"It's just like I'd imagined," Ivor said, practically making anime eyes at the 'portal'.
"Once you're done fanboying," Jesse said, more amused than anything, "Do you know where it leads?"
Ivor cooled down a bit while the other two hybrids sniggered at Jesse's comment, "I don't know. This portal... it's not like anything I've ever seen," and he looked up at the gold-framed doorway.
Jesse shrugged with a small smile, pulling out the flint and steel and walking towards the portal. "Here goes nothing," she said, before clicking them together.
A shockwave of energy sent them flying backwards, the flint and steel flying out of Jesse's hands and clinking as they rolled across the floor, before she heard someone pick it up. Jesse tilted her head back and let out an annoyed groan. "Great. You're not any less unpleasant upside down than right side up," she sighed, using her string to lift her off the ground and flip herself back into a standing position.
Aiden sneered at her. "Thank you for bringing this to me, Jesse. I knew you were good for SOMETHING."
Lukas glared at his ex-best friend, tail twitching angrily as a soft hissing noise emitted from him. Petra glared as well, Ivor also crossing his arms and frowning at the dark-brown haired male.
Jesse rolled her eyes at that. "Gee, thanks so much," she grumbled sarcastically.
"Step aside, Jesse," Aiden said, the other two Blaze Rods leering at the Order of the Stone, "We're heading through that portal now."
"Oh, NO way!" Petra barked back, immediately all fired up (Jesse smirked at the unintentional pun).
"Aiden, you're done," Lukas agreed, his claws unsheathing with a soft sound that sounded like metal. "This is where it ends!"
Aiden didn't even looked annoyed. "Fine. Blaze Rods! Clear me a path!"
The two Blaze Rods drew their swords.
Petra whipped out her sword, which ignited, Lukas got into a fighting position, and Jesse flicked out her sword, before improvising and bringing out an axe. It wasn't enchanted, like her sword- just plain iron- but for some reason Jesse felt more comfortable holding the two weapons rather than just the one.
Gill flicked out his sword, Jesse using her eight legs to drop back and then straighten up again, as Lukas darted forward and clanged his claws against Aiden's sword, Petra rushing forward to engage Maya with her flaming sword.
Jesse brought her sword up to block Gill's, and the two of them pushed back at each other, both glaring at each other, before Jesse brought her lower arm, the one holding the axe, up to clang against the sword, and the extra leverage sent Gill to the ground.
Jesse hesitated to actually hurt him, which ended up costing her as he kicked out and knocked her to the floor.
"Let's go!" Aiden ordered his friends, who both followed him into the glowing blue portal doorway.
"We've got to follow them!" Ivor shouted, rushing over and helping Jesse and Petra up (Petra pulling her arm away and muttering something about how she was fine), "If they get the Eversource... who knows what trouble they'll cause!"
Jesse hesitated, before nodding, eyes hardening. "We're going after Aiden. And we've GOT to make sure he doesn't actually hurt someone."
So with that, all four of them charged through the portal.
It was different from a Nether Portal, which was icy hot, or an End portal, which was burning you alive. This just felt like walking through one of those curtains made of hanging beads that some people like to put in their doorways- like they were rearranging atoms just to get through.
Jesse let out a yelp as gravity disappeared beneath her, and she fell- slamming full force into Ivor, who, to her absolute horror, nearly fell off the edge of this floating bit of land. Kind of like a 'sky island', if Jesse had to describe it.
And then Ivor started to fall and Jesse realized that she'd have bigger worries if she didn't catch him right now holy crap. "Don't worry! I've got you!" she cried out, grabbing hold of Ivor's hand and yanking hard on it.
Jesse pulled, and pulled, and slowly Ivor managed to get his other foot back on solid land and come back on, both of them panting with exertion. "... you are surprisingly heavy," she panted out, hands on her knees as Petra and Lukas trotted over.
"I am... the proportionate weight for my height... thank you very much," Ivor huffed out, hands also on his knees, although he really didn't seem all that annoyed. Jesse's heart was thudding at a million miles an hour out of shock.
"There ya go," Lukas said, patting Ivor on the back comfortingly, "Easy now."
Ivor sent the blonde ocelot hybrid a look that even Jesse couldn't decipher. And Jesse had gotten pretty good at reading Ivor. "Yes, thank you, thank you!"
"There's nothing but sky below us," Jesse said, looking over the edge to see nothing but fluffy white clouds, "just... clouds, really, just empty... sky!" Great. Wow. Jesse should be a poet.
"I've traveled all over our world," Ivor murmured, "nearly to every corner... and there has always been land or water beneath me... you could just fall forever. And ever. And ever."
"Good thing none of us have a fear of heights, right?" Jesse joked feebly.
All of them chuckled weakly, before turning around and looking around their little sky island. Jesse went over to the opposite edge before leaning over, to see an elaborate city, also floating in the sky, beneath them.
"Hey, uh... you guys see that?" Jesse questioned.
"What?" Lukas asked.
"So very strange," Ivor murmured, looking down beneath them at the city, before his dark blue eyes lit up and he started jumping up and down. Once again, Ivor was fanboying.
"Wow. Looks like it's.. a city, I think? That's incredible," Jesse said, impressed by what she could see of it through the faint clouds and from this distance.
"That's it!" Ivor burst out, "that's where it must be! The Eversource!"
A/N: Stopping point!
I'm so glad everyone likes the new chapters! I feel like I'm doing less of a good job each time :/
Kaos Ruin: Lol I played the game before, I know how it goes xD
Guest: Maybe I'll do something similar later on? Nice idea though xD
DemonCatLady: Lol yeah xD
Guest: Maybe later on? Great idea, though, it's so funny xD
Toni42: That'll probably be in the side story. At this point in time I have a oneshot book planned out, and the sidestory. The only reason the sidestory isn't up now is because right now more people are asking me to finish Hybrid first and then write the sidestory. I also have something else planned, but it's more of an idea than anything else.
RapidSammi: Lol, yeah, Ivor's great xD
guest1021: Thanks! And lol, stop ticking poor Stampy off xD
GuestPerson13: Aw, thanks! Glad to hear it! (and yes, all da fluffs)
rebekahtpe: Steal Olivia and Ellegaard's redstone. They'd probably just yell at me, whereas Magnus, Axel, and Petra would be much, much, MUCH more on the physical side of things.
x.X. A.L. X.x.
