"... huh. Weird..." Jesse put the phone into her pocket, deciding to have a look at it later. "Anyway, anything else, Radar?"

"Oh, yeah- I got a message from Petra that she's on her way to the mines," Radar said, nodding rapidly at the spider hybrid, "for that adventure you scheduled?"

Jesse sensed rather than saw the way Axel, Olivia, and Lukas gave each other awkward looks, although Cassie shrugged nonchalantly and Jace perked up immediately at the prospect of seeing Petra.

"If you hurry..." Radar said, thoughtfully, "you should still have time for that AND your Founding Day duties..."

"Oh, nice!" Jesse said cheerfully, "we should get going!" She started towards Radar, Jace dashing over and popping Reuben on his back cheerfully (the pig hybrid let out a cheerful squeal at that), while Cassie slowly stood up, stretched, and also followed them over.

"Yeah... uh... about that..." Lukas said, slowly.

Jesse, Jace, and Cassie all turned around to see Axel and Olivia exchanging sheepish looks, while Lukas just looked outright apologetic.

The Enderman hybrid finally looked over at Jesse as she stood up, once again towering over Axel a bit as she avoided Jesse's gaze. Jesse hated that her right eye was an Enderman eye sometimes; it gave Olivia a reason not to look people in the eyes. "We've... actually got our own Founding Day stuff we need to prep for," she said slowly.

"Yeeeaahhh..." Axel winced as he rubbed the back of his head. "I... need to get back to Boom Town. I'm judging a TNT Rally in the morning."

Olivia glanced away, rubbing her own head awkwardly, nearly upsetting her green beanie with the goggles. "And... I need to finish grading some Redstone assignments."

Lukas coughed awkwardly, the ocelot hybrid's ears twitching anxiously. "I was... really hoping to start in on these revisions..."

The spider hybrid wanted to sigh a bit. For some reason, she'd noticed that after a few years, they were starting to... I dunno. Drift apart a bit. They lived in separate places, they didn't see each other as often... they didn't often go on adventures anymore, either. Honestly, CASSIE was the only one who always had time for Jesse. And that was just because she kind of just babysat.

It was kind of funny, actually, seeing the former White Pumpkin babysit children and pets. Sometimes on Halloween she'd even throw on the White Pumpkin costume and do a joking little 'Twin Moons Manor' tour right there in town. Jesse was all too happy to help out in it as the 'tour guide'/hero.

It was kind of fun, really.

To be honest though, it was still kind of sad to see her friends- even her twin brother, for Notch's sake- slowly beginning to drift apart.

However, she just put a smile on her face and shrugged a bit. "Aw, well, that's okay. I get it. You have your life, and so do I."

Olivia drooped a bit, the Enderman hybrid looking so relieved at Jesse's nonchalance about the whole situation. "Ohhhh. Thanks, Jesse."

Axel grinned, a sheepish grin coming over the creeper hybrid's face as well. "Yeah. Thanks."

"Petra'll never let you hear the end of it, though," Jace teased, patting his sister on the back and making her grin at him.

The others started following Cassie, Jace, Jesse, and Reuben out of the treasure hall, Axel giving the most awkward smile of all time. "Tell Petra I said next time for sure, okay?" He then grinned a second later as the eight of them began walking out of the treasure hall, Radar walking at Jesse's side. (For the most part.) "I can't wait to see how that sword of hers is coming along."

"Yeah, I'll tell her," Jesse said cheerfully, the spider hybrid giving her friend a grin.

Radar clasped his hands together, Lukas giving the slightly-shorter boy a grin. (Seriously, the kid's younger than Jesse and he'd already half a head taller than her. Typical.) You could pretty much see anime sparkles surrounding Radar right about now. "I can't believe I'm walking out of the Order Hall with the Order! Haha!"

Olivia grinned, the Enderman hybrid's right eye beginning to glow. "Ahhh, so freaking cute!" she grinned, making Cassie and Jace chuckle a bit.

Jesse grinned at the cow balloon floating near the Order Hall. It was a very majestic decoration.

Yes, Jesse thought cows were kind of majestic.

... don't ask why, okay?

"Sooo, the other towns having Founding Day celebrations, huh?" Radar asked, looking over at the other members of the Hybrid Order of the Stone.

"Of course!" Olivia said, grinning at Radar, "we were all part of taking down the Witherstorm." She kept talking about Redstonia- something about helping Ellegaard engineer a music machine for the evening ball or something- but right about then the phone in Jesse's pocket buzzed, making her automatically use one of her lower arms to flick it out and have a look, even as it buzzed again.

It was the same message. Being sent over and over again.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Jesse put the phone back in her pocket to avoid tripping down a staircase (that would be rather unfortunate), Axel speaking up as he adjusted his green plaid shirt. He said it had a bit of a 'calming effect' on him. (Honestly, Jesse was pretty sure he just liked it because it was green. Green was the guy's favorite color.) "Yeah, it's mostly TNT and fireworks in Boom Town. Magnus and I designed the firework finale again this year."

"Well," Lukas said, coming to a stop in front of Jesse, Cassie and Jace as Axel grinned and Olivia smiled in a sentimental way, "I promise I will try and stop by." He leaned forward and bumped his nose into Jesse's cheek, making the spider hybrid perk up a bit. (No, they still had not graduated to kissing... they'd only been going on dates for fun at first. Eventually it had turned into somewhat actually serious dating.) "It was awesome to catch up with you guys."

"Totally!" Axel agreed, enthusiastically.

"Yeah, this has been great," Olivia agreed cheerfully.

Cassie nodded, giving Olivia a pat on the shoulder. "Definitely. It's great to see you guys are doing so well."

Jace grinned and nodded, bouncing Reuben a bit and making the pig hybrid giggle a bit. "Yeah, we missed you guys."

"Won't be the same without you guys," Jesse said, rather wistfully.

"Aww, buddy," and Axel leaned forward and enveloped the petite spider hybrid in a bear hug, "you're gonna make me sad."

Jesse smiled a bit as Olivia bent down for a hug too, before the two of them both started going off in their separate ways to head back to Redstonia or Boom Town- you know, based on the person.

Lukas's ears twitched happily. "Thanks again, guys," he said cheerfully, "I'll let you know as soon as I'm done with the revisions."

"Oh. Cool. Can't... wait," Axel said, in a significantly less-than-excited voice.

"Axel," Olivia told him in a scolding voice.

Axel shrugged, before waving goodbye to Jesse and turning around again, Lukas giving Jesse another bump on the cheek and then heading off himself. Cassie scooped Reuben off of Jace's back and set him down next to Radar. (The two of them got along REALLY well. Sometimes if Cassie was sick or busy, and Jesse was busy, Radar would go and babysit Reuben.)

"I tell ya," Radar said, giving his head a cheerful little shake, "I am just the luckiest."

Jesse rubbed her head, giving him a rather quizzical look. "Yeah?" she asked, before starting to walk down the steps into town.

"Oh yeah! Getting to work with you, hanging out with the Order, babysitting Reuben," Reuben grinned up at him at that, "and, living in the coolest town in the whole world: Beacontown!"

Jesse couldn't help but grin at Beacontown as well. The whole place was an explosion of color and cool builds, sometimes not always looking the most organized or fancy, but definitely unique. It gave the whole city its own, unique feel, showing the places where people came from and where that heritage came from, things in people's imaginations, and making the whole thing feel like a hybrid (Jesse grinned a bit at the joke) of different places and times cobbled together into one.

She couldn't help but laugh when she spotted all the parrots around town. Some random guy called Jon Stauder or something had brought a bunch of 'em with him when he'd moved to Beacontown, and they'd fly... all over the place.

Like, all over.

"I realize that somedays Jesse'd rather be out adventuring with you guys, but... I'm really glad you're our leader," Radar said, directing the last part to the spider hybrid. "You just... make this place awesome, along with Jace and Cassie and Reuben." Radar grinned and patted Reuben on the head.

Jesse shrugged a bit, smiling at Radar cheerfully. "Well, I really do love this place. And it just keeps getting cooler."

"Right?" Radar almost squealed, making Cassie grin and pat him on the shoulder. "I love it too. It's exactly the kind of home I'd always dreamt of having. I, uh... I know that Petra's waiting for you in the mines," and Jesse glanced over in the direction of the mines, "but I bet people would really appreciate you helping set up for the celebration."

Jace beamed at the idea of going to see Petra. "I'm gonna go ahead and wait by the mines," he said cheerfully, "I think I need to craft some new armor, mine's getting kinda old..."

Cassie nodded, bending down and patting Reuben's head a bit with a warm grin. "Well, I'll need to grab my armor too. Can you handle Reuben for a while?"

"Cassie, Reuben's my kid," Jesse said, giving Cassie an amused smile at that.

"Aww, I was hoping you wouldn't notice," Cassie joked, the two girls laughing at the joke before they (Cassie and Jace) went off to go grab the stuff they needed.

Jesse grinned a bit, before looking down at Reuben. "You wanna come with us on our little 'quest' today?" she asked cheerfully.

Reuben's eyes lit up. "Yeeees!" he chirped, dancing around in a little circle (and making Jesse hide a grin at how adorable he was).

"Wow... can Reuben handle himself?" Radar asked, eyes getting rather round.

"Oh yeah. He's a tough little guy," and Jesse ruffled the pig hybrid's hair cheerfully, making him beam and swat her off gently.

Jesse and Reuben trotted off, looking around town a bit, before Jesse spotted something that looked like a... raised bit of land with various colored wools surrounding it. Jace had paused by it, turning around and around in little circles as if he'd smelled something. "Huh. Wonder what that is..." The two of them wandered closer... before a door opened.

"Jesse dude!" Nell cheered, the blonde girl from the Old Builder's world strolling out of the doorway.

"Nell!" Jace shouted in delight, dropping to all fours and bolting up a small flight of steps to nearly full-out tackle Nell in a tight hug.

"Jace, dude! 'Sup!" Nell cheered, clapping Jace on the back and yanking him into a tight hug. "Oh, so totally radical to see you, by the way.

"Nell!" Jesse exclaimed, a huge, surprised but delighted grin coming over her face as she put her lower arms on her hips, her middle arms crossed, and her upper arms reached up and laced behind the back of her head. "I thought you were out seeing the worlds?"

Nell shrugged, grinning at Jesse widely. "Did that! Righteous times! Thought I'd try settling down for a while, though." She crossed her arms and shrugged a bit. "Like, I love danger and derring-do as much as the next person, but sometimes you just wanna have a place to store your junk, okay?"

"Well- I'm so glad you're here!" Jesse said, the spider hybrid grinning widely at Nell.

"Yeah, I never expected to see you again or something dramatic," Jace grinned, clapping Nell on the back himself. "It's so good to see you."

Nell's face lit up. "Man, that is just the sort of warm welcome I'd hoped from you guys. You guys rock, dudes." She paused for a moment, before sitting down on the steps. "Between you and me, I'm worried that I won't, like, fit in here... so many rad builds, awesome people... I really wanna make, like, a good first impression, you know?"

Reuben's face was a bit blank- Jesse and Jace had gotten used to the 'surfer-dude' talk, but not Reuben. He glanced at Radar.

Radar just shrugged a bit.

"Which, I thought might be helped if my front yard had a statue by the one and only Jesse?" Nell asked, gesturing at the sort of pedestal that Jesse had spotted earlier.

"Not sure if I have time..." Jesse hummed thoughtfully, touching her lip, "but, I'll see what I can do!"

"Hey hey hey!" Nell cheered, grinning, "this is gonna be so cool. Scoop up that clay over there-" Jesse looked over and spotted the huge pile of play. "And let's get to business!"

Jesse mined the clay pretty quickly (well, yeah, it's clay), before going over to the pedestal.

... and then realizing she didn't actually know what to build.

Good job realizing it this late.

Nell danced a bit while Jesse regarded the pedestal, before laying down blocks in the shape that resembled the symbol on the back of the smartphone, but standing up. She then added a clay block to each of the corners of the whole thing.

She dusted off her hands a moment later, stepping back with a small grin on her face.

"That is some sweet work," Nell said, stepping down from the stairs to take a good look, "Noice. Jesse, dude, thanks!" and she threw her arms around Jesse in a tight hug, grinning as she released Jesse from the tight hug a few seconds later.

Jesse smiled brightly. "It was my pleasure!" she said, cheerfully.

"Well, it is an honor, mi amigo, and don't be a stranger, okay?" Nell asked, giving Jesse a cheerful wave and then walking back towards the house... shop... Whatever it was.

"Well, she is, a... fascinating woman, isn't she?" Radar asked, blinking after Nell a bit. "Very free-spirited."

Jesse nodded a little bit, turning to face Radar. "Heh, yeah," she said, absentmindedly patting Reuben on the head, "kind of reminds me of Petra back in her early days. Speaking of whom... you said she's waiting for me at the-"

Radar nodded, pointing in the direction of the mineshaft. "Mineshaft. Mmhm."

Jesse nodded, before glancing at Jace. "Wanna walk with me for a bit, Jace?" she asked, mildly.

"Yeah, of course!" Jace threw an arm around his sister, walking forward a few more paces, before spotting Cassie, who was just staring at something just out of their sight of vision. (She was... kind of blocking the way a bit.)

"Hey, Cassie. Something u-?" Jesse asked, walking forward to put a hand on Cassie's shoulder, when suddenly an explosion of yapping came to life, and Jesse jumped back to see a tiny wolf puppy running in circles around Jesse. Jace grinned and leaned down, barking away cheerfully to the wolf, who barked back but kept running around Jesse. Reuben giggled, kneeling down to see the puppy better.

"Oh! Wink, get back here!" scolded a familiar voice, "leave Jesse and-"

Jesse looked up, her own eyes widening as she spotted Stacy standing a few feet away, eyes wide with surprise, StampyCat sitting on a low wall right next to her with a bewildered look on his face.

But they weren't looking at Jesse right now. No, they were looking at the girl with brilliant red hair standing NEXT to Jesse.

"... Cassie Rose?"

A/N: Oh boiiiiiii Cassie's gonna need to do some explaining to them, huh? 0-0

Wow, there's so much stuff in Beacontown to do! I FREAKING LOVE IT xD Still haven't looked at everything, honestly.

This story will NOT have RQTCs, seeing as I'm finding it harder and harder to actually come up with questions. There will be something replacing it, but I've still got to figure out what that is.

Responses to reviewers!

Lunar: Yep x3 / Haha, yep x3

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: x3 / (laughs)

the indecisive bird: (laUGHS) Yeah, I know how you feel.

TheAmberShadow: Yes, no, and no. xD There's only one episode out, after all. I DO have three 'DLC' episodes sort of planned out, but that's still an up-in-the-air thing going on right now. I'm writing this like I wrote Hybrid - barely any planning at all xD / (laughs) / Hmm. / x3

LittleAngelbun: x3 Cool! / They're STILL dating, honestly xD / Yes, Jace and Jesse are siblings, but Jace was talking to Cassie. / Right? xD Unfortunately, that just makes me suspect him more, since his voice actor is Yuri Lowenthal. / (laughs)

NinaNaranja: Yep! x3 / (laughs) I honestly have nothing against self-inserts as long as the self-insert isn't a Mary Sue, a Gary Stu, or a Gary Sue/Mary Stu, and as long as the story's well written. / Ahhh xD

BeliTheGhoti0304: (laughs) Yep. / Thanks! I'm glad you like it :3

Infernius Flashfire: No and yes.

AquaK13: YEP! / x3 / No, not yet. They're super close to it, but not quite xD / They're as close as they can get to getting married without a promise ring (it's just a nice ring he got her as a gift, nothing else xD) / Jace and Petra didn't know each other previously. Lukas and Jesse did, so for them it felt a bit awkward to start dating. / x3 / True, but it IS Lukas's book. / (laughs) Unfortunately, I'm rather suspicious of Radar, mainly because of his voice actor. / Yep! x3 / (grins)

RapidSammi: x3

RavenBlaze4850: (grins) / Hehe xD / (grins again) / Nahh, it's fine. x3

Emily The Avenger: xD

GirlOfMyOwnWorld: (laughs)

Jack: I'm glad you like it! / Indeed xD / (grins) / Yeah, I don't have anything against self-inserts as long as the story is well written, and the self-insert isn't OP or overly emo. (Emo is fine, OVERLY so is annoying.)

J.M.M: Who?

sailor . mikuchan: It helps that I got all As and Bs this year x3

Rabbits rule: (laughs)

giriri: x3

That's all for this time! Surprised I got 18 reviews in one day, lol xD

Bai!

x.X. A.L. X.x