Jesse crept along the ground faster than a normal human could've, while Petra hovered a couple inches- just so they didn't make much noise.
Milo got to ride on Jesse's back, an arrangement Jesse was not too happy with initially but had since gotten used to.
... especially considering the fact that it felt a bit comfortable.
"This is the most awkward thing I've ever done," Milo whispered.
"Ditto," Jesse hissed back. She felt a bit like a spider jockey right now, only with a human on her back rather than a skeleton.
There was a small window, high up on the wall that Jesse had pointed out earlier. "Okay, my friends," Milo whispered as he climbed off, "this should take us right into the throne room. Once inside, we will just need to find the secret entrance that the Founder supposedly uses... but how are we getting up there?"
Jesse stood up, looked at the window, and fired a strand of silk from her palm, so that it soared through the opening and landed just inside. Her arms moving quickly but as quietly as possible, Jesse made a wider sort of web-ladder. "After you," she joked to Milo, bowing to the blonde.
Milo climbed up the makeshift ladder, as Petra hovered up and into the room and Jesse just shot another strand of silk and retracted herself in.
Jesse looked around the throne room, eyes widening slightly. It really was a very nicely built room, with a nice open little 'garden' towards the back. Also a throne made of gold. Can't forget the throne. And really there was a lot more, bookshelves and poppies, and a high ceiling, and, well, Soren couldn't have done any better, really.
Jesse was distracted as she heard a rather muffled voice ask, "then what did SHE say?"
The door began creaking open.
"Guards!" Petra hissed, "Hide!"
Milo ducked behind one of the large banners hanging on the wall, while Jesse shot herself into a corner of the ceiling, barely keeping herself braced in place, while Petra hovered up as high as she could, adjusting herself so she was in a different corner.
"Okay, the throne room was in here..."
Jesse let out a relieved sigh as Ivor and Lukas trotted into the room, both at the fact that it was NOT a guard, and at the fact that Ivor and Lukas were okay!
"Guys!" Jesse called down, dropping to the floor and practically tackling both of them in a hug. "You're okay!"
"Jesse! Petra!" Lukas laughed, patting Jesse on the back as Ivor's dark blue eyes, unbeknownst to Jesse, softened slightly at the hug. "Boy am I glad to see you guys!"
"Well, we WERE here to rescue you," Jesse said, wryly releasing both of them, "but I think we're a bit late for that."
Lukas let out a laugh, covering his mouth so as to not make too much noise. "Haha, yeah, we broke out ourselves. It's a good thing you guys are here," he added, his smile fading, "Aiden's going after the Eversource!"
"Which we obviously can't abide," Ivor added drily, "So we're here to get it first!"
"Fantastic!" Milo whispered, "that's what we're here for as well."
Lukas gave Jesse a look, ears twitching. "Uh, this... who's this again? I'm assuming he's cool?"
"Oh yeah. Milo, Lukas. Lukas, Milo. Milo, Ivor. Ivor, Milo." Jesse made a slight face at the long list of introductions, making Petra snort a bit and Ivor smirk at her face... just like he'd used to back in-
Jesse slapped a hand over her mouth to muffle the cry she made, pain stabbing her head.
"Ivor, look at this!"
Ivor looked obligingly at the little spider hybrid, who stuck out her tongue and crossed her eyes. He smirked slightly at that. "Very nice, Jesse," he said, sounding rather amused at that.
Jesse giggled, pleased at the reaction, and turned to her left to make a face at...
... at...
That's funny... she'd used to like to make faces to someone, who'd make them back. Someone else?
Why couldn't she remember?
Was it herself?
She remembered calling them Jesse.
But no... this was...
A year ago?
But a year ago, she didn't have a name. The scientists called her...
... called her... what? Did they call her something? Did they call her by her real name?
Did she ever have a real name in the first place?
What was going on?
"Jesse?"
Jesse blinked up at the dark-haired Order of the Stone member, who was looking at her in concern. "Are you okay?"
Jesse nodded, shaking off her confused, muddled thoughts. "Mmhm!" she nodded vigorously, short, fluffy locks bouncing around.
"Jesse! Jesse? Are you okay?"
Jesse looked up into Petra's concerned, gold eyes. "Yeah... sorry, just- headache, is all," and Jesse smiled at them brightly to try to convince them.
Inside though, she was confused.
This was only a year after the previous memory, she was fairly certain.
So why didn't she remember having a brother then?
Come to think of it, why could she barely remember anything past her fourth birthday?
"The Founder's secret entrance," Milo was saying, as she forced herself to shove the musing and wondering and confusion to the back of her mind, "is supposed to be somewhere in this throne room..."
"Well, if it's somewhere in here, we'll find it," Jesse said, punching her hand into her palm, before they all split up to look through the room. Jesse went to go poke around the bookcase, putting her hands on her knees as she read a random book title. "'Habits of the Endermen', by... Soren?!" she exclaimed, eyes widening as she straightened back up, "well I was NOT expecting that."
Walking away from the bookcase and searching around the room, looking at the ceiling, and then the floor, and then everything else, Jesse saw some minecart tracks leading to a wall. There was also a trail of redstone next to the tracks.
"I'm getting a rather 'door' vibe from this," Jesse joked, as Lukas trotted up next to her, his ears and tail flicking with interest. "Yeah... wonder what happened to it?"
Jesse looked at the floor, putting a hand to her lip. "Hm, just need to make something to activate this redstone circuit again... there's gotta be something in here that we can use..."
A/N: Another memory! Ivor and Jesse family fluff, lol xD
Let the theories begin...
Kaos Ruin: Lol xD
rebekahtpe: Indeed xD Poor sheltered Sky City citizens (say that five times fast xD ) And cats. Definitely cats.
angelwings: Nope, but she did have him on her back xD
RapidSammi: Lol xD glad you like the chapter
ChoyofBonk: Hype! (dances around)
LittleAngelBun: I'm curious, what did you think she was going to use?
GuestPerson13: Aw, thanks :) That means a lot to me. And yes, of course! Writing tips are good tips. And... that question will be answered either later on or in the sidestory :)
A Person: I did indeed (bows) and lol xD I'd totally vote for Jesse. And that was confusing. But yes, he's a hybrid. And no problem!
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