Luz was looking through her closet, she had so many outfits that she doesn't know what to choose.
"Let's, see, should I wear a dress? A suit? The Otter Onesie?" Luz wondered.
She grabbed her scroll and called her cousin.
"Hey, Em, what are you wearing to Grom?"
"Luz, you really don't want to know." Emily said, "Let's just say, Tracey, Heather, and I are going to look good."
"Please don't tell me you three are going to wear what I think you're going to wear."
"Fine, I won't tell you, but you can probably guess." Emily said.
"You three are actually disgusting." Luz said.
Emily hung up and Luz groaned. She fell back on her bed and tossed her scroll in the air. As it was falling, she made it levitate in front of her face. She won't lie, she has about as much knowledge of fashion as a rock does. She hopes Amity is doing better. Next door, Amity was in a dress, looking in a mirror.
"D-d-does it look good?"
"It looks perfect." Camila said, "I wore it to my Grom."
"You wore this to Grom?"
"Yeah, it was when I had my first kiss with Eda." Camila leaned to Amity's ear and whispered, "Maybe you could get yours with Luz."
Amity blushed.
"You-"
"What? Know about your crush? Cariño, you aren't exactly subtle." Camila said, "Anything else you want to get done before Grom?"
Amity looked in the mirror and looked at her hair.
"Yes. Yes, there is."
Later, the gym was full with students. Amity was not one of them, instead, she was leaning against the wall outside of the gym.
"Hey, Blight, the party's this way." Boscha said, "Hey, is everything alright?"
"No, I'm really nervous."
"Hey, don't worry, I'm sure you can fight you fear."
"It's not that. I'm nervous about what will happen when a certain fear comes up... and the person who sees it."
Boscha put a hand on Amity's shoulder.
"Hey, after everything you've done, you should be fine." Amity looked away, "Amity, you took a beating for me, one that nearly killed you. You were on the brink of death and fought a terrorist commander. You got Fire Glyph's permanently burned onto your hands so that I wouldn't get it burned on my eye. You have done so much that you don't have anything to worry about."
Boscha noticed Luz coming and went into the gym.
"Hey Amity, I just wanted to say thanks." Luz said, "Honestly, I'm amazed at how brave you are. You've done so many brave things, not just for me, but for several people."
That caused Amity to smile.
"You going soft on me, Clawthorne?" Amity asked.
Luz laughed.
"In your dreams." Luz said, "But in all honesty, I like your hair."
"T-t-thanks, it's my natural hair color. I figured I should try and live my life like I want it, instead of what my parents wanted."
Luz went into the gym to hang out with her friends. She found Tracey, Emily, and Heather all wearing black pants, shoes, dress shirts, and snake skin vests. Heather's shirt was blood red, Tracey's was white, and Emily's was purple.
"You actually are wearing those?" Luz asked.
"Well, it's better than the boring suit you're wearing." Emily said.
"At least my suit isn't made from my friends shed skin."
"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is now time for our Grom Main Event. Please take your seats and please note, the first three rows, are designated splash zones." Gus said, "And please welcome, my co-host, Skara Melody."
Skara stood next to Gus with her own microphone.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome, our Grom Queen! She is the Abomination Track's Top Student, she is the only Human that can perform magic without assistance, she is... Amity Blight!"
Amity took a deep breath and walked down the steps. She didn't need a weapon, she's more skilled than she looks. She saw Grom rise from the floor and take shape. It took the shape of two people she's been waiting to beat for a long time.
"Amity, darling, it's been too long."
"Okay, Grom, you want to take the form of my parents?" Amity took her gloves off, "I've wanted these two to burn in Hell for a while. Never thought I'd get to be the one roasting them."
"Is that anyway to speak to your parents?" Grom's version of Alador said.
Amity put her hand up and tapped the glyph. She fried Alador and turned her attention to Odalia.
"Shame this isn't the real deal." Amity said.
She put her hand down, she was going to savor this. She ran at Grom and hit it with a spin kick. She hit Grom with three elbow strikes and then grabbed its head and hit it with a hard knee to the head. She's been keeping track of time since she touched Grom with her bare hands.
"Three, two, one."
She pointed her hands towards Grom and let her fire unleash. Grom may know that she's afraid of her parents, but her anger with them outweighs her fear. Grom started taking another form and this one actually made her scared.
"L-L-Luz?"
"Oh, look, the little Human thinks she can play with the big witches." Grom Luz said.
"L-L-Luz, why are you acting like this?"
"Oh, you think were actually friends, don't you?" Luz said, "You think I actually like you?"
Amity felt her heart break. She knew this wasn't Luz, but... it looked like her, it sounded like her. Grom walked up to her and whispered into her ear.
"You think I actually love you?"
That broke Amity. She ran out of the gym, with Grom on her tail. She was chased to a cliff where she realized she was trapped.
"Oh, that isn't good, is it, Little Human?" Grom asked.
Grom turned into a massive goo monster. Amity tried to walk backwards, but realized she was out of ground. Suddenly, Luz was in front of her.
"Hey! Leave her alone!"
Grom grabbed Luz and Luz's eyes started glowing.
"Luz! Your fear!"
Grom shrunk and was now up to Luz's chest. Luz's eyes stopped glowing and saw Grom change. Grom was a large creature with brown feather's, large claws, and wings.
"N-n-no! You aren't a part of me anymore!" Luz said.
Grom moved closer to Luz, growling at her. Luz fell on her back and started to crawl away from it. Amity ran to Luz and grabbed her hand.
"Luz, it's not real." Amity said.
"It is though! That's not just some Owlbeast, that's me!"
Amity looked at the Owlbeast and saw Luz's face and a grey streak in the feathers.
"Amity! I can't face my fear!"
"Luz, you are the single most fearless person I know. You can beat this, you can not only face your fear, you can beat it."
"Y-y-you really think I can?"
"I do... and I'll be here with you, every step of the way."
Amity held out a hand and Luz grabbed it. Amity helped Luz up and then they looked at Grom. Grom roared at them and they smiled. Amity pointed her hand at Grom and Luz pulled out a glyph.
"Have you ever seen a plant glyph?"
"Not up close."
Amity let her fire fly and then put an Abomination glyph on the ground. The two were carried on its head and Luz put the plant glyph on its head. They jump off as the Abomination moved towards Grom. Grom ate the Abomination and exploded into a tree as Amity and Luz landed. They looked at the massive tree and smiled. The Grom tiara's manifested on their heads and they smiled. Amity looked around and gave Luz a kiss on the cheek. Luz blushed and held her cheek.
"W-w-what was that?"
"Well, you fought your fear. I-I-I thought I should face mine."
"You... you shouldn't have done that." Luz said.
Amity's mood deflated a little.
"O-o-oh, I'm sorry. I should've kno-"
"You should've done this."
Luz pulled Amity into a large kiss. Amity was surprised, but melted into the kiss.
"And there you have it folks, let's hear it for our Grom Queen's Luz and Amity!" Skara said, appearing out of nowhere.
The two separate and look at Skara.
"Um, we were having a moment!" Amity said.
No one listened and they were picked up and carried back to the school. Later, they were having a slow dance and Amity smirked.
"Want to finish what we started?"
"I think that would be a great idea." Luz said.
The two kiss again. About twenty feet away, Erica and Emira were dancing with Jerbo and Viney. They shared a look as they saw Amity and Luz kiss.
"Well, I think the Lumity ship has sailed." Erica said.
Okay, so, my challenge is, you have a month to create a oneshot involving Heather, Tracey, and Emily, or you can only use one or two, you don't need to use all three. You can include other character's, but the focus must be on these three. Remember to give credit and in the description to say it's part of the Hardcor3 Challenge. You have complete creative control but it must be more than 800 words. Top three get a shout-out. Follow, Favorite, and Review for more.