Chapter 7: Secrets Discovered
Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter and I'm happy to say that over a year has passed since I wrote this story and I'm happy to see the progress it's made and after seeing the end of Season 2 of Owl House I am very motivated to make new ideas for this and Wild Wind Warlock. I hope you like what I have planned. Please Review and Enjoy.
It was another boring school day as students were on their way to high school.
Looking at her phone, Willow was looking at another article that appeared to be on Witch and Warlock.
"Hey Willow!" Looking up she saw Akko walking over with a tired look on her face.
"Hey Akko. Let me guess late night?" Willow asks.
"Yeah I was reading the Azura book. She's so awesome." Akko said rubbing her eyes.
"If only you read your school books as much as your magic books." Willow chuckles.
"Those books are boring." Akko said.
"She's not wrong." Ezra admits.
"Hey have you heard from Luz and Minato?" Willow asks.
"They're probably just running a little late." Akko assumes.
"Still maybe I should call them." Willow said dialing the number.
Unfortunately in another part of town, they were a little held up.
A large fire was going on in a building and people were trapped inside.
As flames surrounded the room, a father was holding his son close when suddenly an Abomination broke the door down.
"Aaah! Monster!" The boy screams.
"S-Stay away!" The father said equally scared.
"Not safe. Leave now." It said picking them up much to their confusion.
Running out into the hall we see Abominations exiting all the rooms holding all the residents.
Suddenly a hole burst open revealing Witch and Warlock had made a giant plant slide
"Attention everybody please step this way to avoid being cooked to a fiery death." Witch said.
"And please be quick about it." Warlock said.
As the Abominations led everyone down, Luz's phone rang.
"Oh come on. Now?" She cringed answering it. "Hello? Hey Willow."
"Luz, where are you guys? Class is about to start." Willow asks.
"Oh uh we're…" Looking up Witch sees tons of smoke filling the air as the fire trucks showed. "Cleaning the chimney."
"Your store has a chimney?" Willow asks.
"No I mean Eda's apartment has one." Witch said as the flames erupted around them.
"Aah! We got to move before the whole place comes down on us!" Warlock said blasting water and trying to help an elderly couple out.
"What was that?" Willow asks.
"Uh nothing! Listen we'll be there soon! Bye!" Witch said hanging up.
Narrowing her eyes, Willow was unsure what was going on with her new friends.
20 minutes later, Witch and Warlock dropped down an alley and a few seconds later, Luz and Minato walked out trying to wipe all the ash and dust off their clothes.
"Thank Titan we got them all out in time." Luz pants smacking her shirt to knock off the ash.
Coughing softly, Minato clears his throat.
"Man I never thought I would say this but I think I miss the days when we just stuck it to the Emperor and ran when things got crazy." Minato said.
"It was easier, but hey in a way we still are." Luz chuckles softly.
"True enough." Minato said as they entered the school.
Sneaking into class, they didn't notice Willow eyeing them from the back.
Meanwhile, in the Boiling Isles, Enforcer was making his way into the treasure room where Witch and Warlock robbed them.
In the center pedestal was half of the portal key still enclosed in crystal.
"I don't know why this key is so important to Belos but if I don't get it back from them then I'm in trouble." Enforcer said slowly dipping his mask to reveal a lock of blonde hair.
"Sir." An Emperor's Guard calls out making him quickly put it back on.
"What is it?" He asks turning to them.
"We think we found the perfect demon to flush them out." The guard said.
"That's what you said with the Griffin." He said.
"But this one is different. Instead of using a big one that can be spotted easily. We send a small one to hide among the humans. This one is the perfect hunter. One who waits until it gets the smallest hint of magic before attacking it relentlessly." The guard explains.
"Interesting." Enforcer said grabbing the crystal. "You outlaws think you can outrun me but sooner or later you'll slip up and I'll be ready."
Back in the human realm, the bell rings for lunch allowing everyone to walk out.
"So guys did anyone finish the math homework?" Luz asks.
"Ehh somewhat." Akko cringed.
"If you need help I might have a few notes I can share." Gus said.
"You rock Gus." Minato smiles.
As they made their way down the hall Willow was still watching them with a curious look, little did she know so was someone else.
At her locker, Amity looks to see Minato walking out.
"What is so special about that transfer student?" Diana asks standing next to her.
"He's different. There's just something about him that's interesting. I don't what though." Amity admits when her phone got a text.
Looking at it she saw post and immediately groaned.
"Seriously?" Amity asks.
Peeking over her shoulder Diana saw two older teens clearly twins with dark green hair having tea and scones at a fancy place and looking amazing.
"1 million followers. How do they get so popular with stuff like this?" Amity groans.
"Influencers Amity. Your siblings just seem to know what people want to see." Diana said unamused.
"That's what I like about you Diana. You don't buy all this stuff." Amity said.
"I'm not that easy to fool." Diana said as they closed their lockers.
At lunch, Luz and Minato were in line at the cafeteria getting their lunches.
"I'm telling you, I still can't get used to how different the food is compared to home." Minato said looking at a slice of pizza.
"Tell me about it. They call these hamburgers but there's no ham in them." Luz said.
"And they call us weird?" Minato snickers as Willow leans in.
"You guys never had hamburgers before? Where did you transfer from?" Willow asks.
"Oh uh a pretty far away place." Minato said clearly avoiding it.
"Yeah I mean didn't we talk about this before Willow?" Luz asks.
"Not really no. You guys don't really talk about your home much." Willow said.
"Well there's not really much to talk about." Luz said as they paid for their food.
"Yeah why do we think we transferred here?" Minato points out.
Making their way to the table, they saw Ezra, Gus and Akko who were looking at her phone.
"Guys you're not gonna believe this. Witch and Warlock saved people from a burning building." Akko said getting their attention.
Watching the video they saw the heroes using their magic to help get people to safety before flying out covered in ash.
"Oh man those guys are cool." Ezra said.
"It takes guts to go into a fire." Willow said when Akko notices something.
"Hey Luz what's that?" Akko asks.
"What's what?" Luz asks as Akko gestures to her neck area.
Wiping it off, Luz saw a little ash from the fire earlier.
"Oh uh yeah Minato had to do some chores. You know clean the fireplace." Luz said.
"Wait I thought you said you guys were cleaning the chimney?" Willow recalls.
"Uh well, the chimney is part of the fireplace, right?" Minato asks.
Willow however was unsure. Her friends were hiding something but she didn't know what or why.
"So guys you wanna hang out after school today?" Akko asks.
"Didn't we just hang out?" Luz asks.
"Wouldn't call running from a monster hanging out." Ezra cringed.
"Come on, you make hanging out with us sound like a bad thing." Akko said.
"Yeah come on don't you want to hang out outside of school too?" Gus asks.
Pausing Luz and Minato look to each other and shrug.
"I guess it wouldn't hurt." Luz smiles.
"It would be nice to see more of the city." Minato admits.
"Then it's settled." Akko declares.
Meanwhile, as the donation of books was being brought to a building someone picked up the box containing half of the portal key.
"Hey fellas got a box of donations from the library." The driver calls out.
"Perfect. Put it on the ramp and I'll take it from here." Someone calls out.
As they put the box down on a ramp the key began to glow bright before shooting light into the sky.
Landing in an alley a dark creature covered in a black coat appeared.
Sniffing the air it growled. "Magic."
Leaping out it followed the scent while the portal key remained unnoticed in the box.
As the door opens a woman spots the box of books.
"I know quite a few people who would be happy to have you." She smiles taking the box and putting it in a car.
When the bell rang, Luz, Minato, Willow, Gus, Ezra and Akko were walking down the street.
"So what do you wanna do?" Minato asks.
"I know a pretty good café with open mic." Ezra said.
"Ooh that could be fun. I'd love a good frappe." Akko said.
"Frappe?" Luz whispers.
"I think it's that hot bean blood we keep seeing Eda drink." Minato whispered.
"Is it open mic today?" Willow asks as Gus took out his phone to look.
"Hmm not for another few hours. How about the mall?" Gus said.
"Ooh perfect. Plenty to look at there." Willow said.
"What else is there to look at during a mauling? Isn't it only one thing?" Luz asks making Gus chuckle.
"Good one Luz." Gus said thinking she was joking.
"Yeah…thanks." Luz pauses unsure.
"You guys haven't been to the mall here? Oh man you don't know what you're missing." Akko said as they arrived at the bus stop.
As they got on, the group sat together little did they know something spotted them.
"So guys what did you used to do for fun before you moved here?" Ezra asks.
"Uh well…" Minato pauses unsure what to say.
"We liked reading a lot. Particularly the Azura books." Luz said.
"Ooh I love that series. If you like fantasy books I know a ton you might like to read." Akko said.
"But if you want to branch out I know some good ones too." Ezra adds.
"We'll show you guys the bookstore when we're there." Gus offers.
"Thanks guys." Luz smiles.
Suddenly the bus came to a stop and the bus rattled softly.
"Hey you need to pay to get on." The driver said but was shoved away.
Walking down the bus, Luz and Minato look up to see the cloaked figure looking down at them.
"Uh hey there." Minato said nervously.
"Nowhere to run now outlaws. Enforcer has been looking for you." It said making their eyes widen.
"You know this guy?" Willow asks.
Pausing they shook their heads.
"Sorry we have no idea what you're talking about." Luz said.
Grabbing them both with one arm he picked them up out of the seats.
"Hey let them go!" Akko yells as he shoves them down the bus towards the middle exit.
"Return what you stole right now and no one gets hurt." It threatens.
"We don't have anything." Minato said.
"Hey you have the wrong people!" Gus said.
"Yeah these guys don't want trouble." Willow said when the cloaked figure shoved her back.
"Willow!" Akko gasps.
Narrowing their eyes, Luz moved in and punched the figure making him stagger back while Minato delivers a kick knocking him to the back and surprising everyone.
"You guys okay?" Luz asks.
"Whoa you guys didn't say you took karate." Ezra said surprised.
"Who are you?" Willow asks.
Slowly getting up the figure looked at them and growls.
Dropping its coat everyone looks in shock and horror to see a dark purple-skinned demon with horns on his head, a dog-shaped nose and a blade for a right arm.
"Oh no." Luz gulps.
"A Thrasher." Minato mutters.
"What the heck is that thing?!" Ezra gasps as Gus took out his phone.
"Oh man, my dad is not gonna believe this!" Gus stumbles to record it.
Swinging his blade arm at them, Luz and Minato duck making him slice some of the bars in half.
Grabbing the bars they held them like staffs and charged in.
Thrasher swings his blade arm meeting their attacks head on. Using his free arm he punched them both sending them crashing against the door and breaking the glass.
As the other passengers scrambled in fear their friends were worried sick.
Looking around Willow saw a fire extinguisher nearby.
"Hey you!" Willow yells getting Thrasher's attention.
Spraying it with a fire extinguisher making it scream in pain.
"My eyes!" He yells.
Seeing this was their chance Luz and Minato push the door open and climb out onto the roof of the bus.
Climbing up onto the roof, Minato and Luz caught their breath.
"This thing is after us!" Luz said.
"Yeah I picked up on that. We need to get it away from everyone!" Minato said when a blade stabbed through the roof of the bus startling them.
Looking around frantically they saw a street lamp up ahead.
Running along the bus, the blade followed after them before they jumped off and grabbed the pole.
"When this is over we need to really thank Eda for the self-defense lessons."
Swinging out of view the Thrasher burst out of the bus leaving everyone alone.
Pausing Akko looked at the damage and saw half the bus walls were gone.
"What the heck was that?!" Gus asks as Willow popped her head out to see the Thrasher run in the direction of Luz and Minato.
"It went after Luz and Minato!" Willow gasps running after it.
"Willow wait for us!" Gus said as he, Ezra and Akko ran after her.
"My bus!" The driver said looking at all the damages in horror.
Running down the streets, Luz and Minato looked behind to see Thrasher chasing after them.
"Quick this way!" Minato said pulling her down an alley.
As Thrasher turns to follow Willow was right behind it.
Entering the alley, Willow sees Luz and Minato turn to face it.
"Alright ugly you want a piece of us?" Luz taunts.
Holding out their hands the two turned into Witch and Warlock much to Willow's shock.
"I'm not leaving until I get back what you stole from the Emperor." Thrasher said.
"You mind narrowing that down for us?" Witch mocks.
Digging into their bags they pulled out Owlbert and Ayden in staff forms.
"Not that you would get it back even if we did have it." Warlock said as both took fighting stances.
"Then I will bring your heads to Belos myself!" Thrasher yells.
Rolling out of the way both of them dodged his attack.
Taking out glyph, Witch slams it down creating a large vine.
As it wrapped around him, Warlock created a ball of lightning and threw it at him.
Using his blade arm, Thrasher cut itself free before slashing the attack away.
Swinging its other arm it knocks Witch into the wall.
Pawing the ground Thrasher charged towards her about to crush her.
Recovering just in time Witch created a bright ball of light making Thrasher scream in pain unable to see allowing her to roll out of the way making it smash into the wall.
Before it could recover, Warlock has wind spin around his fist before punching Thrasher sending a tornado and making it fly down the alley and into the wall.
"Quick thinking back there." Warlock said helping Witch up.
"We gotta move fast. The more this thing is around the more damages it can cause." Witch said.
Recovering from the attack magic began surrounding Thrasher's arm making his blade go double in size.
"You mean like that?" Warlock gulps.
"Yeah like that." Witch gulps.
Yelping both teens dodged and weaved avoiding being sliced in half along with all the garbage cans in the alley.
Swinging his blade up to bring down on them both use their staffs to absorb most of the attack and the resulting force sends them crashing against a dumpster.
Charging in Thrasher was about to flatten them when Witch grabs Warlock's arm and they took a deep breath turning invisible at the last second.
Smashing the dumpster into pieces Thrasher looks around for any sign of them but got nothing.
Gaasping for air both reappeared behind him.
Charging in both come in from behind and slam their magical attacks of lightning and ice causing Thrasher to be enveloped in an ice pillar that zapped him from all sides making it explode into chunks of ice.
When the ice cleared both saw the Thrasher was long gone and all that was left was its blade.
Smiling they thought it was over when they heard a gasp.
Pausing Witch and Warlock saw Willow looking at them with her eyes widened and mouth dropped.
"Oh my god!" Willow gasps.
"Uh hello there citizen." Warlock said hoping she just arrived.
"Luz? Mianto?" Willow said making both teens panic.
"Uh oh." Witch said seeing they were busted.
"I don't believe it. I knew you guys were hiding something but this…this is insane." Willow said trying to process all this. "What was that? Why was it after you both? How did you do all that?"
"Willow you really don't want the answer to that. Trust me." Warlock said.
"Look I get that you two didn't want to talk about your past and I didn't want to be pushy. But a monster with a freaking machete for an arm just chopped our bus in half! Now what is going on?!" Willow panics.
"Willow please just calm down. You don't understand." Luz said as both of them pulled down their masks and Minato lifted up his goggles to show their faces.
"This is a real serious issue." Minato said.
"Oh my god your ears. Is that why you always wear hats?" Willow points.
"Well partly." Luz admits.
"Guys I can't help you if you won't tell me." Willow said.
Cringing both of them knew she was right; they wouldn't be able to be Witch and Warlock if Willow spilled the beans.
"Alright, but if we tell you what's going on you have to swear you won't tell anyone." Minato orders.
"One person already knows and that is one too many." Luz said.
"Relax you secret is safe with me." Willow said when they heard a camera snap.
Slowly turning around they saw Ezra, Akko, and Gus with their phones out and shocked expressions.
"Uh hey guys." Gus said.
"Oh my god." Akko said with her jaw dropped.
"GUS, GIVE ME THAT THING!" Luz snaps lunging at them.
"DON'T MAKE ME ERASE YOUR MEMORIES!" Minato said following after making them scream in horror.
"No don't!" Willow panics.
Meanwhile, across town the portal key was laying in a car as it pulled up in front of a museum.
Carrying it inside, the museum worker took the box and brought it to the children's area next to the special exhibit being set up.
