"Eda no! Your magic!" The girl screamed with all she had; it was the only thing she could do inside the blue orb in which she was locked. Outside the fortress known as The Emperor's Castle there was a battle, a battle between two sisters divided by fate. Eda Clawthorne, the Owl Lady, and Lilith Clawthorne, head of the Emperor's Coven.
As the magic attacks flew from one side to the other, Luz felt so guilty, if it wasn't for her that try to sneak inside the castle to steal that stupid Healing Hat none of this would have happened, they would be at home talking about their day and pretending that the older witch didn't know what physical affection was while eating some of that gross Boiling Isles food.
The girl spotted one of those giant spikes that reach the bridge in which the battle was taking place, quickly she began to throw herself with the orb against it trying to break away from her prison, but then she heard it. "Then why where you so easy to curse?!" The older of the Clawthorne sisters screamed with every intention of hurting her sister, then realizing what she had done and quickly regretting it when Eda renewed her attacks driven by extreme fury.
"She cursed her sister…" Luz murmured "She cursed her own sister…" she clenched her fists, so much that her nails began to dig into her palms. Now driven by also anger, she throwed the orb against the spike with all she had, so much that she didn't noticed that her earring, those who her mother gave her since she was a baby, fall of in the commotion.
The sisters clash was stopped when another burst of magic come out from the castle entrance, and before either of them could do or say anything a flash of purple light travel all the way to Lilith, knocking her down at the mercy of her sister's apprentice. Luz eyes were completely shrouded in violet light, the same with her fist while she was trying to connect a hit on the face of the older witch who was dodging totally in disbelief at what she was seeing.
Eda couldn't believe what her eyes had in front of her. Luz, that little sunshine that come to her life, was there consumed by anger trying to hit her sister, but that wasn't the unbelievable part, or the fact that she seemed to have magic without using her glyphs, no, the unbelievable thing was that Luz's ears were pointed like those of witches. Then, a distant memory came back to her mind "It can't be…".
"You hurt Eda!" she throwed a punch but miss "You cursed Eda!" another one, this time it was closer to her objective "You did that your own sister! You are the monster here!" Luz was screaming at the top of her lungs, magic flowing through her veins at the full power her body could handle. But before she could continuo, her mentor took her in her arms to carry her away from that place back to the safety of home, leaving Lilith on the ground totally on shock for those words.
"Déjame volver! Ella tiene que pagar por lo que hizo!" Luz kept screaming in Eda's arms as they sped towards the Owl House, but the older woman didn't let go. They flew directly to the giant crystal eye that was Eda's window shattering it into pieces and landing into the giant nest. "Leave me go back!" Luz screamed again.
"Luz," Eda said trying to calm her down, but her apprentice didn't hear her, she was still consumed by the anger and adrenaline "Luz!" this time in a strict way just like her mother used to talk to her when she got into trouble at Hexside, "Luz calm down!" but she still didn´t reach her, so she took the alternative, embracing the girl between her arms with all her strength as she tried to free herself. "Its ok, its ok, I'm safe now, we are safe now".
After some minutes staying like that, Luz finally stop the fight, little by little relaxing in the arms of her teacher, she finally stop seeing only red and that heavy breathing slowly turn into sobs as the anger become sorrow.
King came inside the room after being woken up by all the fuss, at first with all the intention of claiming that his royal nap was ruined, but quickly fell silent when seeing the situation and ran to join that hug for his favorite human. "Luz… Your ears!" He said after looking up and noticing that the girl had pointy ears.
Luz didn't understand what was he talking about, she slowly raised her hand to touch his ear, and as she did so she could feel her heart stop for a second. Eda tried to stop her, but at this point it was pointless. The girl got up and ran to the nearest mirror, screaming in horror to see that not only her ears had changed but also other facial features such as her eyes and fangs were different. "Eda! What happen to me?! What is thi-
She couldn't finish the sentence; all the strength left her body and her vision clouded just before her body collapsed to the ground.
"We need to take her to a healer immediately!" Willow insisted, she and Gus returned to the Owl House after hearing that the Owl Lady and her apprentice escaped again, but the moment they arrived they found an unconscious and sick Luz and an agitated and semi-transformed Eda working on different spells with all the magic he had left just to stabilize her apprentice.
After she use all what she had left of elixir to stabilize herself she explained the situation "Luz released all her magic in an instant, her vile sack couldn't handle such pressure and her entire nervous system collapsed." She said with her hands over her face in shame, she was responsible of Luz, she had to take care of her, she was… she is her mentor.
"But… But Luz doesn't have a vile sack… Luz is…" Gus didn't know what to say, they had it in front of them, Luz had pointy ears, fangs and if they hear close they could hear her heart and vile sack barely beating. Luz was a witch in every way.
After Willow suggestion, Eda shock her head "She is not safe here, at least not with the healing coven. There is only one healer that can help her, and I need to find her".
"But why? Who could be the only person who can help Luz and where it is?"
Eda took the key to the portal to the human world that hung from her neck and pressing the big yellow eye on it opened the portal. "In the human world, I need to find Luz mother".
It was raining in the human world, a heavy rain that made difficult to watch one step forward and with wind strong enough to make the big green trees tremble. "Are you sure about this? We can wait another day, or I can go with you, we could hide together in the house until the storm passes." The witch with grayish orange hair said taking her companion had as both stood in front of the portal.
"I can't do this to you Eda" the other woman responded, adjusting her hood to cover her and the little girl in her arms well "With your curse you won't survive long in the human world, here your vile sack will remain strong enough for the elixir to heal you". She took her companion hand and gave her a soft kiss "I'm sorry Eda, but I need to do this alone with my daughter".
She closed her eyes and lowered her head defeated; she knew that once her beloved decided to do something she could not make her change her mind. She could not do it, when she decided to stay by her side after she was cursed, or when she decided that they should meet secretly when her parents gave her hand to the son of the head of the healing coven, or now that she decided to flee to the human world for her daughter's safety. She would never give in, and that was what she loved the most about her. "Well, I tried it!" She raised her head again but with her eyes still close "Remember my little getaway to that place called Las Vegas some years ago? Well there I got money and a car from some guy, I have them on the house backyard, its all yours, use it to get as far as you can, get a good house in which this bean can grow strong and beautiful like her mother," she slowly ran her finger down the cheek of the baby who was sleeping peacefully in her mother's arms, "And most importantly, get yourself a safe place Cam".
The other woman approached for a moment, standing on tiptoe, reached for her lover's lips and gave her a last kiss "I love you, Eda" she said fighting back the tears, and without saying anymore she go through the portal, closing the door behind her.
After some minutes, Eda finally gave up and let her tears run down her checks as she folded the portal back into its briefcase shape. "I love you too, Camille".
A lighting brought her back from her memories, like that day, it was raining in the human world. She left Luz with her friends inside the Owl House and instructed Hooty to not let anyone else go inside until she returned and if it was necessary to defend the house from intruders. She and King go to the human world even with the protests of the little demon even though Eda told him that the rain would not hurt them, she needed him to find Luz trail back to her home, it has been more than a month since she used that path, but it was their best option as she did not have access to a tracking spell. Luck was on their side, because with even the rain over their heads King found the trail and seemed to be closer than she expected "Dammit Cam, I told you to go as far as possible." She thought, while at the same time grateful that she wouldn't have to fight the curse for too long.
Camila was sitting in the living room calmly watching the TV, even with the storm outside, she was grateful that she could stay calm inside the house. "I hope Luz is o- The loud knocks on her front door interrupted his thinking, she quickly got up and walked over to answer, "Who is it?" there was no verbal response, but if another knock on his door a little louder. With caution, the woman approached to see through the doorknob, in her portico there was a tall and slim figure totally soaked by the rain, "Do you need some help? It is late and with this storm its not safe to be outside, if you need I can call someone to take you to a safer place or to the hospital," silence again. Camila was a very cautious woman, enough to know that even with her conviction as a nurse she should not simply open her door to a stranger at such hours of the night, or at least not without being prepared. To be safe, she took the bat that she always kept in the closet by the door.
"I see that you haven't changed at all after all these years. You are still willing to help anyone even if you don't know them." Camila dropped the bat almost instantly, that voice, she knew that voice very well. Hurrying to open the door, she was greeted with the vision of a woman who she had long accepted would never see again. Her eyes widened in disbelief as tears welled up as she tried to search for the words that stuck in her throat, "E…Eda?".
"Cam… I nee- Eda cough to correct herself "We need you to go back home, she needs you back home," before Camila could ask what she was meaning, the taller woman continue "Its Luz, Luz is in the Boiling Isles and she is sick." And Camila felt her heart broke into pieces again.
