Spells and Louds
Chapter 424: Grom Night.
(Ever After High.)
Jordan, Leon, Sergei, Sunset, Leni, Luna and Duchess are now waiting at the bottom of the school and looking up to the tower of Gyro. "So, what the heck do you think they're bringing down?" asked Leni.
"Whatever it is, let's hope it can help with the fear fight training for Luz" replied Jordan, she then pets Dominic. "But something tells me that it could be magical or very bad."
They look up and see Lincoln and Linka on their Netherdrakes and Gyro and Neil pass them the large closet and they secure the chains and slowly lower it down to ground level. "What the heck?! What's with the closet?" asked Sunset.
Gyro and Neil fly down to the ground and land next to them, then Sergei and Leon bring in the wheeled platform and they place the closet on top of it. "So, what's with the closet man?" asked Leon.
"The closet is a containment for something that has been known and something I have been using for tests on anyone who wishes to join my class. Now, let's get this thing to the Boiling Isles" said Gyro. "Luz and Amity are probably waiting for us at the Owl House now."
They slowly wheel the closet to the great gate and Gyro activates the portal.
"This is it guys" said Linka. "Our first ever visit to the Boiling Isles. We did have them come and see our world last time, and now we're gonna see there's."
"You know, it's weird that we once said we wouldn't wanna come and visit that place, but now we're going there to see how well this shit goes down" said Leon. "This should be interesting."
Lincoln sighs. "Let's just hope we don't run into whatever troublesome weather they have there."
"No need to worry" replied Neil. "Gyro was able to keep track of the conditions for today, and there will be no Boiling Rains, Shale Hail, Plagues, Gorenadoes or even Painbows. We'll be safe, let's hope Luz is up for this task."
"Taking the place for Amity at the Grom night to fight the big shape shifting monster is quite noble of her to do, but is it necessary for me to come to the whole night as well, pops?" asked Luna.
"Not my idea, all his." Neil points out to Gyro. "It's your choice rockstar, not mine."
"Well, Principal Bump counts you as magic user as well since you have demonic powers and you are free to bring anyone else with you" said Gyro. "I guess this I what happens when you have demon powers and the Runeblade of the scourge."
Luna thinks about who she should bring with her, she knows Sam will be busy with some things for her to spend some time with her little brother Simon. So, she looks to Lincoln and smiles, she made her choice for her plus one.
"Alright, everyone. Next stop, the Boiling Isles!" said Gyro. They all pass through the Great Gate, all of them looking forward to their first ever visit to the home of the Owl Lady and the Human Witch.
(The Owl House, Boiling Isles.)
The Great Gate at the back of the Owl House opens and the heroes come out and look around. "Wow. This place doesn't seem so…." They all spot a giant Pigeon with squirrel back legs and spits spiders. "Never mind" said Sergei.
They look to Neil and Leni who are shocked and slightly trau8matized by this. "Be glad we're not in Amphibia, because it is far worse than this" replied Gyro. "Now come on, let's get this thing to the front of the house."
The push the closet and make their way to the front and see the front of the owl house. "Wow. This kinda looks like something from the stories of Baba Yaga" said Linka.
"Well, there was this incident when Luz, Gus and Willow did a conjuring to the house without Eda's permission and the results was that the whole house stood up and walked around on giant bird-like feet" replied Gyro.
Leon chuckles. "Like a Baba Yaga thing!"
"Good, you guys came." They spot Amity and Luz outside of the Owl House, but also with them are Amity's older siblings who are twins. Edric and Emira Blight.
"Good to see you again Amity, and Luz" said Sunset. "So, there two are your siblings?"
"We are, and we know Amity told you guys about us and we sorta know about you guys" said Emira.
"Amity trusts is with the secret since we're not into causing too much trouble to mittens" said Edric. Hearing that name makes Amity blush, it's her nickname.
"Well, this isn't awkward at all" said Neil. He then looks to Luz. "Where's Eda and how come your friends aren't here to be part of this?"
"Gus is busy with some words they need to come up with for tonight and Willow is helping out decorate the gym for the event and Eda is inside and she's trying to look good for the night" said Luz. "So, is this the thing?" She goes to the closet that then starts to shake.
"Yes, yes it is" replied Gyro. He then uses his magic to make it levitate slowly to the ground and then in front of them. "Now, before we do anything, did you head off to use the bathroom?"
"I did, and I hope I don't have to after this!" said Luz. "So, what the heck is in that closet?"
The others also wanted to know, but Neil backs off from this. "Well, in this thing is a creature that is known in another earth and a wizard world, known as the Boggart."
"Whoa! Whoa! A boggart?!" asked Jordan. "That monster is in there?! And you have one?!"
"Yes, I have one and I used it for the rite of passage and first test for my students in Defense against the Dark Arts, and they all passed and stood tall against the worst fear" replied Gyro.
"We're kinda lost here. So, what does the Boggart thing do?" asked Amity.
"Similar to the Grom Luz has to face, can change into your deepest darkest fear" replied Sunset.
"Whoa. But how do you defeat it?" asked Emira.
"Reciting the incantation known as Ridikulus, but I do know a glyph that you can use against it, but the glyph is very complicated and has to be forged from the inner thoughts within your' mind and also has to made with focus on how silly and humorous you want the Boggart to look like, otherwise it's gonna end bad" replied Gyro. "But, I will place a hex onto the Bogart so it will turn into a form of challenge instead of its normal status of striking fear and terror."
Luz takes a deep breath. "Okay, I'm ready for this."
Amity goes in front of Luz. "Listen to me, Grom will take the form of what you fear the most and use it to defeat you. So, what are you truly afraid of Luz?"
Luz then thinks about her fears. Edric and Emira both look to each other. "Wanna say our greatest fears?" asked Edric. Emira nods. "Okay, so on three. One… Two."
Edric: Being alone forever.
Emira: Being stuck with you forever.
Edric hears this and looks down in sadness, and yet Leon and Sergei are laughing. Leni makes some vines to slap them in the back of their heads. "That was mean guys."
Luz then recalls. "In preparation of this, I came up with a list!" She hands the list to Amity. She along with Emira and Edric and Gyro look to the list and snicker.
Gyro then goes over to the closet and he releases the Boggart. The creature comes out, as a cat with the face of a human? "Help me Luz, I don't wanna be like this. Please!"
Luz is freaked out by this, and then the Boggart changes into her phone with someone trying to contact her who is a jerk and then it turns into a large box of milk, turns out she's lactose intolerant.
The others are confused by this and have no clue what the hell are they looking at. "Okay, so the cat with the human face was freaky, but everything else is just kinda sad" replied Duchess.
"What the hell are we looking at?" asked Lincoln. "Is this even striking fear and testing her courage?"
Amity then stops this by shoving the Boggart away. "Enough! The only reason I can't be able to face Grom is because what I fear is far more than what grosses you out. What is your greatest fear Luz?"
Luz then looks to the Owl House and then tells them. "My real fear, is that Eda thinks I'm too fragile to do this and if she's right, then I'll never be a real witch."
"Wow! Now that does sound like a fear, complete and total failure to the mentor" said Neil. They all agreed to this, but Luna's demonic powers sense something else is her true fear.
The Boggart then takes the form of a giant Edalyn Clawthorne and calling Luz inadequate and making her wear a bib that says "Weak Baby", place her onto a baby chair and then putting Luz into a crib with safety gear. Gyro is confused by this. "This feels like a lesser form of fear and just some point of trying to be less embarrassed and overwhelmed and also this is like a Clyde thing for some reason."
"I can take Luna being overprotective and acting all motherly, but this is just weird and also not right" replied Lincoln. "Is this your actual fear?"
Luz spits out the pacifier. "Yes!" Then Eda comes out in the clothes she's gonna wear to Grom and is impressed by her giant self.
She then talks to Luz about her facing Grom, in which shows that Luz is standing up to Eda and showing her that she can face Grom, with or without help from Eda or from anyone.
The giant Eda (Boggart) goes to Luz, seeing how this is annoying her. Luz then yells out Ridikulus and a humorous glyph appears in front of the Boggart and it turns into a child version of Eda, wearing a clown attire and having the voice of King.
Everyone laughs seeing this. "Holy shit! That is funny!" chuckled Gyro, he then collapses to the ground and laughs. "Someone record this now!"
"On it!" yelled Leon, Sergei, Leni, Luna, Sunset, Duchess, Linka and Jordan with their phones.
Eda feels annoyed by this. "You gotta be kidding me. What the heck is this?!"
"She did it!" said Neil. "She spoke the spell and turned the Boggart into a lesser and more humorous form! She defeated a fear and turned it into something laughable!" Neil then laughs.
"That is not funny!" said Eda.
Gyro then gets up. "You're right. It's Hilarious!" They all laugh, Eda sighs and just goes back inside, but first she pushes the Boggart to the ground making it cry like King's ridiculous squeal which makes everyone laugh even more. Then Eda goes back inside.
Amity then stops laughing and she goes to Luz. "Luz, I don't really know if you're ready, but we're literally out of time."
"I'll take it" said Luz with a determined look.
Gyro then grabs the Boggart and he tosses it into the closet. "Oh wow! You didn't just face your fear, but I think some part of me wants you to be in my class of Defense against the Dark arts." He chuckles as he says this, but everyone else doesn't laugh and are confused.
"Dude, are you for reals right now?" asked Luna with her arms crossed.
"I don't go to school at Ever After High, I'm from Hexside" replied Luz with concern and confusion.
Gyro then calms down. "Who knows, perhaps I can speak with Principal Bump tonight and see what time you have with no class within your schedule and perhaps have Neil squeeze you into Ever After High." He then snickers and he locks some arcane chains around the closet.
Neil is shocked. "Are you for reals man? Just because she defeated the Boggart…" Neil then thinks. "Oh right, defeating the Boggart is the rite of passage and the first test in your class. How did I forget that?!"
Amity is shocked hearing this, and so are Emira and Edric. But they also feel interested in this class Gyro calls, Defense against the Dark Arts.
Gyro then sees Hooty on the door with bandages and an eye patch. "What the heck happened to Hooty? Why does he look like he got out from a bar fight?"
Amity looks away. She was the one who beat up that stupid bird tube attached to the Owl House, Hooty is so annoying!
(Skip, Hexside School for Witchcraft and Demonics.)
The whole school is active and feeling good vibes and excitement for the night they have all been waiting for, Grom Night has come and there are lots of guests and not just the normal witch students and staff.
Let's see who else is in the Grom Night: Gyro, Neil, Dean Giles, Evil Queen, Eclipsa, Alastor, Hollow, Luna, Lincoln, Doctor Strange, Alastor, Charmcaster, Pyrrha, Lincoln, Luna and High Lord Alarak? What the heck?
They all dress fancy for the night, and yet Alarak and Hollow are still in their leadership attire and are hoping this will be far more entertaining than the crowning of Twilight Sparkle from Equestria.
What's odd is that Sergei was invited and yet he's not there anymore, he said he'll be back, he needs to get someone he knew when he visited Azeroth's Warlord's of Draenor during Chromie's time walking. Whatever he has planned, it can't be good.
The odd thing in the Grom night, is their disco ball, which is the Snaggleback demon holding onto the rope upside down and his shell shining with bedazzling gems, also he's spinning. "So….. Dizzy."
Gyro goes around and looks around the place, he can see so many of the students dancing, taking pics, and enjoying the food and of course, interacting with their allies. Edric and Emira are already discussing something with Charmcaster.
Gyro waves to Neil and Eclipsa and he also sees Principal Bump is talking to him about what Gyro told him about his class known as Defense against the Dark Arts, and Alastor also listens in and speaks with them. Then Gyro sees Hollow and Alarak less pleased with everything in this night, they only came here for the fight between Luz Noceda and Grometheus.
He does see the living band instruments playing the song, Willow using her plant magic to add some fashionable flowers to their outfits and Giles looking to the flower archway that has eyes blinking at him.
Then he sees someone who seems less happy to be there, Edalyn Clawthorne. Eda is talking to King about her concerns about Luz being the replacement Grom night Queen and to go face-to-face with the creature known as Grometheus. Gyro knows he cannot intervene and offer comfort for her.
'This night is gonna be one to remember, and I hope Luz can be able to face this creature, or the Boiling Isles will forever be living their lives in pure fear and eternal nightmare. Huh, sounds like the eternal void of Amon already.'
Then the doors are busted open and coming in is Sergei and Grommash Hellscream?! What the fuck?!
Both of them wearing Orcish war paint and roaring the words. "Grom! Grom! Grom! Grom! Grom!"
"Hey!" they look to Gyro and all the confused students and guests. "What the hell are you two doing and why is Warlord Grom Hellscream doing here? Shouldn't he be in his own timeline on Draenor?"
"I called him onto the event and as my plus one!" yelled Sergei. "And I think we should let him see this battle!"
Grom goes to Gyro. "I know that this night is not about me, but I am honored to see the battle between a human and a monster of fear, this is a battle of fear, courage and true glory! Only one will win, even if the beast bares my name as well! Should the human fail, then I Grommash Hellscream will face Grometheus in blood and combat! Lok'tar Ogar!"
Gyro sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose. "God damn this day just turned from bad to worse and then from okay to shit storm real fast."
Grom and Sergei then head off to where the food is, Principal Bump goes to Gyro. "Don't push yourself too hard Guardian, this will be quite interesting."
Then Alastor walks into this. "And very entertaining!" They both chuckle and so does Hollow and Alarak, Neil, Evil Queen, Eclipsa and Charmcaster. Yup, this just got interesting for all of them.
Then they hear Gus making the grand announcement for the big night to begin. They all cheer for his sense of words and humor that's really looking forward to the big fight tonight.
Lincoln and Luna nudge they're dad and they see Amity talking to Luz and see how cute they look when talking and the way they look. Then Gus makes the announcement.
"And now to announce the new Grom Queen. You know her, you love her. You at least know her. Luz the human!" The spotlight goes to Luz and they all cheer for her, Luz then gets to position and Amity wishes her good luck with such worry.
The living pedestal goes to Gus and he hits the button on it, the floor of the gym starts to open and two lovers who were about to kiss stop and rip their clothes off to reveal they're wearing jerseys with the name "Grom!"
Sergei and Grommash are motivated by this and also cry out. "Grom! Grom! Grom! Grom! Grom!"
The floor then reveals an underground arena, and Luz grabs her weapon of choice from the weapon rack and she places a paper with a glyph on it to make it empowered.
Luz steps into the underground arena and she faces the greyish glob creature, Grometheus and he starts to morph into the things she fears, everyone cheers from this. Though the guests are confused.
"What the hell is this shit?" asked Hollow.
"Why is she afraid of a feline creature with the face of a Terran?" asked Alarak.
"This isn't scary, this stuff seems weird and also awkward to look at" replied Charmcaster.
Alastor frowns from this. "So, this is entertainment? I am not entertained, I've seen better from strippers and my dead enemies."
"Perhaps her worst fear has not yet fully manifested" replied Grommash.
"What the fuck did I pat twenty-five bucks for?" asked Sergei.
"You didn't pay for anything you retard" yelled Gyro who's on stage. Everyone just cheers and claps for this, and then Gus let's King say some things, but he fails miserably and gets booed at because he sucks!
Luz then destroys the giant phone with the jerk on it and Principal Bump takes the microphone. "Luz has lasted sparingly long, but what form will Grom take next?"
With determination Luz feels she can face what's next and the creature takes the shape of Eda and everyone looks to her. Hollow points and laughs. "Ha! You're her fear! What a joke, and also sad." Eda hides in embarrassment from this.
Then the fear creature puts its tentacle onto her forehead and they all see this, Alarak can sense something is wrong. "It appears her worst fear is about to be fully seen, let's see how she fairs against it."
Grometheus then turns into the door where Luz came from and then it reveals her mother asking her what is going on and asking if she has been lying about not going to summer camp.
Now this made so much sense for everyone. "Oh! So her worst fear was her mom finding out and getting worried about her lying about going to camp when she was actually training to be a witch" replied Lincoln. "This makes total sense now."
"Then why didn't the Boggart turn into that one earlier?!" yelled Gyro. They then see Luz backing away, she was now afraid and she then … runs for it, with Grometheus in hot pursuit, and they pass by Gus and King who were talking in the hallways.
Everyone is now worried that the creature has escaped from his prison, then King uses his words to keep them motivated and calm and not panic. This works and they all go after Luz and Grom. Eda, Amity and the others know they have to help her, this is a fight she can't face, alone.
(Moments later.)
Luz makes her way through the woods and she is near a cliff with the monster prowling towards her. The creature is about to finish her off, but gets blasted by Eda, Charmcaster, Pyrrha, Eclipsa and Evil Queen.
Gyro arrives and so do the others, with their powers and weapons ready. Sergei and Grommash do a war cry with their weapons ready and they're blood pumped for battle.
"Hands off my human you misshaped excuse for a monster!" yelled Eda.
"Eda, you were right! I'm not ready" said Luz as the creature goes close to her.
Eda looks to her with concern. "That's okay, I got this one." She and the others are about to get ready to fight the beast, but then Amity Blight comes out from the trees and confronts Grometheus.
"What the heck is she doing?" asked Giles.
Alastor smirks. "Fighting the fight she was given and not running away. How noble and brave of her."
"Let's see what she fears the most" said Evil queen.
They then see the creature take the form of Amity's worst fear, which was a humanoid of her size, taking the note from her pocket and then ripping it in two, and dropping it to the ground. This makes Amity upset and the creature backs off to change its form, well try to change its form.
It was then Luz took the ripped part of the paper and sees it, she then says that Amity's worst fear was being rejected by the one she wishes to ask to Grom night. But she reassures her friend that she'll go with her. This makes Amity happy and then they look to the monster readying to attack.
The others wish to help, but Gyro stops them. "No. This is they're fight, let us see how graceful and strong they are, together." then the students and Principal Bump arrive and see this.
Luz and Amity pull themselves close to each other and perform a dance, with the magic from Amity she makes an abomination, with the paper glyph marks of Luz onto the abominations forehead they then leap off and the abomination goes into the fear beast's mouth, the glyph triggers and plants grow out of the monster.
Luz lands down and she catches Amity and she pins her around and they do a finishing pose as the monster detonates into a beautiful and really big cherry blossom tree.
Everyone is shocked, and then they cheer for them and they're amazing performance. Then some cherry blossoms land onto the heads of Luz and Amity and form crowns.
"So, who did you wanna ask out?" asked Luz.
Amity blushes. "That's not important." she tosses the other half of the paper and it lands onto the other ripped half.
Everyone cheers for them and what they did, even the guests were amazed and impressed, even Alarak and Hollow were amazed and respected they're way of fighting this monster. Sergei and Grommash do another war cry from this.
Eda claps and is proud and pleased at what Luz did, even though she got help from Amity.
Gyro stands next to Principal Bump. "Perhaps next year's Grom night, you should have a Grom night king and queen. Two heads are better than one of course."
Principal Bump thinks about this. "You know what, that's not a bad idea. In fact I shall discuss about this for tomorrow, as for now we should celebrate and I would like to continue the talk about having Luz, go to Ever After High and learning Defense against the Dark Arts and as well as our top student."
While everyone else celebrates and talks about this, Lincoln and Luna pick up the broken half's of the note, the note that Amity wanted to give to the one she likes, and what does the note say?
"Luz, will you go to Grom with me – Amity."
Lincoln and Luna smile and watch as Amity and Luz enjoy this victory and the party ahead. They decide to keep this a secret, the secret of Amity Blight and her crush on Luz Noceda, the human Apprentice of the Owl Lady.=
To be continued …..
A/N: This was all for the Owl House Episode "Enchanting Grom Night." I so loved that episode so, so much! Luminity rules it baby! Leave a review and tell me what you all think.
Date made: 8/20/20.