Author's Note: This might be my first story on the site, but I've written dozens of fanfiction before. It's not a common hobby of mine, but it's rare for me to do it unless it's for a show I really like. This story may contain some upsetting scenarios, but nothing beyond the show's demographic.
I own nothing from The Owl House. All rights belong to Dana Terrace and Disney.
"Ugh! Where did I put the nails?!" Boscha asked angrily, holding a hammer in her hand looking around a small shack that looks to have recently been made.
"Did you check underneath the table set?" asked Skara, who was standing a few feet away from Boscha.
"Duh, of course I checked there!" said Boscha. "I've looked around each corner and I can't see them!"
"Maybe you're not looking properly." said Skara. She proceeded to bend down, putting her knees on the floor and lift up each plank of wood that was left to be constructed for the shack. After a bit, she pulled out a container of nails. "Oh well look what I have here."
The cyclops quietly grumbled to herself. She hated it whenver one of her posse would one-up her with or without the intention of doing so. "Fine," she mumbled. "You win this round Skara." She snatched it from her and started to nail the sign above the door.
For the last few hours, the two girls were building their second rendition of the Treasure Shack, in the same spot that the last one had been destroyed. Since that day, Boscha had grown a strong hatred towards the perpertrator: Luz Noceda. Although King was in her body at that point, it was too late for the human girl to correct her mistake. Not that she would want to anyway, given that Luz also developed a disdain towards Boscha after some of her 'bad' actions towards her own friends. Being Boscha, she never saw it as a big deal. She only saw Luz's actions as a form of weakness and pitty.
"I wish we didn't have to build this shack again." said Boscha. "If it wasn't for round ears, we wouldn't have to."
"To be fair Boscha, you DID start that challenge with her in the first place." said Skara.
"Yeah? Well it's her fault for accepting it. She could've just walked away, but noooo. She just had to try and one-up me to make me look stupid."
"I doubt that was her intention. I mean, she did look a bit different that day."
"It doesn't matter what she was like that day. She still caused this mess in the first place." Boscha said, as she just finished nailing her side of the sign. "By the way, where the heck are Cat and Amelia?! They said they were going to help us make our new Treasure Shack!"
"Cat wanted to do her homework before tomorrow, and Amelia's gone to-!" Skara had to cut herself off before she could've just potentially walked herself into a grave.
Boscha however, was quick to catch on. "Gone to what?!" she exclaimed.
"She's uhh... gone to the... library?" Skara mumbled, trying to keep herself together.
"Liar!" Boscha stormed up to Skara. "Tell me what's going on, Skara!"
"Amelia went to go practice plant magic with Willow!" Skara blurted, before she quickly covered her mouth.
Willow...
That word was enough to fire the three-eyed girl up. Ever since the Grudgby season started, Boscha grew a massive hatred against Willow, probably even more than Luz. The plant girl was gaining a lot of attention at school, and it only got bigger after the Grudgby game. People were starting to like Willow, and that just felt like a massive crime from Boscha's point of view. And with Amelia beginning to hang out with her, was it possible her other friends might too?
Boscha directed her eyes towards Skara, almost feeling like conjuring a fire spell. "Amelia's gone to hang out with that Half-A-Witch?! Without me even knowing about it?!"
"Calm down Bosch," Skara said, putting her hand on the girl's shoulder. "She just wanted to try and improve her plant magic, and thought Willow could help her out."
"And why didn't she tell me about this?!"
"Well, no offence Boscha, but she was afraid of how you'd react. And I can see why."
"Oh she better be afraid! She can't just go off and hang out with the weak links without my permission!" Boscha walked towards the cliff towering above the Boiling Isles. "Well guess what Amelia?! Your social life is ruined!"
Skara walked up to her, trying to pull her away from the cliff. "Y'know Bosch, if you're so concerned about your friends hanging out with people you hate, why don't you just try to make amends with Willow?
Boscha almost threw up at the idea, followed by a small chuckle. "Are you kidding me?" She turned around to Skara. "Do you think I have the decency to try and be friends with her? Fat chance, Skara!"
"Why do you even hate Willow so much? She seems like a cool girl." Before she could continue, Boscha brought her finger towards Skara's neck, looking like she was about to burn it. "I-I mean, she SEEMS like a cool girl. I'm sure she's just a big dork in the long run!"
"That's better."
Boscha had enough of the events at hand. She walked back to the still unfinished Treasure Shack and just sat on a beanbag, pulling her scroll out and scrolling through Penstagram. When she went to Amelia's profile, she could see a new post.
"Look what I was able to make today! Thanks to my new awesome friend, WillowPark320!" The caption read.
Soft block. It was only temporary for now, but Boscha didn't want to see another word out of Amelia until she decides to confront her. Afterwards, she just pouted on her beanbag. Skara came up to her and sat on the floor next to her.
"Do you wanna tell me what's bothering you about this?" she asked.
Boscha stared at her lap for a few seconds, before muttering, "No."
"Are you sad?"
"Yuck! No! Why would I want to feel sad? That just makes me look weak. A girl of my league can't show weakness. That's why you need to have people that fear you."
"You're not gonna throw Amelia out because of this, are you?"
The three-eyed girl let out a groan. "No, Skara! I'm not gonna throw her out of the group! But I will if she decides to ditch me! The next thing I need is another Amity situation."
"What about Amity?" Skara asked, slightly thrown off by her name being mentioned.
"Oh you know Skara. How she ditched us for Willow and that... human, even though she was fine a few days before!" The anger levels in Boscha's system started fuming again. "A top grade student, just ditching her friends like a bunch of leftovers!"
"Or are you just mad because the rich girl's no longer in our group?
Boscha slapped her face after hearing that question. "You're really gonna throw that in?"
"Well it's not exactly a secret that we went to a lot of rich places with Amity's family. Titan knows you loved that kind of royalty."
"It's not just that. There's something I don't understand."
"What?"
Before she continued, Boscha stood up from her beanbag. "Amity was fine around us for years. She clearly liked hanging out with us. And then Grom comes around and, she suddenly changes..."
"Changes?""
"She got soft."
"Because she started hanging out with Luz and Willow?"
"Yes, Skara!" Boscha groaned. "She started hanging out with them, and it was only after Grom!"
Just then, Boscha was beginning to put the pieces together. Everybody knew that Grom wasn't just an event to face your deepest fears, but to spend time with that special someone if you had one. Not everyone had a partner, but if there was one thing Boscha knew about Amity before Grom, she barely had an interest in anybody. She was usually singular, often taking up her own space and taking pride in her top position at Hexside.
And then, once Luz showed up, that's when people began to notice a change in Amity's demeanour. No longer was she turning people down or spitting in Willow's face, but she began to open herself up to others. Luz was her first true friend in years, and that led to her making amends with Willow, someone she seemed to have hated for years. Then, Amity just turned her back on Boscha, after she agreed to help Luz and Willow defeat her in Grudgby.
The realization may or may have not hit her, but Boscha may have suspected what was going on. This caused her to giggle to herself, then followed by hysterical laughter. Skara had no idea what was going on, but she started to fake laugh anyway as to not make Boscha look so awkward.
"W-what's so funny?" Skara asked between her fake laughter.
Boscha took a moment to calm down, gathering her senses before talking to Skara. "I-I think I know what's going on with Amity."
"What?"
Boscha grinned widely at Skara, her eyelids scowling as well. "I think Amity has feelings for that human."
"Feelings?" Like, romantic feelings?"
"Do you remember when Amity had a crush on that new student that showed up a couple years ago? The black haired girl, who joined the Abomination Track?"
"The one who later got expelled for pulling pranks on the teacher?"
"Yeah."
"Ohh yeah!" Skara nodded. "I remember her."
"Well I bet you that's what Amity feels about round ears."
Skara giggled a little, but in a good way. "That's cute." Though she later took that comment back when Boscha glared at her. "I mean, it's cutely disgusting?"
"Yeah, that's what I think's going on here. She's probably fallen head over heels for her!"
"Does nobody else know about it?"
Before she continued anymore, the three eyed girl turned back towards the town. "I don't think so, and I don't even know if I'm right about this."
"A first." Skara quietly whispered to herself. Thankfully Boscha didn't hear her that time.
"...But I'm gonna find out for myself." Boscha said to herself, smirking at the same time. Perhaps she had found a way to get even with Amity.
"I did say she's destroyed her social life... so I'm gonna make sure that happens."
Sorry for the chapter being so short. I'm still trying to get back into the swing of writing novel based storylines.
See y'all in Chapter 2!