I was going to make this chapter two individual chapters, but they were too short, so I made it into one. This chapter was originally titled "Like Your Bro... But a Girl." You'll learn why if you read.
"Ah man, I can't believe we went through all that trouble for nothing!" Finn exclaimed, lifting himself up and over a boulder. Jake helped a blind-folded Cake and Fionna over it.
"Yeah, and then the Ice King got away." Jake added.
"Where are we going?" Fionna asked. She reached for her blindfold. Jake stretched to slap it away.
"No peeking!" Jake exclaimed.
"It's a surprise!" Finn said. He stepped onto the bridge leading to the cave. "Watch your step." Jake helped Fionna and Cake on and across the bridge.
Fionna stepped into the cave, hearing her step echo through the cave, startling her. "Are we in a cave?"
"Yeah, we're in a cave," Finn replied, a few feet ahead.
"Are we going to fight a cave wizard or something?"
"Nah, there ain't any wizards in this cave." Jake pointed out. "Hey Finn, we there?"
"Yeah, we're there." Finn opened the door to the cabin that sat in the middle of the cave.
"And a one, two..." came a voice from inside the cabin. Suddenly music emerged from the cabin, inviting the group inside. Just a few steps in and the music stopped. "Who's there?" That was when the pale young woman floated into the room. She saw the group and said to Finn, "Oh, hey Finn. Wasn't expecting you to stop by."
"Hey Marceline. Yeah, guess we should have called." Finn said. "Anyways, we brought some friends." He motioned to Fionna and Cake.
"Can we take these things off now?" Fionna asked, Cake walking into one of the walls.
"Go ahead." Finn said, just as a young man, as pale as Marceline, floated in.
"Hey Marcy, what's going on...?" he began, but then saw Fionna with wide eyes. "Oh, hey Fionna! Wasn't expecting to see you here!"
"You know this guy?" Finn asked, the man floating over to Fionna.
"Yeah, he's my friend, Marshall Lee." Fionna explained, turning to the man. "I didn't think I'd see you again! How'd you get here?"
"It's a long story." Marshall Lee said thoughtfully. "And I don't remember all of it."
"I found him in the woods." Marceline said. "Just about sunrise, I had the urge to go outside, so I put on sun-protection and went out. He was laying there, having been knocked-out by exposure to the sun."
"She took me to her house." Marshall added. "We were jamming together until you guys came in." He looked at Finn. "So you must be Finn. Heard a lot about you from Marcy."
"Did she mention me?" Jake asked. "'Cause I'm awesome at the viola."
"Oh yeah, she did mention something about you. She said you flinch at everything she does." Marshall said. "Like this!" His face transformed into the face of some monster, making Jake jump and Cake's fur frizz. Marshall laughed at this.
"Dude, it's not funny!" Jake whined. He looked at Finn. "Right, Finn?"
"It kinda was." Finn giggled.
"Ah man, let's just leave now, We already let Fionna meet Marceline." Jake said, walking to the door.
"Wait just a second!" Marshall Lee said, stopping Finn. "Marceline saved me, Finn. If she hadn't, I probably wouldn've died. You have to make sure if that happens with Fionna, you do the same. 'Cause she's like your bro... but a girl." The two looked to the rest of the group, playing at the door.
"All right. I'll remember that."
"Hey Princess, I'm back..." Finn said, walking into the Candy Castle to a shocking surprise. No one was in the castle but Gumball and Bubblegum. They were holding hands, talking about something Finn didn't care to listen to. Because they were holding hands. And when he saw Gumball lean into Bubblegum, it felt like the room was spinning. He had to leave. He reached the door and ran out, past Fionna and Cake.
"Huh, what's up with him?" Cake asked, causing Fionna to run after her male counterpart.
"Dude, wait up!" she cried, but he didn't care to listen until he reached the burning house in the distance.
He laid down near the fiery house, waiting for someone to come out. When he felt the flames lap at his hat, he screamed and pulled it off, trying to snuff the flames. "Ow Finn! You know that hurts!" said Flame Princess, standing where Finn once lay.
"Oh, sorry FP." Finn said, putting his hat back on, all the flames out.
"Well you should be." Flame Princess said, then noticed the tears flowing down his cheeks. "Oh Finn, were your eyes making water again?"
"What?" he touched his face. "Oh, I guess I was crying."
"Tell me why."
"I saw this guy I thought was my friend kissing Bubblegum." Finn pointed out.
"What?!" Fionna exclaimed, having caught up.
"Oh hey." Finn said, only to get a confused look from Flame Princess. "Flame Princess, Fionna. Fionna, Flame Princess."
"Hi." Flame Princess said, though Fionna ignored her.
"I hope to Glob you're not talking about Gumball." Fionna said.
"Sorry, but I was." Finn answered.
"That can't be true." Fionna said. "Gumball is a good guy."
"I'm sure of what I saw. And I don't like it either."
"Well if you don't like it Finn, you should tell her." Flame Princess advised. "That's the best thing to do."
"I can't go back. What if saying how I feel makes it worse?" Finn pointed out.
"Well if you don't, you'll have to live knowing you didn't try anything to stop whatever happens in that case." Flame Princess added, which brought to Finn's mind half-candy children.
"Okay, I'll do it!" Finn proclaimed.
"And you'll be doing it for Fionna, too." said the flame boy who had just walked up.
"Finn, Flame Prince. Flame Prince, Finn." Fionna introduced the two. Finn smiled at that, and went back to the Candy Kingdom.
Gumball was helping Bubblegum with a cooking experiment when Finn came in. "Oh, hey Finn." Gumball greeted the boy. He saw that Finn was not happy. "What's wrong?"
"I saw what you were doing earlier. That's not cool." Finn said.
"Oh, you're angry about that." Gumball frowned. "Why would you be angry about that?"
Finn froze up. I can't let him know about that. He thought. That was when the words Marshall Lee told him popped into his mind. "Because she's practically your sister! You don't do that to your sister." Finn replied, expecting that to free him. Instead he got stared at. "Man, it sounds cooler when Marshall Lee says it!"
Everyone burst out laughing. "Fine, I guess you're right. Wouldn't want Mr. Jealous to beat me up."
"I'm not jealous! I'm just stupid!"