Several months earlier..

A silent figure was strolling through the cold, damp streets of Wizard City. The crescent moon in the sky dimly lit the ground below. The figure was donning a black cloak that concealed most of his features. Small flakes of snow were falling from the heavens and unto the land. He looked all around him as he walked on. He'd been to this city before but under different circumstances. He was never actually given the opportunity to explore the city but now he had seized it. He continued walking along the road slowly as the snow crunched underneath each of his steps. He walked until he saw a potion shop that was open. He approached the building and made his way to the wooden door. He then opened the door and went inside.

When he walked in he was greeted by hundreds of glimmering potions on the walls. He glanced around and could only stare in awe at the staggering amount of potions and spells that were available to him.

"Hey there, stranger. Welcome to my potion shop! If there's anything that catches your eye just let me know." The cashier said to him

He simply nodded in response and continued looking around until he stumbled across a light blue potion. The potion had a simple label that only read ice on it. He grabbed the ice potion and gave it to the cashier. He then grabbed three more different potions and gave them to the cashier as well. The cashier looked at the potions and set them back down.

"Since you got an ice potion, two flying potions and this other one, that'll be 500 gold." The cashier informed him

"Alright." The figure said as he dug through his pockets

The figure then pulled out a small sack of gold and tossed it to the cashier. He then grabbed the four potions and placed them into his pockets and made his way to the door.

"Nice doin' business with ya!" The cashier said happily as he held the gold

"Whatever." The figure mumbled to himself as he walked out

When the figure stepped outside he decided it was time to exit the city before he aroused any suspicion. He started walking forward and yawned tiredly. As he walked on he couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched. He stopped walking in the middle of the street and looked around in all directions. The silent snow continued to fall into the layer of snow already on the ground. He then caught sight of a figure on top of the building beside him.

"Why're you following me?" He asked the other figure

The figure leapt off the building and landed in front of him. He looked at the figure and saw that it had antlers sticking from it's head. The figure then removed it's hood and revealed itself. The figure was a girl around his age who had green skin and leaves for hair. She gave him a small smirk and walked closer to him. He stood there frozen as the girl removed his own hood. His golden hair spilled out and fell to the lower part of his neck. She giggled and blushed a little. This caused him to blush as well.

"Hello there, Finn the human." The girl said

"And you are?" Finn asked curiously

The girl pressed her finger against his lips and inched even closer to him, pressing her body against his.

"What're you doing?"

"People call me Huntress Wizard but you can call me Lily." The girl said softly

She then giggled which caused him to give her a weird look. She looked into his glossy sapphire eyes and sighed.

"You have beautiful eyes." She complimented him

She took a step back and withdrew a small dagger from her cloak and swung it at Finn. Finn quickly withdrew a dagger of his own and deflected the attack. She then raised her left hand and conjured up a small fireball and threw it at him. He saw this and sidestepped the fireball and let it hit the building behind him.

"No fair! You're using magic!" Finn cried out

Lily winked and threw another fireball at him. Finn dodged the fireball and ran towards her. He then swung his dagger at her with full force. She easily dodged his attack and began to run down the street. Finn broke into a sprint and began to pursue her. She looked back at him and smiled. She then turned into an alleyway between two buildings. Finn quickly caught up and went into the same alley. Lily was in the alley but unluckily for her it ended in a dead-end. Finn made his way over to her and began to regain his breath.

"Why'd you attack me?" He asked her

Lily turned around and faced him directly.

"I was curious." She told him

"Curious about what?"

"You." She said as she came closer to him

Finn raised his dagger and braced himself for another attack. As Lily walked towards him she held out her dagger out and dropped it on to the snow. Finn lowered his dagger steadily but remained cautious of her actions. She let her hair blow with the cold wind as she now stood in front of him. She lifted her arms and wrapped them around Finn's neck. Finn felt somewhat uneasy as she looked into his eyes and closed the distance between them. Now they were face to face. Their breaths were clearly visible because of the cold atmosphere around them. There were snowflakes stuck in Finn's golden hair and in Lily's hair as well.

"Where is this going?" Finn asked

"Somewhere." Lily said softly

She then closed the space and quickly placed her lips upon his cheek and backed away. Finn stood there dumbstruck.

"See you 'round, hero boy."

Lily then pulled out a grappling hook from her cloak and pointed it to the top of one of the buildings and fired. She then pressed a button on the hook and zipped away before Finn could say anything. Next thing Finn knew she was gone and he was standing in the middle of an alley by himself.

"What just happened?"

Now..

Finn opened his eyes and was greeted by a dim moonlight and the soft patter of rain. He groaned and noticed that he was laying on top of a bed. He sat up on the bed he was on and winced as he felt a headache coming along.

"Easy there." A voice told him

Finn looked over and saw an older looking blue humanoid with grey hair in a doctor's outfit. He noticed that all his supplies were gone so he looked around the room for them but to no avail.

"If you're wondering where are your supplies, I placed them somewhere safe." He told him

"Where am I? How long was I out? Damn this hurts.." Finn said as he felt the headache hit full force

"You were out for two days."

"You fixed me up?" Finn asked

"Yes. It wasn't easy but I did."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Finn rubbed his eyes and yawned. He looked down at himself and saw that his torso was completely covered in bandages. He felt a small sting on his face and reached up to it and felt stitches on his face.

"Look, I'm sorry about what happened." The doctor apologized to him

Finn remained silent. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. The man went up to the door and opened it. Finn slowly stood up and fixed his hair. He then looked over at the door and saw a familiar looking Water Elemental.

"Finn, before you say anything I just want to say that I'm sorry." Isabel said as she walked into the room

"Sorry? You're sorry?" Finn said in disbelief

"I didn't have a choice. You have to understand that."

Finn was about to say something but turned away from her. He looked out the window and watched as the moon became shrouded by the storm clouds. The rain continued to fall.

"They have my sister, Finn." She told him

"I thought your sister went missing." Finn said

"Travis kidnapped her. He told me he'll kill her if I don't help him do what he does."

"So you go around luring people into alleyways so they can end up like this?!" He yelled at her

"I didn't have a choice! Do you think I liked doing that? What was I suppose to do? Let my sister die? I can't do that, Finn. If Jake was in the same position as my sister wouldn't you do the same?"

"Can you just go?!" Finn shouted as he turned back around and faced window

She turned around and headed for the door. She looked back at him and sighed. She then opened the door and walked out. The door closed behind her.

"She's not entirely in the wrong." The doctor said to him

"I know she isn't, Doc. But I trusted her and she betrayed me."

"She's not a bad girl, Finn. Remember that."

Finn walked over to the bed and laid back down on it. The doctor then walked out of the room, leaving Finn to his lonesome. Finn looked down at his injuries.

"I should probably rest." Finn said to himself as he closed his eyes

Standing outside Finn's room was Isabel. She was deep in thought about what had transpired in the last couple of days. Finn was upset with her and he had a perfectly good reason to be. But she really had no choice back in the alley. Travis was really holding her sister. Isabel already told Finn that she was sorry and why she did what she did but he was still distressed. She didn't enjoy doing what she did. She simply had to so she could make sure her sister would still be alive.

She made her way down the hallway slowly as she replayed the night in the alley with Finn all over again. He was a genuinely nice guy and she had taken advantage of that. She leaned against the wall and sighed. She reluctantly decided to go back to her chambers and rest.

Several hours later Isabel was up and about. She was walking through the halls with the intent of checking up on Finn even if she wasn't exactly his favorite person in the world. Checking up on him was the least she could do to try to make it up to him considering the last couple of days. She slowly approached Finn's room and took a deep breath. She opened the door to the room and stepped inside.

When she entered the room she found Travis standing beside a sleeping Finn just staring at him. He looked over at her and smiled. He walked up to her and stood in front of her. Isabel could smell the raw stench of alcohol on his breath. He absolutely reeked of it. Travis raised his hand up and stroked her cheek. She moved herself away from him but he moved closer to her. She backed away from him again but he pinned her against the wall. Travis pushed himself against her and kissed her neck. Isabel tried breaking away but Travis quickly stopped her. He pulled out a small knife from a holster on his waist and held it against her neck. He lightly dragged the blade across her skin. Isabel closed her eyes as he reached his hand up her skirt.

Suddenly Travis was thrown to the floor roughly. Isabel opened her eyes and saw Finn standing in front of her looking down at Travis. Travis quickly got back up and thrusted his knife at him. Finn backed away and dodged the knife effortlessly.

Finn was still pretty messed up and exhausted. If this dragged on he would definitely be in trouble. He needed to end this quick. Travis ran towards him and raised his knife. Finn dodged the knife again and gave Travis' leg a hard kick which caused the knee to snap. Finn quickly grabbed the knife from him as he fell to the ground and held it tightly against his neck.

"I should kill you!" Finn said to him harshly

Travis started chuckling as Finn pressed the knife harder against his neck, slightly breaking the skin and causing some blood to surface.

"Even if you kill me you wouldn't be able to save your sister, Isabel."

Isabel's expression quickly changed.

"Where is she, Travis?" She demanded

"She's not here." He said as he laughed bitterly

"What?" Isabel gasped in disbelief

Travis began to laugh hysterically.

"She was never here! Honestly, it's amazing what you can get people to do with just a little bluff."

"After all the things you made me done and you tell me that she was never here.."

Finn released Travis from his iron grip and walked away from him.

"What are you waiting for, you worthless piece of shit? Kill me!" Travis taunted him

"No." Finn said as he walked towards the door.

Travis tried getting up but his knee began to make disgusting snapping sounds. He immediately fell back down to the concrete floor and yelled in pain. Finn opened the door and exited the room

"Get back here in here, you bastard!" Travis screamed out

Isabel walked up to him and kicked him directly in the face causing a loud crunch to emit throughout the room. Travis began yelling in pain.

"Finn may not be able to kill you, but I'm more than capable of it." She told him

She raised her boot once more and stomped on his face again. This time blood spilled on to the floor. She then began to stomp on him mercilessly. As each stomp connected with him the more blood splattered on to the floor and the less responsive to the actual pain Travis became. White hot rage filled the girl completely as she stomped on him. She then stopped and glanced at his face. Travis' face was a bloody pulp to say the least. Most of his face was covered in blood and patches of his skin were caved in from the stomping. His nose was completely crooked and some of his teeth were missing. His right eye was reduced to mush and the right side of his face was swollen. Travis started to laugh again but quickly began coughing. He spat blood on to the floor and started wheezing for air. Isabel looked around the room and saw a bone saw left on a counter in the room. She grabbed it off the counter and walked back to Travis. She gripped him by his brown hair and picked his head up.

"'Atta, girl." Travis whispered

She quickly slit his throat with the bone saw and threw him to the ground. Blood quickly spurted out of his neck and on to the concrete floor. The grey floor of concrete around him quickly changing to a dark shade of crimson. Isabel held the bone saw tightly and made her way to the door. She then opened the wooden door and left the room.

The rain continued to fall as Marceline held her umbrella. She was approaching a small town after about a day of travel. After the whole incident with Carley, she had become extremely tired. She then began looking around tiredly in hopes of finding Finn amongst the townsfolk. She yawned and rubbed her eyes as she searched on. She was floating down a narrow dirt trail and took glances at the many run down buildings around her. There were people walking around but none of them were the person she was looking for. She then saw a small child running around town with a stick. Normally, she wouldn't have paid any mind to the girl but what stuck out to her about this girl was the fact that she was wearing a familiar white bear hat. Finn's hat. The small girl was swinging the stick around and making swishing noises as she did. The girl turned around and saw Marceline looking and waved at her.

"Hi." The girl greeted her

"Hello." Marceline replied

"Are you a vampire?" The girl asked

"Haha. Yup." Marceline answered

"That's so cool!" The girl exclaimed excitedly

"I hope you don't mind me asking, but where'd you get that cute little hat?" Marceline asked her curiously

"This is Finn the hero's hat! He came to town a couple of days ago, it was awesome! He beat up the Hunters and stuff!"

"That is cool. Were the Hunters bad guys?"

"Yeah. They were really bad. And stinky too!"

Marceline giggled.

"Is Finn still here?" She asked

"No. He left a couple of days ago." The girl answered

Marceline frowned. She arrived here only to miss him by a couple of days.

"Do you know where he went?" Marceline asked the girl

"No, but somebody said that they saw him run to the east, which is where Atmora is. They call it The City of Lights."

"Why's that?" Marceline asked

"Because the city is full of lights and people! I've always wanted to go but Grandma always says no."

"I think your Grandma might be right." Marceline told her

"You're just like her." The girl mumbled

Marceline simply chuckled again.

"Why are you looking for Finn?" She asked

"I need to tell him something. Something important."

"Well I hope you find him so you can tell him." The girl said as she skipped away

"Me too." Marceline said to herself

"Princess, are you alright?" Peppermint Butler asked

Princess Bubblegum quickly snapped out of her thoughts and saw the small candy butler looking at her with a concerned expression decorating his face.

"I'm alright." She replied to him

"If you need anything, please call me." He told her gently as he left the room and closed the door behind him

As soon as the door closed, Princess Bubblegum sighed heavily. Exhaustion was setting in and it wasn't very pretty. Her hair was extremely messy and she had heavy bags under her eyes. The last couple of nights had been rough for her. First Finn disappeared and now Marceline had as well. It didn't take a scientist to figure out that their departures were related but the real question was as to why they left. What exactly made them leave?

She walked around her room and rubbed her shoulders. She could feel the temperature lower even further in her room which made her shiver. She plopped herself down on to her soft mattress and decided to lay down. She looked up at the ceiling fan in the room and stared at the pinkness of it. Suddenly there was a knock on her door. She got up from her bed and made her way to the bedroom door and opened it. Standing in front of the door was none other than Jake. He looked up at her with a worried look on his face.

"Jake, what're you doing here? What's wrong?" She asked him

"It's Finn. I'm worried about him."

"Jake, it'll be alright. I'm sure Finn's gonna come back." She said as she stepped out of her room and closed the door behind her

"But what if something happens to him? Something bad."

"He's not the little boy he was all those years ago, Jake. He can take care of himself." She reassured him

"And now Marceline's gone because she went after him and I'm pretty sure she's going to-!"

Jake noticed what he was saying and quickly shut his mouth with his hands and stopped talking. Princess Bubblegum gave him a look.

"Because she's going to what, Jake?" She questioned

Jake shook his head and remained quiet.

"You can tell me, Jake. There's nothing to be afraid of."

Jake shook his head again and let go of his mouth.

"I can't, Princess."

"But this is serious, Jake! Whatever it was that made them leave was probably serious considering that Finn wouldn't want to leave his hero duties and become an explorer all of a sudden." She said as she started to become more irritated by the dog

Jake began to nervously pace around the hall as he rubbed his paws together.

"And now Marceline went after him.." She trailed off

Jake began to make small whimpering noises as he paced around. Princess Bubblegum knew that he was close to spilling. All that it would take for him to spill the beans now was one more push.

"Why would she go after him? Considering how she is it is possible that she did him wrong in some way and now regrets doing so.." She continued on

"It's because she likes him!" Jake blurted out

"What?!"

Jake quickly covered his mouth. He backed away from her a bit and sighed. He let go of his mouth and decided to finally tell her.

"Marceline's one of the reasons why Finn left."

Princess Bubblegum didn't necessarily know what to do with this info. She wasn't expecting some sort of affection between them to that extent, but nonetheless it interested her deeply.

"Uhh.. okay. So when did all this start, Jake?" She asked him

"It'd been going on for a while but things didn't go bad until about a week ago, give or take." He said

Princess Bubblegum simply nodded.

"Finn told me that they were hanging out and that it just happened. At first I didn't know what he was talking about but then he made it pretty clear about what'd happened..." He trailed off

"What happened?" She asked

"They kissed."

So this chapter was somewhat difficult to write but I managed to come up with something. I have some plans for Finn that are quite interesting.

School for me is coming up. It actually starts next week on Monday. I'm starting my Senior year so I might not be able to update as much as I have during the summer. Not that I updated much anyway but you can see where I'm getting at. Anyways thanks for reading all you beauties and don't be afraid to show this story some love. Feel free to leave a review and any suggestions you have. If you do have a suggestion I'll look over it and PM you about it.

I guess that's it so I'll see you guys next chapter.

-Micheal The Raconteur