"So... what now?" Petra asked after a few seconds, putting her hands on her hips. "Feels like we've made some pretty good progress so far, right?"

Jesse put her lower hands on her hips, her middle arm reaching up and absentmindedly twirling her hair. "We need to pull together all our evidence, and see how it connects. The tipped arrow means that the White Pumpkin has to be a pretty decent brewer, and the traps show that they're a real redstone expert."

"Well, it's definitely not me," Petra shook her head. "I'm not good at brewing or redstone."

"Ivor's good at brewing, and he's good at redstone... but murder's not his thing. Besides, he's oriented towards treasure, but he's not searching for anything specific," Gabriel said, slowly, eyes narrowed, before finally shaking his head. "Besides- he didn't know what tipped arrows were before this."

"Definitely not Lukas or Jesse," Dan added.

Before they could keep theorizing who the White Pumpkin could be, Lukas walked back over to them, jerking his thumb over his shoulder at the table. "Okay, that's all of them," he told them.

Jesse cleared her throat, before calling out in an authoritative voice. "If you could all please take the same seat you were at before," she called, everyone filing to their respective places at the table, "Four of your seats are marked- these are the seats that had a button to activate the trap. That means," she added, the screen panning over the people standing at their places, staring at the people with arrows stabbed into the table, "that the White Pumpkin could only be... Dan-"

Dan's eyes widened as onscreen-Dan stared down at the arrow in front of his place.

"Lizzie-"

Real-Lizzie let out a little gasp, Stacy's head snapping around to stare at the pink-haired girl.

"Stampy-"

Real-Stampy let out a little squeak.

"And-" Jesse blinked at this last name. "Lukas."

Several heads turned to stare at Real-Lukas, the blonde looking startled at being named as a possible culprit as well.

There was a short pause.

"Well, it's definitely not me."

"No, ya think?!"

"Wait-" Lizzie exclaimed, frowning, "you're accusing us?!"

"I echo her sentiment exactly!" Stampy protested to Jesse, frowning at her. "I didn't even see a button!"

"But if you were the White Pumpkin, wouldn't you claim that as well? That makes the protest invalid," Real-Jesse pointed out, innocently.

"You can't seriously think I did it!" Stampy exclaimed, looking annoyed.

"What? No," Jesse replied, blinking a few times in confusion, sensing that she'd irritated Stampy but having no idea how that'd happened, "I'm just saying, anyone's word in this situation doesn't really mean much."

"Jesse's got a point," Ellegaard spoke up, making everyone look at her. "The White Pumpkin would do their best to lie themselves out of this situation- at this point in time, anything anyone says doesn't have too much validation."

Onscreen, the spider hybrid put all of her hands up in surrender- and I mean all of them. "Hey, hey, I'm just saying, those are the places that have a button, so logic says that the White Pumpkin can only be one of you guys," she replied, calmly. "I'm not accusing anyone... yet." Her voice went steely on the last word, and she put a sort of dangerous emphasis on it.

Stampy frowned. "Well, it sure sounds like you're accusing us, stranger," he replied, although he sounded a bit more nervous than before. "And I don't much care for it."

Jesse crossed all of her arms, eyes still glowing red in the dim room. "Look. I'm going to have to take charge now, and we are going to get to the bottom of this thing. I'm talking to each one of you 'suspects'-" she gave a quick smile, to show she didn't really mean any harm or offense by that- "one by one, so I can find out who's telling the truth, and who's lying. I've got questions, and I want answers." Her smile suddenly dropped, and her head tilted forward so that she was staring at them with her glowing red eyes. "Got it?"

Stacy nodded quickly, stepping back a bit. "Loud and clear," she said, hastily, giving a quick salute.

"Yes," and Stampy nodded, "crystal clear."

"Who're you gonna interrogate first?" Petra asked coolly, eyes glowing oddly as she looked over at Jesse.

The spider hybrid impassively turned to stare at the group, before finally, slowly, deciding, "I think I'm gonna go with Lizzie."

Lizzie started a bit at that, and Petra quickly set a hand on the pink-haired girl's shoulder, before steering Lizzie out the door, following Jesse, who had already left the room.

The screen faded to black.

Jesse gave Lizzie a slightly sheepish smile. "Sorry to just put you on the spot like that, Lizzie," she apologized, meekly.

"Nah, it's fine," and Lizzie gave her head a shake, giving the petite girl in Lukas's lap a friendly smile, "I'm sure you meant well by it."

The screen faded back in to show Jesse glaring at a small fireplace in the library. The wall across from the fireplace was lined with bookshelves, chairs set right in front of the bookshelves. On the walls opposite the windows, there was a huge tapestry of a bunny (it was a cute bunny), and on the wall with the fireplace, though at a more subtle angle, was a White-Pumpkin portrait, with the White Pumpkin wearing a suit and a top hat.

"Really strange taste in pictures," Mevia muttered.

Cassie glared at her.

The door of the library opened, and Jesse looked over to see Petra leading a nervous-looking Lizzie into the room. Petra gave Jesse a cool nod, the spider hybrid returning it, before she turned around and began to walk towards the center of the room, wordlessly.

Lizzie followed. "Jesse, listen, there's been a whole lot of talk being thrown around today," she said, quickly. "I'm not sure what people have told you," and she sat down in one of the chairs in front of the bookshelves. "And I don't know what you believe, but I'll just admit it- I want that flint and steel as much as anyone."

"I see you're a believer in the 'show all your cards so that no one thinks you're hiding anything' policy," Jesse said, grinning at Lizzie.

Lizzie grinned back.

Onscreen, Jesse turned to glance at Lizzie, and her red eye flashed slightly, the backlighting making her red eye glow like a hot ember, and you would not believe how creepy it looked, here in this dim room.

"Oh Notch, that's creepy, ya know that?" Em shuddered a bit.

Lukas tightened his arms around Jesse a bit, letting his chin rest on her head.

Onscreen, Lizzie shuddered a little bit, squeezing her eyes shut, before continuing, "Probably more than any of them. I've been searching for it for years. Do you know how much it stung to have Dan, DAN swoop in and take it from under my nose?"

Real-Dan winced a bit; this was apparently a sensitive topic right now.

"Nope," Jesse said coolly, before turning around and leaning forward a bit. "But would you want it enough to kill someone for it?"

Lizzie's eyes widened, and she looked speechless for a moment. "... nah. Nah, I wouldn't do that." She huffed a bit. "Starting to get real irritated with this 'White Pumpkin' fella though."

Sparklez's lips twitched, the first positive reaction he'd had for a bit. Of course, after two people got murdered, the ever-calm Lizzie would simply say that she was 'starting to get real irritated'.

"Listen, I just wanna get out of here and get on with my day." Lizzie paused for a moment. "Or, er... night."

Half of the audience snorted.

"What do you have to hear to be convinced that the White Pumpkin isn't me?"

Jesse stared at Lizzie impassively for a minute longer, before flicking out the arrow from earlier. "Know what this is?" she asked, coolly.

Lizzie shrugged at it, rather casually. "Tipped arrow. Kinda shoddy work, though. Definitely not one of mine, if that's what you're wondering. Some noob made that thing." She paused, thoughtfully. "Stampy asked me once about how to make those. Could be one of his."

Stampy shot up straight in his seat, startling Dan and nearly knocking Stacy off of the couch. "Hey! Hey! Are you calling me a noob?!" he asked Lizzie, sounding and looking extremely offended.

Jesse burst out laughing at that, covering her mouth a few seconds later. Lukas was also starting to snicker and trying not to (but failing miserably). Most of the audience was now fighting giggles, but finding it rather difficult- Jesse's laughter was what one might call 'outrageously infectious'. Lizzie was trying not to giggle either, and even Stampy broke down and chuckled a bit.

"Plus I taught Cassie and Stacy how to make those a while back," Lizzie added, thoughtfully.

"Stop calling people noobs, Lizzie," Stacy teased, a broad grin on her face.

"No! You guys know what I mean-!" Lizzie protested, cheeks turning pink.

"Yeah, Lizzie, you shouldn't call people that," Cassie agreed, a huge grin forming on her face.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid put the arrow back away, her face not showing a single lick of the amusement Real-Jesse was feeling, before asking, softly, "Okay, I'm just gonna be straight here- who do you think stole the flint and steel?"

Lizzie shook her head. "Well, it wasn't me, if you're curious- if I had an enchanted flint and steel, I'd be off exploring some other world with it. But me and Dan have been competing to find that thing for years. You're looking for a likely culprit... I'd look at that guy."

Real-Dan frowned a bit. "But I already had it- why would I be murdering people for it?" he protested.

"Lizzie did say you got it before she did- did you lose it?" Olivia asked, twisting around to look at him.

"No! Someone stole it!"

Stampy shifted uncomfortably in his seat."

Onscreen, the spider hybrid gave an impassive nod at that. "I'll keep that in mind. You like using redstone? Ever make traps with the stuff?"

Lizzie shrugged, looking really mild. "I'm fine, I guess," she said, a bit dismissively. "I can do doors and lights and- stuff. You wanna do advanced stuff, you gotta talk to Stampy. He was the Tri-Block Champion."

Jesse arched her eyebrow. "'Tri-Block Champion'?"

"Yeah, like two or three years in a row, if I recall correctly," Lizzie replied, casually.

The spider hybrid regarded Lizzie for a few more minutes, before she gave a small nod. "Thanks for your time, Lizzie. That's all for now."

The pink-haired girl hopped to her feet and left the library immediately, Petra looking at Jesse as Lizzie left the library. "Who's up next?" she asked, mildly.

"Bring me Dan, please," Jesse said lightly.

"Right." And Petra was off.

Jesse had returned to staring at the fire, when Dan came into the room with Petra. He started talking the second the doors shut behind him. "I saw Lizzie on the way out, I don't know what she told you, but- I'm telling you, you've got the wrong guy, honest! I would never hurt anyone, you've got to believe me!"

The spider hybrid turned to regard him with a poker face.

"If anyone's been wronged here, it's me. That enchanted flint and steel everyone's talking about? I found it! It's mine! Least it was before someone stole it," and Dan scowled at the thought of it.

Stampy started fidgeting even more at that.

Onscreen, Jesse arched her eyebrow at Dan. "So... someone stole your stuff?"

"Yeah, I just want what's rightfully mine!" Dan exclaimed, nodding furiously.

Real-Lizzie shot a searing glare in his direction. Real-Dan winced and rubbed the back of his head awkwardly.

Onscreen, Jesse gave Dan a look, and he hastily backtracked a bit. "I mean, we all want it. Doesn't mean I'd kill people for it."

"Mm-hm," Jesse hummed, mildly.

"I'm NOT the White Pumpkin, you've gotta believe me!" Dan protested, gesturing wildly. "What can I tell you to convince you?"

Jesse put one of her lower hands on her hip, the upper four crossing and the other lower one dangling to her side. "Okay, out with it then- who stole the flint and steel?" she asked, briskly.

Dan frowned, and he looked off to the side uncomfortably. "I don't like... like... accusing people, but... my guess would be Stampy."

Stampy toppled off the couch.

"Whoa, you alright there, dude?" Nell asked, as Dan helped Stampy back up.

"What- yes! I'm doing fantastically!" Stampy squeaked, feeling sweat begin to trickle down the back of his neck. Good thing he was wearing his cat hoodie.

"He likes to play it off like he's not interested in it, but I know he wants it just as much as any of us do."

Jesse paused, considering that information, before nodding a bit. "Okay. So, how'd you rate your redstone knowledge?"

"Me. Phoof." Dan flicked at his now-white hair. "Not much. Not really my scene. You wanna know more about that stuff, you should ask Stampy. He was the Tri-Block Champion."

"Yep." Jesse nodded at that; that seemed to check out. "Three years in a row, according to Lizzie."

Dan pointed at her, eyes wide. "There! You see? He's the only one here who could've built such amazing traps."

"Well, I mean, it's just a matter of making a redstone trail to a few things and then hiding it..." Harper mumbled, under her breath, glancing at Ellegaard. She didn't know why, but she just got the feeling that Ellegaard liked to make things much more complicated than they really needed to be.

Hence why she'd take so long in some of the traps.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid blinked, before clearing her throat and using her free arm to pull out the tipped arrow. Balancing it on the tips of her fingers, she inclined her head slightly. "So, know anything about this?"

Dan blinked at it. "Oh, wow. Uh, no, I've never seen anything like that before."

"What are you talking about? Jesse showed it to us like ten minutes ago," Lizzie complained.

"Actually," Sparklez spoke up, still looking like he was in a bit of shock, "he wasn't really paying attention. He was kinda wandering off to the side with everyone else- he just got that TorqueDawg died."

"Yeah, and he didn't get the tutorial from you, Lizzie," Stacy added. "He was off doing something else that day- I think he was mining or something?"

Onscreen, Jesse simply arched her eyebrow. "No? Tipped arrow not ringing a bell? Made with potions?"

Dan just shrugged. "Have you talked to Stampy yet? He loves bows and arrows and stuff," he replied.

The spider hybrid put the arrow away and gave Dan a slight nod. "You can go, Dan." Her lips twitched up into a faint smile, as if showing that she really didn't mean any harm.

"Thanks, Jesse." Dan gave Jesse a relieved smile. "Thank you. Oh, and when Stampy comes in," he added, face growing a bit more serious, "don't forget to ask him about redstone. He's amazing with that stuff." And then he left.

Petra watched him leave the library, before looking back at the spider hybrid. "Want me to send in Stampy?"

Jesse simply nodded a bit. "Yes, please."

The redhead left and returned a minute later, the cat-hoodie-wearing boy coming in anxiously with a nervous look on his face. Jesse watched him evenly for a moment, before turning on her heel and pacing away.

He darted in front of her a second later, flailing his hands in a surrender/I'm scared/hello way. "Jesse, I'm telling you this is just crazy! Absolutely crazy! Total misunderstanding!" he babbled, anxiously.

The spider hybrid regarded him for a moment, before gesturing with one hand to one of the chairs, which Stampy perched on, still babbling away. "I don't even want that flint and steel thingy! Not, um, not as much as the others, at any rate."

Stampy could feel several stares being turned on him.

"Did I hear someone say it has something to do with portals? I don't have any interest in portals, no sir not for ol' Mister Stampy Cat, thank you," he finally finished, staring up at Jesse, who- with Stampy sitting in the chair, anyway- was taller than him by a bit.

"Gotta say, Stampy," Jesse hummed, mildly, "you seem nervous. Everything okay? You comfortable?" And she leaned towards him a bit, best poker face on.

"Ummm what? No, I'm not nervous. Nope. Totally comfortable. I could fall asleep right here, right now. I'm that comfortable, honestly," he rambled a bit, petering to a stop when he spotted Jesse regarding him calmly with that poker face.

"Yeah. You're totally the epitome of calm right now," Cassie remarked, sardonically.

After a few seconds, Stampy bit his lip. "Pllleeeeease, just tell me what you want to know!"

Jesse stepped back a bit, turning her head a bit so that she was glancing at him out of the corner of her eyes. "What do you know about redstone? What's your skill level with the stuff?" she asked, sounding pleasant enough.

"Well, well- you know. About average? Average level? Moderate? I dunno how these things are graded these days..."

Now several stares were definitely being turned on Stampy. The orange-cat-hoodie-wearing boy gulped nervously, eyes darting around to see his peers staring at him suspiciously.

"You're- you're lying." Dan's eyes narrowed a bit in suspicion. "Why are you lying?"

"I-I-I-" Stampy stuttered out. He looked as though he might start crying any second now, he was so anxious.

"Guys, could you stop with the interrogation? I'm the only one who's supposed to be doing any question-asking," Jesse said, mildly enough. Behind the mild joke, however, was a slight edge to her voice that made her intent clear- would you cut it out?

They decided to cut it out, slowly turning back to the screen. Rather than look relieved, though, Stampy remained tenser than a bowstring, hands tight and trembling in his lap.

"That's funny..." Jesse hummed casually, leaning forward and letting a wave of hair fall in front of her green eye. With the fire making her look like a silhouette, Jesse looked far too intimidating to be the same girl who usually told puns until you were groaning at the top of your lungs. "I heard you know all about redstone."

"Wh-what? What are you talking about?"

"Well, everyone says you're the best at redstone..." Jesse cocked her head to one side, before regarding Stampy evenly. "Something about being... 'Tri-Block Champion'?"

"Okay!" Stampy suddenly burst out, making Jesse lean back again, raising her eyebrow mildly. "Okay okay okay, fine, you caught me, I do know redstone. I'm technically even an 'expert'... but I would never KILL anyone, I swear! You have to believe me! Honest!"

"Well, why would you try to hide it, then?" Stacy asked despite herself, frowning.

"Well, Lizzie and Dan are no great shakes at it, and if Lukas isn't the culprit, then it'd just be self-incriminating to point out, 'oh, hey, by the way, I'm an expert at redstone'!" Stampy burst out, lips trembling as he glared around at the other YouTubers on the couch.

"Hey, guys, don't point fingers, okay?" Sparklez asked, putting his hands up in a placating way. "Just- just wait. I'm sure things will be revealed in due time."

Onscreen, the spider hybrid simply reached into her pocket and twirled the arrow between her fingers, extending it to Stampy. "Know anything about this?"

Stampy squinted at it for a moment. "... Errr, I think it's a tipped arrow? I'm still not all that clear about making these things, though. You know who would love to see something like this, though? Lizzie. She's wild about potions and brewing and all that. She's WAY better with that stuff than I am."

"Yeah- enough to call me a noob," Stampy responded to his onscreen-self, shooting Lizzie a glare.

"Stampy, I didn't mean it that way!"

Jesse simply put the arrow back into her pocket, humming a bit. "Good with potions, you say?" she asked, mildly.

"Very good!" Stampy nodded, vigorously. "Could probably even teach a class, ha!"

The spider hybrid's mild expression faded, and she abruptly slammed her hands on either side of Stampy, making the boy jump a bit as she leaned in, eyes narrowed with her face only a few inches from his.

Lukas frowned a bit at that.

With that wave of hair still in front of her green eye, red eye almost glowing dangerously... well, it was no wonder it looked a bit like Onscreen-Stampy was about to faint. "Okay, enough dancing around. Who do you think took the flint and steel?"

Stampy collected himself, looking down at his lap, before back up at Jesse, then down at his lap again, then at Jesse. "... I don't think it was actually ever stolen."

Several sets of eyes blinked.

Onscreen, the spider hybrid cocked her head to one side, the blank look on her face still there, betraying nothing. "... continue."

"Yeah, so, Dan got to it ahead of Lizzie, right?"

"That seems to line up with what I've heard so far, yes," Jesse replied, leaning back away and nodding a bit.

"And she was pretty angry about it. I think he made up that story about it being stolen, so she'd think he didn't have it anymore," he continued.

Dan frowned and shook his head. "No, it was definitely stolen."

Real-Stampy fidgeted a bit.

Onscreen, Jesse simply gave Stampy a nod, stepping back. "Okay, you're excused Stampy. Thanks for the time," she told him, politely enough.

"Oh!" Stampy bounced to his feet rapidly. "Thank goodness. This room's making me very nervous." And he trotted out at high speed.

"What happened to being so comfortable you could fall asleep?" Dan whispered to Stampy, a slightly amused smirk sneaking over his face.

Stampy turned pink.

Jesse looked as though she might walk out of the room, when the doors suddenly flew open, and Cassie shoved Lukas in, the ocelot hybrid's ears twitching in irritation. "Oh, come on! This is nuts!" he complained.

"You had a button, too!" Cassie exclaimed, before putting her hands on her hips and looking at Jesse and Petra. "Fair's fair. It's your buddy's turn next." And she strode out of the room, Petra glancing at Jesse- who simply shrugged- before following Cassie out of the room, fluidly pulling the door shut in the process.

The moment the doors shut, Jesse let out a long mix of a groan and a sigh and plopped down on the floor.

"Hey, Jesse," Lukas said, softly.

"Ahh, my final suspect," Jesse said, sounding a bit tired, but her lips curved up into a smile, and the next thing she said came out as a slightly teasing joke. "Here to point more fingers and blame more people, I'm sure."

The YouTubers all exchanged slightly guilty looks.

Instead of taking the comment like a joke, like Jesse had probably intended, Lukas looked at Jesse uneasily. "I didn't push the button, you know."

Jesse shook her head a bit, rolling her eyes with a smile coming over her face. "I figured."

"I ship it," Gill whispered loudly.

"Me too, brah," Nell whispered back to Gill.

"You do realize you are in full earshot of where we are sitting, right?" Lukas asked, sending the two of them a pointed glare.

"Oh yes, we are fully aware," Gill replied, cheerfully.

"Myeh," Jesse mumbled.


A/N: Guys, the Season 2 title of Hybrid has been guessed!

[MISCEGENATION]

The last letter was correctly guessed by LittleAngelbun, Raven, DarkPrincess2001, Emily The Avenger, and InsaneAcrobat

RQTC: Without looking up the word, what do you think 'Miscegenation' means?

LunarStarsMoons: (creepily giggles with you) x3 / Good. :3

LittleAngelbun: Correct! / (laughs)

PoptartCrumbs: Haha thanks :3

sailor . mikuchan: Hmmm; maybe; if I remember.

Raven: Technically already guessed, but correct! / Thank you!

TheRealRedGaming: Red, you realize that you're reviewing on a story whose author can't do redstone to save her life, right? / Also, how did the picture disappear and then reappear?

J.M.M: Ah, I see.

DarkPrincess2001: Technically already guessed, but correct! x3

RapidSammi: (laughing hysterically) I'm so incredibly sorry Sammi-kun.

LegoGirl794: (laughing)

BeliTheGhoti0304: Incorrect, sorry :3 / I am legit shocked, I have no idea how that happened. / x3 / (laughs) I see. / Hehehe

AquaK13: (laughs) Yep. / (laughing) / (grins) I'm not telling~ / Yes, she does, actually. Go back to the third chapter; I hinted at her having an axe. / It's fine, lol x3

Emily The Avenger: x3 / (laughs) Yep. / Correct!

RavenBlaze4850: (grins) / (laughs) / (blinks) Plushies are lovely. / Thank you!

the indecisive bird: THANK YOU FAM / (laughs) That works, too. But thanks, dude. / (laughs)

InsaneAcrobat: Correct. / :3 / (laughs) Yeah, that's cool. / I see.. / (laughs) I'd be a madam, but I get the reference.

S4SH4L4SH4theGaMeR101: (laughs) / You can't unless you've got a PC. I've got the iOS version. / Yes. I know this.

Savannah-the-Caracal: (grins) / Yes, I have, actually xD / Only for PC, so no.

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