AN: Hey so I'm mixing things up and doing a drabble series for October.

A couple of key things to note: Lumity may or may not be a thing in here. Will figure out later. Romance isn't the theme so if it is in here it will be background.

For my Sailor Moon readers. That is a slow moving train at the moment. I have betas. Its just taking a while to get past the chapter 4 hump. I'm not entirely sure when I'll be at a point to posting it yet. The reason I'm posting this is I'm relying entirely on Grammarly. So yeah its not been beta read.

Anyways enjoy the chapter.

Drabble 1: Ritualistic Blood

Many things changed in the aftermath Eda nearly being petrified. However, one thing that didn't change was the number of people that wanted to get back at Eda. Arguably it seemed to get worse. Probably because they figured an Eda without her magic would be easier to get vengeance on. Not that was the case as they soon found out the hard way.

So by the third time it happened, Luz thought she had their routine down pat. Kidnapped by some random resident, they plan to use her as a trap to lure Eda in; Eda and Lilith show up and give the most recent kidnapper a bad time. One of them frees her, and they usually cause some havoc on the way out. Rinse and repeat as necessary with minimal variation in the meantime.

It had seemed nothing but if not boring in its repetitiveness. Or at least that's what it had felt like until Luz's most recent kidnapper decided to break from the mold...

Luz had almost been intrigued at first when the most recent captive had said he was more interested in what she could do. Rather than holding her ransom for Eda like everyone before him. The only real antagonistic person on the isles before she had run into that had shown interest in her was Belos.

However, that intrigue had quickly faded to be replaced with horror and fear. As she realized they needed her to reproduce a rather large glyph pattern she hadn't come across before. Though the unfamiliarity wasn't the concern. The fact that it had to be drawn in her blood, however, very much was.

When it became apparent that one way or another, they expected her to draw it even if they had to cut her herself, any remaining intrigue had faded into full-on fear. She didn't understand what one couldn't do with a blood-based glyph. Eda had actively discouraged it in the past even if done by accident, something about blood magic having possibly nasty consequences. But with them denying her access to regular notebook paper and insistence on this method, she realized she was trapped.

Luz wasn't entirely sure how long it had been since she was taken. All she knew was that she was exhausted, hurting, and struggling to draw the remaining part of the glyph at this point. Shaking hands does not make for drawing a giant glyph. And while she didn't want to paint it...well as she had quickly discovered she messed up, she was made to start over. So it was some relief when the head of the group that had snatched her got distracted by some commotion coming from the outside. It had allowed her a moment to breathe and maybe hope Eda and Lilith had finally shown up.

"Hey, if boss-" The remaining guard said, moving to leer only her, only to drop to the floor a moment later unconscious. Luz perked up a moment later as she caught sight of her rescuer. "Eda!"

Eda dropped down next at first, moving to work on the lock attached to her foot to prevent any rescue attempts as she talked. "Sorry, that took so long, kiddo. They didn't send the usual ransom note. So we had to get creative to figure out where they had taken you. You alright?"

Luz carefully held out her right arm, which had a long cut across it from where the ringleader had cut her for blood for the glyph. Eda frowned at that and turned her attention away from the lock confusion evident about the ringleader's intent. This was starting to feel a lot less like the typical circus for some reason to her though it still felt like she was missing a piece of the puzzle. "He really wanted my blood for some reason," Luz added as Eda wrapped the arm with some spare cloth before turning her attention back to the lock. "Where's Lilith?"

"Lily's taking care of the head perps while I went ahead to get you free." Eda answered as she undid the lock around her ankle, preventing any escape attempts. "You feel up to walking?" Eda asked, helping her up onto her feet. Only to have Luz start swaying in response as soon as she let go.

Eda quickly opted to pick Luz up at that point. It wasn't the first time, unfortunately, that Luz hadn't been able to get out on her own. Kidnappers tended to get creative to make sure their form of ransom could just walk off. After the first couple of attempts, kidnappers had wisened up on how to handle Luz.

Though this time, something seemed different, Luz seemed quieter than usual. And she hadn't missed the way the girl's hands been shaking before she had interrupted the guard. Obviously, she hadn't been just sitting on the floor waiting for them to show up.

That was when Eda first noticed the pattern on the floor. A sense of dread building at the sight of the unfinished glyph. Accompanying it with the cut, she had a bad feeling about just why Luz had been kidnapped. Not that she was going to let her know that while they were still here. "Kid, what is that on the floor, do you know?" She asked, wanting to double-check she didn't imagine things.

Luz shrugged. "Not exactly. I know it is some sort of weird glyph and that it had to be done carefully. The ringleader was just insistent on how careful I was, but he wouldn't tell me why that was so important. I just know any little mess up started it all over again."

"Yeah I'm getting that impression as well. And I really don't like this." Eda said as her eyes narrowed as some pieces of the puzzle started to fall in place. She had seen these kind of glyphs or had at least heard about them. A long time ago, when she had first been cursed. She had never expected to run into them again. "Let's get out of here before any more problems show up. They all secured Lily?"

If Luz had more energy, she would have maybe jumped in surprise. She hadn't heard Lilith come up during the conversation. "Yes, all I need now is to report this." She still had some people within the Emperor's Coven who were sympathetic towards her. They would make sure the group didn't cause problems again.

"Right, I'm going to get the kid home while you do that report. Though before we go, you might want to take a look at the room I found her in before we leave." Eda said, shifting her weight slightly and settling onto the staff while giving Lilith a moment to check out.

Lilith frowned at that going back in the direction Eda and Luz had come from. Only to reemerge a moment later looking shaken. "Titan is that-" a nod cut her off from Eda.

Luz frowned at the reaction, and she was now really wondering what the glyph was actually. "Guys-"

The its nothing that came out of both of their mouths was a little too quick. Luz frowned as the sinking feeling she had when she had initially been given the 'request' came back with full force. Something was off about the glyph though now she was wondering what was setting both of them off. "Guys-"

"It is best we don't discuss that here in case they don't cause." Lilith said, cutting in before Luz could even start the question again. "Its best explained when we are away from here."

It wasn't until they were back at The Owl House. And Luz was bandaged up that Eda finally explained what had shaken the two of them. "A demonic summoning spell?" Luz said, face scrunching up slightly in confusion. Still, a bit lost on the supposed weight behind it. "I'm lost. What's the bad thing about this? Well, beyond it being spilled blood."

Eda and Lilith exchanged a glance at that. It was Eda who reluctantly answered the question. "The things is there's not a lot of that kind of spells out there. And the ones that do exist tend to be very...sacrificial in nature."

Luz paled at that thought as she read what Eda wasn't saying. Eda catching on to how much that was panicking her. "But don't worry, we got them all caught, and they won't be a danger to you again." Not if she had anything to say about it. Though they were going to have to start doing something about these repeated kidnappings...

Luz let out a small sigh of relief at that.

"Though there is still the issue of that is supposed to be considered lost and banned knowledge." Lilith said, rubbing her forehead. "How in the world did they even find out about it?"

"Probably the same way I did. Desperate reading." Eda answered. Back when she had first been cursed, she had read a lot of things. Some of which could be classified as questionable in hindsight, but she had been desperate for some help. She had never acted on the knowledge, of course. She wanted nothing to do with that dark of magic. But unfortunately, that didn't mean she could take back knowing its existence. "You might want to check the head honchos background. I'm not trying to excuse what he nearly did. But there may be more of a story there. And just because the danger has passed for now-"

"Doesn't mean it will go away completely." Lilith finished for her seeing where she was going. Standing up and she realized she needed to make a phone call.

Seeing the look on Luz's face, Eda added. "Don't worry, kid. Even if they do get out a second time, I won't let them get you a second time." She couldn't risk that. Things were going to have to change around here, unfortunately.

End Drabble 1

AN: And that's a wrap for today. I am going to try and do this daily. Please let me know what you think!