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EXTRA LONG FINALE CHAPTER!

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I found myself in a similar situation to what I was in before. Staring up at the ceiling, thinking about a girl. Though, this time, it was more like I was thinking of two girls. I still couldn't comprehend that I had jacked it up with both of them at the same time, the way I did, but, well, I had to force myself. I had to keep telling myself, 'They left you, they left you,' and it was more real every single time I told myself those words.

It was my fault. That much was understood. I needed to choose. That was the harsh reality. I needed to choose.

In my life, I was never really offered much of a choice, it was kind of like, "Finn, go and save this Kingdom, if you don't, then everyone dies," or "Finn, help me do this abstract task, because if you don't, I'll be like upset with you or whatever," and, really, it was just weird to have a choice in this.

It was kind of unsaid, that Princess Bubblegum and I were a couple. All the other Princesses knew it, and respected it. Nobody ever hit on her either, because she liked me, and that meant that I had to like her.

I shuddered as I thought about the incident four years ago. I didn't make a choice, I realized. I did what I had to do. She liked me. She was sad. And so I had to go with her. It was so surreal to look at things now with such a critical eye and seeing that it was all just an illusion of choice.

"What's up, Finn?" Jake called, smacking his lips. He had just woken up.

"I don't know man. I really donked it up with both Princesses." I sighed. "I don't know what to do, or which one to choose, because they like hate eachother or whatevs, and this was caused because I couldn't choose."

"Well, who do you want to be with, Finn?" Jake asked, getting up and stretching over to me. "I know that sometimes things are hard, bro, but you of all people should know to never give up, man! You need to find your way."

"Thanks, man," I muttered in thanks, and patted him on the shoulder. "I just... I don't know."

"Finn, you're gonna get through this. I believe in you, buddy. I'll leave so that you can think about it some more." he added, before stretching out of the room, leaving me, once again, alone.

How was I supposed to choose, anyway? One girl, I knew forever, the other, I've been hanging out with so much? Maybe they should have taken my feelings into consideration. That was absolutely ridiculous, but when you're at a loss for thoughts, actions, anything, you tend to do or say stupid things.

I set my mind. I was going to go and see Bubblegum.

The trek to the Candy Kingdom was more somber and uninteresting than ever before. Inside the Candy Kingdom was worse. News about what I did to the Princess and what I was about to do with the water balloons must have spread around town, and so whenever anyone saw me they either glared at me or looked away. I suspected that they would forget about what happened as soon as I made up with Princess Bubblegum. For all it was worth.

I soon made it up to the Candy Kingdom Castle, and was greeted by Manfrey, and, as usual, he directed me up to wherever the Princess was, and, this time, it was her bedroom. I walked up the large, large, staircase until I made my way up to the hallway that led to her room. In front of her door, I sighed, and prepared myself before turning the door knob and opening the door, expecting to see her.

I didn't, however. I didn't see anyone. I took this time to take in her room. It was huge, especially compared to the measly, small room that Jake and I resided in. Before I got lost in examining her room, I called her name. "Princess Bubblegum!?" I heard nothing. I didn't know what to figure, and so I sat down on her bed and sat down.

mmph!

"Huh!?" I called, looking over to the side of her room. I heard someone struggling. What was going on? I began to walk over to the bookcase, which sounded about as close to the noise as it would be in this room. Maybe she had a secret room behind her bookcase. "Too cliche," I chuckled to myself, before grabbing onto the bookcase and trying to force it over to the side. To my surprise it fell, revealing a small passageway that I had to get on my knees to look into.

Once I looked inside, I saw weird room- still Pink, but strangely different. I crawled through the hole, and dusted off my knees and looked around at the room. It was dark, and I heard a weird clanking noise. Inside the room were all sorts of metal tools and dishes.

"There. It's been done. I made a mistake in creating you, and it's over, now."

It was Princess Bubblegum. "W-what?" I asked, loud, trying to get her attention.

"Finn-!" I could tell that she jumped up from the sound of the chair she was sitting on. "Finn, it's not what it looks like,"

I followed the sound of her voice over to where she was sitting. My eyes, along the way, adjusted to the light, and I was able to see her more clearly, her pink hair tied into a ponytail, her standing in a pink jumpsuit.

"Princess Bubblegum!? What's going on?"

"Finn-!" She said again, standing in front of the table that she was sitting at before. She was trying to block my view.

"What are you doing?" I asked her, angrily.

"I'm saving my kingdom..." she muttered now, "and if you want to try and stop me, I'll have to-"

"I can't stop you if I don't know what you're freaking doing!" I shouted angrily, before putting a hand on my forehead. "What's going on, PB?"

"Look for youself," she sighed, lighting a candle.

I sighed after her and walked up to the table, and looked down. There was some sort of brown gunk on the dish that was laid down on the table. "What is that?" I asked her, but still, I moved my hand south towards the goop. I pointed out a finger and hesitantly dragged it in the goop. It was sticky, but kind of smooth, like...

"No way."

"Finn, listen to me-"

"You didn't." I backed away from the table instinctively, staring at her all the while.

"I had to."

"Glob..." I muttered, looking down at the Peanut Butter stuck on my finger.

"I created him from experiments, to see if I could by any chance create a full, living being, not one like Lemongrab, but a normal, sane being. That was the Prince. But he was too smart, and he figured out that since he was technically related to me, and since he was a man, he could take my place as ruler of the Candy Kingdom." she explained slowly, sighing after she was done. "It was the only action I could take, Finn." she added.

"That's... that's..."

"I never disliked you Finn, or hated you. He forced me to. He was going to ruin the Kingdom. I care about my people too much to let this happen to them."

It was true, then. She didn't hate me. She never hated me. "So... you like me, then? You love me?"

"...Well, of course I do, Finn, but, when I said it was over... I meant it."

"..."

"Being without you for the time that it's been has... well, it's gotten me thinking. You... well, you really are too young." she said simply. "You just... well, you're immature, Finn, and I don't think I can be with that."

I didn't know what to say. My mouth wouldn't move, my throat would make no words. All I could do was stare at her, dumbfounded. She had really dumped me. It was set in stone, then.

"You... you honestly couldn't have thought that it would work out between us, did you...?" she asked now, staring into my eyes.

"I don't know," I answered truthfully, before looking down at the ground in shame.

"Hey, Finn," she started, walking closer to me, before putting one hand on my shoulder. She pecked me on the cheek softly, and smiled before adding, "We can still be friends."

"Yeah," I nodded, though I honestly didn't feel as if we could. "I'm... gonna go, now," I said at last, turning around, and beginning the trek back to the secret passage.

"Take care, Finn," she added, as I walked out of the door. I looked back at her, and I could tell that she was finally happy. There was no longer the shielded, false empty eyes that usually adorned her face, now, it was real. It was real.

It was unbelievable. Utterly unbelievable. She put me through so much stress, so much guessing, and assuming, and thinking, and mental illness just so that she could tell me that I was too young for her? Not only was it extremely annoying, it was secretly my fear that I was 'too young'. All of my friends were older, or more mature then me, and I hated it, because it was so real.

The trek out of the Candy Kingdom was just as bad as the way in, but I could tell that the citizens knew that something had happened based on the look on their faces as they turned around quickly.

I couldn't blame her, though. Everything she said was true. I was too young, too immature. It was my fault. I couldn't choose her, I didn't take her when I should've, I almost harmed the people that she loved most, and everything was just a game to me. It was why the Flame Princess had also left me.

That left the most bitter of tastes in my mouth. The Flame Princess left me because she thought that I was still with Princess Bubblegum, and then Princess Bubblegum just... dumped me.

Where was the Flame Princess? What could I say to her? What could I do to make her believe me? What could I do to make her forgive me?

I had no idea, but I knew that I would have to find her.

"Well, are you happy, Finn?" Jake asked, a hand on my shoulder.

"No," I answered with a sigh, slouching again on the couch in our living room. "I just... I want to make it up with the Flame Princess so badly... I... I think I love her, man..."

"Then you have to go find her."

And with that, I was out of the house, wandering. I had literally no idea where to start, or where to end, or when I would find her. But I told Jake that I wouldn't be back until I did. I was serious about her. I was done playing games, letting things play out, playing pranks, being lazy. I was done. And I was ready to be with the Flame Princess.

It wasn't anymore about her being my 'rebound' girl, or anything like that, it was about me wanting her for her, everything everyone else hated about her, everything she hated about herself, I wanted all of it. I wanted to be able to shower her with love, to make her feel like she belonged, not that she was some monster, or some outsider.

I wanted the fire.

It was even more real than Princess Bubblegum, more real than me being 'too young', more real than that I messed it up with both of them. I wanted her. It made me tear up, it made me angry. I wanted her.

I stopped losing track of the days that had passed in me searching for her, and the areas that I had searched. She wasn't at Marceline's house. The Ice Kingdom was empty. The Fire Kingdom was empty. Every single area that I checked was empty. I took shelter wherever I could - it reminded me of the outing I had with Jake, in which we were 'house hunting' - and usually it wasn't comfortable at all. But I was determined. Everything was a blur, and I couldn't tell what was real, and what was just a dream.

Maybe that was because none of it mattered. Nothing had changed. I hadn't found her. My whole existence those few days became centered around finding her, any people I interacted with were forgotten, and places I'd gone were forgotten, and nothing mattered. Nothing but her.

"Flame Princess..."

"Finn?"

My ears perked up. I looked up to see her. "FP!" I exclaimed, a smile growing on my face, as I ran over to her and gave her a huge hug. "I missed you," I whispered, hugging her. Her familiar warmth encompassed me. I loved it.

She giggled while I hugged her, and when I let go, she asked, "What are you doing here, across Ooo?"

She looked more beautiful than I remembered. Everything about her. Her smile, her hair, her smile, her laugh, it was all so gorgeous, and because of it, I had trouble keeping hold of the words she said. "I came to look for you," I said proudly. I had found her.

"You mean... from your house?" she asked worriedly, now frowning.

I sighed and nodded. "It was worth it, for you, FP..."

"How long has it been? Since... since I left?"

"The day after," I answered her, rubbing my eyes.

"It's been a month," she said now, looking directly at me. I could tell that she was sad. I didn't know about what, but, I didn't come all this way to see her depressed.

"It's fine, FP. It was worth it. I'm just glad that I was able to find you. I love you," I added, exhaling happily.

"I... Finn... I'm sorry." she began, looking down at the ground.

I could literally feel my heart begin to tear. First Princess Bubblegum left me, and now she was going to tell me that she didn't love me?

"I... jumped to conclusions," she continued, with a sigh. "I should've listened to you. I'm sorry that I forced you to come all the way out here."

"It's fine, FP. It's fine." I said, trying to ease her worries. "I'm fine. It was a fun adventure, you know?" I lied, making as big of a smile as I could. The trek was boring, but seeing her happy face left everything on such a wonderful note.

"You... forgive me?" she asked now, looking at me, sadly.

"Of course I do. I love you," I reminded her, grabbing her hand and squeezing it.

Much to my surprise, she began to shake violently. "FP?" I asked, before I noticed that she was sobbing. I took her into my arms, and hugged her again.

"I didn't want to come back, because I thought you would be mad at me," she sobbed. "I'm so sorry, Finn. I should've trusted you..."

"It's fine, FP. It's fine." I told her. "I love you."

"I love you, too," she replied.

"You're happy, Finn, aren't ya?" Jake asked the same question, but this time, it wasn't as much of a question as it was a statement. I was happy. He knew it.

"You bet, man," I laughed. "Are you happy, FP?"

"Seriously, dude? You keep asking me the same question," she laughed, her head on my shoulder. "Of course I'm happy. I'll always be happy with you, Finn."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"I love BMO!" Jake interrupted with a smile, before laughing at the looks we both gave him. "I'm glad you guys are happy. A sad Finn ain't no Finns at all, pops used to say." Jake smiled again happily. "He'd be proud to know that you're happy now, Finn. I told you you would make it through this, dude. I'm proud too. Before we both start crying, I'm gonna give you two some alooone time," he said.

Making it back to the Treehouse was a whole lot more fun than making it was. The Flame Princess and I traveled together, and it was a whole lot of fun. We helped people out, defeated crazy beasts, uncovered ruins, conquered dungeons, and so much more. Being with her was... well, it was everything that I wanted. We hoped to get the word around the world of Ooo, that the Flame Princess wasn't evil. She wanted to help. It was going to work out, we both knew it would.

Before stopping by the Treehouse, we stopped back at the Candy Kingdom. I knew that the Flame Princess trusted me, but I wanted to show her, first hand, that the Princess and I and made up, and that there was nothing going on between us. And there wasn't. Things in the Candy Kingdom were about as good as they were before the Prince of Peanut Butter had showed up.

Princess Bubblegum and I were... well, we were normal. It was weird, sometimes- a different weird than it had been in the beginning -but I still made sure to help her out with whatever weird tasks needed doing.

The Flame Princess went back to Marceline's house, and stayed there again. We meeted up all the time, and her and Marceline often hung out at the Treehouse, and it was a whole lot of fun. The Flame Princess and I often met out in private, so we could hang out and talk. Being in love was... it was fun, and different.

My life wasn't perfect, in fact, it was far from it. I was always fighting monsters, endangering my life, spending my time deep in dark dungeons, or helping out people with no regard for my own self being. But I was happy.

I was happy.

End. There you go. I hope you're happy. I am. I am extremely happy with how this came out. Apparently, nobody really cared for the whole poll thing, and, to be completely honest, I didn't either.

I wanted it to end with the Flame Princess. And it did. And I'm actually really proud of how it came out. I feel like I tied things up extremely well.

I was not planning on this being the final chapter, but I decided that I wanted to do it for a change, and, so, this extremely long chapter was the product of my imagination.

This chapter took long for the sole reason that I didn't want to write. But I did. And I'm really happy that I did.

I hope you really enjoyed this story. I can't say for sure that I will be doing another one about Adventure Time, or, really, about any other franchise, but I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed this project, and I'm really glad that I completed it. I stuck with my word, and, well, I'm finally at ease with myself.

Thank you for viewing. The comments that I got on this story really helped me move through this story, and so I also want to thank you for that.

I would do my whole "As usual" thing, but, well, I just don't feel like it.

I'm tired. I'm content.

I'm happy.

Thank you, again, for viewing. Have a nice life. Finn will.