"Where are you, Finn?" Jake says to himself. Jake is already in the dark pit. He has already seen the dead bodies. He has already seen that they are not completely human. And he is about to see the remains of Peppermint Butler.

Jake looks over the shattered remains of the candy person. "What happened here?" He asked himself. He thinks about all the weird things that have happened to him recently.

I thought hearing voices was the weirdest part. But it just kept getting weirder and weirder.

He smells Finn's blood. He follows the scent to a candy knife. Besides smelling delicious, it's also covered in Finn's blood. But there's another scent on the knife. Jake realizes what it is. "Poison," Jake whispers to himself.

I have to find Finn, quick!

There's multiple scents in the dark cave, but Jake follows Finn's with ease. While Jake heads towards Finn, he can smell another presents. A familiar presence.

It's that guy from the candy kingdom! The one who almost fried me!

Jake was lucky. The Lich was more focused on the bag of jewels then he was on Jake. That's why when he swatted Jake away, he didn't follow him when he ran. He came out with only a few burns. Nothing he isn't already used to.

As he paddles himself through the water he notices something.

Out of all the weird stuff down here, the deflated pool floaties are the weirdest.

Jake continues on to find Finn. He is making his way through the water much faster then Finn was earlier. As he gets closer he becomes more nervous. Because as Finn's scent gets stronger, so does the Lich's.

Please be okay, Finn.

He reaches the same platform Finn reached. The platform seems to be manmade but the rest is just like a cave. An unstable cave."FINN, Whe-" He starts to yell but is cut off by an explosion of some kind. He looks over at the source of the explosion. The first thing he sees is Finn lying on the ground. The second thing he notices is a portal. The third thing he notices is the Lich making his way to it.

Jake runs to Finn. He stands between him and the Lich. Unfortunately, he also stands between the Lich and the portal. The Lich sends a blast of evil energy at the two. Jake shields Finn from the blast, but it still sends them flying.

They hit the wall of the cave, hard. Jake stretched his body around Finn, so he wasn't hurt anymore then he already was. The impact they made started to make the cave collapse. A weak and tired Jake looks at the portal, to see the Lich climbing into it. He also sees that the only exit has been blocked by rubble. He starts to run to the portal seeing as it's the only exit left. He realizes Finn is still on the ground trying to get up. He tries to figure out if there's enough time.

I'll make time!

He stretches his right arm and grasps Finn. The other he wraps around the Lich, who carries on through the portal. He starts to pull himself and Finn when his mind goes blank with pain. He sees a stream of green fire moving up his arm. He feels his left arm uncurling. He feels the life being sucked out of him.

"J-JAKE!" Finn yells with a weak voice. Jake looks over at the only family he has left. He wishes he can hug his friend. He wishes he could talk to him for the first time in years. But most of all, he wishes Finn would be safe.

Jake feels strength coming to him. He uses his good arm to throw Finn through the portal. Jake can hear Finn yelling his name. He tries to ignore it. Finn lands on a floating rock, surprisingly gently. He sees Jake's, blackened, useless arm retracting through the portal. He tries to grab onto it. He's only able to touch the tips of Jake's paw. Jake doesn't know he did this, he can't feel anything in that arm any more.

Finn doesn't know what to do. He's too late to make it through the portal. And even if he did he would be crushed in the cave. He thinks about how this is the last moment he'll be with Jake.

"JAKE!" Finn yells.

The portal closes.

"...Thank you."

. . .

Finally. I have waited much too long for this.

I make my way to the cube up ahead. I ignore the crippled human behind me, who's desperately trying to keep up. He doesn't have the power to stop me.

I think about how everything came to be.

It all went perfectly.

First there was the Sour Man. He didn't get close enough for me to take over his mind. But he was close enough to give directions too. I got him to steal the book. I was going to have him steal the crowns of power. But then the dog came.

Everything was moving in my favor.

Just like before, the dog wasn't close enough. But he was close enough to have his mind read. And from what I read, I was able to whisper false hope in his ear. He fell for it completely. Although, most of what I said was true. I just didn't tell him the rest of my plan.

It's so easy to trick the desperate.

The human. He was the most important part. He's the one who could open the portal.

Perfectly.

I think about the Sour Man again. Feeling a life extinguish in my hand after such a long time being stuck in that amber was exquisite. And then there was the princess. I didn't really try to kill her. All I needed was the jewel. There were some of those pathetic candy people. The dog. Those false humans.

And now, everything else.

I'm inside the cube now. I see the great and powerful Prismo.

So very easy.

"I wish..."

. . .

Even though I'm in pitch black darkness and being crushed in rubble. I still can only think of one thing.

I hope Finn is okay.

Well, I guess crush isn't really the right word. I can't be crushed. It still hurt being hit by so many rocks. I'm to weak and tired to use my powers. But the biggest problem is there's not enough air. I don't have a lot of time.

I thought today wouldn't get worse. But that's what happened. Repeatedly!

First, that creepy voice told me to steal all the jewels from the crowns of power. I didn't like stealing again. I tried to put that behind me. But it was for Finn's sake.

Second, I met the Ice King. Well, sorta. He was dead. Looked like he was like that for a long time. He was all bones. That wasn't the weird part. Everyone knows the Ice King was completely wacko. So its no surprise that no one found him sooner. The weird part was that there was a hole in his chest. What was really creepy was that the bones were pointing out. I grabbed the jewels and ran.

The worst part of all happened when I went to the Candy Kingdom. Everything was crazy, I lost Finn, and then that skeleton dude stole the jewels. And when I was looking for Finn, I thought I heard someone yelling my name. I couldn't tell where it was coming from, there was to much noise. It stopped before I could find it.

Must have been my awesome imagination not being very awesome.

I don't know why I thought of Jermaine when I remembered that.

I think about throwing Finn into that portal. I know that skeleton guy was in there, but Finn would have definitely have died if he stayed here. I know he'll be okay. He's a fighter. He may not know it, but those scars on his back are proof of that.

I'm starting to get woozy.

I was so happy to hear him talk. But there wasn't enough time. I wish I could have had more time to talk to him. I doubt he would have much to say. But even talking about meaningless things would be great. As long as he enjoys it.

I'm getting tired. I think about Jermaine.

I miss Jermaine. I know I try not to think about him. But I feel that I shou...

Jake and the rest of all life ceased to exist.

. . .

I thought I could win. I mean I really thought I could win. After I spoke to Jake for the last time, I hurried after the dark form. I was surprised that I was able to make it through the floating rocks. Maybe Because I was filled with adrenaline. It should have been impossible with my weak body. But it wasn't.

But when I got inside that cube thing. I was drained of all hope and power.

"I wish for the extinction of all life," Said the dark form. He then started to laugh and then he vanished.

I started to feel sick. I felt like I should lie down and wait to die.

Everything. Everything is gone. There's nothing left for me.

"Hey!" A voice calls out from nowhere. "Do you need any help getting down?"

I try to get up. But when I did my body came apart and then resembled where the dark form was at. It didn't hurt. It actually felt relaxing. "I thought you would need a hand down. It would kinda suck if you came all the way here and broke your neck, ya know."

I finally see where the voice was coming from. A flat man. I didn't notice him at first because I was focused on the dark guy. He told me his name was Prismo and how he can grant wishes. He also told me that once I make my wish, I'll leave this room and not exist like everybody else.

Maybe I haven't lost. I can still bring back Marceline!

"I wish..." I begin. I stop when a thought comes to me.

What am I bringing Marceline back to? There's nothing left. Even I won't be there with her. She'll be alone, forever. In nothingness.

Finn topples over. The poison from the candy knife has started to kick in. it would have worked sooner, but the poison was made for vampires, not humans. Prismo watches passively. He helped the human and told him what will happen after his wish, but if the he dies like this then so be it.

I can't get up. My body feels to heavy. I'm dying. I know it.

It's just like when I get drugged twice a day. But this time I won't wake up.

I take off my hat, as if that would be able to help me. I roll onto my back.

Maybe I can wish for everything to go back the way it was. Before Marceline died. I could do things differently.

Everything starts to get dark and blurry.

...But, if I wish for that, then the Ring Master will try to kill us both again. She'll never leave me alone. Maybe I should wish for the Ring Master to have never existed.

Without wanting to, I think about how all the candy people loved they're leader.

She must have been a good person at some point. She returned to her people and brought peace. Even though she was not the same person who loved them. If Marceline was friends with her, then she must have seen something good in her. The Peppermint man said that he was close to convincing her to go back when...

I try to fight the urge to sleep. I know what that would mean.

Even if I wish her away, there's no telling what my life would be like. Before the Ring Master, I was living in the wild. And there were many other evil people besides her. I suffered terribly at the circus. But that's where Marceline saved me. Could she find me again? Would I even be alive?

I can't feel my left arm any more. It's the heaviest part of my body now.

Maybe... I should wish that I never existed. If I never existed, then Marceline would still be alive. Jake would be with Jermaine. The Ring Master would be with her people. And maybe that dark thing wouldn't have gotten out. But most of all, I wouldn't need to have suffered.

"I wish..."

I feel something in my hand. I use what strength I have to lift my arm and move my head to see what it is. It's the hat Jake made me from a pillow case. Its covered with burn marks, from the fires, tears, and blood. I realize that it also kept me warm. At least a little bit.

It kept me safe. Jake kept me safe. Because he loves me.

It's darker then it was before.

I want to feel that again! I want to feel love again! I want to exist. So that Jake can make me smile again! So that I can taste another apple pie! So that I can hear Marceline sing just one last time!

I can't feel anything anymore. I can't see anything anymore. But I still feel the hat between my fingers.

"... I... just wish..." I say with a very weak voice, I'm sure even Jake couldn't hear me. "...that everything... would have gone better," the last words came out silently. I hope they were heard. I start to fade. I feel very happy.

Finn, the last human, who suffered all his life and felt love and happiness only briefly, followed his world in non-existents.

END

I heard him. If I hadn't heard him, then he wouldn't have disappeared. But even though no sound came out of him, I could still hear him. I hear all in the Time Room.

"Everything," huh?

I have been around for a incomprehensible amount of time, and I know much of the inner working of the multiverse. I still don't know everything. It would be boring if I knew everything. But even though I don't know everything, I still get bored. I could hang out with the Cosmic Owl, if he's alive. Or I could call my girlfriend. Maybe not. The relationship is getting a little serious.

Rarely though, whenever someone comes and makes a wish, I'll think about the monkey paw reaction. I don't tell a lot of people that my wishes usually have an ironic twist. I can watch the world they made on my wall. But sometimes I try to think about how they changed they're reality. It's sort of a mental game.

"Everything," I murmur to myself. "He wished for everything would have gone better. That's pretty general."

when that dead looking guy wished for the extinction of all life, there wasn't really room for a ironic twist. But this human. I've had people wish for money, power, and deceased loved ones. But I never had such a general wish before.

Everything! Did he mean every single thing in his life? Or did he mean everything in his universe? And what does he mean "better?" A lot better? A little better? What does he want? A happy ending to his life story? Or does he want greeting snails?

I don't really have much control in the wishes I grant. I don't know if his life is a lot better or not. But I do know this, a little better won't take the tragedies out of life. And that sometimes an ironic twist can be a good thing. Other than that, I'm stumped. This human unleashed a craziness out in his world I can't even begin to understand.

. . .

"M-m-mommy...sniff...D-daddy" Says the scared little girl. She is alone. Standing in the ruins of a world that doesn't exist anymore. She is not quite human. But also not quite demon either. But right now she is just a scared little girl.

A man comes by. A cold man with a crown. Like her, he is also not quite a human anymore. His humanity is being chipped away by madness and frost. What humanity he has left tells him to help the scared child. He goes to her and wipes a tear from her eye. He doesn't know very much about children, he specializes in old books and crowns, but he does know how to cheer a child up.

The man goes through the destruction of the old world. He sees an old toy store. The window is broken but nothing has been taken. There was no use for a plush doll when the mushroom bombs fell. Until now. He picks a toy through the shattered window. A pink bear of some kind.

He takes the teddy bear to the sad little girl. She falls in love with it instantly. She hasn't forgotten about her parents. Or that the world seems to have disappeared. But at least she knows she's not alone.

She looks up at her new protector. Little Marcy smiles at him. What is left of Simon Petrikov smiles back.

. . .

A thousand or so years later, a child's wailing can be heard from a mountain. The infant has been there for at least a day. It is hungry, lonely, and covered in tears and filth. Passer bys have just ignored his cries. His fate is undetermined. He could parish by hunger, or by the hunger of a beast. Or he can survive, be captured by a circus, and suffer his entire life. He will know love and happiness only briefly. That is the world he is meant to live.

But, this is not that world anymore.

"What do ya want, baby? Why ya crying?" Says the hat wearing dog, as he picks up the infant. The dog's wife comes by. "Margaret, this baby won't tell me what's wrong with it and its stuck to a leaf and it stinks."

"Give it here, Joshua," says Margaret as she takes the infant. "This baby just needs some love and kisses to be happy," she then proceeded to kiss the baby on the forehead repeatedly. The child stops crying and stars to laugh. "There, see? Now it's happy."

"You just kissed a boom boom baby. So don't expect any sugar from me until we wash your dirty, dirty, face," says Joshua.

The baby Finn continues to laugh and smile at his new parents. A feeling he barely knew in the world that was.

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