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Grim Tales from Down Below Belongs to Bleedman.
OOC-ness may be involved.
Takes place in episode 18 of the Owl House.
Let the chapter 18 begin.
It was a bright new day in the owl house as Hooty was snoozing away in the door.
"Hoot! Hoot! Hoot!" he snored loudly but from the sound of it, it was almost fake.
Though the snore was so loud that Junior was quickly awoken from it and groaned from waking up before he was ready. He released a long sigh as he got up from the couch and stretched.
"Alright time to get up and learn my next lesson." Junior said to himself as he got some new clothes from his bag and heading upstairs to the bathroom.
Today's lesson was going to be Possession, controlling someone's mind thus making them a puppet to control or influence. It would be a useful skill if a reaper's target tried to run. Junior thought of all the trouble it would save if they tried to deny their dying as he got in the shower a rather quick shower in most people's opinion. Best thing about being a skeleton is that he didn't have sweat glands so he can get completely clean in 3 minutes, and after he was he headed downstairs to talk with Eda about it until a loud thud was heard outside.
"Huh?" He let out as he moved faster and looked out a window, coming to a surprising sight of Hooty fighting off wizards of the Emperor's Coven.
This was something he never thought Hooty would do, even if Eda said he was the house guardian, he could never see Hooty actually hurting someone. Yet here he saw, the owl demon stretching around and knocking them away like nothing while having so much fun. It brought Junior a chuckle as he continued to walk down the stairs and find Eda watching the battle from a the side window with a scarf around her neck, probably chilly.
"Oh Hooty. You may be an annoying parasite but somehow, you always burrow your way into my heart." she said as she picked up a cup of tea that was nearby, drinking some as she used her magic to stir something in a cauldron on the coffee table.
"What'cha making, owl lady?" Junior asked as he walked up to her.
"Oh just something special." Eda said as she gazed at him.
Oh! Is is magic spaghetti?" Luz asked as she came over in her school uniform, looking into the small cauldron as reaching for it. "Give me a taste!"
"Hey, hands off!" Eda said as she used her magic to smack Luz right on the hand, "That is making a witch's cloak. I need it."
"Because of those imperial goons outside, I'm sure." Junior theorized.
"Correct, with Emperor's goons getting bolder, I'm going to need extra protection. These cloaks are able to repel the most powerful of magic and any magic user worth their might has one." Eda said as she picked some up, showing it's blue wool glowing with power.
"I'm worth my magic." Luz whispered in awe at the fabric, leaning closer. "I want a cloak please!"
"After I'm done with mine." Eda said as she moved the cauldron away from Luz. "And maybe one for Junior too."
"Really? Thanks." Junior said to her in surprise.
"No problem." Eda said to him as she put it down on the chest near the door.
"Now back to the emperor, I think I know why the emperor wants you." Luz said before making a teasing smile and pointing to Eda. "He's got the hots for you."
"Are you being serious right now?" Junior asked Luz as Eda actually poked fun at this, finger gunning Luz.
"But seriously, "No. He ordered my capture a long time ago so he can control my and all wild magic." Eda said with a serious face as she looked away.
"Well that doesn't seem right and...neither does he." Junior said as he always felt a chill crawl up his spine after hearing about Emperor Belos, the king of the Boiling Isles.
"You're right about that, Junior. I only meet him a few times but I knew from those he was up to no good, that man has dark secrets." Eda said as she looked serious towards her students. "And his coven system is a cover to hide his secrets and way to keep everyone in line so they don't ask questions."
"So is that the reason he won't stop until he catches you? You don't fall into his system like everyone else and ask the right questions?" Luz pieces together.
"Right you are but he's never gonna catch me. I've avoid his goons for years and I'm still going strong." Eda said with a confident smile. "The only think that could possibly get in the way is my curse and that hasn't been acting up for weeks!"
Right as Eda said that, karma decided to be funny and flare up her curse to cause several feathers to sprout from her body.
'Fucking karma.' Junior thought as Eda transformed into her cursed owl form right before him and Junior.
"Junior?" Luz said in worry.
"Leave it to me!" Junior said as Eda roared at them. "Time out!"
The world stopped around Junior as Eda raised a claw to strike them, not being able to control her feral mind.
'It's been weeks since she changed, so it's gonna take a lot of elixir to fix this!' He thought as he rushed upstairs to Eda's room, using his blue flames to fly a bit and grab about 10 bottles of her anti curse elixir before heading back down the kitchen.
Junior placed the bottles on the counter before opening the fridge and grabbing the cauldron of his werewolf elixir, which was about 2/3rds full since he only had to take a full bottle once a month. With his frozen time about halfway, he rushed to mix in the ten bottles of Eda's elixir into the cauldron and stir in a rush as the green and white combined into a glowing light green.
"Now we gotta her her to drink it all." Junior said to himself as he looked back to Eda's cursed form.
Thinking fast, Junior decided to try a very risky move.
"Time in." He said as he held the cauldron in his left hand, unfreezing time.
Eda's roar was heard throughout the house as Luz's scream followed.
"Junior!" She screamed as Eda's claw came down on her.
Moving fast, Junior shot like a rocket and knees Eda in the chin and forcing her back.
"Open wide!" Junior shouted as he pushed the cauldron to Eda's open mouth, forcing the rim to hit her lip and the mixed elixir down her throat as her back hit the ground. "Drink up, Eda!"
Confused in her beast state and liking the mixture, Eda instinctively grabbed the cauldron and drank deeply.
"Guh! Guh! Guh!" She drank as her body slowly returned to normal.
"Whew." Junior breathed out as he stepped off Eda, who was now back to normal with a cauldron on her chest. "That was close."
Eda sighed as she was of sound mind again and of decent body.
"Thanks, kid." she said.
"No problem, just took about 10 of your elixirs and one cauldron of mine mixed together." Junior said as Eda got up and moved the cauldron aside, her scarf now open before them.
Junior and Luz gasped in shock as they caught the sight of Eda's chest gem, the color usually full amber was now half black and each side moving like a battle for dominance.
"Eda, your gem!" Luz said as she pointed to it, causing Eda to panic and quickly cover it.
"What about my gem? It's fine!" Eda said as Luz presses on.
"No it's not! Your curse is getting worse and you didn't tell us!" She said in worry about Eda.
"Well, I...didn't tell you." Eda said nervously as she looked to Junior.
"I...was told." Junior said nervously as Luz looked to him in shock.
"And why didn't you tell me?" Luz asked, sad to why her friends didn't trust he with this.
"Because we didn't want you to worry." Junior said as he gestured to Eda's gem, the amber and black fighting inside. "As you can see, adding my elixir has helped in fighting the curse off more but it's still growing stronger. If Eda uses up too much magic, she'll turn into that feathery freak again."
"And what happens if she can't change back? What if she's stuck like that forever?!" Luz asked in worry, she didn't want to lose one of her best friends and magic teacher!
"Don't worry, kid, I'll be fine! I've changed back before without the elixir and I can change back again." Eda said, putting on a smile to try and ease their worry but it failed.
"Eda, as much as I want to believe that, I can't let that happen." Luz said as she put on a determined face. "I'll make sure of it and I won't stop til I find you a cure!"
"I believe you, Luz and believe me, I've been trying." Junior said with a sigh. "To the best of my abilities but I'm not exactly Victor Frankenstein."
"Victor who?" Eda asked as she turned to him.
"A mad scientist who brought life to a creature by sewing together a bunch of dead body parts and striking them with lightning to bring them to life." Junior quickly explained as King poked his head through a door away, awaking from his nap.
"Ooh!" he let out with interest as he thought he could build an army by doing that.
'Frankenstein's monster is real?!' Luz thought in surprise and shock before refocusing on the matter at hand.
"But I can help!" Luz said as Eda put a hand on her shoulder.
"No. It's my battle. I'll face it alone and I'll coming out the winner." Eda said as she looked to Luz. "Now how about that usual smile of confidence, kid?"
Eda moved Luz's mouth up to form a faux smile to try and make her feel better but it soon melted in to a worried and sad lip quiver.
"Say what you want, Eda, we're gonna be here for you, whether you like it or not." Junior said as he came up to Eda, giving her a hug as Luz quickly joined in.
"Alright alright. Get your huggies in." Eda said as she gently placed her arms around them.
"King wants huggies too!" King shouted as he ran up and hugged Eda's left leg, joining their little "family" moment.
'Hmm, family.' Eda thought as she looked at the time, seeing it was almost time for Luz to head to school at Hexside.
"Alright guys, break it up. It's time for Luz to head to school." Eda said to them as Junior was the first to let go.
"And for my next lesson in Possession." Junior reminded Eda as Luz and King still held on with their hugs.
"That too." Eda said as she waddled to the back door, finding it difficult to move as they wouldn't let go until Eda opens the back door and dropped Luz on her feet. "Alright, Luz. Have fun at school."
"I' will." she said before looking to Junior as Eda slipped on her book bag. "Junior, make sure Eda's resting, drinking plenty of fluids, staying out of the sun, and-"
Eda then shut the door on Luz before turning to Junior with a smile.
"Now that is on considerate kid. Always thinking of her friends." Eda said before looking to her cauldron of Witch Cloak wool and smirking. "And I'm going to show her I appreciate her by making her that cloak she wanted, or maybe a cape instead."
"That's really nice of you, Eda. I'm glad to see how much you care about Luz." Junior said with a smile as Eda nodded to him.
"Yeah, you and her have really made my life more exciting since you both arrived, it's the least I can do." Eda said as she walked back into the den. "Now, how about we start your lesson? I think you'll find Possession really handy."
"I have a feeling it will." Junior said before King suddenly popped up in front of him with a box of cake mix.
"I got the mix, let's make some cake!" King asked as he looked to Eda.
"Cake?" Junior asked in confusion.
"Yeah, Eda said she was going to make Luz a cake, so I got the mix for her!" King said as he showed Junior the cake box.
"Did you really think I said "cake" instead of "cape?"" Eda asked with a smirk.
"It doesn't matter either way!" King shouted to them.
"Anyway, how about you start on that while I give Junior his lesson while knitting the capes for Luz and Junior?" Eda said to King as she sat on the couch, pulling some knitting needles out of her hair.
"Actually could you make mine a sort of sleeveless cloak with a hood?" Junior quickly asked Eda as he sat on the couch next to her.
"Sure." Eda said with a nod as King got mad at them for ignoring him a bit.
"Well fine I will make the cake! And it will be the best cake anyone as ever tasted!" King shouted as he ran off into the kitchen, ready to make his culinary master piece.
"How is it he gets more adorable when he's angry?" Junior asked with a chuckle.
"I don't know but I don't care, it's still fun to watch." Eda said as she took some witch's wool and began knitting. "Now, onto Possession, it's a very ancient magic that existed long before certain types of magic were use today. Like that Body Swap spell I know."
"Yeah, I could never forget that." Junior said as he remembered that day Eda, King, and Luz switched bodies, a lot of strange chaos.
"Any way, this type of spell allows you to possess a person's mind from a distance and control them like a puppet." Eda said as she focused on the knitting. "Now, it's all about focus, like with your dream walking. Just focus on your target and on the reason for your magic, to control them. It won't be an easy fight but if your will in stronger than there's, you'll do just fine. Heck, you can practice on me when I'm done with you cloak."
"Okay, I got this." Junior said as he took a deep breath and let it out with a sigh. "Here we go."
Junior closed his eyes and focus on the steps as he waited for Eda to finish knitting, going over a mental check list so he doesn't mess anything up while applying the dream walking steps to Possession. He could remember the steps clearly, he just had to reword them a bit and drop a step.
'Step 1 is a clear purpose behind why I need to possess someone's mind and focus my magic on that. Step 2 is to think about my target. Step 3 is to visualize my purpose mind's eye or something. Step 4 is to focus in and take over their mind while remaining conscious.' Junior thought as he repeated those steps in his mind.
He was actually taking longer than he thought as Eda had finished his sleeveless cloak about 2 hours later.
"All done with your cloak, Junior." Eda said as she shook him a bit, breaking his focus to turn to her.
"Huh, really?" Junior asked in question.
"Yep, you were out for about 2 hours and I maybe rushed it a bit but it's done." Eda said as she held up the cloak, a blue robe like garment with two sleeve holes inside and a hood on top.
"Wow, it looks good for a rush job." Junior said as Eda handed it to him.
"Well, thanks kid. I did my best, now why don't you try that bad boy on then hit me with your best possession attempt?" Eda asked him with her arms crossed
"Okay." Junior said as he stood up from the couch and slipped the cloak one feeling it's rather soft feel as he pulled the hood up over his head with the cloak part reaching down to the back of his feet. "How do I look?"
"Hmm, not a bad look. It goes surprising well with your black gray sweat suit, even thought two hoods seems a bit of a problem but I'm sure you'll work it out." Eda said as she waved her hand at him before holding her arms out. "Now, try to possess my mind."
"Alright, here goes." Junior said with a nod.
Looking to Eda and focusing, Junior narrowed his eye sockets at her and focused on controlling her mind, on possessing her to do his bidding. After a bit of effects and some light sweating, he got through but the most strange thing happened as he did.
'What the hell?' He thought as his vision split in half, letting him see Eda AND himself at the same time like he was looking in a mirror. 'Am I...seeing through Eda's eyes? Did I possess her?'
He decided to give a test and mentally commanded her to hold up a finger from her left hand, which she did slowly.
"Holy shit, it worked." Junior and surprisingly Eda said at the same time, causing him to jump back a bit.
'I guess I can speak through her too. But It's time to give her her mind back.' Junior thought as he cut off the connection, seeing Eda blink a few times before shaking head.
"What happened? Did you possess me?" Eda asked him as she had no memory of the last minute or so.
"Uh yeah I did. And it was crazier than I expected." Junior said as he sat back down on the couch, silently enjoying the soft nature of his new cloak.
"Oh, really? I didn't even feel it. Nice job. "Eda said as she went back to her knitting, thinking differently then she was saying.
'Gods how is my will so weak against his?!' Eda thought as Junior went back to trying his possession on someone else, mostly Hooty but he regretted it when he saw through the guardian's eyes that he was forcing the Emperor's Coven goons he defeated into a deranged play date and tea party.
'And I'm creeped out even more towards him.' Junior thought as he cut the connection.
For the rest of the day, things have been rather calm as they did their own things. Eda went at a slower pace with Luz's cape and Junior spent his time either improving his possession on King without him knowing or taste testing his surprisingly good cake attempts. None were right with the demon, but Junior said they were fine yet he kept trying to make it perfect. Before any of them knew it, a rapid knock came from the door as Eda has just completed Luz's cape and gazed at it.
"All done, Luz is gonna love this." Eda said as Junior got up to answer the door while King rolled out a two layer strawberry cake.
"And she'll love this!" King said as Junior opened the door, expecting to see Luz.
"Luz, why ar-" he tried to asked before he was met wit the faces of Gus and Willow instead, worried. "Guys? What are you doing here?"
"Uh, Junior? Could you get Eda, please?" Willow asked as she poked her fingers together. "Something...happened today on a school field trip."
"Something happened?" What do you mean "something happened?"" Junior asked in worry before Gus and Willow nervously darted behind them nervously, wanting him to look behind them.
His curiosity peaked as he slowly looked behind them and froze, his eye sockets going wide in shock and his worries along with rage skyrocketed.
"Eda! Get over here now!" He said with a bit of rage panic as Gus and Willow cringed at his sudden yet justified rage panic.
"What?! What is it?" Eda asked him as she walked up and saw Gus and Willow instead of Luz at the door. "And why are they here instead of Luz?"
"Because of that!" Junior shouted as he pointed past Gus and Willow, making Eda follow before she gasped in shock.
Floating behind Gus and Willow, waiting patiently like a haunting specter, was Lilith's white raven staff. It was sent with them as a clear message, one that infuriated Junior and Eda.
Lilith, who had failed once more to capture Eda and force her to join the Emperor's Coven, had captured Luz and was using her to make Eda come to her this time! Meanwhile, with the coven witch herself, Lilith was waiting outside of a large intimidating castle on a large metal bridge with countless Emperor's Coven wizards around watching from inside. News of Lilith's new plan had spread and they all wanted to watch and see if she could do it this time.
"Where are you, Edalyn? I can't have you failing me when I need you this time." Lilith said as she looked up towards the top of the castle, seeing the ruler of the Isles himself, Emperor Belos.
He wore a mask with two long, upward-facing horns that made his eyes appear hollow with no pupils wearing a large cape with white and brown, as well as gold trim. This was Lilith's last chance to catch Eda and he needed to be there to either congratulate or punish her for this. As Lilith turned back around, a flash of energy appeared before her as Eda and Junior appeared on the bridge before her, glaring at her with fury. Eda was floating in the air with amber lightning around her while Junior stood on the bridge with flames around him, his new cloak flapping in the wind as he held Lilith's staff.
'She came and she even brought the young prince as well.' Lilith thought with a smirk to them until Junior lifted her staff up, covering it in blue flame before throwing it like a javelin at her.
The attack was not aimed at her as it went passed her and crashed into the castle wall behind her.
"Let. Her. Go." Junior said slowly as Lilith turned to her smoking staff.
"Sister, I'm glad you reciprocated my invite for a witch's duel but I didn't think you'd bring the young prince here with you." Lilith said to Eda before several magic blasts were fired at her forcing her to cover her face.
"Let her go now!" Junior demanded as he summoned his scythe, charging at Lilith as he swung at her.
He didn't care about killing her, he just wanted his friend back! The coven witch acted quickly and made a magic shield to protect herself from the scythe blade.
"Young lord, this has nothing yo do with you! This duel is between my sister and I!" Lilith said as Junior glared at her, getting even angrier as his flames raged out of his body.
"You hunt my teacher, kidnap my friend, and say it has nothing to do with me?!" Junior shouted as his reeled his fist back, conjuring his flames into a wolf head ready to bite while adding his Necrokinesis to it, making it turn raging purple. "IT HAS EVERYTHING TO DO WITH ME!"
Junior punched the shield, making it shatter into pieces as Lilith recoiled, leaving her open as Eda charged at her, moving around Lilith like lightning as she was unable to track her. She quickly summoned her staff back and tried to fire at Eda.
"RAH!" Junior shouted as he swung his scythe overhead at Lilith, forcing her to block and cancel her shot. "Don't forget about me!"
Junior began throwing wild swings as Eda continued her lightning fast blitz, forcing Lilith to dodge and block both of them as she was pushed back. Eda threw another magic blast as swung at her again, but this time, Lilith dodging the blast and knocked Junior's scythe out of his hands into the air.
"Forgive me, you highness!" Lilith shouted as she was ready to blast him at pointblank range!
"Time out!" Junior quickly shouted, freezing time for a moment before he jumped into the air, using his flames to boost as he glared down at Lilith. "Time in!"
Time resumed as Lilith fired at nothing, wondering where Junior went.
"Where is she?!" Eda shouted as she appeared behind Junior and threw him at Lilith, coating him in her magic energy as he added his flames to make a lightning fireball.
"I'll show you!" Lilith shouted as she made a shield, protecting her from the attack as Junior crashed into the shield and was repelled back. "Your human is unharmed!"
As Junior skid on his feet to a halt and Eda appeared behind him as he halted, Lilith spun her staff and tapped the ground to summon Luz.
"AH!" Luz screamed as she was sped out before them, trapped inside a light blue magic bubble Lilith put her in.
"Luz!" Junior shouted, a bit relieved to see she was okay.
"Junior! Eda!" Luz screamed as she put her hands on the bubble before Lilith walked in front of her.
"You may both have her back, IF you meet my demands." Lilith said with a stern face. "Surrender to the Emperor's Coven and this can all end. Your crimes will be forgiven and your curse will be removed, Edalyn. And Lord Junior, Emperor Belos holds no ill will towards you and wishes for an audience to speak with you."
"Do you expect me to actually believe you and that power hungry tyrant? He doesn't want help me or anyone else, he just wants to control everyone!" Eda said as she glared at her sister.
"And if you think I'm going to sit down and have a friendly chat with him after this, then you must be out of you goddamn mind!" Junior said as he held his hand out, summoning his scythe back to his hand.
"Very well, then I shall take you both in by force!" Lilith said as she twirled and readied her staff.
"You know Lily, you always looked down on me because I never fell in line." Eda said as she stepped in front of Junior, her staff firmly in hand. "But that just made me grow without being limited!"
Eda spun her staff and slammed it into the ground, Lilith just how powerful she was as her magic expanded and took the shape of a large Great Horned Owl!
"Hooo." it let out as as Eda was a covered in her power, the only thing left visible of her silhouette was her eyes.
"Holy shit." Junior said in awe of her power before Eda charged at Lilith, knocking her into the air as she turned to him.
"Junior, free Luz so we can get out of here!" Eda ordered as she flew after her sister, clashing in the air as their magic colors flashed.
"Right!" Junior said as he ran to the bubbled with his scythe at the ready. "Stand back, Luz!"
Luz leaned back as far as she could as Junior spun his scythe and slash, cutting the side clean through as it shattered and released her.
"Thanks, Junior." Luz said as Junior held his hand out to her.
"Thank me later! Let's get going!" he said to her.
Junior quickly helped Luz up and pulled her away from the castle.
"No!" Lilith shouted as she fired a magic blast at them, needing the human to remain in her clutches!
"Junior look out!" Eda shouted to him, causing him to turn around to the blast.
"Luz, get down!" Junior shouted as Luz ducked under him as he used his new wool cloak to protect him and Luz from the spell.
The blast hit them both before it dissipated, showing an unharmed Junior and Luz, who looked up after feeling the blast dissipate.
"Holy crap. This cloak really works." Junior said as he looked over the cloak he wore.
"Yeah." Luz agreed as she looked at it too.
Junior looked up and saw Lilith firing another blast at them after knocking Eda away.
"Look out!" Junior said as he scooped Luz in his arms and ran, becoming invisible as Eda and Lilith continued to battle.
"No!" Lilith let out before she flew to the bridge, needing to find them before they escaped.
"Get back here!" Eda shouted as she flew after Lilith.
The older sister landed on the bridge before launching a wave attack over the bridge, knocking Junior down To send him and Luz rolling in the ground. His Witch's Wool cloak took most of the damage but the ground still hurt.
"Junior, you alright?" Luz asked as she got up, rubbing her head.
"Ye-Yeah." Junior said as sat up a bit.
"There you are." Lilith said as she looked to them, ready to capture Luz and Junior to turn the tide in her favor until Eda landed in front of her.
"Keep away from them!" Eda shouted as she fired some magic at Lilith's feet, summoning 3 Hooty like constructs to restrict Lilith in place.
Eda then spun her staff in the air, charging up her magic power, before drawing a large circle and unleashing a large blast at Lilith. The coven witch acted fast and made a large barrier to protect her while burning away the 3 Hooty restraints.
"Huh. Huh. It's over, Lily, you've lost." Eda said while taking deep breaths, sweating from how much magic she was using.
"This fight...is far from over. Unlike you, I have plenty of energy to spare." Lilith said as she was taking breaths and sweating as well but still managed to give a smirk. "Tell me sister, are you beginning to tire due you the curse?"
Eda growled at her sister as he gem began to change, the amber slowly being overwhelmed by the black.
"Maybe I am but that just makes you look weak, since you can't even beat me at my worst!" Eda shouted as she waved her staff around, summing multiple spell circles and firing countless blasts at Lilith's barrier.
"No, Eda stop! Luz is safe, we can get out of here now!" Junior shouted as he wobbled to stand up, still weak from the impact of those magic blasts.
If he didn't stop her, Eda was going to change into that monster! He thought if he could get Lilith to drop her shield, Eda could end this and they can escape before it was too late! So Junior used his invisibility and scythe to fly behind her.
'Got you!' Junior thought as he jabbed the butt of his scythe into her stomach!
Lilith grunted from the blow but still stood strong and sent out a magic pulse, making Junior visible and backhanding him behind her.
'Apologies.' Lilith thought as she focused back in her sister.
"I may not be as strong as you but I am craftier sister!" She said to him as her barrier began to crack.
"Crafty enough to become a tyrant's little lapdog!" Eda shouted to her.
"You always thought you were better than me, Edalyn! That no matter what I did, I could never catch up to you." Lilith said said to her.
"Eda is better! Covenless or not, she's proven to be a better witch then you ever could!" Junior shouted to her as he got up from behind Lilith.
"If she's a better witch, then why was she so easy to curse?!" Lilith screamed at him before she covered her mouth.
"You? You cursed, Eda?!" Junior asked in shock as Eda and Luz dropped their jaws as well. "You cursed your own sister OUT OF SPITE?!"
"Y-Yes but I have the power to remove it! If you'll let me explain!" Lilith said to both of them.
"The time for listening to you is over.!" Junior said as he lifted up his scythe with both hands.
"Agreed!" Eda said as she got over her shock, charging at Lilith and shattering her shield.
"I can't believe someone like you is suppose to be the good guy!" Junior shouted as he charged at her, swinging his scythe at her as Lilith dodged his attacks but that just left her opened for Eda to smack her with her staff. "I thought all this time, this was just to help her but it was just to erase your guilt!"
Junior gave a large slash to her waist but Lilith blocked it, so Junior pulled closer and punched her in the face!
"You're not a good person at all, you're just trash!" He said as Eda kicked her sister into the castle wall, right where Junior threw her staff before.
Both student and teacher were breathing heavily as their anger was slowly dying but still raging at Lilith and her terrible choices.
"Junior, Eda, please stop! Eda's magic!" Luz shouted to them as Junior jolted, quickly turning his head to see it blackening quickly.
"Eda, your gem." Junior said as his anger quickly drained and replaced with worry.
He was so angry from the reveal, that he forgot that they needed to leave! But that would have to wait as Luz was suddenly coated in magic and hovered over the side of the bridge!
"Waaah!" Luz screamed as Eda and Junior turned to her.
"Luz, n-! AHHH" Junior shouted before he was suddenly blasted in the back and away from Eda, sliding to the other side of the bridge!
"You should've run when you had the chance." Lilith said as she pulled herself out of the wall, turning to Luz. "And that bubble was for your protection, human."
Lilith moved Luz over the edge of he bridge into a pit of large fangs, causing her to scream before Eda used her magic to catch her in a coat of amber magic. It was taking Eda all the magic she had left as Junior could only watch from the ground.
"Eda..." He said as he used his healing magic on himself but it wasn't going fast enough.
"No, Eda. Your magic!" Luz said to her as she floated over a pit of large fangs.
"I know kid, it's my magic but until you and Junior came along, all I did was waste it on myself." Eda said as she struggled to hold Luz while Lilith floated into the air.
'Perfect.' She thought as she smirked, using her magic to push Luz more into the pit and make Eda use up more of her magic.
"No! No stop!" Luz begged Lilith as she kept her eyes on Eda, seeing her gem getting more and more darker.
"No, Eda!" Junior said as he made himself well enough to get on his feet and looked to Lilith, thinking of how to stop her!
"Now listen to me, kids, I'm going to go away for a while and I'm not sure if I get back after this." Eda said as her her eyes slowly began to blacken. "I need you guys to watch over King and Hooty for me."
"No, please!" Luz said as she teared up, reaching out to Eda.
'No no no!' Junior thought as he held out his hand to try and fire his flames at Lilith but his emotions were too troubled to focus on anger right now. 'Please, I'm begging you! Work!'
"Luz, Junior, I'm so grateful.." Eda said as she fell to her right knee. "That you both came into my life."
Eda clenched her hand and unleashed a flash of magic, screaming as everyone covered her eyes from the light!
"EDA" Junior called out as he covered his eye sockets, blinded as well.
He didn't see anything until he heard the sound of hooting, causing him to opened his eye sockets to see Owlbert carrying Luz by her hood. He ran to her as fast as he could while Luz checked on Eda.
"Eda!" She called to her as she turned Eda to face her before Eda suddenly jerked in pain.
'No!' Junior thought as he saw her gem was black and she roared into the sky.
They quickly moved back as Eda turned into her monster form, stalking towards them to attack.
"Rah!" She roared as she was about to attack before blue magic restraints trapped her and pulled her to the castle.
"There there sister. Now the healing can begin." Lilith said with a smile as she looked to her captured sister before looking to Junior. "Now, I believe your appointment with the Emperor is next, Lord Junior."
Junior, in a state of emotions, let out a low, wolf like growl as he glared at Lilith.
"Junior. ." Luz said in worry as she saw his teeth slowly grow into fangs.
"You...MISERABLE BITCH!" he shouted as he turned to her.
Junior summoned his flames and was about to charge at Lilith until Luz stopped him, holding him by his back.
"Let me go!" Junior demanded as he fingers were slowly becoming sharp like claws.
"No! Please, you're changing!" Luz said to him before Owlbert was suddenly captured in a magic net by Lilith. "If we don't get you your elixir, you'll...you'll.."
Junior turned to Luz, wanting to demand he let her go, before he stopped and looked at her condition. Tears were falling from her eyes and her body was getting burned, he was so angry that he didn't notice he was burning her.
'Luz...' he thought as he looked to his hands, seeing them in their claw like state. 'It's not a full moon but...I must be so angry, I'm changing by force.'
Junior didn't want to admit it but...they lost this battle. Eda was capture and Junior was going to be next if they didn't leave now, no matter how much he hated to leave Eda with her traitorous sister but they had to retreat.
"Okay. Okay, Luz." Junior mumbled as he subdued his flames, stopping Luz's burns as he turned to glare at Lilith. "This. Isn't. Over."
Holding Luz close, Junior turned them both invisible and retreated to the owl house on his scythe...without their teacher and friend with them. When they were a good enough, Junior landed and made them visible again while they walked back to house on foot. They were both silent as Junior healed Luz's burns, both devastated from the lose of their teacher and her palisman. When they arrived, Hooty slowly awoke from a nap and greeted them.
"Oh, hey Luz and Junior!" he said, oblivious to their defeat.
"Hey, Hooty." Luz greeted softly as they entered the house, seeing it dark and lifeless before she noticed something near the coffee table.
Streamers, flags, and balloons were hung and a strawberry cake was sitting on the table with Luz's new cloak, the one Eda made for her, was wrapped in a bow next to it.
'Guess there's no point in celebrating anymore.' Junior thought as King popped out of the cake, taking deep breaths.
"Surprise!" he shouted as he looked to them but noticed something missing with them. "Wait, where's Eda?"
Reminded of their captured friend, Luz began to cry again as she went to her knees while Junior clenched his hands against his cloak.
"She-She's not with us, King." Junior stuttered out as King and Hooty went to them but he walked past King to Luz's cloak. "But...I promi-no, I SWEAR...we're gonna get her back."
Junior gently picked up Luz's cloak and walked back to her, getting on his knees and pushing it in her lap.
"On my soul, we will get her back!" he said as tears ran down skull, pulling Luz into a hug and letting her cry into his shoulder.
Scroll list:
Chronokinesis: slowing down time. (Full Mastery, new limit: 8 seconds/8 minutes in frozen time.)
Dreamwalking: entering people's dreams or subconscious. (2 Attempt, Mastery.)
Healing: transferring life force to heal injuries or sicknesses. (Mastery.)
Invisibility: turn invisible to anyone. (Mastery)
Necrokinesis: kill someone or something with a single touch. (Mastery.)
Perception Alteration: manipulate a living being's perception of the 5 senses. (Mastery)
Possession: Possessing human minds. (1 Attempt, Mastery)
Resurrection: Bringing people back to life.
Soul Awareness: tracking souls.
Telekinesis: moving objects with his mind
Teleportation: teleport anywhere in existence or in mind.
New Combination Power: Blue Reaper Flames + Necrokinesis = Purple Cremation Flames