It's not a Date!

-The same morning-

"For the last time Amity it is not a date!" Emira scoffs as her sister giggles at her trying to pick an outfit for her day out with Viney.

Amity just grins "This is what you get for teasing me about Luz, the wicked must pay their dues"

Emira sighs "Fine but could you at least help me while you're sassing me?"

Amity shrugs and stands to look at Emira's selection of clothing

"It occurs to me that Mother picks a lot of what we get to wear doesn't she?" Amity asks, noting the obvious lack of choice in terms of colour and style.

Emira nods "Yeah, I don't think she'll ever let us pick our own outfits, at least not for her "matching set" she quotes with finger quotes, sighing.

"But looks at us all now!" Amity says and nudges her with an elbow "They were always trying to pit us against each other, now we're all on the same page and they are the ones in the dark, maybe we can start buying our own outfits in secret, y'know, for dates~"

"It's not a date!" Emira hisses under her breath at Amity who just grins.

-An hour later-

Emira had finally left for her "not a date" with Viney, Amity had helped her pick out a nice outfit, helped her tie up her hair, which normally would be done by her or Edric, but she was busy applying rain cream just in case boiling rain hit while they were in the air, it wasn't supposed to rain but who knew what could happen and if anyone was gonna know first, it would be the two girls flying high above the island.

Amity sits in her room wondering what she should do today, off the top of her head she remembered the conversation Ed had brought up, talking to Luz about things that were bugging her… she put a mental sticky note in her mind to bring that up when she was around Luz next.

Another idea came to mind, maybe she should go shopping for some clothes for herself, she wouldn't go crazy but just one outfit of her own choosing wouldn't go too amiss, if it did then she would just call it a gift from a friend, like Skara, who was apparently still kinda okay with Amity even after the grudgby match, in fact her old "friends" actually seemed more friendly than they used to be, apart from Boscha of course.

Amity makes her way through town, checking out the usual stalls lining the streets, she wasn't at all surprised to see Eda's stall up and running, the unusual trinkets littering the top and back of the bench.

Eda was trying to sell a crowd on something she claimed would play music (according to her human sources, aka Luz) but couldn't find the right way to do it, so she spun a spell around it and the odd circular thing started to spin, it began making sounds and a voice soon joined in, soon the crowd was roaring with applause, it seemed this song was a hit with all of them.

Amity walks around all the dancing witches and demons to watch Eda, who notices her and winks, looking down at the many copies of the same odd circle thing, tossing her one and waving her off.

Amity accepts the bribe with a smirk and pockets the funny disc thing, she wonders if it was the same song, she kinda enjoyed it. (Y'all can pick any song you think suits this scene, if you wanna know my pick you gotta ask first XP)

-Several hours of browsing later-

Amity left the last shop on the particular street she had chosen, satisfied with her picks of the day, she had even found some cool looking cloaks for the twins, they were a nice rich dark green, just a few shades off from the twins own hair colour, it even had a nice golden trim, but it was still easy to tell them apart, thanks to the two unique clasps, one had a griffon, the other had a bat, these were pins Amity had added when she found them earlier.

Amity considered whether or not to keep the cloaks for the twins' birthdays, but decided it might be better just to give them to them now so they could hide them better than she probably could.

Glancing up at the sun, it was definitely late enough for Amity to start heading for home, she wondered how her sibling's days had gone, she really hoped Edric wasn't stuck getting attacked by another beast with Indigo again.

On the path towards the manor, Amity pauses as she hears the telltale squawk of a griffon and, as predicted, she turned to see Puddles landing behind her, with a pair of laughing teens hopping off her back

"Come on admit it, it was hilarious" Emira challenges the shorter teen.

"Oh it was funny, but it was also horrendously stupid and dangerous, if that slitherbeast figures out you put his fur in pigtails…."

"Oh pssh as if he'll know it was ME" Emira says with a grin.

"Either way I suggest you avoid the knee for a while Em" Viney replies and hops onto Puddles again "Today was fun though, you better not flake next week or I'll be mad"

"I would never!" Emira says in mock offence as Viney laughs and kicks off with Puddles as Emira chucks a well hidden snowball at her, it obviously misses as the griffon and girl fly away.

Amity stands watching the scene unfold before her with a look of pure knowing.

Emira turns, pauses but quickly brushes off her embarrassment with a grin.

"Hey Mittens, how's it going?" Emira asks casually as she strides up to her sister, looking happy as anything.

Amity keeps her look but happily replies and walks with her sister "Good, I can tell it's going good for you as well"

"Heh, it was good, Me and Viney got to see the whole leg! You would not believe how many different creatures there are to see there, I may not be as big a fan as Edric is but even I found some of them adorable, there's this little tiny thing that's like the size of your pinky finger, but its all fuzzy and i swear its always smiling, it has the cutest little eyes and they are like bright blue, the creatures not their eyes though"

Emira continues explaining about all the cutest creatures she had seen till they got to the gates, it was then the two realised they weren't sure where Edric had gone today.

Thankfully it didn't take much to get an answer as a familiar owl staff came flying their way, but alas it was Edric-less, containing a rather puffed looking Luz.

"Hey Luz, I don't suppose you had seen…"

"Edric, yes I have, he's fine for starters nothing to worry about…. He's just kinda…. Stuck?" Luz says and moves her hands like a scale, as if weighing which one was technically worse.

Both Blight girls looked pale and worried so Luz quickly continued.

"Okay so Him and Indigo went back to the cave, cuz Edric had promised Indigo he would help them if they needed to go back there and now he's taking it like, reeeeally seriously, like even Indigo said he should go home but he said no and then things happened and now the cave is kinda…. Keeping them inside because boiling rain started coming in and it just… won't let them out of the cave… I was already outside so it didn't let me back inside either so I had to fly here to tell you guys" Luz stops as Amity raises a hand.

"Luz breathe" she instructs calmly, Lux takes a deep breath in and lets it out

"Hoo, okay, so yeah uh, I think I covered everything… uh, how long till you guys need to be back for curfew?"

"About three hours, even if you went back now and they were free you wouldn't be able to get them back, but if its boiling rain… it may be here within the hour, you should head back home Luz, let Eda know about the rain" Emira advises before looking at Amity as Luz nods and heads on home quickly.

"If they ask, he's tutoring one of our classmates, once the rain hits he'll have an out for being late"

Amity nods in agreement as the two head inside.

-Half an Hour later-

The boiling rain was pelting the shield covering the house cast by the on staff shielder.

"So… you expect me to believe that Edric…. Is tutoring one of your classmates…. Alone?" Their father asks as he paces before the two with an arched eyebrow.

Emira and Amity nod once in reply.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe that?" The tall man demands as he turns fully to face them.

Amity felt those cold eyes bore into the top of her head as she kept her eyes focused on his shoes, if she looked up…. well lets just say she wasn't planning to.

Emira met their fathers eye "Yes, because it is the truth" she says, holding her father's eyes back onto hers so her sister didn't have to take the brunt like she usually did.

"Hmph, we will discuss this more when your brother returns, see what tale he spins, you are not permitted to speak to him when he gets home, go to your own rooms and stay there" the man speaks with authority and both girls turn to leave quickly.

Once up the stairs the two pause, if they spoke they knew their father would hear it, but they didn't need words to give each other a worried look.

Amity also passes Emira the small wrapped up package with a half smile to her, it might help her while they are stuck in the silence.

Emira seemed surprised but smiled back and they made their way to their rooms.

-1 hour before curfew-

The boiling rain had stopped for about half an hour, Amity knew their father was going to get impatient if Edric wasn't home soon, she honestly considered sneaking out as an alternative to dealing with him or even both their parents if he considered letting their mother help with this one.

Amity glances out the window, she knew if they were coming back, they wouldn't be spotted until they were ready to be spotted, but at least she could try to warn him without speaking

Surprisingly two people began walking from the forest line to the house, both with book bags, Edric and Indigo made their way towards the house nonchalantly.

Amity stares in surprise before beginning to wave to them in the hopes of getting Edric's attention, it didn't take long for the two to take notice.

"Relax, we know the story" came Indigo's soft whisper.

Amity sighs in relief, before wondering how the two came to know it.

Once the two were on the ground and at the door, Amity heard the knock and the opening of the door, their father seemed surprised by Indigo being there, Amity didn't hear the exact words used but the tone remained calm and civil the entire time.

Amity waits as the door closes and she sees Indigo walk away, they keep looking back at the door, most likely because they feel Edric being chewed out by their father.

Amity waits as she hears the two ascend the staircase together, a sharp knock at her door tells Amity it's time to come out.

Amity opens her door and exits her room, Emira had done the same it seemed.

"It seems your tall tail was true, for now, do not test me again" their father's sharp tone left no room for argument.

All three siblings nod and their father leaves down the stairs.

Amity pulls Edric into her room

"Alright so what happened?" She asks quickly, she wasn't mad at him by any means, but she was curious about what had transpired inside the cave for the last few hours, maybe they had discovered something.

Emira was quick to add "And don't you dare leave anything out"

Edric beams at the two, he didn't intend to leave even the tiniest detail out of this story.

-Luz-

Luz waits in the forest as Indigo takes Edric home to give him his alibi and hopefully keep him out of trouble, she really isn't sure how the two managed to pull this off but she wasn't complaining, explanations could come later, for now getting everyone home was the main objective.

Indigo steps back into view and Luz smiles

"Did he buy it?"

"Seems like it, although I could feel Edric getting anxious as I walked away, but he doesn't feel unsafe so it may have just been his father warning him or something" Indigo things to Luz as she gets on the staff behind the girl and they fly off back to the owl house.

"Soooo, did you guys find anything?" Luz asks, unable to help herself, feeling Indigo chuckle behind her.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to resist much longer" they think to her humorously

"I can't help it, it's like a mystery novel! There's so many layers!"

"Alright alright, I'll tell you everything when we get back"