "I thought that arm was gone… Maybe I need to talk to Bubblegum about this. My melon heart always confuses me, and the last time I listened to it I almost suffocated in space." Finn mumbled to himself well he clenched his fist several times, the feeling of his hand forming a fist then opening helping him relax his mind. Finally Finn's stomach growled painfully loud, causing the human to hunch over clenching his stomach. "Ugh, I'm to hungry to be worried about all this junk!" With that Finn stood up from the chair and put his sneakers on before striding over to the ladder and sliding down to the kitchen, his eyes widening at the sight before him as he walked into the kitchen, the room filled with the smell of cooked meat and toasted bread.
On the kitchen table laid several plates of cooked red meats, a plate of toast, and a bowl of strawberries. This sight made Finn's mouth water as his stomach gurgled in anticipation, but the sight that really surprised him was Marceline wearing an apron with her hair tied in a long ponytail, humming a random tune well she cooked bacon on the stove well sinking one of her sharp canines into a strawberry and sucking the red out of it, leaving the once red berry completely white. "Wow Marceline I didn't know you could cook this good!" Finn yelled out well taking a bite out of a sausage patty, the yelling caught Marceline off guard, causing her to shriek. This made Finn chuckle a bit, making it difficult for him to chew his food. Marceline's face was hot red as she glared daggers at Finn before letting out a sigh and smiling. "Ya, I don't really cook that much anymore since I can only drink red from things, but when you are immortal you have time to learn a lot of things." Marceline laughed in pride at her great amount knowledge, but her eyes showed a hint of sorrow at all the bad experiences that occurred in her past.
Finn put his hand on Marceline's shoulder and gave her a warm smile before he spoke. "Let's eat all this food before Jack gets here, Then we can go shopping in the Candy Kingdom, take a break you know? I bet a few new happy memories will cheer you up!" Finn continued to speak after offering to go shopping. "I have business in the Candy Kingdom anyway, I need to show that knife to Bubblegum and talk to her about something, as well as getting some help with Betty in the future." Finn didn't want to worry Marceline with his dream so he decided to ease into it at a later date.
Marceline smiled at the idea of a date with Finn, but her mood died a bit when he mentioned work and Bubblegum. She quickly recovered as Finn went over to the table after turning of the stove, the pan filled with burnt crispy bacon. He held Marceline's hand guiding her to the table with his usual hyper motions. Marceline thought of a funny idea. "Finn I would love to go with you, but is this just a trick so you can see me suggestive clothing at the woman's clothing store?" Marceline asked in a teasing manner causing Finn's face to glow red as he stumbled over words trying to explain that was not his intention.
Finn sighed as he brushed his teeth, he had finished the food Marceline had made, but she kept teasing him with ideas that filled his head with obscene thoughts. Thoughts about Marceline. Finn blushed realizing he was about to zone out, he quickly splashed water in his face and sighed, a pained look coming across his face. "I shouldn't fall for Marcy. I don't want to feel the pain of heartbreak again and lose such a dear friend. Im tired of messing up and hurting others. I don't want to hurt her, anyone but Marcy." Finn spoke to himself in the mirror, looking deep into his own eyes before letting out another sigh and continuing to get ready for the morning. What Finn didn't realize was that Marceline was listening in on him from the other side of the door, an understanding smile on her face. "Dummy, you need to stop voicing your thoughts, now im just going to tease you more. Even if you did mess up Finn, I would give you a second chance so stop worrying so much or the stress of it all will catch up to you." The Vampire Queen thought as she recollected on what Finn had said. She clearly was falling for the human and didn't care at this point, she understood Finn a lot more than many other people, the only other people rivaling her being Jake and BMO. Marceline was kicked out of her thoughts when she heard Finn about to open the door, so she waited for Finn to step out before she punched him in the arm. Finn winced a bit as he rubbed his arm. "Ouch, what was that for?" He asked as Marceline quickly replied, "For worrying too much doofus, and hogging the bathroom." Marceline walked into the bathroom closing the door behind her, leaving a confused, yet relaxed Finn to go down to the treasure room by the entrance to prepare his travel gear. Finn was sheathing his Soul Sword when he was suddenly startled by the door being swung open, large orange fur covered hands grabbing Finn an pulling him into a hug with a yellow furred dog wearing an old grey fedora, his hands stretching back as he pulled Finn into the bear hug, which Finn quickly returned, picking up the dog with little effort. "Jake! I see you're still wearing Dad's hat. How has everything been with you and Lady?" Finn asked his brother who let out a laugh as he stretched over Finn to look around as he talked. "Me and Lady are still a perfect couple like usual, sad the kids are all old and living their own lives now… I miss them a lot, but enough about me. Did you meet a girl you like yet? I've heard that people saw you with some ladies yesterday. I also like to snoop in case you brought any home." Jake spoke in a playful brotherly tone as he was standing next to the ladder with his back turned to it well he spoke to Finn, giving him a smirk and raised eyebrow.
"Jake I really question what you did in your youth to get such a complicated network of info brokers, even my network isn't as good as yours. Also stop spying on me man, you know im still not into something out of nowhere like with Flame Princess, remember the last time you got involved with my love life? You nearly got us both killed by FP." Finn laid all this out which made Jake gleam in pride then quickly cringe at the past experiences. "I thought you and FP were cool though? Friends? By the way you don't want to know what I did in my past, the bike stealing was only the start of my criminal youth, also no soap dodging! I smell a girl, so I'm gonna get all the juicy gossip!" Jake laughed manically as Finn let out an annoyed sigh. What Jake didn't notice was that Marceline had floated down the ladder silently behind Jake with a smirk as she morphed her face to a monstrous horned lizard with sharp fangs, waiting for the right moment to jump scare the poor dog. "Flame Princess started avoiding me when I turned seventeen remember? Said she was busy with being the ruler of the Fire Kingdom and didn't have time for immature things. I think she sent that assassin Scorcher to kill me when she and Bubblegum almost started a war over control of more grassland territory remember? She thought I was a threat. Sadly let's just say… The assassin 'mysteriously' disappeared in a puff of smoke." Finn was laughing as Jake gave him a bland disappointed look. "Stop. Never make that kind of joke again." Jake stated seriously before Marceline hissed loudly into Jake's ear causing him to shriek and jump forward only to see Marceline's monster face and shriek again before fainting dramatically on the wooden floor. "Ok Jake, I won't make a joke like that again." Finn said with a chuckle as he picked up the unconscious dog and carried him up to the kitchen to place him on the couch.
Finn sat nearby, waiting for his brother to wake up well Marceline floated nearby, Finn took a notepad out of his bag and began to write on an empty page with a black pen he received from Choose Goose on his birthday, it was an amazing gift since the pen was enchanted to never run out of ink. Finn began to scribble down notes well Marceline raised an eyebrow at the sound of Finn writing. "Finn what are you writing down there?" She asked, after a few minutes he got up and walked over to Marceline showing her the notepad. He had written down checkboxes with several items next to it. "It's a shopping list, I need things to supply the treehouse, as well as a restock on some gear I'm low on. So after I buy these things we can get anything else." Finn said this with a smile as he put the notepad away into his pack as Jack began to squirm on the couch, grumbling sourly as he woke up to BMO jumping on him. "Yay, Jakes up! Yay!" BMO yelled out in excitement which made Finn smile at the bot's childish innocence.
Jake was holding BMO on his lap and patting the plastic surface of BMO's head well he wore a happy smile, even after the scare from his vampire friend. "So it was Marceline who you have been hanging with, well at least you're not moping like when the Finn Sword got damaged." Jake said as he gave the two who were sitting next to each other a grin. "Hey Finn didn't say you were working on a gift for Marceline, wasn't it-" Jake was immediately tackled by Finn who was covering his brothers mouth with his hand as he harshly whispered in his ear to be quiet. Marceline's curiosity peeked at the mention of a gift, especially if it was for her. She didn't get time to pry the information from the dog though since Finn gave him a silent stare after whispering something to him which made the dog have a serious youthful look in his eyes as he and Finn sat back down. "So Jake will you be able to help me out like we talked about on the phone?" Finn said as he locked his fingers and rested his chin on them, looking at his brother whose expression turned incredibly serious to the point Marceline was taken back by his response regarding the plan to attack Betty's hideout. "I followed you into the Nightosphere and the Underworld itself, so I will gladly follow you into any hell bro." Finn smiled as did Jake before the two hugged each other tightly, Jake then told Finn he had to go and meet Lady at the cotton candy forest for a date they planned yesterday.
Jake gazed towards Marceline and he spoke up when their eyes met. "Take care of my brother Marceline, he needs someone other than me to keep him company and watch his back." Jake then tipped his hat to his two best friends with a smile before opening the door and stretching across the grasslands, closing the door behind him respectfully. Finn shrugged and walked over to the door with his stuff, Marceline behind him, placing her sun hat on. Finn suddenly fell to the ground as he felt a pulsing feeling going across his body, his ears ringing as his vision grew blurry. He clenched his teeth in pain as he closed his left eye from the pain filling his head, he barely noticed Marceline at his side, he saw her lips moving, but he couldn't hear anything besides the ringing in his ears. Suddenly the ringing stopped, but the pain and pulsing feeling was still present with silence, the pulsing had grown in speed causing Finn to remain on his knees. He let out a growl of pain as the pulsing turned to throbs, his head felt like a glass statue being broken slowly, cracks and shatters slowly affecting his mind before it all collapsed on him in agonizing pain that he found impossible to hide. Then suddenly it vanished. "Finn? What was that?" Finn looked up at Marceline, the world had seemed to return to normal, the only remnant of his agony being a numb headache. He stood up as he rubbed his head. "You felt that to right Finn? The pulsing… It seemed to affect you the most." Finn looked into his friend's eyes, his expression serious. He thought he had begun to lose his marble, but his dear friend had felt it to, but to a smaller extent. "Something weird happened… We need to talk to Bubblegum soon, so let's hurry up and go shopping. I don't want this to ruin our day." Finn stated as he let out a chuckle to give his previous pain a façade. Marceline looked unsure then let out a sigh. "Very well, I know how hard it is to argue with you anyway, especially when your dead set on something Finn."
Finn and Marceline had left the treehouse, Finn had quickly recovered from the experience from before, but it still haunted his thoughts as he gazed at Marceline floating in front of him as they made their way to the Candy Kingdom. Finn was day dreaming about what Marceline would like in different outfits, even though Finn knew it was bad for him to think like that, he couldn't help it. He was an eighteen year old man who had pent up sexual frustration after all, fantasies like that were only natural for him. Finn shook his head and slapped his cheeks silently as the two grew closer to the kingdom gates. The walls surrounding the Kingdom looking incredibly sweet for how strong they are. As Finn and Marceline went through the gate, they were greeted with open arms by the friendly candy people that knew these two very well. The two quickly walked to the marketplace, a wide variety of merchants and stores all over the place. Finn smiled as Marceline quickly went around looking at a few stands without a word, Finn decided to let her enjoy herself before he went off to pick up the things he needed on his list. He got most of the things for the treehouse easily and for a decent price, but the thing that was going to cost him were potions he needed. He stopped at Ron James' booth in the market, the man rarely left Wizard City, but Finn thankfully knew the merchant would appear today. He walked closer to the counter as a slim humanoid man with a purple long sleeve shirt and khakis stood up from behind the stand, obviously stocking it with his wares. He had a mint green skin and a long skinny neck with a bald rectangular shaped head. He had almond-shaped eyes that were far apart and he had a small pointy nose. "Oh Finn! what can I do for you today? We aren't in Wizard City so anyone can buy my potions. For a price." Finn let out a half chuckle half sigh before he began to list off what he needed. The merchant began to take the potions out, vials of blue, white, green, and red liquid in each vial. Finn smiled, but the merchant gave the hero a serious gaze, which made him sigh before putting a large coin purse of gold coins on an empty section of the table. The merchant then smiled at what he loved most. Profit. He quickly counted the coin with skill and returned the coin purse which was still large, but significantly smaller than before. "Alright one thousand five hundred gold coins for this stock of potions you asked for. Use them wisely hero." Ron said before he greeted another customer behind Finn as the human took the potions and stored them safely in his pack before walking away to meet up with Marceline.
After about ten minutes of searching the marketplace Finn saw a large sunhat enter a woman's clothing store through the increasing crowds. "Oh Glob." Finn said out loud in horror as he made his way past busy people towards the store. When Finn got to the door and opened it a little bell signaled anyone inside of a costumer. He got a blush from the candy woman who was a blue licorice lady wearing a long white dress. Finn hid his face in shame as he blushed, trying his best to find Marceline well not looking at all the underwear being advertised on manikins. Finn bumped into Marceline's back without realizing it, causing her to burst into laughter at the sight of his embarrassed blood red face when she turned around to see who bumped into her. "Finn I know I like the color red, but this is a bit much. You're not a child man! Now help me out with something will you? Since you finished you're shopping after all." Finn raised an eyebrow at her request for help before he replied. "Alright, but what do you need help with Marceline?" Marceline gave Finn a smirk before she held up two different pairs of underwear, one set came with a short black silk nightgown that was translucent and had beautiful flower like patterns at the edges of the dress. The underwear was also black and had the same flower like patterns on it, but they were not translucent. It made Finn's imagination go wild as he felt his face getting hotter before he looked at the next set which was an attractive blood red lace bra and panties that made Finn's jaw drop slightly. "What the fuck is going on here!? I swear to Glob if she asks what I think she asks I will literally perform seppuku!" Finn's thoughts were all over the place as Marceline spoke. "Which pair do you think would look better on me?" She gave him a teasing look as she waited for his answer. Finn was tempted to keep his swear about seppuku, but let out a sigh as he heard a snicker come from Marceline. "Honestly I think the nightgown set would look better." It would match your mysterious vibe." Marceline blushed at Finn's honest answer before she took the set that Finn choose up to the counter, getting it ringed up before Finn paid the candy woman for the underwear. "I bet your boyfriend will like this very much Ma'am." Said the candy lady as she handed Marceline the bag containing what she bought. Both Finn and Marceline blushed as they both blurted out in unison, embarrassment filling their voices. "We aren't like that!" Which got an immediate giggle out of the candy lady, leaving the two friends to leave the two friends to exit the store in even more embarrassed.
Bubblegum was working in her lab, fixing inventions and writing down formula's at a lab table, a large tarp over an invention she was working on, it was about twenty feet tall and had a silhouette similar to a large person. Another invention was close by with many tools and parts, the only piece sticking out of the tarp was a large weapon barrel that was made out of enhanced black steel. The invention was smaller than the other one nearby, but it was equally as large, the tarp showing that it had oval and arch shaped parts, before seeming hard to define, but one thing was clear. It a silhouette of a weapon used by human's during the Mushroom War. Suddenly an alarm started blaring next to a computer like device across the lab causing Bubblegum to be fully awoken before she passed out on her notes. "What the flip!" She exclaimed as she saw what machine was beeping, she quickly stood up, her body sore from sitting for so long, but she ran over to the computer, ignoring the pain as she looked at the warning flashing on the screen and reading what the machine was reporting.
Warning: Dimensional Rift detected!
An unknown source of energy is tearing through dimensions from an area near the Desert Lands...
A second unknown source of energy is also tearing even more aggressively through dimensions, this anomaly was the original one detected a month ago.
A mass amount of telekinetic energy has been detected from Finn the Human once during the ten o' clock at night yesterday, and again early this morning before disappearing.
"What the flip is going on!?" Bubblegum screamed, the thick candy walls preventing her screams from escaping the closed off room. "First this anomaly appears, then Finn encountered a strange cult with Marceline, now this new anomaly, and finally Finn emitting telekinetic energy again? I'm pretty sure Finn is fine, he seemed alright when I went to check on him after what happened yesterday. So what the fuck is going on!" Bubblegum let out a frustrated scream before she rubbed her temples. Her pink bubblegum hair tied up in ponytail, still going down most of her back as she wore a dirty white lab coat over her dress "I also have to worry about the Fire Kingdom, Phoebe, no… Flame Princess has tried to kill Finn before with assassins because of me… If she tries to eliminate him entirely with her own hands… I need to be there for my hero when the time comes." Bubblegum spoke to herself as she looked at a picture of her and a younger Finn smiling together in a photo when she was thirteen on the lab table nearby. "I guess I really hurt you Finn… I also ignored my own feelings back then, I guess that was a bad move on my part because I again hurt you… I will be there for you as your friend though Finn, no matter what. I promise you that." Bubblegum then looked at blueprints on the table. One showed how to build a chassis for a battle suit that surrounded the user it still exposed some of the user's body well having armor plating on vital areas and the limbs for increased control. The pilot would be able to pick up incredibly heavy objects and it had so many features and tools that Bubblegum was even surprised something so refined in size could contain so much.
The second blueprint was of a massive rifle that fired energy based projectiles. "With this I will be able to do so much more for my people, and for my friends." Bubblegum said as she looked at the blueprints one last time before her solitude was interrupted by knocking at her door which made her let out a shriek in surprise. "Peppermint Butler you can come in." She said as she caught her breathe. The candy butler opened the door, his tuxedo a dark navy blue his peppermint stripes matching the candy person's bow tie that was clipped to his white button up shirt that was below his tuxedo. "Princess, Finn will be arriving shortly, you told me to come remind you when he will be arriving. Also… I would be careful, there have been a lot of wildfires in the kingdom lately." Peppermint spoke with a serious look on his face before he was dismissed, Bubblegum going to her bedroom to clean up and prepare for her friends arrival. She also dwelt on the hidden phrase she and Peppermint made in case of spies and assassins. The Fire Kingdom was on the move and it wasn't good especially since it occurred when Finn arrived in the Candy Kingdom. Bubblegum let out a sigh as she striped her clothes as she entered her bathroom, and filled her new bathtub with water and soap, creating bubbles as she got in. "I needed this." She said with a relaxed sigh.
Meanwhile a woman with long flaming orange hair that floated towards the sky like a flirking candle stood on the roof of a candy building that was two stories high, making her hard to spot among all the other buildings. She wore copper armor that stuck to her feminine hourglass body, a crown of fire with a gem in the center on top of her head. She had fiery red eyes and a diamond shaped red gem on her forehead. Her bosom was much larger than when she younger, her yellow fire like skin making her seem more menacing as she held a large twin headed battle axe made out of copper with flaming blades in her right hand. She was glaring at Finn and Marceline as the two talked to each other on the way to the Candy castle unaware of the woman glaring daggers at them in cold anger. "Seems Finn and the Vampire Queen are getting close, I'm surprised how easily he drops his guard even though he knows how much of a target he is. Today is the day Finn, I gave you a chance to abandon Bubblegum back then and serve me, but now it's too late. Now I have come to claim your life. At least you get to die by the hand of the woman you loved and betrayed. Phoebe, the Flame Princess!" Phoebe grinned before letting out a mad giggle, a flicker of blue flames appearing in her left eye for a split second before returning to normal.
Finn began to have a headache, a light pulsing like before hitting him before fading. "Something isn't right, I need to keep my eyes peeled for any danger. Princess Bubblegum warned me about spies after all." Finn thought, not aware his past love's intentions.
