Disclaimer: OH MY GLOB no I don't own Adventure Time nor its characters.

Snow was just starting to settle to the ground in the land of Ooo. Jake and Finn were hanging Christmas decorations around the house and watching the wood stove burn and crackle whilst make shadows against the walls.

"Hey Jake, I'm just about finished with the lights, would you plug them in?"

"Sure man."

Jake and Finn stood back and admired their work, finally finished.

"Dude, our house is so fly. I'll bet that they could even see it from the castle when it's all lit up like this Finn."

"Heck, I'll bet you they could see it from the ICE castle."

"I'll bet you they could see it from Lumpy Space!"

Finn shook his head. "That's mathematically impossible. You can't even see Ooo from Lumpy Space."

"Wanna bet for realsies?" Jake said.

"For cereal. If I win, you have to make me pancakes every morning for a MONTH!"

"And if I win, we have to play Twister at every party we ever throw ever."

Finn groaned. "Aww man, that game is so not fair if you're playing!"

"Exactly."

"Urm…" Finn contemplated, then finally reached out his hand. "Fine."

Jake stretched out his hand to shake Finn's. Before letting go, he suddenly exclaimed, "AND-YOU-HAVE-TO-TELL-PRINCESS-BUBBLEGUM-THAT-YOU-LIKE-LIKE-HER!"

Finn shouted in outrage as Jake let go, snorting with laughter. "NO WAY, Man! I can't believe you did that! This is totally lame-sauce!"

"You're right, that was pretty jerky of me, but if you tell her at the Christmas ball we're invited to, then I won't have to force it out of you later. Better sooner than later."

"Hey man, we don't even know if you're gonna win this bet yet."

Suddenly Peppermint Butler came trotting down the path to the tree house looking quite agitated.

"We'll settle this later Finn." Jake said as he and Finn went up to welcome the red and white sugary butler.

"Hey Peppermint Butler, what's wrong?" Finn asked.

"My Princess has asked me to call upon you for a favor." he said, not looking Finn in the eye.

"What does PB need at this time of night?" Jake said squinting at Peppermint Butler.

"Apparently there is a problem involving the candy kingdom and Lumpy Space…" Peppermint Butler stated.

Finn and Jake stood looking at Peppermint Butler with blank looks.

"Apparently the Christmas ball falls on the same date as Lumpy Space Princess's Hanukah party. However the Princess refuses to change the date because there are 8 days of Hanukah and says that any of those days would be fine and only one night of Christmas Eve… so now it's a stalemate and neither one will talk to the other."

Finn and Jake smiled at each other. "Yeah we can help. If you want to get LSP to change the date of the party, we can talk to her," Finn laughed.

"Very well Finn the Human," Peppermint Butler said with extreme dislike. "I will tell the Princess you have accepted her quest. Please hurry, and get to Lumpy Space. Christmas Eve is only in two days."

Peppermint Butler started heading back to the candy kingdom when he suddenly turned around and looked Finn directly in the eyes, "Oh and do be careful," he grinned, "The Princess would be devastated if anything happened to you."

Princess Bubblegum was teaching a couple of young Tootsie Rolls how to dance for the ball in the courtyard when Peppermint Butler walked by. Everyone said hello to him as he passed, and the princess was astounded by his rude manners when he didn't greet them in response.

"Peppermint Butler!" she exclaimed. The minty candy turned slowly to look at her. "Where have you been all this time?"

"Erm, you know… I was, uh… making final preparations for the ball."

Bubblegum raised her non-existent eyebrows. "All the preparations are done, silly. What were you reallydoing? OH! I bet I know."

The butler got a nervous look on his candy-striped face.

"You were out on a date with Miss Butterscotch again, weren'tyou?" she grinned.

Peppermint Butler heaved a sigh. "Yes, that's it! I'm sorry for not telling you before, Princess."

Finn was placing his last tuna and peanut butter sandwich in his pack for the trip to Lumpy Space. He looked around to see Jake laying on his back on the sofa with a pained look on his face.

"Man Finn, I SO do not want to go back to Lumpy Space… it makes me feel all… lumpy… and brings back horrible memories." Jake groaned. "The only reason I'm agreeing to this is because I wanna win that bet more than I want to stay out of Lumpy Space."

"Yeah whatever dude, we're stopping by the Ice Kingdom on the way there though, and then we're headed to Lumpy Space."

Jake grinned at the thought of winning his bet. "It's going to be so gratifying when I see your face when I win the bet; it's going to be so Algebraiac!"

Finn put on his "like like" sweater and then threw on his pack.

"Dude," Jake asked, "What's with the sweater that PB gave you?"

"We're heading to the Ice Kingdom, and besides that, It's snowing outside." He said looking down at the ground.

With that Jake and Finn left and opened the door to head out on their new adventure.

Princess Bubble gum was in the kitchen getting some milk for a late night snack. "Hmmm, Milk makes me feel so much better during the night when I can't sleep." She looked out her window and gazed at the stars twinkling in the pitch black sky. "I love how the stars look during the winter when the snow has blanketed the ground."

Suddenly she saw what appeared to be the silhouette of Finn on Jakes' back heading to the Ice Kingdom. "Hmm I wonder what those two are up to this late at night." She was leaning further out her window when the face of Peppermint Butler suddenly appeared in front of her.

"WAAAAA!" she screamed, "What are you doing here Peppermint Butler!"

"It would be best if you headed back to your room Highness… for your own safety. There could be people out here late at night who might wish you harm and we can't have that… can we?"

She looked at her Butler for a moment and then decided she would humor him and just go back to her room. "Alright Peppermint Butler, I'll go back, and tell Miss Butterscotch that I know EXACTLY what's happening when I leave this room." She gave a toothy grin and headed up the staircase to her room, leaving Peppermint Butler completely alone.

AN: This story is co-written by my friend and I. We take turns writing certain parts. ...Mostly she writes while I watch youtube videos and contribute ideas. But I edit because her use of punctuation sucks balls. Thanks for reading! More chapters coming.