The Binder
by
James S. Love
author's note: hey everyone I want to thank you all for your patience and your support. You make writing all the more rewarding. I will once again be updating this chapter every two weeks and every other week you will get my first Svtfoe which is admittedly based on a far better fanfiction by reptileedge. If you want to see my take on what if eclipsa as a vampire then check it out.
Chapter 4: I was a Teenage Abomination
Lukas Nocenda and his sister Luz followed their teacher toward a surprise. Luz skipped with glee thinking of what awaited her from The Owl Lady.
Lukas meanwhile still couldn't get the Owl Lady to be straight with him. She always eyed him whenever he was doing something. She never let him out of her sight for more then a few moments. Lukas couldn't help but think she hated him.
"Here we are!" she exclaimed opening her arms in a grand reveal.
Standing before the two teens and the witch was a giant slug… a giant dead slug.
"what is that thing?" Lukas asked resisting the urge to heave.
"it's a trash slug. Sometimes these things enter the human world and swallow the trash dumped into your oceans." Eda explained grabbing a pick ax from her bag. "and we are gonna cut it open for said trash… or as I call them treasures."
"Uh, so we're not learning magic?" Luz asked looking at the dead thing warily.
"Not today. Come on grab a shovel and let's dig in." Eda walked toward the creature and began to strike.
"actually me and Lukas are gonna head home. He doesn't do well with gross things. Right Lukas?"
"Uh right, Luz." Lukas replied walking away from Eda. He had to resist the urge for relieve one more time.
"okay, your loss." Eda yelled from the distance.
Luz and Lukas walked down the road. "so are we actually going back to the owl house." Lukas asked, finally feeling better.
"Got no where else to go." Luz said, disappointed.
"What's wrong sis?" Lukas asked sensing his sister's sadness.
"I just, don't know if I am going to actually learn how to do magic with Eda constantly having me do busy work."
"I know what you mean. At least she likes you… I think she'd be happier if I wasn't here."
"Why do you say that?"
"I mean… you have noticed how she is always watching me. She never let's me go out on my own without an escort. It's like she expects me to explode or something."
"That is weird… I wonder what her deal is?'
"I guess even here I can't get people to look past my scars."
"You can do it! I believe In you!" a voice yelled from the left of Lukas.
"Inspirational bush?" Luz asked looking quizzically at it.
Lukas began laughing because even he knew that it was probably just someone giving themselves a pep talk. He know's that he has had to do that to himself many a time.
Luz investigated the bush and fell down a step incline.
Lukas followed her down and sliding on the dirt. The two humans hid behind the bush and saw a rotund witch girl dressed in a uniform with green sleeves and wearing glasses pacing beside a cauldron.
"c'mon Willow. So what if you get a bad grade? It isn't a reflection on your worth as a witch." she said, her pace quickening. "you're parents told you there are a lot of oppurtunities on this track."
The witch was taken out of her train of thought by another cauldron slamming into hers spilling the abomination goo on the ground. On top of it was another witch this one Lukas recognized.
"Amity?" Lukas asked, confused to see her like this. He noticed that she looked down at Willow with a bored look.
"Amity? Isn't that the girl who totally rejected your love letter?" Luz asked.
"I told you I didn't write that. She's just my friend." Lukas said, glaring at Luz.
Luz meanwhile smirked and had a mischievous look on her face "of course she was bro. I understand and I'm here for that broken heart of yours."
Lukas facepalmed and listened in to what Amity was saying.
"Oh Willow, you are so insignificant that I didn't notice you there." she said. "how does your abomination look…" Amity noticed the goop on the ground and clicked her tongue. "oh you don't have anything to show do you?"
Willow looked like she was about to cry.
"This is why everyone calls you Half-A-witch Willow. But as the top student it is my job to tell you that even you can get a passing grade… if you work hard enough." she said with a cocky smirk on her face. "oh I think someone wants to say high to you?"
She then opened her tray and summoned her abomination. "you're… a… superstar." the abomination made a star on Willow's form head made of goop.
"Aw, it's like mine, but meaningless." Amity then used her magic to push the cauldron forward and on her way out "see you at class superstar."
while Amity was going Luz peeked out from the bushes and stuck out her tongue. "you dodged a bullet on that one bro. She is a real meanie." Luz said.
"Once again, I wasn't trying to date her. But, I am confused… yeah she can be rude but considering what our interaction was based on I thought it was because she was embarassed. I didn't expect her to be this big of a bully."
"Good luck superstar." Willow mocked and grunted after. She stomped her foot and her eyes turned a bright green. "oh, I hate Amity, I hate being bullied, I hate getting bad grades, I hate feeling weak!" a vine from under the ground snapped at Luz grasping her ankle.
Luz pulled by the vine zips into sight of the Willow.
"Luz!" Lukas runs out of the bushes and grabs at his sister.
Lukas notices the witch known as Willow turns her head at his voice. She sees what she had done and immediately stops.
"Oh no, I'm sorry." she helps entangle Luz from the vines. Her eyes catch Luz's ears and she gasps "your human!" She picked Luz up and looks her over. "how did you get here? What is with your clothes? Where are your gills?"
"oh hey, my name is Luz and this is my brother Lukas." Luz indicated to Lukas.
"Hello, I'm Willow." the witch said extending her hand.
Lukas takes it timidly and kisses her hand.
Willow blushes at that and pulls her hand free.
"so uh, I gotta go, I'm going to be late for school." she said, taking a step back.
"School? As in magic school? As in a place where you are taught the magic arts!?" Luz exclaimed jumping with glee.
"yeah." Willow said, nervous.
"you are really strong. Why did Amity call you weak?"
"because I'm supposed to do abomination magic but I was doing plant magic. I'm not actually supposed to." she said ashamed. "I just want to get one good grade for what I'm supposed to be good at."
"Wait, these abominations are a bunch of weirdly colored stuff. I'm weirdly colored stuff. Let me pretend to be your abomination and that way I can enter your magic school." Luz explained smiling.
"Luz, I don't know. Do you think that is a good idea?" Lukas asked, he was doing a nervous tick.
"oh come on Lukas this is my chance to learn to do magic." Luz asked. "I need this baby bro, okay?"
Lukas looked at the way they came and then back at Luz. "Okay, Luz I trust you." Lukas felt a voice in his ears good choice my boy. We'll be seeing you real soon.
Luz smattered the purple goop onto her body and hopped in the cauldron. Then Lukas and Willow walked toward the school. Lukas noticed it was a well built campus and an array of colorful students of different species entered the school.
Luz looked from the pot and was stupiefied by the glamor of the school.
"welcome to hexside school for witchcraft and demonics." Willow said, gesturing to the school.
Standing at the front of the school was a man dressed in nice robes and wearing the marks of a principal. The unique thing about him was the demon cape which covered half his head and seemed to be the body of a tiny demon.
"Hello Principal Bump." Willow said smiling.
"Hello ms. Park… who is this." the principal asked looking at Lukas.
"t-this is Lukas." Willow replied nervous.
"Uh huh, why are you here Lukas?" The principal eyed the boy up and down. Weighing his words for lies.
Lukas gulps and can't come up with an answer.
Just then a familiar voice calls out.
"Lukey, where are you?" it was the same sensual voice that was in Lukas's voice earlier. The voice belonged to a man in blue clothes that looked like they belonged on a fashion model. "Oh there you are. Don't scare me like that again. I know you are excited about going to school but you know your father can't keep up." the demon looked at Willow and leaned in whispering "he's kinda frail." he giggled along with Lukas.
Suddenly the demon's ears was pulled by an older gentleman in a black tux. "what did you say about me you prissy punk."
"Ow daddy, that hurts and not in the way I like." the demon replied still smiling at his own joke.
That comment caused the older man to pull harder.
"Uh excuse me but who are you two? And what's your relation to this boy."
still holding the demons ear the older gentle looked at the principal up and down. This time making the principal gulp in nervousness. "i'm leese knot and this idiot is my… husband deus. Lukas is our adopted son."
"the leese knot? Of the famous knot family?"
"the same… you don't want an autograph do you?" He asked, his voice biting and cold.
"Oh honey, just give him the autograph. At your age you should feel lucky anyone wants something from you."
Leese pulled again and exclaimed "I swear if I could I'd bury you in a shallow grave." he said.
"so what can I do for you two gentlemen." Bump asked.
Leese released deus ear and straightened up his suit "we are shopping around for schools for our son to attend. We expect only the best education for him. We have already been to glandus and let me tell you they are no picnic to deal with."
Bump chuckled at that. "well we'd be honored to have your son. If you choose us."
"we shall see." leese glared at bump. He then looked at Lukas "the boy will need a guide for the day. I trust that won't be an issue?"
Bump perked up "no of course, I'll send for our top student Amity blight. She will be a perfect tour guide for your son."
"See that it is done." Leese said, pulling deus by the color. "come along idiot."
"Bye lukey, be good. Make lots of friends! And if you find a girlfriend she has to be as hot as me to get past the door! Ow quit pulling."deus said in the distance.
"Willow you can go along to class. As for you mr. Knot I'll introduce you to Amity right now. It is almost time for homeroom." Bump lead Lukas to the homeroom where a cow type teacher was talking to the students. It was there that Lukas met Amity who was listening intently. Bump called her over and she came immediately.
"Yes principal?" she asked, standing at attention and looking at the old man with apt attention.
"this is Lukas, he is a visitor to our school. I would like you to show him around with you during class today. If you don't mind." He indicated toward Lukas.
Amity glared at Lukas when she noticed him. "of course Principal Bump."
"very well, I hope to you enjoy your stay and we hope to see you here next semester Lukas." Bump walked out of the room and Amity returned her glare at Lukas.
"who are you?"
"I-i'm Lukas. And just so you know… I did not write that love letter." Lukas explained, sweating nervously.
Amity eyed him up and down. "uh-huh, I was wanting to know who your family is."
"Oh we're no one special. Just your typical boiling isles family." Lukas took a step back as she stared at him.
"whatever. Let me show you your seat." Amity led Lukas to the table desk where she was sitting. Lukas sat down next to her and listened in.
After a while, Lukas looked at Amity. He couldn't help but think on her interaction with Willow and he decided he wanted to get some answers.
"So, I kinda noticed your interaction with Willow before class today."
Amity's eyes went wide and she looked around. "are you spying on me?"
Lukas reeled back in shock "no, no, I was just passing thru and I happened to see you kinda bully her. So what was up."
Amity turned from Lukas and pouted, "I don't have to tell you anything."
"Y-you're right, you don't. But I would like to know. I do see you as my friend." Lukas said placing his hand on her shoulder.
Amity sighs "fine, but don't tell anyone I told you this or you're dead." she threatened letting out a soft growl.
"I swear on my mami's life." Lukas held up his hand in a vow.
"okay." Amity took in some breath. "me and Willow use to be friends."
"What happened?"
"I stopped being her friends. Obviously."
"why?"
"I do want to tell you and I don't have to."
"that is correct but I would like to know why you pick on her."
Amity just stares at the chalkboard with a mile long gaze in her eyes. "if I don't then boscha and skara won't respect me… if that happens my social life is over and my parents will abandon me."
Lukas let her words sink in and he felt terrible. "yeah I know of people like that. I've had both friends and parents just like yours… I'm sorry you have to deal with that."
Amity was surprised that someone else could emulate. "same to you."
"Just so you know. I like you as a friend. I think you're really cool. But I don't want to associate with bully and I don't think you want to be this way. I know you're capable of being better then what your parents and friends have made you. Just food for thought." Lukas said and placed his hand on her shoulder. "i'm here if you need to talk Amity."
Amity looked at Lukas with a tear in her eye "thanks."
the bell rung Lukas and Amity went to the abomination classroom where he reconvened with Willow and Luz. The two were getting ready for their presentation.
The class was filled with different students who showed abominations of various sizes and shapes. The teacher judged each of them harshly.
"d-. I swear the biggest abominations are all of you. If the next abomination I review is a failure you all get extra homework for a month." the teached exclaimed.
Amity raised her hand and when the teacher called on her "excuse, I would like to show off my abomination."
The teacher smiled and clapped his hand. "yes dear Amity, I know you are quite eager but I always save the best for last. The next student will be…" he looked over the classroom and pointed at Willow. "you."
The students grumbled in frustration and complained about the idea of extra homework for a month.
Willow brought her cauldron to the front and summoned her abomination with a command.
In repsonse Luz punched the top off the cauldron and hopped out landing perfectly. "ta-da!" she exclaimed.
Willow gave Luz many different commands and impressed all of the students except for Amity. The young green haired witch had her arms crossed and scowled at the display.
The teacher on the other hand was clapping happily. "excellent word play. I believe we have a new top student." The teacher walked up to the shocked Amity and grabbed her badge.
"b-b-but." she said and glared at Willow as the teacher placed her badge on Willow's shoulder.
The school bell rang and Amity bolted from the door. Lukas followed her and tapped on her shoulder.
"Hey, are you okay?"
"No! I'm not okay!" she exclaimed stopping her foot. "half-a-witch Willow just took my badge. Now I'm going to be a laughing stock. I know she cheated. I saw her abomination was goop and you did too. You gotta come with me to tell Principal Bump."
"Amity, I can't." Lukas looked at her with pity.
"Why not! I thought you were my friend?"
"I am. But I don't want to get her in trouble. How's about I get her to give you back the badge."
"You have until lunch period's end to get me my badge." Amity stops off and Lukas immediately went to Willow.
"Look Willow I'm gonna need that badge."
"What? Why Lukas?" she asked confused her hand on it.
"because Luz is in danger if you don't give it up. Amity is gonna tell bump."
"I have to think about it." Willow walked off.
"No, you come back here!" Lukas exclaimed. "dang it Willow."
Lukas ran to catch up to her and sat with her at lunch. He tried to convince her to give back the badge but she wouldn't budge.
"Listen Willow, if you don't give back that badge. Amity is gonna tell bump and Luz will be in serious danger… don't you realize that." Lukas started his pitch once again.
"It doesn't matter. Amity doesn't know a thing about Luz. As long as you don't say anything she won't have any proof against me and her." Willow replied, her agitated voice cut into Lukas.
"why do you even want this badge… it's not like you need this acknowledgement."
"That's exactly it. I'm tired of being bullied especially by Amity. This badge proves I'm better then her and thus it is eating her up inside. Maybe now people will stop calling me half-a-witch."
"this isn't about bullying… it's about getting back at Amity because she stopped being friends with you… that is so petty… you are putting my sister in danger due to a spat you had with your former friend."
"A spat? A spat! She broke my heart and called me weak… well whose the weak one now. you can tell her that she will never get this badge back. Not as long as I am alive." Willow turned her back to him.
Lukas was about to start again but the bell rung and Lukas glared at Willow "I want you to know that you are acting just like all the bullies who made your life terrible. Food for thought." he rose from his seated position and ran to find Amity.
He found her walking toward the principal's office. "Amity wait! What are you doing?"
She turned from her position and looked at Lukas "what does it look like. I'm going to tell Principal Bump about Willow' weird abomination."
"you can't… please don't." Lukas was out breath from running toward Amity and he still had to follower her.
"why not? I heard what you and Willow were talking about. She said she would never give me back my badge because I dumped her as a friend."
"Amity, please… i-i'll get you your badge."
"after what Willow said. I want her to admit she cheated… can you do that?"
Lukas was about to answer but Amity raised her hand.
"don't answer I already know you are going to take her side. I don't know why you're trying to defend her but I am tired of you pretending to be my friend to get something from me."
"Amity, I'm not pretending to be your friend. There is a reason I'm trying to talk you out of this and it has nothing to do with Willow."
"than why are you defending her?"
"I-i can't tell you."
Amity's eyes slitted at Lukas "uh-huh, if you'll excuse me."
Lukas pushed his way past Amity and stood in front of her. "I won't let you do this… I'll f-fight you."
"oh so you're challenging me to a witches duel huh… then I accept. Here are the terms if you win I won't tell bump about Willow cheating… but if I win you have to tell him. Deal?" Amity stuck out her and Lukas took it.
"I'll inform bump of the witches duel… see you in training yard in one hour."
Lukas looked at her and gulped. He had tried to master the heightened form that let him fight but he found whenever he used it that it put as strain on his heart.
He also knew that it had only be two days since he last used it. The strain takes a week to fully heal and from what he knows of his own body if he uses the form again it may kill him. But without the form he has no hope of besting Amity.
"Lukas, you have gotten yourself in quite a royal pickle haven't you?"
Lukas walked out to the training yard and waited for Amity. He tried to think of every possible way that he could try and win this bout but he couldn't come up with any answers.
It was not long before Amity walked out followed by a hoard of students along with Principal Bump.
The principal walked in the center of the circle hushing the gathered students. "today we have a witches duel between Lukas and Amity Amity blight. Are you ready combatants?"
Amity nodded her head confidantly and Lukas did the same though he was shaking.
"abomination rise!" Amity commanded a six foot tall abomination rose from the dirt. The creature was made of purple ooze with black spots. It's soulless eyes stared into Lukas. "abomination attack!"
The creature barreled toward Lukas who could barely dodged out of the way of the first attack.
Amity's abomination followed Lukas no matter how far he ran. He tried to run to Amity. Lukas was big enough to where if he knocked out Amity he could win.
He dashed toward the witch but she saw this coming. She did the famous spell circle of the witches of the boiling isles and summoned another abomination as the other turned into a pool. The new creature punched Lukas knocking him clear across the circle.
Lukas was breathing heavy as the looming beast stood over him.
"do you surrender Lukas?"
Lukas looked up in the classroom where Willow looked down worried. He saw the cauldron with Luz's head sticking out.
"No!"
"Very well, abomination end it!" Amity commanded and the creature joined it's two hands and would slam them on Lukas's head.
But before it could strike. Time slowed down as Lukas began to see nothing but darkness. He looked around and he saw that inside each student was a heart with a strange sack attached. He noticed strings from the heart to their fingers of different colors. Lukas looked at Amity and saw her strings were a magenta purple and he noticed that he could feel her heart. He smiled as he opened his mouth as bit of the hearts energy went into his mouth.
After that Lukas did a spell circle and summoned abomination which clashed Amity's.
Lukas's abomination grabbed Amity's abomination by the arms and with loud crash slammed it to the ground. The creature stared daggers at Amity. Unlike hers this one had all the anger and emotions of Lukas.
It surged forward and growled at Amity.
The young witch was stupified by the intensity of the creature. In a split second she summoned a new abomination. The creature came up and blocked Lukas's abomination but it was crushed under one punch. The creature grabbed for Amity and she barely ducked out of the way.
"Lukas, call it off, I surrender!" Amity hated to admit it but she was terrified. This abomination was of a superior quality to hers.
Lukas dispelled the abomination by focusing on it and cutting the connection between his borrowed magic and itself.
"excellent work! Lukas is the winner!" Principal bump declared and the students were amazed.
Lukas looked at Amity as she walked up to him. "a deals a deal… I won't tell on Willow. I hope she appreciates what you did for her. Goodbye Lukas." Amity walked away from Lukas and didn't even look back.
Lukas thought for a second and knew what he had to do.
A couple hours passed and the school day was done. Lukas found Amity packing up her school bag. "Amity!" Lukas yelled.
The green haired witch jumped and looked at Lukas. "oh, what do you want. Come here to gloat?"
"No, I came here to give you this." Lukas handed the girl the top student badge in his hand.
"My badge! How did you get it back?"
Lukas had told Willow that she was being selfish and that she was putting someone who only wanted to help her in mortal danger. It took some convincing but when he told her that the duel was to stop Amity from telling she handed it over.
"I convinced Willow to part with it."
"I bet she is gonna be angrier at me tommorrow in abomination class."
"Not really, I convinced her to switch to the plant track."
"Really? Thank you Lukas. How did you get bump to agree to that."
"I kinda also told bump that I helped Willow create her abomination. I informed him that she was better at plant magic and he agreed"
"oh wow, well you didn't have to do that."
"I know, I wanted to… I mean what are friends for, right?"
"So you still wanted to be friends? Even after all I did today?"
"Amity you are a good person. I can tell… you just keep bad company… and that isn't your fault."
Amity hugged Lukas and whispered in his ear "I hope you consider hexside as your school of choice… it'd be nice to have a friendly rival to push me to new heights."
Lukas returned her embrace "i've already decided… I'll be in hexside next semester. I've informed Principal Bump."
Amity smiled and walked away "good bye Lukas… see you later."
Lukas watched Amity go and he realized that he was lightheaded and his heart was beating quicker… it felt like he had butterflies in his stomach. He didn't know why he was feeling like this but he didn't hate it… is this what it was like when you had a crush on someone… he hoped not… what would Amity want with a loser like him.
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