Chapter Inspiration: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

I sighed, walking out of the cave and back into the world outside, my head racing with a million thoughts. There was someone I needed to see, someone who might just be able to help me. I lifted up my hand and pulled off the now red bear hat I've always worn, my blond bangs slightly blurring out my vision as I dragged myself through the forest.

My red demon sword dug into the ground, leaving a trail of dirt. I stopped, leaning against a tree and finding the sun setting in the distance. I stayed there, trying not to think, trying to ignore the echos of the last hour. I needed to get help. I need to find a way to erase this.

The stars started to shine over the tree tops, I should get moving, I need to move. I forced myself to take a step away from the tree, I let the cloth in my hand slip to the ground. I don't deserve to wear it. I don't deserve to hold this sword. But my fingers wouldn't let go of the hilt as I continued to walk.

I wiped my forehead where a gash had been placed. There was still some blood dripping down but most of it had been healed. My body was covered in healing cuts and blood, my blue shirt had mostly been drowned out in red, my hair as well, and my shorts. A name escaped my lips in a whimper and I dropped to my knees.

I felt the tears swell into my eyes and down my cheeks, mixing with the blood and dirt that clustered my skin. I fell to my knees, vaguely noticing that I had entered the grasslands. "Damnit!" I yell pounding my fist into the ground, I repeated the motion again and again. The tears falling freely, my sword was all but forgotten next to me.

"Finn?" The voice ended my rage towards the ground. I leaned back on my knees and looked up, stretching out my fingers. Marceline drifted down to the ground and stood in front of me. Her long black hair was braided down her back and she had on a navy blue sweatshirt and short-shorts. "Finn what's wrong?" She asked.

I turned pushed myself up, picking up the sword and resting it on my shoulder. "Nothing." I responded dryly. I started to walk past her and she grabbed my arm, turning me back towards her. Her red eyes reflected the moon's light.

"It has to be something."

She brushed the bangs out of my eyes, and forced me to look at her. "You can tell me what happened." She spoke, I looked away finding it hard to not spill everything too her.

"Not here." My voice was a whisper and she nodded, taking my hand into hers she started lifting off of the ground.

She pulled me into the air, and I dangled there for a moment before her arm wrapped around my waist, keeping me close to her. I rested my head on her shoulder, allowing her to take my weight for a while. Below us the world started racing by. I could see the treehouse in the distance as she flew the familiar path too her house. We passed the Candy Kingdom and I could see Bubblegum's ball at it's peak.

It felt like hours before we landed in the cave that Marceline lived in. She set me down on her porch and I took a few steps back. "Tell me what happened." She said when we were in her living room. I set my bag down on the ground. I let the sword fall making a small dent in the ground. "Finn,"

"Jake's dead." I responded, feeling the stream of tears return.

"What?" I could hear the shock in her voice and she sat on the couch. Not hovering over it like she normally did.

"We were in a dungeon fighting," I responded. "He was joking around like always, and that thing tore out his heart." I felt my body shaking. "Marcy... he still had a smile on his face as his body collapsed."

"I didn't know what to do, my mind went into a blank. Rage filled my mind and I can't even remember." I pressed a hand against my face, trying to ignore the images that were returning to my mind. I couldn't think strate as I felt her arms wrap around me.

"I'm sorry." She whispered, that's all she can think to say. That's all anyone will be able to say, what will I tell Lady? How can I explain this to Jake's girlfriend? How can I...

"Mar..." I pushed away from her a bit. "Can I... use your shower?" She nodded and let me walk over to the latter.

"I'll get you a change of cloths." She said softly before leaving. I climbed up the ladder to her room and walked over to the bathroom. I turned the water on before shutting the door and stripping. Once I was in the water I could see the blood and dirt stream down my body and onto the floor.

"Finn," Marceline pushed open the door as I let the water soak me. "I'll put your cloths on the counter." She told me. I didn't respond, the door closed and I turned off the water. Blood and dirt free now, I stepped into the bathroom and dried before changing into the clean clothes. I went to grab the torn clothes to find them missing. I sighed and rubbed a hand through my wet hair.

"I need to tell Lady Rainicorn." I said to Marceline, "and the pups." She popped her head out of the kitchen. A apple latched onto her fangs and I watched as the color drained.

"Do you want me to come with you?" I watched her throw the apple into the garbage can.

"If you could just take me there, I'd appreciate it. But I need to tell them on my own." She nodded and we walked outside together.

"Isn't this harming your manly pride?" She asked trying to lighten the mood. She held onto me as she flew me to the cottage Lady and the pups lived at. "Letting me carry you places." I shrugged.

"It doesn't matter." I mumbled, a few minutes later she landed a few feet from the cottage. I gave her a small thank you before walking over to the door and knocking.

Jake Jr. opened the door. "Hay buddy, can I talk to your mom?"

"Mom Uncle Finn's here to see you." The rainicorn flew down to meet me with a smile.

"안녕, 무슨 일 일로 온거야?" She spoke in the language Jake had been teaching me.

"I have some bad news..." I looked away from her. "Jake... Jake passed on." I bowed my head at the mess of words that sobbed out of her lips. I couldn't face her as she cried and the kids came to comfort her. "I'm sorry..." I whispered, turning away and walking grimly back to Marceline. She rested a hand on my back and walked with me towards the tree house.

"I can't go back." I mumbled emptying my bag and looking around the house. Everything reminded me of him. The stove where he cooked for us, and sometime our friends. The couch where we played BMO, the bedroom. "I can't come back here." I wasn't sure if the Vampire heard me, she probably had, but she didn't say anything, instead picked up BMO and started to play the video game.

I started to shove extra cloths and things I couldn't bear to live without in the small green bag. A photo of me and Jake, a large bag of money, what for, I don't know. A few hats some weapons, there was enough room for my video game pal. I sighed, slipping the bag onto my back and bringing the hat onto my head. I climbed out of my bedroom and saw that Marceline and BMO were in the same spot. She looked up at me, a frown forming on her lips.

"Where are you going to go?" She asked letting BMO go, the robot ran over to me and I picked him up.

"I don't know." I answered honestly, reaching behind me and opening my bag to let BMO slip inside. "Away." She floated over to me and grabbed onto my shoulders.

"You can't just leave." She shook me, I pushed her hands away and walked over too the door.

"Thank's for helping me." I opened the door, letting the rising sun light shield me from her.

"Finn," I heard the sound of her skin burning, she hissed and retreated into the room.

"Goodbye Marcy." I stepped out into the world, closing the door behind me.

The early morning mist hit my skin causing goose bumps to filter onto my skin. I started running, the small complaints from my bag didn't prevent me from my race away from everything. The more I ran the farther the world became from me, my breath was short but I didn't stop. Not when I saw the shadow of the Candy Kingdom, nor when I passed LSP in her make-shift home.

"Finn," BMO called to me, wanting to get out of the bag, I looked around, I didn't recognize where I was. Good. If I didn't know where I was that meant it was unlikely for anyone to find me. I set down the bag and opened it, letting BMO hop out and I took out a bag of cereal and ate a few pieces.

"Don't wander off too far BMO." I told the robot as he started chasing some squirrels. I smiled a bit seeing the little guy have some fun.

I found myself frowning, missing everyone, Princess Bubblegum, Lady and the pups, the Candy Kingdom villagers. Even the Ice King, I sighed. "Marcy..."

"Finn when are we going back?" The robot asked me as he wobbled his way over too me. I gave a sad smile, he loved everything about the tree house. It was his home. I put the food back into my bag and swung it over my shoulder. I picked up the robot and started walking.

"Soon," I lied, it could tell that I was lying. "We'll go home soon." I don't know why I was lying to myself, and BMO didn't deserve to hear these lies. Frowning again I started up a trail towards a mountain. I continued to be lost in my thoughts for what seemed like ages.

"Finn." the robot pointed to something and I looked over. Laying on the ground was the bloody hat I had been wearing yesterday. I cursed at myself, covering what should be the ears of the robot as I did. This was the path to that dungeon. Why did my body take me back here?

The answer came to me before I could block it out. Jake needed to come out of there. He needed a proper burial. "BMO you're going to have to go back in my bag for a while." I said to it. He made a noise of protest but didn't argue when I opened the bag, he slipped into the padded space and made himself comfortable.

I followed the trail back to the dungeon, pulling out my demon sword I trudged inside. The walls were dripping with dew and there was little light. I followed the gleaming path of blood I left the other night. Each step I took a memory popped into my head. Jake's last joke, his cheerful smile as he went to attack the demon. The blade like hand ripping though his chest just as he finished his joke. My scream echoed in my head. Jake, Jake, Jake! Don't die! But knowing it was too late I threw myself in a blind rage towards his killer.

I entered the room with the two corpses and trudged my way over to the lifeless body that is my brother. "Let's get you out of here." I carefully picked it up, handling it as if it were a delicate flower.

"Finn?" BMO asked. "Are we going home now?" He asked, I didn't comment, instead I felt my body trembling as I carried my brother back out of the dungeon. I could've done something. I could've been the one to die, Jake had a family to return to. What did I have?

I stepped into the afternoon light with that question bouncing in my head. We had plans to go home and play games, you had a date with Lady. He didn't need to die! Tears were falling down my cheeks as I blindly followed the path back to the grassland.

It was nearly dawn when I saw the cottage, he should be buried near his family. I laid his body down, not daring to move closer. I set down my bag and let BMO out, he flopped onto the grass and laid there. "What are you doing Finn?" The robot asked me as I started digging into the dirt with my hands. I didn't notice when the robot left, I concentrated digging. For Jake, for his family. A shovel landed where my hand had been moments earlier and I looked up.

Bubblegum is standing in front of me, her body covered with a large T-shirt and pink jeans. She has her gum hair was pulled into a braid, wrapped around her head. She gave me a sad smile and I leaned back so I was kneeling. She started digging, taking the weight off of my shoulders and I saw that Lady and the pups were slowly drifting over. "You're going to want your strength." Bubblegum said sadly. I stood and walked over to Jake.

I picked up the limp body, keeping him close as the others circle around the hole. Bubblegum pulled out the last pile of dirt and let me lower his body down. I was shaking, again, I found the tears freely falling down my cheeks. I placed him down in the dirt and backed away to let the Princess bury my brother. I picked up my bag, finding BMO in it and turned away from them. I started slowly, walking away but as the rain started, my pace quickened. I can't let BMO get too wet, I need to get under shelter.

My running lasted for what seemed like ages, I had brought my bag to the front of me and shielded it from the rain with my body. I had just lost Jake, I'm not loosing my robot pal too. The thunder crackled across the sky, seemingly laughing at me as I ran, trying to protect the only family I had left. I sprinted through the muddy grassland and found myself nearly fried by a lightning strike that landed a few feet in front of me. I slid to the ground in shock, and quickly rolled over. "You alright BMO?" I asked it.

"I am fine!" He yelled over the laugh of thunder. "But it is crowded in here!" I laughed a bit, holding the bag close to my chest again as I stood.

"I'll get you out of there soon." I told him, continuing to run, looking for anything that could provide shelter for us.

I ducked inside a cave, noticing the small house that nestled itself in the center. I sighed and climbed the wall onto a platform Jake and I used to use for hide-n-seek some time ago. I didn't want Marceline to know that we're here. Opening the damp bag I helped the robot out, and slowly took out the content of the bag to let it all dry. Laying back on a rock I stared at the stones above me and wondered what would happen if the cave collapsed on itself. I closed my eyes, sleep was something I havent had in a while.

I woke in a bed, with blankets covering me. I sat up rubbing the sleepiness out of my eyes and looked around. immediately I recognized this as Marceline's room. I pushed the blankets off of me and noticed that my shirt was missing. "Mar?" I called out, letting my eyes adjust to the dark some more before standing. I climbed down the latter and found her sleeping over her couch with BMO and her pet zombie poodle Schwabl cuddling on the couch below her. I sighed and walked into the kitchen, I was hungry.

"Finn?" Her voice came from the other room as I pulled out one of the few not-red items she had in here, a banana. I peeled off the crust and took a bite into the fruit before walking around the corner to wave to her. I saw her relax, her body drifted over to me and she rested her head on my shoulder. "When I found you laying in the cave I thought you had gotten yourself sick." She mumbled. I pat her back awkwardly.

"I didn't think you would find me." I answered honestly.

"Not find you?" She backed away, slightly angry. "I was worried out of my mind, as soon as the storm started I went looking for you everywhere!" I looked away from her.

"Why?" I asked quietly.

"Because you're my friend." She stated, "at least I thought you were."

"Why can't you let me go?" I looked her dead in the eye, I saw a blush start to form on her cheek as she thought of a way to answer. Seconds passed, slowly turning into minutes. "Mar-"

"I just can't." Her shoulders drooped.

"Why," I pushed. She looked at the ground, keeping her eyes away from me.

"I cant..."

"Can't what?" I grabbed her shoulders shaking her slightly. "Marceline," she looked at me with her glowing red eyes. "Why can't you let me go?"

"I love you." Her response was hardly a whisper. She loves me... she. My arms let go of her shoulders, what am I supposed to do? I've been in love with two people before and both have hurt me. Both have... I can't do this again. Not right now, not when my brother has just died. "I love you." She repeated and my body reacted before I could tell it otherwise.

"I-I can't," I said to myself but I could tell that the words hurt her. "Be hurt again." The words slipped from my mouth.

"Finn!" I was running again, away, where was I going, I don't know, I just let my body take me away. Leaving me in the storm, the rain pelting against my bare chest. I was weaponless, shirtless, homeless, I need to get away, I can't take all of this. It's too much, all of this is too much for one boy to handle in a day. This is too much stress, I don't care if it's un-hero-like for me to do. I don't care any more.

I don't care.

The attack came out of nowhere. Surrounding me in ice, the crazy king laughed. Another ice bolt was aimed at me and barely ripped the skin on my shoulder. I shivered, it was cold, now that I had been surrounded in ice. I kicked off a tip of one of the icecicles surrounding me and threw it towards the king. It did just what I wanted it too, the crown fell off of his head and he fell onto the wet grass, powerless.

"Where's you're dog friend?" He yelled at me over the rain. I don't have time for this, I don't have time to waist sitting here chatting with the Ice King. I ran away from him, running seems like the best option for me lately. The more I run away from these things the less I have to worry. I can't seem to think strait, Marceline's confession was messing with my mind. Why would she love me?

I loved Bubblegum, she said we couldn't be anything but friends. She said I was too young, she didn't want to be with me. She played my heart for a toy, some days treating me lake someone she cared for deeply, some days treating me like the child I wasn't any more. She crushed me.

I loved the Flame Princess, she liked me back but it wasn't enough, she had fallen for someone else. She tried to be with me, tried to be something more, but it hurt both of us. She left.

So why, in this dark time for me, would Marceline say that? Was it because she knew I was hurting? Did I force her to say it? Was I the reason my heart ached so much right now? With my brother gone and these confused emotions running though my head. What did the world want from me? What do I need to do?

I found myself at the edge of a cliff, the sea below me raged with the storm above. Is this what the world wants me to do? To give into nature's true wrath?

Is this the real life I was meant to live?

I dove, allowing my body to follow the current of rain. "Finn!" Her voice reached out to me, I closed my eyes. This is what the world want's right? Arms wrapped around me, but the falling sensation didn't end, a head nuzzled into my neck and pain surged into my body. The water consumed us and she didn't hold onto me, instead she let my body drift to the bottom of the ocean.

My eyes drifted close as I let the numbness consume my body.

I hit the ocean floor and felt the sand rub against my skin. Marcy... I'm sorry.