The screen came back in to Jesse simply falling, plummeting through seemingly endless space that was interrupted every few seconds by a fluffy white cloud, her face blank with shock as she stared down at the nothingness beneath her.

"Uh..." Hadrian adjusted his glasses with a frown. "You okay, there, sport?"

Real-Jesse was still staring at the screen in faint shock, and she gave her shoulders a tiny shrug. "I... don't know," she said at last, voice sounding a bit hollow as she continued staring at the screen.

Lukas pulled Jesse into a slightly tighter hug than previous.

"This is all your fault!" the Founder snapped at Jesse, making the black-haired girl raise her head a little bit to meet her eyes.

"How exactly is this Jesse's fault?" Petra asked, twisting to get a good look at Isa.

Jace frowned and patted a still-slightly-shocked Jesse on the shoulder. "Yeah, Jesse was doing her best to save you. Why is any of this her fault?"

Real-Isa made a sound somewhat akin to a grunt as she shrugged, making several audience members turn to look at her in slight surprise- she'd never made a sound like that before. "How am I supposed to know?"

"What did I do?!" Jesse snapped right back, her eyes hardening as they began to glitter. "All I did was pet your stupid chicken, and go through that stupid portal, and try to save your stupid life, and for what?! What good did any of that do?! What good do I ever do?!" She was yelling now, both from the rushing wind and from frustration. "So maybe this is my fault. Because I'm not good enough to do anything right!" The volume of her voice and the pitch had gotten progressively higher until she was no longer just speaking; in fact she was nearly screaming.

Real-Isa flinched a bit, looking extremely apologetic at this point.

Real-Jesse noticed the flinch and the apologetic look on her face and waved vaguely in her direction. "It's not your fault; I probably would've started blaming myself even without your comment. Though I guess it was kind of a catalyst to the situation," she thoughtfully added.

That probably did not help the guilty feeling Isa was experiencing.

"But it's not your fault," Isa sighed, rubbing her forehead. "All you've been doing is trying to help me. I probably just snapped at you because I needed someone to take that out on. I'm sorry."

"It's nothing, don't worry about it," the petite girl waved it off, even though she did dash the back of her hand across her eyes to clear the tears forming in them.

Lukas noticed, and his arm tightened even more around her comfortingly.

The Founder stared at Jesse perplexedly for a few seconds, the spider hybrid stubbornly turning her head towards the ground and blinking several times, extremely hard, to try to clear the tears that were forming in her eyes. Finally, she sighed. "That's not what I meant. Perhaps I was a bit out of line..."

Onscreen, Jesse's expression changed to one akin to shock. The screen switched to show blurry, indistinct shapes through the clouds, growing clearer and clearer with every passing moment. "I just-"

"Land!" the spider hybrid abruptly blurted out, a relieved smile coming over her face. As they kept plummeting through the clouds, a huge lake came into view, with twin streams of lava pouring into it from Ivor's lava statue on the bridge.

"What?!" Reginald bolted upright, overbalanced a bit, and crashed to the floor.

Milo winced sympathetically, even as he turned to stare breathlessly at the screen.

Isa's eyes widened. "What...?" she breathed, sounding shocked. "There's land...?"

"It must've been too far down to make it out," Milo hummed, squinting at the screen and biting his thumbnail a bit.

Onscreen, the Founder looked down as well, her own green eyes widening in shock. "Impossible..." she breathed, "that's impossible!"

"Seeing as there is land beneath you, I'd say that it is one-hundred-percent possible," Mevia drawled.

Isa scowled at her.

The Founder glanced up at Jesse, worry shining in her eyes. "Jesse...?" Her voice rose a few octaves at the end.

The spider hybrid looked down again, before looking back up at Isa and using one of her lower arms to point at the huge lake. "There!" she summarized.

Isa's eyes followed where Jesse was pointing. "Can we get to it in time?"

The spider hybrid looked down once more, before glancing up at Isa. "If I have anything to say about it, yes. One quick suggestion, though."

"And what would that be?"

"Dive into the water. Don't land on top of it!" With that, Jesse quickly adjusted her fall, kicking and flailing herself into an upright position. A few seconds later, the screen switched to show Jesse plunging into the water with a slight yelp.

Petra winced a bit. "That's gonna smart."

"Looks like," Jace agreed, wincing a bit at the huge wave of water Jesse had generated with her splashdown into the lake.

A few seconds later, the spider hybrid flailed to the surface with a gasp, spitting out a little stream of water and flinching a bit as the Founder hit the water and sent another wave splashing over her.

Axel, Gill, Hadrian and Magnus couldn't help grinning a bit at that.

A moment later, the spider hybrid looked around. The screen panned over the shore, scanning over a guy with blonde hair- and then zeroing in on him. Lukas had rivers of water pouring off his hair and ears, he was clutching his arm, but he was alive.

"He's alive!" Axel yelled, tackling Lukas in a hug. He didn't plan this very well and managed to knock the entire group on the floor into the hug, before knocking the entire group hug onto the floor.

Half the audience couldn't resist sniggering at this.

"Lukas!" The spider hybrid practically vaulted out of the lake, still half-in-the-water, and glomped the ocelot hybrid in a tight hug. "You're okay!"

The ocelot hybrid jumped half a foot into the air at the sudden hug attack, tail bushing out and sending a shower of water everywhere as he let out a laugh and a wince. "Jesse! You're down here, too?"

"Quite unfortunately," Jesse replied breathlessly from where she was still lying on the floor, but she was beaming.

"You made it!" the spider hybrid stated the obvious onscreen, still hugging him, before releasing him and letting him help her out of the water, rivulets of water pouring onto the grass off of her armor and her slick, wet black hair.

"Yep, and only-" Lukas suddenly winced, his face tightening with pain. "- slightly worse for the wear." And he took a cautious step back, going back to clutching his arm.

Jesse frowned a bit, her lower arms automatically beginning to weave string together. "Hang on a second- could you pull off your armor a second?"

"Do you have some weird fetish where you don't get excited unless you see a guy half-naked or something?" the narrator suddenly spoke up, making Jesse jump.

Real Jesse and Lukas choked in perfect unison. Their faces turned a very similar shade of hot pink.

"HhhoooOOOH-" Jace spluttered, his own face hot red. "That- what- no-"

Petra had a similarly embarrassed reaction, having buried her face in Jace's back and now refusing to re-emerge. Reuben had a faint blush on his piggy cheeks, while Olivia had her head buried in Axel's shoulder and refused to come back out. Axel had turned hot pink as well, gaping at the screen with his mouth hanging open. Aiden was covering his mouth, feeling his cheeks burn with embarrassment. Cassie's face had turned as red as her hair, which she was now using to hide her face. Maya had turned around and buried her head in Gill's chest, the bearded boy covering his eyes and valiantly trying to forget that statement.

He was failing miserably.

Isa's composure was in shambles, a rather mortified expression on her face as she exchanged glances with Reginald and Milo. Not that she could actually make eye contact with either, Reginald had buried his head in a couch cushion in a heat of embarrassment, while Milo had leaped over the back of the couch and was now completely out of sight. Sparklez was clearing his throat so vigorously he was nearly choking, Stampy had his head buried in Dan's chest while Dan's face had turned as red as his own hair (wait, but- was his hair changing color-?), Lizzie's face was almost camouflaging with her hair, and Stacy just looked horribly embarrassed.

Soren found something to be utterly fascinating on the floor, Gabriel was now loudly talking about the weather, Magnus and Ellegaard were exchanging mortified glances with each other, and Ivor's pale face was bright red. Harper's own cheeks were rather red, too, gray eyes riveted on any spot that wasn't the screen. Em had a combination of amusement, horror, and embarrassment on her own facial features, while Nell had buried her head in a nearby pillow. Slab coughed loudly, suddenly looking a little hot, while Facemeat was choking in surprise and Clutch's jaw was hitting the floor.

Hadrian, Mevia, and Otto all exchanged looks, all of them looking sufficiently embarrassed about that situation.

This stopped onscreen-Jesse short, her own cheeks turning pink as she, with a valiant effort, managed to ignore the narrator. "Er... I'm assuming you have a shirt on underneath that."

"Yeah, of course I do. Why?"

"Never mind then, just pull it off..."

Looking a bit perplexed by the question, Lukas did as he was asked, wincing slightly as he pulled it off, revealing that, yes, he was wearing his usual white-and-purple striped shirt underneath. Jesse carefully tore her makeshift woven bandage off her fingertips and wrapped it around his arm, Lukas flinching slightly as she pulled the bandage taut but not complaining about it. "I'm sorry I didn't try to help you out up there, I-I only had a couple of seconds, and- everything went so fast-"

"No no no," and Lukas pulled Jesse into another hug, a quicker one this time. "Don't worry about it. Aiden was-" He winced slightly, making Real-Aiden wince a bit in his own turn, "- stronger than I was expecting. It was good of you to try and save the Founder."

He looked over at her, to show Isa gaping at everything around them in silence. "Um, speaking of whom... is she okay? She's just sort of... staring."

"Er, let me ask... um, Founder? Miss Founder?" Jesse winced a bit as she heard the awkward term come out of her mouth. "Are you doing okay?"

The Founder just shook her head, sounding a bit shaken. "I just- I can't believe it." She looked around, touching a tree that happened to be nearby. "This has been down here the whole time...?"

"Ahhh, that's not your fault," Jesse said hastily, putting a hand on the Founder's shoulder and making Isa glance at her worriedly. "It was a pretty long fall. Besides, there's no way to tell that this was down here, or even that there was land down here. Besides, what if this lake wasn't here? People would've still died in the fall. I mean- I do think people will be pretty upset when they find out that this was down here the whole time, but- you aren't just sending citizens to see what might or might not be down here. You cared about them."

Milo made a soft 'hm' sound. "Yes, I do see what she's saying..." he glanced at Isa out of the corners of his eyes, his lips going a bit thin as he remembered the little 'spat' he and Isa had had earlier.

Onscreen, Isa gave Jesse a grateful look. "Thank you, Jesse... but I was too cautious. I didn't want to create false hope. I was so certain that the only thing down here was death."

"You and me both," Real-Jesse said, giving her head a wondering shake, still recovering from that little statement the narrator had just made.

Lukas let out a low whistle, looking all around him. "Look at this place. Totally untouched biomes, all around us."

"And a baby spider," Jesse added playfully as said baby spider crawled over from where it had been perching in the tree and landed on top of the spider hybrid, who chuckled a bit. "Hey, hey, watch it, little one..." she teased, scratching it under the chin like a cat and making it purr in pleasure. "I'm ticklish."

"I'm honestly starting to think you're Snow White in disguise," Dan joked to Jesse.

"Oh yeah!" Lizzie grinned, catching on to the joke. "'Hair black as ebony... skin white as snow...'" she quoted the book, gesturing playfully at Jesse. "And you're good with animals."

Stampy pouted a bit, which went unnoticed except for Stacy, who grinned.

"Now all we need are 'eyes green as emeralds' and we're good to go," Lukas added, grinning at the two YouTubers and giving the girl next to him a slight squeeze.

Jesse beamed at him.

Onscreen, Lukas and the Founder both chuckled a bit at the sight of that, before Isa looked around her again, looking almost dizzy. "Yes, it's all a little... overwhelming."

"I'll bet," Soren mumbled.

"What do I do now?" Isa finished, slowly turning back to Jesse.

"Well, first, take a second. I mean, I know this is overwhelming, but you need to relax a minute before we try to get anyone else down here. Just... look around you, it's gorgeous!" the spider hybrid spread all of her arms out, making Isa smile slightly as she looked at the extra arms. "And then, of course, we try to get the other citizens down here." Jesse paused for a moment, before thoughtfully adding, "and maybe kick Aiden's butt in the process, that would be kind of nice."

Aiden's faint smile dropped right off his face again.

Isa laughed a bit at that, running one hand through her hair. "Hm, yes, that- that would be nice."

"Miss... Founder... okay, do you have a name, or...?" the spider hybrid asked sheepishly, after a few seconds, "because I feel really awkward just calling you 'The Founder'."

The Founder chuckled again, as Jesse finally- but gently- shooed the baby spider perching on her shoulder away. "Ah, yes. Call me Isa."


A/N: So sorry about the late chapter!

RQTC: Has anyone heard of the comic 'GRANTED' by Sam on Tapastic?

LunarStarsMoons: Yay! / (laughs) I see. / Ahhhh x3 That makes sense. / (laughs) I know, right?

pensuka: (nods)

Kaos Ruin: (cracks up) Beautiful xD / Jesse wouldn't attack, she just kind of lost her temper with Isa and Milo. Jace was just a bit too shocked.

the indecisive bird: Very true :3 on both counts. / (whistles) I've got to try it, then. / You are very right about that, I'm not directly answering xD

Emily The Avenger: (sCREAMS)

homeworkoverload: Ahhh xD / (cracks up) / Lol I see what you did there.

Jack638: Uh, feel free xD / (nods) / (nods)

Rabbits rule: (glomps you) I'D CARE / Uhhh...

Shadow: JESSE YES (lol, sorry, had to do that xD)

RapidSammi: (laughs) Honestly, that's how I felt when I was playing the episode.

Beli0304: (cracks up) Very true. / (nods)

sailor . mikuchan: (whistles) Nice!

AquaK13: (laughs) That was very abrupt. / I like drawing, too! / Bai!

NinaNaranja: Of course you did! :3 / Is fiiiine x3 / (blinks) Let's... not. / (nods) I see.

LittleAngelbun: Lol same here xD

RavenBlaze4850: Yeah, that's pretty accurate xD / No, she's not just going to pause it xD / (sniggers) / Ah, I see. Flowerfell is pretty awesome :3 but sad

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: (laughs) But it was appreciated drama. / (nods) I see. / :3 / No problem!

CrystalTearsofFaith: Nah, it's fine :3 / (laughs) I'm surprised that some people had such strong reactions, tbh. / No problemo!

J.M.M.: No problem :3 / Of course! / They called it a 'void', I think xD

Darkbeast Dend: (nods) / Yes, magic existing would be very nice. / No problem :3

LegoGirl794: (nods)

InsaneAcrobat: Ooooh, Dungeons and Dragons! I never played, but I think it'd be fun :3 / (blinks) Oh- wow, really? / I mean, I never logout, so... xD

petra x jesse: Nope xD / I'm not going to say this again, all other stories are on hiatus until HCM is finished.

Luna96: A wild Luna96 appears! / Thanks! :3 / (nods)

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