Page III: Battle in the Convention
Gus seems to wake up from his slumber, he rises sees a message from his scroll, checks it, and sees a Flower icon; Willow.
'Gus, guess what...today is Opening Coven Tracks...even brings a special guest.' - W
Gus smiles, as he gets up only stuck by his blanket. "Argh...again...come on...get off!"
Gus tried to get the blanket off like it was alive, he made it to the door throws the blanket away, and closes it quickly, he take a breath while rubbing his head. "Oh, man..."
Perry came in wearing his pajamas while looking at Gus. "Don't slam the doors."
"Yes, dad...you going to Open Track?" Gus asked looking at his dad.
"Yes, some might join the News Track...you can join if you want, your old man can show you some ropes," Perry answered with a smirk.
"I would, but they likely put me in a camera group...just get me out of the building, take photos to past time" Gus respond only smiling.
"Heh, worth a tried, have fun, be sure don't stay out too late," Perry said walking downstairs.
"Thanks, dad..." Gus said goes to the bathroom, lights came on, and he grabbed his toothbrush. 'Maybe there's a track fit for me.' he looks at his arm.
Flashback
He came back home, looking at the newest clothes he got from Luz, really taking a liking to them but one thing that really disturbed him. His arm is freaking hurting him, seeing light blue veins appearing all over his body. He is startled until finds look at his arm, and sees his illusion tag breaking off him due to the electric sparks coming out.
"My tag," Gus whispered little shocked.
He almost tried to take put it back on until he stop what he doing, he look down and was puzzled. He gets a serious look and then rips off the illusion tag, the light blue veins begin to disappear, he takes a last look at the tag and crushes it.
Flashback Ends
Gus looks at the illusion shape print on his wrist. "Raine even Eda says the system holds people back, so I won't follow it. Time finds a track that really fits for me."
"Oh gosh,"
The whole gang, in a big building that loads of stands, on top of them are nine main coven tracks.
"Yeah, those are main coven tracks but a lot of others to join," Gus said as they walked in. "Just checks the whole conventions, loads of tracks you can choose."
"Yeah, there's a flower coven, doll coven, tiny cute cat coven," Willow listed
"Argh..." Eda groans in annoyance.
"Also the grumpy coven," Willow whispered to make others laugh.
"What was that?" Eda question looks at them with a glare, causing the kids to run off. 'That's what teaches them, still...hope realized this bunch of bull.'
"Hey, you look familiar." Spoke to a citizen who carried a convention bag.
Eda gets a nervous look. "No, I don't! Distraction spell!" She throws a bag of Hex Mix on the ground and runs off.
The citizen looked weird, he was about to pick it up but Eda trick him by pulling down his hood, grabbing the bag of Hex Mix, and running off.
Coming in the entrance with a smirk, he takes a look at a convention poster, he taps on it as fire spreads all over.
Gus looked at the tracks all over. 'Bakery Coven, Mediation Coven, Scientific Coven...maybe...ARGH! It's just not a coven that helps control my new powers.'
"Gus, you alright?"
The boy sees other than Katya in her regular clothing, having a stand with loads of books all over and a sign that says 'Writing Coven'.
"Hey Katya, I didn't know got own your own Coven?" Gus said goes to her.
"With help of Raine, I got my own stand...need help get youngers like you to get their own stories published," Katya replied looking at him. "No way by force, if they wanna leave...I take those tags out."
"I think this is perfect for you...you can get members for sure," Gus said thinking of a certain one. 'I see Luz joining you."
"Thanks, be sure to say hi to the others when sees them," Katya replied placing her books on her table.
"Gus...come on...almost time."
Gus sees Willow wave to him. "Coming!" runs off and called out to Katya. "For sure."
The group walked until Luz lookup. "It's that I think it is..."
They look to see guards dress in a white cloaks. "Those are Emperor Coven..." Willow spoke
Gus smiles at this seeing the symbol until felt a sharp pain in his head, he touches his forehead. The image in black and white sees a person who seems to run to a hill. He came to his senses. "Ahhh..."
"Kid, you alright?" Eda asked to see what happened.
"It's nothing, just a headache," Gus answered walking in with Willow.
"You coming Eda?" Luz asked
"Yeah, not gonna going in there. They are the worst you know." Eda answered
"I get it, covens are bad and individualism are good... need to know this world. I gotta make up my kind of mind, okay?"
Eda rolls her eyes, until spots the same guy from before who talking to an Emperor guard. "Shit, Luz wait up!" Runs in.
Luz sits with Gus and Willow until Eda came along to sit with an annoyed look.
"Let's just get this over with," Eda said in annoyance.
The lights came off as only one shines over Principle Bump appears with the microphone.
"Hello Bonesboro, students ask me all the time...Principle Bump, what's the height of magical achievement? It's about joining the best of the best and none better than the jewel of the coven system. And the enforcers of his will the Emperor's Coven." Bump said three guards appears in the front. "Feast your eyes on this elite force...each member's hand-picked to help usher in a new age of control of magic."
"Lies...They held a something deep"
Gus heard it and look around until Willow looked at him.
"What's the matter?" Willow asked
"Thought heard someone," Gus answered rubbing his head.
"And here's a leader of Emperor's Coven and Mystery Guest, you know her and love her...Lilith!" Bump shouts
Eda froze in place, and everyone sees a light blue raven on a branch. The bird flew down and landed on the ground as it disappear in blue flames, revealing to be a blue-haired lady with blue eyes and white skin. Black long dress with a blue gem at the center of the chest, black long heels, a white cloak, with a gray mask. "Hello, ladies and gentlemen."
Luz sees Eda frozen in place. "Know her?"
"Sort of..." Eda said
"Is she the one trying to take you down after blowing up a shop. says a sister?" Gus asked to remember a moment in the past.
Luz and Willow look at Eda who facepalms. "Sister?!"
Eda, look at Gus in annoyance. "Way to go Goose!"
Gus getting nervous. "Huh...I gotta go the restroom," he runs out the stairs.
Gus walked out of the restroom while cleaning his face. 'Maybe I should control my mouth-'
A bump into a young witch, who has a dark brown skin tone, eyes with gray irises, pointy ears, and hair that comes in tones of pinkish-gray and deep mauve held up in a ponytail. In every appearance, she wears her school uniform; the red leggings and sleeves signify her as a member of the Bard track. A matching accessory holds back her hair; she also wears gold studded earrings.
"Oops so-...Oh no, of all places to meet you." Skara said looking at him in the glare, look at him. "What are you wearing?"
Gus only gets a deadpan. "Nice to see you Skara, still a little bit bratty. And this called an article of human clothing, all thanks to a friend."
"Oh shut it, I heard what happened to Amity and I shame you do that," Skara states tapping her finger on his chest.
"Argh...she almost got my friend killed," Gus respond walking past her. "All it for a stupid badge." He said to himself.
Skara walked to him. "Least she great person who is not a Half of-"
Gus glares at her. "Don't finish that sentence! Is it enough that three eyes make it up, now the whole school says like it's normal! Willow is a full powerful witch, she is just an indifferent class! You didn't see what she do, you be shocked."
"Oh sure, that be-," Skara said seeing her hair get frizzy. "Ah, what's wrong with my hair?!"
Gus is confused until sees his hands get sparks of electricity, which he quickly puts in his pockets. "Maybe that Caisan Wash, the ladies hair rises to ones who little cracky."
"Just stay away from me Illusion Boy," Skara said in a huff, then a speaker came on.
"Attention everyone, this moment challenge in the arena gonna be with Amity Blight vs A Human!"
Skara looks up in confusion. "Amity?"
"Luz..." Gus said looking up and getting shocked. "Heads up!"
Gus pushes Skara down as a flaming board hits the ground, both look up and see a sector in flames while everyone screaming and running.
"What's going on?!" Skara asked in fear.
"AH HAHAHA! this is my type of fun!"
Both look to see Wade who is way different; his eyes more demonic red eyes. He simply walked while throwing loads of living fire everywhere.
"Wade...last time I saw him, captured by the guards," Gus said in a glare.
"How he so powerful by fire magic?" Skara questions in fear.
"Hey, that's my stand."
Gus alarmed turns to see Katya getting angry, but Wade only gets a smile making the boy startled.
"My what a cute hottie got," Wade said walking slowly to Katya, creating fire in his hand. "Maybe little burn through your clothing to see more of you."
Katya covers herself and glares but little scared. "Don't you dare you little creep..."
"Leave her alone!"
They turn to see Gus standing a few feet away with a glare while Skara who is behind him who scared.
Wade smirks at this. "Porter, with Skara? Never thought to hang with a low class?"
"Not technically..." Skara said hiding behind Gus more.
Wade turns back to Katya. "I looking for you, enjoy of killing you Porter...but things first, gonna get a piece."
"Not happened to anyone especially comes ones I'm close to...William!" Gus shouts angrily
That stops Wade in his track, he now burns around him in flame heat, he turns to Gus with eyes now burning in rage. "No one called me my first name, with this magic called me Staked..." He lifted his hand which form a fireball. "Cause I gonna burn you alive!"
Gus gets frightened, he runs off and shouts. "GO! Run now!" He gets chased by Wade who throws fireballs at him.
Skara gets scared, and she runs. "I go get help!"
Katya looks far and gets worried. 'Please be safe.'
Dodging, blocking, that's all Gus doing to defend himself from mad man Staked. 'Got run out stuff to defend me.'
"Be bo bing! Things are free, people giving offerings to me, I love offerings!"
Gus sees King who wearing loads of Coven's offerings. "King?!"
King turns his head. "Weh?"
Gus grabbed holds King, and carried him while talking and running. "King, I gonna need your stuff!"
"What?!" King shouts seeing his hat gets off and hit by a fireball. "My offerings!"
"I buy you ice scream when we finally lose this-EHHH!" Gus screams and dodges a fireball.
"Fire!"
"A wow, big vortex!"
The audience cheers at the battle between a human and a witch. The giant abomination is breaking apart meanwhile Luz just trying not to get hurt. Meanwhile, Willow has worried about her friend battling that unfairness, but she wondered why Luz does magic without forming circles.
'What's taking Gus so long?' Willow thought looking around.
Luz is back in the corner of the wall, seeing the giant abomination begins to stand up while Amity walked toward her.
"How are you doing this?" Amity question walked to her.
"Amity, wait don't come any closer!" Luz shouts
Amity stop, just one step from a trap. "Why Luz, what happened I step further?"
Then suddenly everything made everyone startled even Eda and Lilith looked around at what is the shaking. Then suddenly, the entrance burst by a big fire blast as a blue energy sphere come out and landed on the arena.
Lilith steps away from the trap. "What the?"
Luz sees the sphere disappear, the ones inside it. "Gus, King?!"
Gus rubs his head. "That one is close, good learning that moves."
"I'm surprised I didn't pass out," King said into dizziness.
Then suddenly came down in the arena, is Staked who smiles. "Nowhere to run now kiddies."
Gus backed away from the wall. "King...need more ammo!"
King just wears his collar. "Run out man."
Staked makes a big fire in his hands. "I so enjoying what I'm gonna do."
Gus held King to his chest. "Sorry King, at least die with my friend."
King held back. "Least I die handsome!"
"Abomination...grabbed!"
Staked got grabbed by Amity's giant abomination, he turns to see Amity going to him with a glare.
"Stay away from the boy and the pet!" Amity shouts angrily
Staked glares. "Blight, the least one of them all. Hope to see your big sister." He makes a dark smile.
Amity growled and ordered her abomination to squeeze him more than ever.
Staked chuckled. "Aw you care for her...but one thing girlie." Staked released big flames around, freeing him. "I only got stronger."
Amity held her hands. "Abomination...consume!"
Amity's abomination grabbed Staked as consumed into a ball...Amity tries to hold him down but sees her abomination getting brighter until gets destroyed causing her to go down, and pass out.
Staked came out unhurt, taking a piece of abomination off him. "Always so gross."
Gus and King Amity who passes out, and the boy checks her pulse. "She okay..."
"Not for long, three in one blast is good enough for me." Staked said holding his hand, only getting blasted by the blue beam. "Ow, the titan?!"
Lilith held her staff. "Stay down!"
Eda held her staff look at Luz. "Bring them to safety while dealing with him!"
"But I thought you two-" Luz said seeing Eds twirl her staff.
"We got issues but we are still family," Eda answered with a smile.
Luz quickly goes to Gus and King, who both with Amity as the human carried the unconscious girl in her arms. "You guys follow me."
Staked spots them running away, and gets angry thus releasing his flames and making the audience leave. "Gonna pay to take away my payback you old hags!"
Eda glares darkly. "Hags?! I gonna-"
"Edalyn, we take him down not end him!" Lilith shouts
Eda growled in agreement as charge blasted him with her signature flames. Stake counters it with his fireball causing both huge explosives to make everyone leaves the arena. Lilith jumps in the air, and sees Wade is focusing on Eda, she created an energy beam but Staked used his other hand to blast at Lilith who quickly dodges it.
'It's like he is living fire, he doesn't have to wait burnt out unless...' Lilith thought then teleport to Eda. "Eda be sure once we separate, use your ice."
"Ice huh? Classic way to take him down." Eda said as they both dodged fire attacks.
"I just gonna kill you two in full blast!" Staked roars of being in impatience.
Eda and Lilith appear on opposite sides of Staked as the Owl Lady spoke. "Yeah go ahead try hothead!"
That resulted in Staked releasing flames again, but both Eda and Lilith use their ice spells toward the flames. Created huge splash pf water towards Staked who scream in pain, he falls due to his fire is gone and now only smoke coming out of him.
"Dame you." Staked groaned in pain.
"It's over..." Lilith said with a sigh.
Eda smiles. "Was gonna knock him out, but this is good." Hears footsteps coming. "Well, my cue to run."
Lilith looks at her. "But Eda, what we did! I join the Emperor's Coven, we can do more than this."
Eda, look at her with a smile. "Lily, confess all you want but I not joining some man who controls everything...one more thing."
"Yes, Eda..." Lilith said gets hit by a Hex Mix bag, she then glares. "Grrr..."
Eda runs off and shouts. "It's been fun teaming up with you, let's do it again sometime!"
"Argh!" Lilith shouts to see her sister leave.
A group of Emperor Guards came in, and the one known as Steve come to the front. "We got a call from a fight, anything happened Madame Lilith?"
Lilith turns and makes a clear throat. "Yes, I do have a report."
In the food corner, Luz, Gus, and King sit in their seats with Amity who waking up.
"Argh, my head..." Amity said in a daze, spotting that strange to her. "What are you wearing?"
"Why does everyone says that?" Gus mumbled
"Hey guys, maybe I can talk to Amity," Luz said looking at both of them.
"Sure, come on King...I did promise you ice scream." Gus said he stands up.
"Weh!" King shouts jumping on Gus's head. "Let's get some sweets from the bakery, let me do all the work."
Luz giggled sees them walk off, and turns to Amity who rubbing her eyes. "You alright?"
"Yeah, how long was I out?" Amity asked to look at her.
"Just a few," Luz answered
"Just...who was that guy that attacked us?" Amity asked.
"Well if I were to guess, I think he was some kind of supervillain or something." Luz indicates, "Sorry that we couldn't finish our battle."
"It's fine and...thanks for saving me out there." Amity thanked "And I should apologize for the cupcake earlier, I was stressing out since the incident-"
"I think we're past that." Luz replied, "Besides, King will just forget it when he gets more gifts."
Luz then brings out a notebook, which Amity is curious "What are you doing?"
"Watch." Luz taps on the glyph she drew, which she taps as it crumbles into a ball of light. Amity is amazed by what the human girl can do.
"Wow, I...well, a light spell is something even babies can learn. But...I doubt it'll stop you from becoming a witch." Amity said, as she grabs Luz's wrists, and unbinds a circle spell. "There, the everlasting oath is unbound."
"Really?" Luz asks in surprise, "Wow um, thanks Amity."
"I couldn't fulfill finishing the battle, so as a Blight I couldn't finish those terms," Amity replied, as she gets up and walks out.
Luz smiles then spot two cupcakes and an ice scream floating then places them on the table. She turns to see Gus and King the little demon eating his sweets.
"Hey Luz...how's the talk?" Gus asked going to her.
"Pretty well, Amity unbound our oath and left," Luz answered
"Really, I bought that ice scream for her," Gus said looking at the sweets.
"And that free cupcake...well since not gonna eat it-" King said trying to jump on the table and chow down but the treats float in the air and landed on the steel table. "Weh!"
"Nice try, gonna give these to Willow and here she comes," Gus said seeing Willow coming near them.
"I glade you guys alright, huh?" Willow said sees a cupcake and an ice scream floating while covering electricity, and sees Gus doing it. "How?!"
"It is a long story," Gus answered with a smile.
"Which you gonna talk to while we walk out of here," Eda spoken walks towards them. "Finish dealing with the punk and escape my sister, really good day."
The others agree and walk out of the place while Luz spoke."Yeah, this really is great...this convention, survive my first witches duel!"
"And survived a monstrous fire guy," King said
"And don't find any track to fit me," Gus replied looking at his arm.
"Why not you, and Willow, join Eda's track...the infamous Bad Girl Coven Track!" Luz said the last one in a dramatic way
"If you two do, it is a lot of training of any kind of magic, and be ready to take on anything going your way...I am sure won't survive." Eda said
Willow sweatdrop. "I...might stick with the plant."
Gus smiles nervously. "I think about it."
Outside the entrance, Amity spots Skara and both chanting until Bard Girl's eyes are wide.
"You take on that fire monster guy?" Skara questions
"Yeah, but pass out. Need more control of my magic...you called the guard?" Amity asked
Skara nodded. "Someone needed to call help gets rid of that psycho."
"Thanks, remember a few days away," Amity said Skara nodded in agreement. "Let's go meets up with the others."
Amity begins to walk, and so does Skara until she sees the main group walk out of the place. She followed Amity until she heard a voice.
"Thanks for calling them."
Skara turns to see Gus's little smile, he pulled out a little peace sign to her of thank. Skara huffed as continued to follow Amity, a little far...she do a peace sign on her back. The boy chuckled as he followed his friends, ready to relax and enjoy the day.
Lilith sees the guards placing Wade in the prison wagon, getting a call, pick it up. "Yes?"
"You did well Lilith, capturing a Victim." Spoke of s small demon with claw hair, red eyes with one show, white dress.
"Victim?" Lilith questions in confusion.
"Oh have you heard, certain accidents transformed criminals into something that is way beyond control. All we do to capture them all again, be sure you check each street and be sure don't lose your temper."
Lilith grilled her teeth. "Yes...Kikimora." She hangs up. 'There's more of a certain happening, what is going here.'
"EEEEEEP!"
A hot witch who runs away with her staff is followed by a purple cloak. She stops by an alley and turns to see a purple cloak.
"Nowhere to hide...now fear me for I am-" spoken by a purple cloak.
"HONEY!" The witch scream
Burst open from a bar, be a biker who sees a cloaked man near the witch. "HEY PAL, YOU DON'T NOT HITTING ON MY GIRL!"
"W-Wait...I-"
The biker snaps his fingers, his gang comes out. "Let's kill 'em!"
"AHHHHHH!"
This chapter got me thinking about how to create it, next chapter is Moonlit Walkers.
And here's to fans think of the last chapter and this I say this.
NO! I'm totally a fan of Lumity, the last moment of Luz and Gus, I only see the sister/brother figure moment... everyone in the story will go through tough times but always have each other back.
And the tags, I watch the show...and I want to say, I don't know the tags will be draining everyone. I just think Belos only holding people back in their magics throughout their lives, that is likely what he does in my head.
So tune in next chapter guys, Sign Out! 🌀
