6DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ADVENTURE TIME
Finn and Jake sat sadly just outside of the door to the operating room. Waiting for word on the patient inside. The red light above the door just seem to accuse them of what happen. As they patiently waited outside of the operating room the only thing going through their minds was what happened. It was just a routine escort job, help make sure Raggedy Princess gets home safely, something they have done a million times with other princesses. So how did everything go so wrong? And most importantly, how can they help fix it?
*Flashback Finn and Jake's Tree house*
The day started normally enough with Finn and Jake having breakfast in their Tree house, discussing what sort of adventures they should have today, when they heard a knocking on their door. It was Raggedy Princess coming to request their aid in escorting her back to the Rag Doll kingdom. "Hey Jake, have you ever been to the Rag Doll Kingdom?" Finn asked his brother.
"No," Jake said bluntly. "In fact, I wasn't even sure Raggedy Princess is even a real Princess."
"JAKE!" Finn yelled. Sometimes even he is appalled by Jake's insensitivity comments.
"It's alright," Raggedy Princess whispered shyly. "I know I don't exactly act like most princesses, you know doing odd jobs instead of ruling my kingdom and all, but I do have a reason for leaving and it is for that reason I have to return!" Raggedy Princess insisted. Finn and Jake looked at her curiously. Not really understanding her predicament, but sensing that this might be fun, they agreed to her request without asking for any details.
The trio began their journey into the wastelands, in an area that Finn and Jake never bothered to venture in. Mainly because it was right next to the ocean. "Man no wonder we never heard of the Rag Doll Kingdom, it's out in the middle of nowhere! And next to the ocean." Jake snickered.
"Jake!" Finn scolded again, but silently agreeing with him. "So Raggedy Princess, why are you going back to the Rag Doll Kingdom?" Finn asked.
"Oh you know, I just wanted to bring back the spoils of my endeavors to share with my people." Raggedy Princess said cryptically.
"Huh?" Finn not understanding.
"I'm going to buy presents for my people with the money I've earned," Raggedy Princess simplified.
"Oh okay," Finn getting a better grasped of what she was saying.
The trio continued along their path with no trouble what so ever. And just as Jake was starting to complain how bore he was a flock of crows came swooping down, trying to snatch Raggedy Princess's bag. The birds' assault causes Raggedy Princess's bag to rip a little, dropping a few gold coins on the ground. "Shiny. Shiny." the birds chanted as they circled about the travelers.
"Oh dear, they're after my money!" Raggedy Princess cried picking up the coins. Jake stretched his hand to form a small bag and helped Raggedy Princess collect the coins she was dropping.
"Not on my watch!" Finn said heroically as he jumped up to face the crows.
"Yeah and not on my watch either," Jake said though not as enthusiastically as Finn. Jake stretched himself into his giant form to fight the birds flying up in the sky. Unfortunately the birds were flying too high and too fast for them to fight.
"Shiny. Shiny." The crows chanted some more trying to grab Finn's new shiny sword.
"Hum, so you like shiny things huh." Finn figured. "If you want my sword you have to follow me!" Finn ran as fast as he could luring the birds away from Raggedy Princess.
"Yeah follow me too!" Jake said using the coins he collected to lure them away as well. The crows started swooping down on Finn and Jake, and that's when they sprung their trap. Finn threw his sword down a small pit, which the birds followed after. Jake then stretched his body to become a cage over the pit. Once the birds were trapped, Finn jumped in and proceeded to beat the living tar out of them!
"Alright, do you promise to leave Raggedy Princess and her shiny alone?" Finn asked the birds.
"But we where hired to steal her shiny," one of the birds pleaded.
"Hired? By who?" Finn demanded.
"AAAHHHH!" They heard Raggedy Princess scream. Sensing that they have been had, Finn and Jake rushed over to where they left the Princess. By the time they got there, they saw her being assaulted by Giant Mutant Moths!
"It was a good idea to get those birds to lure away her bodyguards, boss." One of the Moths praised.
"Yes, and it only cost us a broken mirror. Those birds will do anything for anything shiny. Now we can eat in peace." The Boss Moth gloated as he started chewing on Raggedy Princess's leg.
"Hungry, try a knuckle sandwich!" Finn screamed punching the Boss Moth in the face.
"What, but how?" The Moths cried. "Those birds were suppose to keep you busy for an hour."
"Yeah well lunch break is over! Get out of here!" Finn screamed as he continued to punch and kick the moths. Seeing as how their meal was ruined, the moths hurried and flew away. After making sure that the moths were gone, Finn turned to check on Raggedy Princess, and what he saw was an absolute horror! Most of her body was completely torn apart and a huge chunk of her was missing. Most likely eaten. And it looked like she was having a hard time breathing. Seeing her in this state, Finn dropped next to her. "Raggedy Princess, I'm so sorry. It's my fault I failed you." Finn cried.
"No Finn you tried your best," Raggedy Princess coughed. "That's all I could ever ask of yo-o-" Raggedy Princess collapsed before finishing her sentence.
"Raggedy Princess NNNNOOOO!" Finn screamed into the sky.
*Flashback End*
Luckily Finn and Jake was able to get Raggedy Princess back to the Rag Doll Kingdom in time, where she was rushed to the Emergency Room. Now the two failed heroes wait quietly hoping for the best. As they waited they couldn't help but notice the impoverish state the Rag Doll Kingdom was in. In fact the slums of the Candy Kingdom is a palace compared to this place. Finn never imagine that Raggedy Princess came from this place. Then again considering how Raggedy she looks he can believe it.
Just then the emergency lights turned off and an old Rag Doll in a dirty old doctor's uniform with a name tag that said Dr. Stitch came out. "Doctor how is she?" Finn asked nervously.
"The good news is that the Princess is stable, for now." Dr. Stitch sighed sadly. "But she lost a lot of stuffing and her fabric is unraveling fast." Dr. Stitch led the pair to Raggedy Princess's bed, where they saw her connected to a spindle and sewing machine. "We have her attached to out life support sewing machine, but unless we get her a fabric transfusion I'm afraid she might not make it." Dr. Stitch explained.
"Well then here have mine!" Finn said taking off his shirt, bear hat, and the sweater in his backpack. Jake even offered his wool booties.
"Thank you brave warrior, but I'm afraid this isn't enough." Dr. Stitch said sadly taking the Finn's clothes and handing them to the nurse. The nurse proceeded to unravel Finn's clothes and inserted the thread into the Spindle.
"Then I'm just going to have to ask the citizens if they are willing to donate to help save her!" Finn decided.
"You can't!" Dr. Stitch groaned. "I'm sure by now you've seen how poor this kingdom is. We barely have enough just to survive. What little we have is from the what the Princess gets from her travels. Sadly these meager coins aren't enough to save her." Dr. Stitch holding six coins.
"It's all my fault," Finn slumps. "If I've done a better job, this wouldn't have happen to her."
"Oh Finn we just need to buy her some fabric. How hard can that be?" Jake pointed out.
"We spent all our money remember." Finn reminded him.
"Oh right," Jake lowering his head in shame.
"Man If I had known the Rag Doll Kingdom was in such a sad state, I would have given her all our treasure, instead of wasting it in the Wildberry Kingdom." Finn groaned.
"There may be a way to save her, boy." A strange voice came from behind. Finn and Jake quickly turned around to see another old doll dressed in councillor's outfit.
"Who are you?" Jake demanded.
"I am Magistrate Patches," the old doll introducing himself. "I've been overseeing the kingdom in Princess's absence."
"Then why is the Kingdom such a mess?" Jake asked bluntly.
"Jake!" Finn scolded. "You say you know a way to save her?"
Patches sighed sadly. "Well you see, the Kingdom wasn't always like this. A long time ago, our tiny Kingdom prospered. Don't get me wrong, we were still poor, but better off." Patches clarified. "Back then the source of wealth was our most sacred treasure, the Golden Fleece. A magical artifact that can produce an endless supply of golden thread. With that, it should be enough to heal the Princess. Sadly the Golden Fleece was stolen years ago. Which is why our poor Princess is forced to slave away just to earn us the bare necessities." Patches cried.
"So where do we find it!" Finn demanded ready to go on this adventure.
"No Finn you can't. It's too dangerous." Raggedy Princess said weakly.
"What do you mean? This is what heroes do." Finn assured her.
"I don't want you to end up like Jasewn," Raggey Princess said.
"Who's Jasewn?" Finn wondered.
"He was our greatest hero. He departed long ago to recover the Fleece, but he never came back." Patches said sadly. "Since then the Princess forbad anyone to go looking for it."
"Well I'm going succeed in bring it back!" Finn said with determination. "Who were the thieves and where did they go?"
"We do not know who they were and the last anyone saw, they sailed over the ocean." Hearing the word ocean, Finn froze in place.
"I guess that's that then. You can't go anywhere near the ocean." Jake said.
"Actually I've overcome my fear of the ocean. And even if I was still scared of it I still would have gone." Finn said in his cool voice while striking a pose.
"Well then brave heroes, follow me to the docks, I will provide you with our finest ship to begin you on your journey." Patches said leading the way.
As they exited the Emergency room, Raggedy Princess weakly whispered, "Don't go Finn," before collapsing.
Over at the shipyard, Patches led Finn and Jake to this rickety old boat. "This is our finest vessel, the Raggedy Grand Oceanliner Ship, or R-gos for short. It is the sister ship to the one Jasewn took on his journey." Patches said.
"Man is this even a ship?" Jake seeing the boats flimsy condition, he is doubting this trip even more and more.
"We'll take it," Finn says without any hesitation.
"What?" Jake's mouth drops.
"It just needs some elbow grease." Finn said confidently as he starts bartering for wood and tools with whatever he has in his backpack.
"Elbow grease?" Jake said skeptically. "We should just burn this thing and put it out of it's misery." Of course Jake can never say no to Finn and proceeded to help with the repairs.
Meanwhile in the center of the universe, inside Prismo's cube. The Cosmic Owl was still in mourning as he lit candles next to a Picture of the deceased wish granter. "Oh Prismo why did you leave us?" Cosmic Owl sighed sadly. As he was grieving, the Party God floated in through the window.
"Hey Cosmic Owl, there's this party going on and, well I think you should come." the Party God invited.
"Party? PARTY!" The Cosmic Owl screeched. "How can you think about partying when Prismo is dea..." the Cosmic Owl started crying unable to finish the word.
"Look man I miss him too," Party God said sympathetically. "But it's been over a month now. You need to move on."
"I know, but I just need more time." the Cosmic Owl said wiping off his tears.
As the two conversed a skeleton man materialized in the room. "Ah good you two are here."
"What do you want Death?" the Cosmic Owl sneered.
"Look now is not a good time," Party God said hoping to avoid any hostilities.
"I am here on important business." Death said sternly. "Finn and Jake"
"FINN AND JAKE! THEY ARE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO PRISMO!" Cosmic Owl squawked.
Ignoring him Death continued, "Finn and Jake has just started a quest for the Golden Fleece. A quest that, as you know, will surely end in their demise if we don't aid them."
"I say let them die," Cosmic Owl said harshly. "And what do you care anyways?"
"True I normally don't deal with the affairs of the living, but Finn and Jake defeated the Lich, a monstrosity that defiles my domain, and for that I am grateful. So I've come to ask of you two on their behalf to help them on their quest." Death said.
"Hum, Finn and Jake are two of the greatest party animals in all of Ooo. As such I am obliged to help them." Party God said.
"And you Cosmic Owl?" Death asked the bird deity.
"Why should I help them?" Cosmic Owl huffed.
"I believe you do owe them one, considering how you ruined Finn and Flame Princess's relationship." Party God pointed out.
"Hey, I was trying to warn him! It's not my fault he misinterpreted my message!" Cosmic Owl argued.
"And yet your interference emotionally destroyed the boy which led him to seek hope in finding his lost father, and we all know the outcome of that." Death pointed out.
As much as he didn't want to admit it, Cosmic Owl knew that Death was right. If he hadn't messed up Finn so badly, the boy probably would never have gone through such extreme lengths to find his father, and maybe Prismo would still be alive. "Fine I'll help, but only this once!" Cosmic Owl said flying out of the Prismo dimension.
"That is all I ask my friend," Death said as he faded away.