Sorry it took a while to update. Pokemon has been stealing my attention for quite some time now. That, and I've been working more on my original stories.

I'm sorry if there are any mistakes. I wrote it on a whim and only re-read it once and now i'm tired...

Anywho, here is the newest chapter and I hope you all enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I think I've mentioned it enough times now. ~

Fionna wasted no time on rolling out of the fire's way. When she turned back, the place she was previously standing on was taken over with flames.

I've got to get out of here! But how?

She turned to the nearest tree but new, thicker flames licked upon its surface. It wasn't any use. The whole place was going down…She was lucky that she'd been able to dodge all of the fiery obstacles thrown her way. But luck won't cut it.

The fire elemental is angry, Fionna noted as she dodged another flame ball.

She took a second to inspect her assailant.

It was a girl. And she looked almost exactly like…

No. It couldn't be. This isn't Flame Prince. No way. He'd never hurt her. At least, not physically. But this female look-alike of his, she was all about physical.

And if Fionna didn't do anything, she would be burned to a crisp.

The words "You're not him" crossed Fionna's mind all of a sudden. The fire elemental had said it in a way that suggested anger, disappointment and...what was that word...?

Concern.

An almost-forgotten memory popped into Fionna's mind: One in which a relentless Flame Prince fought the Ice Queen in order to save his precious pride of Fire Lions from her icy grasp.

Did she think Fionna had done something to the person she spoke of? Is that why her gaze contained such confusion and anger? And is that why the fire elemental was lashing at her, a complete stranger? Because she was at the wrong place, at the wrong time?

If so, that would explain the current situation they were in.

Fionna tried to shout at the fiery girl, to get her to realize that she wasn't some sort of evildoer and that she was but a misplaced heroine, but she wouldn't listen. She couldn't listen. And how could she, with her entire soul concentrated on hatred and revenge.

"I didn't do anything to anyone! I'm a—!"

"Save it!" yelled Fire girl. "I won't listen to your lies, Impostor!"

Not only was Fire girl blinded by anger but she also refused to listen to explanations.

Great. Just my luck.

Only one thought ran through Fionna's head as she lunged forward, out of the path of yet another fire ball: "Does this place have another hero?"

Somewhere not very far away...

Jake figured something was terribly wrong when the smell of burning wood reached his nose.

A ton of animals were passing by him in a rush. Some even bumped into him—hard. Whatever the heck was happening, it had to be urgent for such disorder to occur in an otherwise peaceful environment. "I guess play time's over," he told himself.

He grabbed the closest animal and pulled it aside from the stampede. "What's going on, man?"

The fox's fur was standing on its ends. It was obviously shaken up. "The forest is burning, that's what be happening!"

Jake's noble side took charge. "Where at?"

The frighten animal pointed towards the direction he was running from. "That's where at!" It then proceeded to make a quick escape.

"Some help," muttered Jake. But some information was better than nothing.

Jake extended his body until he was approximately seventeen-feet high and viewed over the tree tops for a better look. He was able to find the source of the fire despite the oncoming clouds of smoke. Interestingly, smaller balls of flames were sprouting from that very location...

At the moment, Jake didn't didn't know what was going on or what started the fire in the first place. This was no time to ask questions. No. This was the time for actions to be carried out.

Jake searches the ground nearby until he found what he was looking for. Leaning forward, he sucked in water from a random pond —it was filled with algae and some other mucky things he'd rather not think about but whatever—and ran to the small clearing that was responsible for all this mess.

Jake raised his head towards the sky and spit out the water from his mouth. The water poured down onto the earth in an avalanche of droplets.

Fionna didn't think a dog would be her knight in shining armor. Not that she had anything against dogs (Perhaps Cake did but she sure as Glob wasn't anywhere near here to confirm such a claim.) It was just...unexpected.

She blinked once she noticed the commotion at hand.

Screaming in frustration, a drenched and normal-sized Flame Princess attempted to charge straight for Fionna.

Jake shrank to his normal size and instantly reached for her, holding her back."Hey. Hey! Can you explain to me why you nearly burnt the whole place down?!"

Flame Princess turned towards him with a furious expression, paying no heed to the intense pain that came from water coming into contact with her. "Finn is missing and she has something to do with it!"

Jake was stunned when he glanced over at the direction FP was referring to.

The girl. White animal hat, smooth skin, blonde locks...She looked a lot like...No. It couldn't be him. No sort of twisted magic could do such a thing as convert one to the opposite gender, right? And wait a second. Was she...?

Flame Princess lost her patience and threw a tantrum.

"Hey. Hey. She's human," Jake said while gesturing to Fionna as if she were some sort of rare spectacle. "You know what Finn would do to us if we hurt his only kind?"

Only kind? Finn? Fionna stared down at her clenched hands. That name. It sounded sort of...familiar. Or as if it were important. And didn't it seem similar to her own name?

"I don't care!" yelled Flame Princess. Her hair started to rise and her skin regained its seething hot composition. Jake found it hard to hold on her but wouldn't let go. "She did something to Finn and now she must pay!"

Fionna immediately took stand. "Whoa, whoa! I didn't hurt this person you're talking about and I don't mean any harm. My name is Fionna. I'm a hero and—" She noticed the dwindling sun for the first time. "I…I don't even know where I am..."

So she isn't him... thought Jake. And she didn't do anything to Finn. But still the question remained: where was his brother?

Flame Princess wasn't fighting back anymore. Surprised to see this, Jake released his hold on her. He turned to Fionna once he made sure the princess was fully composed. "You're in the land of Ooo."

Fionna blinked. "Ooo?"

"Yes. Ooo."

Ooo, not Aaa...thought Fionna. A female Flame Prince and perhaps a canine Cake. And a possible human boy had gone missing from this very place. For all she knew, she was now missing from her own place as well. What other coincidences are there?

Flame Princess winced as Jake licked over the burned areas he gained from holding her back. "I'm so sorry, Jake…"

"It's not your fault," Jake assured. Seeing the guilt spread across the princess's face, it wasn't hard to realize that she was being down on herself. "Hey, you thought she was an intruder and hurt your boyfriend. Glob knows my bro is in good hands with—"

"Wait," said Fionna, cutting off the yellow dog and the flame girl from their conversation.

Jake, Cake. Boyfriend, Bro...Finn and Fionna...There were just too many similarities for this to be a mistake.

She didn't mean to butt into the middle of their talk but she had come to a quick conclusion and needed to know if there was some truth to her suspicions. "This Finn. Is he human?"

Flame Princess jumped a little at the stranger's words. She had established that the human didn't mean any harm but that didn't make her lower her guard.

Jake scratched his face, trying to determine whether of not to trust this human before him. He came to a hasty decision after a couple of seconds. "Well, Yeah."

Fionna suddenly found it hard to separate from these people. Could this so-called Finn be the boy she briefly encountered in that fast-paced wormhole that connected their dimensions?

She needed to find him. Sure, she needed to get back home as well but wasn't this what she'd wanted for a long time now? To finally find someone from her presumably extinct species? Heck yeah it was.

If she wasn't mistaken, the device close to her wasn't there by accident. She clearly remembered seeing it back at the forest in Aaa and now it was here. Talk about mega suspicious!

She came to an idea about who was capable of building such technology. "Is there a Princess Gumball around here?"

"Princess Bubblegum?" asked Jake. "Yeah. Her place's not so far away from here."

Fionna nodded, pleased at the confirmation of her suspicions. She hefted the machine over a shoulder. Who knows, Maybe it could provide some answers. And, maybe, just maybe, bring her to the human she has desired to meet for so long. "Take me to the Candy kingdom."

Her command didn't settle well with Flame Princess. "What makes you think we'll assist you?" She had her arms to the side as if she were prepared for anything to come her way.

Not surprisingly, Jake had been thinking the same thing the princess had just voiced. He stood in the same place as before and awaited Fionna's response.

Fionna could understand their incertitude. She was a stranger and demanded too much from people who wanted nothing more but to find their loved one..."I know this will sound crazy but you need to help me. I'm not from around here. In fact, I think i'm in another completely different dimension from my own. And...I might know where Finn is at."

The last statement captured their full attention. They started to bombard Fionna with a landslide of questions.

"You'll hear the complete story when we get there," said Fionna. "I promise. As for Finn, he should be safe and sound. Wherever he is... But if you want to get him back as soon as possible, we have to go to Princess Bubblegum's place and have a serious discussion with her. Now."

After that, They didn't hesitate to guide the exhausted heroine to the Candy Kingdom.

Back in the forest of Aaa...

A young boy arose from the edge of the clearing. He stood up on wobbly legs and barely managed to utter a small "Whoa" when a swift shadow tackled him to the ground.

Marshall Lee was stunned to find what he never thought he would ever see: A human. Another one besides Fionna, of course. He looked startled, almost petrified. But that wasn't enough for him to let the mortal go back on his merry way so easily. Looks could be deceiving and you can't trust nearly anyone. Marshall took care to pin the boy's arms at his sides and away from the reach of any sort of weapon. "Listen, Kid. Who are you and where is Fionna?"

Finn struggled but the (Marceline?) look-alike wouldn't budge. He had no choice but to give the (vampire?) what it wanted. "I'm Finn and I'm an algebraical fighter for justice!"

Marshall let out a humorless laugh. "Yeah, right. And I'm a pretty little butterfly that represents love and goodness. Now, tell me: did you take a girl? Blonde, medium-height, chubby cute and slightly bucktoothed...?"

"What? No way! What kind of hero would I be if I kidnapped girls like the Ice King?"

"Don't you mean the Ice Queen?"

"No. I meant the Ice KING."

"Okayyy…" Marshall pulled himself off of the boy and kept his distance. It's official, he thought. This kid is bonkers. But he might be the only one to lead him to Fionna…"Sorry about that...Hmm. You wouldn't happen to know where the girl I described is at, right?"

"I'm afraid not." Finn thought for a second. "Do you know where Flame Princess is?"

Marshall shook his head in disapproval. Why did this kid keep on messing up people's genders? "If you mean Flame Prince, don't know and don't care."

Finn didn't have the energy to correct the (vampire?) He didn't remember it being so dark before experiencing what he thought was only a dream and his girlfriend and bro were nowhere within sight. But that didn't stop him from interrogating the shady character in front of him. "...What brings you here in the middle of nowhere?"

"More importantly, what are you doing here?" Marshall began to float around Finn in a cocky manner. "Don't you know how dangerous the forest is at night, Finn? You never know what creatures roam the night..."

Marshall disappearing in an instant and manifested himself behind Finn. He silently laughed and took the chance to hiss close to the human's ear. Taken by surprise, Finn involuntarily took a step forward and tripped.

Marshall's uneven cackles filled the whole place and made all the forest animals stir in their sleep.

"Hey! That wasn't cool, man!" Finn sat up. He spat out bits of grass and dirt.

"Haha. Chill, dude. I'm just having a little fun." Marshall's undead heart dropped at the last word. Fun. He always had fun with Fionna...

Finn shook his head in disbelief. This guy was too playful. Just like Marceline... Wait a second! "Are you a vampire?"

"Why? You scared?"

"What? N-No! No!"

The boy's somewhat shaky reply seemed amusing to Marshall. He could almost believe him. "I'll have you know I'm THE Vampire King."

I knew it! thought Finn. He suddenly remembered an important part from his dream. "This girl that's missing...does she kind of look like me?"

Now that Marshall thought about it… "Yes. A bit too much, if you ask me. "

Finn took a deep breath and described his experience to the vampire: About a normal day alongside his friends which changed the moment he got close to a strange device. And before he knew it, he was in a weird place and encountered a girl who looked a lot like himself…A girl who reached for him with hope in her deep blue eyes...

It seemed risky, trusting a strange vampire. But if the Vampire King was anything like Marceline and if Finn was indeed in some sort of twisted, alternate world, then he would risk it all to get back to FP and Jake.

"Whoa. That must have been Fionna…"

"Fionna?" said Finn. The name rang a bell. The missing girl. Of course. So she really was real...

"She's a hero. And a human, too."

"Really?!"

"You seem surprised," Marshall remarked. " Why? Aren't you human?"

"Actually, no. I'm the only one back from where I—Wait a...How'd you know I'm human?"

Maybe it's time for another prank...thought Marshall. "You smell oh so very delicious."

Finn wasn't buying it. "As if! I know you don't drink blood. Only the color red."

This caught Marshall off guard. "How did you...? How do you know that?!"

"Uhh...lucky guess?"

"Whatever." Marshall glimpsed up at the sky. It was still pitch-dark. Dawn wasn't very far away at the moment. He could leave right then and now but what of the kid, then? And what about Cake? She would definitely notice Fionna was gone by now. But if he could explain the current situation to her with proof...Living proof for that matter... "C'mon. I'll take you to Cake's for the night."

"Cake...? Wait! I don't even know you."

"Does it matter?" Marshall sneered. "From what you've told me, you're not from around here. You're going to need my help and a lot more."

"Can I at least know your name?"

The kid asked too many darn questions... "Marshall Lee."

"Does the name 'Marceline' ring a bell to you?"

"What the...? Now you're trying to give me a girl's name?"

After that, Marshall turned into his monster bat form and got Finn to willfully join him to their ideal destination.

Finn tried to ask multiple questions but Marshall wouldn't answer any of them. He really didn't have the time and Fionna's absence was already taking its toll on him. Not that he would ever admit it.

Marshall could already imagine Cake's outraged reaction and the long explanation that would ensue soon after. It didn't help that he would have to put up with Prince Gumball the next day. Hopefully, Bubba could find an explanation for Finn's appearance and do something to get Fionna back—from wherever she was...

Even if her sword was with him at the moment and not where it belonged, in her hands...Marshall was sure that Fionna was okay. She always was. She wasn't a hero for nothing.

Marshall already knew he wouldn't be able to sleep soundly through the remaining of the night...