The black faded away to show Jesse and Petra walking into Endercon, Jesse looking around with a worried expression on her face. "Just tell me if you spot Reuben anywhere," she said hopefully.

Jace let out a groan. "Ohhh, I actually managed to forget for a couple of minutes..." Reuben, sensing Jace's discomfort, gave his hand a comforting nudge. The mocha-haired boy smiled down worriedly at the pink pig.

Petra sounded concerned as she gave a quick, cursory glance around herself. "He's gotta be around here somewhere," as Jesse's differently colored eyes roved over the crowds.

"So," and Jesse's attention focused back onto the redhead, whose tone was more business-like now, "when we're making the deal, I need you to... let me do the talking, okay?" And she gave Jesse a smile.

Jesse didn't immediately respond- it was clear to see her attention was still focused on Reuben. Petra mistook the silence for something else and continued, "I just don't anything to mess this up."

"Sure," and Jesse nodded with a small smile at the redhead, finally back at attention, "I'll keep quiet."

"And, if you wanna be REALLY useful, try to look intimidating," Petra suggested to the black-haired girl.

Jesse's face went deadpan and serious. "Petra, I think you should know by now that I don't really do intimidating," she said simply. This comment made Petra twist around and slap her hand over her mouth to smother her snort.

She wasn't the only one- the rest of the audience were either trying to smother grins or snickering audibly at this. Jesse looked very pleased at everyone's amusement at this.

"By the way," Petra noted, after a few seconds, "your left eye seems a bit darker...?" She gestured a bit at her own left eye to emphasize the point. "I didn't really notice earlier since it was dark, but... well, now..."

Jesse made a humming sound. "Oh- got it," and she unclipped her gold barrette, letting it fall out of its usual style and letting her hair fall in glossy black curtains over her face, before pinning back the right side of her hair rather than the left side, that one wave of hair remaining over her left eye.

Petra raised her eyebrow at Jesse, who blinked innocently up at the taller female. "You look surprisingly good with your hair like that," she commented at length.

Real-Petra looked from the screen to Real-Jesse. "... yeah, actually, you do," she mumbled thoughtfully.

"It really does!" Stacy nodded in agreement.

Jesse blinked at everyone in surprise, everyone in the room giving a grudging nod or an affirmative humming sound. Even the Ocelots seemed to be nodding. "Er... thank you?"

Onscreen Jesse blinked again. "Umm, thanks," she said, sounding a little startled by the sudden compliment.

"Jesse!" Jesse turned to see Axel and Olivia race up to meet her, both looking visibly relieved.

Harper squinted at the screen a bit and leaned forward, which didn't go unnoticed by Ivor. "What are you doing?" he asked quietly, so as to avoid bothering everyone else.

"Does... Olivia's eye seem... brighter to you?" the white-haired woman murmured thoughtfully.

His gaze switched back to the screen, eyes narrowing before widening a bit in surprise. "Now that you mention it..." he mumbled back.

Olivia stopped in her tracks, eyes widening. It was evident that her right eye was almost a shade of purple now, definitely a bit lighter than before. "And... Petra?" she asked, sounding shocked by this.

Jesse looked over at Petra, who simply shrugged in return. She looked back over at Axel and Olivia, rubbing the back of her head. "Yeah, I- ran into her, while I was looking for Reuben."

Axel's face sobered up, growing more solemn. "Couldn't find him, huh?"

"He just has to be here somewhere, I just know it!" Olivia said, although her voice faltered a bit. She seemed to be trying to convince her friend of this fact.

Jace drooped a bit.

Jesse noticed and patted him on the shoulder, giving the brown-haired male an encouraging smile. "Hey, I'm sure Reuben's okay. Right, buddy?" she looked at the pink pig in her lip, who let out a cheerful squeal. This made Jace smile weakly back at both of them.

"I saw him," Jesse said with a nod, "but before I knew what was happening, we were under attack by a zombie horde. I told him to run... it was for his own good." Her voice just sounded like she was trying to convince herself, let alone anyone else in the room.

"But hey," Olivia said, in an overly bright voice, "we won!"

They all turned to look at the Enderman, although they avoided fully looking at it. Well, except for Olivia, who was scrutinizing it more carefully.

Axel's face collapsed into a frown. "Abandoning friends in their time of need paid off once again."

Axel winced at that.

Olivia's own face twisted into a frown. "I still wish I'd gotten that part in the back to look better..." she mumbled thoughtfully.

Jesse stepped in front of them, her arms quashing her sides as she clasped her hands behind her back, grinning at them. "Guys, I'm PROUD of you," she said, in a faintly cheery voice that sounded rather fake.

"She's really preoccupied with Reuben, huh..." Gill mumbled, scratching his cheek with a faintly awkward look.

Axel smiled at the black-haired girl a bit, eyes crinkling up. "Aww, shucks," he joked to her.

Olivia smiled at Jesse herself. "Don't make me blush..." And then her expression went more deadpan. "Seriously. Don't."

Jesse chuckled at this, making Real-Olivia grin at the black-haired girl, who quickly returned the grin.

Onscreen, the two girls started to giggle a bit, Jesse covering her mouth and Olivia's lips twitching back into a grin. Axel looked over at Petra, making Jesse stop giggling to listen, although her lips were still turned up at the ends in amusement. "So, Petra... what were you doing in the woods?"

Jesse and Petra immediately shared a glance, Jesse's smile fading a bit. "Nothing... just... drawn by the sound of Jesse's high-pitched screams," Petra said, vaguely.

"Hey, they weren't that high-pitched..." Jesse protested jokingly. Aiden snorted faintly, although for once he didn't seem like he was about to diss her. "I beg to differ," he responded, sounding faintly amused.

Jesse nodded at this and looked back to her friends. "I'd be a zombie if it weren't for help," she said, gratefully.

There was momentary pause as Axel and Olivia absorbed this fact, before the redhead said to the raven-haired girl, lightly, "So, Jesse, it's time to go do that... thing, I was telling you about."

Jesse blinked at her in confusion for a moment. "Huh-? Oh, right." She turned back to her friends. "See you guys inside later?"

"I heard someone was selling cake by the map booth!" Axel responded cheerfully, grinning at Jesse. Olivia rolled her eyes with her own little smile. "Sure. See you later," she said, although she seemed a little hurt by this.

Jesse mouthed with a small smile to Olivia, "Shouldn't take more than 15 minutes."

Olivia gave her a thumbs-up and a nod, before the two of them walked into Endercon side-by-side.

Stampy coughed something under his breath that sounded suspiciously like "Ishipit". Thankfully, neither Axel nor Olivia heard it.

Petra watched them go for a moment, before turning back to Jesse. "Hurry- we're supposed to meet in that alley over there," she said in a soft, urgent voice, pointing at said alley.

They strolled in, Jesse looking around halfheartedly- she was obviously still hung up on Reuben's disappearance. "It's not all that dark," she commented absentmindedly.

Petra twisted to look at her. "Really? You must have eyes like a bat, then, it's dim in here," she commented back.

"If I had eyes like a bat, then I would technically be blind," Jesse pointed out. Lukas let out an unexpected snort at this, everyone looking at him as he rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, that's- that's a pretty good point," he chuckled.

"Thank you, thank you," Jesse said, standing up and sweeping a dramatic bow, and making most of the audience laugh a bit at her. Even Ivor cracked a smile.

Onscreen, Petra's eyes narrowed a bit. In the alley, there was only a single chest, a light, and nothing else. "That's weird... he said the dark, creepy alley close to the entrance."

This prompted more snorts from the audience.

"Are you sure this is the dark, creepy alley he meant?" Jesse asked drily. Petra frowned, crossing her arms and squinting. "I... was. Okay, new plan- you stay here in case this IS the spot he meant, and I'll go look around for him."

"Oh no, I've seen that situation in too many horror movies- if you split up Jesse's gonna die!" Dan exclaimed, eyes widening from under his purple hair (wait, did it- did it change color again?).

"But this isn't a horror movie," Jesse pointed out to him.

"Oh yeah."

"Sure," Jesse agreed onscreen with a smile, "I'll hold down the fort."

"Thanks, Jesse- if he shows up while I'm gone, then just stall for me." And Petra walked back off.

Jesse looked around at the alley for a moment, before approaching the chest. The dim light shone down on the chest, and her left wave of hair blocked her left eye. She squinted at the chest for a moment, before letting out an annoyed sigh, pulling the hair aside again-

"Ahem."

Jesse rapidly twisted to her left with a soft gasp, the bumps on her sides seeming to curl in again, eyes wide.

The shadow at the mouth of the alley started back for a moment, but the audience could see why, and it had made several people start back themselves. Onscreen Jesse hadn't realized it, but her left eye was a shade of blood red, cutting through the dim light like a sword through butter, dramatic shadows thrown over her face from the dim lighting.

She turned around, letting her hair drop back in front of her eye as she backed away a step. The shadow recovered and stepped forward, revealing none other than IVOR. "And just who might you be?" he asked, scowling.


A/N: YES YES YES OMG I LOVE THAT SCENE

Oh, also, I forgot to address this earlier (well, I mean I did, but I made a smol mistake): I'm going on hiatus for all other stories until I either finish this one or get bored of it, upon which I will work on the others again. I am planning on publishing a Fantastic Beasts crossover after I finish this one, and then one I came up with earlier (the tentative title is Porcelain Doll, but I'm still working on it).

RQTC: Have you seen all the awesome Hybrid fanart? Like, seriously... I've thanked them before, but Imma thank them again- thank to you DemonCatLady/Jazzprowl2, Choco223, doodling cubes, and Toni42 for making fanart for this story! (Honestly, I'm surprised that I had enough fans to get fanart in the first place xD)

Meow Shadow: I'm glad you enjoy it! I hope everyone else enjoys it as well, and I totally agree with your RQTCA!

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: Heehee x3 And read the above (A/N) x3

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