Sun shone through the kitchen window, Jake sighed as he sipped from a cup of tea, he guessed that Finn had stayed at Marceline's house but he always worried when Finn didn't come home. Jake stretched his arm to the other side of the kitchen, grabbing a cookie out of a jar and dunking it before throwing it in his mouth. Suddenly the front door creaked open and a pair of footsteps start tapping their way up the ladder, Jake turned to see a familiar figure standing in the doorway, "Finn," he said happily. "Hey Jake," Finn replied, "Sorry I didn't come home last night, ended up staying with Marcy," he scratched his head sheepishly. Jake raised his eyebrow inquisitively, "Stayed over?" He questioned, "Yeah, y'know, like a sleepover," Finn replied, as his cheeks flushed a light pink colour. Jake chuckled, "Finn, I'm not your dad, and i'm not stupid, I know what happened, but save me the details, don't need to know that." Jake stretched over to the stove and poured himself more tea, "You want any Finn?" He asked as he sipped from his cup. "Nah," Said Finn "I got some news, about me and Marcy." Jake put down his cup, "What is it?"
Finn spent a few minutes telling Jake about the trials and their plans to leave tonight. Once Finn had finished Jake stayed quiet for a minute before getting up and giving him a pat and the shoulder, "good luck bro." He said. Finn looked at him quizzically, "That's all? You're not gonna try to prevent me going?" Jake laughed, "Finn, you're 18, you can do what you want, if you wanna be with Marceline then this is what you gotta do. Besides, it's not like we're doing much these days, nobody wants to mess with the guy who socked an ancient space god." Jake beamed at Finn happily, "You got this bro." Finn hugged his brother, "Thanks man, now I gotta go pack," Finn said as he began to climb up to their bedroom.
"You packed enough?" Jake asked Finn as they stood at the door of the treehouse. The sun was just beginning to set and Finn and Marceline would soon begin their journey. "Yeah man, I'll be good," Finn smiled. "Well, good luck bro" Jake stretched up and brought Finn in for a hug, "Trash those trials man." Finn squeezed him back, "You know it, I'm gonna come back as the vampire king," Finn laughed. Jake released Finn and waved him goodbye as his brother walked off into the hills. Jake felt sad and proud of Finn and prayed that he would come back okay.
Finn arrived at the mouth of Marcelines cave just as the moonlight began to invade the ground, producing a luminous, silver glow. Finn saw Marceline floating outside her house holding her bass and carrying a large backpack. Marceline smiled at the sight of Finn and she rushed over and planted a kiss on his lips, "I missed you," she said as she played with one of his golden locks. "Me too Marcy," replied Finn, "You ready?" he asked. Marceline took a deep breath in "Yeah."
The night was quiet apart from the occasional hoot from an owl. Marceline strummed on her bass as they traveled, treating Finn to calming songs of love. "Have I ever told you how awesome your voice is Marcy?" Said Finn looking up at Marceline as she floated above his head. She smiled and pecked his cheek, "This is what I've wanted Finn," She sighed, "Just being outside with you, time for us." Marceline floated high and gazed at the sky, "Finn, we'll probably want to make camp soon, it'll be day in a bit." Finn looked up at the horizon, "Oh yeah, i'll start with the tent." He said as he dropped his bag and began to fumble around with it. Marceline looked around, it was a nice enough spot, few trees nearby, nothing suspicious, Marceline pulled a red sweet from her pocket and quickly sucked it dry from colour, she floated back down to Finn who was still wrestling with the tent. "Need some help?" She asked. "No, i'm good," Finn grunted as he yanked at the poles. "Okay then," said Marceline "I'm gonna go look around quickly." Marceline floated towards the trees she spotted earlier, something had caught her eye and she wanted to check it out. As she got closer to the trees it began to sparkle, she sped up, eager to see it, suddenly she found herself at the edge of a pond, shimmering in the moonlight, Marceline smiled, "Maybe just a quick dip," she thought to herself. She began to undress then after pulling off her last sock gently lowered herself into the cool water. Marceline sighed happily as her thought began to wander, for the first time in a long time she was excited for what the future had in store for her. Out of nowhere Marceline doubled over in pain, she gasped and clutched her stomach, after a few moments the pain began to disappear. "Where did that come from?" She thought to herself, "Must have been the sweet," Marceline suddenly became aware of another presence close by, she stood up in the pool and looked around, and there, in the darkness she saw a pair of glowing, red eyes staring viciously at her. Marceline gasped and covered herself, clothes wouldn't have offered much protection but it would have helped her confidence a bit. She hissed aggressively at the creature hoping to scare it off, but it only replied with a growl. The creature began to advance on Marceline, forcing her into the middle of the pond, Marceline's heart pounded, this thing was much larger than her, probably faster too, she didn't dare move, the creature began to prowl forwards revealing it's face to Marceline. It's head resembled that of a bear, except it's fur was pitch black and it had fangs the size of a walruses. "Shit.." Marceline whispered, the creature was only feet away from her, "Marceline, duck!" A voice yelled from behind her, instinctively she crouched, plunging herself into the pond as a figure shot across from the other side of the pond. Marceline heard roaring and the yells of a warrior followed by silence, she slowly drew her head out of the water to see a bloodied Finn standing atop the creature his sword plunged deep into the back of it's neck. "Are you okay?" Finn asked, walking over to Marceline "Yeah, I think so," Marceline replied reaching for her top. Finn undressed himself and slipped into the pond, as he was washing Marceline came up from behind and embraced him, "Thank you Finn," She said. Finn smiled, "It's fine Marcy, I love you," he replied turning to face her and gently placing his palm on her cheek he have her a quick peck before turning to wash the remaining blood off his face.
The pair emerged from the woods back to the campsite where Finn had managed to set up the tent. He yawned and began to crawl into the entrance of their makeshift home, Marceline paused, she took a deep breath and sighed, rubbing her stomach gently she followed Finn inside and the couple settled down to sleep.
Hey guys, sorry it's taken so long to post the next chapter, I've been on holiday then I was moving house so it's all been up in the air lately. anyway enjoy!