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Chapter 21 Fire and Ice

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own Adventure Time. This is just a story for fun.

The rulers of the Fire Kingdom and their troops marched onwards to the Ice Kingdom. The Fire King was grinning with anticipation, at long last he would fight someone worthy of his power and then he would make all the lands tremble with his name. It would be a glorious battle this day.

They arrived at the Ice Kingdom and moved forward melting the ice and the snow, with their natural heat. They encountered a few snow gloms and reduced them to nothing, but puddles with a blast of fire. As they continued on to the main mountain a penguin with glowing red eyes watched. The penguin was a descendant of Gunther, whose name was also Gunther. The possessed penguin watched the Fire People march and sent a image back to Crimson in the secret lair.

Crimson sat in a chair looking at a crystal ball that showed him everything Gunter saw. Crimson was pleased by this development. Simon was a magic user who presented a problem to the master's plans. The old man had had proved quit troublesome and need to be eliminated. Who better to eliminate him then a the leader of the Fire People. Crimson grinned behind his mask. This was going to be good.

Simon was home alone looking through some magic books at his desk, he was greatly troubled. A few months ago Bubblegum had called, him to her kingdom to look at a creature she called the Lich. Simon arrived and Bubblegum took him to a secret chamber where the Lich was imprisoned. Simon starred in wide eye horror as he recognized the creature.

"Do you know the Lich?" Asked Bubblegum.

"I do. I encountered him and fought him twice hundreds of years ago. This creature is a being of pure death and destruction, he will stop at nothing until everything is dead." Said Simon as he clenched his fist.

He so badly wanted to attack the monster, but then he realized he might releases it into a populated city. The Candy People would be slaughtered.

"Tell me has anything strange happened, since your brought the Lich here?" Asked Simon.

"Nothing to serious, we did have a few Candy People become zombie like and tried to break the sphere. We believe the Lich has the power to invade minds, I've been studying the affects and have been wondering how come I was not be infected. At first I thought it was my intelligence and strong will that kept me from falling under the Lich's influence, but then I decided to study my crown, apparently the jewel in my crown has a mystical element that protects against the invasion of the mind." Said Bubblegum.

"And I suppose the magic I have is protecting me." Said Simon.

"It must be. Tell me...Simon what should we do with the Lich?" Said Bubblegum.

"Well for the time being, keep him locked up here, until we figure out a way to kill the Lich once and for all." Said Simon.

"Very well." Said Bubblegum.

As they were leaving Simon glanced back at the Lich and he could have sworn one of the creatures eyes was looking directly at him. It sent a small shiver down Simon's spine.

In the present Simon was trying to find information that might give him a clue to destroy the Lich. He had already lost one loved one to that monster, he would not lose Marceline or have the Lich roam about killing all the innocent people of the Candy People and all the other civilizations.

Simon was interrupted from his thoughts by a bright light from the window, he went to the window and looked outside. He saw the small army of Fire People making their way to his home. Simon wasn't sure what was going, or why the Fire People were here, but he was going to find out. He grabbed his crown and made his way outside.

The Fire People were making good progress towards the mountain. A few soldiers were making little bets on how fast the Fire King would destroy the wizard. The Fire Queen wasn't really paying attention to them or her husband, she was looking at the strange surroundings of the Ice Kingdom. The Flame Queen was fascinated by the strange land, so different from the Fire Kingdom, yet so beautiful. The Flame Queen was of a rare group of Fire People who were fascinated by the outside world and desired to touch things and feel different sensations, but alas because of her fiery nature, it was not meant to be.

The Fire People reached the mountain, where Simon stood before them, the wizard had cast a Flame Shield spell on himself, so now his clothes were blue along with his skin. Simon eyed the Fire People and spoke.

"Welcome to the Ice Kingdom. I am Simon Petrikov. May I ask what brings you here?" Said Simon giving a polite and friendly smile.

"Wizard! I am the mighty Flame King, ruler of the Fire Kingdom! The strongest kingdom in all of Ooo! I have come to challenge you to a one on one fight and to seize, your kingdom!" Boomed Flame King as the flames of his body rose up.

The soldiers cheered and waved their weapons in the air. Simon just starred at them slightly confused.

"Flame King, why may I ask do you wish to challenge me?" Asked Simon.

"You singlehandedly stopped a war. The kingdoms of Ooo regard, you as one of the strongest wizards in all the kingdoms. I wish to fight only the strongest and most powerful opponents and prove the might of the Fire Kingdom." Said Flame King.

"Flame King, I only stopped that war to prevent anymore bloodshed and to keep chaos from engulfing the other kingdoms. I do not wish to fight you. I am a man of peace and reason." Said Simon.

"Then you will die!" Bellowed the Flame King as he fired a massive fireball at Simon.

Simon eyes widened in horror as the fireball raced forward and exploded, but instead of the air being filled with scorched fabric and the scent of burring flesh, the air was filled with snowflakes. The Flame King starred at the snowflakes in confusion, when suddenly the snow a few feet to his right suddenly flew up and Simon appeared. Before the fiery monarch could do anything, but let out a startled shout, Simon raised one of his hands and shot out a pilar made out of ice that slammed into Flame King sending him crashing into a tree and making snow fall on top of him. The Flame King didn't stay down, he was furious and his flames evaporated the snow that fell on top of him.

"You think a few little magic tricks, will stop me? Foolish old man! Taste my fury!" Shouted Flame King as he grabbed the tree setting it on fire and yanked it right out of the ground.

The Flame King lifted the burning tree above, his head and hurled it like a javelin at Simon! The wizard's eyes widened in shock as he quickly summoned his powers to create a great burst of wind to deflect the burning projectile away from him and made it land several yards away. Simon let out a sigh of relief that was short lived. The Flame King came barreling towards him like a missile using his flames to rocket forward and slam a fist into Simon's gut sending him flying a few yards before crashing to the ground in a heap, his crown falling off and landing a foot away.

The Flame Shield protected Simon from being burned by Flame King's body, but the punch still hurt him. Simon groaned as he picked himself up and grabbed the crown putting it on his head. Flame King laughed in triumph. Simon glared at him and then he came up with an idea. Simon had the ability to sense things that were frozen in ice, using this power he found a large mound of snow that had exactly what he was looking for. Simon raised his hand lifting the a chunk of snow and then hurled it at Flame King.

"You think a little chunk of snow, will hurt me? You must be desperate!" Laughed Flame King as he blasted the chunk of snow with a blast of fire.

The snow melted and revealed a large boulder that had been beneath the snow. The Flame King's eyes widen in shock as the boulder flew forward and crashed into him knocking him to the ground with a tremendous thud.

The Flame Queen and the soldiers starred at the down Flame King in shock. This was certainly unexpected! Flame King groaned as he staggered to his feet. Simon faced the flaming monarch.

"Flame King let us stop fighting. There's no point to this." Said Simon.

"Your dare order me! This fight is over, when I say it's over!" Shouted the Flame King as his flames glowed red with his anger.

"Very well." Said Simon as he clapped his hands together in a strange sign.

There was a poof of white smoke and three other Simons appeared next to Simon.

"What trickery is this?" Demanded Flame King.

"It's a Ice Ninja technique." Said Simon as he and the other doubles split and ran different directions around Flame King.

The Simons started to fire icicles at Flame King hitting him several times. The attacks did little damage, but annoyed and kept the fiery monarch off balance. Slowly, but surely the Flame King was growing angrier and losing his patients. Finally he lost it!

"ENOUGH!" He shouted as he unleashed a massive wave of flames from his body and destroyed the the Simons.

The Flame King fell to one knee, his flames dying down, from the huge attack. He smirked with triumph as he surveyed his surroundings, surely the wizard was dead this time. Suddenly he heard a flapping noise. Flame King looked up to see Simon flying above him creating a little storm with his hands. Simon pointed his hands down towards the Flame King and a blast of lightning hit the fiery monarch sending him flying a few yards before crashing to the ground. Simon descended to the ground and fell to his knees clutching his gut in pain. The wound inflected by Flame King earlier was taking it's toll.

Flame King tried to get up to continue the fight, but he kept falling back on the ground, he tried to shoot some fire, but all that came out were a few sparks. Simon raised one hand and pointed it at Flame King as if he was about to fire an ice blast, but Flame Queen stepped in between them.

"That's enough! Stop fighting! Please my husband has had enough!" Cried Flame Queen.

Simon lowered his hand and nodded. The Flame King tried to get up, but his wife stopped him.

"My King you are in no condition to continue fighting. Please stop." Said Flame Queen as a few lava tears leaked from her eye.

"Very well...my queen. I will stop fighting." Said Flame King as he gave into his wife's request.

A few soldiers came over and lifted the Flame King up off the ground. Simon managed to get to his feet. Flame King and Simon starred at one another.

"You fight well Simon. You are perhaps the only opponent I've faced that's ever come close to defeating me in single combat. If my wife haven't stepped in, you surly would have finished me off with your next attack." Said Flame King.

Simon just shook his head.

"I had no intention of attacking, you. I just had my hand raised to create a shield incase, you attacked. I'm not a killer and I would not rob a kingdom of it's King and a wife of her husband." Said Simon.

"You are a strange one Simon. You are incredibly powerful, yet you don't abuse your power in anyway. You seem very honorable, I'm must admit I respect that." Said Flame King.

"Thank you. So where does this leaves us?" Said Simon.

"I suppose this is a tie. You may live and keep, your kingdom. You are powerful and have earned my respect. Until me meet again farewell." Said Flame King as the soldiers helped carry him away.

Flame Queen stayed behind and looked at Simon.

"Thank you again for sparring my husband's life." Said Flame Queen.

"Your very welcome your highness." Said Simon with a polite bow.

Flame Quern nodded back and went to leave with her people. On a nearby hill Gunther watched them showing everything he saw to Crimson.

"Blast it! The old man survived!" Cured Crimson, before he calmed down. "No matter, Simon and all those who oppose the master will perish one way or another."

In the months that followed the incident things had changed a little in the Fire Kingdom. The rulers of the Fire Kingdom had become more attentive to one another. The idea that one of them could die in battle, had changed their lifestyle a little. The couple had always loved one another, but now their relationship had reached some new heights.

Though the Flame Queen was happy about this development, there was still something more she wanted out of life, she need to speak with someone, but someone who wasn't a Fire Person. Flame Queen then though about Simon. She had heard that the wizard was a wise and kind person, perhaps, he could help council her in some way.

Flame Queen left the palace and flew towards the Ice Kingdom, she found Simon walking about tending to the the animals and other creatures that lived in his kingdom. Simon looked up and waved at Flame Queen as she landed before him.

"Hello Flame Queen what brings you here?" Asked Simon.

"Um...Simon I have some stuff I want to ask you about." Said Flame Queen.

"Go on ahead. If there's anything I can do, I'll help." Said Simon.

Flame Queen found a rock to sit on as Simon made himself a chair of ice to sit on.

"I've...been have these problems and questions about my people. A long time ago we didn't know what our purpose was or have any rulers. Then one day the first Flame King came into power saying that were we all evil because we were destructive because we burned everything we touched. I've been wondering if that's true. I've never really wanted to purposely destroy anything, but whenever I attempt to touch anything outside of our kingdom it ends up burning! It...makes me mad and bitter. I suppose that...might be why our people are filled with hate sometimes. We can't experience the things that others feel, so were jealous and angry, but I really want to touch things in the outside world. I want to experience different things and feel something new." Said Flame Queen.

Simon scratched his beard in thought.

"It sounds like the First Fire King had a strange philosophy. Yes fire is destructive, but that doesn't make it evil. There are a lot of destructive things out there, but not everything destructive is evil. You see fire provides warmth to those in need, it is energy and it is life. All your people have know is that destruction equals evil, that's all they've ever know. They have never experience the feeling of soft grass on their feet, or smelled the sweet smell of a flower. This has created a huge hole in their hearts and the only thing they can think of to feel it is with destruction. But you are different Flame Queen you don't desire destruction, instead you desire the feeling of touching and experiencing the outside world." Said Simon.

"I suppose the Fire People do have holes in their hearts. I want so badly to experience, so much more in this world. I hate burning everything I touch. I know it's defying nature, but I desire to experience everything outside my kingdom." Said Flame Queen.

Simon studied Flame Queen for a few seconds.

"Perhaps I can help you. I'm a pretty good at making magical items and figuring stuff out. Perhaps I can make something that will allow you and your people to interact with the rest of the world without the risk of anything burning." Said Simon.

"You'd really...do that for me and my people?" Asked Flame Queen.

"But of course. I think I'm a pretty good judge of character and I think that if your people were able to experience something other then destruction then they would change their ways." Said Simon.

"Thank you." Said Flame Queen with a smile on her lips.

"Your welcome Flame Queen." Said Simon.

"You can call me Sarah. That's my real name." Said Flame Queen.

"Very well. Your welcome Sarah." Said Simon.

Flame Queen waved and took off back to the Fire Kingdom. Simon went into his mountain and started doing research.

In the months that followed several things happened in Ooo. A bulldog couple named Joshua and his pregnant wife Margaret were investigating sightings of a strange creature. The creature was a shape shifter. The creature had midnight blue, four legs, five separate yellow eyes with red pupils in the shape of a star, and a circular mouth split in a varying amount of directions and many sharp teeth.

The creature infected Joshua with it's venom creating a large boil on his head. Later on the boil popped and a tiny bulldog puppy popped out. Joshua and Margaret saw the new pup as their own and named him Jake. Later on Margaret gave birth to a bulldog puppy, who was named Jermaine. Joshua and Margaret were happy with their children and they seemed perfectly healthy, Jake did possess an unusually ability to shape shift, but other then that he was normal.

One day day while Joshua and Margaret were pushing their sons in a baby carriage through the woods they heard crying nearby. They followed the crying and came across a human baby boy wearing nothing, but a white bear hat. The baby was dirty and had a leaf, with a boom boom on it stuck to his rear. Margaret picked up the baby and comforted it. Joshua looked around the woods to see if he could find the baby's parents, but there was no sign of anyone there. Joshua and Margaret decided to take the baby to live with them. They named him Finn and raised him as their own.

In the Ice Kingdom, Simon had finished creating the magical item for Flame Queen. The item was a yellow gem stone in a sun shaped pendent, with a gold chain.

In the Fire Kingdom Flame Queen had become pregnant and had recently given birth to a daughter, who she named Phoebe. Phoebe had orange-red hair that was like fire that flowed above her head, black eyes, and diamond-shaped red gems on her forehead.

Everybody in the Fire Kingdom was happy for the royal family. Well expect for one person. That person was Flame Duke. Flame Duke was the younger brother of Flame King, he was shorter then his brother, with a short goatee, and black copper armor.

Flame Duke was jealous of his brother and his family. The Duke wanted the throne to himself, but just didn't know how to go about it. A few weeks after Phoebe was born a strange masked individual in a cloak and Flame Shield approached Flame Duke.

"I can help you take over this kingdom." Said the masked figure.

"Ok I'm listening. What's your big plan?" Said Flame Duke.

"I'll only help, you if you help me get the baby princess." Said the masked figure.

"She in the master bedroom, but the queen is usually with her." Said Flame Duke.

"Good I'll kill two birds with one stone." Said the masked figure with a chuckle.

Later that night Flame Queen was tucking her daughter into her crib, when the door opened. Flame Queen turned to see the masked figure.

"Who are you?" Demanded Flame Queen as flames rose from her hands ready to attack the intruder.

"The name is Crimson, but you won't live long enough to tell anyone important that." Said the figure as he raised one of his arms.

Something long shot from the sleeve of Crimson's cloak and stuck Flame Queen in the arm! Flame Queen sputtered in shock and looked down to see a red snake sticking it's fangs into her arm. The snake stopped biting and was reeled in by Crimson. Flame Queen felt herself growing weak as she fell to her knees. Crimson walked by her to the crib and picked the baby up.

"Give...her...back!" Gasped Flame Queen.

Crimson ignored her and walked out of the room. Flame Duke stood outside waiting for him.

"Alright I just poisoned the queen, she'll be dead soon and when the king sees that he'll become depressed and weak, then you can strike at him down." Said Crimson.

"Alright." Said Flame Duke.

Crimson pulled out a red crystal and vanished in a flash of light with the baby.

Flame King walked into the master bedroom and saw his wife on the grounding looking pale. Their was no sign of his daughter.

"What happened?" Cried Flame King as he knelt down next to his wife and held her in his arms.

"A...masked...intruder...stole our...daughter." Gasped Flame Queen.

"Don't worry my queen, will get her back. Just rest and save your energy. I'll get you healed up." Said Flame King.

"Running...out...of time. Promise...me you'll look...after Phoebe." Said Flame Queen.

"I will." Said Flame King.

"I...love...you." crocked Flame Queen.

"And...I love...you." Said Flame King.

The light in Flame Queen's eyes went out and she stopped breathing. Flame King cried in rage and sadness. A few rooms down Flame Duke heard Flame King cry and smirked nastily.

Several miles away in some woods Crimson was carrying the baby princess. The evil being decided to rest for a while, he sat on a rock and looked at the princess. She would make a nice addition to the master's forces. A tool he could mold in any way he liked. Crimson then remembered that a scientist that worked for him wanted a blood sample from the tiny elemental for a special project. Crimson reached into his pocket and pulled out a special syringe, he stuck into the baby's arm and extracted a yellow liquid from the infant. This caused the baby to wake up screaming and crying as her flames released a bright light blinding Crimson. Crimson screamed in pain as he let the Princess fall to the grass and stumbled around blindly. The baby princess very confused began to crawl away as Crimson took off his mask and rubbed at his eyes.

By chance Simon happened to be walking in the same woods, when saw a gold glow up ahead, he went forward and saw the baby princess crawling through the woods accidentally starting some small fires. Simon put a Flame Shield on and approached the baby.

"Hello there little one, your a far way from home." Said Simon as he picked the baby up and tickled her belly with a finger.

Phoebe giggled and tugged on Simon's beard a little.

"Ow! Well your a lively little thing. It's getting to dark to travel, so why don't you come stay at my place and then will get you home to your folks." Said Simon as he let the baby tug on one of his fingers.

Simon then decided to give his new item a test, he reached into his pocket and pulled out the item wrapping it around the baby's waist. Simon then removed the heat shield and held the baby in his hands. There was no burning sensation whats so ever. Simon smiled and tickled the baby. The baby giggled as he walked home.

In a secret lair Crimson walked in still rubbing his eyes and cursing his luck. He lost the baby, but still got a blood sample. It was time for the scientist to earn, his keep.

"Sylvester get out here." Ordered Crimson.

A orange tabby cat with mohawk, wearing Ray Ban glasses attached by a strap, and a short white lab coat appeared before Crimson.

"Yes master?" Asked the cat.

"I lost the child, but obtained a blood sample. Is your machine ready?" Said Crimson.

"Shark is plugging in the final wires." Said Sylvester.

"Good." Said Crimson as they walked into a room filled with technology.

"I'm proud to tell you that the mind altering process for the two mutants weapons is going well and they should be ready to be deployed soon." Said Sylvester as he pointed at two tanks that contained two humanoid shapes.

"Excellent." Said Crimson.

"Quit a find finding these things in that old military lab." Said Sylvester as he walked up to a large machine.

Crimson put the blood sample into a slot.

"Ok the cloning process can begin. Any changes you want?" Said Sylvester.

"Yes first make it a boy, it'll be easier to control and make it three years old then the original, so we can start teaching it and training it." Said Crimson.

"Ok. You though up a name?" Said Sylvester.

"Yes. Pyro the Flame Prince." Said Crimson.

"Ok we should have a clone ready in a few weeks." Said Sylvester.

"Good." Said Crimson as he walked away.

To be continued.