Lukas rolled his eyes with a sarcastic scoff. "Good warning."

Several members of the audience couldn't help but chuckle at the salty look on Lukas's face.

Jesse threw her arm up and pointed. "The path's right over there!" she shouted, the screen moving to show a gravel path.

She was interrupted by a yelp as Ivor flailed his arms in an attempt to keep himself steady from where he was still standing on the tombstone, before failing altogether and toppling off-

Jesse lunged forward, landing on all eights, as Ivor suddenly slammed onto her back, making the spider hybrid grunt a bit as he moved his legs and then suddenly jerked a bit, looking startled. He looked down at Jesse, who glanced up at him, also looking slightly surprised, before making a grunting sound and bolting for the path, her eight limbs propelling her forward as a supreme speed.

Blaze Rods unfolded from Petra into the air, who hovered up... before blasting out of the area like a rocket, nearly making the already-running Lukas trip right onto a small trail of fire that she was leaving behind as she blasted along.

"That's... wow." Dan sat back a bit, blinking a few times. "That's... pretty darn fast."

Lukas dropped forward so that he was on all fours, sending a bit of gravel flying, before ignoring that and racing down the path after the other three.

"I must say," Ivor exclaimed, voice rising into a nervous squeak as his hands tightened on Jesse's hair (the spider hybrid winced but said nothing as she kept scuttling along), "this is the highest concentration of zombies I've ever seen in one place!"

"Well," the narrator said slowly, as the screen switched to show hordes of zombies beginning to surround them, and I mean hordes. Easily at least a hundred zombies were walking towards the group from the sides, and there were plenty more in the back. To run away from the gravel path would mean almost-certain death, or at least a crap-ton of fighting. "He's not wrong."

The whole audience gaped at the screen.

"That... uh... that's a lot of zombies," Gill said at last, blinking at the screen several times.

"That's weird, though..." Dan frowned at the screen, his lip poking out a little bit. "There aren't usually that many zombies roaming around the place... it's usually just a normal number."

The other YouTubers nodded in return to that. Cassie just shifted a little bit, shifting her green eyes to keep staring at the screen.

"Wait- there aren't that many zombies?" When they nodded at Axel, the burly boy threw his arms into the air, nearly making Olivia faceplant into him. "Well then where are all of these coming from?!"

"How would we know?" Sparklez mumbled.

"You think this 'Host' is gonna be legit, Jesse?" Lukas puffed to the spider hybrid, sending gravel flying as he drew even with the scuttling spider hybrid. "I just ask, because this place hasn't exactly been friendly so far."

Jesse glanced at him out of the corner of her green eye. "I'm kinda suspicious too, Lukas," she called back, "this place kinda has 'trap' written all over it."

Cassie arched her eyebrow by the tiniest increment. It was subtle enough that none of the audience members noticed it.

Onscreen, the rest of the group shared rather doubtful looks at Jesse's words.

"But we don't exactly have another option. It's the only thing we have to go on right now." She looked up, blinking in surprise a second later. The screen switched to show a huge mansion looming through the fog, although the one they were currently staying in probably looked just as good... though, now that they were really staring at it, it was probably a bit smaller.

There was a bit of a main problem with getting to this mansion- as the screen panned back down, the path was being blocked by a groaning horde of zombies.

Jesse skidded to a stop, sending a wave of gravel flying everywhere as she kept herself from scuttling straight into the zombies. From upon Jesse's back, Ivor said drily, "I'm going to go out on a limb, and say- That's the place we're looking for!"

"I bet twenty iron pieces that Ivor's right," Axel said, pointing at the screen.

"There is no one who's taking that bet, Axel."

"Race ya guys there~" Petra said to them in a sing-song voice, also slowing to a stop but still hovering as she grinned at Jesse, the spider hybrid turning her head to look at Petra. Lukas skidded to a halt as well just behind the other two girls.

"Really? Is now really the time for a race?" Mevia grunted, sounding a little irritated at Petra's idea.

Petra shrugged, diplomatically ignoring the scowl on Mevia's face. "Hey, if the sea of zombies hadn't already motivated Jesse to start running, this definitely will."

Jace pouted at Petra, Jesse nodding in agreement with what he was saying. "I'm not that competitive, Petra," he whined playfully.

Onscreen, Jesse grinned playfully at Petra, red and green eyes gleaming almost mischievously. "Hope you're hungry, Petra."

"Why?"

"You're about to eat my dust!"

Petra rolled her gold eyes, a smirk spreading over her face. "I... set myself up for that one, didn't I?"

Gabriel rubbed his head, a sheepish grin spreading over his face. "Yes, I'm... actually a little disappointed you did not see that coming."

Real-Petra stuck her tongue out at him, to the amusement of a good portion of the audience.

"Yes." Jesse nodded, looking very pleased with herself. "Yes, you did."

And then they took off.

Jesse watched Petra shoot straight up onto a higher ledge, Lukas following, but she turned her attention back to the path a couple seconds later and kept racing along the path.

"You're not going to try to get up there?" the narrator asked. Jesse glanced up, dropping her voice to a lower volume.

"I would, but if I tried, Ivor would probably yank my hair out by the roots to keep himself from falling off."

Magnus let out a loud snort, subsiding slightly when Ellegaard elbowed him in the ribs, although she was still giggling a bit herself. Gabriel had twisted his face into a slightly amusing expression to keep from laughing, while Soren was biting his knuckles in an attempt to keep himself from laughing.

"Wait, but I thought once you 'lock on' when you're riding the spider, it'll just sit there?" the narrator questioned, over the sound of the Order's giggles and the moans of the zombies.

"You would be correct about that."

"Oh." A thoughtful pause. "Doesn't Ivor know that?"

"He should, but he'd probably still do it out of panic."

"Wow, what a wuss."

The Order's laughter was now much more audible. And slightly hysterical.

They probably deserved the pillow that Ivor chucked in their direction.

"Be polite," Jesse scolded in a low voice, before returning her attention to the road- and gasping in surprise as a zombie started to approach them. Of course, being the one that Ivor was riding, she could hardly yank out her sword and hit it-

The sound of a sword being drawn hit her ears, and it fell to the side before puffing into smoke. Jesse grinned slightly and kept going. "Hah- thanks, Ivor!"

"Don't mention it." Ivor gave Jesse a lopsided grin, before his eyes flicked up, widening in shock with his smile falling right off of his face. "Crap. Look ou-"

Jesse suddenly dropped forward a bit, a shocked look entering her eyes as her hands apparently met no ground beneath her, before suddenly tumbling head-over-heels and splashing down. The screen zoomed out to show that she'd accidentally scuttled straight into a river. Ivor kicked to stay afloat, his foot slamming into the back of the spider hybrid's head as he accidentally came loose from Jesse's back.

Real-Ivor winced. "Ouch. Sorry, Jesse."

"'S fine," the smaller girl waved it off, not looking all that bothered by it, although she did wince sympathetically and rub the back of her head absentmindedly.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid's eyes glazed over a bit from the impact of the kick, before snapping back into focus. Her head broke the surface of the water, the girl spluttering and coughing to get the water out of her lungs, before she looked frantically around. Zombies were attempting to get ahold of the two, but because they're stupid, they were just walking straight into the river, forcing Jesse to swim out of the way of several.

Olivia was literally bouncing in place, biting her nails anxiously. "Be careful!" she gasped, forgetting- as several of the other audience members had before her- that the onscreen characters couldn't hear her.

A spider stared at Jesse and cocked its head as she floated past it, but otherwise did nothing. Jesse let out a sigh of relief, before her head snapped back up at the sound of gushing water.

Ivor paddled over to Jesse, a worried look coming over his face. "You hear that, right? It almost sounds like a..." His eyes slowly slid sideways, the screen panning along with it to show a huge waterfall, zombies disappearing straight over the edge.

Petra proceeded to disentangle herself from the blankets she was cocooned in and literally flipped the coffee table with a muttered swear.

Axel, Lukas and Jace reached out and put it back upright as the episode kept playing.

"... waterfall," Jesse finished with a groan, making for the side of the river. However, a zombie managed to float right in front of her, Jesse kicking backwards in an attempt to get away from it- before remembering, oh yeah, she was about to go over a waterfall- and right when she seemed to realize that, she went pitching right over the waterfall.

"Jesse!" Lizzie gasped, twisting her hands in her blanket anxiously.

"Jesse, you have the worst luck... ever," Olivia gaped at the screen.

Hadrian looked supremely unconcerned about the whole situation. In fact he was watching the episode with a completely blank face.

Mevia frowned at Hadrian's unconcerned expression and leaned in. "You're alright with just watching a kid die without respawn zones?" she asked, in a low enough voice that only Otto and Hadrian could catch it.

Sure, Mevia wasn't a great person or anything... but... well, watching someone die in a situation where they couldn't come back to life... that bothered her. Perhaps more than it should've. For a few seconds, she wondered if she was getting soft.

Hadrian shrugged nonchalantly, not seeming to see an issue. "She's survived a Witherstorm and being thrown off a city in the sky, Mevia. If she can survive that, I don't think a little waterfall should be too much of an issue."

Mevia looked back at the screen, lips twisting uncomfortably as she regarded the screen. "... well, when you put it that way..."

Otto watched Mevia for a few more seconds before silently returning his attention to the scene playing on the screen.

Jesse's arms shot out instinctively, seizing a vine that was hanging on the cliffs next to the waterfall, before her lower arms caught Ivor by the wrist as he came over a few seconds later, the man doing an inadvertent flip as he came to a jerking, dangling halt.

"Get on my back!" Jesse shouted, eyes flicking up- the vine she was clinging to was starting to break, possibly from the combined weight of the two of them.

"Oh Notch, oh Notch, oh Notch, oh Notch," Stacy was chanting, bouncing in place on the couch and inadvertently causing the others to bounce in place as well.

Perhaps Ivor caught the urgency of her tone, or maybe he'd noticed that the vine was breaking as well. Whatever the reason, he didn't question it or snap at her- he just climbed onto Jesse's back, before he yelped as he suddenly seemed to 'click' into place. The moment he did so, Jesse slammed her lower arms into the wall, releasing the vines, and shot up the wall like a bullet. (Ivor yelped and grabbed onto her hair again.) The literal second she reached the edge, her legs tensed, and she leaped straight up before throwing herself forward and landing with a huge thud on solid ground.

And she was off again.

Em let out a relieved sigh, slumping back onto the couch and very nearly squishing Nell. "That was close."

"Way too close," Jace mumbled, absentmindedly extricating his arm from his cocoon of blankets and patting Jesse on the shoulder.

Olivia and Lukas nodded mutely in agreement.

Arrows came soaring at them, and Ivor glanced up before throwing himself forward, squeezing his eyes shut with a sound that sounded suspiciously like a squeak. The arrows went sailing straight over their heads and impaled the zombies in front and behind them, since both of them were staying close to the ground and racing along like a stray bullet. The skeletons on the 'bridge' over their heads began to reload, before a flashing blade smacked one on the edge out of the way. Petra charged onto the bridge, and, dropping into a slide, managed to knock all of the skeletons out of the way.

Nell grinned and pumped her fists."Awesome!"

Unfortunately, Jesse happened to be almost right beneath the bridge as the skeletons and zombies came raining down from the sky, and her head snapped up at the sight of them falling at her. "Are you kidding me?!"

"Not so awesome!"

Jesse narrowed her eyes, eyes shifting slightly as she considered her options, before glancing back at Ivor. "Ivor!" she called, still scuttling forward rapidly.

He looked down at the spider hybrid, who continued, "Panic!"

At that word, Ivor nodded, before shifting his legs...

And then throwing himself backwards.

"Oh my Notch!" Soren gasped, eyes widening. "Ivor! Are you insane?!"

The potionologist did a quick roll, skidding to a halt, before flicking out a bottle and downing the contents. A second later, he began to run forward, bouncing higher and higher with each step, the spider hybrid's head snapping back forward before she tensed her limbs and leaped up and forward. The screen slowed down as Jesse unfolded from her scuttling position into a more loose-limbed one.

Her sword came flashing out, and she slowly drew it back, before the screen sped up again, the sword darting up, down, and left.

Five zombies poofed into smoke in midair, the spider hybrid suddenly going back into slow motion as she did a slow, lazy sort of flip in the air, Jesse flicking the sword back into place on her back, still going in slow motion as she made a lazy arc towards the ground. Behind her, Ivor tensed his knees and jumped.

The screen sped back up, and Jesse slammed back into the ground, landing in a running... well, scuttling position. Half a second later, Ivor landed back on top of Jesse, legs snapping into a 'locked' position.

"THAT WAS AWESOME!" Nell nearly screamed, blue eyes gleaming with excitement as she leaped out of her seat and hopped up and down several times.

"Oh my Notch, I know, right?!" Stampy squealed, clapping his hands together and bouncing up and down in a hot buzz of excitement.

Dan smothered a grin. Looks like Stampy was fangirling a little bit.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid grinned up at Ivor before shooting at full speed at an approaching wall. "Don't yank my hair, D-" Her cheeks suddenly flushed pink, the girl blinking once or twice as if she'd startled herself. "- Ivor."

Lukas's eyes narrowed a bit, unnoticed by the rest of the audience. There was that slip again...

"What were you about to call him?" Soren wondered.

Real-Jesse simply shrugged, leaning forward so that the rest of the audience wouldn't notice the blush forming on her cheeks.

With that, the spider hybrid nearly went at a ninety-degree angle to the ground and then slammed her palms onto the wall, quickly moving so that she was climbing right up the wall with little- or no- trouble at all. She leaped over the edge of the cliff, skidded to a halt- just as Petra glided to a landing a few seconds late, Lukas skidding to a stop as well and sending a wave of gravel skittering everywhere.

Jesse grinned as Ivor unlocked his legs and climbed back off. "Nailed it!" she cheered victoriously.

Jace and Jesse both grinned. "Yes!" Reaching out without even looking at each other, they gave each other a high-five.

"Okay, okay," and Petra gave her eyes a slight roll, a smirk on her face. "You won that one, Jesse." Upon spotting the smug smirk on Jesse's face, she pointed at the spider hybrid, a more warning look coming over her face. "THAT one."

Jesse just gave Petra a grin before turning back around and tiptoing forward, leading them towards the huge mansion.

The screen blacked out.


A/N: OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

IF YOU LOOK ON INSTAGRAM

APPARENTLY SEASON 2 IS CONFIRMED

TELLTALE POSTED PICTURES ON THEIR INSTAGRAM

AND IT'S COMING OUT JULY 11!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

*ArizaLuca is currently out of order due to excessive fangirling. Please stand by.*

But... this completely changes a LOT of things related to Hybrid. I may have to end up getting rid of Recode Reality and then working on it as Season 2 comes out...

WHO CARES THOUGH SEASON 2

IS

CONFIRMED

AND COMING OUT SOON

AND HERE'S A SYNOPSIS 'CAUSE WHY THE FRICK NOT

Jesse's tale didn't end with merely becoming the world's greatest living hero - if anything, life just got more complicated. There are responsibilities! Emerging rivalries! Unmeetable expectations of friends new and old! As a simple treasure hunt goes wrong, trapping Jesse's hand in a cursed prismarine gauntlet, we discover that maybe there are other downsides to fame, too - like having a dark and ancient power know your name. A new adventure beckons, sending Jesse on a quest to the darkest depths of the world - and beyond! Joined by a motley band of familiar faces, fortune hunters, sometime enemies and one deeply disobedient llama, there will be tough choices, peril aplenty and no shortage of People Who Will Remember That.

That's the synopsis on minecraft . net, anyways.

Oh, by the way...

arizalucaphantasmagoria . wordpress . com

Eliminate the spaces... and you have my new website! :3

A bit (lot) shorter than usual, perhaps, but it's still a chapter x3 I didn't really have much I wanted to say in this chapter. The fun still hasn't started, after all~

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