Chapter 3: Very Surprising Sights Part 1

Ooo/Ice Kingdom/Finn,Emerald,Simon (Spirit)

Finn, after having a good full rest after getting 'the talk' from Emerald about tier 15 yesterday, looks at said adventurer and Simon before speaking up.

"So what's the first thing I gotta do?"

"Well that depends, do you want to get the physical training started first…" Emerald said before Simon spoke up.

"Or the making of the Ring of Ice out of the way first… " Simon said before he and Emerald waits for Finn's choice.

Finn a moment to think on this before speaking up.

"Ummm… hypothetically, how long will the Ring of Ice be made?"

"With me controlling and working with your body, two weeks for a basic level ring, more if you want a full true Ring of Ice, about 1 month of work straight, it won't be easy but the ring would be worth it in the end." Simon said with a serious look on his face.

Finn was a bit surprised to hear how long it will make. But still had trouble deciding before speaking up again.

"What do you two recommend?"

"Hmmm… I'd go for basic for now than work on the harder ring, you could probably upgrade the basic to the other one right?" Emerald said before he looks to Simon who took a moment to nod.

"Indeed, but it would still take time either way, so Finn, if were going for the Ring now, I'll take over for the time I'll be using with your permission, don't worry, you'll wake up the next day since it would be boring for you to work on this ring… and also complicated as well since it requires ancient ice based magic." Simon said with a serious look on his face.

Finn nods in understanding before speaking.

"Then let's make a ring." He said with determination before Simon nods while Emerald shrugs.

"Alright Finn, see you tomorrow than." Simon said before the next two weeks pass for Finn in a blink of an eye… but Simon forgot to mention how sore Finn's body would be for the first day and it was a bit comical to see Finn complain about it, but he still went with Simon to help make the Ring until…

Two Weeks after first possession for Ring forging.

Simon had Finn and Emerald standing outside of a ancient looking door before he looked to the two and spoke up.

"Well Finn get ready for what the two weeks brought for you, now Emerald… if you would do the honor." Simon said before Emerald went to the door and after a moment of using raw strength, pushed the door open to reveal the forge of Ice and in the middle of the impressive looking room… sat a small object on a pedestal that glimmers in the light.

Finn's eyes widen with shock and AWE when he looked at the room walking closer to the small glowing object on the pedestal.

The glowing in question was a beautiful looking ring, it was pure blue and seemed to have a pattern on the ring that showed intricate symbols and patterns on it and it seemed to emit a power of sorts.

"Mathematical." Finn said with a whispered tone before Simon spoke up.

"Equip it and see the effect." Simon said with crossed arms when he had a serious look on his face.

Finn nods to the spirit before he got closer to the pedestal before he picks up the ring.

The young Ice Monarch looks at the ring for a moment or two before he holds it with two fingers and a thumb with one hand before he brings his ring finger out with the other.

Finn was a bit hesitant before he finally puts the ring on.

The effect was instant, the moment he equipped the ring, his body erupts with icy power but… it wasn't right, like it didn't increase… no… more like get a colder bite or a denser feel to it, like Finn just gained more control of the ice itself and he had a greater control over it.

"W-Whoa!" Finn said before he got on his knees after feeling the ring's effect.

"So Finn how does it feel?, Feel… more in control than before?" Simon said to Finn while he got next to Finn with Emerald doing the same a moment later.

Finn breathed a couple of times before speaking.

"It feels… incredible."

"Good, but know that this is to help with the crown's corruption and it's not a power boost… the more you use the crown, the more insane you become until your as mad as my counterpart… thankfully my time in the crown gave me some know-how on keeping the insanity away but using high tier magic will cause issues, but with this you can use basic moves with no issue." Simon explains to Finn who was still on his knees.

Finn took a moment to let the info sink before he looks at Simon before speaking.

"I understand."

"Great, and to ask, when you didn't have the ring, did you feel some kind of pressure or something and now that this ring's equipped, that pressure or something is gone?" Simon asked to make sure the ring works like it was suppose to.

Finn took a moment to think on it before speaking up.

"I did… felt something. Just wasn't sure what it was."

"Well Like I said Finn, I know more about that Crown than most, maybe not on Evergreen's level but when I was trapped in the crown, I studied the Crown on the inside to get a basic grasp of its workings, and it seems that with the right equipment, ergo that Ring you have, if your careful, you can be immune to it's corrupting effects, but only if you stay away from more… explosive moves, the ring acts both as a blocker and a recoverer for the insanity but if you use too much power… well… I doubt I would need to explain more right?" Simon said with a serious look on his face.

Finn pales a bit before letting the info sink in before speaking up.

"Yeah but there's nothing wrong with learning more."

"Indeed, but I'm warning you so that you won't push it too far, you can ignore me if you want if the situation is grim… but you'll be the one paying the price in the end, remember that if you use the Crown's powers too much, you'll really learn the definition of insanity… basic skills are OK, mid level skills, maybe but we would have to see if it causes issues, if not then fine but if so, then try and use sparingly, but until the better ring is made, stay away from High tier spells, at best, you can cast one and still keep a little of your sanity intact so that the Ring can help you recover but if you try and use a second one, I asked Emerald to knock you out or something and deal with the rest himself, he's no pushover as you have seen when he fought that army and caused an avalanche, don't take it personally Finn but this is no time for heroics when there is a war going on right now, granted you can help people if you want but do you really think, even if you complete the training, that you can help every person in Ooo?" Simon explained to Finn on how serious this was.

Finn took a moment to think on this before speaking.

"To be honest… no. Not after seeing the forces that Emerald took out. I still want to help whenever I can and I want learn from you guys."

Emerald chuckles when he heard that while Simon just smiles at Finn for keeping calm after hearing that, seems having Finn watching Emerald's battle showed Finn that even for those like Emerald who had raw might on his side, brains and tactics would be needed against this larger force.

"Good to know Finn, better get ready cause when I'm through with you, you'll be a ruler of ice that will make the crown of Ice actually have a good image for once… though you might hate me at the end since I'll be putting you through the nightosphere or hell as some humans call it now and back… so Finn, tell me, are you ready to power through pain like no other?" Emerald with a humored tone that got serious at the end… seems Emerald wasn't bluffing for this one.

Finn was a bit nervous at first before looking at Emerald with determination before speaking up.

"Yes I am."

"Well then…It's hell time now!" Emerald said with a grin on his face while he held a hand out for Finn to fist bump it.

Finn smirks before fist bumping back before Emerald spoke up.

"Still, we can't train on empty stomachs, lets head back, eat, than go over the training schedule I have for you." Emerald said before he starts to walk out of the room with Simon vanishing a moment later which showed he was following Finn right now.

Finn gets up as he tries to catch up with Emerald while trying to make sure to not slip and fall along the way.

A few crashed and bumps did happen but all in all, Finn had a much better control of his grown body and when he got to the kitchen, he saw Emerald cooking and it looked like he was making some sandwiches as well.

Seems that he got various meats and vegetables and was making a stir fry while he was also making some steaks as well with various good smelling spices, all in all it seemed Emerald favored meat based dishes but he kept things somewhat balanced with the veggies that cooked as well which made a very good smell fill the room.

Finn drooled a bit when he saw the delicious food before Emerald noticed him.

"Hehe, just take a seat Finn, Breakfast and Lunch later are being made so sit tight." Emerald said when he stirs the stir fry more before he added soy sauce to it and flipped the steaks a few times to get an even coating on them.

Finn then sits at the table as he waits for Emerald to finish cooking.

Though a familiar wenk calling out did get his attention from his left while Emerald continues to cook with a focused look to make it perfect.

Finn looks around before he spot Gunter walking towards him before speaking.

"Hey Gunter, how's it going?" He asked with a smile.

"Wenk Wenk." Gunter said while he shrugged and held the ice bottle sword in hand, seems some things never changed with him over the years…

oddly enough Gunter didn't change at all physically over the years Finn was asleep… which was a bit strange even by Ooo standards.

Finn was confused before he shrugs before speaking.

"Well it's great to see you." He said before giving the penguin a warm hug.

Gunter returns the hug with one flipped before he lets go of Finn and wobble around to Emerald and tugs on his pants to get his attention.

Emerald noticed before he grins at Gunter.

"Hey little guy, no worries, I'll make a few fish for you, sorry but I can't work on it now since I gotta focus on these two things right now, bring me some fish and I'll cook them for you." Emerald said while Gunter wenked before he starts to wobble out of the room while he had the ice bottle sword in hand which turns into an actual working fishing rod of all things… handy.

Finn was surprised after seeing that before he tries talking Simon.

"Hey Simon?"

"Yes?" Simon said when he popped up next to Finn like he normally would when he was called.

Finn took a moment to think on his words before speaking up.

"Well… and sorry if I'm bringing this up but… do you still ever think about your girlfriend?"

Simon blinked a few times before he sighs.

"More than you would know Finn… everyday ever since I got that Crown and I started to go mad… I always tried to focus on Betty but…" Simon said before he fell silent when he remembered the day he scared her away after putting on the crown.

Finn could see how sad Simon was before he thought of an idea before speaking up.

"Simon… you and Emerald are helping me out to prepare for what's about to happen. And I want to repay you both for that. So maybe I can help you find a way to bring Betty here."

Emerald actually stops cooking for a moment to register the question before Simon spoke up when Emerald went back to cooking.

"At the moment… impossible, but maybe…" Simon said when he got a thoughtful look on his face.

"Nothing is Impossible Simon. Maybe we can create some sort of machine and combine a bit of magic to create like… I don't know, maybe a portal to the past?" Finn said while Simon took a moment to think on that before he spoke up.

"Possibly… but like I said at the moment, it's impossible, we need something called Hambo that Marceline owns but last time that you and I know about it from Marceline's memories, but we both know who donked up with Hambo right?" Simon said when he got a surprisingly scary face when the look in his eyes got extremely cold.

Finn frowns a bit before speaking up.

"Oh believe me I know. But Marceline does have Hambo back."

"Really?, I haven't seen it in Ice Kings memories recently… are you sure it's not some kind of replacement?, it's a cloth like doll with really long arms and legs so it would be easy to make." Simon said to make sure it was the right one.

"No it's not. You see, Jake and I were at PB's castle and the princess wanted to test us to see if me, Jake and Cinnamon Bun can hold off the Gumball Guardians breath. Sadly we were knocked out. Don't know how long we were asleep, but when I start to wake up, I see Marcy hugging PB and saying thanks for getting her doll back. It seems they got it back from the witch that donk, Ash sold it to." Finn explained.

Simon's eyes widen in surprise before he spoke up.

"Interesting… but we'll have to hold off on Betty for now for two reasons, one is that Marceline would have to know about you in order for us to get Hambo, and there is this war going on… Betty at the time, last I saw her, was running from me when a war long ago was breaking out, so we would just drag her from one war into another… bet I would be able to do is just tell her I'm sorry for everything." Simon said when he got bummed at the last bit.

Finn was bummed as well before speaking.

"I promise Simon, we'll find a way. But you're right about everything else. Although… it's going to be quite awkward when I see her."

"Maybe, but for now we should focus on training, and as a part of your training, you'll be backed up by Gunter and Emerald who will do things you can't, for example, raw power is for Emerald, and for places you two can't get into and for surprisingly speedy attacks is for Gunter to handle so in a sense, you will be in a three man team for this training day, think of it as mock training in the middle of a fight for effective experience gaining, and I'll be showing you what you and I can do in a fight since you and I will be together the entire time." Simon said with a serious tone to his voice.

Finn was surprised to hear that before speaking.

"Okay. After I eat, I'm going to train as hard as I can for this." He said with a determined look which made Simon chuckle before Emerald spoke up

.

"Well dig in than, I'll save the stakes and fish for us later when Gunter gets them." Emerald said while he placed a large bowl of stir fry in front of Finn while the smell of the food hits his nose.

Emerald than sat on the opposite side of the table after he placed his own large bowl before he starts digging in.

Finn inhaled that scent before he grabbed himself a plate of food.

Once he took a bite, his eyes widen before speaking up.

"Oh. My. Glob. This is delicious!" He said before he starts scarfing down his meal.

Emerald chuckles before he spoke up after he swallowed his food.

"Thanks, I practiced so I could get to this level, anyway got any questions for me and for the training ahead?" Emerald asked before he took a few more bites of his meal.

Finn stops eating before speaking up.

"Well… do you have any family members or a girlfriend?"

Emerald froze for a moment before he sighs and spoke up.

"No, not after my master died, last thing I can remember was waking in some odd old ruins while hooked up to some odd machines, probably a hospital or something but I didn't have any injuries as far as I could tell, probably was in a coma or something." Emerald said while he seemed nonchalant about it.

Finn was surprised when he heard that before speaking up.

"Aw man, I'm sorry if I asked that." He said while feeling bad about it before Emerald just shrugs.

"No harm done, and it could have been a genetic lab or something, I mean do you think my strength is natural or could you lift my sword in the past?" Emerald asked while he got a bit curious since Finn wasn't raised outside of Ooo.

Finn took a moment to think before speaking.

"Well honestly no. But if you don't have a home or anything, you're more than welcome to stay here as long as you need."

Emerald chuckles before he points a thumb out of the window.

"Well considering my choices right now, either going out there and scrounging around to survive or stick here and have an easy access to various resources and a good training area, I think my choice is clear, consider me your Ice Knight of the Ice Kingdom if you want this to be official your majesty… hehe..." Emerald said with an amused grin on his face.

Finn chuckles a bit before speaking.

"Consider it done. But you don't have to call me your majesty. Finn is fine. Also whether you're a knight or not, I'll still see you as my friend."

Emerald chuckles before he spoke up.

"Still... if I'm sticking around here, I should look the part, be the mysterious Ice Knight who protects the Ice Prince as he goes around Ooo to save it with his trusty Penguin sidekick." Emerald said with an amused tone before he starts laughing at the image.

Finn starts to laugh as well as was just think that too.

A bit later, after the duo ate, they found themselves is a pretty large field with many ruins and many Ice citizens patrolling the area while Gunter waddles to them while carrying a basket of fish while letting out pleased wenks when he approached them.

Finn chuckled a bit at the scene before speaking.

"So what's the first thing we're gonna do?"

Simon the appears in front of the Trio before he spoke up.

"The goal is to get to the other end of this field, for Emerald, you have to either use your power to fight or help Finn get past obstacles, Gunter, you are to follow Finn and back him up by either fighting or by getting into areas he can't, and Finn, they may help you but the real goal of this mission is to be as stealthy as possible, you start at the highest grade right now, A+, but every Time you get caught and have to subdue anyone or anything here that is organically living, you lose a grade, for example, A if you are caught, A- if caught again and that will continue till you hit F for fail, and getting caught and if 10 minutes pass and Emerald or Gunter can't free you in that time limit is an auto fail and we will have to try again, there are ways to raise the grade back to full if you are caught and flee your pursuers but that will be covered when you three get to the designated areas I have had this Guardian Golem mark on this map and Emerald enchanting to have them glow a little." Simon said before he gestures for a Snowman like Golem to approach them with a rolled up piece of paper in hand.

"Oh oh oh!" The snowman like golem said when it passed Finn a map of the field after Simon gestures for it to come and pass the map to them.

Finn takes a look while making sure to memorize it.

Emerald did so as well while Gunter pulled on Emeralds leg which got his attention and held a fish to him.

"Alright." Emerald said before he placed a hand on the fish before his hand lit on fire for a bit before the smell of cooking fish was smelt before Emerald pulled away to show a perfectly cooked fish which pleased Gunter who starts to snack on it while Simon continues to speak with Finn.

"First off, no killing should be obvious, the citizens here are willing to help you train, and as for your weapons, here." Simon said before the same snow golem walked away and came back with wooden versions of their weapons, well made but wooden.

Finn blinked a few times before speaking.

"So we're only allowed to train with these?"

"Well you can use your abilities, but no real weapons for this training course, Gunter excluded though for a number of reasons… one of them being that we can't make a shapeshifting weapon." Simon said while pointing to Gunter who's fishing rod sword turned back into bottle sword mode and he waved it around to smash it on the ground and let's out pleased wenks.

Finn couldn't seemed to argue with that logic before speaking.

"Well… we better get started then." He said before grabbing the wooden weapon.

A moment later, Simon spoke up while he got ready to vanish.

"I'll explain about our combined abilities when you get to a point on the map, for now, work your way to them as carefully as you can and leave the fighting to Emerald, he's the fighter and power user of the group for a reason." Simon said before he vanished from view.

Finn acknowledges that before speaking.

"Ready guys?"

"Hell yeah!, Lead us to Victory Finn!" Emerald said before Gunter wenked and burped a bit after finishing his fish before looking at at Finn.

Finn nods to the two before speaking up.

"Then let's do it!" He said before doing his role.

Time than passed for the trio into weeks to nearly a month later with Finn getting faster and stronger until…

The trio ran to a side of a building with Emerald using his wooden sword to launch Finn and Gunter to the roof of a building while Gunter holds onto Finn's back before jumping off to let Finn do his thing while Emerald did his own to find his way around.

All in all aside from a few slippery incidents now compared to the nightmare that was the first day of training, they were now really working their way through the faux base and past enemy guards while Finn ran and jumped across rooftops and when he jumped and flew to a wall, his hands and feet glow before he used a tiny amount of Ice magic to make handholds before launching himself up and now ran up the side of the wall with ice magic helping Finn to get to the roof with ice footprints were seen from where Finn ran.

Compared to the start of the training, Finn really got used to his body and the agile skills he had while he used the icy powers he had to amp them up to an eleven to really speed through the area while avoiding guards.

Finn felt sore and exhausted each time. But that wasn't gonna stop him or anything.

There were a few funny moments, for example during one of the earlier runs, Finn and Gunter got spotted by a group of penguins and Fire Wolfs and Fire Pups and when they surrounded the duo Emerald helped in an unexpected way.

Emerald himself said he planned it to try and save face but…

"OH CRAP I CAN'T STOP!" Emerald called out when he slid and barrelled through the small squad of enemies and crashed into a snow pile nearby while Finn and Gunter watched.

Said duo cringes after seeing that before Emerald picked himself up from the pile before he spoke up with a slightly dazed tone.

"I… totally meant to do that." Emerald said before he spun a bit a comically fell onto his back while he groans.

Finn and Gunter couldn't help but chuckle at the scene.

Another moment was when Gunter went into a room with many guards in it so that Finn could pass through and Finn couldn't see anything since he has to keep away from windows.

A few moments pass before horrified cries of agony or ohs in this case from Snow Golems before Gunter exits the room after opening a door for Finn while looking no worse for wear.

"Wenk wenk." Gunter said while he gestures for Finn to go on through.

Finn sweatdrops as he had no idea what Gunter did before entering.

What he saw would question if Gunter was a normal Penguin or not when he saw many beaten guards and some of them were even tossed into boxes or even through a few broken windows on the other side.

'How the Nightosphere does he do that?' Finn thought with a surprised look.

Back with Finn when he got to the roof, he actually managed to get to one of the mark points that Simon made and Finn had a bird's eye view of the area.

Said Prince of Ice was amazed at himself for getting there as he looked at his surroundings.

A moment later, Simon appears near Finn before he spoke up.

"Congrats Finn, after a month of training, you made it to the first of the three tests." Simon said with a smile on his face at Finn's progress.

Finn smiles back before shouting out.

"Whoo, hoo! Yes!"

Simon chuckles before he spoke up.

"Well celebrate if you want, you still have two more and this place was the easiest to get to… good luck with the later ones after this lesson is over." Simon said with a humored tone at Finn's expression.

Finn forgot about that the other two before speaking up.

"Damn!" He said before sighing.

Simon chuckles at that before he spoke up.

"Well don't worry, this ability will give you interesting tactics in battle, it's the ability that when you and I work together… it's called Domination, an ability that can bend the minds of others to your will, gather info, and other things, for this exercise, you need to grip the head of three creatures and I'll handle the rest, no worries about lasting damage, this is just to give you an example of one of the abilities I can use with you." Simon explains to Finn with a serious look on his face.

Finn at first was was surprised to hear about that ability before giving Simon a determined look before speaking.

"I understand."

"Good, now get going Finn and make sure your not caught, you got caught twice earlier so you have an A- right now, get this challenge with a perfect grade and I'll bump you up a grade to A, get a perfect grade for another and you get an A+, so if you get caught once afterword than you can still get a perfect grade later, but you only have those three chances, remember that." Simon said before he vanished to let Finn focus for now.

Finn understood what Simon said.

He didn't understand that whole grading thing, but getting a perfect one was all that he needs to get motivated before he tries to get to the second spot while trying the Domination Technique while the scene shifts when Finn's training continues.

Ooo/ Candy Kingdom/ Candy Kingdom Castle/ ?

The scene than shifts in to show the Royals of Ooo who managed to keep their kingdoms safe from The Dark Lord who ravaged most of Ooo as they sat around the table to discuss some plans to help drive the invaders back.

Among the royals were Flame Queen, Marceline, and Bubblegum, who were in fact the leaders of the resistance against The Dark Lord.

Breakfast Princess was the last one to show up before sitting down before speaking.

"Sorry I'm late."

"No worries, the meeting was just starting, now Marceline, I think you said you saw something strange from the Ice kingdom when you passed by it right?, like a retreating army of around 100 or so?" Bubblegum said when she got right down to business.

"Yes. At first it was at least 200, but for some reason only 100 or so left. However they appeared to be wounded." Marceline explained.

"Wounded?, like they were in a battle or from an accident?... and since the former Ice King is here… maybe someone else got the crown and is holed up there which could explain the wounds… I heard rumors that his crown was the source of his power but then again he still has them so I maybe wrong."

Jungle Princess said while she held her spear in

hand.

"Well all I know is that who was ever in the Ice Kingdom really kicked those troops butts. Probably the very person that took Simon's crown." Marceline said.

"Well either way, we should send a scout or something to see if this new Ice King is really friendly or not, I've looked into the Crown somewhat and found a few records of less than friendly users that made the former Ice King a pushover in comparison… if he or she is friendly, we could ask for help in turning the tide of this was and probably see if we can fix Simon here, if no one knows who that is, the Ice King is more like an insane person who took over the person, Simon's body, now if this new Icy ruler isn't friendly… we may have issues with more than one insane ruler... All in favor of sending Huntress Wizard to do both?, she's an excellent scout and can be a messanger for us if needed." Bubblegum said to the other Royals in the room to see if they could get a new ally.

"I" said all the royals in unison.

"Very well, after this meeting I'll get in contact with Huntress Wizard to ascertain if we can ask this new Ice King if he can join us or not, not that is there any changes in neighboring lands?, I heard Jake's squad had rescued more slaves, is there any of interest that shows promise in any kind of combat field?, I've heard of a Human in recent years who wielded a large tooth like sword but he seemed to have vanished, I think he was the disciple of the man who saved the Fire Kingdom when the war first started." Bubblegum asked the others and Peppermint Butler nearby for questions or possible leads.

The royals shook their heads since they had no idea about this mystery warrior.

Then Breakfast Princess raised her hand.

"Yes?" Bubblegum asked when she saw Breakfast princess raising her hand.

"Has there been any leads on… Finn?" Breakfast Princess asked with a worried look.

Bubblegum fell silent when she heard that question before she spoke up.

"I'm afraid not… the search parties couldn't find a trace of him in Ooo even with everyone helping over the four years… either he left Ooo entirely… or he might be…" Bubblegum said before she fell silent when she didn't want to finish that sentence.

A lot of the royals paled as well as they didn't want to know the fate of their missing hero.

Phoebe however frowns a bit from what Bubblegum could imply before she spoke up.

"Don't worry everyone!, even if he isn't here now... I still think he's still alive and well somewhere... hopefully we can find him if we work hard enough."

Phoebe said to try and cheer the others up.

Luckily for the flame elemental, the rest of the royals did cheer up after hearing that.

It gave them hope and determination.

Bubblegum did look thoughtful but she hid it well before she spoke up.

"Anyway, if there is nothing else for now about new matters, we'll be taking a break before coming back for another meeting to speak about old matters like resource management and distribution and other things like possible upgrade ideas for our army's weapons and such… until then, all in favor of a break say I." Bubblegum said while looking to the others for their input.

"I" The royals said in unison again before everyone starts to leave the room with Bubblegum going to call Huntress and Phoebe sighing before she exits the room while she pulled something from her pocket near Marceline.

Said Vampire Queen noticed before her eyes widen a bit before feeling a bit sad as she saw what Phoebe took out.

It was a picture of Phoebe and Finn standing next to one another while he had a strained smile on his face when he had an arm on Phoebe's shoulder, no flame shield or tin foil, just raw stubbornness helping him through the pain while Phoebe in the picture had a happy look on her face when Finn did that for her, though they had to use Cyclops tears to heal the burns, Phoebe was still happy that day.

The current Phoebe though… had a sad look on her face… still didn't explain the unburned pic though…

Marceline was confused before speaking up.

"How come it's not burning up?"

Phoebe jolts from Marceline suddenly speaking up before she turned to Marcleing before she spoke up.

"Oh hey Marceline, really need to put a skull or vampire themed Bell on you or something, gonna give people heart attacks if you keep sneaking up on people… as for the pic… well… seems over the years, my Matrix was stabilizing and it got to the point that with a tiny bit of focus, I can lower the temperature of my body to non burning levels, and I got a fire proof pouch so I could hold this when I relax my control…" Phoebe suggests to Marceline before speaking about why the pic wasn't being burning.

Marceline chuckles a bit at the suggestion before speaking up.

"That's neat." She said before feeling sad again before speaking.

"Hope we do find him soon. I miss the little guy.

Although, it's been four years, who knows what he looks like now." Marceline said before blushing a bit as she had an idea of what older Finn would look like.

Phoebe blushed as well before she spoke up.

"Maybe, still wish I didn't break up with him…

thanks to Jake and that owl… it was the last I saw of him years ago." Phoebe said while she frowned from the memory.

Marceline frowns a bit before speaking.

"You said it. What right did Jake had to tell Finn to keep going?"

"I blame the fact that Jake practically worships the Cosmic Owl, remind me, what does that Owl do again?" Phoebe ask since she rarely talks about the Cosmic owl.

"He likes to go to people's dreams and gives them mixed messages and stuff." Marceline replies.

"And just saying the reason straight up wasn't an option for that owl, all I'm saying is that if that guy was more direct with actually talking, we might not be in this situation… really going to ignore that owl if he pops in my dreams." Phoebe said before getting bitter near the end.

"Same here." Marceline said with the same feeling.

That's when she asked this.

"You still love him?"

Phoebe closed her eyes for a moment before she spoke up.

"Even after we broke up… I did, and after hearing that Jake and the owl caused the breakup, I really wanted to try and fix things with Finn… even if we had to start out as friends… I… may have said those things in the meeting… but honestly I was trying to convince myself instead of thinking the worst… but after four years… it has gotten hard to cheer myself up while this war has been going on."

Phoebe said while she got a sad expression on her face at the end.

Marceline sees that before speaking up.

"I know how you feel. I was upset after hearing Simon getting hurt. And when I heard that it was Jake and that turkey's fault, I really wanted to rip Jake a new one. But I held back… a bit for Finn's sake. And speaking of him, there's something you should know."

"What?, You not going to say you had feelings for him right?, I mean I heard from multiple people on how you messed with Finn, I even heard that you got wolves involved somehow, though that might have been rumors." Phoebe said while not really thinking that Marceline would actually have feelings for Finn.

Marceline rubbed her arm before speaking up.

"Well… the wolf part was true. Also I messed with Finn as a joke, not being mean or anything. But… yes. I have feelings for him." She said before blushing a bit.

Phoebe blinked a few times before she spoke up

"Ok… gotta say that while I was just saying that cause it's like cliche moment… really didn't see that coming… how long did you…" Phoebe said with a stunned look on her face before she fell silent at the end.

"Well… it started out when he saved me from Jake.

Cause back then, I tricked Finn to be my henchmen. Only to just mess with him, but also to secretly hang out. Then later Jake was trying to kill me thinking I had Finn under my control. Most people would enjoy seeing a vampire like me die, but Finn went out his way to save me. Then over the time me and Finn kept hanging out before Jake finally accepts me… a bit. Finn was also there for me when my dad was sometimes a jerk, though not as much as my donk of an ex Ash. That douche tried to make me forget about dumping that sorry loser just so he can make me think that I was still dating him. And he would have succeeded if Finn and Jake hadn't shown up. After I was free from Ash's clutches, I somehow knew that from the beginning that I liked the hero very much.

Makes my heart flutter whenever I saw him." Marceline explained.

Phoebe was silent when she listens before she frowned when Ash was mentioned, she heard of that memory issue once but thought it was Finn trying to seen heroic…

"Did that donk ever do anything to you when your memory was gone?, cause if so I'll burn him over the hottest fire I have for that in a slow and painful manner!" Phoebe growls out while her flames start to turn blue.

"Well… he makes me act like his personal maid and sometimes smacks my ass. But not to worry. I kicked his balls before me and Finn gave him a nice pounding. Jake helped too by bringing his giant foot down on him. But if you want, you can still burn the donk. Speaking of burning, why is your fire blue?" Marceline asked with a confused look.

Phoebe chuckles a bit when she heard of what Marceline did to Ash, though got irritated from the ass slap part before answering Marceline's question.

"Well it gets a bit sciency so you'll need to talk with Bubblegum about that, but the hottest type of fire is blue in color and more intense emotions I feel can cause them to appear, it's a rare kind of flame so it's not too surprising if you haven't seen a blue Flame Elemental until now, though for some reason, my flames in that state… seem to feed more on my rage more than anything which worries me since they don't feel like my flames at the time so I try and calm down when those flames appear." Phoebe explains to Marceline while said blue fire slowly turns back to her iconic red.

Said Vampire Queen blinked a few times before speaking.

"Uh… wow. But anyway, my offer still stands if you want to burn him. Meeting and dating him was the biggest mistake ever."

"Thanks, but unless we know where he is, than that won't matter now, and I'd like to focus on the here and now with this war or with the people I can actually help right now, have you asked your dad if he can help?, I know he can't appear at will but can his demons?" Phoebe said when she wanted to help tip this war in their favor, seems the more tactic side of Phoebe was coming out.

Marceline blinked a few times before speaking.

"Yeah… not sure if I want to ask my dad for help since he's the ruler of the Nightosphere. He'll agree… only if I take over the family business.

Which I really don't want to."

Phoebe took a bit to think on that before she spoke up.

"May I speak with him?, I think I may have an offer he might jump at the chance to get… I'll even do something for you if you are hesitant about opening one of those portals I heard about… practically anything you want if it's in my power."

Phoebe said while she moved a bit while unintentionally showing her figure to Marceline.

Marceline blinked a few times with a surprised look before sending Phoebe slight smirk before speaking up.

"Anything I want huh?"

"Well as long as it's within my power but it can't be unreasonable for obvious reasons." Phone said while she crossed her arms under her chest in thought which accidentally made them appear bigger, and they were big already.

Marceline chuckles a bit before going a bit closer to Phoebe before speaking.

"Well don't worry. I'm sure we can work something out."

Phoebe felt a bit glad at a possibility of getting things in their favor before she turned to speak with her, but seeing Marceline's face so close to hers did cause her eyes to widen in shock, step back once and a blush appeared on her face before she spoke up.

"Uh Marceline, your a bit to close." Phoebe said with a blush on her face.

Marceline chuckles a bit before speaking.

"Does it bother you?"

"Uh… not sure, was that on purpose?" Phone said when she straightened herself to get balanced but didn't step back from her again, seems the surprise was the main reason for it.

Marceline chuckles again before speaking up while grinning.

"Is this?" She said before she surprised Phoebe by smashing her lips on hers.

Phoebe's eyes widen in shock from the surprise attack.

But to Marceline's surprise, Phoebe returned the kiss and surprised her again by moving so that Marceline was pressed against the wall before Phoebe pulled away with a lust filled grin on her face before speaking up while she gripped Marceline's ass.

"I see, so this is what you want huh?, Better tell you now that setting off a flame elemental like this is normally a bad idea because we have some very rough sex normally, and thanks to being of Royal blood… many times more for me, I had many women visit me over the years and they normally pass out, never had a man though, saving that for Finn if I get the chance… but you… you better brace yourself cause you just set off the Queen of Flames big time." Phoebe explains while her eyes start to glaze over with lust before she starts to lick and nip at Marceline's vampire bit mark.

Marceline, was at first shocked at Phoebe's actions before she starts moaning a bit before pulling her head back before look at Phoebe straight in the eyes before speaking up.

"Let's find ourselves a nice room. Don't think Bonnible will like if we make a mess here."

Phoebe grins before she used her heat sense to locate everyone before finding a room, but there was an option she wanted to do.

"Think Bubblegum would be steamed if we use her bed, I did want to get a little payback for those times she spied on me…" Phoebe said before she used her left hand to fondle Marceline's right breast before she continues to lick and suck at Marceline's vampire bit mark.

Marceline moans a bit before speaking.

"I say more than steamed. Let's do it." She said before grinning.

Phoebe grins some more after she pulled her head away before she spoke up while picking up Marceline bridal style.

"Would be faster if we run." Phoebe said before she partially turns into raw flames while she shoots down the hall with Marceline in her arms.

Said Vampire Queen was surprised at this action while feeling very excited.

A minute later, the duo found themselves in Bubblegum's room before Marceline was tossed on to the bed while Phoebe went back to lock the door, seems she was going to expect people when she made Marceline call her name.

Lemon alert/ Yuri, Futa

Marceline looks at Phoebe with a lust filled smirk before speaking.

"I'm definitely gonna enjoy this." She said before she quickly starts to take off her clothes.

It wasn't long before the Vampire Queen was completed nude.

She had like a hourglass figure, her hair was tied in a ponytail and her breasts a least between D-E size.

Phoebe in turn looks to Marceline with a blush on her face before she spoke up after grinning.

"Quick Q Marceline, are you normally submissive in bed or dominant, I heard rumors lately that while you two weren't together, you and Bubblegum did have one night stands for stress relievers and that was it, mind if I ask who that top lady was in those areas?" Phoebe cryptically asked the nude Vampire Queen.

"Hehe, I was always the dominant one." Marceline said.

Phoebe grins before she spoke up when her dress like outfit starts to shift.

"Well then, let's see how well you do when your the submissive one here!" Phoebe said before her outfit shifts into a dominatrix like outfit while she surprisingly had a dick equipped which was around 10 to 12 inches long and 2 to three inches in width, made sense since her form could shift at will.

She had a shapely figure and C to D cup breasts and a lust filled grin on her face before she licks her lips when she drank in Marceline's nude form.

Marceline had an excited look on her face as she also drank the sight of Phoebe's body before licking her lips when she saw the Flame Queen's dick.

"So, got a position request or do you want me to surprise you?" Phoebe asked while her dick twitched from excitement.

"Hmmmm… Surprise me." Marceline said while grinning before the scene shifts.

Lemon pause/ back to the Ice Kingdom.

Back with Finn, Emerald, and Gunter while they got near the second mark, they decided to take a break before Emerald brought out the food he made.

"Finn, here is a Cheeseburger, freshly heated to perfection, Gunter, you got a style of fish food that I decided to try out in a pre mushroom war book and this is called sashimi, hope you enjoy."

Emerald said before he placed the two items in front of Finn and Gunter before he went to his pack for his own food.

"Cool. Thanks man." Finn said before he took a bite of his food.

He can feel the taste buds of his tongue dancing around after tasting the burger.

"So good." He said but was muffled since there was still food in his mouth.

Emerald chuckles when he pulled out a lidded bowl with cut up steak, mash potatoes, and Mushrooms were mixed in before he spoke up.

"Thanks, I try, anyway, how are you feeling Finn?, Maybe a month but you seemed to got the hang of things again, think your at 100 percent or you still feeling off?" Emerald asked before he starts to dig into his own meal with Gunter doing the same with pleased wenks.

Finn took a moment to think before speaking.

"Well… I feel like I'm there but not completely."

"Meaning?, You feel like you there but not completely?, Is something off?" Emerald asked after he swallowed his food to speak clearly.

"No nothing like that. See back then I usually train in case for any incoming danger. But since I was asleep for four years, I really needed to train.

However with the training we're doing now, makes me wish I did something like this when I was younger." Finn said while feeling a bit bad.

Emerald chuckles before he spoke up.

"Eh better late than never right?, Besides even if you trained back than, do you think you could have stopped this war?, Personally I think getting frozen was a good thing, you have a kingdom that you own to train in, two badass knights protecting you and you have one of the smartest people in Ooo here in your head, seems to me that while the beginning wasn't cheery, things are looking up so you can turn things around Finn, after all, you might not have a happy beginning, it's the rest of your story that you control, not me, not Simon, not even the owl now, it's your life, your story, and my life is my story and no one can change that so cheer up Finn cause we are going to write one hell of a good ending later by taking down this dark lord and getting you a Queen or two… or more hehe." Emerald said before he starts to lightly chuckle at the end when he remembered how many women Finn peeped on in the past.

Finn blushed deeply after hearing that last part before speaking.

"Uh… let's worry on taking down this dark lord first before anything. But you're right about everything else Emerald. This is my life and my destiny is my own."

"Hehe, yeah, well we have 10 minutes to relax so let's do that before we head to the second mark, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna head over there and write my name in the snow, hehe." Emerald said before he starts to walk away from the duo.

Finn sweatdrops since he knows what Emerald meant since he and Jake did that while scouting out Ice King whenever he stole a princess or something.

Gunter wenks in the meantime while he finished his meal before he just lays back in the snow and starts snoozing with light wenks which left Finn all alone in a sense.

Finn then sighs a bit since aside from this training mission, he did wonder if Phoebe and the others were alright while unknowingly to him, his ring starts to glow a little.

Meanwhile with the Snow Golem who kept an eye on Emerald and Finn's weapons before Finn's demon blood sword starts to wobble when the more ice bits starts to glow a little.

The Snow Golem blinks in confusion as he wonders why the sword is acting like that until…

It shot right into the air while spinning like a helicopter blade before it stops and shoots into a certain direction like Nothung with Billy.

"Uh?!" The Snow Golem gasps as he had know idea why that happened.

Meanwhile with Finn...

He was still sitting near Gunter who snoozed next to him before a glimmer in the distance got Finn's attention.

"What the Glob is that?" Finn asked with confusion.

His question was answered when he saw his demon blood sword flying right towards him with insane speed.

The young Ice Prince was shocked when he saw his blade before speaking.

"What the?! Why's my sword flying?"

A moment later and his sword stabs itself in front of Finn on the ground while Gunter remained unaware of what just happened while he continues to sleep.

Finn was still shocked at just happened before speaking.

"Okay… how did my demon blood sword get here? Did I… somehow call for it?"

The Sword however didn't answer and Simon didn't appear yet so it must have not been important if Finn didn't use it in this mock battle.

Finn was still confused on this before he shrugs before speaking.

"Well… we are taking a break. So maybe I should check on my friends." He said before looking at the eye before speaking.

"Show me Jake."

The sword glows for a moment before Jake was seen while he ate dinner with his entire family and it looked like Lady was pregnant again when she sat near him, all in all they looked happy together while some looked more neutral about being there.

Finn was shocked when he saw that before smiles at the scene while crying a bit since he missed them so much before thinking.

'Oh man I wish I was there. Maybe later when the war is over.' He thought before speaking up.

"Show me… Bubblegum."

The images than shift to show Bubblegum while she walked into one of her labs before she walked up to an older looking Huntress and she spoke up.

"Greetings Huntress, sorry for the abrupt summons but I couldn't think of anyone else right now for this mission." Bubblegum said when she looked to the leaf themed Wizard.

"No trouble at all. What is it that you need me to do?" The forest nymph asked while flipping her arrow while Bubblegum cleared her throat before speaking up.

"A two fold mission, one is to scout out the Ice Kingdom and if things are friendly there pass a message from me for gaining a new ally, I'm sure you heard about the Invaders being repelled there right?" Bubblegum asked with a serious look on her face.

Huntress Wizard nods to the Candy Monarch before speaking up.

"And the second?"

"Get photos of the more important people there if you can, we need information about who's there, and if they are a possible threat, we can use the info to stop them before things get out of hand, we have one maniac to deal with right now, we don't need a second one." Bubblegum said while holding out a camera to Huntress.

"Understood." She said before grabbing the camera before Bubblegum looked thoughtful before she spoke up.

"I… kept quiet about this from the others, but I may have an idea about who this new Ice King is, but I need your word to not say anything to others until we're 100% sure." Bubblegum said when she got a serious look on her face.

"Alright, I promise not to breathe a word about this. But who do you suspect?" Huntress Wizard asked.

"Simple… Finn the Human." Bubblegum said with a serious tone to her voice.

Finn was shocked when heard his name being called.

Huntress Wizard was shocked as well before speaking up.

"The missing hero? How do you know for sure?"

"Three reasons to be exact, first off, from what we heard from some of the Water Nymphs in Finn's pond, they saw Finn carry the Ice King into the home and he had the Crown, but when Finn exits, one of the Nymphs enters the home and saw that the Ice King was missing his crown." Bubblegum said while she passed Huntress a note that told of before and after which told the differences.

Finn was again shocked when he heard this before speaking.

"Damn! I did not noticed the Water Nymphs being there."

"Second was Gunter who followed Finn and Ice King in, but only followed Finn out, granted we could think of Gunter being curious but we have recent eye witness reports that they have seen Gunter in the Ice Kingdom still instead of going to Ice King right now, so I ask, why is that?"

Bubblegum asked since that would be strange for the penguin.

Huntress wondered that as well while Finn facepalms after hearing this.

"Finally, remember that the Ice King's crown, while magical in nature is also made by some science as well, in an effort to try and stop Ice King in the past, I made a locator for its unique magical energy and shortly after Ice King lost his crown, a lot of energy was used in the same spot where Ice King said that he and Flame Princess fought before she broke up with Finn, now again it could be coincidence, but don't you think it's strange that right after it happened, the Ice Kingdom was rebuilt like if the fight never happened?, And the Ice King at the time was still knocked out… so tell me, who at the time would have multiple chances to get the Crown of Ice?" Bubblegum said to Huntress with a serious look on her face.

Finn was surprised after hearing Bubblegum's deduction.

Huntress Wizard rubbed her chin before speaking.

"You do have a point. So if what you're saying is true and Finn is the new ice ruler, should I try to bring him in?"

"... No, if he really is wearing the crown than he could be a different person entirely like with Simon and Ice King, try and see if he's sane or not and message me than we can work on the next step, that is if Finn is there, also try and see if he has allies there, things might get complicated if there's someone protecting the new Ice King or Prince if Finn is the one with the crown." Bubblegum explains to Huntress.

"I understand." The forest nymph said.

"Though I will say this, if he somehow is still Finn, and if you two meet, mind giving him a slap from me?, He vanished for four years for Glob's sake and worried everyone after all." Bubblegum said with a half lidded look on her face while shaking her head from Finn vanishing for all of these years.

Finn sweatdrops after hearing that.

Though he did deserved that one and felt bad for vanishing and stuff.

Huntress Wizard sweatdrops as well before speaking up.

"Uhhh… sure. No problem."

"Good, now if you need winter based gear follow me, seems the Ice Kingdom is bigger than last time an you could use the warmer gear, and that's to a few favors, I got some rare plants you can use if needed, they will be in seeds though, can you work with that in cold climates?" Bubblegum asked when she offered Huntress an outfit for the Ice Kingdom.

Huntress took a look at the outfit that Bubblegum presented.

It looked like a blue and white version of her outfit with the cloak and mask being pure white for snow and the rest underneath was a mix of blue and white.

"I designed this based on your current outfit, but it's made to help not only blend in with the snow and ice, it's also insulated to prevent your body temperature from dropping too much, you can keep your current mask if you want since I know your kind like to keep your faces hidden unless with a bonded lover, but the snow colored mask option is always available if you want a color change." Bubblegum said while she waits for Huntress's thoughts on the recolored winterized outfit.

Said forest nymph took another look at the outfit before speaking.

"I can work with this. I'll also take the mask option as well."

"Very well, but you will need some muscle, you may be strong but your more magic and stealth strong, not power strong." Bubblegum said to offer Huntress some more help.

Huntress raised her eyebrow before speaking.

"What do you have in mind?"

"More like who, she's called Canyon, Billy's ex girlfriend, a water Elemental who is around his height in size, she used to fight alongside him in battle so she could be useful in a fight."

Bubblegum said to Huntress with a serious look on her face

Finn was shocked when he heard that before thinking.

'Billy ex?!' He thought before hearing Huntress spoke.

"Well… no offense to her, but if she dated that guy, wouldn't she be old?"

"Water Elementals and Elementals in general age slowly, Canyon looks surprisingly young for her age and is still in her prime believe it or not."

Bubblegum said when she explained the physical slow age trait of an elemental.

Finn was surprised when he heard that before thinking.

'Didn't know that.'

Huntress Wizard hadn't realized that before speaking.

"Well... it wouldn't hurt to have backup, just in case."

"Alright, I'll send Canyon a message to meet you later, good luck with figuring out who's in charge of the Ice Kingdom now." Bubblegum said before she went to her lab table to continue her work on helping her kingdom while leaving Huntress to her thoughts but the view Finn saw focused on Bubblegum for now since he asked to watch her.

Finn was still surprised at what had transpired before looking at Bubblegum to see what she has to say.

"Finn, if that's really you in the Ice Kingdom… you better get ready for the mother of all chew outs from me." Bubblegum mutters to herself before she starts to focus on her work in silence.

Finn gulps a bit after hearing that before pulling his back before speaking.

"Boy am I'm in trouble." He said before looking at the eye again before speaking.

"Show me… Breakfast Princess."

The scene than shifts with a blue glow to show BP while she worked on some paperwork, seems she got her fun out of the way earlier while the Maid from earlier was cleaning around the room and waiting on BP by giving her tea and what not before her sisters Toast and Strudel Princess entered the room, seems they grew well over the years but not like BP who had a more humanoid form.

"Hey sis, you doing OK?, We heard from Jungle Princess about your question about Finn." TP said when she and SP walked over and stopped in front of BP's desk.

Breakfast Princess looks up to her sisters before speaking up.

"I'm fine. It's just… it's been four years since his disappearance. I prayed to Glob that day one he'll be found. I just wish he was here so I can hug and tell him how I feel." She said while feel sad.

Finn was also feeling said after hearing that.

The sister duo frown a bit before TP sighs.

"Yeah, though I've heard some rumors years ago of him taking the Ice King's crown but I'm not sure if it's legit." TP said while SP nods in agreement.

Breakfast Princess had a feeling about that as well before speaking.

"Well I hope it's not true. I don't think anyone would want to see him go insane because of that crown."

"Yeah… hopefully, anyway we came here to give you a break, you have been working too hard even with Kirin's… help… so we thought a day in the Candy kingdom to just rest and turn your brain off could help, you have been running yourself ragged after the Breakfast kingdom got taken over... " TP said while sending the maid a slight blush with SP doing the same… seems BP's relaxing days were common knowledge around here.

Breakfast Princess blushed brightly when her sisters mentioned the maid, now known as Kirin, along with Breakfast Princess's way of relaxing.

Finn blushed brightly since he's seen what said her and the maid did.

(End of Part 1,next Part 2 soon.)