Ice Corruption AU: Part Two
Part 1 here
I’ve been working on this for a bit and I’m so excited to finally post it. To anyone who reads this, enjoy :)
“Jake, come over here and help!” Finn exclaimed. He used his sword to break bits of the ice off, doing his best without accidentally shattering Princess Bubblegum into a million pieces.
“This whole thing is pretty strange….” Jake muttered to himself as he paced back and forth. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say the Ice King was behind all of this.”
He pointed accusingly at Simon, who flinched in response.
Really, Simon didn’t even want to be here. That’s why the moment he woke up that terrible morning, he fled the room, horrified by what he saw. He had no idea what to do, so he just got himself dressed in his comfortable suit and tried to calm himself down. Finn and Jake later arrived on the scene and brought him along with them.
“Come on, man. Simon’s not that old wizard anymore, and he’d never hurt the princess,” Finn said.
Simon’s head dropped, and he sank further into the wall he was leaning against. He wanted to believe Finn was right, but he couldn’t be sure about anything about last night. All he remembered was feeling cold all of a sudden….and then he blacked out and later regained consciousness in the morning, with Princess Bubblegum trapped in a block of ice in front of him, her hand outstretched in terror and face frozen in fear.
How could it be that he hurt yet another person?
“Relax, Simon,” Jake said when he noticed how apprehensive the older human seemed to be getting.
Finn managed to break part of PB’s arm free from the ice. He sighed and rubbed his forehead. “You sure you don’t remember anything?” he asked.
“Certain,” Simon replied. It wasn’t exactly the absolute truth, but he didn’t know what else to say.
“My gut tells me you’re hiding something.” Jake narrowed his eyes. He stared deeply into Simon’s nervous face, studying his reaction carefully.
Finn frowned. He tried to talk Jake out of his ‘bad cop mode’, but it was to no avail.
“Everyone knows that the gut is the most trustworthy part of the body,” Jake added to what he was saying to Simon.
“I don’t remember much,” Simon murmured. The cold feeling was slowly returning, and he didn’t like it at all. He could also feel his anger boiling within.
“But you know something, don’t you?”
He couldn’t take it anymore.
“I said I don’t remember!” Simon snapped, his eyes glowing a bright blue for a few seconds. The corner he was sitting at began to frost over with ice. The lights went out, leaving the trio in unsettling darkness.
“That’s not good,” Finn commented, glancing up at the powered down ceiling lights. Even though he didn’t know Simon very well, he could just tell that yelling like that wasn’t like him at all. Something was wrong.
Simon covered his mouth in shame. He had no idea what had come over him. He didn’t mean to explode like that.
Finn put his hand on Jake’s shoulder. “Jake, I know it’s hard trusting someone who used to kidnap princesses, but Simon’s different now. Maybe try to have some sympathy?”
“Sympathy? Did you not see his eyes glowing? He’s definitely behind all of this,” Jake said.
“Maybe, but you gotta give him a chance. He’s the only other human we know, and that’s kind of a big deal for me.” Finn sighed.
Jake’s face softened. “Alright, bro. Why don’t we go check out what happened to the lights?”
“Totally,” Finn said with a smile. “You coming, Simon?”
“Why not?” Simon mumbled as he got up.
All three of them wandered the hallways of the rest of the castle. It was dim and gloomy, unlike how the place usually felt. Eventually after a few minutes they made their way into the princess’s lab.
Inside there was the Crown in some sort of vessel. It looked incredibly different from the last time Finn and Jake had seen it. It now had three large cracks. One of the red jewels was especially damaged. If you looked closely, you could see shards crumbling from the edges.
“Holy shmow, dude! That thing is beyond busted,” Finn remarked.
“Ain’t nothing that can fix that,” Jake affirmed.
“What’s the princess even doing with this?” Finn questioned, tapping the glass.
“She’s been keeping it for research,” Simon explained with an air of disapproval. He’d rather have the cursed object as far away from him as possible, not right where he could see it.
“Its magic still somewhat works, despite its condition. If it didn’t, I wouldn’t be here now,” Simon continued. He couldn’t stand looking at it for any longer. All it brought him was the reminder of his past mistakes. Of all the horrible acts he committed while under its influence. The reminder that he and nothing else would ever be normal again.
“Check it out!” Jake exclaimed. The jewels (or better, what was left of them) were glowing, and the crown was emitting an energy that caused the lights to suddenly zap back on.
Simon shivered. The cold feeling was back.
Taking one glance at Simon, Finn realized he wasn’t okay at all. “Hey man, calm down. Everything’s fine,” he tried to assure.
“No no no! The Crown obviously still has ties to me. I hurt Betty, and I was probably the one who froze Princess Bubblegum in ice! I don’t want to hurt anybody else!” Simon cried.
“Uh oh….” Jake muttered. The Crown was becoming more reactive, and not in a good way.
Simon dropped to the floor and buried himself in his arms.
Finn’s eyes lit up as he felt a strong surge of empathy.
“Listen man, I know it must be so tough to be you right now. There’s no way I could possibly understand, but I’m willing to try. I wanna help you out, dude. We haven’t really officially met, so let’s be friends,” Finn said, trying to offer support.
Simon took a deep breath.
He focused his gaze back towards Finn and forced a small smile, but for some reason it felt a little more natural than he expected. It was nice.
“Thank you, Finn. That….means a lot.”
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Ahhh I checked over this a million times. Hopefully there’s no errors. You’re welcome to ask any questions about this AU, and as always, be ready for more soon!
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