"You think we're gonna find the White Pumpkin down here?" Petra wondered, as they started through the tunnel. "With all these... secret passageways..."
"I hope we do... and at the same time, I hope we don't," Jesse responded slowly. "But this time, if we DO find him, he's not just gonna walk away with a scar on his mask."
"Brutal," Petra said, giving her friend a wolfish grin (Jesse's stomach squeezed at the thought of her wolf hybrid twin), "I like it." And her gold eyes gleamed in the dark.
Moaning began to come to them as they came to another corner. "Hey, do you hear-"
Petra cut her off. "Lots and lots of zombies? Unfortunately." She gave a couple sniffs and made a soft sound in the back of her throat. "Starting to smell 'em, too."
Jesse made a face, weaving up a quick little handkerchief to cover her mouth and making Petra one, too. "Ugh. Ditto. Gross," she said, putting the handkerchief up to her face. At least it made most of the smell kind of... go away.
They slowly walked forward, towards some bars. Looking around, Jesse cautiously went forward-
And let out a shriek as she jumped back, a zombie slamming into the bars inches from her and banging on the bars as it tried to poke its hands out to grab Jesse.
Petra sighed. "Well, that explains all the zombie noises."
Jesse peered forward, looking at a small cage with what looked like a miniature zombie spinning inside, fire spitting off of it. "What the heck is THAT supposed to be?"
Her question was answered when yet another zombie exploded into existence. "Oh. I guess it's some sort of zombie spanwer."
"Wait, does that mean the White Pumpkin actually MADE the sea of zombies outside?!" Petra said, head whipping to see her.
Jesse made a face at the zombies, although it was mostly hidden by the handkerchief. "That's what it looks like."
Short silence for a moment. "Can I set them all on fire?"
Jesse choked a bit trying not to laugh at Petra's half-joking question. "Uh, haha, I wish. I'm not sure it's a good idea, though- if we do, the White Pumpkin might notice and try to block off his lair or something."
"Oh. Good point." And they kept on walking, a little ways past, into a room with a sort of glass tube rising up towards the ceiling from a pool of water. "What is THAT?" Petra asked, letting the handkerchief drop.
Jesse squinted at it, trying to remember where she'd seen something similar. And then she remembered. "Oh! I remember- this is like the item system thingy which Soren had in his mountain fortress."
Petra gave it an appraising look. "Oh yeah- I guess it is. But where does it go?"
"Hopefully straight to the White Pumpkin's lair," Jesse responded, looking up. Next to the glass tube, there was an open tunnel mouth. And there was light coming from it.
Jesse looked up at it, running a hand through her hair absentmindedly. "You see that light-filled tunnel too, right?"
"Huh?" Petra looked up, following Jesse's gaze, and an expression dawned on her face. "Oh yeah! And it doesn't look like it's blocked off like all the, um, zombie filled ones."
"I'm betting two iron that if we get up there, we can follow it and get straight to the White Pumpkin's lair," Jesse said beginning to appraise the wall next to her to see if she could climb up and then jump into the tunnel without much trouble.
"I'm not taking that bet."
Jesse snickered at that, and then started climbing. "Sometimes I wish I could fly," Jesse said rather wistfully as she watched Petra just hover upwards. Petra smirked and kept hovering. "Well, you've got a pretty good Spider-Jesse thing going on. Spider Jesse, Spider Jesse, does whatever spiders can because she's Spider Jesse," she hummed, aimlessly.
Jesse gave Petra a look, and Petra shrugged with a smirk. "What?"
"And you call me a dork," Jesse teased, the both of them getting into the tunnel with no trouble. There was a spider approaching them in the tunnel, but Jesse just waved it off and asked it to please not attack them, and the spider went on it's merry way.
"I like it when you're here and there's spiders- I really do," Petra said, rather jokingly.
Jesse put both of her hands over her heart, jokingly wiping away a tear. "Thank you, thank you- that means a lot to me," she joked back, and the two girls dissolved into snickers and giggles. It was almost like when they'd jumped off the bridge to escape all those mobs, back that night at Endercon.
It felt like so long ago already.
Continuing into the tunnel, they turned a corner and kept walking down the tunnel, until they reached a spot where it looked like they'd be turning another corner. Jesse frowned, slowing her footsteps. Yes, she wasn't just imagining it. "Hey, doesn't that almost sound like..."
Petra tilted her head, listening, and a bewildered look crossed her face. "... cats?" she finished the thought.
Jesse slowly moved forward, poking her head around the corner- to come face to face with the White Pumpkin. "GAH!" Jesse shrieked, jumping back and kicking furiously, knocking the White Pumpkin over. It turned out to be another armor stand.
Petra shivered a bit. "Holy crap, was not expecting that. Good reflexes, by the way- Jesse?" Petra looked around and found Jesse literally crouching on the ceiling. "How in the name of Notch did you get up there in five seconds?"
Jesse looked down at Petra, who was upside down. Then back up at the ceiling. Then back down at Petra. "I'm going to be honest with you, I have no clue."
Coming back down, Jesse kept creeping forward, to see a station which was growing white pumpkins. "It's just some sort of... growing station. Weird," Petra said, as another white pumpkin sprouted.
Jesse poked it. "Huh, I guess white pumpkins do exist," she said jokingly.
A/N: Yay!
Oh, by the way, guess what smart thing I did last chapter?
Yep- you guessed it- forgot to post it.
I finished it last night. I posted it this morning. (sighs) Good job me.
Thanks to Choco223 on Deviantart for posting fanart of Ender!Olivia.
DemonCatLady: Oh lol now you got me thinking about that xD And yes you did, but me being smart I forgot to post the chapter when I finished it last night xD at that point which I had no reviews.
Choco: Aye aye! And thanks, the fanart is terrific!
LittleAngelbun: Hehehe (evil grin)
NinjaCat: Maybe (insert Lenny face here)
TheRealRedGaming: Ah, haha, no. I have a different plan for Cassie. One that will not come into effect until later.
Toni42: Yes indeedy! And lol, Jesse hugs are bae
pensuka: (shrugs)
angelwings: Lol xD
GuestPerson13: (shrugs) But thanks!
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