Welcome back and enjoy also there will be a large time jump to progress the story so hope that doesn't bother anyone.
5 years later
Camila yawned waking up in her partner's nest before heading downstairs letting out a loud yawn as Eda looked at her. "Long night?" "If you mean by Hooty counting from one hundred forwards and backward then yes..." Eda cackled before being packed on the head by a bluejay. "Ow, ow, ow!" "Alright Tio, calm down she didn't mean it," Camila told the Palisman holding a seed in her palm as the bluejay landed on her arm and started eating it when a loud squeal came from the living room followed by hissing.
"Kids." The two women said at the same time before finding Luz and King tussling on the floor next to a shattered crystal ball. "What happened?" "She/He started it!" The two said pointing to each other before they were about to start fighting as Camila stood in front of them.
"Let me guess... A witch's proposal and The Demon lord at the same time?" "YES!" Luz and King said as Luz shifted into a pink-haired witch as she quoted a line "Oh Leon, your eyes are the light of my life!" "HA, you can't even say the words right!"
"And how would you know king?" "Well uh... non-specific excuse!" He exclaimed before hiding under a pile of stuffed animals as Eda started cleaning the broken shards of glass. "Kid I know you're still growing up but next time try giving up a few snails or..." "Eda, how many times do I have to tell you about making her a scammer? "Hey!, at least she has a nice mini-business in the cafeteria at Lunch not to mention that Divila kid and her clothing selection."
"Still I..." Camila's watch rang as she looked at it. "Well, guess the market is open now, Luz are you coming?" Luz then quickly shifted into her human form and walked with them as King ran out the door with his paper crown. "Look out world the king of demons is leaving his lair!" "Aw so adorable..." "I am not cute!"
"Sure..." Eda said while Camila started cuddling king as they left the house and headed into the market where they set up shop, Eda dumped all her human objects which Camila was able to fix or improve as King and Luz refused to look at each other. as Eda pulled out a small DVD player "Get this... colorful box full of sweet emotions! Now with a discount buy one get three human films to go with it!"
Soon a large crowd started gathering as Luz was reading one of her books. "Oh... Azura is close to helping Hectate change with kindness..." "Whatever, besides Hectate will take advantage of Azura's kindness and eventually betray her for her benefits," King told her.
"Haha, King why would you even..." Luz then stopped as the King of demons was holding the fourth book in the series while Luz was reading the second volume as her face then turned into anger. "Yeah, I see that betrayal now..." She said while shifting. "Really? How..."
King then dropped the book now seeing Luz now having taken the form of an alligator and opening her mouth showing large teeth causing King to scream and run out of the tent, Luz then changed back and ran after him while the adults were distracted.
"Come back here!" "AHH!" She then tackled King to the ground as she began to yank at his tail. "STOP the king of demons yields!" Luz then stopped and got off him as multiple swords and spears were quickly pointed at them. "Freeze! under the order of the Emperor's coven you are under arrest for destroying property!"
"Huh?" A scout pointed at a sign that said Don't touch the flowers King and Luz then stood up realizing they were in a now crushed garden. "Oh... RUN!" Luz then tossed a smoke potion to the floor before running off with King as his crown fell off as the guards gave chase, "My crown! "King forget it!" Luz told him as they dashed around the market knocking over stands to stall the guards.
"Fifty-one, Fifty-two, Fifty-three..." Eda counted the snails on the table while Camila was in the tent handling the amount of human junk that the two birds were brought in. "Eda, do you think King and Luz aren't getting along?" "What?, their sidlings they mess up here and then but eventually I'm sure they'll..." "MOM, EDA BAIL!" The two then looked to see Luz holding King while they were being chased by a few guards.
"Great..." Eda groaned as Camila quickly took out the staff Eda gave her during their third anniversary of being together before getting on it Eda then tucked the entire stand into a sack which she carried before the two then took off with Luz and King. "And they got away... again... can't do anything right," A guard said before kicking a trashcan in rage.
"What were you two thinking!?" Eda scolded the two while Camila said nothing. "Well, king star..." "You let them take my crown of power!" "For titan's sake, it's a..." "ENOUGH!" Camila shouted before apologizing for the sudden outburst. "Luz, go to your room..." "But mom he..." "Luz..."
"Si mama." The basilisk said before slithering to her room while King went on the couch and slept while Eda and Camila talked in the kitchen. "Am I becoming a bad parent?" "Hey, you managed to raise a basilisk in the human world without drawing too much attention, she's growing up, and hey the best thing you can do is be there for her." "I suppose but..."
"Hey!" Hotty said before Camila and Eda then told him to stop interrupting until... "Alright guess you don't want to hear that Luz simply ran out the window. "Alright, hooty just... QUE!?" "Yeah, said something about getting something from contraband to make it up to King." Camila nearly fainted before Eda caught her. "Woah, slow down it's going to be fine."
"This is not going to be fine," Eda said as she, Camila, and King reached the entrance of the Conformatorium, "Maybe we should go back and..." "Oh no, King you got Luz into this mess and now your getting her out." Eda quickly made a small floating circle as Camila stood on it and slowly rose. "Be safe and take him will you?" Eda handed King to Camila as the two went to the top and got off while walking around the prison.
"If she gets caught and exposed..." Camila said in worry before looking at a wanted poster of Eda and King for a bounty of one trillion snails. "Hee, they must be desperate nowadays." King snickered.
"Yeah and I love her for that, she's been trying to take most of the blame of well five percent of my crimes but it's taking a toll," Camila said before rolling the poster into a ball and tossing it away before being grabbed by a gloved hand. Camila didn't hesitate to quickly gut punch the scout as they fell to the floor. "Ow... next time I should talk first..."
Luz said before shifting forms as Camila quickly helped her up. "Oh, I'm so sorry." "Mom it's alright, now I'm sure that contraband is right around..." Soon the sound of loud booms came as Camila took Luz and King before hiding in an empty cell as the Warden and a few guards walked around.
"How haven't we had a single person in here besides her?" Wrath asked looking at a tiny demon with a long nose. "Well uh it's Calamity again boss... hear there a witch that can always find a loophole in our laws and get them off." "Damn them!" Wrath yelled slamming his fist into a wall. "Then find someone anyone, even someone who litters for all I care!"
The guards saluted before leaving as Wrath then left the room in which Camila then left the cell as King then ran to the contraband room struggling to open the door. "Almost got it..." "King your simply holding the doorknob," Luz said as she then pushed the door open as an explosion shook the building. "Eda." The two Nocedas said as they entered and saw the force field as King ran for it only to be shocked and flung back.
"Ow." "How did Eda put it? Only a human can enter it, that's oddly specific." Camila said before entering it seeing the large pile of contraband. "The things I do for family." Outside the field, Luz and King sat down while looking at each other.
"So you want through all this just to get my crown back?" "Hey, I may have been a bit harsh in..." "Ahem." "Ok, a LOT harsh on you but you're still my brother and that's all that matters so truce?"
Luz asked holding her finger. "Trust," King said as the two then locked their fingers together as a loud crash came from the field when Camila fell through along with a pile of junk with King's 'crown' in her hand. "Your highness."
King squealed before putting it on. "YES! I feel my power returning!" "Alright little demon, now I'm sure Eda is busy so let's book it before..." "Too late." Camila turned her head to see Wrath behind her as he then pinned Camila and Luz down with his tentacle-like arm before taking King's crown as the little demon tried to jump and reach it while a guard snatched Camila's staff. "Tell that witch poser that we have them."
"Yes sir." A guard said as he then left as Wrath continued speaking "Now that I have you then the Owl Lady has to be nearby and soon she will..." "It's not going to happen Wrath, honestly I feel sorry for you..." Camila told him as she had her about his many advances towards Eda.
"Silence!" He yelled just as a large fireball struck his back causing him to drop the two of them as well as the small toy crown, Eda then punched a guard in the face making him drop Camila's staff as it went towards its owner. "Come on!" "Dante prisa kids." She then grabbed Luz and king and they quickly flew as Eda went also.
"No! I won't let you get away again!" Wrath said before chasing them through the halls as Camila started tossing potion after potion from her satchel trying to slow him. "What about acid?" "Eda are you for real?!" "No then?" Camila sighed before being pulled by the warden as she, King, and Luz were flung off and landed on the floor as Eda stopped. "Anyone hurt?"
"Unless you count I bruised finger then no." Eda then lowered down as Wrath corned them. "I have you now..." He said as his arms shifted into sharp blades as he swung them down they all dodged out of the way while Eda tried to cast a spell but literally lost her head as it rolled next to Camila as she picked up. "Oh, you did not just do that..." "Cam what are you..."
Camila handed Eda's head to Luz as she took her staff before pointing it at Wrath. "And what are you going to do human, as if you can do magic with that." "And you're asking why I have it." She told him with a smirk before Wrath then made a large hammer and slammed it on her only for the staff to make a shield to block it. "How!?" "Magic." "But very limited."
Wrath reminded her before taking off his mask and breathing fire as the shield started to break and then shattered knocking Camila back before reaching into her pockets and quickly slamming a piece of paper with a glyph on it before placing it on his face before taping it as a large flash of light came out, blinding Wrath temporary as he started swinging his arms wildly right as Eda put her body back together as the two women then made a combined fireball and launched it as Wrath the looked. "Oh..." It then exploded in his face as he then stumbled a few steps forward and then collapsed. "Come on before more guards show up."
Soon they were back at the owl house as Luz started drawing more glyphs for her mother and herself. "Wow to think you found this only a few years ago, so what is it?" "Magic, honestly if my family found out they'd kill me, no joke." She said due to her family's large religious beliefs. "So, that's why you never take me to your reunions again." "Yeah, that..." "Well, enough talk and let's hit the bird's nest!"
Camila then carries Luz to her bed and tucked her in as the young basilisk slept as she stepped outside the house to look at the sky. "Another peaceful, night."
"YOU LET THEM ESCAPE ON YOUR WATCH!?" Mateo yelled as Wrath stood his ground. "It was the owl lady, her dog, and her human companions also one of the humans had a staff like yours not to mention magic paper." Mateo sighed before looking at his artificial staff while he stared the warden down before being shoved to the floor as his hood fell showing his ears which had both of the earlobes cut off as well as a small bit of the top of the ears making it look like a witch's ear with the exception that it looked a bit round.
"I guess the rumors are true you really are nothing but a human posing as a ...Wrath didn't finish as Mateo took off his glove and made a small spell circle and lifted the warden in the air. "Let me give you your one and only warning, Never... call... a... poser... AGAIN!"
He screamed before pointing his finger and a direction sending Wrath flying into a wall before picking up his staff and leaving and heading to the castle whereupon entering his room he then took off his robes and top uniform showing scars on the middle of his chest before putting a few healing bandages on it before putting back his uniform as the door knocked to which he opened it slightly. "Ava." Ava pushed the door opened and walked in holding a few papers. "Did Kiki make you, or is this voluntary?" "Little bit of both but, it's nice seeing you." "Yeah same with you but next time try not while it's night ok?"
"And I'm still waiting for that trip to the human realm." "Hee... yeah... it'll be soon." "You say that every year." She said with disappointment on her face. "I promise you it'll happen even if we're old as time." Ava then kissed his lips. "Remember that advice I gave you, Talk less, Smile more, don't let them know what you are against or what you're for." before leaving and after waiting Mateo then whistled into the air as a wooden falcon landed on his arm as it screeched. "Shh do you want to be a buffet to the emperor?!" Mateo whispered before petting the bird it then turned into a staff as he examined it and found some old worn initials when it turned back and flew off as Mateo went back to his journal and continued writing in it.
"Now it's been at least years since I've been here and all though some people (minus Ava, Philp, and Philp's teacher) call me a freak of nature for trying to be like them, magic and all, I should really visit that 'doctor' for more practice but minus that this is the... something time this bird has visited since I saw him when I attempted to 'search' the bat queen's forest for palistrom wood, god those little bats were annoying, but enough about that. I still can't make out the initials of its family or former owner but it's almost like it's attracted to me for some reason, and I hope to learn more, not to mention the ways magic can be made. And the rumors of magic on paper, no doubt it's my ex's work with her child although I must give them credit for finding something than organic or artificial magic, possibly natural magic from the environment."
He then stopped before blowing out a candle. "Someday, Camila you'll need my help, someday..." He said before falling asleep.
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