Finn-a 13-year-old adventurer and Jake's adopted brother. Finn's eyes are depicted as black dots, due to radiation from the Great Mushroom War, but are also depicted as green-blue. He has several missing teeth due to biting on various objects. Finn wears a white hat with two 'ears' poking out at the top. The hat only reveals the face. He's clad in a light blue T-shirt, denim shorts, a green backpack, white socks, and a pair of black shoes.
Jake-Finn's best friend/adopted brother and Lady Rainicorn's boyfriend. He can stretch with his powers. But regularly, he is an average sized yellow-orange dog with jowls. His eyes are white, rimmed with black. He can speak Korean to communicate with Lady Rainicorn, whom he likes to play viola with.
Princess Bubblegum-An 18-year-old bubblegum/human hybrid and Finn's crush. She is the ruler of the Candy Kingdom. Princess Bubblegum dresses as a traditional princess in a puffy-sleeved flowing pink gown with pink trim at the sleeves, purple trim at the scoop-neck collar, a purple sash, and a golden tiara with a turquoise gem at the top. Her skin is usually colored light pink. She has long pink bubblegum hair which covers her ears and is actually made of bubblegum.
Ice King-a mentally challenged old man with powers over ice. He kidnaps princesses to marry them. Ice King is a blue, elderly man with unusually pointy fingers, pointy toes, sharp teeth, and a long goblin-like nose. He wears a dark blue tunic and has a large white beard that covers most of his body. Typically, the Ice King's weight varies in different episodes. Though the robe gives him the appearance of a fat and short man, Ice King's body is in fact exceptionally thin, with a very large and defined ribcage.
Lady Rainicorn-Jake's girlfriend and Princess Bubblegum's companion. Lady is a long unicorn-like creature. She has a body with the colors from the rainbow like red, yellow, green, blue and violet. She also has a blonde mane, and big round eyes similar to Jake's. She also has a single white, sharply pointed horn.
ADVENTURE TIME WITH FINN AND JAKE
Title Card
Finn, Princess Bubblegum, and Jake smile and laugh as they ride on Lady Rainicorn's back, the sun shining bright behind him.
It was a bright day in the Candy Kingdom. The sky was a perfect, robin egg blue, without a single cloud. It was warm but not humid, a great day to spend outside, which was what most Candy People were doing. Three people, in particular, were inside.
Finn, Jake, and Princess Bubblegum stood in the castle foyer, preparing for the ball the coming evening. Princess Bubblegum stood a few feet away, in front of a table. The table was packed tight with containers of sprinkles, bags of icing, bowls of candies, sacks of flour, bottles of milk, and cups of other tasty ingredients. Princess Bubblegum was making gingerbread men, currently working on one's gumdrop buttons.
Finn and Jake were standing beside him, helping each other stick the gingerbread men to the ceiling. Finn stood in a stance, and Jake sat a good seven feet in front of him.
"Throw it, man!" Finn exclaimed.
"H-yoop!" Jake brought his arm back and swung the gingerbread man like a baseball.
Finn quickly upercutted the gingerbread man once it was in reach. It darted up into the air and stuck to the ceiling, its jelly-slathered side sticking to the surface. Finn stretched his arm over his back and asked, "Hey, Princess. These gingerbread men aren't...alive, are they?"
"Noooo," Princess Bubblegum hummed, and turned to face them with a gingerbread man in hand. "They can't even talk."
One of the gingerbread man's buttons fell to the floor, and it wailed, "NOT THE GUMDROP BUTTON!"
Princess Bubblegum jumped and slapped her hand over the gingerbread man's mouth. She gave a nervous chuckle and tossed it to Finn. "Here ya go!"
Finn was quick to uppercut the gingerbread man, which joined the others on the ceiling.
"Thanks for helping me out, guys." Princess Bubblegum counted the gingerbread men on the ceiling and added, "I think that's enough."
Jake, who was chewing loudly, paused and said, "Good. That's good." He quickly disposed of the headless gingerbread man in his paw and asked, "What are these little dudes for, anyway?"
"They're decorations for my Triennial Bubblegum Balooza," Princess Bubblegum answered. She clapped her hands in excitement. "Tonight!"
"Sounds like it's gonna be rad," commented Finn. He began stretching out Jake's ears in momentary entertainment.
"Very rad," Princess Bubblegum agreed. "I want you to be there as the guests of honor."
Finn, despite himself, blushed heavily. He reached for Princess Bubblegum's outstretched hand and asked, "You want me to go with you?"
"Gunk yes," Princess Bubblegum exclaimed. She stood up straight, bringing Finn with her. "As my bud! You know, two bud-buds throwin' down like pals who know nuthin else than the hot whip of friendship!"
"Oh," Finn straightened himself to avoid letting his shoulders droop in disappointment. "Right..."
"It's at eight, so don't be late."
The air outside the castle suddenly rumbled, and there was a physical vibration through the building. Through the windows, Jake saw the clouds outside were quickly curling and darkening, the wind increasing quickly. The temperature dropped a sudden thirty degrees, covering Jake's fur-covered skin in goosebumps. He looked over and saw that Finn and Princess Bubblegum were taking no notice in the change of surroundings, instead focusing on the ingredients used to make the gingerbread men. "Finn! We got probs, man! The sky's goin' yoga-balls nuts outside!"
Finn quickly dropped the container of sprinkles in his hands, scattering rainbow-colored flecks across the tiles. "I'll check it out!" He ran to the grand doors leading into the foyer, throwing open the doors.
He skidded to a stop and observed what was going on. You could no longer see a single fleck of blue in the sky. For what seemed like miles, all that was visible was churning, black clouds. The warm air was suddenly icy, chilling his skin. A flake of white brushed past his cheek, and he realized that a light snow had begun. There was a crackle and the clouds flashed a bright blue light of electricity. As he watched, a certain area of the clouds begin to push in on itself, creating a great black knot.
"GET A GRIP, WEATHER!" Finn screamed to the air. His breath came out in a white puff. "OTHERWISE, I'M COMING UP THERE TO KICK YOU IN YOUR STUPID FACE!"
The knot of the clouds burst open, and Finn couldn't help but feel stupid when he saw why this was happening. The Ice King stood in the clearing, cackling maniacally. His bony hands were alit with wavering blue power.
"IT'S ICE KING!" Finn called over the howling wind to the now-present Princess Bubblegum and Jake. "HOLD YOUR GROUND!"
"OUT OF THE WAY, LOVER-BOY!" Ice King called down from the sky. A ball of ice had formed in his hands, rapidly growing bigger and bigger, casting the balcony in a thick black shadow.
"Get back inside!" Finn yelled, and the three friends darted back into the foyer.
No sooner had Finn's foot hit the carpet than a great spike of ice and snow blasted through the wall, the size of a whale. He sprinted forward to avoid being cut by its razor tips. He landed with a skid next to the princess. "Fridge-wuss!"
Ice King attempted to slide down the slope of the spike of ice, but ended up falling flat on his face on the carpet. "Ugh...Jeez..." He picked himself up and brushed off his robe. "That's embarrassing." He looked up at the three friends with a sigh. "So, yeah...Get out of the way, or I'll kill you, you know the drill..."
"Ice King, why are you always sharking on girls?" Finn exclaimed. His glare was as icy as the Ice King's skin.
"You're one to talk," Ice King scoffed. "You have like, what, twelve chicks crushin' on you? Hold on...Princess Bubblegum...Lumpy Space Princess...Slime Princess...Muscle Princess..." Ice King waved his arms in frustration. "Oh, forget it! It won't matter!"
There was a sound like ice grinding on ice, Ice King disappeared behind a wall of snowy blocks of ice. The wall took the shape of a monster, with jagged pieces of ice for teeth and a single frozen eye, standing ten feet tall. Princess Bubblegum let out a yelp of surprise. "IGCLOPS!"
The Igclops's lengthy, ice-brick arm shot out, growing several dozen feet in length, and pounded into Princess Bubblegum, sending her crashing into the wall. The royal ruler disappeared in a sideways dome of igloo blocks.
"Jake! Hammer mode!" yelled Finn.
"Let's do it, man!" Jake quickly molded his stretchy body into the form of a furry ice pick and jumped into Finn's hand. Finn raised him high, estimating his aim, and brought the hammer down.
There was a loud boom, and shards of igloo bricks blasted everywhere. The bricks exploded into tiny, tiny pieces, creating a downfall of snowflakes. The floor was blanketed in a matter of seconds.
Finn wiped the snow that had blasted into his eyes away with the back of his hand and looked around. A heavy coat of icy mist had clouded around him, and his line of sight had been reduced to five feet. Everything else was a white haze.
"You saved me from the Ice King!"
Finn did a one-eighty. Princess Bubblegum was stepping from the haze to smile at him. Her gummy hair and skin was shiny with water, and her dress was flecked with snowflakes. The gem on her tiara twinkled.
"Yeah, I guess I did," Finn chuckled, then frowned and looked around. "Is he gone?"
"He must have fled," Princess Bubblegum quickly replied. Her smile grew, and she said, "Finn, you're amazing. And your eyes are so bright in the snow..."
In Finn's stunned silence, Princess Bubblegum continued, "What're you doing later?"
"You mean before the Balooza?" Finn asked with a prominent blush on his face. Princess Bubblegum nodded energetically. "I was gonna go home. Maybe kill something...A Troll, maybe..."
"Let's go out," Princess Bubblegum said just barely after he said the last syllable.
Finn's head tilted to the side confusedly. "'Go out?'" He parroted.
"Yeah, let's go somewhere! It'll be great!"
"Aaaah-"
"Rad," Jake cut in before Finn could really answer. He stretched up to Finn's height to face the prince.
"Let's meet in the castle gardens in an hour!" Princess Bubblegum beamed joyfully.
"We'll be there!" Jake called as he dragged a frozen Finn out of the foyer.
"It's a date, man!" Jake exclaimed from the sofa. His legs were propped against the wooden table. They had thirty minutes till they had to meet the prince. Jake had been giving Finn a million tips for the 'date', with Finn reminding Jake a million times that it wasn't a date.
Said human boy had been pacing a rut in the wooden floorboards ever since they returned home. "No, it's not! I know PB, dude. I'm sure when she said 'go out', she meant that she wants us to get some junk for her science or something..."
"Not this time!" Jake fist-pumped the air for emphasis.
"You heard what she said, man!" Finn objected. His shoulders slumped with his next words. "'Two bud-buds'? It's like I'm a gal-friend!"
"Dude, cross my gut, that's gonna change!" exclaimed Jake. He formed his right paw over his stomach in the shape of an 'X'.
"If it's a date, why're you coming?" Finn asked. He himself had to admit he had a good point.
"I'm coming to help you if ya wuss out," answered Jake. Finn only rolled his eyes. "Hold on..."
Jake stretched his arms behind the sofa and took out his recently polished viola and wand. "Imma bring my viola."
Finn rolled his eyes once again. "Dude..."
"It's for romantic pizzaz!" Jake wiggled his fingers at his brother as he tucked his viola into a skin-molded pouch in his back.
"Alright, I'll go," Finn huffed and made his way for the door. Once he opened it, Jake stretched out in front of him into the yard. "If only to prove you tot's wrong."
Finn lost his determinant demeanor the second they reached the middle of the castle gardens. It was lovely, yes. The leaves were a lush, vibrant emerald green. The beautiful foliage was spotted with Peppermint Phacelias, Lollipop Lillies, and Chocolate Camellias. The air was so sugary-sweet it was almost staggering. Lovely, yes. But the idea of Princess Bubblegum approaching for a 'date' had him on edge.
"Let's bail, man," Finn turned on his heel just as they reached the fern arch. "I changed my mind."
"No way, man!" Jake pulled on the front of Finn's T-shirt, making the human boy crouch down to look his older brother in the eye. "I'm not letting you wuss out now."
"Hello, Finn."
Both boys looked up. Princess Bubblegum had approached in the middle of their conversation, and was now smiling down nicely at them. "And I see you brought Jake!" she chirped.
"That's cool, right?" Finn asked slowly.
"Only if it's cool that I brought..."
A rainbow-unicorn hybrid suddenly swished down from the sky, rainbow colors bright and yellow hair billowing.
"...Lady Rainicorn!"
Jake winked at his girlfriend. "Hiya, sugar."
"꿀, 안녕하세요."
"Here, I made you some tokens of gratitude for showing up," Princess Bubblegum reached into the folds of her skirt and pulled out a rectangular, paper-wrapped box. She opened it and tucked the lid under her arm.
"You didn't have to do anything..." Finn chuckled nervously.
"Nonsense. For you, Jake..." Princess Bubblegum reached into the box and pulled out Jake's present. It looked like a classical heart wrapped in an orange, leather coating. "A heart-shaped orange. Lady grew it herself."
Princess Bubblegum tossed him the orange, and Jake caught it with sparkling eyes. "It's like an edible organ~!"
"And for you, Finn," Princess Bubblegum brought her hand from behind her back and handed Finn's present out to him. It looked like a small shard of sparkling, beautiful diamond.
"Oh, cool," Finn took the shard of diamond in his palm. It was cool to his touch.
"Wait for it..."
Finn felt the crystal in his palm begin to vibrant viciously. A split second later, the crystal had shot out into the form of a sharp, crystal sword. "Whoa! A sword! This is awesome!"
"I know. That's why I got it for you."
"Thanks..." Finn chuckled with a blush on his face. "This is just so...wow..." Finn felt a bit of drool run down his chin as he stared down at the sword in awe.
"The wowiness is just beginning!" Princess Bubblegum sang. She hopped onto Lady Rainicorn's long back with an extravagant wave of her hand. "Come on!"
DISCREET FLIRTATION TIME!
Fifteen minutes later saw the four of them in the middle of a seemingly endless field of grass. Finn sat on the back of a twice-as-normally-sized Jake's back, smiling like an idiot. Lady Rainicorn walked next to them, carrying Princess Bubblegum as the royal hummed.
"Psst, Finn."
Finn leaned in closer to hear Jake's whispering voice. "What?"
"Tell you you think she's fiiiiine."
"Ugh. Shut up, man."
"GIRLS LIKE TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE FINE!"
"Hey, Finn."
Finn looked up at Princess Bubblegum's smiling face, pretty as ever in the bright sunshine. "Wassup?"
"How 'bout a race?" the princess offered. She leaned back, propping herself up on her arms behind her back.
"Cool," Finn smiled in answer. He was always up for a good race. Especially with the princess.
"Let's race up to Pepperminty Promontory."
"Alright, but be warned, I'm gonna kick your butt," Finn answered. He realized what he said a moment too late, and his face flushed a dark, dark red. "Not that I was thinking about kicking your butt..."
"Let's go. HYAH!"
Princess Bubblegum gave Lady Rainicorn a very light kick to the side. The rainbow-unicorn hybrid took off in a colorful stream, literally living Finn and Jake in the dust.
"AFTER YOUR LADY, FINN!" Jake exclaimed just before taking off after his girlfriend.
Finn let out a yelp of surprise and scrambled to catch onto Jake's fur, hunching forward for safety. The wind whipped past them and the grass became a green blur beneath them. A good minute passed until the end of Lady Rainicorn's long body came into view, stretching and stretching until Finn could see the princess. A few seconds later and they were neck-and-neck.
The ground begin to elevate slowly, and Jake lurches to the side, digging his paws into the ground to skid. Lady Rainicorn did the same, and soon, they were both standing still.
Princess Bubblegum and Finn hopped off, panting heavily. They hunched over with their hands on their knees.
"Good...race..." Princess Bubblegum wheezed.
"You...too..." Finn replied slowly.
"Why are you guys so tired if we were the ones running?" Jake panted, giving the two a look of annoyance. Lady Rainicorn mimicked it almost perfectly.
The four of them took in the view of the Promontory. Down below, the fields of grass stretched on and on until they cut short into a jungle, a wide strip of rich green on the horizon. Gusts of wind made the grass dance in waves. The sky faded into white at the jungle's treetops.
The Promontory itself had a more childlike, dreamy look to it. Peppermint Phacelias, Pansies, and Poppies covered most, if not all, of the soft green grass, coating the earth in red-and-white spots. A tall tree stood about eleven feet away, its limbs long and twisted its bark replaced with white and red stripes. The minty smell in the air was almost staggering.
Finn heard a rhythmic humming next to him. He turned to look at the princess and saw she was humming a song to herself. Something caught her eye, and she turned and walked away. The hem of her dress disappeared into the peppermint flowers as she stepped into the small field.
And then, suddenly, her body disappeared into the earth.
"BUBBLEGUM!" Finn almost broke a leg scrambling after the princess. He jumped into the flowers after her, his body disappearing.
The plush flowers, soft grass, and minty smell vanished. Finn found himself falling through the cold air, no earth or floor beneath him. The light of the outside world minimized dramatically.
He stopped falling just a moment later. He landed on his rear end on hard-packed earth, his shorts and pants painted in brown. He looked up. He seemed to be in a large, under-earth cavern. A large hole in the 'ceiling' was allowing a considerable amount of sunlight into the cavern, stained white and red through the flowers. The walls, ceiling, and ground were all made of moist dirt.
Princess Bubblegum stood beside him, smiling down brightly. "Sorry for freaking. I thought you'd like this dungeon I found."
Finn looked around and gasped in wonder. So it wasn't a cavern. The ceiling, walls, and ground were still made of dirt, but that wasn't all that was in the room Several weapons were scattered around, sharp-bladed and heavy-weighted. Multiple, rusted cages lay crumpled in the dirt. Jagged stalagmites rose from the earth. Dark, round, barred windows were embedded in the walls. A tunnel was in the left wall, its mouth topped with a large, shiny, skull-shaped decoration with barred windows for eyes. The small number of jail cells were either caved in or infested with rodents and insects. A guillotine lay broken about twenty feet away, and Fionna could see a tall iron maiden in the darkness, half-eroded away.
Jake's stretched head poked in from the hole in the ceiling, smiling broadly. "Finn digs dungeons," he stated.
"Yeah, they're cool," Finn said. Princess Bubblegum stepped away and Finn turned to see where she was going. He gasped excitedly when he saw the twelve-foot-high, rusted gold, hollow replica of an animal. "Whoa! Brazen bull!"
Princess Bubblegum was climbing up the rickety ladder propped against the bull, looking into the open hatch in its side. She reached into it, searching for something.
And fell in.
Finn dashed over, jumped into the bull's hatch, and pulled the princess out. He made sure she had no injuries on herself before sighing in relief. "Whoo! You scared me."
"Sorry. I saw this diamond dodecagon in there," Princess Bubblegum held up the three-dimensional, twelve-sided, sparkling diamond up for him to see. It shined even in the dim light. "It reminded me of your eyes...The way they shine when you're happy..." as she spoke, her own purple-pink eyes began to glimmer.
Finn blushed, and true to the princess's word, his green-blue eyes shined. "Oh..."
Thirty minutes later saw the four friends outside, riding on Lady Rainicorn's back through the air. The sky had begun to darken into a mix of orange and indigo. The air was cool against Finn's cheek. He sat next to the princess, and Jake sat a good six feet behind them to give them space.
Several more minutes of peaceful silence passed before Princess Bubblegum said, "Finn." When she saw she had his attention, she said, "There's something I want to tell you...
I feel like nothing was real until I met you."
Jake gave a silent gasp and scurried to grab his viola, chuckling excitedly.
"I feel like we connect, and I really get you."
Jake began to drag the wand of his viola across the strings, letting out melodious notes that filled the air rushing past them.
"If I said, 'You're a wonderful friend,' would it upset you?
Because the way you are tonight
So entergetic
I'll never forget it.
Ohhhhh
Ohhh
Finn"
Finn looked up, still blushing brightly, at the sky and jumped to his feet. A great flock of beach-ball-sized, softly rounded, feather-winged creatures with small eyes and big mouths were floating in their direction. Finn pulled out his diamond sword in instinct.
"Your fist as touched my heart"
One of the round, winged creatures drifted close to them, and, when it bared its teeth at them. Finn sliced it in half with his sword easily. The two halves of the creature drifted several feet behind them before exploding in a blossom of bright cyan.
Finn smiled. More creatures approached, sharp teeth bared and wings flapping. He held his sword firmly.
"Ohhh
Ohhh
Finn"
Finn sliced at the creatures easily, the blade of his sword passing through their bodies like soft paper. He watched the blooms of color they erupted into. Cyan, pink, dark blue. The sparks they emitted felt like cool droplets of water to Finn's skin, but when they hit the other creatures, they exploded as well. Purple, yellow, green. Over and over, so bright.
Finn looked away from the blossoms of color to look at the princess, who had stood to face him correctly. She was smiling softly. The lights that came from the explosions danced in her eyes.
"I won't let anything in this world keep us apart."
Finn smiled, joining in the last verse as Lady Rainicorn twisted her long body into a loop.
"I won't let anything in this world keep us apart."
A few minutes later, when the sky had gone dark blue, speckled with silver stars, Lady Rainicorn's body began to drift towards the dark fields of grass below. Finn didn't know what time it was. It had to be before eight. Maybe it was five, or six. Maybe seven. Lady Rainicorn slung the princess and Finn onto the grass carefully.
Princess Bubblegum and Finn, who were both laughing like deranged jackals, continued to laugh even when they hit the soft grass next to a small, frog-filled pond.
Finn's face was flushed pink from his mirth. "Glob, man...That was the cheesiest thing evah."
Jake had scooted closer to Lady Rainicorn's head and was now sitting on her shoulders. He smiled down at his brother and friend. "Meet ya at the Treehouse, man."
He gave Finn a very obvious wink. Finn's blush mixed with his flush.
Finn and the Princess stayed laying in the grass for a long time, laughing and giggling. They took turns cracking jokes and telling stories. They had a fun game of 'Would You Rather,' in which Finn proved himself to have better questions, although the princess had a few good ones. A small competition of 'Who Can Throw the Rock into the Pond Farther?' was also thrown in.
When their laughs turned to chuckles, Finn sighed and said, "I've been thinking about it, and I guess I would drink peanut butter. If I had to, I mean."
It had been one of the Princess's 'Would You Rather' questions: Would you rather drink peanut butter or kiss a goblin? Finn had asked for a few extra minutes to consider, in which they continued to talk. Princess Bubblegum giggled cheerily, and panted, "OK, OK." She smiled and said, "Now. You ask me something."
Finn thought hard. What would be a good one? Would you rather have scaly skin or no eyeballs? Would you rather lose all your hair for life or all your skin for a week? Would you jump off a cliff or swim with sharks?
In the end, though, Finn's smile disappeared and he asked, "Is this a date?"
Princess Bubblegum laughed out loud, and Finn blushed in embarrassment, not knowing if it was a 'of-course-not!' laugh or a 'of-course!' laugh. The princess stood up and helped Finn to his feet with little effort. Her smile vanished to a serious frown. "Finn. I want you to come to the Balooza with me."
"Uh...as your bud?"
"No. As my...boyfriend."
Jake grunted in effort as he shot the control stick back and forth, left and right, connected to BMO. A half-empty bag of pepper-chili chips and an empty, crinkled can of Peppio! soda were next to him. His legs were propped on the table on either side of BMO. It had been almost an hour since Finn and Princess Bubblegum had stayed at the pond and Rainicorn had left, and he was starting to wonder when they would return.
Suddenly, the door burst open loudly and Jake jumped. Fin stood there, looked so panicked he seemed a bit deranged.
"IT WAS A DATE!" Finn cried in a very high-pitched voice. "WE WERE SINGING AND JUNK!"
"Dude, I was there for that!" Jake tossed the control stick aside and sat up straighter. "What happened when I wasn't there?"
"SHE WANTS ME TO GO TO THE BALOOZA WITH HER AS HER BOYFRIEEEEEND!"
"FRIGGITS, MAN!" Jake jumped to his feet, grabbed Finn with enlarged paws and practically chucked him up the ladder to the bedroom. "It's almost eight! We gotta get you a tux! We can do this!"
A few minutes later, Finn was dressed and ready for the Balooza. The tux Jake had set out for him was pure white, with a pale pink button-up shirt and a gold bow-tie. He had kept his booties, much to Jake's suave annoyance. Jake had accomplished in turning Finn's waist-length hair into a smooth, gelled combed-back style, but his efforts went to waste when Finn pulled his hat on top of it. Finn continued to run his hands over his pants for larger pockets, an annoyed expression on his features. "How am I gonna get my sword in this?"
"You're not gonna need your sword!" Jake scoffed. "It's a Balooza and everyone's gonna think you're crazy."
"I'm taking the diamond sword," Finn replied, and searched through his fallen backpack until he found the pinky-sized piece of diamond.
"Let's go, man!" Jake yelled as he slapped on his own white bow tie.
The Candy Kingdom was entirely bare and unpopulated, save fore the castle itself. Every light in the castle was on, even those that weren't being used. Banners bridged between the towers, confetti covered the floors, and steamers hung from every raised surface. An orchestra of music filled the air, accompanied by cheers and laughter.
The Castle gardens was the center of the party. As Jake slowed to a stop and Finn hopped off his back, Finn stopped under the balloon arch stretched his head to see where the princess was. He saw a few familiar faces, including LSP, Marceline (who he waved to), and Tree Trunks. He finally caught sight of her, talking to Cinnamon Bun and LSP. The Princess saw him, too, and smiled, excusing herself from the conversation and walking over. The crowd parted like the Red Sea for her. Finally, she was in front of him, smiling. "I've been looking for you."
"Well," Finn let out a breathy chuckle, his arms crossed tight behind his back. "Here I am."
The Princess let out a short but joyful laugh. Then, she took hold of Finn's arm and began to pull him away. "C'mon, I wanna show you something."
"See ya later, man!" Jake called after his adopted brother. He turned and walked into the throng of Candy People and other guests, looking for Lady Rainicorn.
Two staircases, three corridors, and a hundred rooms later, Princess Bubblegum finally came to a stop in front of a tall, blue-painted wooden door and pushed it open, letting Finn step inside first.
Finn looked around. The room was unlit, the only light coming from the window, a mix of moonlight and pulsing, multi-colored flashes from the party below. The room was filled with many wooden crates pressed against the walls, some with out lids to see the contents inside. Paintings, toys, garments of clothes, an old exercise machine, a washing machine, and other items were scattered about in blankets of thick dust.
Finn confusedly craned his head above the crates, looking for something at least a little cool-looking. "Whyyy are we in the attic?"
Finn heard the door click behind him. Princess Bubblegum had locked it. "Finn."
Finn turned around. Princess Bubblegum was just starting at him, eyes blank and mouth in a straight line. Her arms hung limp at her sides. Then, slowly, she bent over, grabbing the hem of her gown and pulling it up.
"WHOA, WHOA, WHOA!" Finn stumbled back immediately, face flushed a bloody red color and his arms waving around maniacally. "PRINCESS-"
Something cold and wet hit his shoulder. He looked up.
Princess Bubblegum stared back at him from the ceiling, her mouth frozen in a silent scream because of the block of hard ice imprisoning her.
Finn gawked in horror. "WHAT?!"
"Ugh...dagnabbit...c'mon."
Finn looked back down at 'Princess Bubblegum.' The gown had been pulled up to her waist, but instead of what Finn had expected, there was another skirt underneath: a long, blue skirt, dusted in frost.
No. No, no, no.
Yes. The Ice King stripped off the last of his disguise with a final grunt, flinging the limp shell into the corner. "Woo. What a workout." He looked up at Finn and smiled. "Oh, hi. ZAP!"
Finn dodged to the left as a blast of icy lightning nearly tore him in two. It did, however, tear off the right side of his white jacket. A good foot was now missing, the torn ends charred blue. Finn glowered at the Ice King. "WHAT THE CRUDGE, MAN? THAT'S DISGUSTING!"
No later had he said this than he felt himself rising into the air. A small but thick mound of ice was lifting him quickly into the air.
"YOU'RE THE ONLY THING BETWEEN ME AND MY WIFE!" Ice King yelled, slamming his hands into the floorboards.
A shock rippled through the floor, absorbing into the mound of ice. Several deadly-sharp spikes of ice shot out from around Finn in an attempted to spear him. The attack was useless, as it didn't hurt him. Instead, it only succeeded in tearing off half of his left pants leg, the rest of his jacket, and his bow tie. He tore off the pieces of fabric keeping him to the spikes and jumped off of the mound.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I BELIEVED THIS!" He yelled once he landed on the floor. "I PUT ON A TUX FOR THIS FLIM-FLAM!" Finn stopped, his eyes wide. "Tux. My sword!"
He quickly dug into the pocket of his torn pants and took out the small piece of diamond he had been given. It immediately shot out into a blade, which he pointed at the Ice King menacingly
Ice King giggled. "Psyche!"
Finn was about to ask him what he meant when the diamond blade suddenly turned into a sphere around Finn's hands, imprisoning them. Finn scolded himself. Why else would the Ice King give him a weapon?
He screamed in frustration.
Down at the garden, Jake's ear perked up. He could of sworn he heard Finn scream just now. He craned his neck above the crowd, trying to find where his brother was. His eyes drifted up to the attic tower of the castle. He just barely saw several flakes of snow drift out of the window.
"Finn?"
Back upstairs, Ice King laughed manically. His laugh was cut off when something hard and cold hit him hard on the head. "Wha-Ooh!" He grunted again as the thing hit his head again. Finn had pounced on the Ice King and was now continuously hitting him over and over on his head with his ice-cuffs.
Ice King hissed and blasted Finn away with a gust of icy blizzard wind. Finn soared through the air, flipping over with his legs apart. He wrapped his legs around the real Princess Bubblegum's ice-prison, gripping as hard as he could before hitting the ice with his cuffs.
Finally, the ice broke apart and Finn found himself falling through the air. He landed on his feet and quickly caught Princess Bubblegum in his arms. The Princess took a deep breath of fresh air and gasped, "Oh my goodness!"
Ice King cried out in anger. "ARE YOU KIDDIN-Oh boy."
No sooner had he said this than the remains of the Princess's ice prison rained down on him, crushing him to the floor.
Finn helped Princess Bubblegum to her feet. There was a moment of awkward silence, and Finn wondered if the Princess knew what had been happening the past day.
BANG BANG BANG
The two whirled around to the door, which was almost bursting from its jamb.
The door burst open, and Jake, the size of a killer whale and his eyes flashing suspicious anger, yelled, "WHAT'S GOING ON IN HERE?"
Jake stopped short and shrank down to his original height. The princess stood next to Finn, her dress tattered at the hem and soaking wet, her tiara lopsided on her gummy hair. The right sleeve of Finn's pants was missing, his jacket and bow tie were gone, and his button-down hung on him loosely.
Jake glared at Finn in obvious, scolding fury. "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT TIER 15?!"
"Jake, no!" Finn waved his arms around in defiance. "It was the Ice Queen!"
At this exact moment, a huge arm made of solid ice grabbed Jake around his middle and lifted him into the air, slamming him hard into the floor. Jake grunted in pain and Finn cried out, "JAKE!"
The Ice King cackled evilly, his arm extended into the ice one holding Jake down, only to cut off short when Finn socked him right in the face. The Ice King fell back, his ice-arm disappearing, and landed on his rear end. "Ah! My maximus!" Ice King raised his hand to smack Finn with an icicle, but all that came out was a puff of cold air. He paused, confused, then patted his head. No crown. "Oh, no! My cro-OW!"
Finn grabbed the Ice King by the front of his robe, raised him into the air, and punched him hard in the nose. The Ice King was instantly knocked out cold (no pun intended) and crumpled to the floor in a heap.
As Ice King lay on the floor with a stream of drool pouring from his mouth, a thick jet of snow blasted him in the face. Finn looked up and saw Jake standing up on seven-foot-tall, stretched legs, the Ice King's crown between his ears and his paws extended as the jet of snow blasted from them. "POWER OF FROOOOST!"
Finn quickly pulled him down and swatted the crown off his head as if it were a bug. Jake gave him a you-ruin-all-the-fun look. "You'll catch his lame, man."
As Jake sulked away, Princess Bubblegum smiled at Finn with sparkling eyes. "That was amazing, Finn. We should meet up sometime. For a-"
"No, Princess," Finn shook his head quickly, small hat-ears flopping. "I'm sorry, but these last disgusting hours of my life have made me realize something. I'm not ready for a relationship. I'm not ready for dates, and hugs, and discreet flirting. I need to take my time and not rush myself. I hope you understand."
Princess Bubblegum's look of what-are-you-talking-about quickly turned to a look of are-you-kidding-me. "Finn, I was just going to say we should meet up for a party. Like we do every time you do something for me."
Finn's face was expressionless.
"Oh."
He rubbed his neck and the princess crossed her arms, staring at the floor. Finn smiled and said, "But y'know what? There's one girl I would like to date."
Princess Bubblegum's eyes widened in pleasant surprise. "Who?"
"...THE ICE QUEEN!"
"WHAT?!"
Jake danced into the picture then, his face one of dopey infatuation. "Oh, yeah. The Ice Queen is fiiiiiine."
Lady Rainicorn popped through the floorboards then, smiling goofily. "우리는 얼음 여왕, 당신을 사랑합니다."
Finn sighed, and continued, "The Ice Queen is the hottest hottie in the world. We're gonna get married and have seven babies named Nathan, Christa, Leo-"
"-OH MY GLOB!" Fionna sat up straight in bed. The room was dark in the night, the moonlight dim and pale. Her pajamas stuck to her skin like Papier Mâché, and her skin was slick with sweat. Her hair was stiff and hay-like under her bunny-hat. She forgot how to breath for a moment, and when she finally did, she let out several small, secondary screams.
Cake sat up in her drawer-bed, her nonexistent eyebrows raised in surprise and fear. "What is it?"
"I-I HAD THIS MESSED UP DREAM, CUPCAKE! WE WERE DUDES! AND PRINCE GUMBALL WAS A GIRL AND THE ICE QUEEN WAS A GUY AND BEEMA...Well, Beema was pretty much the same. BUT IT WAS SO MESSED UP BECAUSE WE WERE ACTING SO WEIRD AND I THOUGHT PRINCE GUMBALL WAS HOT, AND-AND-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Cake waved her furry arms to cease the girl's babbling. When she stopped, she asked, "Did you eat ice cream before bed again?"
"...a little..."
"Mm-hm, that's what I thought." Cake sighed and turned over in her drawer. "Just go back to sleep. It was just a dream."
Fionna remained standing for a moment, wide-eyed and still panicked, but she told herself to calm down. It was just a dream. An ice-cream dream that meant nothing.
Finally, she laid back down on her pillow.
At the exact moment the Ice Queen stood up from hers.
"...GUNTA, GET MY LAPTOP!"