A/N- So this chapter took a little longer to write due to my writers block. Though at the same time I was able to add some suspense that should help with the over all plot.

Now if you wouldn't mind letting the readers know.

Peppermint Butler: The man writing this does not own any form of Adventure Time, except for the original character in this story named Spike, who is a nice young man. All credit of Adventure Time goes to Pendelton Ward and Natasha Allegri.

Thanks PepBut.

Peppermint Butler: Now for helping you with the disclaimer I will be taking your flesh *Eyes go black*

Ahahahaha no you won't be. Onto the story.

I look down at the map the butler had handed me, then looked up trying to figure heads or tails of it. Scratching behind my ear I feel the tear on the upper part of it, making me think about how I got it. Before I did though, I finally got fed up with the map and threw it on the ground. "Glob damn it! This thing is from a century ago at least!" I yell to myself while flinging my hands into the air. Then looking down at the map I can't help but think about how much trouble the princess had gone through just to draw it, so sighing, I lean down and picked it up shaking it to get the bits of dust that had stuck to it. It had already been about two days since I had left the kingdom in search of the forest, but hadn't had any luck what so ever. Looking around I think, 'what am I going to do if I can't find it? What if it's not even there? Will she recognize me without it?'

My head is pounding, and my temper is about to tip over to where I go on a rampage when I hear a voice calling out to me. "Do you need some help?" I look back, my eyes widening so large that I think they might just pop out of my head, and see something that I thought I would never see again.

"A human..." The words escape my lips softly. I'm not completely sure that it is a human, but as the boy comes closer to me, his blue shirt flapping in a sudden gust of wind, I was sure by the scent in the air. I hadn't smelled it since a long time ago, seven hundred years at the very least, and it was almost an enjoyable smell to have around again. Though the last time that I had smelt it, the humans had been chasing me with swords and dogs. The boy was wearing an interesting hat that looked like it had polar bear ears, and his shirt seemed to have a pocket that had been hastily stitched onto the shirt. The boy asked again if he could help, and I finally snapped out of my thoughts and asked, "Yeah. Um.. do you happen to know where the taffy tree forest used to be?"

He looked at me, apparently confused by the question. He scratched his head and asked, "Why the glob why would you need to go there bro?" The question didn't seem to matter as much, but I decided why not answer.

"There is something there that I'm searching for that I was told would be there. It would be in a chest that is probably buried around in there," I say to the boy, wondering if he might have seen it if he knew where the forest was. I pulled out a key ring and search through it real quick to find a small brass one that had turned almost completely green with age. "I was given this key for the chest a long time ago, but was told it would only be able to open it after a certain amount of time." This last part was only partly true, I wasn't given the key, and the chest didn't have a time lock on it, but he did have to leave it closed till he knew he could find Marceline. The chest also wasn't given to me, I hid it there after I happened to find something that needed to be given to Marceline. I only said that to try to make it seem more important that we needed to get there.

"Well if its a chest from that forest that you want, its probably the one that me and Jake found out..."

"You found it?" I interrupted. Usually I would be more polite and not interrupt people, but it just caught him completely by surprise. "If its there please take me there so I can get it." I say this really fast and sounds as if I'm speaking complete gibberish and I'm not sure if he understood, but he nodded slightly signaling that it was OK "Oh wait before we go my name is Spike." I say, holding my hand out to the obviously younger boy.

He took my hand shaking it for a second, then seemed to notice what I really looked like, turning his head slightly he said, "I'm Finn. You look different. What are you made of bro?" When he asked that, a small smile cracked across my face, making his face have a look of confusion on it.

"I'm a beast," I say loudly watching the boy's face spread in shock, his hand dropping from mine. He looked like he wanted to pull the sword out from his back, but I smiled a little wider saying, "But I don't think that I'm evil," Which made his face relax some, his hand relaxed as he didn't go for the sword. "So can we go to the chest?" I ask hoping that we can get a move on so he can collect what is his. With that Finn smiled, and turned starting to walk off in the direction that he had first been going, but this time I started to follow him.

Walking behind him I truly noticed the amazing sword that the boy had, the crimson red with a tooth at the bottom of the hilt. The cross in a circle, the hilt wrapped in a leather, it almost as long as the blade. It had a strange smell, kind of a copper which makes me think of blood, but I pay it no mind and continue to follow. Though the smell stayed stuck in my nose, mostly due to the fact that I was walking directly behind him. I decided to run up next to him and asked, "So where are you from Finn? And what are you?" I asked the second question just to verify that he was truly a human.

"I'm from the mountain. Mom and Dad found me out there. Then they raised me with my home bro Jake. My family is mathematical." He said smiling the who time, "And yeah I'm human."

'Awesome' I thought to myself a smile plastered on my face, 'That means that there are other humans around. His family sounds cool.' Looking ahead I can see a large tree that looked like it had a lot of thing thrown in it. 'Holy crap I remember that tree. We planted it so long ago. Can't believe that it has grown that large.' Finn just kept walking towards it so I followed until I realized that there was a door in the front of the tree. "Was not expecting that," I muttered just loud enough where Finn heard me.

He looked back and smiled, "Haven't seen a tree fort this tops-blooby before have you?" he asked by made it sound like a statement. He continued to smile while we in through the door and then he yelled up the ladder, "Jake, we have company."

"All right I'm baking bacon pancakes, come on up," came deeper voice from upstairs, "PB is here to," the voice yelled.

"Math be right there," he yelled up, then looked at me and said, "Thats my home bro, I'll show you the chest after we eat ok dude?" Thinking about it I nod not wanting to seem rude, even though I really wanted to get to the chest, but my stomach decided right then to betray me, growling at the smell of bacon floating throughout the house. We then climbed the latter, where I came to see a surprised face looking at me.

"Well hello again Spike." said princess Bubblegum to the surprise of Finn. "Did you find the taffy tree forest with the map I drew?" she asked nicely.

"unfortunately no, I couldn't seem to make heads or tails of it. Though I ran into Finn and he said that he might have found what I am looking for." I say as I sit down in the booth that was set to the side of the kitchen, next to Finn who had slid under making sure that he would be able to sit next to the princess. 'Obvious attraction there' I thought quickly while looking at Finn who was staring at her. At that moment I noticed that there was a yellow dog next to the stove cooking.

It turned around and stretch its arm over to grab a couple of plates after he had pretty much split his arm into four different arms. It flipped some pancakes onto the plates and stretched his leg over so he only had to take one step to the table. "So who is this guy Peebles?" the dog asked the princess, and I smiled deciding that I would answer.

"Names Spike, been wandering Ooo for a while looking for stuff." I said quickly to the dog who I finally guessed was Jake. 'So he doesn't have any human siblings here. Still cool that he has a caring family,' I thought.

"He is also looking for Marceline," said the princess. At that both the brothers mouths dropped open.

"Why you looking for Marcy?" Jake said in a fast voice. "Its a long story," I say taking a bite out of the pancake, "This is really good by the way, thanks for the food."
"Well Marss is our bud, and we want to know how you know her." Finn said.
"I know her from a long time ago."
"I would also like to know how you know her." said the princess.
"There is not a lot of time to tell the story. Maybe later when I get to see her."
"We want to know now," Jake and Finn said synchronized, with Bubblegum nodding.

"Can't help you there guys, need to get to the chest." I said standing up and wiping my mouth with the napkins that were on the table.

"Fine man follow me its upstairs." Finn said getting out of the booth and started to lead me to a small room above the kitchen. As soon as I looked over the landing, I saw the chest sitting off in a corner. It was a solid steel thing that was about five feet long and three feet deep.

I grin widely, letting a soft sigh of joy out and walk towards the chest. Finn's eyes following me the whole way. I let my hands wipe across the top unsettling the dust that had grown across it. "Finally, I have found you again." I say softly, pulling the ring of keys out of my pocket and start trying to find the brass one. when i find the nearly green key, I quickly fumble with the lock trying to get it off and when I do, I left the lid, the smile on my face growing as I look down at things that I hadn't seen in hundreds of years.

So if yall notice I post pretty quickly, but right now I'm gonna have to take a short break from posting to get the whole story focused. At the earliest I will post in about 4-5 days. Thanks for understanding.