Attack of Darren the Ancient Sleeper

The **Attack of Darren the Ancient Sleeper** was a big yet small attack-like battle from *Adventure Time*. It deals with Maja the Sky Witch awakening Darren the Ancient Sleeper to conquer the Candy Kingdom. The battle takes place in the Season 6 episode "Something Big."

## History

### Background

It all started with Maja, an evil Sky Witch who once bought Marceline's teddy bear, Hambo from her ex-boyfriend, Ash who used the money Maja gave him to buy a new wand which led to Marceline breaking up with him. Maja wanted Hambo for its sentimental value to make potions to strengthen her own power since it was given to Marceline by Ice King back when he was Simon when she was seven years old after the Mushroom War. But one day, Marceline got Hambo back from Maja with help from Princess Bubblegum who traded her most prized possession to Maja for it. Which was her favorite T-shirt that Marceline gave her that had even more sentimental value than Hambo which Maja planned to use for something big. One night, Maja used the T-shirt to awaken an ancient evil being named Darren the Ancient Sleeper and together they both went to conquer the Candy Kingdom because it had the highest levels of caring and sentimental affection to make Maja even more powerful. But Darren just wanted to destroy the Candy Kingdom because he didn't understand the concept of caring and sentimental affection.

### The Battle

When Darren and Maja arrive at the Candy Kingdom, they disable the Gumball Guardians so Princess Bubblegum gathers up Finn, Jake, and her forces to protect the Candy Kingdom and with help from Gridface Princess and two of her Gridface Engineers, they trap Darren and Maja in a forcefield. But Root Beer Guy, the captain of the Banana Guards sacrifices himself in order to activate it. During this, a Candy Person named Crunchy explodes out of fear of Darren and Maja destroying the Candy Kingdom. Darren and Maja try to break out of the forcefield with Darren using his brute strength while Maja uses her magic so Princess Bubblegum orders Colonel Candy Corn to ready the cannons to fight them off who in response gives a big long talk about fighting again and finding love. But suddenly, Darren opens up a portal in the sky which summons some giant eggs that hatch into an army of flesh monsters known as the Cadmus Legion to free both him and Maja from the forcefield. Colonel Candy Corn and some Candy Soldiers destroy some of them using the cannons but the Cadmus Legion keeps putting themselves back together and more of them keep showing up. Then Finn and Jake suddenly disappear so Princess Bubblegum decides to fight off both Darren and Maja herself riding her swan just as the Candy Soldiers run out of ammo for the cannons. However, one of the Cadmus Legion manages to break the forcefield thus freeing both Darren and Maja. Colonel Candy Corn and the Candy Soldiers then fire themselves out of the cannons to fight off Darren but the Candy Soldiers soon get blasted by him. Princess Bubblegum fights off Darren with her swan while Colonel Candy Corn fights off the Cadmus Legion by himself but Maja blows Princess Bubblegum and her sawn down and Darren grabs them both. Darren prepares to destroy them despite Maja's objections that she still needs her residual feelings. But Darren suddenly gets his arm blasted off by the Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant which Finn and Jake brought to help them who Darren apparently knows as Ellie. The Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant fights off Darren which destroys part of the Ice Kingdom in the process then he destroys the Cadmus Legion, knocks out Maja when she tries to attack, and fights off Darren head-on. During the fight, the Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant tells Finn that Darren's weakness is his brain seed so Jake throws Finn into Darren's head and Finn destroys Darren's brain seed using his sword. This destroys Darren's head and closes up the Cadmus Legion portal thus saving the Candy Kingdom then Darren's head unleashes a blast of light that heals everyone it touches who was injured by Darren, except for Root Beer Guy but Crunchy gets put back together again.

### Aftermath

With Darren gone and the Candy Kingdom safe, Princess Bubblegum decided to throw a party to celebrate their victory then Finn later let the Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant go to make his own decisions and be his own person. After wandering Ooo, the Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant found Maja who was now in a coma but he could communicate with her with his mind. He decided to take care of Maja until she regained consciousness which she eventually did at the Battle of Ooo. As for Root Beer Guy, his wife, Cherry Cream Soda buried his remains in a mason jar underground but a bolt of lightning brought him back to life as Dirt Beer Guy who eventually went from being Cherry Cream Soda's husband to boyfriend.

## Belligerents

### Candy Kingdom

* Princess Bubblegum
* Finn
* Jake
* Colonel Cady Corn
* Gridface Princess
* Root Beer Guy
* Peppermint Butler
* Crunchy
* Candy Soldiers
* Banana Guards
* Gridface Engineers
* Princess Bubblegum's Swan
* Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant

### Darren the Ancient Sleeper

* Maja
* Cadmus Legion

### Other

* Ice King
* Gumball Guardians

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