Hey gang! Sorry this one took so long to post. Writing build up chapters can be a bit tricky...I promise they're worth it!

In all the time that Luz had known Eda, she was usually quick to come up with some sort of response, whether it was a snarky comeback or a rare moment of serious information she could take to heart. It was not that often the Owl Lady took her time to think over what she would say before she said it, and even less often if that silence lasted more than thirty seconds. The fact she had been quiet for going on now five minutes made Luz feel jittery and nervous.

When Luz had managed to get the door open with Hooty's neck still elongated, Eda and King had been quick to note her change in uniform. That of course then led to Luz having to explain why she had to change, which went into where she found the glyph. Lilith had joined them after Eda called her name, saying she needed to hear this as well, which meant Luz was stuck waiting for the response of both of them. It did not help that she was sitting on the couch with Amity, Willow, and Gus while the Clawthorne sisters stood in front of them. King had elected to search for snacks in the kitchen, but Luz knew he was simply trying to avoid what most likely would become a serious discussion where he was not the subject.

"So, let me get this straight kid," Pinching the bridge of her nose, Eda looked over her fingers at her apprentice. "For the past two nights, you've been running around this Dreamscape because of the Portal Key I gave you? And last night you found a new glyph and decided to try it out and nearly blew up the classroom?"

Luz felt the best thing she could do at this point was nod. "That basically sums it up."

The Owl Lady sighed. "While I respect your following my example of inadvertently destroying a classroom-"

"Please, Edalyn, when you did it, it was on purpose."

"Allegedly. No one was able to prove I had a motive, not like I needed one." Eda returned her gaze to Luz. "Trying out a new glyph like that was way too risky. What if someone from the Emperor's Coven saw it and started snooping around?"

"Actually," Luz winced. "They already did."

The sisters looked at each other. "Luz," Lilith said slowly. "Why didn't you tell us this before?"

"I wanted to, but you wouldn't listen! I was trying to tell you about the Dreamscape yesterday morning, but you said it was nothing to worry about. So," Luz shrugged. "I decided to figure it out myself."

Eda crossed her arms over her chest, looking away to hide the guilt in her face, and to avoid the knowing look she was getting from Lilith. The fact she had only encouraged Luz to pursue it further by denying her the truth made it worse. She had to admit to herself she was proud of the kid for wanting to learn more, but not when it came to something as powerful, and dangerous, as the Dreamscape. "Look kiddo," she sighed, turning back to Luz. "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you earlier. I was hoping you would just drop the idea and move on, clearly I forgot who I was talking to." Grinning, the Owl Lady tousled the human's already messy hair, making Luz chuckle in response. "But the Dreamscape is not just some playground you can run around in. It's a dangerous world where witches have lost their minds and been trapped in dreams where they can't even tell what's real and what's not."

"Then, teach me!" Luz stood up from the couch, taking the Portal Key out of her shirt to hold it up. "Why can I go in and out of the Dreamscape with the key? Did you know it could do this when you got it? How come it only now started working this way?"

"Whoa there buckaroo," Eda placed her hands on Luz's shoulders and gently pushed her back to sit on the couch. "One question at a time. I promise I'll tell you what you need to know. But first," she looked at Lilith. "Why was the Emperor's Coven at Hexside?"

"They were investigating a break-in," Gus said. "Someone messed up Principal Bump's office and the storage closet for the Oracle Track was left open. But, nothing was missing."

Lilith hummed thoughtfully, resting her chin on her fist. "Interesting. Who was leading the investigation?"

"Cyrus Eldritch."

A surprised snort came from Eda. "Cybie-wybie?"

Luz blinked. "Cybie?"

"Wybie?" Amity finished. "You know him?"

"Yeah," Eda snorted, wiping her eyes. "Dork walked around the school saying he could read our thoughts. Too bad he couldn't read mine to find out where I stuffed his book bag after snitching on me for the Noodle Incident. FYI, it was in the griffin stables."

"Um," Luz frowned. "I think we might be talking about a different Cyrus...this one grew up with Amity."

"Ah yes, his son," Lilith cut in while her sister continued laughing at the memory. "Cyrus William Eldritch III, as he is formally named."

"Like there needed to be more of those nutters."

Shooting a glance at Eda, Lilith continued. "Cyrus is indeed a strong witch in the Emperor's Coven and, unlike his father, he was able to fully tap into the mind-reading ability that runs in his family's blood. Interesting that he was selected to lead the investigation, last I saw of him he was researching some ruins recently discovered in the Skull. Quite the accomplished oracle user too. Did he," she gestured to Luz. "Know who you are? If I remember anything about Cyrus, he was quite the detailed researcher and never left a stone unturned."

"Yeah, he was meeting with all the students in the Oracle track today to find out what we had learned this week. But, he promised he wouldn't give my identity to the Coven. He's a fan of the Owl Lady."

"Huh, a dork with good taste."

Lilith shot Eda a look. "And, what did you tell him?"

Sighing, Luz recounted the entire prophecy, once again word for word, for Lilith and Eda. When she finished, both sisters were quiet, mulling over the words as they shot each other glances in a silent conversation Luz could barely comprehend. She glanced at her friends in the hopes any of them could say something. Silence had never suited the human and it was making her really uncomfortable. Fortunately, Amity took the hint.

"We've gathered somewhat of a hypothesis as to what this is all about. For starters, the part of worlds colliding and stars crossing must be linked to the upcoming Firestorm Festival next week. Old and young turned so fowl, that has to be linked to your curse somehow." She flinched back at the startled looks from the Clawthorne sisters. "Luz filled us in on the details," her gaze hardened on Lilith. "All of them. Anyways, 'turn the key or the dream be lost' is for certain the Portal Key and the Dreamscape."

"After I met with Cyrus today," Luz added in. "He talked about this demon that tried to take over the human world and Amity said it was known as the Demon of Weird. That can't be a coincidence if the last line is -"

"'Something weird this way comes…'" Eda finished, her eyes snapping to Lilith in another silent exchange, and then to Luz. "Luz, you're sure that's what your oracle told you in class?"

"Yeah, I wrote it all down." Digging through her bag, Luz pulled out the notebook and handed it to Eda to read. "I've added all my notes, plus what Amity, Gus, and Willow have come up with, but we're kinda hitting a dead end."

Frowning at the page, Eda scanned the words before passing it to Lilith. "Here, you're the studious one, you read it. Right now," Lacing her fingers, the Owl Lady pushed her hands out to crack her knuckles. "Mama's gotta see what this new glyph can do."

"What?" Luz gaped at her as she strode across the room and opened the door. "Now?"

"Yeah, now, I want to see this thing in action! Since we're all going to be learning glyphs together, might as well start today." Eda waved her hand to the expansive yard outside. "What are you waiting for? An engraved invitation?"

Luz looked from Lilith to her friends to Eda, and down at her uniform. "Uh, could I at least change first?"

"Yeah, yeah, sure, go skedaddle up for a wardrobe swap. Everyone else," Eda clicked her tongue and jabbed her thumb to the door. "Time for some spur-of-the-moment training! Skootle those bootles!"

The three young witchlings looked at each other and, shrugging, stood up and headed out the door. All save for Amity whom Eda caught by the arm and held back for a moment.

"Listen Minty-Fresh, I know Luz went to your house last night."

Amity felt her face ignite in a blush. "Wh-wh-wh-wha? How did you-?"

"Kid thinks she's so slick, but I know when my palisman is taken out for a joyride. Dunno what she was planning or what 'girly talk' you two were up to, but I'll tell you this," the low tone sent a foreboding chill down Amity's spine. "If you hurt her, even just a teeny-tiny little paper cut, I promise not even Wolfie and Odi Blight will be able to keep you safe. Got it?"

Despite the fact Amity had seen the Owl Beast on her Crystal Ball for the live feed of the petrification, she had never fully experienced the raw, primal power Eda kept contained for so long. Now, with those dual eyes fixed upon her, she could see the beast pacing just behind them, ready to do what needed to be done to protect its owlet. Its family. Swallowing, Amity straightened her back and met those feral eyes.

"Then let me tell you this, Owl Lady. Alador and Odalia Blight may be my parents, but," she jerked her arm out of Eda's grip. "I am not them. I don't care about associating myself with the 'most powerful' or 'strongest of witches' anymore. Luz may be one of the strongest I've ever met, but that doesn't matter to me. I care about her much more than my parents could ever comprehend, so don't you dare for a moment think I would do anything to harm her." Feeling her cheeks growing warm, Amity lifted her chin and pivoted on her heel to join Willow and Gus in the front yard, not bothering to look over her shoulder to see the Owl Lady's reaction. If she had, she would have seen Eda cross her arms and raise an eyebrow in an amused, and slightly impressed reaction.

"Kid's got guts," she muttered to herself.

A couple minutes later, Luz bounded down the stairs, having changed into her signature hoodie, shorts, and leggings, and was skidding to a halt on the dirt with a pad of paper and pencil held aloft. Kicking the door closed behind her, Eda strolled up to the kids, while Lilith stayed safely behind against the walls of the Owl House. By then Hooty had managed to shake the abomination goop from his face and returned to the door, eagerly watching for what was to happen.

"Alrighty Luz, show me what you got."

"On it, teach!" Luz quickly traced out the intricate lines of her new glyph, while Amity quickly began to push Willow and Gus back with her arms. Finishing with a flourish, Luz held it up for Eda to see.

Her eyebrows rose to her hairline. "Whoa, that's a doozy for sure. You saw this in a dream?"

"The Dreamscape, yeah,"

"And this thing just…" the Owl Lady waved her hands around. "Tossed you up in the air? In a gust of wind?"

"Sort of, but it wasn't wind. Watch this." Kneeling down, Luz placed the paper on the ground and lifted her hand, pausing for a moment to glance at her mentor. "Um, you might want to step back a bit."

One eyebrow now raised, Eda backed away until Luz gave her a thumb's up.

"Hey, Willow?"

The plant witch looked up at her name being called.

"Mind having some sort of crash mat ready? Ya know...just in case?"

"Sure thing!"

Seeing Willow trace a spell circle, Luz looked down at the sheet of paper and, taking a deep breath, slapped the glyph, quickly pushing off the ground and running as fast as she could. It still was not enough when the glyph erupted in a surge of the violet energy that swelled up from the ground, shoving Luz off her feet and projecting her forward. Thankfully, she managed to get far enough that when the force reversed itself to pull back in, she wasn't yanked with it. Unfortunately, that meant she was projected head-on into her friends. All three of them, to be precise. They hit the ground in a pile of yelps and tangled limbs, sending Willow's spell circling flying into the forest. A muffled explosion followed and a few stray flower petals were spat out from between the trees.

"Good move with the crash mat," Gus growled from the bottom of the pile as Eda doubled over laughing.

"Hey, not my fault that happened!" Mumbled Willow, doing her best to wriggle out of the friend sandwich she somehow became trapped in. "How was I supposed to know Luz would go flying that fast?"

Groaning, Amity sat up and rubbed her head, doing her absolute best to ignore the sensation of Luz sprawled across her lap. "You saw her use the glyph when we were on our way here, so yes, this one was your fault."

Luz rolled off the cluttered mess that was her friends and helped Amity to her feet. "Really sorry about that guys, I honestly thought I had it that time. Still got a lot to learn about this new glyph." She helped pull up Willow and Gus, rubbing the back of her head. "At least this time it didn't snag me backwards."

"Yeah," Gus brushed dirt from his shoulders. "Lucky us."

From across the yard, Lilith shook her head while her sister continued laughing at the spectacle of the four trying to unhinge themselves from each other. "That is quite the unique spell to come across in the Dreamscape. I've never seen magic act that way before."

"Wait till you see the glyph," Eda grunted, wiping a tear from her eye. "Either the kid made it up in her head or the Dreamscape is a nice juicy safe stuffed full of wacky glyphs we can use. Maybe I can borrow back my key and do a little snooping around the Dreamscape myself?"

Lilith shot her a side-glance. "Unfortunately the Dreamscape is not so easy Edalyn. You can't simply sneak into it and galavante about doing whatever you wish."

"So, what?" Eda looked at her as Luz and her friends rejoined them. "You're saying the Key picks who can go in and out?"

"The Key is an important factor, yes, but only because it could open a door between two worlds. It's the Dreamscape that allows the dreamer to enter and control what happens around them."

"Yeah!" Luz piped up. "Like a couple nights ago when Amity was having a bad dream. Somehow I got pulled in and I was able to make it all go away." She grinned widely while Amity went bright pink. Eda glanced between the two of them, clearly amused, while Lilith nodded.

"Interesting," she hummed. "Would you mind drawing that glyph again?"

"Sure!" Luz took out her pencil and everyone instantly backed away. "What? I'm not going to use it!"

Lilith walked around to stand behind Luz and leaned over her shoulder to watch her draw out the strange glyph. Once Luz was done, she tore the paper off the pad and handed it to the ex-coven leader. "Here ya go, once Dreamscape Glyph! Make sure you remember when you put it down, or you'll be in for a surprise. No, King, I'm not drawing it on Eda's chair."

"What?" Eda whipped around to see the furry demon running around the side of the house with a kitchen chair held over his head and tore off after him. "King! You get back here you miserable fuzz bucket!"

Stifling a giggle by covering her mouth, Luz turned back to Lilith who was studying the glyph very intently. "So? Do you know what it is?"

"I'm not quite sure. It reminds me of the ancient runes used by the wild witches of the Savage Ages, but I would need to check my notes from my research at the coven."

"Ya know, it's funny you bring that up,"

Lilith glanced up at Luz from the paper.

"I was actually wondering if I, that is, if we," she gestured to her friends. "Could borrow your research notes? Amity mentioned you had some on this weirdo demon, maybe they'll help?"

Surprised, Lilith looked at Amity. "You remembered that from our lessons?"

"How could I forget?" The cold, emotionless tone sent goosebumps along Luz's arms as Amity lifted her chin to stare down her nose at her former mentor. "You had me reading through that book every single second when we weren't practicing combat magic or whatever other spell you had for me to learn. Isn't that what a mentor is supposed to do? Teach? Or just trick their students with power glyphs and watch them make fools of themselves?"

"Okay!" Luz yelped, grabbing Amity by the shoulders and spinning her around to face the door. "I think that's enough fun for one day! Let's all mosey on up to my room and start planning our Saturday night sleepover! Hooty? Mind opening the door?"

"Hoot, hoot! Sure thing, Luz!" The house demon chirped, following the group into the living room. "What are we going to do for the sleepover? Eat snacks? Pillow fights? I can't hold a pillow because I don't have hands, but I can use my beak! Are we going to tell scary stories? I love scary stories! There's this one where a group of kids go to this haunted house and-"

Willow closed the door to Luz's room to cut off Hooty's ramblings, even though they could still hear his muffled voice through the door. "Doesn't he run out of breath?"

"I mean, he is the house and these walls do breathe, so," Luz plopped down on her sleeping bag and shrugged. "Probably. I've heard him talk ten minutes straight, but he only stopped because a fly crossed his path and he went after it. There was that one time when Amity beat the stuffing out of him."

"Like I said, if he touched me again, I would destroy him."

Luz winced as she recalled prying the witch off of Hooty's pummeled body. "Yeah, you did. Remind me to never get on your bad side." Granted, the memory of Amity knocking her to the floor just last night was a fresh reminder of her strength, which meant the fact Luz was still in one piece was lucky. At the same time though, she didn't think Amity would have actually kicked the stuffing out of her. Still, you could never be too careful. "So, sleepover plans!" She clapped her hands, grinning. "Where do we start?"

Lilith sat on the couch in the living room, thumbing absently through her coven book resting on her lap. Her eyes scanned over the notes, but she was not reading what they said. Despite the harshness of her words, Amity Blight was not wrong to say what she had said to her former mentor. In a moment of weakness and pride, she had chosen to stoop to the same expected level as her sister and cheat to win. Amity was, or had been, her brightest and best pupil. Training her had become a welcoming challenge and, as much as she hated admitting it, a distraction from her failures at curing Eda's curse. When the Blight family ended her lessons with their youngest daughter, Lilith had no choice but to throw herself back into finding and healing her sister.

Now that she shared the same curse and was no closer to solving it than before, Lilith was eager to accept a new distraction. Perhaps this prophecy and the Dreamscape could be that? Rubbing at the persistent itch on her arm, the elder witch flipped back to the chapter dedicated to dreams and the powers of the mind. If the prophecy truly was linked to the Demon of Weird, then she would need to brush up on what she knew. The sound of someone entering the living room from the kitchen made her glance up to see Edalyn nursing a mug of apple blood.

"Little stinker thought he could be so funny putting that glyph on my chair." Smirking, the Owl Lady sipped at her mug and Lilith raised an eyebrow. "His tiny legs let him get away from me." Catching sight of the book, Eda leaned her shoulder against the wall and nodded to the pages. "Catching up on your notes before the big test?"

"In my early days at the coven, we had to learn about the ancient Greater Demons that came from the Chaos Realms into our world, and others. This Demon of Weird could not maintain form in the physical world without its own dimension spilling into the other."

"So I've heard," Eda mused, taking another sip. "It could communicate through the Mindscape and possess those it made a deal with. Messy stuff. But from what I was told, it was erased from all existence."

Lilith glanced at her and opened her mouth to ask, then decided it was best she did not know how. Collecting garbage and the introduction of Luz were not the only interactions Edalyn had with the human world and, despite not having all the details, it was easy for Lilith to fill in the blanks. "That is what had me worried. If the demon was erased, why would an oracle speak of its return?"

"Maybe it's not the demon that's returning," scratching her chin, Eda glanced in the direction of the stairs to see if Luz was coming down. "That whole new glyph thing and the Dreamscape got me thinking. You know the Dreamscape can show memories, right?"

"Of course," Lilith flipped to the specific page. "It is a gateway into the mind of the dreamer, allowing them to see not just their oldest memories, even the ones they have forgotten, but their deepest desires, thoughts, wishes, and of course their dreams."

"Well, I was thinking," Eda walked to the couch and sat down. "What if the prophecy isn't about the demon, but about the memory of the demon? It may not exist anymore, but the memory could, and if that somehow was brought to life,"

"Then so would the demon." Frowning, Lilith met her sister's eyes, "But, doing so would require more power than even the Firestorm at its zenith. And, to find a memory of the demon, someone would have to have seen or met the demon. Knowing Luz, she would have mentioned that from the very start."

Eda leaned back on the couch, crossing her arms as she thought about her apprentice. "Yeah, kid would have blabbed about it the second she'd see it. Plus, stumbling across our world wouldn't have been as big a deal for her. Still," Eda frowned at the ceiling. "Knowing she's probably going to continue playing around in the Dreamscape has me nervous. Much as I respect her taking the initiative, I don't want her messing around in a place where she could literally lose her mind. I'll bet you ten snails that's why she wants to do this sleepover thing with her little buddies."

"Are you going to let her?"

Giving her sister a side-glance, Eda shrugged. "Even if I say no, she'll still find a way to do it."

"There are theories that those chosen by the Dreamscape can invite other dreamers who share a strong connection." Lilith said, nodding. "But to revisit the Dreamscape, the selected dreamer would have to invite the others again and again, which can be draining on the psyche, to allow multiple persons into one space."

"Now you're just taking the fun out of it." Getting to her feet and scooping up her mug, Eda walked back to the kitchen. "I'll talk to Luz about this later, but maybe without all the gloom and doom. She's gone through a lot, I don't want her to snap from all this 'chosen one' biz, again."

Sighing, Lilith shook her head and went back to reading through her notes, but with interest this time. Something she had said to Edalyn about the Dreamscape withholding memories caught her attention and she continued turning the pages until she found a diagram on a spiraling staircase. If the memories of the past, even the faint ones, were stored in the Dreamscape, then perhaps was the memory of her visit to the Night Market, and the scroll containing the Owl Beast curse. Hearing voices coming down the stairs, Lilith looked up to watch Luz and her friends cross the living room and the human opened the door for them. The excited energy was radiating off her like heat from the sun as she bounced on her toes.

"Oh man you guys, this is going to be the best sleepover ever! Technically my first too, but that will just make it better!" Squealing, Luz yanked the witchlings into a bear hug. "I'm so excited!"

"Luz," Willow gasped. "Air - hugging - can't breathe!"

"Oops!" Luz released her friends and grinned sheepishly. "Sorry bout that. See you guys tomorrow!"

The witchlings said their goodbyes and exited the house, but Amity held back, clutching her books to her chest. Luz was positive she saw Willow glance back and grab hold of Gus' arm to pull him further down the path. Weird. She turned to Amity.

"You alright? Did you want your uniform back? I was going to wash it first but -"

"No! No, that's not why I - um - I mean, I'm happy to take it back now, or later, I," Swallowing, Amity hugged her books even tighter to her chest and Luz swore she heard a spine crack. Or was that Amity? "I was hoping that I could, that is, I wanted to ask you," Her golden eyes darted from Luz to the forest to the house, and back.

Glancing up at the sky, Luz saw the sun had started to dip below the horizon and a thought clicked in her mind. "Did you want to ask me for a ride home?"

Amity blinked at her.

"I'll need to ask Eda if I can borrow Owlbert, one sec." she jogged back into the house before Amiy could find her voice, running up to her room to grab the Abominations Track uniform. "Edaaaaaa! Can I borrow Owlbert to take Amity home?"

The Owl Lady's voice drifted out from the kitchen. "I'm gonna have to start charging to rent for these flights. Yeah sure, just don't do anything I would do!"

"You got it, teach!" Snatching up the palisman from his resting place against the wall, Luz snapped a finger gun at Lilith and hurried back outside. "Hey bud, no crazies this time, okay?" She whispered to the owl as he snapped open his wings. "I don't want my first meeting with Mr. and Mrs. Blight to be about why I landed their daughter in the Healer's Coven."

Owlbert hooted in what she hoped was a yes and straddled staff before holding up a hand to Amity. "Your chariot, m'lady."

Blushing, Amity took Luz's hand and slipped on behind her, quickly wrapping her arms around her waist to brace herself for the takeoff. She remembered how fast they flew away from the library.

"Okay Owlbert, easy does it." The staff floated off the ground with a gentleness Amity had not been expecting and when the palisman looped up and around the roof of the Owl House, she was actually able to feel the exhilaration of becoming airborne. Her arms hugged Luz's middle, but her eyes stayed on their surroundings as they departed the section of the forest Eda called home.

They were about halfway to Blight Manor when Luz spoke. "Hey, Amity?"

"Yes?"

"About last night I," Luz tightened her hold on the staff. "I'm really sorry for literally flying into your room and upsetting you. I - I thought I was just being a good friend, but I only made things worse. But, I want you to know that, what I said to you, all of that was true." She stared out at the horizon ahead, choosing to focus on it instead of the warmth radiating from Amity pressed against her back and the slender arms around her waist. "See, the thing is I, I really do care about you and I don't want to do anything that would ruin our friendship. It sounds selfish, I know, but, when you started hanging out with me, Willow, and Gus, things were so much more fun. Not that Willow and Gus aren't already two of my best friends and we don't have a blast as a group. But, when you're with us? It just feels...better." Seeing the rooftop of Blight Manor come into view, Luz shifted and pulled back for Owlbert to slow his speed. "Sorry, I don't know why I said all that to you."

"No Luz, it's okay," Amity gave her a gentle squeeze as they flew up to her bedroom window. Drawing a spell circle, the girls watched the latch inside lift and the window popped open. When Luz backed up so she could slide down onto the cushioned bench, Amity turned around and smiled at the human. "Thank you. Not just for the ride home but for what you said last night, and for the rose." her face turned pink and Luz felt her stomach flip.

Owlbert drifted down a little so she was eye-level with Amity and Luz grinned sheepishly, scratching her head. "Oh, uh, yeah! You're welcome! I didn't want to just take off without leaving something behind. Dunno where the rose came from, but when it popped out of the glyph like that it just made sense! I mean, I hope you didn't mind that I did that."

Smiling, Amity kneeled on the window bench to rest her arms on the sill. "I'll admit I wasn't expecting that kind of gesture, but, it was sweet. Thank you, Luz."

Luz sighed. "Phew! That's a relief! I was worried you'd think I was trying to woo you away from your Grom date." All the blood drained from Amity's face and Luz squeaked. "I-I mean, not trying to make any assumptions here, after what we said to each other last night. Besides, I don't know the first thing about wooing or flirting. Not that I wouldn't want to with you! Wait, that came out wrong!" Clearing her throat, Luz leaned forward. "What I meant to say was -" Whatever she was about to say next stopped in her throat as the staff jerked forward, and every single thought that had been running through her brain ground to a halt. Her eyes stared straight into Amity's, not sure what emotions, or emotion, was running behind them, only that they were wide and meeting hers.

Pulling away, the witch blinked at her and Luz reeled back, nearly tumbling off Owlbert, her face burning red.

"O-okay, um, well, see you tomorrow Amity!" Whipping the palisman around as fast as she could, Luz bolted over the trees and back towards the Owl House, her brain trying its best to catch up with what just happened. No, no, she was only imagining it. Owlbert simply slipped in the air and pitched ever so slightly forward. She bumped into Amity and that was it. Nothing happened, everything was fine!

From her place at the window, Amity watched Luz speed away from Blight Manor, her mouth hanging open slightly from the shock. Slowly, she brought a hand up to run her fingers over her tingling lips, blinking to register what felt like something that could only happen in a dream. It was short, quick, nothing more than a brief brush. But Amity was positive of it. She and Luz had kissed.

So...that happened.