Adventure Time:Family By Major144

Family

Chapter 2 A World of Change

By: Major144

Disclaimer: I do not own Adventure Time. This is just a story for fun.

Betty woke the next morning in bed shivering Simon woke up next to her and put on his glasses.

"Are you ok?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm just a little cold. Did we leave the window open?" Said Betty.

Simon looked over and saw that the bedroom window was closed.

"No it's shut." He told Betty.

"That's weird." Said Betty as her hand brushed against Simon's and a jolt of cold went through her body. "Simon your freezing!" She yelped.

Simon looked confused, he didn't feel cold. Betty put on her glasses, got out of bed, and left the room, she came back latter with a thermometer, and placed into Simon's mouth.

"You cleaned it first?" Asked Simon with the thermometer in his mouth.

"Oh course I did. I am a doctor after all." Said Betty.

A few seconds latter Betty took the thermometer out of Simon's mouth and examined it.

"Well what's it say?" Asked Simon.

"89.5 degrees fahrenheit. That's...lower then healthy. Are you feeling ok?" Said Betty with concern as she put a hand to Simon's forehead.

"I feel fine." Said Simon.

"Maybe the thermometer is broken. Well...my advice is for you to bundle up and eat a hot meal. Doctor's orders." Said Betty.

"Whatever you say Doc." Said Simon as he gave Betty a kiss on the check, before heading to the bathroom to wash up for the day.

Simon took off his glasses and splashed some water on his face to wake himself up. He then looked at his reflection. Simon saw a few white hairs on his head.

"Looks like I'm getting older by the day. Father Time is working his magic." Thought Simon as he combed his hair into place.

Simon finished brushing his hair and walked out of the bathroom to get dressed. He put on his clothes and blew his nose on a tissue. For some strange reason Simon's nose felt funny. Simon made his way to the kitchen and found Betty all dressed up in her work clothes. She faced Simon holding a thermos.

"Here's some chicken noodle soup." Said Betty as she gave Simon the thermos.

"Thanks. Love you." Said Simon as he kissed Betty on the check.

"Love you too." Said Betty with a smile as Simon grabbed a bag containing the artifacts and the crown and left the apartment.

Simon caught a cab to the museum and went to his office to see what he can find out about the crown and the other artifacts. Simon looked through several books that talked about crowns. One article caught Simon's attention.

It was a story about how an ancient deity known as the Frost Father created a magical crown that held the power of ice and gave it to a kingdom. The kingdom prospered for many years, but then a greedy noble got ahold of it and the land went to ruin. The kingdom was covered in a enteral winter and everybody perished. The Frost Father was devastated by this, so he took the crown and put a special seal on it. Now only a person with a pure heart would be able to wield the crown. The crown would choose it's next welder and bestow great power onto that person.

Simon looked at the picture of the crown and at the crown sitting on his desk. They looked exactly alike!

"Well this is certainly a good find." Said Simon with excitement. "Just wait until I tell Betty this."

Simon looked at his watch and realized it was getting late, he grabbed the crown and left the museum. A few hours later he was back home with Betty. He told her about his discovery.

"Whoa! A crown from a legend that's incredible! I knew my treasure hunter would find another amazing artifact like that Enchiridion book." Said Betty as she hugged Simon.

"I know right. It's crazy!" Said Simon.

The two of them had dinner and watched the news. A fleet of Russian Destroyers were making their way through the Pacific Ocean and towards America. A fleet of American Destroyers were heading towards Europe.

"When will people learn to just get along." Muttered Simon as he turned the TV off.

"Well everybody can't be as smart and kind as you." Said Betty with a smile

"And everybody can't be as sweet and smart as you." Said Simon with a smile.

The two of them kissed and retired for the night.

The next day Simon woke first and made his way to the bathroom, he splashed some water on his face and looked at himself in the mirror and jumped back in fright letting out a startled shout. Simon's appearance had drastically changed over night. He had several more white hairs, his black eyes were now white, and his skin was a light blue color.

"Simon are you ok?" Called Betty as she started to make her way to the bathroom.

Simon grabbed a towel and threw it over his head hiding his face and hands.

"Betty don't look!" Cried Simon.

"Simon...what's wrong? Why...do you have a towel over your head?" Asked Betty with concern as she walked into the bathroom.

"I...don't know. I...changed. I...think I'm some kind of monster!" Said Simon.

"Calm down. Let me see your face. I'm a doctor and your wife. I can handle whatever it is trust me." Said Betty.

"Ok, but be...prepared." Said Simon as he removed the towel.

Betty saw Simon's new appearance and a small look of shock appeared on her face. She reached a hand out towards Simon, who took a step back.

"Don't...get too close! I might...be contagious! I'm...some kind of monster!" Cried Simon.

A frown appeared on Betty's face as she took a determined step forward.

"I see no monster. All I see is the man I fell in love with and wanted to spend the rest of my life with. Whatever...this is will figure out how to fix you and if I catch whatever it is, then will be sick or whatever together. Let me help you." Said Betty as she stepped forward and hugged Simon.

"I'm...really scared." Whispered Simon as he hugged Betty.

"It's ok. Will get through this. Till death do us part right." Said Betty.

"Right." Said Simon with a little smile.

The two of them got dressed and went into the living room. Betty grabbed some of her doctors supplies and took a sample of Simon's blood.

"Are you in any pain or feel funny?" Asked Betty.

"I feel fine." Said Simon.

"That's odd. Well I'll just take this blood sample to work and see if I can figure anything out from it." Said Betty.

"Guess I'll stay here. Don't want to freak anyone out." Said Simon.

"Good idea. I'll be back as soon as I can." Said Betty as she left the apartment.

Betty went to the hospital where she worked at and started to use the machines to study Simon's blood. Besides the blood being colder the normal temperature everything seemed to be normal. Betty just scratched her head in confusion. Nothing made sense. She left the hospital and returned to the apartment a couple of hours later. Betty found Simon studying one of the museum books. Betty told Simon that, she couldn't find anything unusually about Simon's blood.

"That's weird." Said Simon.

"Tell me about it." Said Betty.

"Well...I've been thinking. All these weird changes started to happen to me, after I put that crown on." Said Simon.

"You...think that...crown is magic?" Asked Betty as she eyed the crown.

"Maybe, but I'm not sure." Said Simon.

Betty picked the crown up and placed it on her head. Simon just stared at her.

"Do you feel any different?" He asked.

"No I feel the same." Said Betty as she took the crown off.

"Maybe it takes...time for the changes to start." Said Simon.

"Will just have to wait and see." Said Betty.

A few hours later the two of them went to bed. The next morning they woke up. Betty looked the same, but Simon had changed some more. He had more white hair, his skin looked more blue, and his nose had started to grow out becoming long and pointy.

"I'm getting worse." Said Simon as he looked at himself in the mirror.

"You don't look that bad. Just relax, will get through this." Said Betty as she put her hands on Simon's shoulders.

"Alright." Said Simon.

Betty collected several hair and skin samples from Simon to study, but like the blood she could find nothing unusually about them. In the days that followed Simon changed more and more. His hair became completely white, his skin turned blue, the teeth in his mouth turned into sharp fangs, and his nose became a few inches longer. Simon started to grow a beard and every time he shaved it the beard would just grow back a few hours later. Eventually he just gave up and let the beard grow out.

Simon snuck into a small depression.

"What am I? I'm no longer a man...I'm some kind of monster!" Said Simon as sat on the couch, put his head in his hands, and wept.

"No you're still a man. Your still you. This...is only a physical change. Your still you despite all of this. The kind hearted man that is my husband. I will always love you no matter what." Said Betty as sat down next to him, threw her arms around him, and kissed him.

"You always know what...to say to make me feel better. Sometimes I think you're the knight in shinning armor and I'm just a prince you have to rescue." Said Simon with a smile.

"Oh please I would look terrible as a knight with all that helmet hair." Teased Betty.

"I guess you're right. Ok then I'm the prince and you're the princess." Said Simon with a chuckle.

"Yep and will get through this and have our Happily Ever After." Said Betty.

The two of them kissed and retired for the night.

In the weeks that followed things became much worse for the world. News about Russian planes flying over American cities and bombing them spread like wildfire. People began to panic. Simon and Betty started to gather supplies incase they needed to evacuate their home. Simon bought a ski mask, some goggles, and some gloves to hide his unusually appearance.

In another part of the city another little family was doing a little evacuating. A woman named Linda Abadeer loaded her seven year old daughter Marceline into the back of their car. Marceline was odd looking for a girl she had light grey skin, pointy ears, and two little fangs that stuck out from her upper lip giving her fangs. Marceline appearance was the result of Linda and a demon named Hunson Abadeer falling in love with one another. Linda slightly cursed her husband for not being around. Hunson had to go work in some other dimension called the Nighosphere, where apparently he was the ruler of. He would come and visit Linda and Marceline every few months, but then he would have to return to the Nightosphere. Linda shook the thought of her husband out of her head and focused on buckling Marceline in.

"Where are we going?" Asked Marceline.

"We're just going to someplace safe baby. Some bad things are fixing to happen in the city, so were going to stay somewhere safe." Said Linda as she got into the drivers seat and began driving.

A few hours later they were in the woods miles outside the city. Linda took Marceline to one of the nearby caves to stay at.

"Alright Marceline I'm going to need you to be a big girl for me ok?" Said Linda.

"Ok." Said Marceline.

"I'm just going into town to pick up some supplies. I need you to stay here and be safe. Can you do that for me?" Said Linda.

Marceline nodded her head.

"That's my girl. I'll be back soon ok." Said Linda as she bent down and hugged Marceline.

"Love you mommy." Said Marceline.

"I love you too sweetie." Said Linda.

Linda left the cave and hopped into her car. She drove back to the city and went to a supermarket to get supplies. On the way there she passed several people who were either getting supplies or evacuating. Linda caught a couple walking away, with the husband wearing a ski mask and goggles. Linda just thought that was weird and continued on to the supermarket. She got there, grabbed a cart, and started to gather supplies. She grabbed food, water, and camping supplies, she was walking past a toy section, when she saw a teddybear sitting on the shelf.

"Marceline will love that." Thought Linda as she loaded the the teddy bear into the shopping cart with the supplies.

Linda made her way outside towards her car and was loading up, when she heard a loud siren to off. Linda and several other people looked up at the sky in fright. Several black planes were flying low. Linda felt her body freeze with fear as a hatch at the bottom of the planes opened up and started to drop bombs. People ran screaming for their lives as the bombs hit the ground and exploded loudly. Linda was knocked to the ground. The planes kept coming closer to the supermarket dropping their deadly cargo. Linda could only just stare in horror as they got closer.

"Please...just let Marceline be safe." Prayed Linda as she shut her eyes waiting for the end.

A bomb fell from the plane and hit the supermarket directly. The bomb exploded whipping out the entire supermarket and everybody around it including Linda. All around the supermarket were the burnt remains of people. But as devastating and tragic as this was the worse was yet to come.

A much larger plane was flying over the city carrying a larger and deadlier weapon. As the plane reached the center of the city it's dropped its deadly cargo. The bomb raced towards the ground making a loud screaming sound as it flew. When it hit the ground a tremendous explosion whipping out millions of people! A massive mushroom cloud ascended into the sky and blocked out the sun.

Miles away in the forest Marceline heard a huge nose and the ground shake violently. She went outside of the cave and looked outside. Marceline saw the biggest cloud she'd ever seen rising out of what was left of the city. But unlike other clouds that filled Marceline with joy this one filled her with terror. She ran back and sat down holding her knees to her chest.

"Mommy said...she'll be back. She promised." Whispered Marceline as she shook a little bit with fright.

Things weren't looking good for Simon and Betty they were still in the city, when the smaller bombs hit. At one point the crown, which was in Simon's backpack fell out. Simon quickly grabbed it and placed it on his head. A few people gave Simon a brief glance, but kept running. They had other things on their mind besides the strange man wearing the ski mask and crown. A few minutes later there was a loud screaming sound followed by a huge explosion. Simon and Betty glanced behind themselves and saw a wave of white energy racing forward annihilating everything in sight. At that moment Betty tripped and fell flat.

"BETTY!" Cried Simon as he ran back to Betty.

The explosive wave of energy raced towards the couple. Simon stood in front of Betty in an attempt to shield her.

"SIMON!" Cried Betty as she closed her eyes waiting for the end.

"I HAVE TO PROTECT BETTY!" Thought Simon as he raised his hands to fend off the explosion.

It was then that something incredible happened. Simeon's hands glowed white and a burst of energy exited his hands turning into a massive wall of ice in front of Simon and Betty. The explosive energy slammed into the ice wall and attempted to break through it. Simon realized that whatever he was doing was the only thing protecting Betty and himself. He gritted his teeth and concentrated. More energy exited from his hands adding more ice to the wall and keep it up. After several seconds the explosive energy died down. Simon stopped adding energy to the ice wall and fell to his knees. He took the crown, goggles, and ski mask off to wipe the sweat off his forehead. Simon then stared at the ice wall in amazement. Betty stood up and walked over to Simon.

"Simon...did you do this?" Asked Betty as she stared at the ice wall.

"I think...I did." Said Simon as he stared at his hands in amazement and then turned to look at the crown. "Or maybe this crown dose have magic after all."

Betty helped Simon to his feet and the two of them walked around the ice wall to see what damage the bomb caused to the city. What they saw absolutely horrified them. The city which had once been big and filled with life was now in lifeless ruins.

"Its...horrible!" Cried Betty as she buried her face into Simon's chest. "Why...would anyone...do something like this?!"

"I...honestly don't...know. But its ok...were alive. I'm sure there must be other survivors somewhere and where there's life there is hope. Will get through this I promise I will not let anything bad happen to you." Said Simon as he hugged Betty.

"You're right there is hope. Will get through...this together." Said Betty as she whipped the tears from her eyes.

"Lets find someplace safer and then will figure out what to do." Said Simon as he pulled out some rope and tied the crown to his belt.

Simon and Betty moved out not sure what the new world had in store for them.

To be continued.