The screen came back on to show Jesse walking quietly through the woods, her hands in her pockets.

After a few seconds of this, she suddenly came to a halt, backtracked three steps, leaned down to pick up a stick and moved aside some of the ivy, stepping through it cautiously, before going down some rocks and coming to a stop in a clearing.

The audience all gasped a bit. The clearing was beautiful. There was a waterfall that was about three times in-game Olivia's height, and knowing that height, that made the waterfall pretty damn huge- with clear, clean blue water that flowed into a spring, surrounded by trees that almost completely hid the clearing from view, except for some sunlight that filtered through the leaves.

Petra noticed Jace's expression growing more solemn as he stared at the screen. "Jace? Is something wrong?" she asked.

"What?" the mocha-haired boy asked absentmindedly, still staring at the screen. "No, nothing's wrong." But the way his eyes had started to brim with tears again said otherwise.

Jesse spoke up, making a lot of the members of the audience look at her. "In... that time, I said I met Reuben near a waterfall... is... this...?" She trailed off, seeming unsure what to say, before pointing at the screen.

Jace's head finally dipped in a nod.

Everyone's head snapped around to face the screen again. Petra's mouth formed a silent 'oh'.

Onscreen, Jesse took a slow inhale of air and stared at the water quietly.

An image flashed over the screen- almost like a glitch- of Reuben lying on the ground, horribly pale. The screen switched back not a second later to show Jesse clutching at her head, panting heavily as she stared into the water, eyes wide with her hands ensnarled tightly in her hair, shaking with each rattling breath.

Lukas's arm gently tightened around Jesse.

Finally, Jesse's breathing settled, and she slowly straightened up again, hands still shaking. Carefully, she stepped into the spring, before wading further into the water, towards the waterfall. After a moment, the water was waist deep. Jesse stared blankly at the water for a second, before taking a deep breath and submerging herself in the water.

She emerged from the water in a little cave, behind the waterfall. It was a fairly shallow cave, but there was a space behind the waterfall that was dark and quiet and looked as though no one had been in it for a while. Her hair was starting to drip into her eyes, and the moment Jesse had fully climbed out of the water, she paused and looked down at herself.

"... I'm wet."

No one laughed at this extremely obvious statement.

Jesse reached into her pocket again, rummaging around a bit, before pulling out a pink wool block and setting it down. After that, she took a carrot, and then a poppy, and placed it at the base of the pink wool block, staying perfectly silent for a few long moments... then-

"I miss you, buddy..." she said softly, her knees pressing into hard stone and her hands resting on her knees as she stared at the block blankly, eyes looking suspiciously liquid.

A lot of sympathetic glances were shot in Jace's and Jesse's direction. The two of them did their best to ignore the glances, since they were fairly certain if they did they would start crying again.

Jesse finally pushed herself to her feet, walking forward a step and placing her hand on the pink wool block for a long moment. She stared at the block for several, long moments. "See you later, alligator..." A faint, sad smile quirked over her lips, and she removed her hand before walking back into the water.

She paused right before she was about to submerge herself again, pausing and glancing over her shoulder at the pink block.

There was a long pause, before Jesse let out a slow sigh and turned back to face the front again, disappearing into the water.

A full minute later, she was climbing up the rocks again, past the ivy, turned left to head back, walked twelve paces- and then ran straight into someone.

"Oh!" Jesse's eyes flew open in surprise, and the screen zoomed out to show that she'd just run straight into Lukas. "Jesse, I-I was looking for you!" The ocelot hybrid smiled at her, ears twitching.

Jesse didn't return the smile- she still seemed a bit distracted.

Lukas's own smile faded, and he tentatively began, "Um... Jesse?"

"Yeah?" Jesse asked, sounding a bit short. This was probably not a good beginning, but if you were a good judge of behavior- or even if you weren't- it was fairly easy for all of the members of the audience to tell that Jesse's shortness was mainly from distraction.

"Why are you wet?"

"Reasons."

Lukas's brow furrowed a bit at the short response, but he said nothing about it. There was a long pause, before he tentatively picked up again, "Um, so... I think the other Ocelots are mad at me."

Maya blinked, and twisted around to face Lukas. "Why?" she asked.

Real-Lukas shrugged, looking just as confused. "How would I know?" he replied.

There was no response from the spider hybrid. She just arched her eyebrow, the only outward sign of emotion on the spider hybrid's face. The conversation was going even further downhill than before.

"I'm not sure I like how this is going," Harper murmured, low enough that only Ivor could hear her. He nodded but didn't say anything.

Lukas's brow furrowed. "I... think they're mad at me for not going to save them."

"But- but you were trying to save us!" Gill protested. "In a bit of a roundabout way, but if you hadn't defeated the Witherstorm, coming to rescue us might not have even done anything!"

Onscreen, Lukas waited for Jesse to respond. Still nothing. Ever the patient one, Lukas continued hesitantly, "Well, I mean, I don't really mind... I'm glad I came with you. Really I am." Another pause as he waited for something- anything- from Jesse.

Still nothing.

"Jesse, is this about Reuben? Because honestly, I- I think you just need to calm down and... well, maybe... get over it-"

Jesse and Jace's head snapped around to see Lukas, but the blonde looked absolutely mortified by what onscreen-him had just said.

Onscreen, Jesse's head snapped up, eyes beginning to turn red. "What?" Her voice was dangerously low.

"I mean-" Lukas furiously backpedaled and fumbled his words, obviously screwing up what he was attempting to say (it was pretty clear even to the people who didn't know him very well that he was fumbling what he was attempting to tell Jesse), "I know he was- he was like your be-best friend, but in- in the end, he's just a pig-"

If Lukas had looked mortified before, he now looked as if he wanted to die on the spot.

Jesse let out an angry cry that was a strange mix of rage and sorrow. "Do not say that Reuben's just a pig! I can't believe you, Lukas!" she snapped.

"I-I'm just saying," Lukas backpedaled again, "i-it's been a week, m-maybe you should start- start letting g-go-"

"Wow, that is awfully cold of you, Lukas," Olivia said, frowning at the screen.

"That's not what I mean! I don't even know what onscreen-me is trying to say anymore!" Lukas protested, flailing at the screen, still looking as if he wished to just die on the spot.

"You want me to just 'let go' of one of my best friends?" Jesse wasn't quite yelling yet, but her voice was raised and getting louder and angrier by the second.

"No, I'm not saying that, I'm just saying, it's okay for you to move on-"

"It's only been a week, I'm not ready to move on, of all the people I could've talked to about this," Jesse's voice was the loudest and the angriest any of them had ever heard her, "I thought you of all people would've gotten it-!"

"I'm not saying you should move on all at once, I'm just saying-"

"Yeah? Well stop then, it's not your strong suit!" Jesse shot back immediately, eyes definitely blazing red right now.

Real-Jesse winced apologetically at Real-Lukas, who still looked as if he wanted to die on the spot from what he was saying onscreen. He returned it.

Lukas's eyebrows descended angrily. His pupils had narrowed into slits, and his tail was flicking around in agitation, the spider hybrid and the ocelot hybrid currently glowering at each other, standing barely two feet away from each other. "Jesse, I'm just trying to help-"

"THEN JUST STOP!" Everyone jumped. Jesse was definitely yelling now, and none of the members of the audience had ever imagined that Jesse could look or sound so angry or so loud, "Just stop and go be with your friends- go be with the friends you wanted to risk your life to save, because you just can't just tell me to MOVE ON OVER MY BEST FRIEND!" And all six of her arms lifted into the air and slammed into Lukas's chest in a violent shove.

The audience gasped. Real-Jesse and Lukas exchanged a mortified glance with one another, apology written over both of their faces.

Onscreen, Lukas toppled backwards and landed on his bottom, eyes wide in surprise as he stared at Jesse.

The surprise turned to anger a moment later, eyes narrowing as he leaped to his feet. "Fine," he snapped, voice sharp with anger, "fine! Forget I tried to help you. Forget about everything I've been doing to try to help you. Just forget it, okay?!" And he whirled on his heel and stormed off.

"I will. We don't need you, anyway!" Jesse shot back, and she turned her on her own heel and bolted into the forest, running away from the spot.

"Oh..." Jesse's face was red with embarrassment now, the accidental insult to Reuben completely forgotten in her own utter mortification. "Lukas, I am so, so sorry-"

"No, I mean- I shouldn't have-" Lukas looked mortified himself, his cheeks also tinted bright red. "I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to say-"

The two of them looked at each other for a moment, every apology that they wanted to say to each other written clear as day over their faces. Finally, they both nodded a bit, silently accepting the other's apology, before turning back to the screen.

Jesse was still charging through the forest, although she was finally starting to slow down. Jesse finally came to a halt, taking in a deep, shuddering breath, her angry expression melting to one of hurt. She blinked once, and a waterfall of tears started cascading down her cheeks.

She dropped into a sitting position, pulled her knees to her chest, and cried.

The screen faded to black. A minute later, the title screen came back on.

"That was..." Sparklez glanced from Jesse to Lukas to Jace. "That was..." He trailed off again. He seemed to be at a loss for words.

All of them were.

Jesse finally stood up, gently letting Lukas's arm drop off of her shoulder, dusting herself off and avoiding everyone's gazes (although Ivor was fairly certain he saw a sparkling as she dipped her head to avoid everyone's eyes), she said in a fake-light voice, "Well, we should probably eat some dinner."

There was a long pause, before she headed for the living room door, mumbling something about, "I'll prepare it, I guess..."

There was another long pause, before the audience slowly broke up, trickling through the doors and exiting the room in little trickles.

For once, none of them had anything to say.


A/N: So... this happened. xD

Next few chapters should be mostly happy fillers, if that cheers you up. xD

Also, since I'm changing up some of Hybrid's events, I'm now getting headaches from trying to figure out how I want the next four episodes to go. Episodes 5 and 6 have the most changes as of right now, but Episodes 7 and 8... honestly don't have much of a change xD Most of the changes were from the end of Episode 3 to the end of Episode 6.

Be glad that I'm as obsessed with writing this story as you are with reading it lol xD

Emily The Avenger: Omg thanks fam x3

Meow Shadow: Hyperactivity's fine xD / Annnnd here comes the 'making-people-upset' train again. xD / (laughs) I get the same feeling. / Lol same here

LunarStarsMoons: (laughs) Was it really? / (shrugs) Okay. / (laughs) Yeah, looks like Mevia has some decency. Hadrian has less of it... but, y'know, he's still human.

MissyMattingly: Same here tbh xD

DarkPrincess2001: Yep xD

Darkbeast Dend: Dragon. Dragons are awesome. xD / Thanks!

AquaK13: (laughs) / I know, right x3 / Haha, I'd just loftily stroll away. Or something. xD / Yeep! / Lol xD

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: (winks and grins) Your vagueness is appreciated.

LittleAngelbun: (laughs)

Rabbits rule: Ah. I see.

LegoGirl794: 'Eyyy we have something in common x3

RebekahTPE: Yep xD / Maybe more like faces of utter mortification for Maya and Gill. And maybe mild discomfort for Aiden. xD / Tree. I'm less likely to be in public xD

the indecisive bird: Ahh, I see. / Yee :3 / (laughs) Yep. / Thanks!

J.M.M.: I watched the theme song. It made me laugh xD

RapidSammi: (gives you some more cookies)

NinaNaranja: (laughs) / I don't get writer's block... but what I do get is the habit of waiting until a chapter is done to do my homework -_- / (laughs) Well, glad to see you like it!

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