"The battle was fierce," Jesse read aloud, "but the Order of the Stone emerged triumphant, saving the land and ensuring that peace and prosperity would reign forever."

"Well," Lukas commented, coming over to where Jesse was, "not exactly forever."

Jesse grinned at him a bit, before going back to the book and reading, her voice fading and being replaced by the narrator who'd introduced the prologue. "These five friends would give so much to gain their rightful place-" Soren, Gabriel, Ellegaard, and Magnus had walked through their various-colored archways, before the screen came a stop on someone wearing brown robes and carrying a brown leather bag. "-as FIVE heroes. They would author their own end."

Everyone's eyes widened as the figure turned around, revealing it to be none other than Ivor.

"They would slay a dragon."

Everyone in the room who was not the Order of the Stone let out a gasp or a shocked exclamation.

"Ivor was a member of the Order of the Stone?" Olivia stared at the book, mouth agape, "the stories never mentioned him."

"You- you lied," Jace said, sounding more stunned than anything else. He turned to look at the Order with a slow shake of the head. "Why did you lie?"

The Order all exchanged uncomfortable looks, before Ellegaard finally sighed, "It's... a very long story."

Jesse crossed her arms onscreen, staring at the book. "This would definitely explain why Ivor was in that journal we found... and of course why he had such a grudge towards Gabriel."

"This is so... crazy," Lukas breathed.

Olivia frowned as she crossed her arms. "They lied to us," she said simply, "they lied to the whole world!"

"Why would they do that?" Axel wondered.

"This is so crazy," Lukas repeated, as if he really couldn't believe it.

Jesse let out a little sigh, touching her fingers to her temples. "The Order... might have lied, but we need their help if we're going to defeat this Witherstorm. And Petra is still out there- that monster is still out there." Her tone was urgent and sharp.

Lukas nodded, straightening back up. He took a deep breath, pulling himself together. "Jesse's right," he said simply, "we should focus on what we came here to do."

Olivia trotted over to a white staircase that had been partially behind a bookshelf, looking at it curiously. "Where do these stairs go?" she wondered, craning her head back up as she followed the staircase with her eyes.

Jesse shrugged in return, stepping onto the steps. "Only one way to find out," she responded simply.

And they all trekked up the stairs.

They emerged into what used to be a large room, but now there were holes in the walls and floor, and the walls were crumbling. Even with that, the building was ethereally beautiful, and onscreen-Jesse let out a gasp at it. "Wow!"

"What happened to the walls?" Axel wondered, looking around the place.

"More like what happened to this whole place..." Jesse murmured, before looking around, the amulet back in her hand as she poked it out from under the red cloak she was wearing. "Let's all look around- there has to be something- something that'll use the amulet somehow to find the rest of the Order," and she gave the amulet a wave to punctuate her point.

The group all split up. Jesse watched them go, before sitting down a small wooden stair, pulling out the journal with a weird look. "Okay, well... maybe this thing has a clue?"

She started reading it quietly aloud, Reuben sitting at her feet and listening intently. "'These children are tested every other week. Apparently, they all excel in the speed tests, but when the other tests come into play it's more murky. Sometimes, the children have aversions towards fighting in general, because they apparently can't control their talents or powers or whatever they're called. The one I have 'custody' of- Petra- nearly burned down the lab the previous week."

Jesse smirked onscreen. Petra grinned sheepishly as the Bureau of Amalgamology started giggling and trying not to.

"'Well, the children all get along well with one another, and are kept in the same room for the sake of easier monitoring. Well, that's how the scientists put it... I don't really mind, it makes it easier to visit them all in one go. ~Gabriel.'"

She paused before peeking over the edge of the journal at Reuben. "Should I keep reading, Reuben?"

The pig let out an agreeing oink.

"Okay... 'I don't really know what to write here. Well, I'll just start with our hybrids, I guess... my hybrid and Soren's don't really seem to like the idea of fighting much, and would much prefer to sit in a corner and read if they had to. Although whenever they do spar with us, the find it very enjoyable. Jesse's already gotten very good at it and knocked me down the other day."

Jesse pumped her fists in the air, making Jace laugh at her. She punched him on the shoulder, but was still grinning broadly at him. The Order all exchanged amused looks.

"'I don't think I'd be able to recognize these children if I didn't see them for a while, to be honest. I don't tag along all that often. I'm usually too busy making healing potions for whenever Gabriel and Magnus decide to have one of their idiotic competitions and end up in a ditch somewhere.'"

"Oh yeah, I remember that. Didn't you guys try climbing a giant redwood to see who would get there the fastest?" Ellegaard asked, arching her eyebrow at both of them. "I'm pretty sure Magnus fell off halfway up, and Gabriel slipped and fell before landing on top of him."

"We were bored," Gabriel said faintly defensively as the audience sniggered.

"'Gabriel tells me that whenever they go and I don't show up Jesse asks for me. Which, I guess is pleasing, but... well... I don't handle people very well. ~Ivor.' Well, that does explain why he didn't even seem to RECOGNIZE me," she mumbled, shutting the journal. "I don't think this has anything to do much with the task at hand..."

She trailed off, having spotted a sewn version of the amulet on an old white flag.

"Oh, there we go!" Soren exclaimed.

Jesse looked at the space above the amulet, before climbing up and popping it into place. The amulet reflected the rising sun right into her eyes, making her wince and hop back down, blinking to blink the spots out of her eyes. Walking around a huge hole in the floor to a table with levers on it, she regarded them for a moment, before her eyes lit up. "This looks like a puzzle..." she said softly, "I like puzzles."

She gave the levers all a cursory glance, before flicking them on and off. Some lights on the wall next to the huge map plastered on the wall flickered on. She flicked it back off, and she went through all the levers in the same way. She hesitated as she regarded it, before flipping all of the switches, and then flipping one more back. The lights all blazed, and a blazing beam of light shot from the lantern sitting in the middle of the table, hitting the center of the amulet, and shot two different colored beams of light across the map.

"Wow," Lizzie said, turning to look at the Order of the Stone, "that's absolutely amazing!"

"It took nearly three years to complete," Ellegaard said modestly, smiling faintly. "And we all had to give some of our blood."

"Okay, NOW I'm impressed," Olivia said onscreen, crossing her arms and arching her eyebrow with a grin.

"This must be what Gabriel wanted us to find!" Jesse commented, "it's showing where the Order of the Stone is, right now!"

Real-Jesse frowned at this. "But there's... only two lights?"

Gabriel's mouth turned into a thin line as he stared at the screen, eyes perfectly blank.

Lukas frowned a bit onscreen. "There're only two lights... we don't know anything about how this map works. It might not show them when they're in the End or the Nether."

"So... h-he might've been able to duck into the Nether or the End or something!" Stampy said, trying to stay positive, "he could still be alive!"

Jesse nodded, looking at the red and green beams of light shining on complete opposite ends of the map. "If there are only two heroes left, then we know what we have to do," she spoke decisively and firmly, turning around. "Petra's relying on us, and that Witherstorm is still out there. Gabriel was trying to tell me to find the Order of the Stone. So, I think the options are... Magnus," she pointed at the green light, "and Ellegaard."

"But they're on different sides of the world!" Isa exclaimed, making all of them look at her. "There's no possible way you'll be able to get both of them."

"Idiots," Ivor snarled, "neither of them are going to be able to save you! They never have!"

Milo glared at the man. "I am heartily sick of you already, and I don't think we've even exchanged more than two sentences with one another in passing."

Onscreen, Lukas frowned. "I can't go with any of you guys."

Several pairs of startled eyes turned to Lukas, as the ocelot hybrid continued, "If there's any chance Petra is still out there, I have to make this place fortified by nightfall. I have to stay here. If I know her, she's doing everything she can to find this place." He paused and looked around, before giving them all a sheepish look. "Maybe if one of you could stay behind and help me...?"

"Sounds like Olivia'll have you covered while Jesse and I go look for Magnus," Axel nodded.

Olivia gave Axel an incredulous look. "Finding Magnus? You really think that's how it's going to go? We need Ellegaard. She's the world's smartest engineer. She'll figure out a way to stop that thing."

"We're trying to destroy it," Axel reasoned, "and when it comes to destruction, Magnus is the master."

"YES!" Magnus cheered. Ellegaard rolled her eyes, directing a glare at him.

"What they need is intelligence, not some idiot with a bomb!"

"Who're you calling an idiot?! They don't want some nerd, they want the KING!"

"You're fully aware that none of them can hear you, right?" Hadrian asked sardonically, pointing at the screen.

Jesse bit her lip thoughtfully onscreen. "Hmm... honestly, if we need to fortify the temple, Olivia should stay behind... no offense, Axel, but-"

Axel waved it off, pumping his fist. "None taken, it means we get to go find Magnus!"

"YES!" Magnus yelled again, jumping off his seat and pumping his fists. Ellegaard huffed.

Jesse shrugged. "Okay, you could take it that way." She turned back to Olivia. "Olivia, could you help Lukas and stay behind to fortify the temple?"

Olivia simply shrugged as well. "Sure."

Jesse hesitated a moment, her eyes narrowing, before shrugging again and turning back to Axel. "Let's get ready to roll, Axel."

"Um... guys?" Lukas asked, softly.

A sound like thunder rolled through the sky, and Jesse turned to see what Lukas was staring at. The screen switched to show the silhouette of the giant Witherstorm writhing in the distance like some tremendous entity, before going perfectly black.

"Please hurry."

The screen remained black, before slowly fading back into the menu. Everyone blinked. "Is that it? That's the first episode?" Slab asked, tilting his head.

"I guess so," Jesse said, getting up after Reuben crawled out of her lap and stretching. "Let's explore this place before the next episode. We should probably have some dinner or something. Besides," she was already heading for the door, "I'm sure there's some stuff we want to discuss."


A/N: I'm so hyped up for this that it's not even funny xD

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