"A city in the clouds," Petra hummed, "it almost sounds impossible."

"I just don't know how we're gonna reach it," Lukas frowned, crossing his arms and looking down at the city.

"Yeah, my silk does NOT extend that long. And Petra cannot carry riders down."

"Not unless you want me to drop you."

"Yes, unless that."

Jesse pinched her lips together, before kneeling down and leaning over and looking down, down, down, to see that the underside of the actual island was much bigger than it first looked.

"Hm... the underside of this island is much, much bigger than it appears," Jesse mused, before turning back to her friends.

"Really?" Lukas asked, surprised.

Ivor touched his lip, dark blue eyes gleaming with thought. "Yes... if we strip this whole island down to almost nothing... it just might be enough."

Jesse and the others started digging through the dirt, until they were literally standing on a four block island that they really would've been LUCKY to not fall off. "Stop pushing!" Ivor snapped at Petra.

"I'm not pushing!" Petra snapped back, "Lukas is pushing!"

"I'm just trying to keep away from the edge!" Lukas exclaimed, throwing his hands up into the air nervously.

"It's all edge!"

"Guys, focus!" Jesse exclaimed, "I think that'll do it. Let's make ourselves a bridge, huh?"

The four of them started putting down blocks, but Ivor stopped to build something (Jesse didn't see what), and soon it got to the point where Jesse was standing on a narrow strip of dirt, trying not to trip, before she relievedly stooped and put a block there, walking onto the city ledge. "Okay, this is our stop! Everyone off!" Jesse joked, walking forward.

Petra turned around and then facepalmed, making Jesse and Lukas turn around. "Ivor... seriously?"

Ivor had built a skull with lava pouring out of its eyes.

Jesse let out a loud snort, leaning into Lukas to try to stop her laughter, although the ocelot hybrid was also furiously trying to smother his giggles.

"You're building."

The four of them turned to a man with black hair, staring at them as if they'd just come from the sky. Jesse didn't know how to retract her arms back in, and frankly she didn't much care, even as his eyes flicked over Jesse's arms, Lukas's ears and tail, he didn't say anything, gawking at them.

"I- you- I don't-"

"Hey there!" Jesse said, trying to be friendly, "Love what you did with your town!"

"Yeah, it's very flashy. You help build it?" Lukas asked, also being friendly, giving the man a small smile.

The man stared, his mouth open in shock, stepping back in fear as his hands shook.

Jesse put her hands up (all of them) in a reassuring gesture, as if to say 'We come in peace'. Like one of those weird sci-fi movies her brother-

Jesse felt another chill race up her spine, shaking her head furiously. Brother? What in the world was Jesse talking about? She didn't have a brother. She hadn't known anyone until she was four...

No, no, she could see her brother. Almost clearly, for some reason. He looked familiar.

Jesse squeezed her eyes shut. He had... he had dark brown hair. Like Aiden's, only.. more like chocolate brown. And- and his eyes- they were the same shade of green hers were, they- they were the same shape. And- and he had-

The memory faded, still there but out of reach. Jesse thumped her forehead insistently, but the memory was gone, only the image of her brother burned into her mind lingering. Parts of him still seemed out of focus, but on the whole, she was remembering him.

Why was she remembering a brother she'd never had?

She decided to put the thought away for now, and removed her hand as the poor guy finally stammered out, "Y-you were building. Unauthorized building is against the law!"

"Wait," and Petra held up her hand, eyes widening incredulously, "there's a law saying people can't build?"

The man nodded furiously, eyes wide. "Yes! It's forbidden!"

Jesse winced. "Oh, geez, I'm sorry, we had no idea," she apologized, immediately- the guy still looked as though Jesse had whipped out an axe, declared herself to a murderer, and then gone chasing after him with said axe.

"Oh geez," the man said softly to himself, "first those other outsiders... now you..."

Lukas's eyes widened. "Other outsiders?" he asked, tail flicking. "Where are they?"

"They went to the inn," blurted the man, continuing his backwards retreat, "I'm sorry, but that's all I know."

"Wait, but what in-"

"I'm super busy sorry!" And the guy was gone, having fled into the city.

Petra frowned, crossing her arms. "Annnd he's gone."

"Darn," Lukas huffed, as they all trooped into the city through the door the other guy had rushed through, before her eyes widened, even as Ivor asked, "Do you think everyone here is that nervous?"

The city was made of gold, quartz, and some purple wool. It was built beautifully, and it looked as though it had never gotten dirty in it's life. If cities had lives. There was a sort of palace at the back, but in the middle there were booths, stalls, buildings.

"Wow," Lukas summarized everything Jesse was feeling up.

Jesse tilted her head in agreement, still gaping. "Who built this place? It's gorgeous," she breathed.

"You said it," Petra said, putting one hand on her hip. Tomboy she might be, but Petra was a sucker for aesthetics. Of... buildings, not people. Petra could probably care less about what some girl was wearing or what lipstick a girl was wearing or other nonsense like that.

"Whoever it was must have had the Eversource!" Ivor said, also staring around the buildings, "it's the only explanation for the copious amounts of rare materials they used to build it! When I get my hands on it-"

"How about," Petra suggested, giving the over-excited potionologist a glare, "how about you take a MASSIVE chill pill, and we FIND it first?"

"Yes, that would be nice," Jesse put in, trying not to sound terribly amused by the whole situation.

"Yes, yes, yes," Ivor said, waving it off, "I'm just getting excited. Or, like Jesse puts it, fanboying."

Jesse had to dive behind Lukas to stifle the laughter that was threatening to explode out of her mouth.

A/N: Lol xD Jesse's having fun, at least.

Jesse doesn't remember how to hide her arms, so people are just going to react weirdly and go 'what's with the extra arms' and stuff like that.

What? A brother? That looks like Male Jesse? Wonder if he's a hybrid too? (And yes. Male Jesse makes an appearance in the story. Don't ask when, because I barely know when myself. You'll see!

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