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-SnowFrostI14

·°·         Wirt searches in the rack of clothes for a door knob, once he finds the rusty object between two fur coats, he twists it silent then opens the door. He quietly tugs Bill's coat. The demon looks back at Wirt, "Go."

    Not wasting time, the demon scurries into the black void. Finn eyeballs Bill's actions before following him. Wirt enters after them, he closes the door softly. "Don't make a noise."he whispers.

   He holds his lantern out of his midnight shield cloak. Bill and Finn cover their eyes at the intensity if the bright. "Damn it Branches!"

"S-Ssh!"Finn puts a finger above his lips.

"You ssh!"Bill backfires.

     Wirt slips out his machete making both boys zip their mouths. The towering brunet steps ahead of the pair. He leads them through the inky abyss. A woman's melody sings in the air along with a flute and harp. The ice and demonic prince tense up at the sudden noise and confine their space to their guide; Wirt.

     The gnome's eyes flicker weary as he continues the random path forming beneath him. A sound of crunching paper follows the boy's footsteps. Bill glances down to see them walking on a sea of dead leaves. The path starts to clear up to dirt slowly.

     Finn continues behind Wirt, he trips slightly over a thin root on the ground. He investigates around to see enormous shadows tower over him. He brushes his thin fingers over the hard giant sticks, feels like bark. Both boys realize, we are in the Unknown again.

     White piles of what seems to be snow, colonize the earth around the trio. Beast Wirt suddenly gets an overwhelming feeling in his chest, I don't think that fish was good to eat. He coughs a bit before picking up the pace.

     Finn detects the bizzare mood of the prickly teen. He notes his guide's pace, and the type if cough he erects. Is he okay? Astound, Bill inspects their surroundings. Woah Branches, not bad for a novice at teleporting-I can do better though~.

     Wirt has the urge to notify the boys about the new safety of the forest, "You guys can talk now."-No, I can't say that or they'll start talking. I hate that. He shakes his head a bit before digging his feet into the ground with a sudden halt.

"Why are they really after us?"he asks.

"I don't know Branches."Bill answers that question without a thought.

"If I turn you in they won't leave, they need us three correct? For some kind of plan. So it's like a super villan thing to join a cult or something?"

"I guess you could say that, but I doubt they want me to join the parade when the point is to throw me off the float."Bill stops along with Finn.

"You really pissed him off huh?"Wirt started collecting details.

"Yeah."

"What did you take away from him?"

"Nothing."Bill lies.

"Answer me truthfully."

"Alright, I stole a bit of his worlds for myself because I want to rule over galaxies and empires."Bill couldn't hide it, his plan had so much pride that he couldn't hide it.

   Then again, inside Bill is a terribly good liar. That made him a bit queezy.

"You Ice Finn? What did you take away from your enemies?"When Wirt mentions Finn's full name he shivers.

"I t-took their home. E-Everybody wanted t-to stop me from f-freezing OOO, the-they wanted to s-s-stop me from bo-bonding with m-my perfect soulmate-my crown, m-my precious Achilles heel!"Finn's voice turns sinister, filled with greed.

"What the hell is an ooh~?"Bill scoffs.

"How did you 'freeze' their home? Who is they?" Wirt asks without turning.

"M-My crown gives m-me the power of ice and s-snow that belonged t-to someone who-who wasn't worthy of s-such power! I saved i-i-it! When people all o-over OOO wanted to save their p-precious home-I froze the entire d-damn place."

"You froze a world?"Wirt seemed surprise by Finn's talent of winter creation."And you Bill? Got any powers? I know you weren't just going to rule the universe with measly human limbs."

"Oh yes Branches~I have control over reality and time, deals are my specialty, I'm a demon in real life!"Bill licks his lips.

"So why haven't you two showed me this power you possess?"Wirt turns around with a evil scowl.

    Bill and Finn slightly jump at his action as they see his pastel eyes glow bright. "I got here out of nowhere, I don't know what fu**d up my powers, but it has something to do with your weird land or Time Baby!"Bill accuses.

"Y-Yeah same-same."Finn joins Bill.

"What about you Branches? You seem to be starting to figure it all out, please enlighten us~Why do you think that toddler is after us?"Bill bows mimicking a T.V star.

"You two pissed off the ruler of the universe because you couldn't keep your powers in check. He probably thinks we are able to overthrow his rein or something."Wirt says flatly.

Envy obviously.

"And why do you think he's after you?"Bill raises a brow with a smug smirk.

     Wirt frowns,"How about we sit over a fire? You two seem exhausted."

Finn crosses his arms.

"You're growing a sudden kindness Branches! What's the hold up? Why do you think you're choosen like us to be on his hit list~?"Bill sneers impatient like Finn.

"Because I pissed him off too."Wirt glances back at the two with glowing pastel eyes.

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·°·       Too dangerous for a fire, Wirt settles his lantern close to him to light the area around. They sit on dry earth with kegs crossed and close to Wirt.

"Final talk, I'm done being left by a cliffhanger at every conversation." The gnome says.
     "Tell me your origin Finn, everyone has one."

    Finn gulps down the knot of saliva down his throat,"I-I was a d-dirty h-human, my mother abandoned m-me since I was a baby. A f-friend, and I grew u-up together since w-we were children. H-He was a shapeshifting-talking d-dog. W-We went on quest and adventures all around OOO, h-helping people. O-One day, we learned from an-an old witch a-about a golden crown with the p-powers of ice and s-snow. An old k-king used i-it to sa-save something I-I think and d-died. She had the-the crown I s-stole it with my f-friend and ran-ran. Then we found a-a village on fi-fire, we couldn't stop i-it so I put o-on the crown. Apparently it has a-a curse, but-but whatever. I-I then froze everything my sight could see, and became attached t-to my darling t-treasure~People wanted to-to seperate us, s-so I gave them a brand n-new OOO. Ri-Right as we speak i-it's frozen solid in ice. From then on I-I moved to conquer o-other worlds. Until one-one day two old "friends" of m-mine came to seperate me and my p-precious. One was useless, t-the other one was an old e-ex with fire powers-she and I were fightung the-then I defeates her. But I realized I w-wasn't in the same planet...th-then I w-wandered off..m-my crown wasn't working...and-and that's it.."

Bill claps,"What a tragic tale my dear boy~!" Wirt analyses the story into the library of information in his head.

"Bill your turn."

    The demon cracks his knuckles and stretches his head to the side. He takes a deep breath,"So~I am a dream demon, I go into people's obviously -dreams. I can do what I please into them, but I can only go into their mind if they make a deal with me."

"Deal?" Wirt questions.

"Yes, if you want anything I'm at your service~ if I complete your desire with a shook hand then you give me what I desire."Bill smirks.

"Now, I was a demon for a long time helping the living and conquering worlds. Then I met Good O'l Six Fingers, he wasn't like anyother gullible human-no, he had dreams. They were fun to mess around with, he contacted me through a spell ritual and that same day as he slept I went to see him. I messed with him a little, giving him courage~ My real plan was to pass through dimentions. I lived in a different one so I was using him to pass on to his. He found out one day about it- and locked my out for a couple of years. Then his twin brother Stan Pines, has the opposite of hus brother; stupid, irrelevant, and brave. He was supposed to be taking his nephew and niece to his shack over the summer. His niece is stupid like him and her twin brother is just like Six Fingers. He kept getting curious about a book and me. I met him one day, he wanted so badly to solve the mystery of the person who wrote the book which was Six Fingers, so he bagged me to help him. I needed a puppet. So we traded, thing is I destroyed a computer that was supposed to help him, but I don't care~ Now I'm stuck in this body forever! Now, to present times, I conquered half of Earth. The the toddler showed up-we had a battle- he got stronger dah yeedy ya~!I tried to teleport away. Pinetree-the nephew of the two brothers-'s spirt hung out qith me till the end, now I can't find him!"

"So you hve a soul of a dead little boy as your servant?"

"Yep."

"Cool."

"What about you Branches? Got any passing remarks or tragic stories to tell?"Bill scoots closer along with Finn.

Wirt shakes his head,"I was born here."he lies wanting the duo to stop thwir questions.

"Don't you have powers too?"Bill asks.

"Yes, The Beast's powers; control of the Unknown and devouring souls."

    Bill leans in at the last part,"Come again? Devour souls you say? You didn't happen to devour a floating boy right?"

"Not that I can remember, no."Wirt tells the truth.

"Welp now that we got that cleared off, where are we going Branches?"Bill asks.

"What?"

"You've been taking us to some crack house and now we're in the forest, what do you plan to do with us now that you got your info?"Bill raises a brow.

    Wirt looks at his lantern. The light swirls around the glass, the enclosed space between them drains him from emotions,"I'd decide to kill you."

    Finn releases a small gasp before standing up quickly, Bill follows his action, but with a frown. The demon lets out a small smug smile leak from his mouth,"Well..?"

"But I won't do that."Wirt sighs looking away with a cold scowl. I can't something's telling me not to, something is yelling at me to let them stay? Has the feeling of loneliness got to me? What's wrong with me Gregory?!!

"Why not?"Bill sits back down.

"Because you're both stupid kids, and you've helped me alot. Now I know what I'm up againts, I'll think of a plan to get them the hell off my world. As for you, you can go free, do what you please. But if our paths ever cross again, I'll kill you without mercy."Wirt stands up then turns away to leave, snatching his lantern from the dirt.

"What's that lantern's story?"Bill asks.

    Wirt doesn't say anything as he takes a step forward,"I wish you a good journey."

"W-Wait!"Finn reaches out for the tall boy. The gnome stops."C-Can we go with you-you?"

    Wirt doesn't say anything, what? The dream demon beside the frozen prince stares at the lantern then at the guide. "I-I don't know ab-about you, but it's bad to l-leave children unattended in the woods. I'll-I'll help you."

The teen says nothing.

"I guess I'll go too since I don't know where the hell to go."Bill scratches his neck.

     A warm breeze sets in the inky forest giving pardob to the cold for one second before the chilly wind sets in again. Above, trees swim. The night sky sets opon them as the duo wait for the guide to aswer.

He doesn't. Instead, he slips his machete into his coat. He sighs as the air feels ever-so familiar. And in a small whisper he says,"Okay."

Thunder rolls in the sky as lightning cracks above. The Beast is on foot.

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There, a twice as long chapter...I'm going to sleep now, bye~

-SnowFrostI14