I do not own Adventure Time. I do not own the song Burning Hearts. It belongs to Silverstein.
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Chapter 13 - Burning Hearts
"How are you holding up, Finn?"
Finn cringed at the pain on his leg. "I think we have to use some of our Cyclope's Tears. The wound feels hot!"
"But we have to conserve that!"
He stared at his brother, half-pleading and half-commanding. With a nod, Jake reached for Finn's backpack and pulled out the small bottle of healing tears. A few drops of the liquid closed the wound and healed the burns. The last oozes of blood pooled beneath his feet. He felt nauseous.
"That's better." He stood up and wiggled his foot. "Alright, no more pain!"
Finn stopped, finally acknowledging the silence of Flame Princess. He looked around and saw her sitting alone near the entrance of Marceline's Cave. Finn decided to walk closer to the fiery girl and sat beside her. Flame Princess shot a glancing look at him.
"How are you?"
"There's still some pain in my leg. But I'll live."
"That's good..." Suddenly, Flame Princess broke into tears.
Finn was startled by this, immediately trying to come up with comforting words. "What's wrong?"
"My Prince...Ice Prince! I'm worried for him and I want to go to his place, but he's scaring me!"
"Uh...but he's dangerous. I know he's important to you and all but-"
"How did you knew that?"
Finn was taken aback. Prismo forbid them to reveal too much information about the Multiverse, and explaining to Flame Princess how he knew about her and Ice Prince's connection. The Flame Princess back in his own universe will surely look down on his next actions.
"I kinda guessed. I mean, while fighting him, he was distracted in making you safe."
The fiery monarch withdrew her piercing gaze at Finn and looked into the sky. The dusk will soon give way to the night, evident with the last streaks of orange light into the horizon. The only bright light around was the Princess next to him.
"Why did you saved me?"
"Because I still lo-"
No, no, no, no, no! Bad Finn! She's not the same Flame Princess! Get a grip!
"-love saving damsels in distress! Not that I stopped though."
"Like a knightly prince?"
"Wah? Yes! Of course, whatevs."
Flame Princess smiled sadly at Finn. Even with the differences with the FP she knew, their smiles were largely the same. The way their lips curve upward, only showing a little of their teeth, and the smile reaching up their eyes, brightening up their faces metaphorically and literally. Finn felt a mixture of joy and pain. Joy because it has a been a long time since he got this close to Flame Princess, and pain because she was not the same princess, and that princess was not very keen to see him.
"You remind me so much of my Ice Prince, you know? Just minus the blue skin, white hair and long nose."
"Well, I..."
"Finn? Dinner's reaaaadddddyyyy!"
"Oh hey, c'mon, let eats! I mean, lets eat..."
Flame Princess nodded and they both stood up to go inside the deeper part of the cave. It was Jake's idea to go to this place, thinking this will only be the place where no one would try to catch them. They would have been fugitives now because of the events earlier in the afternoon. Of course, there would be no Marceline and her house, remembering what happened to her in this universe.
"Spaghetti?"
"Yeah, but we don't have enough sauce so..."
"That's alright, Jake."
"Here, Princess, dig on this coal!"
"Thanks...?"
The group spent the dinner in silence. This was highly unusual for Jake, who always liked a hearty conversation in between chewing his food. Even Finn could feel some of his initial enthusiasm being being sucked out of him. This universe is a total glareballs. Everything is almost the same but at the same time, they aren't.
"Jake? What's wrong?"
His brother looked straight at his eyes, complete with rare focus and gravity. "I just can't imagine that kid will actually do that to you."
Finn absentmindedly touched his healed leg, some of the blood had already dried and cracking. "What I'm more concerned is about Peebles, bro. She shouldn't be imprisoning Flame Princess and ordering a kid to kill us. That's so...un-PB-like."
"We should be more careful of her and Sawyer from now on Finn."
"Sawyer?"
"The kid's name is Sawyer."
Finn thought for a while, trying to remember all the universe they had watched on Prismo's TV Wall. One of them showed a family waving goodbye to an older alternate of himself. In that, there was this boy, alternate Finn's brother, who really resembled Sawyer minus the hardened look. They couldn't be the same person, he thought. That was an alternate universe to this one they are currently in, one where the alternate Finn never found the the Crown and the bomb never went off. In the universe they were in, Ice Prince's brother should have been dead hundreds of years ago.
Suddenly, Flame Princess spoke shyly. "What's gonna happen now? I got you both in trouble, didn't I? Maybe you should hand me over to Princess Bubblegum."
"Heck, no! She'll lock you up again! I can't let her do that!"
Jake looked at him thoughtfully. "Finn, lay off the romancy sweety things, okay? Put a rein on yourself, a cloud a day won't last till tomorrow."
"Okay...? I think I get what your point is, but we can't just hand her over!"
"Snaps! Chillax dude! We'll figure something out." The dog turned his gaze at the fiery girl. "What exactly is PB doing with you anyway?"
To Finn's horror, Flame Princess started to cry hard. Her flames intensified, illuminating the whole cave with orange glow, as lava tears pooled near her feet. The little bonfire they had going in the makeshift campsite burned stronger and hotter.
"She...studied me. My body, I mean. That Princess is evil and she always forced me to undress whenever she got the chance, mostly at night when no one bothers her. That evil lady has these gloves I can't burn away and she uses those to... to...to...touch me in places my Ice Prince said I should always cover up!"
"FP, slow down, you lost me there." Finn tapped at his brother to get his attention. "What's PB doing to her?"
"Bro, I don't think I should...I dunno. All I know is that the PB in our universe would never do THAT to FP."
Finn just scratched his head in confusion.
"Bubbles starts gently when she is in a good mood. But on the third day of my imprisonment... she...she...it still sometimes hurts up to now." Flame Princess gestured somewhere between her tummy and legs. "Everyday I thought of why my Prince left me at that evil witch's lair. Everyday, I wished he would climb into the window and save me, explain his actions, and take me back to our kingdom."
"He did came to save you. Well, I'm sorry if I tried to stop him though..."
"Yes, yes, yes, he came! But he's different! I never saw my Ice Prince that angry before! He was always gentle and soft-spoken around me! He is too scary now...he changed! He changed..." The Princess started rocking softly in her rock seat.
Finn immediately scooted closer to her and tried to place a hand on her shoulder. He only got a slightly burned palm for his action. "Don't cry, FP. I'll protect you, remember?"
The girl didn't replied, but only settled down on the cold ground and curled into a fetal position. Finn gazed at the mouth of the cave, darkness completely taking over everything as night neared its prime. He resorted to singing his favorite song to soothe the crying lady beside her, his Mom's lullaby. Jake smiled encouragingly at him as he sang. Within a few moments, the poor princess was drifting off to sleep.
Jake went closer and whispered into his ear. "I'll be on the first watch, you should rest up too, bro. Gotta recover all that lost life juice."
Finn whispered a thank you and lay down close to Flame Princess, facing her. He watched as Jake stretched to the cave's entrance and started his vigilant watch. He sure hoped he will not fall asleep on duty.
"Good night, Princess." His whisper was barely audible, but he could swear the girl smiled in her sleep.
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"...Finn!"
What?
"...Finn."
He opened his eyes and found out he was snoozing in a middle of the Grassland Marketplace. He raised his hands and was shocked to that they were covered in tin foils. Finn looked around and instantly recognized what's happening.
"Finn, don't tell me you're sleeping in a middle of a busy market? C'mon, or I'll burn this place up!" Flame Princess came into view, her short hair and white dress fitting nicely together.
"I said no burning, FP! No burning!"
Our date. On the marketplace. Right after out first dungeon crawl! Is this a dream? Why...it feels so real!
"I'm just kidding, of course I won't burn anything or anyone. I'll TRY."
Finn smiled nervously, suddenly remembering she did burned someone on that day. "I guess that's good enough."
They walked hand in hand through various stalls the market has to offer. For some peculiar reason, he found himself automatically speaking his replies, word for word replay of that day. Their leisure walk brought them closer to a candle shop where two humanoids were managing the business. The older woman smiled at them and instantly beckoned them to look at their merchandise.
"Good morning, my dears! Have a look at our merchandise. What do you need?"
"Finn, I'm kinda low on scented candles. I was wondering if you..."
"Get some more from you're old room in Fire Kingdom?"
"No! Buy me one of this!"
"Oh, I've got money here. Don't worry, pick anything you like."
"Thanks, Finn!" Flame Princess beamed at him and gently squeezed his hand. Finn felt the heat rushing to his cheeks, and it got nothing to do with the Princess' flames. "Uh...what could you recommend, Ma'am? I want something that could help me sleep better at night."
"Then you'd better try this cute one over here." The old woman lifted a stubby purplish candle for everyone to see. "It's made with lavender and chamomile extract. This will certainly ease any of your worries at night, darling."
"That's great! How much does that cost? I'll buy a pack." Flame Princess looked expectantly at Finn, with the puppy-eyes he thought her himself.
"Anything for you, FP." Who could resist her puppy-eyes?
Finn handed over a few pieces of gold, much to the old woman's surprise, in exchange for a pack of her merchandise. Flame Princess slid the candles inside her fireproof handbag, a handbag he personally got for her. Finn remembered all the trouble he went through just to get that gift.
"Peebles, please, just make me an awesome fireproof bag and I'll do anything you want! "
"Alright...hmmm. Remember those tree stumps I PERSONALLY asked you to remove YEARS ago?"
"Uh...yeah. What about them?"
"I want you to remove them NOW! I went over there a few days ago and found out you only manage to remove one stump. Now do it, chop-chop!"
"Yes, m'lady!"
After buying a dozen of scented candles, they bid goodbye to the kind elderly woman and continued walking around the marketplace. Some people smiled at them as they constantly showed affection for one another, others jeered and shouted 'get a room!' much to Finn's slight annoyance. On one particular time, a water nymph she recognized hanging around with her friend on the fountain a few distance from their Tree House, suddenly cried and ran away after seeing the two of them.
"Finn? Who's that girl?" A knowing look was present in FP's face.
"What? No, no, no, no, I don't know her. Not personally, no. I mean, I saw her sometimes and Jake-"
"Why are you getting all nervous? Relax, I'm just asking if you know her. She seemed distressed upon seeing us."
"FP, I really, really, really, really, don't know! I'm not, I don't even know her name! Please stop looking at me like that!"
Flame Princess suddenly burst into a short series of laughter and hushed him. "Look! I'm just asking. I believe you. I'll always believe in you."
Now I feel like a real jerk, knowing I'll break her trust in few more months after this.
"Thanks, Flame Princess."
The Princess shot her a reassuring smile. "Hey, over there! I wanna try that, Finn!"
Flame Princess pulled him as they ran towards where she pointed. Upon closing in, Finn read the caption on the stall's sign board.
"Billie the Kid, Ooo's Greatest Marksman - Challenge me if you DARE! C'mon now FP, it might be just some nutball selling phony -"
"Who are you calling phony, boy?" A gruff voice spoke behind them.
"Wow. You're creepy." Flame Princess couldn't have phrased better what was on his mind that moment.
A goat standing on his hind legs took off his hooves and stared at them with his vacant and unblinking eyes. The weird animal certainly reminded Finn of the Freak Deer he and Jake defeated a long time ago. Caressing his pointed horns, the goat motioned for them to move closer to the stall.
"Welcome to my fun shop, I'm Billie the Kid and I know you came to challenge me, my beauties." Billie raised his hands and twirled his fingers. Freak goat!
"What's the challenge anyway?"
"FP? You're seriously taking on this weirdo's challenge?"
"Why not? When have you been so scaredy, Finn?" FP stuck out her tongue at him.
"Well, I'll just be behind you in case this cragbum do something creepo."
Billie the Kid pulled a string hanging near the right entrance of the wooden stall, parting away the black curtain that made his business more ominous. It revealed a circular targeting board several feet away, with alternating red and white circular stripes and a single small red dot at the center.
"Listen up, my cuties, mechanics are easy enough. You just gotta score more against me by shooting closer to the center, and each of us has only three tries. You can use any projectile weapons on top of that counter." The strange bipedal goat pointed on a nearby table laden with bows and blasters that seemed to have once belonged to Princess Bubblegum. "Just don't ask me where I got my hooves on those photon cannons, and we're cool."
"This sounds fun! What's the prize?"
"You'll know soon enough. It's a surprise, my beautie-cuties. On other hand, when you lose, you'll have to pay the price."
"You wanna try this too, Finn?"
"No, thanks FP. Hey Billie, let's see you shoot first."
"Sure thing, babycakes." His gruff voice was starting to annoy him. It was like listening to sandpaper being scrubbed against wood over and over again.
The goat nonchalantly pulled out some kind of black metallic weapon out of nowhere and fired three times. Finn's jaw dropped as all invisible projectiles punctured the red dot in the center of the target.
"Son of a -"
"You cheating stinky work animal!" Finn marveled at Flame Princess way with words.
"This is a gun, my berry pies. A revolver to be fairly exact. People in olden times used this to...snuff each other. It fires metals at high speeds you see. Okay, sweetpea, your turn!" A new target replaced the used one, dropping the latter to the ground.
"FP, don't! Let's get away from here!"
"I got this, Finn."
She went closer to the stand and chose a metal bow. The metallic weapon remained sturdy against the heat, much to Flame Princess delight. The string was a different matter though, burning up instantly the moment she tried drawing it.
"Maybe you should try a different death tool, my floppy beard!"
"Shut up, Billie!"
To Finn's amazement, Flame Princess shot a flare of curling fire to connect both ends of the bow and effectively making her own string. She made fire arrows to complement the modifications to the weapon. She took a deep a breath and let loose a fire arrow. It zoomed and punctured the red dot, singing the edges of the hole and earning applauses from the gathering crowd.
Finn in particular, gained renewed awe at the Princess. During that time, he never knew Flame Princess was good at bows and arrows. "You can do it, FP!"
"Watch this, Finn!"
She pulled back the fire string and another arrow materialized, firing it so surely. The projectile did not made a new hole but instead zoomed past the old one. The people cheered and came closer to the stall. Finn was getting antsy by that moment, knowing full well what would happen.
"Here it comes!" She fired another arrow, which made another burning hole a few inches from the existing one. It was well-off the red dot, in other words.
"Aw man...now we gotta pay, Finn. Do you still have some money there?"
Suddenly, Billie the Kid intervened. "Tsk, tsk, tsk, it seems like you don't understand what the price is. Clue, it's not money or any material thing. The price and prize is one and the same, my beauties."
"What is it?" Finn was getting steadily alarmed.
"Your life."
Billie the Kid opened his mouth and showed rows of razor sharp teeth. Finn reached for his Demon Blood Sword on his back and brandished it in front of him. He beckoned Flame Princess to get behind him. The crowd ran away in terror, a typical reaction when you see a demonic freak goat reveal its equally freakish teeth.
"Now be good my beauties and let me feed on your life!"
"FP, I need some fireballs here!"
The Princess complied and launched burning spheres that the Freak Goat swallowed whole. "Wow, that's some appetizer you got there chickpea!"
"Stop calling us those things, you sick freak!"
Finn ran towards their enemy with a battle cry and swung down hard, only to be evaded by Billie. Flame Princess summoned twin fireblades in her hands and came to his aid, blocking the advances of the goat. They both backed away, trying to assess just what Billie could do.
"It's a shame I couldn't use this gun. Wouldn't want to spoil your life now, eh?"
"Shut up!"
"Finn!"
He swerved and saw, to his horror, that Billie had the Princess in his hands. Before he could try to bite the girl, Finn jumped and made a large swing with his sword. Billie's horns were cleaved, making him yell in pain or frustration.
"You'll pay for that!"
Flame Princess took the enemy's distraction as an opportunity to slash him with her twin fireblades, burning the goat's furry chest. Billie disappeared again, but the black blood pouring out of his wound made him and his movement easy to spot.
"Fireballs to your left!"
"I've got better idea!"
Flame Princess sent a steady stream to his left and hit the demon goat square in the face, felling the creature. Billie screamed in pain, his wail lasting for a whole minute, before continuing it to a maniacal laugh.
"What gives?"
"You win today, my beauties. But this I promise you both, will not be the death of me. Keep those burning hearts alight, my dearies. I want them nice and savory when I come back for your lives."
With one last laugh, the demonic freak goat disappeared in a cloud of black blood mist. Finn remained vigilant for a few moments, expecting another surprise attack. None came though as he walked closer to Flame Princess.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine, Finn. How about you?"
"I'm okay, just a bit shaken. I hate freak creatures."
They we're about to move on from the event when suddenly, the scene changed. The marketplace was replaced by the throne room of Fire Kingdom and Flame Princess' hair became longer.
"...and because I love her."
Cinnamon Bun suddenly came into view and took Flame Princess hand as they ascend the throne. One of the most heartbreaking moment in his life just decided to invade his dreamscape. Sometimes, his brain is a ham whenever it stops being stupid.
"Why...no. FP? What are you doing?"
Flame Princess stared at him with a look of pity and annoyance. "C'mon, Finn. Cinnamon Bun is a thousand times more manly than you. You're just a kid, why did I even believed in you?"
That didn't happen, right? I could swear that didn't happened.
"Jeez, you're still into her? You're still thinking about this junk? Really, weenie?"
"Marceline?! How did...how-"
"Not here, Finny."
The scene changed again, this time showing the familiar Grasslands. The sun was setting on the horizon, bathing the distant hills with ethereal orange glow. Calming breeze glaze over the reaching grasses, making them dance in sync with the wind.
"Marceline, how and why are you here?"
The vampire hovered above Finn and placed a kiss on his left cheek. "Nice to see you too, weenie."
He blushed unexpectedly. "I'm serious. Our dre-"
"Don't say the word! It will jack up our synchronization!"
"Oh sorry. Our sleepy-thoughts are connected again, so that means you're just nearby. I'm in an alternate universe, how did you got here?"
"I'm not going to tell you how exactly, but Prismo probably sent me here on mistake."
"Prismo? Why?"
"We went there, me and Bonnie, but someone busted up the place. Probably an enemy of Prismo, from the look of things. Boom, I got here. No Bonnie on sight though."
"What do you know of our situation, Marcy?"
"Everything up to the end of your fight with those two twerps. I must say, I was disappointed."
Marceline pulled out the Imatari out of nowhere. The dying rays of light glinting across the metallic blade and illuminated the cross guard that resembled wings of a firebird in flight. The yellow orb that decorated the end of the black handle glinted with light.
"Its original form looks awesome, but it's a sham..." Marceline threw the sword, sending it flying a few meters away from them before striking hard earth. "...in the wrong hands."
Finn was amazed as Marceline pulled the chain connecting her hand and the sword, dragging back the weapon. "Well, I'm sorry I have a sucky imagination."
"C'mon, you'r not even trying. So, tell me, where are you now?"
"Me and Jake are in your cave."
"You two sure love to squat in my dwellings, huh?"
"Well, it's really not yours...you see."
"Hush. I know, you don't have to explain anything to me. Prismo made sure of that."
They sat in silence, basking in the light rays of the perpetual twilight. Finn watched as Marceline played with his Imatari, changing the weapon to some sort of axe bass different from hers. It produced even lower notes and made the earth in front of her vibrate.
"Finn! Behold the Earthshaker!" The vampire strummed it hard, resulting into a strong tremor.
"Watch it!"
The vampire just laughed hard, apparently having fun with his 'toy'.
"I bet Bonnibel would have a fit when she saw this thing! That's scientifically impossible!"
Finn chortled in her impression of Peebles' high-pitched sing-song voice. "Do you think she's okay?"
"I'm sure of it. Maybe Prismo sent me here on purpose. For what reason, I'm still about to find out."
"If you say so."
"So, Finn? Do you still like-like Flame Princess?"
"Of course! I still...actually I'm not really sure myself. I always wear a mask of coolness in front of everybody. I don't want others thinking I can't move on with her. But...yeah I still love her, I think."
Much to his confusion, Marceline's smile disappeared momentarily. "Oh."
"What's wrong, Marcy?"
"Well, I just thought, after all the moments we spent together when I became a baby, you had already moved on."
"I didn't. It's not that easy. You, of all, people should know that. Being a thousand year old and all."
Marceline's face hardened and she growled at her. "Well, excuse me, but did you just called me OLD?"
"What? No, no, no, no, I didn't mean you're old! Experienced and matured! Yeah, you're experienced and matured!"
"Experienced, yes. But matured? Really, Finn?" Marceline turned invisible and reappeared directly in front of him, their faces only inches apart. Finn could smell her breath, a sweet strawberry scent. "Boo."
"Um...could you back away a bit? Stop acting weird, Marcy. And what's with the strawberry breath?"
"Oh. Probably because of the Slurpy Prismo gave us."
"Okay...I'll just pretend I know that."
"Finn? What do you think of me?"
"What's with the questions, Marcy? What's gotten to you?"
"Just answer question!"
"Okay, okay! You're...beautiful, talented, funny, strong, and sexy."
"Wow, Finn. You sure more brave in this world of ours than in the real word. You find me sexy?"
"Jake said I should tell that to all girls who asked to be praised. Is that wrong?"
Marceline scratched her head in frustration. "But you meant all you said, right?"
Finn nodded, making the vampire blush.
"What's the matter?"
"Finn, I think I'm falling for you. Don't look at me like that! I just...dang. Forget I said that."
"You expect me to forget something so important like that?"
"What's important, Finn?"
He looked back and saw Flame Princess kneeling beside him in the grass. The leaves underneath her instantly burned away, the ashes blown by the wind. Finn tensed. He knew he's just dreaming, a lucid dream, but the fiery girl looked so real.
"You do still love her, right? I think I just got dumped by a dweeb." Finn saw a single tear cascade down her right cheek.
"I'm sorry. I can't stop thinking about her. The only reason that made everything better was when I stayed away from Flame Princess, but now that I'm literally lying down next to her, it's suddenly harder to move on again."
"So you did not let the Ice Prince take her away, right?"
"Yep."
The vampire nodded in approval, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Finny, I just wanted to thank you for everything you've done for me these past months. I can't believe you're actually better than Bonnie at taking care of babies."
"I'm surprised myself!"
Marceline handed back his Imatari, which he held carefully in his right hand. Finn absentmindedly let his thumb roam across the blue orb in the center of the cross guard. "Finn? Where are we?"
"We're in the Grasslands, FP."
"Oh yeah, this was where we always went to after a date or a dungeon crawl. Remember the butt we got from the chest we retrieved?"
Finn decided to humor his own memory of Flame Princess. "Of course, you burned that thing in instant. I can't decide which fart was nastier, Jake's fart or that thing's fart."
The Princess scooted closer to him and leaned on his shoulder. Finn expected himself to burn, but did not. This was a dream, after all. Everything would be perfect. They locked eyes, a longing look on Flame Princess' face.
"Finn, that's not the right way to move on." Marceline intervened on his actions. "You're basically about to make out with yourself, c'mon."
"Heh, you're right."
Suddenly, a large blast of wind hit them. Out of nowhere, a large and golden owl swooped down on them. "Finn the Human."
"Cosmic Owl? Get out of my dream! You're the reason I broke up with Flame Princess! SCRAM!"
Strangely, Cosmic Owl sporadically turned black as night and then back again. It was like gazing into deep space. Some of his feathers rain down on the three of them. "Looks like, Cosmic Owl is in trouble."
"Yeah, Marcy, you're right."
"Finn the Human! Heed my request. Save their souls. The answer is in the girl beside you."
To everyone's shock, the avian deity exploded into brilliant cluster of sparks. Golden shards rained down a few feet from them, forming a vague image of older Finn Mertens, Flanna Hacksworth, Ice Prince, Flame Princess, Princess Bubblegum, and Sawyer. It only lasted for a few seconds before they were blown away by the wind.
"Alright. No more spaghetti before sleeping."
"Finn, I think that's the real Cosmic Owl. And he seemed to be talking either about me or FP over there."
"Dang it. How could I even save them if I can't even understand his cryptic messages?"
"Settle down, weenie. I'll be with you every step of the way."
"Will I see you in the morning?"
"Yes, Finn. Remember, this is only a dream."
With that, the Vampire Queen dissolved into nothingness together with the scene. Finn was again helplessly swept away by combinations of memories and imaginations.
"I can do this. I will save you all."
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I hope this chapter went smoother than the previous one!
andrethefavorite16: I dunno man. Maybe subconsciously. But I kinda had this idea ever since I read the ending of the first TAU. I read your comment sometime later, but I already have the idea by then. Miss SCIK approved, and boom. Anyways, thanks for the review, dude!
Ooobserver: I promise you, that cheating will never happen again. Haha. Sawyer just got lucky.
The Nephilim King Michael: Glad you liked this story! I'm trying to match up to the scope and epicness of this story's 'parent' stories. I really want to please the authors I borrowed from!
Man, I hate Cinnamon Bun with every fiber of my being. And Flame Princess seemed ungrateful to me. Well, looks like we folks have to move on now about Flinn, seeing that The Red Throne kinda kicked that shipping in the boingloings. JUST KIDDING! No need to raise those pitchforks!
I hope Betty makes up for that lacklustre episode. February 24 can't come soon enough.
Read and review, dudes!