Eda Clawthorne AKA The Owl Lady, awoken from her nest and gave a long yawn while stretching her arms in the air. But suddenly, one of her hands fell off. "Oh son of a…." Eda then picked up her hand and put it back on.
She walked downstairs, still feeling tired like she had just had a great night of drinking nothing but apple blood. She passed the living area where her adopted son, King was playing with his stuffed animals by pretending they were his loyal subjects.
"Bow before me!" King demanded like a ruler. His favourite stuffed toy, Francois then tilted to the right, causing King to sigh. "No Francois, bow! Don't make me use my scream powers. I may not be king, but I am still royalty."
Eda chuckled and shook her head before making it to the kitchen. She decided to make herself a cup of tea with a hint of apple blood to tone down the bitterness of the morning drink. "Hey King, have you seen Luz?!"
"She's gone out to see her girlfriend, why?!" King asked.
"Just curious." Eda replied as she took a sip of her morning apple blood/tea combo. The Owl Lady looked like she did nothing but drink apple blood all night, but in actuality, she spent all night planning a prison break to rescue her former lover, Raine Whispers, the former member of the Emperor's Coven.
She looked at a former school photo of her, Raine and her sister Lilith walking to class. And another of Eda and Raine posing in front of an orange haired Odalia Blight with the nervous witch staring at the incoming witch behind them since the Blight didn't exactly want orange in her hair.
"Ha! Wish I could relive that day." Eda said to herself before looking out the window and spitting out her drink. "Hooty!"
Eda saw that Hooty was trying to swallow somebody but had only gotten to swallowing their head and chest. And beside Hooty, was a blonde girl trying to hack and slash at Hooty, Luz trying to pull Hooty's mouth off of them and Amity trying to defend Hooty from the blonde girl.
"Oh for Titan's sake." Eda groaned before running out of the house to help him. "Hooty! Spit them out! Spit them out this instant!" Eda then used her strength to remove Hooty from the person in question. "Okay what's going on here, Hooty?"
"I was trying to eat a toad and this girl with a sword starting to hack and slash at me." Hooty replied.
Eda looked at Grime, whom was trying to wipe away Hooty's horrendous drool off of himself. "So, this is the Owl House?"
"Yeah." Luz replied.
"And you said it was just a nickname." Grime narrowed his eyes at Luz.
"You should have told me your owl would try and eat my friend!" Sasha yelled at Luz.
"I'm sorry, okay?!" Luz exclaimed.
"Hey, she didn't expect for Hooty to start eating Grime!" Amity yelled at Sasha. "And okay, I admit that you attacking Hooty was understandable. He isn't known for personal boundaries."
"Okay, time out!" Eda exclaimed as she made the time out gesture. "I think I'm missing a lot of stuff here. Luz, who is this human that was trying to kill Hooty? And why is there a frog with a war hammer."
"Toad!" Grime exclaimed.
"Sorry, all of you look the same to me." Eda apologised.
"We have more warts!"
"Thank you for the disgusting information." Eda said. "Make me hurl my morning apple blood/tea combo why don't ya?"
"Don't you mean apple juice?" Sasha asked.
"No." Eda replied before hearing the sound of thunder. "Oh Titan! Get inside and explain everything quickly. Boiling rains are not friendly."
Hooty slithered back to his position while Eda, her adopted daughter, her possible future daughter-in-law and the strangers ran inside the house to prevent their skin from burning off.
Eda quickly pulled a switch that was near the door and it activated a shield that surrounded Hooty to prevent him from feeling any pain.
"So, does anyone wanna tell me why there's another human and a walking talking toad on the Boiling Isles?" Eda asked.
"It's a long story." Sasha replied.
"Oh, those kind of stories." Eda said before stretching. "Alright, tell me in the living area. It's where I can lie down. King, we have guests!"
"When you say guests, do you mean ones where we have to kick their butts?" King asked. "Or just guests?"
"Just guests." Eda replied as she walked out of the kitchen.
Sasha gave a small smirk and nudged Luz. "How old is she?"
"Somewhere in her late 30's." Luz replied. "Her curse makes her look older."
"Wait, she's in her late 30's?!" Luz nodded her head. "She looks like foxy grandma."
"What makes her….a fox?" Amity asked.
Sasha sighed. "Is this the kind of world where no one gets human lingo?"
"Yeah, but it's cute when she doesn't understand metaphors." Luz replied while smiling at Amity, causing the witch to blush.
"Stop doing that!" Amity exclaimed while hiding her blush with her hands.
"Hey, you kids coming or what?!" Eda yelled from the living area.
"Come on Sash, you're going to love King." Luz said.
The four later entered the living area where Eda had just got out of her nightwear and was in her maroon dress that made Sasha whistle and Grime blush.
"Oh….Dang…Oh…" Grime muttered before fanning himself. "…is it just me, or did it get hot in here?"
"No, it's cold!" King exclaimed as he walked from behind the couch. "Oh, these are the guests?"
Sasha gasped at the sight of King and immediately snatched him up and started hugging him. "Oh my gosh! He is even cuter in person! If you were a stuffed toy I'd have you on my mantle piece!"
"Ah! Not again!" King screamed in pure terror as he struggled to free himself. "Luz, help me! Amity, help me! Eda, help me! Toad, help me!"
"Come on King, give her five more minutes." Luz encouraged the prince while Amity just snickered and Eda chuckled.
"Okay Sash, I think the dog has screamed in terror nicely." Grime requested.
"Grime, can I hold him for 2 more minutes?" Sasha asked.
"Can you hold me for no minutes?!" King asked.
Eda then pulled King off from Sasha and placed him on the couch. "Okay Scar, that's enough."
"Wait, what did you call me?" Sasha asked.
"I called you Scar on account of your cool scar." Eda replied.
"She gives everyone nicknames." Luz replied.
"Okay, you gonna explain your presence or do I need to feed someone to Hooty?"
"Please, I've always wanted to eat something big." Hooty pleaded.
"Okay, Eda this is Sasha and Grime, they come from the frog world where we met Anne." Luz replied.
"Who's Anne?" Eda asked.
"You know…frog world? Amphibia? Girl with frog family? Had leaves in her hair."
"Had an old frog father figure who looked like a corpse." Grime said.
Luz chuckled. "Was missing a shoe. A tadpole described me as Better Dressed Anne."
Eda smiled. "Ooooooohhhhhh! Terribly Dressed Luz! How is she these days? Did she get home?"
"Well….it's a long story." Sasha replied. "I'll explain from the beginning."
64 minutes later.
"….and that's where we are." Sasha finished. "So….What do you have to say about this?"
Eda looked surprised. "So wait, you betrayed your best friend? And I'm meant to buy your redemption story?"
"Come on! What about the part about King Andrias' army?!" Sasha asked.
"Scar, I already have one tyrant to deal with, I don't need another." Eda replied.
"Well, she's helpful." Grime sarcastically retorted.
"Sorry I just have a lot going on at the moment." Eda replied. "I'm organising a prison break and I'm trying to figure out what Emperor Belos is planning."
"Hey, Eda might not be able to help but me and Amity will be able to." Luz assured her.
"Thanks, Luz." Sasha replied while giving her a smile while Amity just narrowed her eyes at the blonde human in question.
"Well, the boiling rains won't stop for another 22 hours, so you're going to need a place to sleep." Eda said.
"That means we can have a sleepover!" Luz exclaimed. "I was planning to have one with Anne, but the portal was going to close so we couldn't do it. But now I can have one with you, Amity and King."
"Okay kids, just don't be loud." Eda suggested. "Sasha looks like she has a lot of work tomorrow."
"So, where am I sleeping?" Grime asked.
"How about my stomach?" Hooty suggested.
"Anywhere but the owl's stomach?" Grime asked.
"Oh…..Well…"
"Can I be involved in the girl's sleepover?" Grime asked.
"No, you can sleep in the basement." Eda replied. "I might have a spare sleeping bag."
"Very well." Grime replied. "Like Eda said, Sasha, don't be too loud. I need my sleep as well. I haven't had any for 48 hours and I could be hallucinating….Wait, when did the elf have hair loopies?"
Amity narrowed her eyes at Grime while Eda laughed at Amity being called an elf before realising something. "Wait a minute, does that mean I'm going to be called an elf as well?"
Later, Eda lead Grime into the basement where there was a ginormous hole, something that made Grime unresponsive. "Uh…"
"Oh yeah, Hooty captured Amity just to get Luz to ask her out." Eda explained.
"Wow….Love is a strange thing in this world." Grime remarked before noticing something that made his eyes squint. "Wait a minute…." He approached something on one of the shelf's and snatched it off.
"Hey, if you're gonna steal something, couldn't you wait till I was asleep?" Eda asked.
"You had a calamity box this entire time?!" Grime exclaimed in shock.
"No and yes." Eda replied. "I thought this was the real deal but it turns out I was scammed so I just used it as a candy box." She opened it to reveal the box had a bunch of wrapped candy's.
"Oh. Well, I was about to attack you but may I take the candy?" Grime asked.
"I forgotten about this doohickey until today so…the candy is probably out of date." Eda explained.
"Darling, I'm a toad." Grime retorted.
Eda then shook her head. "Sorry, the beast inside me demands it now." Eda then shuddered. "I am going to regret it."
Meanwhile, in Luz's room Luz had prepared an orb for them to hopefully watch one of Luz's Animes: Food Battles for examples.
Luz and Amity were watching the orb with King sleeping beside them since he got too comfortable on a pink feathery pillow.
Sasha had found some spare pyjamas that she could wear as opposed to her armour because that would be very uncomfortable.
"So, what Anime are we watching?" Sasha asked. "I just hope it doesn't distract me."
"You're still wondering about the box?" Luz asked.
"I just hope no one got their hands on it." Sasha said before sitting next to the girlfriends. "So, what garbage Anime are we watching again?"
"Amity just wants to watch the news first." Luz replied. "Her siblings called her about a comet that passed and they want her to watch a news report about it."
"Ssshh! I think this is it." Amity said as she payed attention to the news hosted by Perry Porter.
"In other news today, a mysterious comet passed over today causing some panic for the citizens." Perry explained. "The Coven assured them that it was just nothing and the Titan has saved us once again. Here are a few eyewitness reports."
First one happened to be Principal Bump. "I was doing Saturday detention and I assumed the students saying there was a comet was just a poor distraction, but it turned out to be true when my Palisman pointed it out."
Then the next one was Boscha. "Yeah! Yeah! It was scary and all. But honestly, I just don't care."
Then the next one was Edric and Emira, Amity's older twin siblings. "I mean, it was such a beautiful comet that passed." Edric remarked.
"Yeah. It looked like a giant smoke ball." Emira said.
"Hi Mittens! Guess which awesome siblings are on the orb?!"
Amity sighed. "I knew them caring about the news was strange."
"Unfortunately there were no photos of the event, except from one from a miss Tiny Nose." Perry explained.
"I have seen the cweatures that have come fwom it!" Tiny Nose exclaimed with her scroll in hand. "They are here to pwobe us! Take a look at the comet."
The comet in question looked like was shining blue, green and pink something that made Sasha freeze. "Hold on a sec, pause."
Luz paused the orb and Sasha started to stare at it like she had just realised something about it. The colours of the comet looked similar to the gems on the calamity box.
"Oh my gosh!" Sasha exclaimed. "Why did that happen? If I recall, this didn't happen when me, Anne and Marcy got to Amphibia. Where did it land?" Sasha then unpaused the news so she could listen.
"Experts from the astronomy Coven have spectated that the comet has landed on the knee. Many of the astronomers are hoping to try and get a piece of rock if the Emperor's Coven hasn't gotten in the way. Because if that's the case, than that would suck for someone who needs to get it to pass their classes."
Sasha, Luz and Amity then smiled, knowing what they were doing. "Looks like we know what we're doing tomorrow." Sasha said.
"But what about the Emperor's Coven?" Amity asked with concern. "They might start going after it."
"Amity, Amity, Amity." Luz shook her head. "The Emperor's too worried about his problems. I doubt he'd have time to go after what everyone thinks is a space rock."
Meanwhile, at the Emperor's palace, Hunter the current Golden Guard, approached the throne room of his uncle, Emperor Belos.
Beside the emperor was a pale bald man who looked like he was in his late 50's to mid 60's. Something that confused Hunter at first but he let it pass.
Hunter took a knee to honour his emperor/uncle. "What is my bidding my liege?"
"Hunter, you will be glad to know that I have a task for you." Belos replied. "And it has nothing to do with surveying the palace."
"What is it?" Hunter asked. "If it's to go after that human I will-"
"No!" Belos interjected. "That human doesn't matter yet."
A man with dark skin and golden hair arrived with an orb in his hand. He placed it on the floor and tapped on it three times, making the orb into some kind of projector projecting on the wall. The image was of the multicoloured comet crashing down.
"Have you heard of the comet that passed today?" Belos asked.
"I've heard." Hunter replied.
"That is no regular comet, Hunter." Belos explained. "Those colours can only mean one thing. The Calamity Box."
"You want me to find a box?" Hunter queried. "What for?"
"It's no ordinary box Hunter, it is a box that can help us travel anywhere."
"But my liege, we have the door to the human realm." Hunter pointed out.
"But unfortunately Hunter, you need to think of the possibility of the first time failing." Belos said. "The Titan does not tolerate failure. Which is why, we need a backup plan just in case. Hence, why I am sending you to go and search for the box and deliver it to me in one piece."
"It will be done my liege." Hunter assured him.
"Not just you, you are young and incompetent." Belos said.
Hunter froze as he stared at his uncle. "I do not need anyone to prove myself."
"That's what you think." Belos said. "But I need someone to monitor you just in case. And I am not sending Kikimora due to her disdain towards you. Hunter, allow me to introduce to you your predecessor, Malsacc."
The bald man that stood beside Belos walked down the stairs, wearing what appeared to be golden army that looked like had seen better days since it looked old and worn out. His cape was maroon as opposed to Hunter's white cape.
"So….This is the boy that took my place." Malsacc remarked while giving a smile that showed off his sharp rows of teeth. "He's a little scrawny, don't you think?"
"The Titan chose him." Belos said.
"Haven't you come to the possibility that they perhaps have made a mistake?" Malsacc asked. "But, I should never oppose of the Titan so I will make his choice worthy enough."
"Excellent." Belos said. "Hunter, you will do as Malsacc commands, disobey his orders and you will suffer like a certain member of my Coven."
"Oh yes." Malsacc chuckled. "You wouldn't wish to end up like that nervous violin playing traitor."
"Belos, if that box I am after comes from another world, shouldn't we consider that something might have come through?" Hunter asked.
"What could have possibly come through?" Malsacc asked.
Just then, Darius, another member of the Emperor's Coven, burst into the room with one of King Andrias' robots as his prisoner. "My liege, this….walking tin has been spotted walking around the palace like a lost Palisman."
"Why have you brought this to me?" Belos asked.
"Kikimora reported that she found the remains of something with the same description features by the Grom tree." Darius replied. "I was wondering if this should be a cause for concern with the approach of the Day of Unity?"
Belos approached the robot frog and leered down at it, while the frog only narrowed its cybernetic eyes at the Emperor.
"What is the meaning of your presence?" Belos asked.
"Classified." The robot asked.
"What are you?" Belos asked.
"Classified."
"I have asked the same questions my liege, he gave us the same answer." Darius informed his emperor. "I don't know about you, but I feel he is controlled."
"By whom?" Belos asked.
"Andrias." The robot replied before projecting a holographic projection of Andrias.
"Hello?!" Andrias exclaimed. "Where am I?! And who am I speaking to?!"
Belos approached the projection. "And you are King Andrias?"
"Speaking. Who do I have the pleasure of chatting to?"
"Emperor Belos, Emperor of the Boiling Isles." Belos replied.
"Okay, Emperor Belos." Andrias remarked while flickering for whatever reason. "Listen, do you know where the calamity….hold on, am I flickering on your end?" Belos nodded his head in response. The king of Amphibia looked down and saw that Darius, being amazed by the technology was touching the projection which was causing Andrias to flicker. "Hey! Quit touching me! Do you have any idea how annoying that is?!"
"Apologies." Darius responded before pulling his hand back.
"Why should I give you the calamity box?" Belos asked.
"How do you know I want the calamity box? I could be wanting a calamity flute. But in all seriousness, I want the box for myself. I need it."
"You and what army?" Belos asked.
"General Yunan and the remnants of my army that have arrived here. Whatever forces you have to gain the box, won't be enough. My army will destroy your forces."
"We will see about that." Belos responded. "Your general and their army don't know what they have in store."
"Very well. Well, if it's all the same, I wish you luck on gaining my box." Andrias then smiled and winked. "TTYL!" Andrias then disappeared while Belos just gripped on his staff.
"I don't know about you guys, but I kind of liked him." One of the Emperor's guards said.
"Hunter, Malsacc, you will make sure that this General Yunan and their forces don't gain the box by all means." Belos commanded.
"It will be done my liege." Malsacc replied.
"They will not stop us." Hunter said. "Besides, how powerful is an insignificant amphibian?"
At Blight manor, Yunan was keeping Edric and Emira entertained by telling her stories.
"….then, I smashed my way out of the beast's stomach covered in its guts and blood! Then, I fed that beast's guts to the next beast that got in my way."
Emira and Edric were wowed by her tails of victories that were bloody and glorious.
"Mom, can we keep her?" Emira asked.
"No, we are not keeping her." Odalia replied. "She has a mission she needs to complete for her king."
"Awww!" Edric and Emira groaned.
"Fear not Edric and Emira Blight, I shall return to you once my task is complete." Yunan assured the twins. "And I will tell the stories of how I defeated Sasha Waybright and Captain Grime and soon I will defeat-" Yunan was then interrupted by the sound of knocking on the door. "Oh frogspawn!"
Odalia opened the door and it was Kikimora holding a huge protective shield over her head and the guards that were accompanying her.
"Kikimora, what brings you here?" Odalia asked.
"I need the expertise of your husband." Kikimora replied.
Then, Alador gently shoved his wife out of his way to know what Kikimora wanted. "What is my bidding Kikimora?"
"I need you to analyse this." Kikimora replied as she motioned to the remains of Andrias' robot. "This was found by the Grom tree. I have no idea what it is and I am hoping your expertise might help."
Alador took the head and started to admire it. It had no eyes and it appeared to have been decapitated by something. "Hmm, I don't know what it is. But I will see what I can do."
"Thank you." Kikimora said while her guards carried the remains into his house. "The Emperor will be most pleased."
"Thank you, bye." Alador said before closing the door on her face.
Kikimora felt insulted but then again, Alador was a busy man. "Well, busy witches have no time for conversations."
Back in the house, Alador was carrying the head to his lab when Yunan approached him.
"Alador, let me look at that head." Yunan requested.
"Of course." Alador handed the head to Yunan who smiled. "So my army is here as well?"
"Possibly." Alador replied. "This remarkable piece of tech looks like had been destroyed by a clean decapitation.
Yunan leered at the head knowing who could have possibly done this. "So I have an obstacle in my way?"
"Will she be of any trouble for your little box?" Odalia asked. "I could ask my youngest daughter to assist you. But she had to spend time with that wretched girlfriend of her's so I doubt she'll be back one you leave."
"Nonsense Odalia." Yunan replied. "I will not be needing an elf to assist me! I have my army beside me, but thank you. I, General Yunan of the Newtonian army will make sure none will stand in my way! Even if it's a witch, elf, member of the Emperor's Coven, toad, frog, I will gain the box." Yunan then drew her wrist blades. "Because they have one thing that will stand in their way, General Yunan!" Yunan then accidentally sliced a vase.
This act made Odalia narrow her eyes at the newt, which made Yunan freeze in place. "I'll pay for a new one."
Later, back at the Owl House, Luz was fast asleep as she snuggled up to King while Amity slept with her hand on Luz's face. But Sasha, stared out the window watching as the boiling rain poured.
She sighed as she reminisced about Anne and Marcy.
It was after their performance during their last night in Amphibia after singing No Big Deal and they were about to get some sleep.
"Listen guys, tomorrow's gonna be quite huge." Marcy said. "We might be able to get home."
"Marcy, what if we're separated again?" Sasha asked. "What if, we end up in another world?"
Anne then placed a hand on Sasha's shoulder and smiled. "Hey, we found each other in Amphibia didn't we? If we found each other in Amphibia, then we can find each other anywhere."
"That sounded really sappy." Sasha chortled.
"Yeah I know." Anne said. "Come on, let's get some sleep."
Sasha smiled as she remembered that day. That was probably the best day she had with her friends in Amphibia.
"You might have everyone else here buying your redemption….." Amity said, narrowing her eyes at the human. "…but you and I both know that your last redemption was a sham according to your story. So let me tell you something right now. You make one step backward, one slipup, give me one reason to think you might hurt Luz, and you won't have to worry about your quest home anymore. Because I'll make sure your quest ends right then and there. Permanently!"
Sasha didn't feel threatened by Amity's threat, she only narrowed her eyes back at the witch. "Is that a threat, elf?"
"You know it." Amity replied. "Try and get some sleep. But more importantly, make sure you don't try and kill me."
Amity then got back into her sleeping bag and wrapped her hand around Luz's waist just to make her feel protected from Sasha.
Sasha only narrowed her eyes at Amity as she fell asleep. The human toad general got into her sleeping bag as she started to think about what will come next of her, her friends and her new acquaintances.