We're Wizards, Not Warriors

Chapter 54: King and Sam's Tide

King wakes up and finds himself again in the In Between Realm, overhearing a conversation between Belos and the Collector.

The Collector said, "but- but you said. You said you'd let me out! I hate it here!"

Belos said, "just a little longer. We have to wait 'till after the Draining Spell."

King floats over to the source of the voices and watches them from behind a pillar. The Collector is trapped in a mysterious floating orb, while Belos is speaking from a small round piece of glass floating nearby.

The Collector said, "you better not be fibbing. You pinky-swore me."

Emperor Belos said, "patience, Collector, you can trust me."

King scoffs at this.

Collector yelled, "Hmm? WHO'S THERE?!"

….

King wakes up in Willow's lap, breathing heavily.

"It's okay, King, it's okay", Willow said.

King, Willow, Cobi, Ahsoka, Ani, Alador, Amity, Revan, Gus, and Hunter are all aboard the airship.

Amity is worriedly pacing back and forth, as is Cobi.

Gus is inspecting his power amplifier, and four of the gang's palismen are huddled in a shaking pile.

Hunter does various adjustments to the airship to help steer it.

"I know how to fly a ship", Alador said.

Amity said, "then fly faster! We're barely halfway there. Luz and Sam could be in trouble!"

Cobi said, "who knows what Belos will do to them?!"

Hunter said, "maybe if I took the wheel…."

Alador said, "very eager to return to Belos, eh, Golden Guard?"

Hunter said, "at least I've never built him an army!"

Alador said, "watch your tone with me, young man."

Alador lets go of the steering wheel, causing the ship to tilt and Gus to fall out of his seat.

Gus yelled, "hey, here's a bright idea: don't distract the pilot!"

Hunter yelled, "he started it!"

Revan called out, "I don't care who started it, I'll finish it!"

Alador, Hunter, Cobi, Revan Gus, and Amity all start yelling at each other angrily. King, Ahsoka and Willow watch sadly from the back of the ship.

King muttered, "I can't believe they're gonna face Belos alone again. And I'm powerless to help them. We can't even manage to help each other."

Willow lifts up Clover, and nods to her. Clover chirps and flies over to where the other palismen are. The palismen push a box of cheeses, bread, and apples over to the arguing witches, interrupting their fighting. Gus' stomach growls.

Amity said, "look, we're all exhausted and terrified. Let's focus our energy on helping Luz and Sam instead of fighting each other."

Everyone nods. They all take a snack from the box.

Well except Revan.

Gus fist bumps Hunter as an apology. Alador then gestures to Hunter to steer the wheel with a sincere smile.

Ahsoka rocks Ani as Cobi pets Hamill.

To the side, Amity is rubbing her hands together from the cold, but Alador summons Abomination goo to cover her hands. He sits down next to her.

Amity asked, "hmm? Aw, this is just like when I was a kid. Wait. Is this why you call me 'Mittens?'"

Alador just smiles at her and eats his bread.

King said, "that was amazing!"

Willow says as Clover flies back to her hand, "there's always a way to help. You just have to look for the right opportunity."

King, "thanks, Willow. I'll…. yawn…. Remember that."

He lies down to go back to sleep….

….

We then see outside the Titan's head. The moon and sun are nearing an eclipse. All Coven witches from across the isles have gathered into a large, circular area. Belos appears on top of a raised platform in the center, and the crowd gasps. Belos grins deviously, then projects a larger version of himself. Everyone starts cheering.

"Children of the isles, for too long our world has been home to an insidious pox. A corruption that defiles the Titan's blessings. But today that changes. United with the Titan and the power of the eclipse, we shall wipe out wild magic forever. Paradise awaits", Belos said.

Belos's projection fades out, and six of the Coven Heads walk out onto the central platform.

Raine, Anakin, Padme, Eda, Lilith, and Hooty, the latter five have just canceled out their invisibility glyph, are hiding in a small hollowed-out area nearby. Lilith looks down to see Katya and Derwin disguised as Coven Scouts guarding the area, and Katya gives her a thumbs-up.

Eda said, "whoo", she stretches, detaching and reattaching her arm by accident, "that last stretch was a long one."

Raine said, "hey, pay attention. The other Coven Heads think they're gonna be royalty after today. And they'll do anything to make that happen. The cloaking stone won't cover your voice, so make sure not to speak. Also-"

Eda grabs Raine by the shoulders and says, "the curse will do its thing. I got this, Rainstorm. Don't worry."

Raine pulls away and says, "don't….", they grab Eda's arm sadly, rubbing the Bard Coven Sigil, then hold her hand between theirs, "don't tell me not to worry."

Anakin, Padme and Kane hug Eda.

Eda gave a small smile.

"Please be careful mom", Kane said.

Eda said, "I will, my baby boy. I promise."

Anakin and Padme then kissed Eda's cheeks.

Eda gave a light blush.

"We love you", Anakin and Padme said.

Eda said, "I love you too. Always have. Always will."

Anakin and Padme smiled tearfully.

They were very worried about their wife.

"Edalyn, please be careful! If you need help, just, uh, flap your arms", Lilith said tearfully as she hugged her sister.

Eda hugged her sister close.

"Don't worry, Lily. With this spell declared, I promise I'll be back", Eda said.

"That's not a spell. Doesn't even rhyme", Lilith said.

Eda touches her and Lilith's foreheads together in a manner similar to the pain-sharing spell. Hooty rises up behind them with tears in his eyes as well, and Eda kisses the top of his head. She then activates her cloaking stone and starts heading toward the central platform, but hesitates.

As she looks back, a vision briefly enters her vision: younger versions of Raine, Lilith, Anakin, Padme, Darius, Alador, Odalia, Principal Bump, and Perry Porter. The other younger selves fade away until only Raine, Anakin, Padme and Lilith are left.

The vision then disappears to reveal current day Anakin, Padme, Raine and Lilith looking nervously at Eda. She smiles and winks at them both before proceeding forward to join the other Coven Heads, who are gathering in a circle around Belos.

Belos says, "oh! I forgot to mention, I decided to switch up the arrangement."

Darius and Eda, disguised as Raine, are both shocked. Eberwolf gasps at this, but is shoved aside by Adrian's tail. Adrian takes his place next to a disguised Eda, looking very disheveled, much to her surprise.

Adrian sternly says, "don't say a word about my appearance. I will not be taking notes at this time."

Terra pushes Darius away and stands beside Eda, still as Raine. She grins at her deviously.

Terra says, "hello, sprout!"

Eda gulps nervously.

Belos raises his arms, then draws a large glyph-like shape into the ground below himself and the Coven Heads. He raises his staff into the air and activates it.

"Goodbye, Boiling Isles", Belos said in a low voice.

He slams his staff into the ground and activates the glyph, sending large pillars of light into the air. All of the audience's Coven Sigils start glowing. He then turns into goo and disappears into the ground, reforming himself at the center of the Titan's Head where his portal is.

The Collector said, "we did it! It's done, it's done! Now you can set me free and we can play new games with your son!"

Belos said, "I'm afraid that's impossible."

The Collector said, confused, "uh, excuse-a-what now?

Belos sets down the Collector's glass sphere.

The Collector said, "b-but you said you'd use the Titan blood to help free me! That I would have a playmate!"

Belos said, "and I'm sorry, but I just realized I only have enough Titan's Blood to open the portal."

Belos takes off his cape and ties his hair back so that he looks much more like Philip. He takes out the portal key and drains the last of its Titan's Blood into a device that powers the portal.

The Collector said angrily, "but you said we were friends! W-We pinky-swore! You lied! Liar! Liar! Liar, liar, liar, liar, liar, liar! Liar-"

The Collector disappears when Belos places his cape over the glass circle.

Kikimora then walks through the door in her Abomatron with the orb containing Luz and Sam.

"Emperor, congratulations on this momentous day. I come bearing a gift. You had been looking for your son and the Golden Guard, and here they are! Perhaps this act is worthy of me returning to my old post. Or, if you're looking for a new right hand….", Kikimora said as she kneeled and Belos walked over to her.

"Have you as my right hand? I'd sooner cut off my whole arm", Belos said in disgust.

"But, uh, I just want to help", Kikimora said.

Belos said, "you want to help?"

Belos takes the cloak-covered mirror and drags Kikimora out with magic.

Belos said, "go find a hole to wither away in….", he leaves a shocked Kikimora; then goes to the edge of the bridge and uncovers the mirror, "and you…."

Collector furiously said, "I gave you the draining spell. I taught you magic stronger than anybody's!"

Belos said, unfazed, "and that's why I won't release you. Can't have you giving that to anyone else. Goodbye."

He throws the mirror and cloak off the bridge, and with it, the screaming Collector.

The Collector screams as their voice fades away, "you're a liar, liar, pants on fire!"

The last word echoes as Belos walks away from the edge and back into the room where the portal and a captive Luz and Sam are held.

Belos said, "of course, she'd mess up such a simple task."

He dispels the bubble, releasing Luz and Sam.

Belos said, "but I am glad to see you, my fellow human and my son…."

Luz and Sam do not move, surprising him.

Belos asked, "what? No fight left? Or did you learn your lesson from last time?"

Both Sam and Luz finally turn around, confident looks on their faces.

Luz said, "you wish."

Sam growled, "let's rumble, old man."

Sam then turns into his harpy form.

Scarlet magic swirls all around him!

Luz inhales and uses an invisibility glyph and slaps it on her, and she disappears. Luz then appears behind Belos, which he sees.

Luz yells, "spicy toss!"

She releases a wave of flames towards Belos, but he deflects it with his staff.

Belos growls, "of course not."

Sam shoots a blast of scarlet magic at Belos, who also deflects it, but just barely.

Belos begins to attack Luz and Sam!

….

Outside….

Hunter lifts up his glove, revealing the Emperor's Coven sigil underneath. He looks at Alador, with a worried expression on his face.

We then see the draining spell location, with the eclipse in the foreground. King looks on with a concerned expression, only to be surprised by a passing Emperor's Coven ship.

"Your ship has been reported stolen. Land immediately", a scout shouted.

"Mom….", Amity growled angrily.

"After this is over, we should hand Odalia over to the Titan, so he can strip her of her magic", Ahsoka said angrily.

Cobi said, "I couldn't agree more. How did she even escape her bonds?!"

"Hang on, I'll be right back", Revan said.

Revan suddenly vanished….

….

We see Odalia trying to scrape up some of her broken inventory, when Revan suddenly appears behind her.

"What the fu-", Odalia exclaimed.

Revan once again tied her up, (with chains this time), and pulled up his mask to show another horrifying face!

Odalia screamed like a banshee!

….

Revan appeared back on the ship.

He said, "tied her up more securely this time. And showed her another scary face."

Hunter asked, "whose face was it?"

Revan said, "some horrifying woman named Justin Beiber."

Everyone shuddered.

Cobi said, "at least that's one situation taken care of."

Gus casts an illusion spell, changing the ship's appearance to a flock of birds.

"Don't be fooled! Take them down", a scout growled.

The Abomatons keep shooting at the birds. Hunter suddenly wraps the Coven Scout around his own cloak, but gets knocked off his staff by an Abomaton. He fails to catch it and screams while falling as Flapjack flies after him. Suddenly, he is caught by Willow and becomes flustered, then grabs his staff. The Abomatons keep shooting but get turned off by Amity. The illusion around the ship vanishes as the three return aboard.

"Why did I make those things so powerful? Stupid Alador. Stupid", Alador said to himself.

The ship suddenly rumbles, startling a concerned King. Sure enough, two more ships with more Abomatons are tailing them

A Coven Scout yells, "fire!"

The Abomatons do so.

The group's ship is destroyed and starts rocketing towards the ground. Everyone holds on to the rails as King looks on in shock!

….

Back at the Titan's head, where the draining spell is initiated. Everyone is rejoicing and cheering as the moon slowly comes in contact with the sun.

We see the Coven Heads, among them, a still-disguised Eda, looking very nervous. Her arm then starts to bubble and everyone feels their magic weaken. Darius and Eberwolf notice this, but remain calm, satisfied that their plan is working perfectly.

….

Down below, a Healing Coven witch asks, "what?"

Another Healing Coven witch said, "it's getting weaker."

….

Eda notices her curse delaying the draining spell, and attempts to hide it, however, Terra suddenly binds her shoulders.

Terra said, "looks like my suspicions were correct. Graye, if you'd please."

Adrian draws a spell circle and points it at Eda as he says, "gladly. I love a good twist."

The illusion dispels and Raine is revealed to be Eda in disguise.

Eda yelled, "hey!"

Upon seeing this, Eberwolf immediately summons their beast form and lunges at Terra, however, it is blocked by Mason, the Construction Coven head, and his hammer. Eberwolf simply clings onto his hammer and summons flesh-eating insects which begin to crawl around him. Mason drops his hammer in shock and begins screaming and waving the bugs away, to no avail, as Eberwolf summons more of them that cover his head.

Darius said, "oh, for Titan's sake."

Darius then transforms into a large abomination and begins fighting the other Coven Heads as well. Eberwolf is suddenly restrained by Osran, the Oracle Coven head, as Vitimir, the Potions Coven head, attacks Darius, but he slices off their hat.

Before Terra can start fighting, a lightsaber blade is pointed right at her neck!

She slowly turned to see Anakin standing there, growling, "you know…. I always hated you; you bitch."

Terra growled, "you have no power over me!"

Anakin smirked and said, "I don't….", he gestures with his head, "but something tells me he does…."

Adrian asked, "he who?"

Suddenly, all of the coven scouts around them were pulled through some mirrors that had appeared! As well as a few Abomatons!

Red smoke began to surround the area as a terrifying pillar of it emerged from the middle of the area!

Terra asked as she looked to be scared, "what's going on?"

Revan suddenly burst out of the smoke with a terrifying screech!

All the Coven heads screamed like little girls.

Anakin said, smugly, "that's who."

Scarlet Magic surrounded Revan as he glared angrily at the Coven heads.

He yelled, "you idiots! This damned draining spell is going to kill you all!"

"Nonesense! Belos promised us paradise", Terra shouted.

Revan yelled, "the Titan has spoken to the Jedi! There is no paradise!"

"You're just a stupid ghost", Adrian said.

Revan yelled, "could a stupid ghost do this?"

He used scarlet magic to grab Terra and span her around like a merry-go-round.

Anakin and Eda laughed at the sight.

Terra finally stopped spinning and coughed up a pile of mulch.

Adrian tried to run away.

Revan yelled, "get back here, you coward!"

Revan formed a rope made of Scarlet Magic and used it as a lasso to catch Adrian.

He pulled the cowardly Coven head back over to the circle as he growled, "at least Eberwolf, Darius and Raine realized the truth."

The other coven heads ran towards the force ghost.

Raven growled with a smirk under his mask, "let's dance, schmucks!"

Vitimir, the potion's coven leader, attempted to throw acid at Revan.

Revan easily blocked the acid and trapped Vitimir in a bubble.

Mason, the construction coven leader, summoned a few bricks and launched them at Revan.

Revan crushed the bricks in midair before they could even touch him and wrapped Mason up in chains he conjured up!

Osran, the Oracle Coven leader, summoned a spirit that flew towards Revan.

Revan twisted the spirit into nothing before he made Osran spin in midair, unable to move on their own!

Revan asked, "want some more?"

The Coven Heads all groaned in pain.

"Didn't think so", Revan said as he smirked.

Revan then turned to Anakin and Eda.

Revan turned to Anakin and said, "Sam's in trouble! I'll hold these schmucks off, you find him!"

Hettie Cutburn, the Healing Coven leader, launched a dagger at Revan.

Revan immediately turned the dagger to dust and trapped Hettie in a deep hole.

"Way to go, you kicked their asses", Eda said.

Revan said, "it was no trouble. But we have more pressing concerns to deal with at the moment."

Anakin asked, "what's wrong?"

Revan said, "Luz and Sam are in a furious battle with Belos."

Anakin and Eda's mind took 3 seconds to process what Revan said to them….

Anakin instantly turned to Eda and said, "you stay here. I'm gonna rip Belos a new asshole for dealing with our kids!"

"Ani wait! You can't go alone", Eda said to her husband.

Anakin said, "you have to stay here to continue halting the spell."

Revan said, "and besides; he won't be alone. Amity and the others will soon be there to help. I can sense it."

Eda looked hesitant and then she gave Anakin a quick kiss on the lips.

She whispered, "save our family."

Anakin gave a firm nod and then raced off!

….

Back inside the secret chamber….

Luz nearly hits the ground but Sam catches her.

He quickly sets her down as they run away, avoiding Belos' attack.

They hide behind a wall, panting.

Belos said, "I didn't realize you're already combining glyphs", Luz places an ice glyph on each pillar as she runs with Sam, blasting at Belos in the process, "you do have a strange intuition with these. It took me years to figure that out. Almost like the Titan himself didn't want me to have that knowledge."

Sam yelled, "I can tell why, bitchface!"

Luz activates the glyphs but Belos, knowing the attack, destroys the ice shards.

"Though you're still decades away from beating me", Belos said.

Sam then tackled Belos.

Sam formed large fangs and bit into Belos' shoulder, making the witch hunter scream before kicking him away!

"Don't hurt my brother", Luz shouted in anger, "eat dirt, Belos!"

She shoots a ball of fire at him, but Belos grabs her hand, his own formed into Abomination goo, as he growls, "it's Philip. And despite our differences, I want to help you, Luz. I can send you home. I have just enough Titan Blood for one more trip", Luz looks towards the door and back at him, "please. I don't want to see another human life destroyed by this place."

Luz growled, "you're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done, you're barely human yourself."

As she speaks, Belos' scar on his face returns.

"I do pity you. These monsters have warped your sense of reality. Perhaps it'd be merciful to put you out of your misery", Belos said.

Luz's body slowly starts to turn to stone.

Sam yelled, "no!"

Sam ran at Belos, but the older witch Hunter grabbed Sam around his neck.

Belos said, "what a shame that you continue to ally yourself with monsters, my son."

Luz yelled, "wait. Wait, wait, wait! You- You can't! You-", she looks around the room and spots a branding glove, "y-you do realize you've been gone from the Human Realm for centuries. Times have changed. You wanna be known as the Emperor of the Witch Hunters, right?"

Belos growls, "Witch Hunter General."

Luz said, "sure, sure. Uh, Witch Hunter General. But those aren't really a thing anymore. No one's gonna take you seriously if you start ranting about the Demon Realm. Not to mention a fashion sense like that…."

Belos looks at his clothes, surprised.

Luz said with a disgusted look, "yikes, my dude."

Sam catches on and says, "she's right. The human world is filled with all sorts of things you won't understand! Advanced technology, different governments across the globe, the internet!"

Belos looks down in thought and throws Sam and Luz away as they knock over the table, and spotting two branding gloves, immediately hide them behind themselves.

Belos asked, "so what? You're offering to be my modern-day guides?"

Luz said, "we're not offering anything. But we do wanna make a deal."

Belos looks intrigued.

Sam said, "we can't beat you. We know that. So…. We will return to the Human Realm, and we will be your guide. If you spare our friends and family."

Belos scoffs at this. Luz is almost completely petrified.

Luz said, "come on. You'll need living proof that this realm exists. You'd do anything to save humanity, well", tears start welling up in her eyes, "we'd do anything to save the people we love. Please. Philip."

Sam tries to play his cards right and says, "please…. Father."

Belos looks satisfied and reverses the petrification, surprising Luz and Sam.

Belos said, "fine."

"Then shake on it. Human style", Luz said.

Luz and Sam hold out their hands.

Belos looks skeptical, but Luz and Sam hold out both their arms and shake them, implying that they aren't hiding anything.

Belos takes their hands and shakes them when suddenly, Sam and Luz's other hands immediately grab his hands, and the back of his hands start burning.

He yells in surprise and retreats as his arms now show the Emperor's Coven sigils branded onto them.

Luz exhales deeply and two branding gloves immediately appear on her and Sam's hands, revealing everything they said to be a trick, angering Belos.

Sam growled, "who's the fool now?"

….

Outside….

"The eclipse is almost here", Eda said.

Revan was staring down Terra, trying to keep the whole thing from happening!

"Let us go!"

Eda and Revan knew who that voice belonged to….

They quickly turned to see several Abomatons approaching.

They had Lilith, Luke, Leia, Raine, Padme, Kane and Hooty in their arms!

They also had three others.

A red headed girl in purple robes, Mara Jade.

A young man with brown hair and a vest, Han Solo.

And a member of the Wookie species with a bandolier over his chest, Chewbacca.

"Guys", Eda shouted in fear.

Padme yelled, "let go of us, you metal maniacs!"

Terra quickly used this to her advantage, using her magic to make a building start to fall over towards the crowd!

Revan turned to see the building and glared at Terra.

She smirked and said, "save the crowd, or stop us. Your choice."

Revan clenches his fists as he knew what he had to do…. He flew towards the building to stop it from falling on the crowd!

As this was happening, Raine was placed into the circle.

Eda yelled, "no. No, no, no. No, no, no! Raine! Oh, you are making a big mistake!"

Terra said, "my only mistake was letting you and your little friends live all those years ago."

Eda yelled, "Raine!"

Raine yelled, "Eda!"

Their eyes suddenly glow!

Terra laughs evilly, "hello, paradise!"

Darius suddenly groans in pain

The magic returns and everyone's sigils start to glow brightly!

The eclipse finally happens….

….

Meanwhile….

"Daddies, look", Aiden said in fear as he pointed to the sky.

Sam's husbands and kids all looked into the sky.

The babies began whimpering.

Beru asked scared, "what's going on?"

Prime said, "the Day of Unity…. It's begun."

The kids started to cry in fear.

Lucifer said, "it's okay, kids. Daddy will save the day…. We know he will…."

Galen asked, "but will he make it back home?"

Alastor said, "we're sure he will. Your father has survived far worse."

The four fathers hugged their kids close.

They all prayed for the safety of their friends and family….

….

Eda fearfully watches the eclipse. Terra's look of victory diminishes when she notices her sigil is burning.

She says, "huh?"

The other Coven Heads also experience the same effect. Vines start appearing on their bodies.

Darius said, "no. We're too late."

Once Eberwolf is released from the trap, they clutch their arm in pain.

Terra asked terrified, "what…. Is…. Happening? Raine, Belos is giving us paradise, right?"

Raine shakes their head in response.

Padme yelled, "we warned all you damned idiots! And you didn't listen! The blood of the entire Boiling Isles is on your hands!"

Terra whimpers as she and the other Coven Heads start to collapse to the ground, affected by the draining spell. The other witches and Coven Scouts, upon seeing this, start to scream and attempt to escape and run away but are trapped inside by the Abomatons.

That is, until a loud noise is heard….

The Abomatons turned around to see the Jedi!

Master Yoda was leading the charge, as he used the force to crush several Abomatons as the clones all ran forward and began shooting the machines!

Obi Wan yelled, "Jedi! Clones! Members of the Rouge Coven! CHARGE!"

An epic battle began!

Several Jedi lifted the Abomatons into the air and tossed them all around as the clones blasted every Abomaton they could!

The Jedi all ran forward, lightsabers drawn, as the fate of the Boiling Isles hung in the balance….

….

Back inside the Titan's head….

Belos also collapses as a result of the draining spell.

"You'll never make it out of here, unless you stop the draining spell right now", Luz shouted.

Belos does not respond.

Sam yelled, "we…. Said…. Stop it!"

Instead, Belos suddenly transforms into a monstrous, slimy green form and the horrified Luz and Sam back up. Having fully transformed, Belos looks back at Luz.

Sam muttered, "you…. Are one ugly mother fucker."

Belos let out an angry roar.

….

We then see from King's POV.

He slowly wakes up and groans as he sees Alador fighting off the Abomatons as Ahsoka, Ani, Cobi, Amity, Willow, Gus and Hunter recover.

"Oh my head", Gus said.

Ahsoka asked her son, "Ani? Are you hurt?"

Ani hugged his mom close as Cobi tried to aid Alador, shooting a bolt of fire at an Abomaton!

Alador continues fighting off the Abomatons as Amity approaches him.

Amity asked, but her father handed her the control, "Dad. Dad are you?"

"Take this", Alador said.

"Dad, no! We're not gonna leave you", Amity cried.

Alador simply kisses her forehead and continues fighting the Abomatons as Willow and Hunter drag her away.

"Amity, come on, we can't stay", Willow said.

"We have to go", Hunter said.

The gang collect their palismen and start running away.

Gus approaches King, saying, "King, King, are you okay?"

King faints again….

….

When he opens his eyes, he sees all the weakened Coven Heads lying on the ground. Hunter approaches Darius as Willow and Amity run past them.

Hunter said, "Darius? Darius? Darius, wake up!"

Willow and Amity reach Eda and find her unconscious but held by the Abomaton. Amity turns it off just as Eda collapses into Willow's arms.

Willow said, "Eda! I've got her!"

The others are let go as well, and Padme and the kids run over to Eda.

Padme takes Eda into her arms.

Willow said, "she's not waking up."

Amity said, "we have to get to the head. Luz and Sam could be in trouble."

Kane said, "you all go on ahead. Dad's going after them. We'll stay with Eda.

Cobi yelled, "come on everybody! Let's move!"

King closes his eyes again….

….

King opens his eyes for the third time.

When King regains consciousness, he finds the gang riding on their staffs and Gus carrying him as they all head towards Luz and Sam.

King rubs the top of his skull. There's now a small crack!

….

Back inside the secret quarters, Belos, still in his monster form, continues to chase Luz and Sam around, who keep evading him.

Luz exclaimed, "okay. I-I know you're mad, but we can still fix things…. Just, stop the spell!"

Sam yelled, "I don't think he's gonna listen, Luz!"

Belos lunges at them, but Sam grabs Luz and they avoid him just in time, however he hits and nearly damages the portal door by accident.

"The door…. Watch the door", Luz shouted.

Luz and Sam inhale as they take an invisibility glyph and slaps it on themselves, and they disappear. Belos begins to search for Luz and Sam around the room. The two then appear at the door leading outside the room.

"Over here you, bitchface", Sam shouted.

Luz opens the door and she and Sam run through, Belos following them. The two stop and turn around. Belos rises behind them.

Belos yelled, "we don't belong here!"

Luz yelled, "I'm not like you!"

Belos prepares to attack Luz but is stopped by vines. Belos falls, revealing King, Cobi, Ani, Willow, Gus, Amity and Hunter.

Willow yelled, "we're here to help!"

Amity asked, "did you really think we wouldn't follow you?"

Gus said, "yeah girl, get with it."

Cobi said, "friends stick together until the end!"

Luz exclaimed, "you guys are literally the coolest!"

Sam said, "what Luz said."

Belos begins to rise to his feet.

High above, at a window, Anakin has finally made it to the area, and looks down to see Belos standing up!

Anakin began banging onto the window, but to no avail!

Luz yelled, "we have to get him to stop the draining spell, but he's all…. Berserk mad!"

Willow summons more vines to pull Belos back. The bridge they're on starts to break. Belos breaks free of the vines and causes rubble to start falling.

Amity summons an abomination shield and covers Luz and herself as she yells, "Luz!"

Gus takes King and Ani to a safe spot and puts them down.

Gus said, "it's about to get real scary. You stay here."

King said, "but I can help!"

Belos fully breaks free of the vines and roars. Amity uses an abomination hand to grab him, and that gets frozen by one of Luz's glyphs. Hunter teleports to Willow and breaks the rubble about to fall on her.

Willow yelled, "Gus!"

Gus yelled, "on my way!"

Belos suddenly shoots his hand forward, grabbing Sam's leg!

The others all yell, "SAM!"

Belos quickly pulled Sam under him, and formed several long claws!

He growled, "such a disappointment…. Maybe you'll be a better maggot hole than a son!"

Sam had a look of horror on his face as he tried to get away.

Belos roared as he got ready to slash at Sam!

Cobi saw all of this and raced towards the scene as fast as he could, his lightsaber at the ready as he yelled, "SAM!"

Belos slashed downwards….

SLASH!

Sam opened his eyes…. And was utterly shocked by what he saw.

Cobi was on his knees, groaning as he was clutching…. A bloody stump.

His left arm sat a few feet away, still clutching his lightsaber.

"COBI", Sam screamed in horror as he ran to his friend's side.

Cobi fell onto his back as Sam ripped off a piece of his cloak to bandage the stump.

Cobi coughed out, "fitting…. That I lose the same hand…. That was left over evidence…. From my crimes…."

Tears fell down Sam's face as he said, "Cobi."

Cobi smiled as he coughed out, "don't cry…. If it saved you…. I'd do that all over again…."

Anakin stared at the whole thing in shock.

This whole thing convinced him…. Cobi had truly changed.

He had saved his son from being killed.

And now…. He was gonna return the favor!

Anakin pressed a button on his wrist that formed the Vader suit around himself.

He looked around until he saw a nearby mine cart…. And got an idea….

Meanwhile, Belos was laughing darkly as Sam pulled Cobi over to the others, handing Cobi's saber to Hunter.

Belos taunted, "none of you will leave this chamber alive! The Boiling Isles will perish…. And I will return to the human world…. As a hero!"

Suddenly, a loud rumbling is heard.

Everyone, even Belos, looks around in confusion.

Suddenly, out of the window high up, a large mine cart burst through it!

Anakin is in the cart, dressed in the Vader suit, and as the cart sails towards Belos, he yells, "HEY THERE, JACKASS!"

Belos shouted, "SKYWALKER!?"

Anakin jumped out of the cart as it sailed right into Belos!

Belos was sent flying into a wall.

The resounding crash caused King to fall backwards and down a staircase, clutching Ani close!

He stands up and watches the battle from below with Ani in his arms.

"DAD", Sam and Luz shouted in joy.

Anakin activated his lightsaber and yelled, "it's good to see you kids! Remind me to thank Cobi for saving you when this is over Sam!"

Sam nodded.

Anakin turned towards Belos as he tried to free himself from the crash as Anakin said, "Sam, go check on King and Ani. We'll handle this monster!"

Sam nods his head as he walks down the stairs to check on King and Ani.

He saw the little Titan standing there with Ani in his arms.

Sam asked, "King! Ani! Are you two okay?"

King said, "yeah. We're okay."

"We have to stop Belos", Sam said.

"It's pointless."

King and Sam turn to face Kikimora.

She said, "Belos can't stop the spell any more than they can. Only the Collector has that power."

Sam and King glanced at one another.

King asked, "who…. Is the Collector?"

Kikimora said, "neither witch nor demon, a child from the stars. Belos only talked to him when he thought no one was around, but I was always listening. Belos was afraid of him."

King said, "an opportunity. Take me to him!"

Kikimora said, "if that means kicking the Emperor's butt….", her Abomatron stood up slowly, "gladly."

She gestures to a staircase leading downwards.

Back on the bridge, Amity makes a rope out of abomination goo and uses it to restrain Belos as Gus prepares to cast a spell on him.

"Alright, Belos, time to calm down a little", Gus shouted.

Gus activates the spell, and immediately, Belos breaks free of the rope as he writhes around in pain. He accidentally smashes a pillar which almost falls, but Willow manages to hold it with vines as Amity regroups with the others. Belos flashes back to some of his memories and screeches loudly. Gus, having difficulty controlling the spell, is about to get attacked by Belos when Hunter speeds over and pushes him out of the way, just as he snaps out of the spell with a look of revelation and shock on his face. Belos, also released from the spell, approaches Hunter.

Belos said, "Hunter, why are you hurting me? I only wanted to help you."

Hunter yelled, "you're…. You're lying!"

Belos immediately spots Flapjack.

Belos yelled, "Caleb!"

He transforms back and screeches loudly!

Somewhere, deep down the Titan's bones, King, Sam, Ani and Kikimora have arrived at a place filled with skeletons and Golden Guard masks.

King asked, "what is this place?"

Kikimora turned around and said, "where the failures end up."

Sam shivered in fear.

King steps forward and spots the crescent-shaped mirror, with Belos' former robe hanging with it. After hesitating for a while, King touches the mirror, and out comes the Collector. However, his demeanor has changed as a result of Belos' betrayal to them.

The Collector said, "leave me alone. I don't associate with fibbers."

He blows a raspberry.

The Collector opened their eyes and gasped.

"SAM", the Collector shouted in glee.

Sam stepped back in shock.

"You're here! You're here", the Collector said as he floated over to Sam.

King whispered, "this is messed up."

The Collector asked, "I feel someone is next to you Sam, but why can't I see them?"

King is also confused, then it is revealed he is protected from being seen by the Collector as a result of the symbol engraved onto his collar. He takes it off and reveals himself. The Collector gasps in shock.

"You look like that bully who put me in here. No way, are you his little Titan baby? I've always wanted to play with you! But your dumb pops hid you. Hey, do you like hide and seek? I'll hide first", the Collector said as he went to hide.

King said, "wait, wait! Mr. Collector, please, we need you to stop this draining spell."

The Collector asked, "Mister? Ugh! You are soooo boring."

Sam said, "look, kid, I like games as much as the next guy, but all of our friends and family are in danger!"

The Collector asked, "what kind of games do you like to play, Sam?"

Sam groaned and face-palmed.

King then thought of an idea.

King said, "well, you know what's better than hide and seek? A game called 'The' uh- 'The Owl House!'"

The Collector curiously said, "ooh, how do you play?"

Sam glanced at King, starting to see what he was doing.

King said, "oh, it's so fun, like, the most fun! And I can show you if you want. We're gonna need a lot of players, like, a whole island's worth of players but, uh…. Sigh…. Aw, shucks."

The Collector asked, "w-what's wrong?"

Sam caught on to King' s idea and said, "well, gee, everyone's gonna perish from this ding-dang draining spell. Guess we can't play that awesome game after all. Man, it was fun though."

He begins to walk away but the Collector stops him.

The Collector said, "wait, if you're a Titan, you can let me out. I can stop the spell! And we could play together!"

Sam asked, "really? Would you do that?"

The Collector asked, "wait, you're not tricking me into doing your chores like Philip, are you?"

"We would never", King said.

"Pinky swear", Sam and King said.

They offer their pinky fingers out to him, and the Collector laughs deviously at this. Suddenly, from above, the ground starts rumbling.

"We'll even let you out right now", Sam said.

King sajd, "yeah! W-What do I need to do. D-Do-Do you need my…. Blood?"

The Collector said, "no, silly", they went towards the mirror and stuck out their pinky finger, "just…. Follow my lead."

….

Back on the bridge, Luz runs forward to catch a falling Amity.

"Amity", Luz shouted.

Anakin then stood in front of the girls.

He called Cobi's saber into his hand and spun it around like a windmill of death!

"How I wished I had killed you years ago, Skywalker", Belos growled.

Anakin said, "it ain't my fault you're as dumb as squirrel shit."

Belos roared in anger as he ran towards Anakin.

"If you and your wife hadn't taken my son from me…. Every witch and Jedi would be gone by no", Belos roared.

Anakin yelled, "then it's a good thing Beru brought him to us!"

Belos tried to strike Anakin, but he dodged it.

"And Sam is not your son…. He never was", Anakin shouted.

Anakin sliced off Belos' arm!

Belos growled in pain.

Anakin smirked under his mask.

"That's what you get for hurting my family", Anakin shouted.

Belos roared in rage and pain!

….

Downstairs, the Collector places their pinky hand in the mirror.

King and Sam link it and when they pull it out, a hand starts coming out of the mirror, linked to their pinky fingers. The mirror slowly breaks…..

….

Eda gasps and wakes up in Padme's lap. Sitting up, her body starts to wither and decay as a result of her curse, and she yells in pain. Her right hand, still branded with the Bard Coven sigil, is suddenly held by Raine, who has managed to crawl over to her.

Eda asked, "Raine?"

"I promised a special kid…. I'd protect you", Raine said weakly.

Raine rips Eda's arm off and lets it get blown away. Eda suddenly stops decaying, however, Raine gets weaker and they eventually pass out.

"Raine", Eda and her family shouted.

A flash of thunder suddenly overlaps the area!

….

We see the broken mirror as it drops to the ground. A hooded entity suddenly appears as they turn around, a flash of bright light emitting from them. Kikimora shields her eyes!

We see Luz, Amity, Willow, Hunter, who is holding his arm in pain, Ahsoka, a sitting Cobi, Anakin and Gus, all exhausted from fighting Belos. He prepares to attack them, and the group shields themselves. The attack is suddenly halted by something unseen. Luz opens her eyes to see who is stopping the attack, and it's shown to be a hand by the Collector, now in their true form.

The Collector asked, "whatcha playing?"

Everyone is surprised by this.

"Collector? You're free, just as promised", Belos said nervously as he backed away a little.

The Collector glares at Belos.

The Collector said, "as promised? I remember someone throwing me off a bridge. And threatening to kill my new playmate. I'm not angry though. No…. I'm furious! And the best way to take out my anger? Games! Say, you wanna play tag?"

They twirl their finger around and Belos is immediately whisked towards them.

The Collector said, "I'm it."

They tap his nose and Belos immediately gets launched above the door, seemingly killed. Drips of his goo splatter on the floor. The group is equally shocked and horrified.

Anakin whispered, "if this kid weren't so terrifying, I'd be cheering him for killing Belos."

The Collector said, "haha! Too slow", he looks back at the others, "you guys look slow too", he starts to walk towards them, "do you need a head start?"

Before the Collector can reach the group, however, King and Sam block the path.

King yelled, "whoa, whoa, Collector! Buddy, pal!"

The Collector said, "King! Sam!"

Sam quickly handed Ani over to Ahsoka, who instantly held him close.

Sam said, "remember what we talked about? You gotta help all my friends outside, or, uh, we won't get to play 'Owl House!'

He and King look back at the group.

Luz asked, "oh…. Owl House? Uh, gosh! Heh, I love that game!"

Amity said, "the memories last a lifetime!"

Anakin said, "indeed they do!"

Willow said, "I play it everyday!"

Gus said, "I play it every hour!"

Cobi said, "I play it every minute!"

Hunter just squeals nervously.

King said, "we'll explain the rules later, but remember, we need lots of players."

Sam said, "yeah, everyone outside will need that spell shut off before they can play."

The Collector walks forward and everyone clears the way. They look outside and spot the eclipse draining the magic out of everyone outside. They then enlarge their eyes to spot everyone fainted as a result, including the Coven Heads. After thinking for a while, he decides to stop the spell.

The Collector said, "hmm. Okay", he moves the moon beside the sun with a touch of his finger, "boop."

The spell immediately stops as the group watches.

Cobi whispered, "if he can move the moon like that, it makes me think we traded one threat for another…."

The others and Hunter notice the latter's veins have disappeared.

….

Back outside, everyone starts to groan and wake up.

….

Back in the Titan's skull.

"Hmmm….", the Collector said.

The group immediately shoots them suspecting looks and the Collector chuckles.

"If we're gonna play Owl House, we're gonna need an Owl House", the Collector shouted as he floated into the air.

They slap their hands together, and every part of the island starts to disassemble to prepare for the game as the teens and King watch in shock. Luz shields King from the impact.

"We're gonna have a blast, everyone", the Collector yelled in glee.

As the platform in front of her hovers away and she steps back, Willow looks back and immediately spots the portal door.

Willow yells to the others, "I think there's a way out!"

The others start to follow her, but Luz and Sam stop at the last minute and look back. Amity and Anakin notice this.

Amity yelled, "Luz, come on!"

Anakin yelled, "Sam!"

Luz said, "everyone- Eda, I-I can't just leave them!"

Amity said, "Luz", tears started welling in her eyes, "please!"

Eventually, Luz relents and everyone runs towards the portal.

All except for Sam and Anakin.

When Willow, Ahsoka, Cobi, Ani, Hunter and Gus reach the remnants of Belos, Hunter hesitates to step over it.

"Hunter! Come on", Ahsoka shouted.

Hunter eventually overcomes it and runs over the goo, however, unbeknownst to him and everyone else, a small drop of Belos' goo drips onto him. As the teens reach the flickering portal, Sam and Anakin see that it's about to collapse. After waiting for a while, the light returns and Hunter opens the door. At first, it shows the in-between realm then cuts to the rain in the Human Realm.

"It's human rain. It's okay", Gus said as the group ran inside.

Luz ran towards the portal and then she saw Sam and Anakin…. And time slowed down around everyone but them, courtesy of Revan, who had just arrived and did his best to slow down time around the father and son.

"Sam, come on", Anakin said.

Sam looked down and said, "I can't."

Anakin stared at his son in shock.

Anakin asked worriedly, "what do you mean?"

Sam said, "King and I made a deal with the Collector. I need to be his playmate. Hopefully I can get him to see this whole situation in the Isles isn't a game. Not to mention I need to protect our friends and family from the aftermath of all this. So…. I can't leave."

Even though his father had his Vader suit on, Sam could see his father's eyes. The pain and sorrow behind them.

"Sam no! You can't stay here, we have to go now", Anakin said.

Sam said, "you do…. But I can't. Not yet…. I'm sorry."

Sam then gave his father a hug.

Anakin removed his mask, as tears fell down his face.

They whispered to one another, "I love you."

Sam smiled tearfully as he kept hugging his father…. But sadly, the moment couldn't last.

Sam opened his eyes…. And he felt something grab him!

"Sam", Anakin shouted as he held onto Sam's hands.

Both Sam and King are being pulled by the force of the Collector!

"Sam! King! You two promised you'd play with me! You pinky-swore!" The Collector shouted as he dragged them with his pinky finger.

"Dad! Sam! King", Luz shouted as she and Ahsoka ran towards them.

"I got you! I got you! I won't let you go", Anakin shouted as tears fell down his face.

Sam yelled, "dad!"

Anakin looked at his son.

Sam said, "I want you to know…. I'm grateful for the life, the family and friends I have been given…. And I'm thankful to have you as my dad…. And I know…. That this isn't the last goodbye…."

"No", Anakin cried as tears fell down his face.

"I love you dad", Sam cried as tears fell down his face.

Sam closed his eyes and sent Anakin flying back towards the others as Luz tried to hold on to King.

"We gotta stick together. We gotta stick together", Luz cried.

"I'm sorry, not this time. But I can keep you safe", King said.

"No", Luz cried.

"Luz, I'm so happy I had you as a big sister", King cried.

He inhales deeply and uses his sonic shout, losing his grip to Luz and causing her, and the others to get knocked into the portal and Human Realm altogether.

Luz and Anakin yell, "NO! SAM! KING!"

They run back towards the portal in an attempt to reach it, but the door closes on them just as they reach it.

Luz opens it, hoping the portal would activate again, only to find the empty room of the house in front of her

She tries it two more times unsuccessfully, as the others look on in shock. Luz turns around, just as Gus begins to break down crying.

Ahsoka begins crying as she holds Ani close and Hunter takes her, Ani and Gus into his arms.

Cobi flops onto his back in shock.

And Anakin…. Well….

Anakin did the same thing, Luz did, opening the door a few times.

"Dad, stop", Luz said.

Anakin then broke down crying as he fell to his knees.

"My…. Baby…. Boy….", Anakin sobbed as tears fell down his face.

Luz stood there with a lost look as Anakin sobbed in front of her.

But suddenly, his sobs turned to screams of anger and sorrow as he activated his lightsaber and began slicing at the wall in pure unadulterated rage!

Luz and the others stepped back in shock and fear.

"Grandpa….", Ahsoka asked.

"I've never seen him react like this", Luz whispered in shock.

In another shocking turn of events, Cobi slowly got up and staggered over to Anakin.

He carefully placed his remaining hand on Anakin's shoulder, making him turn to Cobi with a face full of rage.

The two stared at each other in silence as the only sound that remained was the hum of the saber, and the raindrops.

Cobi held a look of stone as Anakin's own face slowly turned from rage, to unbridled sobbing.

The lightsaber in Anakin's hand deactivated.

Anakin just sobbed as Cobi slowly pulled the older man into a one armed hug, no words needed to convey the emotions the entire group was feeling.

Cobi rubbed Anakin's back as the older man kept sobbing.

Cobi led Anakin over to the others and said, "we'll find a way back home later. For now…. We need to rest."

"No! We can't…. Sam…. Is…. My baby is…. Danger…. I have…. To…. Go save him…. I have to save my baby boy", Anakin sobbed out loud.

Luz and Ahsoka then held Anakin's hands.

Luz said, "we'll find a way back…. I promise…. But we can't figure that out if we get sick and cold in the rain. My house is close by…. Let's call that step one. Okay?"

Anakin let out a few sobs as he nodded his head slowly.

Luz nodded back and began to lead the others to where she lived….

….

Meanwhile, inside the Noceda residence….

Camila is in the kitchen cooking soup for a hungry Vee while reading a news article.

She reads aloud, "Anne Boonchuy tells story about strange world of talking frogs and newts…. Hmm, almost as strange as what I've heard about the demon realm…. Sigh…."

Then knocking was heard on the front door.

Camilla mutters, "now who could that be?"

She passes Vee and makes her way to the front door.

Camilla opens it and then gasps in shock.

She sees the small group looking disheveled out in the rain, as Luz looks up at her.

Luz says, her voice cracking, "hey, Mom…. I'm back…..", and then she starts tearing up….

Camilla cried as she hugged her daughter.

Luz hugged her mother close as the others gave sad smiles at the reunion.

….

Meanwhile, in the cabin….

The door was still left open.

But something was in the cabin.

A green goop fell to the floor and then…. It slammed the door shut!

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Reviews:

SuperSentai199: indeed. Me too. Odalia is an idiotic bitch. I'm glad you enjoyed the chapter.

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And thus wraps up season 2. Just the day before season 3!