It was consuming her.
Days and nights locked in Bubblegum's lab fiddling with magical weapon.
Days not eating, nights not sleeping.
Days being completely and utterly silent while late at night she would scream behind a barricaded candy door
Finn and Jake tried and tried to get to her, but they couldn't even break through with Campi blocking the door.
"come on Campster! It's been way too long! " shouted Finn with a hand gripping the Hilt of his sword.
Jake had grown in size, his teeth bared, "Yeah! Even you gotta be worried."
"She's your friend too, Campi!"
The heroes only got silence in return but if they looked closer, Finn and Jake would've caught a glimpse of the hurt that lingered behind Campi's clouded eyes.
There was no telling what the girl was doing, but the longer she was in there with the speer, the more greys grew upon her head. Even streaks of grey began to form on her eyebrows.
"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!" Y/N threw a chair towards the testing tube, but the spear used a wave of power to throw it back to her.
She ducked, "I don't even know how to control you, how am I supposed to be your, 'champion'", Y/N hissed sprawling out on the floor and grabbing a book beside her, angry turn the pages.
Even the sound of the paper turning was irritable.
" UGH!!!"
Y/N threw the book in hand, lightening following after, burning the book into ash. Y/n deadpanned before sliding the the ground, face straight the floor, "this is to much responsibility for this great power, " she muffled before rolling into a fetal position, " I don't want iiiit."
"If You Stop Fighting, Then Maybe You Will Understand Us Better, Warrior."
There was a pause to Y/n's cries before she shot up and went straight to the window.
"And What Has You Up And About--?"
"I'm fighting." Y/n used a "small" zap to break through the window and dove down and out. The rushing wind passing through her ears almost shut out the chatter of the spear.
"See How Easily You Used Our Power. A Natural. . . Now Use It To Pull Up."
Nothing. Y/n continued to fall.
" *Ahem* Use Our Power To Pull Up."
Still nothing, not even a whistle for Campi to come get her.
"USE OUR POWER TO--"
"LALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALALAAAAAAAAA." Y/n screams turned into a Tarzan-cry as she grabbed a near by licorice vine and swung herself up right before she crashed to the chocolate stone floors.
Next, she jumped from rooftops, to trees, to eventually falling in a mud whole.
"I hate it here."
"Then Why Did You Travel Out To The Forest, Idiot?"
Y/n yelled at the sound of the voice that had been quiet for the journey, lightening flying and hitting the flauna around her. Y/n scratched her head in anger, " Why are you still here! I even left the spear--"
Y/n ceased her words, feeling the warmth of the weapon that rested on her back, "I hate everything."
"You Can Not Escape Destiny, Chosen One. You Are The Vessel To A Great Being And Most Own Up To It."
" I don't even know your name, sir. . Or. . of madam."
ꉧꏂꋪꉣ꒒ꏂꉧ ꒐ꇙ ꅐꁝꋬ꓄ ꓄ꁝꏂ ꍌꄲ꒯ꇙ ꁝꋬ꒦ꏂ ꋊꋬꂵꏂ꒯ ꂵꏂ
". . .Glob you're so dramatic sometimes." Y/n continued down her random path. She dodged large leaves and mud holes, swatted flies and mosquitoes while desperately to ignore the throbbing headache she was getting from the constant yapping of the weapon.
"How can still hear you when you're back in the lab, " Y/n asked, taking a break from walking to rub her temples.
"Because We Are One, Champion. We Will Get Stronger If You Just Listen."
"But I don't WANT TO!" A sonic strike radiated off of the young girl, slicing the trees in half in a very of light. Y/n covered her mouth in disbelief, "oh my
. Oh no. . . "
'The More You Fight Mortal, The More Anger and Stress You Put On Yourself. You Are Causing This."
"DONT-!. . . Don't blame this on me. I never wanted what this is, I just wanted to be with my friends--" A gust of power blew Y/n back into a tree pinning her in her spot.
"ᎻϴᏔ ᎠᎪᎡᎬ ᎽϴႮ! ᎻϴᏔ ᎠᎪᎡᎬ ᎽϴႮ ͲᎪᏦᎬ ͲᎻᏆՏ ᏀϴᎠᏞᎽ ᏀᏆҒͲ ҒϴᎡ ᏀᎡᎪΝͲᎬᎠ! ᎽϴႮ ᏔᎬᎡᎬ ᏀᏆᏙᎬΝ ႮΝᏞᏆᎷᏆͲᎬᎠ ᏢϴᏔᎬᎡ ᎪΝᎠ ᎽϴႮ ͲᎻᎡϴᏔ ᏆͲ ᎪᏔᎪᎽ ҒϴᎡ ᏴᎬᏆΝᏀՏ ᎽϴႮ ᏔᏆᏞᏞ ϴႮͲᏞᏆᏙᎬᎠ.
ͲᎻᎬᎡᎬ
ᏆՏ
Νϴ
ᏀϴᏆΝᏀ
ᏴᎪᏟᏦ!! "
Y/n begin to shake as a form materialized in front of her. Lighting grew from her hands and over powered her, the beast ghastly, head twitching away from its honey ever so often.
The hands of the monster held Y/n's face tight, the flickers of lightening burning her cheek to permanently scar.
"W̯ͤ̾ͣ͝ẹ̿͋̒̕ ā̤̓̍͘r̴̨̦͕̝ẹ̿͋̒̕ p̞̈͑̚͞ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝ḿ̬̏ͤͅā̤̓̍͘ṇ̤͛̒̍ẹ̿͋̒̕ṇ̤͛̒̍t̲̂̓ͩ̑ W̯ͤ̾ͣ͝ẹ̿͋̒̕ ā̤̓̍͘r̴̨̦͕̝ẹ̿͋̒̕ t̲̂̓ͩ̑o̯̱̊͊͢ĝ̽̓̀͑ẹ̿͋̒̕t̲̂̓ͩ̑ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝.y҉̃̀̋̑o̯̱̊͊͢u W̯ͤ̾ͣ͝ỉ͔͖̜͌l̙͖̑̾ͣl̙͖̑̾ͣ B̩͎͍̾ͅẹ̿͋̒̕ Our̴̨̦͕̝ C̵͉͋̔͞ḣ̖̻͛̓ā̤̓̍͘ḿ̬̏ͤͅp̞̈͑̚͞ỉ͔͖̜͌o̯̱̊͊͢ṇ̤͛̒̍ w̦̺̐̐͟ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕t̲̂̓ͩ̑ḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕r̴̨̦͕̝ Ỵ̛̖͋͢o̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̯̱̊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͊͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢͢ư̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̡̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛̛͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̭͕̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇̇ l̙͖̑̾ͣỉ͔͖̜͌ḳ̯͍̑ͦẹ̿͋̒̕ ỉ͔͖̜͌t̲̂̓ͩ̑ o̯̱̊͊͢r̴̨̦͕̝ N̺̻̔̆ͅO̖̼̖̼ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐O̖̼̖̼̼ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐O̖̼̖̼̖̼ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐O̖̼̖̼̖ͩ͌͐ͩ͌͐ͩ͌T̨̨͈͈͗̌ͥ͗̌ͥ"
There was a glitch to the monsters words before it was sucked back into Y/n. She tried desperately to catch her breath, her body coming out of shock. Adrenaline rushed through her whole self, like being shocked back to life.
Just as she was being to walk, another monster that was near by decided to take on this wounded prey.
"See With The Right Training, These Creatures Wouldn't Even Dare Coming Near You."
Gold veins crawled up her arm as her hands lit up in defense, "Ah, no! Please don't-"
"Hi-yah!!"
A... Cane. . was thrown inside the monsters ear causing it to squeak and hold its bleeding earlobe.
Y/n look around for the culprit of such a thing, her eyes darting back to wounded monster as a larger one towered over it. A smaller goblin like creature beside it.
"Gripes!" Y/n backed away as the larger being picked up the goblin, bringing him closer to the cane. The goblin snatched it's cane, "Master has picked this maiden, not you!"
It was a lanky shadow. No really. The monsters pelt or skin rivaled the color of the night sky and it's arms and legs streatched like the tallest tree with the branches being it's fingers and toes.
Its head was covered by a wooden mask, hand carved from bark, only eyeholes and a mouth were seen but no sign of the those features.
On top of it's head was a paper crown colored in. It would have been cute if the monster jaw didn't come unhinged and the mask lifted to make room the void, "oh glob" Y/n whispered as she turned away from the scene, wincing and the snap and crunch she heard.
"How was your meal, Master?" The small goblin tapped his cane on the bottom of beast feet before waddling toward Y/n. He swung his cane into Y/n's knee.
"Ow!" Y/n's eyes flashed at the pain.
"Pardon me, but unfortunately, your beauty and power have caught the godly eye, of my master, " the goblin pointed to the larger monster.
Silence began to fill the air and after a few more seconds, Y/N squeaked as one long pinky finger grabbed. . . Well stabbed a leaf from the top of her head before patting it gently.
"Thank-Thank you. . " the beast pointed to the crown with determination and pride, ". . your majesty? You're a Royal?"
"Yes ma'am he is. King to the greatest kingdom who have ever laid eyes on. Most powerful even."
Y/n raised an eyebrow, "is that right?"
It clapped in excitement as the cleaver girl guessed, the beast shaking the Earth as it did. "Whoa. . "
"And my name is. . . Well my master has yet to name me, but no matter! It has been said that master has found his wife, which is you."
"H-how do you mean?" Y/n still shaken tried to process the different events that seemed to be happening all at once.
The small goblin twisted his cane in his hand, pushing Y/n by the back of her knee closer the dark king. "Exactly what I've said. You are to wed my master. Did you not get the letter he sent you moons ago."
Y/n jumped over the cane, kicking the goblin down with her foot on his chest, "you mean that creepy one on my birthday?!" Y/n looked up in disbelief, "that was. . . That was you?"
The great beast clapped again, bending down to the girls height and poking a pointy finger at the goblin's face.
"A-ack! Master!"
Y/n's fingers began to twitch, sparks flying from her palms," 'I will have you'. . That's what it read. T-that you've been watching me even before Finn and Jake Ev- even before. . Before the ice break."
"Use It"
"Who. . Are you?!"
"Use It!"
Light began to build in Y/n's chest, lightening cracking around her her scorching the ground. Golden tears poured from her eyes in anger and fear.
Angry because everything was happening at once and fear of what may become her if she let this shot go.
U̠҉̷̙ͦS̵̙͕̀̃ẹ̿͋̒̿͋̒̕ ỉ͔͖̜͌T̨͈͗̌ͥ! U̠҉̷̙ͦs̠҉͍͊ͅẹ̿͋̒̕ T̨͈͗̌ͥḣ̖̻͛̓ẹ̿͋̒̕ S̵̙͕̀̃Hͥ̽ͣ̃̔O̖̼ͩ͌͐T̨͈͗̌ͥ
"AAAAH " As Y/n shrieked a bright light overcame the field she was in, the beast being quick to shield him and his Squire.
Then no light at all.
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"Ngh. . " a pain pounded at Y/n's, her eyes open to the sight of a baren terrain. Unfamiliar territory.
"Ah, She-demon is awake."
Y/n rolled her eyes as she sat up from the pile of leaves she was once in, "She-Warrior you mean," Y/n looked away towards the damaged land, her heart dropping, "did-did I do this??"
The Goblin snorts waving a tiny hand, "oh no, no, no, no." With a wave of his cane, the goblin moved a pile of leaves the reveal a sign, "This is home. This is Morania, the dark kingdom and where you and my master will rule."
"Oh. . No. . " y/n's eyes widened at the sight of empty, fauna ran homes. Scorched ground, fallen buildings, skeletons of what used to reside, ill crops.
There had been nothing..
"Are you the only two left?"
"Unfortunately." The two looked at the King who stared down at his "kingdom" with sullen eyes. The Goblin sighs pushing his glasses up on the bridge of his nose, "we flourished like any other kingdom. Manage to stay neutral because, well, what resources can we give to the other kingdoms? What could they give us, we have. . Had everything."
The small Squire moved vines away from a wall to show a portrait of a family of four. Each had a crown that floated around their head, "our origins are unclear but it is said that out of the sorrow of our king and queen after losing on home, the monsters that clouded the darkest part of their minds became real. Materialized into reality after losing their very first child.
But the strange shadows did not hurt them. In fact, the shadows embraced the couple. Showed them gratitude for gracing them as a mere thought and in return our King and Queen ruled."
Y/n's lingered for a beat at the pair as the Squire golf the story before moving to a baby boy in the arms of the father, "a beautiful baby," the girl pointed out.
The tall beast, overhearing the story, bent over and stroked the baby's "cheek", the feeling of solemn familiarity radiating from his person. Y/n flinched away in surprise not trusting the beast.
"is that you?" The beast shook it's head.
"That is the King's brother," The goblin used his cane to point to another boy that stood infront of his mother, "that is our King."
Y/n stared into the multi colored eyes of the small prince for a beat before looking toward the beast. Slightly hesitant, the girl raised a hand and touched the mask upon the beast's face, tilting his head to her.
This caught the other two by surprise.
"You're. . beautiful" Y/n traced the slash that went across his wooden mask, "you scared me with that letter, which frankly I will never forgive, but you're just alone. I get it. " Y/n looked down to the King's Squire, "Since the fallen of your kingdom everyone in OOO fears him, huh, Erebos?"
"E-erebos??"
Y/n removed her hand and shrug, "cool name for you. That's all." y/n smiled and turned back to the other creature, "I'm am one of the only people that isn't scared of you. You associated that with love, but one, I do not know you and two," Y/n leaned closer to what could be the King's ear, "you don't even know my name∼∼"
Both of the children of darkness tensed while Y/n let out a hardy laugh.
Just for a second the place. . Seemed a little brighter with her laughter.
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Y/n smiled to herself, using her newfound ability, manipulating light to create a blade and carving a peace of wood she "accidentally" burnt down in the battle.
Little King kicked his feet as his larger stature laid on his stomach, twisting the steams of dead flowers, while Erebos used scissors and paper to make origami. He made cute little crown and placed it on his King's Head replacing the one he lost earlier.
"Y/n?? Y/n??"
"Y/n it's Finn and Jake. Wherever you're are, we're sorry and we need you back. Jake won't play his viola without his musical gal.
I cant. . I can't see another. .adventure without you. Whichever you that is, we're meant to be friends in every lifetime. Us. The greatest trio. . . Please come back."
Y/n could feel tears swell her eyes, but she struggled to get up. A weight held her down and that weight was the pinch of the beast above her.
Her eyebrows furrowed, "thank you for saving me but I have to get back to my friends." The beast shook its head and dragged Y/n by her shirt to its chest.
From a higher stance, She can see birds fly around the beasts Crown. "Come on, your Majesty, I really have to go-" Y/n was cut of by the look in it's. . one eye. . . The iris of the beast a beautiful glowing green, but the loneliness over took that beauty.
Y/n paused go think before snapping her fingers, "I'll make you deal,--" the beast shook it's head, puffed it's chest and looked away with more pride radiating off of it, causing Y/n to finally let out a laugh.
The sound caused a dark blush to fall somehow emote on the masks cheeks.
When her laughing fit was done, Y/n looked up over the long gash on the beast's mask, "well that look is fit for a King." Y/n lifted her project, a newly carved mask with an addition of a bright smile, "Little King, I made this for you. Don't know how it'll fit but this mask will represent our relationship. Sturdy, new and unbreakable. You won't be alone anymore."
Y/n could practically feel the glee off the thing as he stood up in his full height, only for him to quickly shrink to about 6'0 , Y/n blushed as she was now cradled bridal style. The beast squeezed her in his embrace before letting her down gently.
He reached down to a few wild flowers, picking a few and throwing them around the girl, the flowers falling into her hair (into the creases of the fabric she wore). She smiled one last time at the beast before running off to find her friends, "No more creepy letters, okay lil King?!"
When she was gone, the Beast shrunk down more to the size of a child. Dark robes around him, a scepter in hand, and the same mask. Around the paper crown, was a long silver and black crown that floated on top of his long tresses of hair.
He moved the mask ever so slightly to reveal a gleaming eye of hope and love as well as a goofy smile as he watched the girl leave before himself melting into the shadows of the woods.
Tip Written❣❣AKA: my co-author