The screen faded back in to show Jesse slamming onto her back on the ground, Reuben flying out of her arms upon impact, Axel landing next to her, and then Reuben landing on Axel's back and shoving his head back into the dirt, before rebounding on Jesse's back, sending the amulet flying out of her pocket.

"Oh crap!" Petra yelled.

The amulet hit the ground, bounced, over a small bridge over a pool of lava, twirled around once, before clattering securely to the floor right before it neared the edge. Jesse let out a relieved sigh.

The screen zoomed out to show that the room around them was comprised of sand and obsidian, pools of lava on the floor, with that one short bridge from where they'd landed to where the amulet had rolled to.

"Okay, that doesn't look too bad," Lukas said, voice slightly shaky. "I mean, sure, there's a LOT of lava, but it doesn't look like there's any traps or anything." He meant to comfort Jesse, but her expression was still utterly deadpan.

"That probably just means that they're all hidden super well," she replied.

"Oh.. yeah, I didn't think about that," Lukas hummed thoughtfully. He paused before patting her on the back. "Well, I'm sure you'll be fine anyways."

"Your confidence in me has been noted," Jesse sighed, in a rather matter-of-fact voice.

Jesse climbed to her feet onscreen and began to walk towards the amulet, but then a familiar voice rang out in the room, making her start slightly. "You are completely surrounded by hidden death traps... one step closer... and KABOOM!"

A lever being toggled sounded, and a sand block popped up to reveal a TNT block beneath.

Half the audience jumped out of their skin.

Jesse yelped and hastily backpedaled, nearly tripping straight into the lava in surprise.

A man stepped out of the shadows and leaned down to pick up the amulet, the green gem's glow becoming a bit painful to look at at his touch. The screen zoomed out to reveal none other than MAGNUS.

"It's Magnus!" Axel said excitedly. "We totally got caught by Magnus!" His smile fell a second later, and he sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "And... I think we're gonna die now."

"I think that's pretty accurate," Jesse agreed tiredly.

"Yeah, that's- that's probably bad," Stampy said, wincing slightly.

Magnus sneered at them. "Did you really think you could sneak up on me? Ha! You're two of the worst griefers I've ever met."

"That would probably be because we're not griefers."

Lukas snorted at the sardonic response from the black-haired girl sitting next to him.

"And a PIG? Really? Hardly stealthy."

Both Reubens snorted angrily at this, rather offended.

Onscreen Jesse looked at Axel, then back at Magnus. "We're here to ask you for help," she replied calmly.

Magnus interrupted whatever she'd been about to say next. "Uh-huh, uh-huh, sure. So, you're not a couple griefers here to catch me unawares? Because, haha, let me tell you, that guy-" and he pointed at Axel. "- he's got griefer written all over him."

"Okay, so I'm not a griefer," Jesse amended the statement. This made Lukas laugh outright, Jesse giving him a pleased smile at that.

Axel seemed touched by this. "Man, you don't know how much that means to me."

"Really, Axel?" Olivia asked, arching her eyebrow at the burly boy next to her. "Really?"

Onscreen, Jesse looked at Axel again, and then back at Magnus. "I mean... okay, yes, he is a griefer. But... well, c'mon, a girl in a cloak with her pig, does that seem particularly griefer... ish... to you? At all?" she asked tentatively.

Magnus simply gave her an amused smirk. "Riiiight. So, tell me something then, 'Not Griefers'. How'd you find me? You working with someone? Or maybe you bribed another griefer."

Jesse glanced nervously at the TNT on the two-block-wide 'bridge'.

"Magnus, if you blow up what might our only chance of defeating the Witherstorm, I swear to Notch..." Ellegaard said, her eye twitching.

"... Gabriel sent us," Jesse finally replied.

Magnus laughed derisively at that. "Gabriel? You're seriously telling me you're buddy-buddy with Gabriel?"

Jesse rolled her eyes a bit onscreen. "Not really, since I only talked to him for a total of, like, five minutes," she muttered sarcastically so that only Axel could hear. He smirked at that.

"You know how often people try and tell me that one?"

Gabriel blinked. "People tell you they're friends with me?" he asked Magnus.

Magnus let out a groan at this. "You wouldn't believe how many..."

"This is all sounding pretty weird, dudes." Magnus flipped a lever, and the TNT blocks shot out of the way before exploding, leaving the way clear. Jesse tentatively stepped forward, before rushing across the bridge but skidding to a halt not even two feet later when Magnus pulled another lever and more TNT shot onto the path. "Who are you really? Why are you here?" He set his hand on another lever, but he didn't pull it. Yet, anyway. His eyes were narrowed as he stared at the both of them. "I want answers. Now."

"I'll answer the first question first," Jesse said quietly, slowly reaching up to the buttons on her cloak. Carefully, she undid them, before slowly and carefully sliding the cloak off her shoulders and putting the cloak into her pocket.

Magnus's narrowed eyes widened, before he turned his head slightly. The screen switched to show Axel pulling one sleeve up to reveal his mottled green arm, a nervous look on his face.

Magnus stared at them, eyes flicking from Jesse to Axel, before he spoke again, his voice low and quiet and shocked. "Axel...?" His head turned back to Jesse slightly. "Jesse?"

"Oh, there you go, you recognize us," and Jesse flopped sideways so that she was leaning on Lukas, breathing a sigh of relief. Lukas looked down at her before patting her on the head, making her stick her tongue out at him tiredly.

Onscreen, Jesse's eyes and body relaxed slightly. "You recognize us," she breathed out in relief, "you recognize Axel and me, don't you?"

Magnus stared.

"I think he might be in a bit of shock... I guess it's a bit of a shock if you see someone you haven't seen for ten years," Mevia said quietly, making everyone glance at her.

"There's a huge monster eating up the entire world... nothing can stop it. So that's why Gabriel told us to reunite the Order. Please... you have to come with us," Jesse said, plaintively, "you might be the only chance we have left!"

Magnus kept staring, before he slowly flipped the switch, and the TNT blocks shot out of the way and blew up again, leaving the way clear. Jesse tentatively approached him, as the Rogue said, his voice louder but not quite the volume it had been before the reveal, "Okay. Let me believe you, for a second then, that Gabriel DID send you- two people I haven't seen for ten years, and could possibly just be new hybrids from the Bureau of Amalgamology. You expect me to take your word for it? Two strangers with wild stories, and nothing to show for it... except an amulet that's not theirs."

Jesse's brow furrowed onscreen as she kept edging towards him. "Are you that paranoid?" she asked slowly. "Do you really not... trust anyone?"

"It's how I've survived this long."

Axel and Jesse shared a look, before Jesse quietly spoke again, sounding almost like a child in that moment. "It sounds lonely," she responded.

Magnus simply looked away in response, not saying anything.

"Please trust us," Axel spoke up suddenly, "and if you don't trust me, trust Jesse, because she's the most trustworthy person I know."

Both Jesses looked a bit surprised at this, Real-Jesse blinking at Axel before a smile came over her face. "Thanks, Axel."

She ducked away as he reached over to clap her on the back. "Ah, but... please don't clap me on the back again."

"Oh, okay..."

Magnus was silent for a moment, before finally sighing. "Fine. Okay. You sold me. I'm in."

Most of the audience breathed this tremendous sigh of relief.

"Oh," he added suddenly, walking over to them, "but... we might have a bit of a problem getting out of here."

"Oh... right. Can't believe I forgot about that," Real-Magnus winced slightly.

"Why? You're Magnus," Axel said puzzledly, "you can just walk out of here."

Magnus scoffed in response to this. "Um, I don't know if you've been around this place, but it's... kinda full of griefers!"

"Yes, we've noticed," Cassie responded drily.

"But... that's kinda awesome. Right?" Axel asked tentatively as Jesse pulled the cloak back on over her shoulders, fiddling with the buttons to make sure the cloak didn't just slip off her shoulders.

"Wrong!" Magnus huffed and crossed his arms. "You both- seriously, it's hard equating you two with those two kids ten years ago- you both know about the whole 'challenging the king to his crown' thing right? It's their thing."

Real-Jesse let out a moan. "Please don't tell me he's about to say what I think he's about to say-"

"So long as I'm King, I can't leave this tower."

"Nope, he said it. Fantastic."

Onscreen-Jesse bit her lip thoughtfully, one hand touching her chin.

"Not as fun as you might think," Magnus huffed. "Of course, I do get to spit on their heads occasionally, so that's something."

Both onscreen Jesse and Real-Jesse smirked at this, before she suggested, "Just choose a new king or queen, then. Then you can come with us."

Magnus shook his head. "Nah, I've beaten them dozens of times, they're not worthy. They'll see right through it. But you... you're the mysterious newcomer with the cloak and the amulet. By now, there's sure to be all sorts of rumors of how awesome you are."

"Er... thank you?" Jesse said slowly.

"If you can beat me, then I'll be able to leave!"

Jesse tilted her head thoughtfully onscreen. "I guess I could just let another griefer beat me, and that would be that," she hummed, before her face fell at the gaping flaw in the plan. "But how in the world would I be able to beat you?"

"I know, right? But you won't have to!" Magnus said. He was getting all excited, which obviously worried onscreen Jesse, because her face was starting to get all anxious. For that matter, so was real-Jesse's. "Ohhh this is going to be so good. I'm actually really excited about this! We gotta make sure it looks legit, though. The Death Bowl's never seen the carnage we're about to create."

"Uh... 'Death Bowl'?" Olivia asked, her face having gone pale. That was nothing compared to Jesse's face, though; Jesse's face was literally pure white in terror. Jace gave the black-haired girl next to him a sympathetic pat on the back.

"Yeah, the Death Bowl! Where a griefer battles the King to get the crown! Of course, no one's ever beaten me..."

"This is worse than the games," Em groaned.

"Why is it called the Death Bowl, exactly?" Lukas asked, his own face having gone rather pale. "It's not like anyone's died there, right?"

Magnus developed an extremely acute interest in the episode.

The screen zoomed in on Jesse's face. She looked a bit as though she were about to faint. "Death Bowl?"

The background switched to the outsides, before zooming out to reveal this huge stadium/arena thing that looked as though it had been blown up to hell and back, griefers cheering in the stands so loudly that the audience actually covered their ears with a wince.

The camera went back onto Jesse, who was standing in between Magnus and Axel, this numbly terrified look on her face. When she spoke again, it was in a voice so soft that it was almost inaudible over the cheering.

"Um... what's the Death Bowl?"


A/N: Yes! Oh I'm excited to write this (evil grin)

RQTC: WHO'S HYPED FOR DA DEATH BOWWWWLLLLLL xD

Emily The Avenger: Lol xD

rebekahtpe: NOOOOOOOO xD But in all seriousness, pen.

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: Probably a gas line blowing up or something.

AquaK13: (laughs)

RapidSammi: (laughs) Welp, that's enough TNT to last me six years xD

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