Due to a lack of responses and the other being unanimously decided against, this story will not contain kinks or become a harem (Fionna wouldn't be part of it).
Sorry for the last chapter being so bad ); I'll try to make up for it after this mini arc of Finn's birthday which will end in a way I hope you will all like.
Finn strolls through the long winding corridor of his queen's home, grinning stupidly as he peers into rooms for the missing people, 'Man… I feel… rejuvenated after last night!' He shakes his head, remembering the pleasant warmth of cuddling Huntress and Ice Queen in the soft, fluffy bed. He pokes his head into another room, discovering it to be a guest bedroom yet lacking the ex bandits he was searching for, thus he quickly moves on, 'I need to do that more often… I want to be with them more.' He chuckles, 'I've just spent days with them in the night-o-sphere, and yet that wasn't enough.'
He continues on, taking note of how joyful he has become at simply thinking of them, 'Man, I've fallen for them bad!' He enters the next corridor, and starts the long search of that one, using the moment of boredom to look himself over. 'I'm a tad dirty, and those wounds are definitely starting to hurt, though it's nothing I haven't felt before.' He peeks into a door, and finds it to be a storage room, filled with… nothing, 'She hasn't started trading yet… maybe I can speak to the bandits about that! See what they're good at and get them some jobs!' He grins at the possibility of being by Ice Queen's side and actually helping her make her kingdom something special.
He suddenly sighs as he stops in the corridor, 'Where are these guys!? It's going to take too long if I search for them individually in every one of these rooms…' Then he remembers, the memory striking back into his mind like a match, "The houses Ice Queen built!" He exclaims, then spins to rush to the exit to the humongous mansion. '... You know, it might not be so bad ruling by her side…'
A few minutes later he bursts from the massive front doors of the mansion, and glances at the long bridge to the mountains entrance, taking in the work the blue royal has done.
There was of course the magic elevator entrance leading off from the security above them, what connected to the bridge he was currently standing on. Said bridge forked off in three different directions, the middle remaining flat and leading straight towards the mansion in the middle of the whole mountain. While the right path leads upwards a few meters before suddenly halting, not finished due to there simply being no reason to build layers upwards right now. The left path was finished however, and it led downwards as a smooth path, and onto the first row of ice pre-war human houses Ice Queen had hand built.
He beams at the view before swiftly moving down it, 'This place has some serious potential! I can imagine we can squeeze in three layers of home here!... Why am I planning that? That's Sarah's job…' He smirks, 'I want to help her, make her life that bit better.' Shaking his head free of ladies, he strolls into town, and immediately spots movement in a window, 'Bingo!'
He makes a beeline for the house, strolling up to the first building of the row homes, and knocks on the ice door three times before waiting patiently. A second later it swings open to a green man, Joe, the leader of the bandits, "Look Harvey, I don't know when they'll-" He stops when he actually looks at Finn and realises who he was talking to, freezing up in shock at the sight of the hero who waves friendly.
Shaking his head free of being stunned, he beams at the human, spreading his arms wide in a almost hug, "Finn!" He exclaims, "You're back!... Where are the others?" The hero puts up a hand to halt him before he could make any assumptions,
"They're fine, we all made it back safely! Marshall has been rescued from the night-o-sphere." Joe whistles,
"Damn… you made it all the way through the night-o-sphere?" The human nods,
"Yeah, and did some good strides in other things as well, like Fionna and Cake like me now!"
The man grins and steps aside, gesturing to the inside of his blue home, "Come in, come in! I want you to meet my family!" The hero can't help but smile, and steps within the man's abode, eyes scanning the admittedly barren environment, the ex-bandit rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, "Yeah, sorry about having nothing here, or any chairs to sit on. We lost it all when we were attacked back at the village, and what did remain we sold trying to survive."
Finn simply sits on the floor with a cheerful grin, "I don't mind dude, and I would help you out if I could, but to be honest I'm not really sure how, except point you at a guy I know with a bag full of money. I'm not even sure he would have enough in stock for all of you." The older man nods, sitting down in front of him,
"Yeah I get you. Still, give me the name of the man, I'll see if I can get into contact with him."
"He's a rock man…" He pulls his map free, and points at a open area of green, "And his village is around here somewhere I think. His name is Vock, and the best thing about it is he carries the furniture to your home." The man smirks,
"Nice," He leans his head over his shoulder and yells, "Ava! It's Finn! He's here! Grab Mia could ya!?"
A female voice shouts back, "Finn!? Right one second." The man nods, gaining a stupid smile as he beams at the hero,
"Ava's my wife, and Mia is our little girl, only a few weeks old!... It's why I tried robbing you… new kid, new responsibilities…" Finn nods in understanding,
"Nah man, I understand, you were just trying to be… a good dad… and congratulations as well." The father rolls his hand,
"Thanks, we had been trying just before the village was attacked. If we had known what was to come we wouldn't of." Finn puts a hand on his shoulder,
"Hindsight is twenty twenty dude, you couldn't of known, don't beat yourself up over it." At that moment Ava walked in, revealing herself to be a water nymph with short hair, and in her arms remained a baby wrapped in a blanket with a water protection spell.
She sits down next to her husband, the duo sharing a quick kiss as they leaned up against each other and glance at their kid. She was indeed very young, probably only ten weeks old, and was calmly resting in her mother's arms, drifting off into a deep slumber. She was a water nymph, like her mother, yet her water was light green instead of a nymph's signature blue, an obvious gift from her father.
Finn grins at the couple, "Nice to meet you at last!" She returns the smile,
"Yeah sorry I wasn't out here sooner, I was just feeding Mia." She explains as she fidgets with her clothes, yet Finn puts up a hand,
"It's no problem, I completely understand. So, how long have you two been together?" Joe shrugs,
"Glob a few years, we're coming up to our fifth year married together. We've only waited this long to have a child due to us wanting to make sure we could afford everything." Finn nods,
"If you need anything dude, just give me a call, I'll see what I can do."
They both grin, Ava speaking up, "Thank you, but we'll try not to lean on you too much, you've done enough for us so far." The hero shakes his head,
"Pfft, lean on me as much as you need, trust me when I say I'm used to helping people with any problem life throws them. Speaking of which, anything you guys need?" The water nymph fidgets nervously,
"No… we're good." Finn raises an eyebrow,
"... Something tells me otherwise. Really, what's wrong? Because if you can't tell, Ice Queen is sorta… new to all this, she doesn't know how to make homes or anything, or what ordinary people need. So she currently has no idea what's wrong or a bad idea, yet wants the best for her people, so anything could be helpful right now." Ava sighed,
"... It's too cold."
Finn blinks.
"... Oh I didn't think of that, I've gotten so used to it…" He nods, then grimaces, 'How in the world do I fix that?' "... Maybe we can try to put carpets down?" Joe shrugs,
"Yeah that will definitely help. Probably better to actually have clothes that are extra thick though, made of woolly stuff. Then we can have a market that isn't sold anywhere else, a unique fashion." Finn clicks fingers,
"Yeah! That sounds awesome!... Does anyone from your group know how to do that?" Joe shakes his head,
"Unfortunately no… the only commercial skills we have are bakery skills from Harvey, and Jeff and I were woodcutters before…" He goes silent, then plays with Mia a little, the baby cooing, "... Then there's Billy, he was a guard, he went with us to keep us safe. Jim was a Blacksmith, but for nails and stuff, not armour or fitting clothing layers into them, the only things he knows is what kept our armour together… and to be honest, you've seen what shape they're in. Samuel was an artist, he could paint pretty scenery. Unfortunately, he lost his stuff in the… raid, and we simply didn't have the gold to replace it, or otherwise we would have used his skills to sell paintings and get back on our feet."
Finn nods, a small smile coming to his face, "We probably could use those skills of yours actually, I have a few ideas what to do with them… but let's talk of work later."
Joe grins, "Definitely, because I think there are things much more interesting to be talked about, like, I don't know… you leading a squad through the night-o-sphere!?" Finn puts up his hand,
"Only if you want to hear it, it wasn't that amazing to be honest." Ava shakes head, the nymph rising to a stand with the unrequested yet appreciated help of her husband,
"Oh I want to hear why you couldn't welcome our arrival hero, you saved our families through talk, now I want to hear what's it like when you use your blade! If the tales of the arena are true." She quickly spins around, walking out the room and towards a massive pile of clothes, "Let me just wrap Mia up so she can sleep that's all."
Joe beams at his wife and child, giddy feelings coursing through him, "So Finn," The hero shifts his gaze to the older man, "You ever dated anyone?" He sighs,
"A few, but they all haven't come through in the end." The green man just keeps his smile,
"Well keep trying, trust me, it's worth it."
A couple of seconds later his wife returns, brushing her blue dress off before sitting back down, "Now that she is dealt with, what happened? The only thing we know is this random note from a monochromicorn that said you, our new queen, and 'Huntress Wizard' were going into the night-o-sphere." He sighs,
"It's a longish story, so do you want me to shorten it or not?" Joe grimaces, and peeks out the window, looking at all the movement outside as the others attempt to make the freezing houses liveable by laying random objects.
"The others are awake, and they'll probably need their leader… as much as I hate to say it, shorten it for now, but I want to hear the whole thing later!" Finn chuckles,
"Alright. Marshall Lee, the vampire king, was kidnapped by his mum in the night-o-sphere, so we went to rescue him. It was me, Huntress Wizard, Ice Queen, Butterscotch Butler, Cake, and Fionna the human…"
The hero spent the next few minutes giving brief explanation of the ordeals he and the others had just endured, the older couple enrapt by the story, releasing gasp of shocks and sighs of relief. Finn did however leave some bits out, like him and Ice Queen, or him and Huntress, or him and his dad… there were some questions, shove-towards and romantic hints he wants to avoid. Last thing he needs is groups of people shipping him with someone.
At the end, Joe whistled, "That's… actually pretty impressive. Man, Ice Queen is actually scarily powerful, to not only beat up Hana, but to perhaps levelled the night-o-sphere as well…" The human grunts,
"Yeah, but to be fair, she did destroy one of the Bubblegum Guardians outside, and she used to kidnap princes through all their defences like they were nothing."
"Fair point." A silence befalls them, causing Finn to hum in thought as he tries his best to think of a new topic, then bring his gaze to Joe,
"... You said you used to be a woodcutter, right?" He nods,
"Yeah, me and Jeff."
"Well, what about cutting down some trees? Ice Queen plans to start up a trade system with the other princes, but we don't have anything really to be sold. I'm pretty sure whatever the royals pay for the wood we can use some to pay both of you, get an actual job system started up." The man nods but grimaces,
"Sounds good, except we don't have any cutting equipment, we lived on twigs and dried leaves to make fires." Finn sighs,
"Right…" He suddenly perks up, snapping his fingers and shooting finger guns at the man, "Ice Queen! I've seen her make loads of weapons before! She could probably make you an axe, we just need a fabric so you can hold the axe…"
The father puts up a hand, "Don't worry, I still have my old gloves, I was luckily wearing them at the time. I knew it would only be a matter of time before I would have to start working again…" He pushes himself to a stand, stretching his slightly muscly body, "... Feels good to have an honest job and responsibilities again." He grins at his wife, "Don't worry, I'll have us rolling in cash before you know it, I'll get us everything Mia needs…" He turns to Finn and extends an arm, the hero grasping it before being yanked to his feet energetically, "Thank you, I won't waste this opportunity!"
Finn beams at the man, "No problem, now, let's go get Jeff and meet Ice Queen, she could probably get what you need." Joe nods, then turns to his wife, helping her to her feet gently before kissing her on the lips, the two sharing a quick peck with grins before the husband faces Finn,
"Alright, I'm good for a few hours now."
Ava chuckles, "Only a few hours?" He shakes his head while beaming away, walking to the front door and opening it for Finn, the hero strolling out. Finally the man spins to stare at his wife,
"Yeah, I just can't be away for that long!" She smirks and he closes the door behind him, causing him to turn to Finn, "Let's go!" Finn nods, and walks away from the house, the group leader following close behind, "So hero, got any other ideas bouncing around in there?" Finn shrugs,
"Maybe. Samuel could paint a few paintings of the Ice Kingdom in a good light, make people want to come here? Because this place is definitely in need of that, and with its reputation people are simply not going to be jumping at the opportunity to live here." He suddenly hears a yell behind him, and spins to find the man himself,
"If you get the supplies I can certainly try!"
Finn gives him a thumbs up, then spins to face Joe again, "Actually now that I think about it, let's hurry, I think Ice Queen has things she wants to do and we better catch her before she gets too busy." He nods in understanding, and the duo burst away at a comfortable jog, speedily making their way back up the ramp to the next level. They twist to face the mansion and make their swift way over, the ex-bandit staring with slight awe at the massive home,
"I still can't get over how big this place is… or how the Ice Queen made it all." Finn nods, then blushes,
"Yeah, she's pretty amazing actually… she has definitely come a long way since we first met." The man stares at him for a second, gauging his embarrassed yet proud reaction, then nodding,
"I can believe that. Let me guess, a kidnapping?" The hero grins,
"You guessed it. Huntress, Cake, and Fionna were able to rescue me, but at the end of it all I willingly agreed to be her knight."
"Well, I'm glad you stuck around, if it weren't for you we wouldn't have this life. Trust me when I say living in these ice homes is better than what we had before." They rush to the huge double doors of the mansion, just in time for them to swing open.
Ice Queen and Huntress burst out, skidding to halt to prevent crashing into the duo as they freeze up like deers in headlights. The women blink in slight shock but grin at the hero of OOO, the nymph beaming as she waves, holding herself back to keep up her appearance, "Hey Finn! Hello-" The older man lowers himself to one knee and dips his head, bowing at Ice Queen as she stares slightly perplexed,
"... What are you doing?" The man lifts his head,
"You're a royal, so I'm bowing."
"... Huh, did not expect that- rise!" She orders, and he does so, making her sigh, "Yeah, you can be more relaxed around me." Joe grins, but raises an eyebrow,
"Are you sure? I mean, aren't you trying to appeal more formal? Like an actual royal so the princes accept and acknowledge you?" She bites her lip,
"Well yes… I am trying to look like one." Finn nods,
"It would be for the best to act like a royal as it would get us the best reputation from both the people and the princes, but you should do what you want."
She sighs, "And what I want is a thriving kingdom… and people won't go to a kingdom if the queen in charge looks incompetent of doing the basic royal stuff." She sighs in disappointment, then looks at Joe, "Mind if we do this over?" He nods,
"Of course my majesty." He lowers himself back into the kneel, while the blue woman straightens herself out, standing tall and proud over the man. "... My queen."
"Subject, what is it you require or wish to inquire from me?"
"Both advice and a request." She remains a stoic appearance, not letting emotions show as Finn nods in approval, 'Not like PB, but more like a traditional one. I guess she's going off books she read then.'
"Then speak of them."
"Well, we would like carpets and other such things for warmth in our homes, we're not used to the cold, and it's getting to us."
She takes a second to process his shocking words, then nods, "I'll be sure to implement them in future houses. And I'm guessing the request is the said blankets and warmers?"
"That and another thing: jobs. Finn has the ideas." She sighs,
"My knight, what have you in mind concerning the work of my people?"
"Well, one of the men called Samuel can paint, I'm thinking of having him painting some good painting of the Ice Kingdom to improve our image." She nods, and he continues, "But more pressingly, Joe here and a comrade called Jeff are wood cutters, they could probably gather wood to be sold to the other kingdoms, get some trade started." She beams at that,
"That sounds great! You and your friend have my permission to start!" The hero puts his finger up,
"However, they don't have any tools to cut them down. Can you make some ice axes for them with your magic?"
She simply raises her hands, then clenches them tight as they glow her signature blue, a ice rod growing out from her wrapped fingers. The ex bandit stares in slight awe as the object continues to grow, it form shifting and changing, until finally, an axe made of ice is finished in her hands. She smirks smugly as she presents it to the man, who reaches into his pockets and pulls out his old, worn gloves, then swiftly puts them on.
He grasps the cold handle, and takes it from her clenched hand, the royal smirking as she watches him analyse his tool, running a hand down its frame. He grins and stands up, just in time to watch her do it again, forming a second axe of ice before presenting it to him, "I've learnt from my time in the night-o-sphere, that shouldn't melt or blunt, it's the most durable magic I could make. And it's cold of course, so use it to cool yourself after working hard."
He grins as he takes his friend's tool as well, "Thank you my majesty, we'll use these well." And with that, silence befalls them, and Ice Queen slowly turns to look at Finn.
"How was that formal talk?" He chuckles,
"Very good, but I don't think it suits you." She eagerly nods,
"Agreed, I don't want to do that again." Huntress shrugs,
"Yeah, probably save it for when you have to, like when in meetings with the other princes or having to give a speech." She groans,
"Yeah probably…" She looks back at her citizen,
"Well, anything else you need, or is that all?"
"Well… I don't suppose you could create a hole for us could you? At the bottom of the mountain that is. Because, I don't think we can carry logs all the way up…" She sighs,
"Yeah sorry, I honestly wasn't thinking of making this a kingdom, just a hard as nails to penetrate fort. I'll create a special entrance for you, and probably any other trader. Man, I'm going to need more security, which means no magic today." She grimaces as she pushes her sleeves up, preparing to make more of her infamous boss guards, yet the man perks up at her words,
"Wait, Billy is an ex guard! He has skill and training, he could probably be on watch until the time that you do have magic spare!" Her faces scrunched up in thought, pondering the opportunity,
"Maybe, but only one guard on a super large massive hole that leads directly to my entire kingdom? That's a bit of a security risk…" Finn nods,
"It is… later. Right now, if I'm going to be honest, no one will dare even risk getting close to here, not with your reputation… as well as mine and Huntress's after that arena battle." He shrugs at her, "It will be a problem later, but we can get away with it for now probably. Besides, if we know a threat is coming, we could just seal it up again with your magic again, force them to go up through the security above." She grins,
"You make a good point!" She turns to the new woodcutter, "Alright, go tell Billy he's on guard duty. Sorry about having no wages, but there should be plenty of food out there if need be." He shrugs,
"I know, I need to invest in this kingdom a little before I get anything." He spins around, casually heading back down the path, "Also, don't worry, we'll find a way to survive. Just leave us a spot to dump the wood and we're good." And with that he leaves fully, making the royal turn to Finn with a smirk and raised eyebrow in curiosity,
"Got a few ideas on how to make our kingdom?" He chuckles,
"A few. But later, weren't you going to do something?" She nods, then shuffles awkwardly,
"Yeah… but I can easily do it on my own with Huntress! And remember, you need to see a medic on getting your wounds fixed up!" He grimaces,
"Yeah, don't remind me of the pain I'm in." He grins though, "Well, let's go down together, and we can separate at the hole for the workers." She nods, then grabs Finn, wrapping him in a hug while glancing at Huntress,
"You able to get down?" She instantly shifts form into a bird, squawking before taking to the air, making the royal grin and follow suit, leaping off the bridge with her knight in hand. The trio soar through the air, gliding freely as they slowly and calmly descend to the base of the mountain, where they promptly land, Huntress shifting back to normal before the OOO duo back away from the royal.
She rests a hand on the wall, and a second later it starts to melt away into a giant rectangular hole, while her other hand aims behind her. She blasts out magic, creating an ice path that she swiftly takes to the air, creating a smooth ramp that gradually leads to the row of houses. The moment it connects to the end of their road, she stops her magic, and gives it all a look over before nodding in approval and spinning to Finn, "Well, this is where we split up."
He nods and they begin walking out the new massive door, swiftly making their way outside and into the massive open world for privacy. The moment they are out of sight of their people, Huntress immediately turns to Finn and kisses him on the lips, the hero instinctively leaning into it.
They moan as they swap spit, their tongues wrestling with each other, the battle for dominance hidden behind their lips. They hug tightly, their hands exploring the others form, Huntress feeling up his muscled yet squishy body, while Finn's hands wrap around her shapely waist and pull her wide hips close. They break the kiss, panting a little to recover their breath as they stare into the other's eyes, lightly glowing green eyes locked with his beautiful blue. Then they separate with a blush, forcing themselves to halt their advances despite wanting simply… more.
Ice Queen coughs, startling the hero who stares at her with slight regret, "Ah, sorry." But she merely grins, and opens her arms up with a massive smirk, causing Finn to glance at his girlfriend for her opinion. She already has a thumb up, causing him to blink then spin around to face the blue woman. He can't help but grin a little as he walks into her arms, what promptly clamp down on him, pulling him in close as they lock lips. They both moan proudly, slight slcks escaping from their joined mouth as Finn's hands hold her with a firm grip.
He didn't want this kiss to end either.
They go at it for a few seconds, hands caressing and rubbing the others body, feeling every curve, every soft fat, and every muscle. They once again break away, yet Ice Queen pulls him even closer, hugging him tightly against her soft form as she sighs in satisfaction, "Thank you my knight…" She pulls away, freeing him from her tits, "Now! Get to the candy kingdom and get healed!" He raises an eyebrow,
"Why shouldn't I just use some cyclops tears?" The royal and nymph freeze up and go silent for a second, fearing a slight hick in their plans in making sure the hero doesn't find out about their planned party,
"Erm… because we don't know what other problems there might be! We don't know if you're suffering from stress or something! So just go there and have a long, thorough examination, got it?" He states in slight confusion,
"But-"
"Royal's orders!"
He sighs, but nods his head, making the women duo grin, Huntress strolling up in front of him, "Trust us Finn, we're doing this for your own good, we're just a little worried about your health, that's all. We haven't noticed anything, but still, it's better to get a thorough check every now and then."
"Right." He turns to face the candy kingdom far in the distance, remembering where it is like the back of his hand, "Well, the sooner the better… see ya." With that, he heads off, the girls grinning behind him as the nymph becomes a bird once more before they both begin to fly, Huntress heading towards the tree house and Ice Queen to the candy kingdom the long way. She didn't want Finn to be suspicious after all.
Meanwhile, in said kingdom Gumball hums as he works away with a blow torch, sealing edges and weak points on a humanoid creation. He sighs as he looks the circuitry over, getting stuck as he glares at a problem a few days old, "He just isn't acting like he's meant to."
Before frustration could overcome him, he looks away from the unfinished project, sighing in an attempt to calm himself down. His eyes drift to a picture he has sitting on a shelf high above any project, wanting the item sitting atop it protected from any… miscalculations. It was a picture he was once able to snap of himself and Fionna, the joyful bunny beaming with a slight blush as she cuddles to the slightly awkward prince.
The present one gains a small grin near instantly, eyes hovering on his cheerful knight. When suddenly knocking pounds on his door. He jumps, then scrambles up onto his feet, snatching up a large sheet and throwing it over his creation, 'I don't want Fionna finding out, and I don't want any kingdom learning my secrets.' With that done, he swiftly makes his way over to his large metal lab door, and harshly swings it open to glare at his visitor.
Only to find Ice Queen standing there.
He admittedly loses his scowl in fear of angering her, and also has to shift his gaze upwards, so use to having to deal with people smaller than him. He does sigh however, "Hello Ice Queen. You're not going to kidnap me, are you?" She frowns, but keeps her composure, getting revenge by pushing into his lab, invading his privacy with a smirk,
"I won't if you do a small favour for me." He rolls his eyes and quickly steps in front of her, stopping her from advancing further into his science lair,
"Depends, what do you need?"
"A cake."
He blinks, "A cake?"
She nods, turning around and walking with not a rock in her hip, but tall, proud steps, "Yes, one that I could hide in." She spins to face him with a grin, "You see, it's Finn's birthday in two days, and you're invited." He huffs,
"Seriously?"
"Yeah, and so is Fionna, and she'll likely come as she wants to make it up to Finn for what she did. Want to miss out on the chance to dance with your knight?" She smirks, "Because I know I wouldn't~" 'Not with mine...'
He actually looks down in thought, then glances at the picture of Fionna, making him sigh, "Fine, I'll come, and I'll make a cake for you to hide in as well. I'm presuming you want an actual one as well?"
"If you would be so kind!" She says with a massive smirk, actually joyed at the offer. Gumball sighs,
"Is that all?" She nods,
"Yes, that is all. I'm presuming it will all be ready by tomorrow?" He nods, making her beaming smile even larger, "Great! Then I'll take my leave, I need to get him his present!"
With that, she swiftly spins around, and strolls towards the lab door, casually making her way out as she passes by the banana guards frozen to the wall. The prince sighs as he grabs a hair dryer to save his trapped useless guards.
Huntress meanwhile soars through the skies, no man or beast able to tell her what to do, and what she wants to do, is get an awesome gift for Finn. And she already has something in mind. Last year she may have given him an elk's heart, a present filled with emotions and secret desires, but she is already going to give that same gift in the form of their date. So, she has decided to get him something more practical, and knowing him well, she will likely get him a quiver to hold his own arrows for their hunts.
Both a useful item that he sorely needs, and a secret message, a physical form of her desire for them to spend more time together in an activity they love. A perfect gift of a mix between physical value and emotional value. But the party in which she wishes to hand said gift needs to be the best she could possibly make it, for she simply wishes to make him as merry as possible. And for the birthday celebrations to be at their max, she needed all his friends and family there as possible, which also includes himself. Or more accurately, his female self.
So Huntress swoops towards the tree, flapping her wings to gradually change her speed as she rapidly approaches the branches. At the last second she spreads her feathered limbs wide, wind resistance slamming into her as she rapidly slows, claws spread for the landing.
She peacefully lands on the branch.
She turns her head and stares at the window, finding it belonging to the kitchen as Cake stands just on the other side, washing some dirty breakfast items up. The feline flicks her gaze up, and locks onto the bird, staring at it with pinprick eyes, licking her lips. She glances behind her, finding Fionna nowhere to be found, making her grin, 'Great I can get a snack real quick!' She turns back to open the window. And finds Huntress squatted there with her eyes peering into her soul. She screams and backpedals, tripping up her own feet and tumbling onto her back, causing the nymph to grip and open the window, "Cake don't think about eating me, if anything, I'm more likely going to hunt you." The feline throws her arms up,
"How was I meant to know you were a bird!? And why did you come here as a bird when you know I'm a cat!?" The nymph simply extends an arm to the feline, who begrudgingly accepts just as her sister strolls in to investigate the commotion, staring in slight confusion at the scene.
"What's going on with you two? Why are you here Huntress? Why's Cake on the floor?" The wizard shrugs,
"I was a bird and Cake thought she could try to eat me." Fionna blinks and stares at her sister,
"She could floor you easily. She has actually done so a few times now." The feline throws up her arms in anger,
"I know! Don't remind me!" Fionna grins, enjoying the opportunity to tease her sister for a change, before focusing back on task, shifting her gaze back to nymph,
"Anyways, why you here?"
"You know how Finn and I didn't arrive in AAA on the same date as yours? As in, there's a time difference between us?"
"Yeah?" Fionna answers unsurely, Cake meanwhile looking away from Huntress after being reminded of her defeats, refusing to speak to her.
"Well, it's Finn's birthday in two days time."
The girls freeze up in shock, before Cake lunges at Huntress, "Oh my glob seriously!?" She lets go and looks around frantically, "Where's my purse I need to get an awesome present for my bro!" She gives up and simply shape shifts one, scooping up a bunch of gold and pouring into the purse made of her own skin and flesh, before snapping to the nymph again, "Quickly! What does he want!? I know Fionna likes swords and Ble comics!" She snaps her head to Fionna, who still remained stunned, "What sword would you like?"
Huntress Wizard puts up a hand on Cake to stop her interrogation of her sister, "I think he would like something protective this time. I mean, we saw how he got injured in the night-o-sphere, and how he doesn't want to hurt anybody." She shrugs, "I think he would like some way to defend people without hurting others." The feline raises an eyebrow,
"A shield?" The nymph shrugs,
"Maybe. I don't know what's actually good for defence, I usually strike from afar in surprise attacks. You two would know more about armour in up close combat." Cake points a finger accusingly,
"Wait, if you are used to attacking in stealth, then how did you kick my butt several times?"
"I'm hard meat." She answers simply, glaring at the feline slightly at the interruption, "Butt yeah, go for something that allows him to protect others, or at least help end things peacefully."
Fionna hums in thought, "End things peacefully?... Ooh! If he was scary, nobody would want to fight him!" Cake snap her fingers,
"Yeah girl! We should get him in some massive flaming armour with skulls on it!" The sister immediately spring to their feet, scooping some more gold into Cake's makeshift purse, Fionna glancing at Huntress over her shoulder,
"Thanks for heads up."
"It's cool, but there's more: we're having a party as the Ice Kingdom." Cake raises an eyebrow,
"Seriously? Nice, how long is it?"
"All morning, the afternoon is reserved. We plan to invite the princes, including Gumball and Marshall." The feline nods,
"Gotcha, morning and with roya-" She freezes up and turns to face the nymph, "Wait!... What's he reserved for in the afternoon?"
"For other activities." Cake squints accusingly, "Right…" She then winks, making the nymph blush a little, but it was hidden underneath her mask and covered by a stoic expression. The sisters finish collecting their gold for their important mission and turn to Huntress, "You coming with to get him a present?" She shakes her head,
"I would, but what I have in mind is specific, and I'll likely have to make it myself. And I have another, large project I want done…" She trails, gaining a blush but shaking herself free before it could take control, "See ya." She quickly says before seeing herself out by jumping out the window again, running up the branch without making a sound before leaping off the end, shape shifting back into a bird and taking flight once more.
Cake and Fionna blink, then glance at each other, the heroine speaking up, "She totes has something planned for Finn."
Cake elbows her playfully with a wink, "Yeah, I wonder what..." She shakes her head, "We'll worry about our bro's love story later, let's go get him some kick ass gifts!" The girl eagerly nods as they close the window then rush out the house door, the human jumping on her sister's back as she stretches herself into a towering form, then strolling casually through AAA.
Huntress meanwhile swoops through the air, eyes scanning the ground below her for her desired target as she slowly descends towards a forest. She flies into the trees, weaving through the branches flawlessly and with swift grace, before shapeshifting back to her nymph form.
Momentum carries her form as she heads to slam into the leaf covered floor, but she executes a roll just as she hits it, painlessly and silently coming to a halt. She flings her head up to scan for nearby predators, flung up orange leaves gently falling around her as sunlight hits her body. She pushes herself to a stand, and scan for the small bits of orange in the canopy for a second, 'Autumn is coming… fuck.' She sighs and walks forward, glancing up at her leaf hair in slight worry, noticing them slightly changing in colour as well, 'Will Finn notice? Of course he will! Will he like it, or…' She shakes her head, focusing back on task, forgetting about what Finn would like or not and more on her hunt.
She silently prowls the forest, keeping herself low, her feet on soft spots, and every step being heel first. She keeps herself in the shadows, behind bushes and plants as she navigates through them without a whisper of noise.
Her eyes scan the environment, darting at every movement of her possible prey. She spots a colourful bird on a branch high above her. An arrow sends it falling from the trees. She snatches it up before moving on, gazing at her score as she values if it was worthy enough to be given to her love in part of her gift. She nods in acceptance, a grin forming as an idea fills her mind, running a hand over its beautiful colourful feathers, checking them against her skin and clothes before continuing her hunt.
She peers around trees silently, listening to the whole world around her. She hears a snap. She swiftly makes her way over, noiselessly approaching the unfortunate animal who gained her attention. She peeks through a bush, and finally spots her number one target. A deer. The leather made from a deer skin is the toughest leather available, and has high tensile strength, abrasion resistant, and offers high durability.
The skin of the deer is extremely soft and comfortable and has a spongy feel. The light weight, water-friendly, and stretchy leather is quite expensive. Perfect for her Finn. It was calmly eating some berries, the world so peaceful around it as birds chirped and the wind song a song into its ears. The last thing it saw was an arrow coming straight at its eye.
It never even saw its attacker.
A few minutes later Huntress was leaving the forest, easily carrying the dead deer and bird, eyes straight ahead as she focuses on her goal of getting her prizes home. She looks around at the peaceful world in which she hunts, a genuine smile on her face, happy with her life for the first time in a long time. All because she decided to no longer ignore her feelings and pursue her mythical beast. Instead of shaking of her emotions of joy at the thought of the hero, she embraces them, and use them to fuel every step towards home, 'I hope he is doing alright at the hospital, and there isn't actually anything wrong with him. I can't wait to get back to him.'
Meanwhile with said human, he was walking out with a slightly annoyed expression, "Dudes! I've already told you, I'm fine!" He yells as he strolls away from the doctors hurrying after him with clipboards in hand,
"But mister! I highly doubt that you are fine!" He pleads before staring at his pad again, "It says here that you have some serious long term fighting damage! And not the type that can he simply healed! We also wish to do an ink test because you might have ptsd!" The hero sighs as he slouches,
"Please stop…"
Huntress meanwhile finally makes it to their home in the woods, and begins working on her catches. She promptly strips the bird of all its beautiful feathers, laying them out carefully to one side. She has great things in mind for them. She blushes before working on the rest of the bird, promptly opening it insides up to get her goal: Its heart.
The most prized part of the catch, and she carefully cuts it free from the corpse, swiftly moving it to the freezer to preserve it. She grimaces as she puts it in, knowing that freezing it will ruin it a tad, but she had no choice. She couldn't of left the hunt till tomorrow because she needs that day free for a very special path she plans to make, and she couldn't have done it on Finn's birthday for obvious reasons.
So with that, she returns to the spoils of her hunt, and moves onto the deer's skin, promptly begins making it into its strong leather form. She will make the perfect quiver for her hunting partner.
With the AAA sisters, they were now beginning to make their way through a marketplace, eyes scanning over items as they debate on what to get Finn. Fionna huffs, "Man I don't know what to get a dude! Especially a peaceful one! I'm all about violence and punching butt!" Cake raises an eyebrow,
"Why don't you use this to your advantage then and think about what makes someone peaceful? I mean, that is what you're striving for, right?" The thirteen year old girl perks up,
"Oh yeah! I could totally learn something here…" She starts scanning around, humming in thought as she strolls up to random stall, her sister following close behind,
"Think, what would a peaceful you want?" She blushes and shrugs,
"I don't know, a boyfriend to settle down with or something…" She shakes her head free, and eyes widen as she locks onto an item, heading straight towards it and picking it up in her fingers, "Perfect!"
"What is it?" The heroine smirks and turns around, presenting the item to the feline, "... A sea shell?" She inquires, making Fionna shrug,
"Peaceful people like collecting shells, right?" Cake sighs,
"Maybe, but this is still boy you! He may be peaceful but as we've seen and felt, he's still a badass warrior!"
Fionna sighs, putting the item back as she spins to face the market once more, "Then what can you get him!? It's impossible!" She yells, no idea what to get the violent pacifist.
When an older guy walks up to her, "Hey there you two, I couldn't help but overhear your conversation, and I actually think I have just the item for the kid!"
They both snap to him and watch the man in curiosity as he reaches into his pocket, and pulls a small object out, completely concealed by his hand. He presents his hand to them palm up, then slowly unwraps his fingers, "This~" The girls stare in hope, then cock their heads in confusion as they stare at the object sitting atop his palm. It was a small, silver, chrome rectangle, shining a little in the sun, making the girls shift their gaze back to the eyes of the man, Cake pouting,
"Seriously?" His spare hand rises defensively,
"Hey easy now! I can say now that this is no scam!"
He pushes it towards Fionna, "Try it."
The heroine raises an eyebrow as she holds it in her fingers, "What do you mean 'try it'?" He remains silent for a second, then snaps his fingers,
"Oh right! You don't have a metal arm or armour on! Hold on…" He reaches out to a stall and grabs a bracelet with a metal badge on it from its supplies, before swiftly handing it to the thirteen year old, "Here put this on." She does so cautiously,
"I don't know man…" He waves her fear off,
"It's nothing to worry about, now we just... magnetically… put this on…" He explains as moves the unknown object to her bracelet, watching it click on firmly with joy, "Great! Now this thing is very advanced, ok? It can detect mind waves!... Well, not actually, but I couldn't bother to listen to the actual explanation from the eggheads. But just will for it to activate!" The heroine does what he says without thinking, and is shocked to discover its corners shootout to make a larger rectangle that then connects together with blue energy. A massive shield on her arm.
She stares at the wall of protection made of pure energy with awe, before the heroine turns to her sister and pulls her sword free from her back, "Cake! Quickly hit it!" The feline grabs the ice blade, rears her arm back, and slashes at the shields. It hits the light blue energy, before being completely halted in its tracks, the shield releasing a sizzle as it holds the blade back with ease.
Cake pulls the sword free as the sisters stare at the armour in wonder, Fionna watching it retract back into its small compact form in awe, "I didn't even feel your blow…" She spins to the stranger, "How much!?" He shrugs,
"Free of charge! Should make up for him having a metal arm…" He says almost guilty, yet Cake raises an eyebrow,
"Wait… how did you know the person we were going to give it to would have a metal arm?" She squints accusingly, making the man laugh nervously,
"Er, lucky guess?"
"FOUND YOU!" A female shout screams through the air, causing the entire marketplace to jump and stare at the commotion, finding a woman in robes and glowing white eyes. Cake points a finger,
"Oh hey! You're the girl that helped Finn and Huntress in the arena!" The woman shoves by the sisters, stumbling them as she storms towards the scared man,
"Oh boy, got to jet!" Suddenly an invisible force whacks into him, sending him flying through the air and into some stalls, smashing them and their items as he lays limp in the rubble. Screams fill the air as the people ran away in fear, and immediately Cake and Fionna spring into action, swords bared and limbs shifting, the heroine pointing her ice blade at the unknown woman,
"Hey you! Stop it! He was about to sell us-"
"Shut up I'm busy." With a flick of her wrists, she forces them both to sit down, neither of them being able to move.
The robed woman turns her glowing gaze to the man again, finding him rubbing his head as he stretches his injured fat body, "Easy lady! I've just regained my memories, I don't want to lose them again!" She points a finger at him, wind whipping up around her as the sky changes colour to an ugly, dark grey, lightning arcing through the skies.
The sisters stare up in terror, 'Even Ice Queen had to focus when doing something like this even when she was mad with magic! How can she have this much magic!?' The woman glares her glowing eyes at the man, keeping her finger locked in him, "Martin! For the cosmic crime of entering the mortal realm unsummoned, your punishment is to be banished and chained in the new citadel! Do you come quietly!?"
He waves a hand, "See ya." And he fades from existence again.
The woman blinks, the growls in frustration, throwing her arms down as the weather clears back up to a beautiful summer day. "Glob damn it, I was so close!" She screams, pacing in anger with rage fuelling every stomp, every harsh step being echoed by a roll of thunder in distance, arcs of pure magic flaking out from under her robes.
She stares at the sisters over her shoulder, eyes glowing with insane magical fury, "You two! If you see that man again, attack him on sight!" She snaps, almost shaking in rage.
Then it all suddenly stops as she jolts to a halt with her anger, and awkwardly approaches the sisters, timidly flicking her wrist. The spell on the is undone as they take deep breaths, springing to their feet before coughing, the wizard girl flinching a little, "I-I'm sorry! You were just distracting me, that's all! I am so, so sorry!" She apologises in a shaky, weak tone, causing the girls to stare in confusion, Cake stretching her face in front of the wizard's,
"Erm... girl, are you okay? Like in the head!" Fionna blushes and quickly tugs her back,
"Cake!" The wizard shakes her head however,
"No she's right, t-that was just stupid of me! I'm sorry!" She continues, keeping her head low and out of view, before sprinting away. The sisters stare in confusion as she rushes away, before a portal of a storming vortex tears itself into existence in front of her. She charges inside, and it promptly seals itself behind her, leaving Fionna and Cake standing alone in the middle of a damaged, abandoned marketplace.
Fionna raises an eyebrow, "Ooookkk, what was that?" Cake shrugs, "I have no idea. Like, one minute she was a terrifying super mage god person, then the next she was that scared, timid woman. What did she even have against that man, 'Martin', was it?" Fionna nods,
"Yeah, I think that was what she called him." She scans the environment, searching for anyone being injured before continuing with her talk, "Well, she said he did crimes and we should attack him on sight."
"Yeah… something did seem off about him… like, he would tear my off or something. And he did seem fishy knowing we were giving that shield to Finn…"
"I hear you, she may have caused damage, but it's not exactly like we aren't guilty of that ourselves… I'd say we don't trust him, he just seems too off, though that wizard wasn't much better." The feline nods in agreement, then snaps to Fionna,
"Wait the shield!" The heroine blinks, then stares at the small rectangular device sitting on the bracelet on her arm, then swiftly pulling it off.
"You think this is dangerous in some way?" Cake prods it,
"Did it hurt at all when you used it? Did it feel like it was tearing your soul out?" "I don't think so, still, we better have Gumball check it out before we give it to Finn." The feline nods, then coops her up, putting her on her back in a bed of their coins as she got onto all fours and starts crawling towards the candy kingdom.
Meanwhile with Ice Queen, she was deep back in her lair in the Ice Kingdom, squinting as she focuses on her spell with one hand. She was making her ice cocoon spell on a penguin again and again, the very spell she uses to protect herself and others. And in the other hand was a glowing necklace made of her ice. She huffs as she stops casting her spell, or more accurately, spells, for she was using a second spell to enchant the necklace.
She peers at it, analysing its current process in not only remembering her spell, but also in gaining a magic pool large enough for it to last more than one casting. It was simple really, you cast the spell or write the magic letters needed to cast it, and the enchanting spell will give the item of your choice the power to summon it at will.
The more times you do it, the more magic you pour in it, and the more times it can cast the spell when summoned to. And judging by her current progress, if she were to give it to Finn right now then he could cast it five times, 'What would be great for when dealing with a small squad or me and Huntress, but not when protecting a group of people constantly from an army or an explosion.'
She blushes, 'But I guess it would also be useful in getting us some privacy in public, just cast it and we're alone together! In a tight environment, pressed together in a spot where no one could see or hear us… or the acts we would do…' She shakes her head, and sighs as she aims at the annoyed Gunthet, and unleashes the spell once more, continuing with making her gift.
Huntress Wizard was no different as she nods, staring at her beautiful work, the quiver coming along nicely as she shifts her gaze to her second present. The bird was completely plucked, all its beautiful feathers pulled off and laid in a nice pile, while the bird's meat itself was now slowly cooking above a weak flame. She had played with the thought about using some of the feathers to decorate the quiver, but quickly dismissed it when she realised it would make him stick out too much for hunting. Instead, she would stick to her original plan.
The first part of their use is to the bedding for her other present, the one that was the bird heart. Just like her previous one with the elks heart, it was meant to represent her love for him, but there was more to it as well this time. It also symbolises her acceptance that they would fly higher together, that she wants him to be the other wings that she wants to fly with to explore new heights together. Because she can confirm that her highest moments of life have been with Finn, and she wants to have the moments even more.
However, the most important reason why is because of her kind's tradition, a way of custom done by the forest nymphs.
She planned on them making their crivingnuh.
They lived for the hunt, that was their lives, living in the natural world without technology, the bridge between the beasts of the wild and the unstoppable people of civilization. Just as it was their duty to protect the forest against people who wished it harm, so was it their duty to survive themselves, and thus they must hunt.
The tradition between the couple was kinda simple, and both played major and similar parts, but only really happens when a pair is actually getting a tad serious for their relationship, and were past the fling stage. Seeing what she has in mind for Finn's birthday, she thinks they are definitely past the fling stage.
As she has already started, she is to gather the feathers of many birds to show off her hunting skills, and by many, she means many feathers. Enough to make a robe of them actually, a long, flowing robe of feathers that should actually drag behind her if it is meant to be acceptable or even presentable. And as she is going to explain in her gift when she hands the feathers and heart to Finn, it's the males duty to actually make the article of clothing.
Of course, she would have to show him how first, it's only fair he knows what he is doing. Obviously, the longer the robe, the better, as it would show off her excellent skills as a hunter, as well as serve reasons she'll explain later. The more feathers, the more successful hunts she had to get, what shows that she is capable of collecting and providing for a family, to prove to her mate's kin that she was capable, and thus, get their approval for marriage.
She also had to make something gathered by Finn however, and that was a cape. Made of weapons. Same as before, the longer the cape, the better it is. Although metal weapons are preferred, bows are allowed as well, just mainly on the shoulder area or dragging at the end. Just like how she had to provide the feather to Finn for the robe, he has to provide the weapons for her to make the cape. Its purpose was to show to her family side that he could fend off attackers and protect her and their family, and thus get her kins approval for marriage.
Of course, they didn't have to marry straight away, hardly anyone ever did, but it just gave the couple the permission to do so if they wished to.
The purpose of one collecting the weapons and one collecting the feathers was to represent their duty to the forest, to deal with savage beasts and defend from uncaring men. Only one collects one side as to show that when they combine that they will share their duty's responsibilities, and make up for the faults or what the other one misses.
There was more to them than just showing off however, for example the woman's robe of feathers were commonly used to protect their family, especially the young, from the harsh elements. It could be used as soft bedding, or wrapped around a kid or baby to keep them warm, or even to help deter predating beasts by making the woman seem bigger. The guy's cape of weapons can be used as a serious deterrent from the any threat really, and if things get bad, they or a family member could easily grab a weapon and defend themselves.
Or the guy could just whip his cape if it's long enough, not many can survive fifteen swords and knives piercing their bodies at high speed.
Her people also believed that the quality of the clothing made represents their future together, the better they make a robe or cape, the better they can make a life together. And thus, the expectation was to have a high quality, long robe or cape to present to your mate.
She smiles warmly, drifting into the past a little as she remembers seeing her parent's crivingnuh, they were so beautiful… She swiftly shakes her head free from old memories, and focuses on making new ones. She does smirk however, knowing that theirs will be a sight to behold as well, even if they do come out as complete rubbish or failures.
Simply because it was their crivingnuhs.
She brings her head back to the quiver gift she was making, her emotion tied message of her desire to spend more time together in the things they love, to do what they love, to be with who they love. And then there was the date as well. She grins hopefully, 'I can't wait for Finn's birthday.'
And far in the distance, Gumball grins at his creation in his lab, "You're ready."
(Crivingnuh simple summary is a bit below! Look for caps.)
I hope you guys liked this chapter better, and that it is setting things up for more fun for the future
Before anyone panics, there's a legitimate and understandable reason why the robed wizard woman is so powerful.
Yes, Billy being a guard is a reference to Finn's hero Billy
Once again, I've given more hindsight hints to who the robed lady is in this chapter. As in, you'll find out who she is later, and look back and say 'Oh I see it now!'.
Now, those last few paragraphs explaining the tradition I made up were very long, so here's a summary.
TRADITION SUM UP:
Called crivingnuh (cry-ving-nuh)
A robe made of feathers hunted by the female but made by the male is usually given to the woman, and the woman usually makes one from metal of weapons gathered by the male to make a cape from. Represent them handling both man and beast. Longer cape = capable warrior and plenty of ways to defend family from living threats. Longer feather robe = more cover to protect young from elements (as a shelter) and provide for family. The quality of the crafting represent their ability to make their future
Review response:
allen Vth, on FF, chapter 1:
Hey thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the first chapter
allen Vth, on FF, chapter 2:
No, she isn't a happy bunny XD
allen Vth, on FF, chapter 3:
That's Gumball, trying to remove anyone that could be a possible threat to his kingdom.
An31, on FF, chapter 38:
Thank you! It's your kind words that keep me going! About the harem thing, I just wanted to clarify a few things for you: Fionna wouldn't be included as part of it, and yes Flame Princess would be included as part of it.
FinalKingdomHearts, on FF, chapter 38:
Remind that Ice Queen looks youngish, got it.
Maybe?... To be honest, my mental picture of her is of the drawings of her really. You just imagine her as you wish to imagine her, because there is contrasting and conflicting opinions on her looks in the followers. I know book of eli and another writer see her as older like a cougar, while you see her as younger, and pleasing both sides is impossible, hence me not really bringing her age or appearance up much.
The Book of Eli, on FF, chapter 38:
The girls are having to be sneaky around our hero, lest they ruin the surprise indeed, and they are lucky he has emotional torture and tear from his father's return to distract him. I'm glad you like how close our couple has gotten, the queen and her knight are definitely very cute together. Yeah I only just realised that myself, I mean he also flirted/hinted with canyon and Marceline as well, so maybe he actually does have a thing for taller ladies. Finn singing about his love for IQ in front of Marshall? I would do it if I could write lyrics, but it is something that I can only hint at (As in: she stopped what she was doing to listen to his words entwined with deep feelings, mouth slightly gaped as his song of love fills the air). I'll think about getting Gumball a hug, but he should be used to his castle getting damaged all the time.
Guest, on FF, chapter 38:
Taking a holiday from beta reading to leave reviews again? That's cool with me!
Yep, another peaceful chapter, nice and calm… until now! Yeah, it has been a while since everything was calm… man is it boring. Nice, but boring. Who knows what will happen to Martin! That's what we're reading to find out, isn't it? XD The robed lady who is following him is the same as the one from the tournament and the same one who helped Finn and Huntress find the useless portal guy. Whoa! Max score! Well, until you return from hell, I will continue to write smugly. I'm glad you're looking forward to the future of this story!
I've shouted you out on discord :D And regarding the new decision, it likely isn't going to happen, and people also don't want to see it, so good news! No harem! And thanks for sticking around regardless even if it was to be! See you in a while man.
Eternal Violets, on FF, chapter 38:
It's cool! You have no obligation to leave a review, and I'm always grateful/cheered up when you do leave one :D I'm glad you liked the chapter despite not much happening in it! It was indeed one filled with wholesome feelings, and yes, Finn is indeed magnetised to Ice Queen's tits, they are so big and soft after all, but he is also attracted to Huntress's thicc, rocking hips. That butt she got is definitely one to stare at. Yep, hints for days! Not a harem and keep the story as a complicated anime style three way relationship, got it (; You really think I would abandon Ice Queen like that? I'm sure if you think about it really hard, you'll be able to figure out who the mysterious lady is with the hints I left (Here's another: Her name is her title actually, rather than a name)
You keep being awesome yourself! And as a little gift, here's another thing I do when I write. I don't say Sarah or Diana, not in narration, only Finn says it in thought and speech. It helps keep the names a special feeling about them, that they really are something only Finn should know.