A/N: A few of you were surprised to hear the Covention would be happening so soon, since Amity hasn't had a chance to go to see Hexside, or even learn her first spell. As this is an AU, that means that events will sometimes be changed, with the exception of "Fixed" events.
Basically, there are events out of our character's control. The Covention, Grom, the Field Trip to the Castle. Those would happen in the world, even if these characters decided not to attend them. Then there are the other events. Stuff like Eda's transformation in 'The Intruder,' and Luz being snuck into Hexside that are entirely because of the characters. Those events won't really happen in the same order, if they happen at all, because two important characters have switched spaces.
Warning: A lot of headcanons about how the coven system may end up being really wrong, or dumb. Reader discretion is advised.
The next day found the occupants of the Owl House, plus Gus and Willow, exploring the Covention Center, the kids and King oohing and aahing at all the sights there were to see. King raced from stall to stall, claiming free "offerings'' from each, an accumulation of junk he'd forget about in a week's time that would end up in the belly of some trash slug. The rest of the kids were more impressed by the multitude of magical masters who demoed their art for all to see, all vying for attention to their coven in the hopes of increasing their ranks, and as such, the Coven's status.
Eda trailed behind the group, hood over her head to hide her face and recognizable hair, and tearing down any and all of her wanted posters as they went. As much fun as being chased could be, she didn't want to spoil Luz's fun. Luz loved the showcases the Covention put on, and it only came once a year. Eda may hate all this authoritarian propaganda, but she wasn't going to ruin her daughter's fun if she could help it. As long as Luz knew the dangers of the coven system, Eda trusted her to make the (ir)responsible choice when she came of age.
Luz wasn't the only one having fun. Amity was just as excited at all the various branches of magic on display, only having seen a handful of spells performed in the Owl House by Eda and Luz in her week there. Willow and Gus had shown her a few the day before, but even that paled in comparison to the magical onslaught she faced today.
In the human girl's hands, she held a pen and a notebook, rapidly scribbling down any and all new information in the hopes this would help her make some kind of breakthrough in her own studies. She frowned as she stared at the pages, "I should have brought a bigger notebook."
Luz gave her a pat on the back, "You'll be fine, Ams! Just write really small, and it'll all fit!"
Amity frowned, turning her notebook around so that Luz could see the fruits of her labors, filled out in neat, microscopic writing. "I am writing small! And I've already filled ten pages, front and back!"
Willow blinked, taking off her glasses and wiping them clean, as if to make sure what she'd seen was real. "Gus, you may need to watch your back. You have some competition."
Gus scoffed playfully, elbowing his plant-track friend, "Oh, please. I can fill a notebook on human stuff in like a day. That's way more than ten pages of boring old witch stuff."
"Ten pages since she walked in the door five minutes ago, Gus," Willow pointed out, making the young boy pale.
"Oh."
Amity flushed, holding the notebook close. Sure, obsessive note taking had been a habit she'd drilled into herself due to her mother's influence. It kept her grades up. However, this time it was different. She wasn't doing this for her mother, she was doing this for herself, and found herself enjoying being able to bask in the new subjects around her at her own, breakneck pace. "I'm not obsessed or anything! I'm just really curious! I'd like to be able to do my own spells one day, and I have to know everything if I'm ever going to get them to work!"
Luz put a hand on her shoulder in support, "I totally get it, I love this kind of stuff too, and hope to be half as talented as these guys are some day."
At the same time, Gus spoke up, "Wait, do you guys think I'm obsessed?"
His friends didn't have time to reassure Gus that they all found him loveable despite his obsessions, because that's when Amity decided to take off, racing on her short legs. She'd seen a familiar face standing on stage a bit farther into the building. The others chased after her, not wanting to get separated, skidding to a halt as Amity stumbled upon a showcase for the Construction Coven.
Tiny Nose, as small and big nosed as ever despite the name, stood beside a burly man who had just built a house by doing nothing but tossing some stone and wood into the air. The tiny demon woman acted like she hadn't only just broken out of prison a week prior, casually assisting the man in charge of the display. Spotting Amity, Tiny Nose gave her a friendly wave, which the human returned, just as the burly witch placed a paper glyph of some kind onto Tiny Nose's face.
A change went through the demon the instant it happened, her pupils shrinking. She struck a pose straight out of an anime, energy flaring off her and she gave a cry of "I am the destwoyer of wowlds!" As she tore the place apart, even throwing a few people around like rag dolls.
Amity, eyes wide, scribbled what she could down quickly. Magic that someone could draw? Glyphs? That was fascinating. It didn't seem to need any spell circles, so maybe she should look into that as some kind of alternative?
Her friends watched as she wrote and mumbles ideas to herself, but Eda, who'd caught up, put a stop to that. "Don't get your hopes up too much, kiddo. A circle wasn't used, but her own internal magic was. The glyph there just draws magic from the bile sac, granting the user strength that doesn't constantly need to be reapplied with a spell circle. It'll just last until the user either takes the patch off, or passes out from lack of magic. I'd say the odds are about half and half."
As if to prove Eda's point, Tiny Nose, in the middle of tossing around some heavy objects and fighting off the Covention guards with an ease her small body shouldn't be able to do, fell to the floor in the fetal position, gentle snores emanating from her mouth, easy prey to be restrained.
One of the Construction Coven members, seeing Amity's worried face, tried to wave her worries away, "don't worry, she'll be fine. People just tend to go a little mad with power the first time they use one of those glyphs."
That wasn't exactly what Amity had been worried about, more that her friend might end up back in the Conformatorium, though the idea that people went mad from power over a piece of paper wasn't all that comforting either, especially since they seemed to just be handing them out to other Covention goers as a free sample.
Eda did her best to herd the children away, especially from the guards, careful to keep her face hidden by the hood. As if worrying about having to see her ex wasn't bad enough, she had to deal with guards, and being in one of the places she liked the least. It was no wonder she was grey at fourth-five, it's from all this stress.
Amity was still full of questions though, stopping every few feet to ask them, with someone in the group always being able to answer. Until she asked one they hadn't been prepared for. "So, what are these covens even about, anyway?"
The others stared at her for a second, wondering how to answer that, before Eda butted in, "Well, covens work like this… there are nine main covens, with countless smaller covens that split off from those main nine. Like branches. You sign up for a coven when you come of age, or even younger if you really buy into it, and you're stuck with whatever magic you chose."
Amity scribbled that down in her notebook, "So, it's what? Like some kind of magic license? I suppose that makes sense. After all, if you are a practitioner of one or more branches of magic, you'd probably want that on some kind of legal record, for accountability." And it did make sense. Amity was big on order. She preferred to have a notebook for every subject, and with nine main branches of magic, she'd need to go shopping so she could categorize them properly when she got back home.
Willow shook her head, "No, no, you only get to choose one coven."
Amity cocked an eyebrow, "At a time? That seems to be really inefficient-"
"Not one at a time, one for life," Eda cut in, smirking slightly as she saw the realization sink in for the human girl.
Amity gazed around the Covention floor, looking at all the hundreds of coven branches there were. "Just one? For life?"
Amity frowned, wondering if she'd have to choose when she came of age, whenever that was for witch society, and how that would affect her future. She'd never liked the idea of being stuck with one thing… she needed more information, she couldn't worry about it yet.
Before she could bombard Eda with more questions, King returned from one of the neighboring stalls, arms full of free gifts, "I have subjugated yet another group of followers to my cause! All shall love me and despair!"
A gentle laugh met the group's ears, unfamiliar to Amity. The group turned to see a woman sitting behind a rather bare stand. Her brown hair pulled into a bun, skin dark, with friendly eyes behind glasses. She spoke, "You shouldn't encourage such behavior in him, Eda."
Luz's eyes lit up like a Christmas tree as she barreled forth, almost tripping over her own feet, "Mama!"
"Luz, it's only been a week. You always act like it's been a lifetime." The woman laughed, though she embraced her daughter just as tightly. After a moment she pulled away, inspecting her daughter "I missed you, too. How was your week with your mom, Mija? Estabas bien comportada?"
The rest of the group made their way to the table, a simple banner labeling it as the "Beast Healer Coven." Amity's ears had perked up, her recognizing the Spanish spoken, curious to it's casual use on the Boiling Isles. When she thought about it, it was strange that everyone seemed to speak English, so maybe it wasn't so strange that some people here also spoke Spanish. Perhaps some of the Human world had bled into the Demon Realm, the same way all of Earth's fantasy had come from the Boiling Isles? It was another thing added to her notebook for later.
Amity unfortunately didn't have much experience with Spanish, though. What little she did know she had picked up from Clara, who had taken a class. Amity had helped her cram for a few tests, and her knowledge of words and phrases started and ended with whatever Clara was complaining about. Amity had been forced to take French, the "more sophisticated" language, and had her own fair share of troubles with it.
Now the only thought on her mind was if she'd meet some French speaking demons. Amity managed to regain focus on what was being discussed in front of her just in time for Luz to reply to her mama, "My week was great! I made a new friend, and we hung out the whole time. I even got to read the missing Azura book from my collection!"
Her Mama beamed, happy to hear her daughter had made more friends. "That's great, mija. I'm very happy for you."
Luz left her Mama's side, rejoining Amity and taking the human by the hand, dragging her closer. Amity found herself parked right dead center in front of the coven stand, feeling a little flustered and nervous, and trying to straighten out the wrinkles from her outfit. "This is her! Amity, meet my Mami!"
Amity held a stiff hand out for the woman to shake, which she did so. Her hands were larger than Amity's own, but soft and warm, with strength behind them Amity hadn't expected. "Hello, Mrs. Noceda-Clawthorne, I'm Amity. It's very nice to meet you."
The woman looked amused, but at least didn't laugh in Amity's face, "The Pleasure is all mine. You can just call me Camila. Camila Noceda. Luz may have hyphenated her mother's name, but Eda and I never married. And if we did, It'd be a little odd to keep her name now that we're apart."
"What can I say?" Eda butted in, leaning against the table with an air of exaggerated indifference, "Marriage is a sham of an institution."
Camila rolled her eyes, a mild flash of annoyance at Eda's interruption, but she kept it playful. "Ever the romantic, I see." Her comments caused a fit of giggles from the children her daughter had befriended, and Eda to grin.
The brown skinned witch turned her attention back to Amity, "So, tell me a little about yourself. How did you meet Luz?"
Amity smiled, "Well, I won't bore you with details-" what she meant was she wasn't going to mention the jailbreak," - but I met her through Eda. I managed to talk her into taking me on as an apprentice, and Luz just happened to be over at the start of the week."
Camila's eyes widened and she leaned over her table, interest peaked, "An apprentice? To Eda? You managed to actually get her to commit to something?"
Amity smirked, glancing over at her new mentor who was doing her best to avoid her gaze, "Something like that. We haven't actually started any lessons yet. She's mostly just had me doing her chores, but I'm wearing her down."
"Well! I think you've chatted enough with my Apprentice, Cam," Eda laughed nervously, placing a hand on either of Amity's shoulders and steering the girl away. "Why don't you catch up with Dweeb one and Dweeb two for a bit?"
Camila nodded, turning her focus to Willow and Gus, but the playful twinkle in her eye told both witch and human this conversation was far from over. Eda grimaced as she pushed Amity a bit farther away, groaning to herself, "Did you have to go make me look bad in front of my ex? She already doesn't think all that highly of me."
Amity frowned, hoping she hadn't really upset Eda, "I'm sorry, I didn't think you cared."
"I don't!" Eda insisted, "I just don't need any more reasons for her to take Luz away from me."
"Would she do that?" Amity asked, not getting that impression from Camila.
Eda was quiet for a moment, then shook her head. "No. Maybe. I don't know. Things were really rough between us after the break up. I usually don't like to keep my exs in my life, but I made an exception for my baby-mama, since I wanted to be there for Luz. She's a better mother than I'll ever be, so I just don't want her to think I'm slacking."
Amity nodded, "I see… do you want to talk about it?"
Eda scoffed, "With you? No. I'm a grown-ass woman, I can handle my own issues. Besides, you made it seem like I make you pick up enough of my slack, apprentice."
Amity smiled disingenuously, and held up her notebook, "Well, if you want to make it up to me, you can actually teach me some stuff, like you were a few minutes ago."
The human gestured around to the rest of the Covention hall, "I still have plenty of questions. And what you said earlier raised plenty more."
"Fine, fine," Eda rolled her eyes, and snatched a free sample from the Bakery coven's nearby table with a levitation spell. Taking a bite, mouth full and spewing crumbs as she spoke, Eda asked, "What do you want to know?"
"Tell me more about the one coven system. What if you change your mind? What if you picked the wrong coven?"
Eda took a moment to think, and swallow her cupcake. "Well, you're more or less stuck with a coven forever. The only way out is to be kicked out, and that doesn't happen often. No one wants to be kicked out of their coven."
Amity scribbled that down, "And why's that?"
"Because then you'd be labeled a Wild Witch, like I am." Eda pointed to herself with her thumb, a prideful grin on her face. "I never joined a coven."
"Makes sense," Amity murmured, nose in her notes, "You don't seem to respect authority much. You like to rebel, and it's a system that forces someone to choose something for life. What's so bad about being a Wild Witch that makes people join covens?"
"It's illegal to be a Wild Witch, for one. I'm talking 'join a coven, or prison for life' kinda stuff. If you screw up enough to be kicked out, you're now a covenless witch, and while you might be able to find another coven in the same branch of magic willing to take you in, that stigma and your screw ups could make that very difficult."
"Which means jail time for most anyone who does get kicked out." Amity surmised. "Why take the risk of not joining a coven, then?"
Eda stole another cupcake, munching on it before speaking again, "Of course, the reason I didn't join was because I didn't want to be stuck with all but one branch of my magic sealed away."
Amity's pencil snapped. The pointed tip had been pressed down so hard it had torn a hole into the paper, and broke the tip. Amity had brought spares, and a sharpener, she wasn't an amateur, but this revelation had her looking up from her notebook to meet Eda's eyes. The witch stared back, eyes serious for the first time since Amity had met her.
The human took a moment to breathe, "Can you explain that in a bit more detail?"
Eda placed a hand on top of Amity's head, craning it to look back at Camila, who was still jovially talking to the other kids and King. "See that mark on her forearm? That's a coven seal. That brands her as a member of the Beast Healer coven, and she can only perform magic that fits that branch."
Amity's mouth opened, but didn't make a sound. Checking her notes she'd made on the nine main covens, she quickly found her voice, "Wait, is that part of the Beast Keeping coven, or the Healing coven?"
"It's technically a branch of the Healing coven." Eda supplied, releasing the girl's head. "But don't go thinking she can use all sorts of healing spells. She wasn't good enough for the main branch of healers, who get access to everything. So she took on the Beast Healing branch. Her magic is locked away, so she can only use spells compatible with Beasts."
"So, she's a veterinarian?" Amity asked.
"A what?"
"A vet? She takes care of sick and hurt animals?"
"Yes, she's a Beast Healer. Stop using overly complicated words." Eda rolled her eyes at the human.
"I suppose it makes some sort of sense to keep her from using other spells. I wouldn't trust a vet to operate on me… but to take away the option of them ever learning entirely? Or going after something else?" Amity shivered, the idea of having her skin branded and having her future locked in place making her feel cold inside. Like she had felt under Mother's watch.
Looking back at Camila, Amity asked, just for clarification, "So she can't do any other spells?"
Eda shook her head, shifting her weight, "That's not quite right. All witches have some standard spells they're allowed to learn in basic education. Shield spells to give them cover from the Boiling Rain and for self defense, for instance. And depending on the coven, there is some crossover between the two. A potion coven member is allowed access to some plant magics, to help grow their own ingredients. But they won't be commanding any plants, or anything."
The two trailed back to the table to rejoin the group as they finished out their discussion. Only they found yet another new person in their group, caped in white cloak and a pointed mask. Luz was talking animatedly to this person as they approached, a wide grin on her lips. Eda groaned, gesturing to the newcomer, "And then there are these assholes."
"Really, Edalyne, is that anyway to talk to your own sister?" The figure asked, removing the beaked mask and hood, an air of calmness around her with a soft, confident smile gracing her dark lips. With the hood gone, a flowing mane of straight black hair blossomed forth, draped over the woman's shoulders.
Amity blinked, looking between the two figures. Eda's sister? There was a lack of family resemblance, but she supposed that since Eda wasn't refuting that statement, it must be true. Eda instead just crossed her arms, her mouth formed into a scowl, "I said what I said."
Turning her head towards Amity, Eda continued, "As I was saying, these assholes are part of the Emperor's Coven. They can learn all branches of magic, as long as they enforce that masked moron's laws."
"We are the arm and dagger of the Emperor," Eda's sister replied smoothly, unaffected by Eda's disdainful words. "Though I'm not sure why you're having to explain this. Has this poor child been living under a rock her entire life, or are you just that poor a teacher?"
Luz frowned, and now Eda and Amity knew what she'd been talking about with her aunt before they'd returned. Luz had clearly been catching her up on the past week, and about Amity being Eda's student. Eda grit her teeth, "I'd like to see you try, Lilith. I'll have you know my apprentice is bright, curious-"
"And Human." Lilith observed, seeing the girl's ears. She let out a ladylike chuckle, the kind Amity recognized to be condescending and patronizing from all her time among the upper class elite, "You really should know by now that humans can't do magic, Edalyne."
The two stared each other down, while Camila checked Amity's ears for herself, then shot a glare at Eda that promised there was more to discuss before they parted ways. Gus and Willow, sensing some family tension, excused themselves to take King to find more offerings, promising to be back later.
"Aunt Lilith, please-" Luz began, but her mother cut her off.
"We'll see about that, Lily. After all, if you can learn magic, I'm sure anyone can." Eda quipped, casually strolling past her sister as if she wasn't there. Amity followed behind, wanting to keep close to her mentor. She didn't like the look in Lilith's eyes.
The dark haired witch hissed, and for a moment Amity was sure a fight was about to break out between the two older witches. Instead, Lilith forced herself to take a deep breath, and calmed herself. When she spoke, it was as serene as her greeting, "I won't bring you in for your wild ways today, dear sister. I'd hate to ruin young Luz's day at the Covention by dragging her mother away in chains. I have high hopes she'll join us at the Emperor's coven some day, so I'll grant you clemency. For now. Tomorrow, all bets will be off. Unless you're willing to finally take up my offer for a position in the coven?"
Lilith turned to stalk off, ignoring Eda's glare, murmuring out loud enough for Eda to hear a "Her poor mind must be going if she's so far gone as to believe a human can be taught." Just to rile her sister up.
It worked, Eda's hair seeming to puff up, and she had to physically bite her lip to not shout something back. It was the single most restraint Amity had ever seen Eda show.
Luz looked down, unhappy to see her family fight. Eda just reached out and patted her head softly. "I'm sorry, I always hope you two get along better-"
"Don't worry about it, Kiddo." Eda assured, ruffling her daughter's hair. "Lily and I will always have our differences. As long as she's good to you, I'll be happy."
Eda's eyes narrowed, "She was good to you, right?"
"Yes, she was, Eda." Camila assured. "She's never anything but polite to Luz and I. You just push her buttons as much as she does yours. She just stopped by to say hello and check in on us."
"Good." And Eda meant it. As much as she didn't get along with Lilith, she didn't want to deprive Luz of being able to see her if she wanted.
Amity stood by awkwardly, gaze held on her shoes. She'd expected a little ridicule for being human, but still, actually receiving it hadn't been pleasant. She felt a soft hand in her own, and looking up she was met with Luz's warm golden eyes. "You okay, Amity?"
Amity gave a brisk nod, "Yeah, I'll be fine. I just learned a lot today. Wasn't expecting things to be so… different than what I'd imagined."
Luz smiled a little tensely, "That's not exactly what I was talking about. Don't worry, I won't let her talk down to you like that again."
Amity smiled, feeling warmth build in her cheeks, "Thanks, Luz."
Camila waved them off, "Why don't you go find your friends and look at a few more of the covens? I have some things I want to talk about with Eda."
The two teens nodded, walking off hand in hand. Amity's heart wasn't as in it as it had been before, not after all she'd learned, but having a friend to lend her a hand was helping. She'd learn magic someday, she was sure.
As soon as the kids were out of earshot, Camila slumped into her chair behind the table, seething. "When were you going to tell me you were teaching a human?" She hissed.
Eda's eyes widened, "Don't go all Lilith on me. She wants to learn, so I'm going to teach her!"
Camila slammed her palm on the table, drawing a few eyes, "That's not what I meant. Why is there a human here? If you're teaching her, where is she staying? Is she-"
Luz's words about hanging out with Amity all week floated through her head, and Camila was back on her feet, "You've been keeping her at the Owl House?"
Eda placed her hands on her hips. "I don't appreciate the tone, Cam. If you think I've kidnapped her or something, frankly, I'm insulted. I would never do that. Not twice, at least."
"Eda…" Camila growled, barring her pointed teeth.
Eda scowled, "Hey, she came through my door on her own. I offered to take her back, but she asked to stay. I asked if she had anyone waiting back home, and she told me she didn't have a family on the other side. Besides, it's not really any of your business who I invite into my own home."
Camila breathed out a frustrated sigh, falling back into her chair, "So you decided to take in another child? With your bounty? Do you remember what I told you when you took in King? How you're putting him in danger? Lilith wouldn't let Luz get hurt if they come for you, that's why I let her stay with you every week, but she won't be so merciful to anyone else in that house. Not if it means you'll give into her demands."
"Do you just expect me to kick her onto the streets, then?" Eda raised her voice, "Because I know what it's like to live out there, Camila Noceda, and I wasn't going to let some punk kid wallow through that like I did."
Camila shook her head, holding up her hands, "No! No… I'm sorry, it's just dangerous. It's dangerous because of the Emperor's Coven, and it's dangerous because…."
Eda looked away, refusing to meet the pair of brown eyes on the other end of the table, "I know."
Sighing, Camila reached out and placed a hand on Eda's, "Does she at least know about the curse?" She asked gently.
Eda shook her head solemnly, "No, not yet."
Camila bit her lip, patting Eda's hand, "You need to tell her. It's putting her in danger if she doesn't know."
Eda nodded, "I know. I'll tell her. Just give me some time. I'm good with my elixir, there hasn't been a transformation since Luz was small."
"Don't put it off for too long," Camila conceded, taking her hand back and folding them both in her lap. She knew there wasn't any changing Eda's mind. "If things don't go well, don't be afraid to reach out. I'm sure if things go south I can help re-home her-"
"She's not a pet, Cam. She's a person." Eda reminded sternly, a frown on her lips.
Camila composed herself, not wanting to start another argument over a misspoken word, "I'm sorry. It was bad phrasing. It comes with my job."
Eda frowned, eyeing the seal on Camila's arm. "Yeah, yeah."
It was late into the night when Luz and Camila arrived at home, both tired from the long day spent at the Covention center. Camila excused herself to go to bed, having to be up bright and early to be at work in the morning, kissing her daughter good night.
Luz yawned and headed to her own room, tossing her backpack full of her things onto her bed and changing into her pajamas. Smiling to herself, prepared to read the last few chapters of the third Azura book Amity had lent her for the week, Luz crawled into bed and unzipped her bag, letting the contents spill out.
The items clattered onto her blanket, and Luz was prepared to sweep anything she didn't need off onto the floor below as she grabbed her book from the piles contents, only to see something had joined its ranks that she hadn't packed.
Luz picked up the Hecate action figure she'd stolen for Amity, carefully inspecting it for damage. If she'd known it was in there, she'd have been a bit more gentle dumping her items out. Her eyebrow perked when she noticed that attached to the doll by a piece of tape was some paper, and she tore it off to see what it said.
"Dear Luz
It only seems right that you get to keep one of these dolls. You did buy steal take them, and I only have them because you gave them to me. I know you'll enjoy having it with you as much as I'll enjoy having my our Azura on the desk to look and act out fanfics with play with.
I also hope you think of me when you see her. I've always wanted an Azura to my Hecate, so I'm so happy to have you in my life. I can't wait to see you next week.
Amity Blight"
Luz looked over the letter, reading, then rereading it, a faint blush on her cheeks. "The Azura to her Hecate?" She asked herself, reminded of how that friendship had gone in later books. In fact, Luz had never fully seen their friendship arc, as book three was the one where they set aside their rivalry to become true friends. Of course, there was no way Amity had meant it like that. They were just friends. They'd only known each other for a week.
Luz lay down, setting the Hecate doll next to her, and pulling the book out to read. She stared blankly at the pages for a few minutes, eyes skimming past the words and forgetting them all a moment later, heart thumping in her chest as she thought about Amity, and how she'd snuck that letter into her bag for her to read.
Frustrated, she closed the book, knowing she wasn't going to be able to focus on it tonight. Face crimson at the thought of the blonde, she covered her head with her blanket, "Oh no..."
A/N: Well, looks like Luz is going to be the one crushing hard this time. What will her version of "Running around in cute uniforms, sweating?!" Be?
Lilith wasn't featured as much in this chapter as I wanted her to be, but I do have plans for her later on. Some of you wondered if she and Eda would have a better relationship in this AU because of Luz, and I'd actually say it's a little worse than canon, if just because they see each other a bit more often and have to deal with each other. Eda won't deprive Luz of having her family in her life, even if that family is Lilith, but also has no intention of joining the Emperor's coven, which Lilith pushes for every chance she can get.
Meanwhile, Camila does her best to be civil with her ex.
Next chapter is gonna be a fun one. It's one of the ones I worked the hardest on, and one of the reasons I wanted to do this AU in the first place. I won't say any more here, but I'll see you all in about three days with chapter six! Comments are, as always, appreciated, I love to read them.
