6DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN ADVENTURE TIME
"What do we do?" Jake cried in a helpless panic as the skeleton warriors drew ever closer.
"We do what we do best," Finn preached as he drew his sword. Screaming at the top of his lungs, Finn charged forth slicing off the some of the skeleton's heads as well as kicking a few away. Jake transformed his hands into giant boxing gloves and started punching the skeletons, breaking them apart. Pretty soon all the skeletons laid broken on the ground. "Is that all you got?" Finn challenged.
"Si-i-i-ire, they defeated all of the undead warriors!" one of the goats reported quivering in fear before his king.
"No-o-o Worries, thi-i-i-is only ro-o-ound two," King Anetes smiled confidently. The moment he said that, the bones all levitated into the air and reconstructed themselves back to normal.
"Looks like that's not all they got," Jake joked hoping to lighten the mood. It didn't. As the newly revived skeletons renewed their attack on the two heroes. Finn naturally charged in swinging his sword. Jake on the other hand, knowing that this is pointless, shrunk down and tried to hide from the skeletons. Unfortunately the skeletons were closing in on him. Hoping to draw them away, Jake stretched his arm out, and stealthfully sent it slithering on the ground. Once it got behind the skeletons, his hand grabbed a rock and hurled it at one of the bone warriors. Hitting it at the back of it's head. The skeleton warrior quickly turned around to see who threw that rock at him only to see that there was no one else except other skeletons! Jake then threw another stone at another skeleton, just like the first, it demanded to know who threw that rock at it. Pretty soon the all started accusing each other. Before long denials becomes arguments, and arguments became fights. Jake watched as the skeletons started slashing each other, and too his surprise, after hitting each other with their swords the skeletons turned to dust! Showing no signs of reconstructing back to normal.
"Hey Finn!" Jake called out.
"A little busy here, what is it?" Finn yelled still fighting the skeletons.
"Look Finn, if you let them hit each other, they turn to dust!" Jake pointing to the skeletons he made fight each other.
"Cool," Finn said glad to find a way to finally kill these guys. Finn then jumped into the middle of the skeletons. Using his amazing agility and quick reflexes, Finn kept dodging their swords causing the skeletons to accidentally hit each other. Before long, all of the skeleton warriors were now dust. "Yeah, Boy!" Finn and Jake cheered as they fist bumped.
Over with the goats, King Anetes was furious. He didn't anticipate that the intruders would actually defeat the skeleton warriors. And now the are about to leave with the Fleece. "STOP THE-E-EM, THEY CANNO-O-OT HAVE THE FLE-E-E-E-ECE!" King Anetes ordered. His guardsgoats immediately charged at the two heroes. Finn and Jake, too tired after fighting the hydra and skeletons, were in no mood to fight goats right now, so they turned and ran with the Fleece. Unfortunately the goat people chased the two right up to a cliff. With no where left to run, Finn and Jake were about to make their last stand.
"Looks like this is it," Finn said heroically drawing his sword.
"Yeah man, let's do this!" Jake said putting up a bravado. "Unless you just want to jump over to our boat over here." That was when they noticed the R-gos floating in the middle of the ocean.
"What the-?" Finn cursed. "Jake?" Finn giving his companion the stink eye. Apparently Jake didn't secure the ship when they went on shore so now it's floating out to sea.
"Sorry man, but you know how bad I am at tying knots!" Jake argued.
"No, it's alright. This time it is actually a good thing." Finn said calmly. Normally Finn would be marginally annoyed at his brother's irresponsible attitude, but this time it has worked in their favor. "LET'S GO HOME!" Finn cried as he jumped off the cliff. Anticipating what Finn was going to do, Jake immediately jumped on to Finn's back and turned himself into a parachute and the two safely glided down to the R-gos. "Alright let's set sail!" Finn ordered as he ran over to man the steering wheel. Jake stretched out his body, creating a crew of rowers as he manned the drum. Pretty soon they were well on their way back to the Rag Doll Kingdom.
Up on the cliff, the goat people watched sadly as the ship sailed away with their treasure. "The Fleece is go-o-o-one. What are go-o-o-oing to do? What c-a-a-an we eat no-o-ow?" King Anetes cried.
"You ca-a-an try a sa-a-a-alad," Princesses Masease suggested shoving a plate with lettuce, tomatoes, and carrots, at her father. King Anetes stared at the plate skeptically, sniffing a leaf of lettuce before taking a bite.
"He-e-ey this is pre-e-e-etty good!" the king announced. Soon other goat people were trying the salad.
"Ye-e-eah, it's e-e-even better tha-a-an tha-a-at gold fa-a-abric," one of the goat men commented.
"Why-y-y-y did we-e-e ever st-o-op eating gre-e-ens for g-o-old?" another wondered. Princess Masease rolled her eyes in sarcastic pleasure, as the goat people indulged themself in salad, no longer caring about the Fleece.
Back on the R-gos, Finn and Jake started to relax after seeing that they were not being pursued. Death grateful that they took care of those skeleton warriors, rewarded them with calm seas for the journey home. As always after a big fight, Finn and Jake felt like celebrating. Bring out a small lyre, the only instrument they had on the boat, Jake started singing with Finn dancing at the helm.
'We started on this crazy quest
Hoping to redeem our mess
fighting a bunch of creeps along the way'
Jake started stretching out his skin creating representations of all the monster they have fought; like Talos and the harpies.
'We found our prize but to our surprise
some greedy goats made us fight'
Jake then recreated the challenges that King Anetes made in exchange for the Fleece.
'And whoa, we won the match and they weren't glad
So we took the fleece and then we ran'
Jake made constructs of himself and Finn fleeing like cowards. Normally Finn would be insulted to be made to look like a fool, but he took it in good humor.
'So here we are sailing 'cross the ocean
singing with the sirens on our journey home'
Just then three mermaids popped there heads out of the water on cue, singing background chorus. Pretty soon they found themselves at the Crushing Cliffs.
'Hey you lovely ladies
don't think I'm being lazy
But do you know a better way round'
The mermaids, flattered that Jake would call them lovely, and enjoying his singing voice, guided them to a narrow channel, bypassing the Crushing Cliffs. Allowing them to safely pass.
'Thanks for all your helping
keep on jolly singing
as we continue on ho-me!'
Jake held that cord until they reached the Rag Doll Kingdom.
'This is the ballad of the journey home'
Jake finished his song and striking a pose as they pulled up to port. Upon their arrival Finn held the Golden Fleece above his head so that all could see that he had succeeded. Soon cheers and excitement flooded the streets.
Over at the hospital Dr. Stitch entered the emergency room and approached his VIP (Very Important Princess) patient. "Your majesty, Finn has returned with the Fleece. With its infinite golden thread, we will be able to fix you." Dr. Stitch reported.
"That is good news," Raggedy Princess smiled weakly. "But please do me one favor." Raggedy Princess whispered something into Dr. Stitch's ear, causing his eyes to widen in shock. Which is quiet an accomplishment since like all other Rag dolls, he had buttons for eyes. "Can you do it doctor?"
"Well I can, but Princess are you certain that this is what you want?" Dr. Stitch asked. Raggedy Princess nodded. "Alright then," Dr. Stitch conceded as he begun his work.
As soon as the Fleece was placed in the center of the main factory, production of golden thread began immediately. Tailors and seamstresses worked round the clock making golden sheets and other clothing articles. Finn and Jake observed as the Rag Doll citizens used the golden fabric to repair their bodies; replacing torn or missing limbs, and in some cases their entire bodies. And it was not only the people that were being repaired, the buildings and homes were also getting the golden treatment. Unfortunately the new golden make over was also attracting some unwanted attention, in the form of Crows. Possibly the same crows that attacked them and Raggedy Princess before. Finn and Jake were about to fight off the crows, when they noticed that the Rag Doll citizens were trading some of the golden fabric for goods like soap and food. Even though the golden thread isn't really gold and not worth a lot of money, just the fact that it's sparkly is enough to be of value to the crows.
Seeing that the kingdom wasn't in any immediate danger, Finn focused on his next big project, making the memorial to Jasewn and his original crew. At Finn's request, he got some of the artisans to make a statue of Jasewn standing heroically at the helm of the R-gos, with his faithful crew besides him. Finn and Jake were also included in the statue but only as extra shipmates. After the statue was finished Finn wrapped the cloak that Pinneas gave him around Jasewn's neck. He then placed the shield and spear into Jasewn's hands. "Welcome home heroes," Finn said giving a little prayer to the fallen heroes. Finn also had the chronicler change the story a bit so that the official version would say that Finn and Jake were simply crew members of the R-gos and that it was Jasewn who retrieved the Fleece though at the cost of his life. While Jake was a bit upset that they role was being downplayed, he could respect Finn's wishes on the matter.
A few days later, Finn and Jake received word that Raggedy Princess has fully recovered. Finn and Jake hurried over to the hospital where they waited for Raggedy Princess. From behind the medical curtain they could see the silhouette of a young maiden struggling to get up off her bed. Finn and Jake's mouths dropped as they stared at this new girl coming out from behind the curtain. She was about as tall as Finn, with two arms, and two button eyes, still wearing that glass shard on her head for a crown and she no longer has her mouth sewn up. The strangest thing was that she wasn't made with golden fabric. Instead she was mainly made with the scraps of clothing that Finn donated to her, making her really stick out since everyone else was sporting gold. "Finn and Jake, on behave of the Rag Doll Kingdom, I thank you for all you've done my brave heroes." Raggedy Princess said with a polite bow.
"No problem princess, we're just glad that you're looking well, but why not use the golden stuff? I mean that's why we went to get it." Jake wondered.
Raggedy Princess blushed, "I didn't want to offend Finn's generosity." Everyone waited to see how Finn would respond, but he was strangely silent as the stared at the new Raggedy Princess.
For Finn, you see, Raggedy Princess new appearance seems familiar to him; triggering long dormant memories buried deep within his vault now coming up to the surface. "Roselinen," Finn whispered.
"Who?" Raggedy Princess asked.
"Oh, no one." Finn blushed forgetting about who he was thinking about, and just smiled. Happy that Raggedy Princess is alright.
The End