Sea of Fear

CHARACTERS

Cake—Fionna's best friend/adoptive sister and Mo-Chro's girlfriend. She doesn't look much like Jake aside from their body proportions. She has white eyes in which the black pupils become circular if surprised, excited, shocked, or scared. She has a cat muzzle and a small nose (compared to Jake's), cat ears, white fur with many coffee colored spots, and a large bushy tail. Cake may know Morse code in order to speak to Lord Monochromicorn, similar to how Jake knows Korean in order to speak to Lady Rainicorn. Cake plays a hammered dulcimer, as opposed to a viola. Her tail "frizzes out" if it is agitated or worried. As a Lumpy Space 'cat', she is a light color of maroon with large spots of fuchsia to match her coffee-colored spots. Her tail is now lumpy and more beaver-tail-like.

Fionna—is a 13-year-old adventurer and Cake's adoptive sister. While usually appearing as black dots, her eyes are seen as blue when enlarged. She wears a rabbit-themed hat (similar to Finn's bear-themed hat) with exposed locks of blonde hair. Unlike Finn, her neck is shown. Her outfit includes a teal blue shirt with elbow-length sleeves, a dark blue skirt, and knee-high socks with two thin horizontal stripes at the top. Fionna is heavier set than. She has a green backpack (similar to Finn's) and Mary Jane shoes. Her name was officially changed from "Fiona" to "Fionna," presumably to make it more similar to Finn's name. The pronunciation, however, has remained unchanged. Like Finn and his crush on Princess Bubblegum, it is revealed in many portraits posted that Fionna has a crush on Prince Gumball. Fionna has buck teeth like a rabbit. Fionna, like Finn, is Cake's adoptive sister. It is shown that as a Lumpy Space girl, she is about 3 feet tall. The top of her has two long white lumps like her hat. The bottom of her is the same as her skirt. She has a small mass of yellow for her small piece of hair.

Title Card

Fionna and Cake ran up to their rusty, sunken submarine, breathless and panting.

A giant Water Tick ran out from the forest to the beach, panting heavily, her watery surface shaking as he tripped onto the sand. She heard the footsteps approaching and quickly picked himself up from the ground, grabbing the silver Magic Stick off of the ground.

"Come back, thief!" Fionna called, running alongside Cake after the Tick. Cake hissed at the Tick.

A thick stream of rock-hard bubbles shot out of the Water Tick's mouth. Fionna yelped as she jumped from the stream. "Whoa!"

"Stop it!" The Water Tick screeched angrily, her watery surface bubbling with anger. "Stop kicking me! It hurts!"

"You can't just go around stealing Witches' Magic Sticks!" Fionna yelled at her.

"Yeah! You know the penalty for stealing Sticks!" Cake added. "It's kicks!" She smiled at Fionna. "On ticks."

Fionna laughed. "Rhombus, Cupcake."

"Totally rhombus."

They turned around and gasped when they saw the Water Tick wading into the salty water, looking over her shoulder to see if they were following.

"She's getting away into that pond!"

"Fifi, that isn't a pond. It's a sea." Cake corrected her human sister. "Let's go!" She stretched up on her legs and waded into the salty water after the Water Tick.

Fionna froze mid-run. "Sea?"

She watched as the waves crashed in the sea.

The waves turned red. They growled. Angry. Coming for her.

The small tide nearly touched Fionna's toes. She screeched and jumped away, shaking with terror.

She looked up at Cake. Cake stood on top of the Water Tick, one arm wrapped around her neck, her legs kicking her neck, her stomach, and face. The Water Tick yelped and screamed in pain. "COME ON, FIFI!"

"I'm coming, Cupcake!" Fionna smiled, sitting down on the sand and pulling off her Mary-Janes and socks. She looked up and froze. "Huh?"

The waves towered over her. They were mad with rage. Bloodred with fury.

The waves crashed down, causing the tide to crawl up to Fionna, nearly touching her bare foot. She screamed like a banshee and crawled away on all fours like a terrified cockroach.

Suddenly, Fionna's bunny ears vibrated. Fionna felt her head pound like a boom-box. She groaned and laid back on the sand as the pounding got more aggressive. A cloud of greenish-grey smoke slinked out of her ears, rising into the shape of a (very ugly) feminine face.

"W-Who are you?" Fionna asked.

"I'm your Fright. Fright of the SEA!" The 'Fright-Feaster' rasped.

"I'm not afraid of the-"

The waves crashed again.

Fionna screamed.

The Fright-Feaster laughed. "Wuss."

"I'm not a wuss! I'm a heroine! Fionna the Heroine!"

"You're not a heroine. AND YOU NEVER WILL BE!"

"No!" Fionna jumped up off of the ground. "I'm not afraid of ANYTHING!"

She charged at the sea like a bull.

The waves crashed.

She whimpered and froze.

"Ugh! NO!" Fionna shook her head back and forth. "I have to conquer my fear."

"Yeah, right."

"I will conquer my fear!" Fionna told the Fright-Feaster.

The Fright-Feaster scoffed and slinked back into Fionna's ears, causing Fionna to feel dizzy. "Of course you will. And I live in a five-star apartment that smells like roses! Sarcasm. Buuuurn! Ugh...it smells like banana bread in here..."

"FIFI!"

Fionna looked up at Cake as the cat ran up to her from the water. "Fifi, did you see me? I was all HI-YA! And then I was all TAKE THIS! And then-Hey, Fifi, are you okay?"

"Cupcake, I think I'm afraid of the sea."

"Whaaaaaaaaaaat? Is that why you didn't kick the Water Tick with me? I thought it was just because you were out of good kicks."

"Cupcake, this is serious. I need your help to overcome my fear."

"Uh...I don't really want to-"

"CUPCAKE! C'MON!"

"Yeah, okay." Cake smiled. "Hm...where to start...I think we should just take a few steps in the water." She took Fionna's hand in her paw. "You can hold Cackie's hand, if you're scared."

She began to walk towards the water, but Fionna stood her ground like an anchor.

"It's okay, Fifi." Cake walked behind Fifi and crouched down between the human girl's legs. "It's just your feet."

She took Fionna's feet and pushed them one in front of the other. "Boop beep boop beep boop beep..."

"I'm not afraid." Fionna told herself as they came near the water. "Not one bit."

Her bare foot touched the water.

"I'M AFRAAAAAAAID!"

She jumped away from the water and onto Cake's furry head, causing Cake's face to bubble in the water. "CUPCAKE! GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

Cake calmly wrapped her furry arms around her sister and set her down on the dry sand. "Hot jam, you're really afraid of the sea. We should do this another time."

"I want to do this NOW!" Fionna insisted.

"Relax, Fifi, I got a plan we can use in the morning."

Fionna jumped up and ran to the edge of the water. "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU!"

The waves crashed again.

A fraction of a drop of water hit Fionna's face.

Fionna screamed.

"I'M AFRAID! AFRAAAAID!" She fell onto her back, crawling like a crab away from the sea. "Okay. Yeah. In the morning."

"Fifi. Fifi."

Fionna opened her eyes drowsily and saw Cake sitting on top of her, smiling.

"Mornin' Cupcake."

"Ready for me to help you face your fear?"

"Yeah, gal."

"I can only do this if you ask me."

"I'm asking."

"Then get ready for me Three Step Plan!" Cake said. "Watch your troubles wash away with step...ONE!"

She hit her paws against the 'Treehouse's' walls. Everything fell away, the walls, the wood, the objects. They landed with a splash in the water.

Soon, Fionna and Cake were drifting all alone in the water, floating on the bed.

Fionna nearly screamed her head off.

"See?" Cake interrupted her screeching. "The sea is your friend. And you have friends all around you. Miles and miles of friends."

Fionna tried to wriggle and pull away from her sleeping bag, but found as if she couldn't move. She panted heavily.

"Don't struggle, Fifi." Cake pulled down the hide-blanket of the bed, and Fionna breathed heavier at the ropes bounding her in her sleeping bag. "It's okay. I'll let you out in a minute, but you need to calm down."

Fionna's breathing lightened, but her heart still pounding like a drum.

"Good." Cake smiled. "Ready for Step 2?"

"Yeah," Fionna gasped, "I can do it."

"Okay, Fifi. Step...TWO!"

Cake pulled the ropes away. The bed fell apart, disappearing into the water. Fionna gasped as the ocean nearly touched her through the sleeping bag.

Fionna cried out loudly. "IT'S TOUCHING ME!"

"LET IT HOLD YOU, FIFI! LET IT HOLD YOU LIKE A CHILD!"

"I'm...trying..." Fionna's face reddened as her heavy breathing turned to sputtering.

"Control your breathing."

She inhaled and exhaled quickly.

"Alright, here comes Step 3. Just don't scream."

"What?"

Cake set her paws on Fionna's shoulders. Fionna's eye widened. "Don't scream." Cake said. "Don't scream."

She pushed Fionna's head into the water.

At first, Cake thought she was okay, but then Fionna's scream erupted through the water and Fionna was kicking like a bronco in the sleeping bag.

"YOU GOT IT, FIFI!" Cake called to her.

Fionna tore out of the sleeping bag like an animal, sending Cake flying into the water. Fionna kicked the sleeping bag away and began to swim like a torpedo to Cake. She jumped onto Cake's head, jumping from the water, stepping on Cake's muzzle, eye, and ears. Finally, she pulled on Cake's ears, stretching them 6 feet wide. The wind caught in Cake's ears, and soon, they were flying through the air. They came nearer to a small island, and ten feet from it, Fionna jumped off and Cake fell into the water.

"I'm safe!" Fionna laughed in joy. "How'd I do?"

"I think we should give up."

"What? But I thought we were making progress! I made it all the way to Step 3!"

"Look, Fifi," Cake said, her face bruised, blue, black, and with a black eye, "It's not that I don't want to help you, I just don't want to get beat up anymore." She motioned around her face. "This is my bread and butter, Fifi. I can't have you messing up my bread and butter."

"Please, Cupcake," Fionna pleaded, "Just give me one more chance. I need you to help me, Cupcake!"

"OK, fine!" Cake sighed. "But only if you swear not to hit me anymore!"

"I swear I won't hit you anymore."

"And you have to speak it rhymes. Speak in rhymes all the times."

"I swear. And I have hair."

"Great! And since you want more, it's time for Step 4."

"I thought you said it was a 3-Step-Plan. Ya can."

"I'm not that good at counting."

Cake grew in size and reached behind the island. She pulled out a small, navy blue, rusty submarine. She set it in the water.

"See, girl?" Cake asked Fionna once they were drifting through the water, handling the controls, "It's so cool...uh...it makes you want to hurl!"

"Yeah! It's really math, you psychopath!" Fionna whimpered, her eyes practically sewn shut.

"It's more math if you open your eyes, Fifi."

Fionna opened her eyes. "Whoa." She took in the clear blue water, the underwater buildings, and plants and such.

"See? The sea is beautiful. No need to be afraid of things that are beautiful."

"Hey, this isn't bad! It's actually rad!"

"Hey! A black abyss!" Cake suddenly said. She leaned forward on the steering wheel, and the submarine lurched forward.

Fionna's eyes widened at the abyss. The blackness seemed like...fear...fright...THE FRIGHT-FEASTER.

"TURN AROUND, CUPCAKE, TURN AROUND!"

"Saying 'turn around' twice doesn't count as a r-"

Fionna kicked Cake away from the controls.

"Ow! Fifi, you SWORE you wouldn't-"

Kick! Punch! Slap!

"AH! MY BREAD AND BUTTER!"

Fionna tugged, pulled, and pushed at all of the controls. The submarine lurched and span and flipped. Two torpedoes shot from the submarine, hitting a building and causing it to crash down on top of the submarine.

The submarine began to fill with water. Fionna began to hyperventilate.

"It's okay, Fifi," Cake said, now wearing a deep blue diving suit. "This is the perfect way into Step 5." She took out another suit. "Put this on."

Fionna snatched it from Cake's paw and quickly pulled it on.

"Just don't pull the emergency tab." Cake told her.

Fionna pulled on the glass helmet of the suit. She looked down on the tab labeled EMERGENCY and pulled it.

"No, Fifi, I said don't-"

Fionna's suit swelled like a balloon. The swelling suit pushed Cake into a metal bar, and her head hit it with a clank. She groaned, her vision turning black, and fell into the water.

The submarine split down the middle, the two halves sinking into the water. Cake sank into the salty abyss.

"Cupcake?" Fionna looked down as she quickly floated to the surface. Cake disappeared into the blackness. "CUPCAAAAAAAAKE!"

She finally surfaced. She flapped around in the water until she felt something metal and wet. She grabbed onto it and realized it was a buoy. She climbed on, pulling off her helmet, panting heavily. "CAKE! CAKE! Cake..."

"Pathetic."

Her head pounded again. Smoke erupted from her ears, and the Fright-Feaster formed next to her. "You can't even overcome your fear, and your friend is about to die! Your pathetic body will never let you rescuse your friend."

"...You're right." Fionna reached behind the buoy.

"What are you doing?"

"If my body won't let me rescue Cupcake, there's only one thing to do." She pulled out a wrench. She brought it to her head roughly. Her vision blurred.

"Shoot." Fright-Feaster disappeared back into Fionna's head.

Fionna fell into the water. She drifted through the water, through the blackness, and into the abyss.

Fionna opened her eyes and gasped at the small krill on her helmet. She propped herself up, and the krill dispersed. She looked around and gasped. "Cupcake!"

She ran over to the unconscious cat. She shook her back and forth. "Wake up!"

Cake groaned and opened her eyes.

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah...wait...Fifi! You did it! You conquered your fear!"

"You're at the bottom of the sea!"

"...AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Fionna quickly pulled at the emergency tab.

"We should celebrate on land." Cake chuckled. She grabbed Fionna and pulled her emergency tab, and soon, they were floating to the surface.

They resurfaced, and their helmets snapped open. They swam to the shallow water and walked onto the beach. They plopped down on the sand.

"I'm proud of you, Fifi," Cake panted.

"Thanks, Cupcake. I'm just gonna...relax..."

"Yeah...just relax..."

Fionna's ears smoked.

"Ok, too much relax!" Cake said. "Your head's catching fire! What's up with your ears?"

Fright-Feaster appeared before them. "You'll never get over your fear of the sea."

"The flip, girl? I just swam all the way to the bottom!" Fionna yelled.

"No you didn't, you just SANK to the bottom. Cheater. YOU WILL NEVER BE A HERO!"

"...She's right. I'll never be a heroine."

Fionna's head pounded again. A smoky limo zoomed out of her ears.

Cake chuckled. "Brain fart."

Three Wise Women floated out of the limo's doors. "No, Fionna."The First said. "The mark of a great heroine IS her flaw."

"YOU KNOW NOTHING, WISE WOMEN!"

"Silence, Fright-Feaster!" The Second scolded."Do ye not remember Scarlett the Great? She defeated the Zombie Army with one blow. But was terrified of small places."

"Or Maya the Penultimate Warrior." The Third said. "Able to smash the skulls of 70 super-serpents in 10 minutes. But was afraid of large spaces."

"Or Alexandria the Amazing, legendary for her longsword, but afraid of commitment."

"Okay," Fionna said, "But why did you wait so long to tell me?"

"Because our limo driver's flaw is being late."

"Sorry."

"Goodbye, Fionna." The Wise Women climbed back into the limo. "You truly are the greatest hero of Aaa."

They disappeared back into Fionna's ears.

"Time for you to go, Fright-Feaster." Fionna glowered.

"Am I supposed to live in your head for the rest of my life?"

"Everyone has a flaw. And yours is smelling like my brain."

"Nice."

TRIVIA

On the ocean floor are the remains of a city. The remains of forgotten cars, buildings, and even people are most likely further evidence of the Land of Aaa's post-apocalyptic setting. A destroyed tank and sunken aircraft carrier further prove the post-destructive war.

When Fionna sinks to the bottom, small krill appear to be living there, despite Aaa's apocalypse.

After Cake's "three-step plan" Fionna gives Cake two black eyes. But in the next scenes after getting the submarine she doesn't have any black eyes and seems to have miraculously recovered.

The visual projection of the ghost-like entity (Fright-Feaster) that speaks to Fionna is a real mental disorder called Amafufunyana, where patients believe evil ghosts reside within them.

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Yours till the sun bursts,

MOONSTAR