Luz's Forms:
Semi-Basilisk Form- Luz default form is that of a tall average built light purple - skinned humanoid with messy brown hair with black streaks. She has two horns sticking out of her head and possesses dark purple scales all over her body. She has sharp teeth and webbed ears. Additionally she has claws, a tail with a tail-fin at the tip, and dark magenta reptilian eyes that is always kept no matter what form she takes.
Human Form- Luz's human form is that of a younger version of her mother with the exception of being taller than average, retains her sharp teeth from her default form, and keeps her hair in a pony tail.
Equipments:
Eda's old training wand- An item that allows Luz to perform magic through unknown means. It is a light brown stick with a thicker, darker brown handle. Connecting the handle to the stick is a gray cylinder with a cracked screen. According to Eda it lacks a power source.
A/N: Here we are part 2 of the Covention episode. Enjoy
"Here we are, nerd. The Covention center" Boscha said as she and Luz approached a A large, dome-like building which stood as with hundreds of witches and demons poured into the hall.
"Woah! I can't believe I'm about to experience my first Covention!" Luz said excitedly. Her bestie Boscha had explained to her more about this particular event especially about the coven system which only made her more excited especially when she heard about a coven called the beast keeping coven which pretty much specializes in handling beasts!
"Although I do feel kinda bad ditching Eda and King back there" Luz admitted.
"Eh don't feel bad, nerd. The owl lady is probably just gonna run after you in a few minutes give or take" Boscha said with a shrug
"Really?"
"Yeah. Though I have to ask. What happened to your arm? You didn't really answer me when I asked you on penstagram about it" Boscha pointed to Luz's yet to fully heal right arm with a hint of worry in her tone. She had noticed it when Luz had uploaded her first video but when she asked about it in a message, the basilisk girl had avoided the subject.
"Oh this" Luz laughed nervously while swinging around her right arm nonchalantly "Just had a little incident with a crazy beast. Don't worry it will grow back in top shape by tomorrow" Which was true but unfortunately she can't transform too much until she fully heals unless she wants to mess up her body which was why she was currently in her human form.
"If you say so" Boscha eyed Luz's right arm, feeling a sense of worry for Luz before she shook head "We should hurry up. Skara is waiting for us inside"
But before they can walk inside they heard a familiar voice
"Luz! Boscha!
The two turned to the source of the voice and surprised to see that it was Skara herself who ran up to them
"I was starting to think you two wouldn't come" Skara said before noticing Luz's arm "Oh my titan! What happened to your arm"
"It's a long story but first why did you think we wouldn't come?" Luz asked
"Well… Boscha forgot about it in the first place…" Skara explained which earned an eyeroll from triclop.
"Whatever. I already told you I thought it would be next week. Let's just get this over with" Boscha said as she and her companions went inside the building
Meanwhile...
Amity didn't really need to attend this year's annual Covention because after all she already knew the path she wishes to take.
It has already been planned out for her after all.
But regardless attending this year's Covention gave her an excuse to be away from home and her family. Anywhere was better than that place.
Besides...there was another reason she decided to come.
She was walking by the oracle coven when she saw her.
Her one and only best friend in the whole word. Willow Park
"Amity!" Willow runs to her with a beaming smile "You're here! I didn't think you'd come!"
"Of course I would come. Why would you think otherwise?" She couldn't help but smile.
"Well after that whole incident the other day at school I thought for sure your mom wouldn't let you come" Willow said
Ah yes. Her poor excuse of a mother did in fact forbid her from going to Covention with Willow as punishment for letting the triclop one up her in class.
It had reminded her back then when her parents told her to brake off her friendship with Willow. And she almost did.
She had almost made the worst mistake of her life. If it weren't for the fact that at the last moment instead of hurting Willow she begged, yep she begged, her parents to give Willow a chance. In exchange she would do anything just so she can keep being friends with Willow.
And thank Titan they had agreed (well more like her father did who then convinced her mom). But in return they had told her to always beat the daughter of their rival family. Which just so happened to be Boscha.
She had hesitated at first. After all she didn't want to be mean to people but when she saw how much of a jerk Boscha was all her hesitation disappeared.
Of course that wasn't all her parents asked of her. But she didn't care.
"Hey Amity, I heard there's going to be a presentation from the emperor's coven later. Wanna come?" Willow asked her.
"Of course!" She didn't hesitate to answer
As long as she had Willow, she was fine doing whatever her parents asked and enduring her sibling's pranks.
Her friendship with Willow was all that matters and she didn't care what she had to do to keep it.
Luz looked on in complete awe at the display, only growing more and more enthralled as Skara and Boscha(mostly Skara) kept on explaining all the different covens and how they work.
"Wow! This place is amazing!" Luz said excitedly
She saw creatures of all shapes and sizes walking around or flying around on broomsticks before she noticed nine large multicolored tapestries hanging from the roof.
"Ooh what are those?" she pointed at the tapestries
"Oh! Those flags you see are the nine main covens in the Boiling Isles but there are others besides them." Skara explained while Boscha nodded in agreement
"They also happen to be our tracks at school, the main nine at least" Boscha added
"Wait really?" Luz said
"Yeah. if you remember nerd I was in the abomination track which I sucked at" Boscha said bluntly before she gestured to the abomination flag and then pointing at the potions flag "Before I was moved to the potions track thanks to you"
"I'm surprised your moms actually allowed you to stay in that track. Didn't they want you to be in abominations?" Skara asked
"Well they weren't exactly thrilled about it. Let's just say I got into a major argument with them" Boscha said with a shrug which took Luz by surprise with casual Boscha was about having an argument with her parents.
"Oh...you wanna... talk about it?" Luz asked hesitantly
"What? Why the hell would I want to talk about it?" Boscha said defensively "And before you start making assumptions my moms are not the whole evil parents you're thinking about. They're just very...embarrassing and overbearing but trust me they're not bad as much as I badmouth them at times"
"If you say so" Luz said, looking unconvinced
"Boscha's right Luz. I've met her moms and they're not actually bad" Skara said
"Now come on there's so many Covens for us to see!"
Skara then grabbed Luz's hand and proceeded to show her some of the more lesser known Covens
"Here we have the flower coven, artist coven, big dogs coven, small cats coven, tiny cats coven." Skara listed to Luz before Boscha groaned loudly.
"I swear to titan Skara if you say one more boring coven I will set something on fire " Boscha said which only made her companions laugh
"Jeez Boscha's so grumpy. Maybe she should join a coven for grumpy people" Luz whispered to Skara while holding back a laugh
"What was that?!" Boscha raised her fist in the air threateningly
"Nothing!" Luz squeaked out while Skara just laughed at the two's antics as they walked past the construction coven
"So Luz, how's your study on potions coming along? I assume your doing great since you haven't returned my book yet " Boscha asked Luz
While Boscha didn't mind letting Luz keep her book for now she would be very annoyed if it turns out Luz wasn't even using it after all the trouble the basilisk went through a few weeks ago just to get some potions teachings from her. So help her titan if she finds out Luz even used it as a coaster...
"Oh yeah! It's been a great help during Eda's lessons!" Luz said as she pulled out a few firepowder potions that she has made from her bag "You can now call me Luz, the alchemist!" she flashed a dramatic pose
"Good good. I was starting to think you were just using the book as a coaster" Boscha admitted
Luz just smiled sheepishly at that. She wasn't gonna tell her bestie that she did in fact used the book as a coaster when she briefly considered not doing potions anymore.
"Well to be honest I- Oh my god what's that?!" Luz suddenly said before running frantically towards whatever it was she saw while bumping several people on the way including a weird looking guy with a tail and magnifying glass earring
"Watch it!"
Luz ignores the other people yelling at her as she finally arrives at her destination. The stand for the beast keeping coven which was being manned by a biped wolf demon.
"Come one come all and welcome to the beast keeping coven! Are you a beast lover? or someone who wishes to subjugate them for some weird dream of conquest? Then this coven is for you!" the wolf demon said to the crowd.
Luz clapped her hands excitedly not noticing Boscha and Skara walk up to her.
"We got all manners of beast here folks! We got direwolves! We got Scorpileos! and we even have tiny manticores!" the wolf demon gestured to the beasts with him though for some reason the tiny manticore was in a glass bottle
Said manticore yelled out "Help me you cowards!"
"Why am I not surprised that you're interested in this coven" Boscha commented but was shushed by Luz
"The beast keeping coven is accepting new members today! So join now while you can!" the wolf demon announced as the crowd applauded including Luz who at this point was jumping up and down which the wolf demon noticed "How about you young lady? Interested in joining the beast keeping coven
"Would I?!" Without hesitating Luz went up to the wolf demon "I've always wanted to be part of a group like this!"
"Excellent! Just fill out this form and you're all set" The wolf demon handed Luz a clipboard with a document.
The Basilisk girl proceeded to fill it out quickly but got a confused look when she got to the last part
"Um excuse me mr wolf demon"
"Is there a problem?"
Luz showed the demon the document which for the most part has been filled out except for one part which was asking her what track she was in, her magic specialty and the school she was in "What do I write here?"
"Why your choice of track in school of course! I assume you're in the beast keeping track correct? What school are you from? Is it Glandus? Hexside? St. Epiderm?" the wolf demon asked politely
"Oh...um...actually I don't go to school. I'm kinda homeschooled you know?" Luz said sheepishly which took the wolf demon by surprise
"You don't go to school?!" The wolf demon said, shocked. "No no no. That won't do young lady"
Without warning the wolf demon snatched the form from Luz's hand.
"Hey!"
"Sorry young lady. But due to recent regulations implemented by head witch Eberwolf, in order to join our coven you either need to be in a track in school or you need a guardian's consent" The wolf demon explained sternly before setting fire to the form Luz had filled up earlier
"But but but" Luz frowned at her rejection from joining the beast keeping coven.
"Aw don't be so sad little lady. Here take this" The wolf demon pulled out what appeared to be a an orange egg with yelloe spots and handed it to Luz "Think of it as a little gift from the beast keeping coven for when you return with the proper requirements"
Luz perked up at the gift she received "Ooh. Is this some sort of beast egg who will bond with me once it hatches?"
"Correct! Just make sure to keep it warm and close to you. It's set to hatch any time today so you definitely want to be around when it does. Now off you go little lady! Life as a beast keeper is busy!" The wolf demon said as he gestures for Luz to leave.
"Thank you mr wolf demon!" Luz waved excitedly with her incomplete right arm as she walked back to Skara and Boscha who were waiting for her by the bard coven
"Took you long enough. I was starting to think you were gonna stay there forever" Boscha said.
"Were you able to join the beast keeping coven?" Skara asked
"Unfortunately no. But they gave me this egg though!" Luz showed off her egg
"That's lame" Boscha said before getting elbowed by Skara
"Cool! What's in it?" Skara asked
"I don't know but that guy who gave it to me said it's supposed to hatch today"
"Hopefully its not something lame" Boscha poked the egg only for Luz to smack her hand away
"I just hope its not another giant spider. I already got one back home who keeps calling me mom which is sweet but weird" Luz nonchalantly said which took her friends by surprise
"You have a giant spider in the human realm? Since when did the human realm have giant spiders?" Boscha asked
"Since I found him as an egg during a trip to gravity falls, Boscha" Luz answered
"Does he have a name though?" Skara asked curious
"Oh yeah. Me and my mom call him Jeff. We let him live in our basement" Luz just shrugs before adding "But enough about that! We still have an entire Covention to explore!"
"You don't have to yell about it" Boscha said before walking ahead with Luz and Skara in tow
The trio then continued to explore the Covention area before stopping in front of a stall with a harp symbol on it.
"What coven is this one?" Luz pointed with her right arm.
"Oh titan not this one" Luz heard Boscha mutter under her breath but before she could ask, Skara gave an excited yell.
"Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! This is the bard coven, my current track at school. We like to make magic with the power of music." Skara said as she quickly drew a spell circle, summoning a harp out of thin air. She then proceeds to play a tune with it causing a few objects around her to float around.
"Wow. These covens sound amazing." Luz said in awe. "Makes me wonder why Eda chose not to join one."
"Probably because of that" Boscha said as she turned Luz towards the Bard Coven, watching as they branded a new member with what appeared to be a magic tattoo "My moms told me this when I was a kid that apparently when someone joins a coven, all of their other magical abilities are sealed away and make them only able to do the magic of that coven. It's kinda why I'm more into potions because they have more freedom than others. But don't tell anyone I said that"
"That seems like a downside" Luz frowned as she watched the new member of the bard coven go pale because of the tattoo. She then pales as she realized she came so close to getting branded by a sigil back at the beastkeeping coven 'Wow that was a close call'
"I thought the same. But not like we can do anything about it unless you want to be branded a wild witch like the owl ladh" Boscha just shrugged as she and Luz walked away, failing to notice that they had left Skara behind at the Bard coven.
The two continued to walk before they arrived to a section with six guard like people standing in rows of three, each wearing caped uniforms resembling ravens and masks that conceal their identities.
"What coven is this?" Luz asked
"It's the Emperor's Coven." Boscha said, yawning at the sight of it. "I heard they're supposed to have a presentation today about their coven"
"The Emperor's Coven? What type of magic do they do?" Luz asked Boscha, who crossed her arms at the sight of the section.
"Pretty much all of them" Boscha said eyeing the signs
"All types of magic? That's awesome!" Luz said "We should watch their presentation!"
"Hard pass. I'd rather watch paint dry" Boscha said. "But if you want to go sure knock yourself out. I'll just wait for you here"
"Really?" Luz asked as Boscha waved her off with a sigh. "Well if you change your mind, come and find me."
"Yeah, whatever" Boscha gave a lazy wave as Luz ran off to watch the boring presentation. She turns to walk away thinking about where she should go.
"Oh right. I'm supposed to go to the sports coven"
Hopefully she doesn't run into that jackass Blight.
To be continued...
A/N: Well I'll be ending the chapter here. I'm way too lazy to write way past 3k words especially since there's still a few more important things to unpack for this Covention.
Fun fact. This au was originally just supposed to be one where Luz can simply talk to animals like dolittle but at the time I also wanted to do a basilisk au so I just mixed the two concept until I ended up with the story you're reading hence the whole animal lover Luz thing :P
Anyways hope you enjoyed. See you in part 3
