Hadrian looked completely unperturbed by this question except for the slightest tightening of the jaw, but Mevia couldn't hide a guilty start, wincing slightly. Jesse looked directly at the pale-blue haired woman, gently clapping her hands together. "Would you care to explain, Mevia?" she asked, still keeping a light, airy tone.

"Uh... well... it was... for fun...?" Mevia responded weakly, rubbing the back of her head and trying not to quail under everyone's steadily-becoming-more-severe gazes. Isa in particular looked as if she were about to kick them both in a rather sensitive area.

"..." Jesse stared at Mevia for another minute, before continuing, her voice still incredibly mild, "since Gill and Maya were in the room, I'm assuming you did something to their mixtures as well?"

Mevia remained silent, before rubbing the back of her head and, giving Hadrian a strange look, mumbling at the lowest possible volume her voice could go at, "I... think it might've been... a squid and a bat?"

Hadrian kept staring defiantly, before finally letting out an annoyed sigh. "Yes. It was a squid and a bat," and then he shot Mevia another glare, the pale-blue haired woman wincing. "The squid was given to him," and he gave Gill a nudge in the shoulder, said Blaze Rod edging away from the white-haired Old Builder, "and the bat was given to Maya."

"... oh."

A long silence, in which Maya and Gill looked startled and everyone else was staring between Jesse and the two Old Builders.

"Hadrian, Mevia, let's play Hide and Go Kill." Jesse's voice was still incredibly light and airy.

Ivor raised his hand, pulling out a very wicked looking knife that most of them knew for a fact that he used to cut potion ingredients. "May I join in?"

"You know, I don't think I'd mind that, Dad," Jesse said, her voice still casual.

Hadrian and Mevia both blinked at Jesse. "Wh-?" Hadrian began, but Mevia's already incredibly pale face had gone a shade of pure white. "Oh..." Mevia's voice may have risen an octave... or two... or three.

"You have..." Jesse balanced on her tiptoes before rocking back down, a smile coming over her face. "I'll give you five minutes."

Hadrian blinked at Jesse. "Really?"

Jesse hesitated, before blinking and facing Hadrian full-on, her eyes turning blood red and her canines unsheathing as she slowly grinned at him. "Eh, five minutes, five seconds. I'm not really very good at math. One."

"Is- is this really ne-"

"Yes. Two."

"Hadrian, it looks like we're in a rather dangerous situation. Do you think we should run right now?" Mevia asked, her face literally pure white now.

"Three."

Hadrian wasn't the palest person, but right about now he looked like he'd lost three quarts of blood. "Yes, Mevia, I think we should."

The two Old Builders exchanged a look, before turning on their tail and bolting out of there. Jesse waited another half a second. "Four-five-ready or not here I come!" She dropped to all eights and bolted forward, Ivor and Jace charging after her as the wolf hybrid dropped to all fours, his own eyes flaring blood red, followed by a loud shriek from the two Old Builders.

Ebony blinked after them before turning to the others. "This must be a very exciting place to live."

Milo chuckled and rubbed a hand through his disheveled blonde hair. "You have no idea. Would you like me to show you where you'll most likely be staying?"

Ebony thought about that, tilting her head and making her short black hair sway with the movement. "Hmm, alright." And she trotted out after him.

About an hour later, Jesse came back to the house covered in snow, and towing a rather bruised-and-shell-shocked-looking pair of Old Builders behind her, Ivor and Jace trailing behind. Jace dropped to all fours and gave a huge shake, sending blobs of snow flying everywhere and hitting Jesse in the face. "Oof!" she yelped.

Jace sniggered and gave her a gentle pat on the back. "You'll get used to it."

"I hate you, Jace."

"Lies, you know you love me."

"Do I know that? Yes. Yes I do," Jesse teased back, and this playful banter would've gone on for a bit longer, except there was a loud thud from somewhere in the trees.

Jace's ears pricked upwards, and his tail went ramrod straight. "Did you hear that?" he asked, turning his head around warily.

"Yeah. Ivor?"

Ivor nodded, looking around as well, before noticing some of the bushes to their left were rustling. "Uh, Jesse, Jace?" his voice dropped to more of a whisper as he slowly bobbed his head in that general direction.

Jace nodded and slowly moved in that direction, his tail making low, slow, sweeping motions. Jesse also slowly approached, Ivor staying back on the path (he wasn't really dressed for stomping through the snow, anyway), before Jace leaped into the bushes, sending leaves flying everywhere.

A short pause.

"Um, sis? You'd better get over here quick."

Jesse trotted over, her eyes slowly widening as she did so.

Lying on the ground in front of them, unconscious, was a young man with dark brown hair, tan skin, and a teal t-shirt. Next to him was a girl with ginger hair (like Soren) and a green t-shirt.

"Ohhh boy..."

There was a short silence.

"I think our future is brighter than what they're seeing right now."

"JACE!"

The man was standing in an empty feel, a light snowfall falling and dusting the black carcass on the ground with white flakes.

"Hm... number two, isn't it?"

A slow, low laugh rumbled through his chest.

"Well, let's see how this goes..."

He disappeared a minute later, the black carcass slowly shrinking and changing, leaving gouges in the earth that the falling snow slowly hid from sight, as if it weren't there at all.

A/N: Lol xD Pun is courtesy of GirlofMyOwnWorld (also known as Gommie) in honor of her early birthday party! x3

RQTC: Would you rather be able to draw extremely well but be unable to write or write extremely well but be unable to draw?

NoItsBecky: (laughs) I know, right?

ChoyofBonk: Hehe xD that's cool. Just do a time skip and go 'Time Skip courtesy of (insert some random thing)'

LittleAngelbun: (laughs)

RapidSammi: (laughs even harder)

Luna96: Yes, if I remember to write it in...

Idon'tlikecheese: Ahhh.

Lucykillrcassie: Sure xD

Guest: Aww I'm sorry xD

RavenBlaze4850: Uhh... nope. They're screwed.

Toni42: (laughs) Um, close, he's a squid. Their reveal is less of a surprise because now they know what's going on. Buuut their powers are still a mystery (grins) And I don't think so... it was just kind of random lol xD

Choco: I know right?

guest1021: (laughs)

GuestPerson13: Nope xD

rebekahtpe: Haha xD I know how you feel

Angelwings: Nope sorry xD

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