"And you didn't say anything?!" Ivor exclaimed, throwing his hands into the air.

Petra arched her eyebrows, gold eyes wide. "Yeah, I'm actually going to have to agree with Ivor on this one!" she responded, crossing her arms and pouting playfully at her spider hybrid friend.

Lukas frowned, tail twitching slightly and gently. "Did I not mention it either? 'Caaauuuse I could've sworn I said something," he mumbled, batting at his ears thoughtfully.

"And we were trying not to die via Ghast and other terrible googlies up in Sky City, when would I have had any time to say anything about finding the portal?" Jesse pointed out, smirking slightly, before the smirk turned into more of a genuine smile. "Come on!"

And all four of them bolted towards the portal, before Jesse put on the brakes as the Eversource tripped and landed flat on its face with a squawk.

Judging by the sounds behind her, Petra had collided full force with Ivor and Ivor had tripped into Lukas, knocking all three of them flat on their faces behind Jesse. She glanced over her shoulder, letting out a sheepish little laugh as she saw her three friends sprawled into a big pile on the floor.

Turning back to the front, she saw that the Eversource had also gotten back up from it's little fall. "Oh! Hello," Jesse said, to the chicken she'd nearly squashed by accident.

"Ah!" And Isa trotted over towards her chicken in relief, and suddenly the nicely done makeup didn't enhance her features, it softened them. "There you are!" And she looked up at Jesse with an apologetic smile. "So sorry about her," she apologized.

"That's okay, looks like she's having fun running around," Jesse said, looking down at 'Evie', who was fluttering her wings and clucking cheerfully.

Isa smiled a bit as Evie started pecking at the ground. "Yes, I think she took it pretty well when I told her she didn't have to be the Eversource anymore." Isa crouched, smiling down at the Eversource with a smile Jesse had seen before, though she couldn't quite place where. "What are we gonna do with you now? Huh?" she asked the chicken in a soft coo. "What are you gonna do now? Besides continue to be adorable of course... but that was a given."

Jesse tilted her head curiously, scratching her head. "Yeah, what ARE you going to do now?"

Isa hesitated, looking down at Evie for a moment with that smile on her face. "After so long being 'the Founder' and 'the Eversource', now we can just be Isa and her best friend..." and Isa leaned down to take off the tiny crown, "Benedict."

Ivor scoffed. "That's a boy's name!"

Jesse chuckled, scratching her head. "Ah. I actually called her 'Evie'. 'Cause, you know. Eversource..." Even as she got a sinking feeling in her stomach as she realized that smile that Isa was giving Benedict was the smile she'd used to give Reuben.

Isa hummed thoughtfully, choosing to ignore Ivor's comment, holding the crowd in her palm. "Hm, Evie. Not bad." And then she extended the crown carefully, her green eyes crinkling up warmly. "Jesse? I would be honored if you would take this. As a small token of our gratitude." And the small ring of gold was set in her palm.

Jesse smiled, putting the crown carefully into her pocket. "Thank you," she said gratefully.

"Come on, Benedict," Isa said cheerfully, "we have a lot of adventures ahead of us."

Ivor made a comment about the Eversource, but Jesse didn't notice and suddenly she couldn't hear anything. She'd spotted some little pink pigs digging around in the dirt, walking around and snorting cutely. Something formed in her throat, and she couldn't say anything for a couple of moments, just watching them with blank green and red eyes.

She nearly jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder. "Jesse? You okay?" Lukas asked, concerned, as he came up to his black-haired friend.

Jesse sighed a bit, still staring blankly at the pigs, not trusting herself to look around at Lukas without crying or tearing up. "Y-yeah, I just- I just saw those pigs, and... y-y'know."

"Oh... yes," Ivor said, going awkwardly quiet at the sight of his pupil just staring blankly at the little pink pigs snuffling around in the dirt.

Petra reached out and squeezed Jesse's other shoulder, the one that Lukas's hand wasn't resting on. "He would be really happy to know you're still having adventures like this," Petra said, softly.

Jesse nodded with a small swallow, and a small smile at them. Before she took a deep breath, and they all continued until they reached the edge of the hole, and she pointed. "See? Just like I told you. One portal back home."

And they all hopped down into the hole, Jesse pulling out the flint and steel carefully. "Okay, guys, let's go home," she said, kneeling down next to the portal opening for safety, and then clicking the flint and steel together.

There was another shockwave from the hot spark the flint and steel spat out, but Jesse was at a safer position, and so did not just go flying backwards this time.

She turned to look over her shoulder, to see all of them grinning at the blue, swirling mixtures in the doorway, before walking forward, Jesse starting to speak as she walked through the swirling blues. "Wait'll Axel and Olivia hear where we've been, they'll never believe-"

Jesse cut herself off as she stepped forward through the portal, the 'bead curtain' sensation fading away, stopping fully. "... that's... not what I was expecting," she said finally as Ivor and Petra stepped into the hallway as well.

Because, stretching for a mile at least, was a long hallway.

And it was lined with portals.

A/N: YES EPISODE 5 IS FINISHED WOOT

Next chapter is a filler chapter, and then we'll get right down to the Psycho White Pumpkin Mansion! xD

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