Chapter 23: Powerball Mania

Hey everyone I'm back with a new chapter. So wow Owl House season 2 has come to an end and I am VERY eager to see how they plan on ending the series with Season 3. I really wish they had time for more episodes but if canon won't go into more stuff I guess I'll just need to think of more things to add. But I hope this is a good start. Also I'm thrilled to say this story has over 100,000 views! Thanks guys! Please Review and Enjoy.

At the Powerball Arena, we find ourselves in the Owner's Box as Alistair was sitting at his desk when his secretary walks in with a stack of the applicants.

"Sir here are the forms for all the teams competition the qualifiers." She said handing it to him.

"Thank you Natalie." Alistair said taking them. "Any noteworthy teams this year?"

"Hmm maybe a few. I think I saw some Hexside students on one team." She said.

"Hexside? A little on the young side, but technically they still qualify. What's their team number?" Alistair asks flipping through the pages.

"Team 99." She informs before walking out.

"99…" Finding the page, Alistair's eyes widen in shock.


At the Soulwing Manor, Naomi was with Elias in his office as Edwin stood at his side.

"So the business reports are good. Blight Industries is slowly gaining some popularity but nowhere near that they could be considered trouble." Naomi said reading her report.

"No one can ever hope to catch up to our family. They're all just fighting for second place." Elias smirks without a care in the world.

"It truly is a mystery why they try isn't it, sir?" Edwin asks rolling his eyes.

"Right you are Edwin." Elias said when Naomi's crystal ball began to glow.

"Do you mind?" Naomi asks as Elias nods.

Answering it Alistair appears inside it.

"Alistair, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Naomi asks.

"Uh Naomi you know that hybrid the family is on the lookout for?" Alistair asks as a panicked look appeared on her and Edwin's faces.

"Yes, yes his name is Minato." Naomi said quickly trying to shut up.

"Yeah I got the name but I know where he is." Alistair said as Elias stood.

"He's still alive?!" Elias snaps while Edwin facepalms.

"Oh sweet titan." Edwin groans.

"Where is he?" Elias asks storming over.

"Oh Elias. Well he just signed up for the Powerball Qualifiers." Alistair said nervously.

"Finally a use for that sport. Put the nastiest players against him and see to it he doesn't make it off the course alive." Elias orders.

"What? No. I can't do that." Alistair said getting their attention.

"Excuse me?" Elias glares.

"Listen one thing I pride myself is that no one has died playing my game. I worked so hard to keep this reputation. I'm sorry but you'll just have to wait and kill him another time." Alistair said.

"I don't take orders. I give them." Elias said hanging up and smashing Naomi's crystal ball.

"Hey that was mine." Naomi said.

"Meeting's over. If Alistair is too spinless to use this opportunity I will." Elias said storming out.

"What happened?" Edwin asks walking right up to Naomi.

"This is bad. I told Alistair if he found Minato to contact me immediately. I never predicted Elias would be in the same room when he did." Naomi said.

"What are we going to do? If Elias has his way both Minato and Alistair's lives are ruined." Edwin said.

"I got an idea, but we need to move fast." Naomi said as they followed after Elias.


At the Powerball Arena, the seats were filled with cheering fans.

"Alright folks take your seats. The selection for each round will be totally random so our racers will have no idea who they'll be facing and when. Just so it's fair." The Announcer said as the first round racers were announced while the remaining ones headed to the break rooms to wait and prepare.

In a room overlooking the arena, a worker was arranging the matches.

"Hmm this one could be interesting. Ooh this one." He said when suddenly the door opened behind him and Elias walks. "Hey no one is allowed to be in here but me."

As he turned around a sack of snails was dropped in front of.

"I'd like to make some suggestions for the final race." Elias grins while Edwin who was standing by the door had a nervous look on his face.

In the waiting rooms, Minato and Katara took off their helmets as they sat down to watch.

On screen, a Construction Witch made a ramp allowing him to leap up and grab the Orb.

"Wow these guys are good." Katara said.

"I wonder when it'll be our turn?" Minato asks.

"Well either way. Win or lose at least we'll have enough money to help Eda." Katara points out.

"Thanks for doing this Katara. You didn't have to say yes." Minato smiles.

"Well I'll admit it's kinda weird doing something like this. Never really played a public sport before. Toph was the only one who did something remotely close to this." Katara said.

"Yeah good thing Dez didn't pull her from my head. She'd level this whole arena." Minato jokes making her giggle.

"Ain't that the truth. Hey Minato there's something I've been meaning to ask you for a while." Katara said getting his attention.

"Oh yeah?" Minato asks.

"Well supposedly Dez brought me to life to mess with you, but clearly with all those shows you watch there must have been a few options. I guess what I'm trying to say is what was it about me that you really liked?" Katara asks.

"Uh well…it's kinda embarrassing." Minato blushes softly.

"Come on, I won't tell anyone." Katara said leaning in interested.

"You promise?" Minato asks.

"I promise." Katara nods.

"Well when I watched your show I saw that even as your whole world was crumbling around you. Despite everything life threw at you or how bad things looked, you still stayed strong, held onto hope, and believed things would get better. I guess for me. I thought if you could believe things would get better than so could I." Minato admits making Katara blush softly.

"Wow uh thank you." Katara smiles.

"I know this isn't your cup of tea but I'm glad you're my support in this." Minato said.

"Well you guys are helping me step outside my comfort zone. I'll admit I would have never considered doing something like this." Katara said.

"Hopefully we can do good enough." Minato said.

"That all depends on our competitors." Katara said.


Outside the arena, Tiger Lily and King were trying to get Eda's disguise on.

"Come on get that cowl up! We need to move!" Dez said.

"We're trying! It's not my fault Eda has such a wild hairstyle." Lily said.

"Maybe we should cut it." King said.

"Cut it and I will have you shaved!" Eda threatens.

"Hey how are we going to get into the arena with no tickets?" Luz asks.

"Luz I've never bought a ticket to anything in my life and there's a reason for it." Eda smirks helping them sneak in.


Up in the Owner's box, Alistair was watching the 4th round and the racers were putting on quite a show.

"Hmm not bad." Alistair said when the door opens revealing Naomi.

"Alistair." Naomi acknowledged.

"Naomi? Wait if you're here?" Alistair realized.

"Elias and Edwin are here too. Thanks to your call." Naomi said.

"Wow I never pegged Elias as someone who liked my game." Alistair said.

"Oh let's just say he's got motives for being here. One that will affect you greatly if you don't do something about it." Naomi warns.

"What are you talking about?" Alistair asks.

"All I'm saying is when the time comes you will need to make a choice. I just hope you make the right one." Naomi said stepping back leaving Alistair confused and worried.

"Wait where are you going?" Alistair asks.

"To make my own call." Naomi said heading out.

As the qualifiers kept going we were coming in on the 9th round and the Owl House residents were still running around.

"Alright Minato and Katara haven't gone up yet meaning there's still time." Luz said.

"All the players are in specials rooms next to the track. We just got to find there's." Blanca said.

"Oh thank Titan you're here." Emerging from the shadows we see Naomi running over.

"Naomi? How did you get in here?" Lily said surprised.

"You guys really don't know? My cousin created this sport." Naomi said.

"Wait what?!" Everyone said.

"A Soulwing created Powerball?" Blanca said blown away.

"Listen to me, Elias is here. He's going to do something to Minato. Edwin and I are trying to help Alistair see that but you need to get to the pits before the race starts. Get him out of there." Naomi urges.

"On it." They all said getting up and about to run off.

"Uh which way is the pits?" King asks.

"That way!" Naomi points as they ran as fast as they could.

Turning a corner Dez yelps pushing everyone back.

"Dez what are you—" Before Blanca could finish her sentence Dez shushes her.

Moving his head to the side all of them slowly peeked out to see Elias entering the pits where all the other teams were with Edwin by the door.

"Psst Edwin." Luz whispers.

Looking over, Edwin shushes them before gesturing to the door.

Slowly sneaking over, they crept near the opening.

"Be as quiet as possible." Edwin whispers before walking in.

"There he is." Tiger Lily glares.

"The obvious winner of Worst Grandfather in the world folks." Luz glares.

"Let me at him. I'll rip that fancy outfit to shreds." King threatens.

He was about to lunge at him but Edwin spots them.

"As much as I would love to do that. If we attack him, we'll be labeled the bad guys. Right now we need to find our what he's up to and get Minato out before it happens." Eda said.

Slowly moving closer they listened in as the other 8 teams gathered around Elias.

"Thank you for coming. Now all of you have tried out for this game several times but have all failed. In truth, you are the scum of the game. But tonight you are all handpicked scum. The final round is not a game it is a hunt." Elias said getting their attention.

"Hold on, killing isn't allowed. We do this we're banned for life." One said.

"Oh wise up you idiot. Do you really think you'll actually make it with your skills? I am offering 500,000 to the team who kills the boy named Minato." Elias declares.

Pausing all the teams were considering the options while the Owl House residents just looked in horror.

As Elias was about to turn away Edwin let out a loud fake cough signaling for them to move.

"Edwin?" Elias looks over.

"Forgive me, sir. A little something in my throat. Not used to this kind of atmosphere." Edwin said as the Owl House residents ran down the hall before he saw them.

"Fair enough. Let's go home. I'll be toasting my security tonight." Elias smiles.

"You're not going to stay here and watch?" Edwin asks.

"No thank you, this game is a waste of time. Plus I can't be in the same room don't want them linking this accident to me. Hopefully, this gives Alistair the kick in the pants he needs to shut down this stupid game and actually do something with his life." Elias chuckles making Edwin glare at him for a few seconds. "You coming Edwin?"

"You go on without me sir. I just need to inform Miss Naomi that she'll have to come back to finish our meeting tomorrow. Odds are she'll probably have to drop this by the end of the night." Edwin said.

"Excellent idea Edwin in fact why don't give the lucky killer their prize money afterwards." Elias smirks walking out.

"Not if we have anything to say about it." Edwin glares.


A few minutes later, the course was ready for the final round.

"Alright folks, this is it. The last round of the qualifiers, so let's make some noise for the final teams!" The announcer said as the crowds went wild. "The winner of this round will join the other winners from the previous rounds as well as receive the big snail prize. And here they are: some of these racers are familiar to you but to those who don't we have: Team 87!" Coming out first was two men who looked like beasts themselves. "Team 19!" Coming out were two women with plant vines wrapped around their arms. "Team 54!" Emerging next was two muscular guys clearly into Construction. "Team 48!" Up next a man and a woman in purple gear clearly having something Oracle-related going on. "Team 22!" Next was a duo with Elemental colors. "Team 67!" This team of ladies had fierce looks like they were ready to take everyone down. "Team 24!" Next man and women in Abomination colors stepped out. "Team 09!" Finally was a large blue-scaled demon man with a regular-sized man that had abomination goo at the ready.

Backstage the Owl House members were running towards the track.

"Hey you can't be here. Only pit crews are allowed past this point." A bouncer.

"Uh yeah we're team 99's crew." Dez said.

"Yep that's us." Lily said nervously.

"Team 99?" He said looking at the list. "He's up next. What are you doing? Get out there!" He points.

"Thanks." Luz said as they sprinted as fast as they could.

In the owner's box, Alistair was watching with Naomi and Edwin when Elias walked in with a big grin on his face.

"And finally here comes this group's one new entry. Team 99!" The announcer said as Minato and Katara came out.

As Minato and Katara made their way to their positions Minato went to the starting line while Katara got up on the support area.

"Go easy on me fellas." Minato chuckles.

"Sure kid." Team 87's racer said narrowing his eyes.

Racing into the pits, Eda, Luz, Blanca, Lily, King and Dez ran to the Team 99's station.

"Minato!" Luz screams making Minato and Katara wince hearing that in their helmets.

"Luz?" Looking down Katara saw them waving to them from the pits.

"You guys made it." Minato smiles.

"Minato it's a setup you got to get out of there!" Eda said.

"What are you talking about?" Minato asks.

"Elias was in the backrooms. He bribed the other players. They're gonna kill you!" King said.

Pausing Minato looks around to see the other racers glaring at him.

"Which ones?" Minato asks.

"ALL OF THEM!" They all screamed.

"Players is the 10-second warning." The announcer said.

Panicking all of them realized they were too late.

"Luz, Blanca King you're on the crystal balls to relay messages, Blanca you know this game throw any tips you can for Katara and Minato, Lily, you, Dez and I are on the other players. Spot anything that can keep Minato alive call it out." Eda said as they scrambled around the pit area.

"Oh man I really wish we had a weapon right now." Katara said.

"Me too…but I know where I can get one." Minato said eyeing the orb launcher.

"5 Seconds." The announcer said as the lights went from red to green and the orb was shot out starting the race.

Using Reinforcement magic, Minato launched himself ahead of the others as they chased after him.

Racing along the track, Minato reaches out and grabs the orb.

"The new kid Team 99 takes possession right out of the gate!" The announcer said.

As Team 54 charges in first, Minato swings the orb whacking him in the face making him fall back and crash into Team 48's racer making him tumble across the course and as they turned a corner he fell off the course.

"Ooh! And just like that Team 48 is out!" The announcer said making the crowd go crazy.

"1 down, 8 to go!" Blanca said.

"Katara get them off his tail!" King said.

"I'm trying!" Katara said following after.

Firing a blast of water at the course she made the other teams fall back giving Minato some breathing room.

Team 19s support fires a large vine allowing her racer to ride and it catch up to Minato but at the last second team 87s racer rams her out of the way and charges towards Minato letting out a snarl.

Turning around Minato looked to see the man's body grow fur and sharp claws turning into a demon cat monster.

"What in the?!" Lily gasps.

"That's some advanced Beast Magic right there." Dez gulps.

Swinging his claws, Minato uses the orb to try and deflect the attacks.

Roaring the Beast Racer pounces at Minato when a blast of water hits him knocking him over Minato.

"Gotcha." Katara growls.

Turning around 87 digs his claws into the arena to slow him down enough to get Minato, but when Minato turns around he whacks him in the face with the orb sending him flying backwards.

"Oh mama! Looks like this little warlock isn't going down without a fight!" The announcer said.


In his booth, Alistair was looking at this in disbelief.

"What the heck is going on down there? Those racers aren't even going for the orb it's like they only want the hybrid." Alistair said.

"Because they've been bought out." Behind him the door opens revealing Naomi and Edwin.

"Naomi what's happening to my game?" Alistair asks.

"Elias happened. He made those other racers an offer they couldn't refuse." Naomi said as Edwin held up a big briefcase full of the money for emphasis.

"What? No! I can't have anyone die on my course my game will be ruined forever!" Alistair panics.

"You honestly think Elias cares sir?" Edwin asks getting his attention.

"What?" Alistair asks as Edwin took a bird out of his pocket.

"Hopefully this gives Alistair the kick in the pants he needs to shut down this stupid game and actually do something with his life." It said revealing Edwin recorded the whole thing leaving Alistair speechless.

"He-He thinks my game is a waste of time? This game is my life's work. It took me years to perfect it and even longer to get it up and running. He can't do this to me!" Alistair snaps.

"Elias doesn't care what happens to anyone else as long as he gets what he wants and he's not afraid to step on people to get it." Naomi said.

"Wait…what's so valuable about that hybrid?" Alistair pauses realizing something. "There's something about him that we don't know isn't there?"

Nodding their heads Edwin and Naomi didn't deny it.

"Just answer me this. Say I help him what will happen?" Alistair asks.

"You'll finally break free from Elias' control and fix our broken family, but you need to help Minato. Because if he goes down you're going down with him." Naomi points.

Looking to the course, Minato was narrowly avoiding all the attacks being fired at him.

This entire game, wasn't even a game anymore. Elias was turning it into a slaughter and Minato was the bullseye.

"Come on!" Alistair said running out.

Grinning Naomi and Edwin just got another family member to their side.


Down below on the course, Minato was racking up the points as he passed through each gate.

"Team 99 is in the lead going at 5 points while the other teams are still at zero!" The announcer said as Minato entered an area with ramps on the edge.

"Minato there's a tight corner up ahead! Use it and get out one of those racers off your back!" Blanca said.

"Go for Team 24's racer." Luz said.

"Tornado Lightning!" Turning around Minato fires powerful bolts of lightning forcing the other racers to dodge.

"Abomination rise!" Team 24s racer said creating a large abomination to shield him.

"Here it comes!" King said as it got closer to Minato.

Racing up the ramp, Minato slams the orb down on the Abomination's head knocking it off.

Jumping off the support area, Team 24's support joins the racer to double team Minato.

"Katara quick!" Dez said.

Taking a deep breath she breathes a cloud of steam obscuring their view.

Using this opening Minato slams the orb down like a brake making him pull back and slide behind Team 24.

Before they could counter Minato nails them with a Rasengan sending them flying off the course.

"2 teams down folks! But this still anyone's game!" The announcer said.

As Minato raced ahead that braking manuver was coming back to haunt him because now the remaining teams were catching up to him.

"Minato ditch the ball, it's slowing you down." Eda said.

"You don't need points anymore you need to cross that finish line at this point." Lily said.

"Fine." Having reinforcement magic surround the orb, Minato spins around and around before throwing it at Team 54's racer hitting him right in the stomach.

"Katara now!" King said as Katara made a water whip whacking Team 54's racer out cold.

"Ooh that's gonna leave a mark!" The announcer said as the crowd winced.

Racing down a long straight path, Team 22s racer created a giant fireball and launched it at Minato's fight resulting in the explosion knocking him off his skates.

As he tumbled down the track, Team 19 hurled a plant vine that wrapped around his arm.

Yanking him in she sent Minato crashing against the wall.

Struggling to get up, Minato cuts the vine but just as he was about to get up Team 67's racer and support grab him by the arms.

"Die!" Both ladies yell smashing Minato down against the track sending sparks flying. If he wasn't wearing a helmet this would fatal.

"Oh no! Team 67 has Team 99 in a lot of trouble!" The announcer said.

"Minato!" Luz screams in horror.

"Katara get in there!" King orders.

Jumping off the platform, Katara races down the track.

Unleashing a torrent of water she knocks them away from Minato allowing her to race in and help him up.

"Thank you Katara. You saved my life." Minato pants catching his breath.

"Don't thank me yet. We're not out of danger yet." Katara said as both Team 67 ladies glared at them.

Going on the attack, Katara pulls Minato out of the way as the two of them fired a dangerous combo of wind and water to keep the remaining teams away.

"While their teamwork is good they can't do this forever." Blanca said.

"Katara only has a few minutes." Dez said as the other supports started joining in.

"What do we do?" Luz asks when Alistair's face appeared on their crystal ball.

"Hello! Hello is this Minato's team?" Alistair's voice said through the crystal ball.

"Who is this?" Dez asks.

"Listen to me you have to tell Minato and his partner to do exactly what I say if you want them to walk out of this course alive." Alistair said.

"How do we know we can trust you?" Eda asks.

"Because he's with us." Naomi said next to him.

"Naomi." They all smiled.

"Alright listen I know every inch of this course and how to use them to your advantage. Relay these messages to them exactly." Alistair said.

As they reached a large ram, Katara and Minato were forced to gain speed.

"Katara listen to me. Right when you jump fire ice along the edge of the ramp." Dez said.

"What?" Katara said confused.

"Just do it!" Dez orders.

Looking at each other both decided it was better than nothing.

As they leaped off the giant ramp Katara turned around and fired ice on it and as a result Team 67 slipped and fell short not making it to the other side.

"You know they felt one folks!" The announcer said.

"Yes." Alistair grins pumping his fist.

"Good call guys, keep it coming." Minato said.

Seeing this Teams 87, 09, 19 and 22 made the jumps and continued after.

Entering the spiral tunnel, Team 22s support releases a ball of light temporarily blinding Katara.

Using this opening the racer rams into her knocking her to the side.

"Katara!" Dez gasps.

Shaking off the damage she sees both members ram into Minato sending him spinning around the tunnel.

"Oh that's it." Mustering up all her strength, Katara creates two water whips and lashes them out tying up both team members.

Roaring she yanks them both in with all her might sending them smashing into each other and out of the tunnel.

"And Team 99 is showing how fierce they are both with the racer and support!" The announcer said.

Turning around Minato looked at Katara with a big smile until a buzzer went off signalling Katara had to get back into the support platform.

"Oh no not know." Lily said as Katara climbed back on.

"Now she can't come down to help for another few minutes." Blanca cringed.

"Minato might not last that long." King said.

"Come on! We need more tips!" Luz said to the crystal ball.

"I'm working on it." Alistair said.

Seeing he was all alone, the big demon from Team 09 decided to make his move.

Sending lots of magic to his skates, he shot out like a rocket and rammed into Minato like a hockey player making him scream in pain.

"Nowhere to run now kid." He grins.

Making sparks of electricity, Minato zaps him off him.

"Gale palm!" aiming his hands backwards Minato released the gale giving him a turbo boost to shoot past the other players and give him some breathing.

"He's almost to the finish line. If he can make it he's home free." Alistair said.

"Then he better hurry." Edwin said as all 3 teams gained on him.

As Team 19 swings their vines at him, Team 87 go full beast mode, and Team 09 brings the Abominations and the pain Minato was in a tight spot.

"Give me a boost!" Team 09's racer said.

As his support has his Abomination grab him, it spins him around and whips him straight after Minato.

"Time to die!" He yells with his claws gleaming.

"Minato look out!" Luz yells.

Bending backwards, Minato tries to avoid it but the claws hit something causing Minato to fall backwards tumbling all the way down the ramp.

Groaning in pain, Minato struggles to get up but when something hits the ground.

Eyes widening he sees the demon had slashed his goggles making them fall to the ground with broken lens.

Gasping widening all of Minato's friends gasped.

At a loss for words Minato couldn't process this, the one thing his dad left him, entrusted him with, laid broken in pieces in front of him.

Growling Minato slowly gets up and turns to the other racers.

"Those were….my father's goggles!" Minato roars as something snaps in him.

Like at Grom a bright energy shined from under his clothes.

As 09 catches up to him, he goes in for the finisher but at the last second Minato grabs his arm surprising him.

"You're gonna pay for that." Minato hisses with glowing eyes before elbowing him in the face.

As the 6 racers look in shock Minato raced his arm.

"Alright you jerks you want to play hardball well so can I!" Minato roars before slamming his hand to the ground causing a large Abomination circle to appear. "Rise!"

Shooting out of the ground the abomination goo began to take form but it wasn't like his standard Elemental Abominations. This one was larger, glowing with Reinforcement aura around it, two large indigo wings, and glowing red eyes.

"Red Eyes Abomination Dragon!" Minato declares his Abomination Dragon roars echoing through the arena.

"Dios Mio." Luz gasps.

Looking at it, Alister drops his crystal ball in disbelief.

"Oh wow! Would you look at that! Don't touch that crystal ball folks! It is as unbelievable as it appears!" The announcer said.

"I've never seen an Abomination like that before." Eda gasps.

"How is this even possible?" Blanca asks when Luz notices something.

"Wait is that Reinforcement magic?" Luz points to the aura around it.

"Of course, Reinforcement magic increases your strength and other attributes which is allowing that big thing to not only maintain its size but get stronger by it." Dez realized.

"Well one thing's for sure. I would not want to be those guys right now." Lily said.

Growling the Red Eyes Abomination floated behind Minato as he starred the Powerball teams down.

"You guys are gonna regret what you tried today." Minato said as he and his Abomination took a deep breath. "Sky Dragon Roar!" Minato yells as he and his dragon released a devastating combined breath attack his was a powerful gust of wind and the Dragon released a dark breath attack that when combined it sent all the remaining players flying off the track and into the wall.

When the wind died down everyone looked in shock and awe at what just happened.

"I-I don't believe this! What a finisher! Team 99 has won the final round of the qualifiers!" The announcer declares as the crowd burst into cheers.

"He did it!" Luz cheers as she, King and Blanca hug.

"That was amazing!" Alistair cheers as Naomi and Edwin applaud him.

"Did you know he could do that?" Naomi asks.

"Not at all but I'm very happy he can." Edwin smiles.

Taking off her helmet, Katara ran over to him.

"Minato that was incredible. You really did it." Katara smiles but when Minato turns to her his eyes returned to normal before dropping to the ground.

"Minato!" They all gasped.


An hour later, we find ourselves in the medical room as Naomi and Katara were healing him up.

"Wow Naomi you're good at this." Katara said.

"Yeah well when your mother makes you and your brother join healing classes you learn a few things or your life gets hard." Naomi said.

"So you're the Soulwing that runs this place?" Luz said talking to Alistair.

"Yeah and thank you for listening to me. If he had died I would have lost everything." Alistair said. "Plus it was kinda my fault this whole thing happened."

"Well at least you saw that and helped us." Dez said when they heard a groaning.

"He's waking up." Blanca said as Minato slowly opened his eyes.

"What happened?" Minato groans.

"Minato!" Smiling Luz pulled him into a big hug.

"Luz that hurts." Minato winces.

"Sorry." She said quickly letting go.

"Minato that was amazing what you did back there." Katara said.

"You blew away the competition, literally." King said.

"Ugh I was so angry. When that demon guy broke my goggles. Oh no my goggles!" Minato groans realizing it wasn't a dream.

"You mean these?" Alistair said taking out Minato's goggles and they looked good as new.

"My goggles." Minato smiles taking them back. "Thank you but how did you?"

"I specialize in Construction Magic which also means I know to repair things. How do you think I built this whole game?" Alistair gestures.

"Wait you run this whole thing?" Minato said surprised.

"Minato meet Alistair Soulwing, creator of Powerball." Edwin introduced.

"Oh another relative." Minato said.

"Don't worry he's on our side." Lily said.

"Turns out Elias had the same amount of disregard for him when he paid those players to kill you." Katara explains.

"Who by the way have now been banned from my game for life." Alistair said.

"He was the one giving us all those tips to help you guys stay one step ahead of the other teams during the race." Luz said.

"Really?" Minato said surprised.

"Yep, oh by the way. I know this is a little late, but I believe this belongs to you and your partner." Reaching behind him Alistair tosses a big bag of snails on the bed. "Your winnings."

"Cha chink." Eda grins taking it. "And with this we are definitely in the clear now."

"I am really getting tired of that old man trying to kill me." Minato groans.

"We all are and unfortunately for us he keeps sending more and more dangerous people after us." Blanca said.

"Well you know you kids did technically win the qualifiers so you do meet the requirements to join the Season. And let's face it you have no idea how sharp your skills can get playing here." Alistair points.

"You want us to come back?" Minato asks.

"Look I'm not kidding here. That finisher of yours was beyond incredible and all of you did great. Whether it was providing support and trying to read the other teams. Plus whether you win or lose you get a decent cash prize." Alistair points.

"We'll think about but right now, I think I just want to go back to the Owl House and get some rest." Minato said.

"More than understandable sir." Edwin said.

"So how angry do you think Elias is gonna be when he learns his hired help failed again?" Blanca asks.

"I'm gonna go with very." Lily said.


Back at the Soulwing Manor, Elias was as furious as they predicted.

"What do you mean no one killed him?!" Elias snaps.

"I mean he won sir. None of your hired help managed to stop him." Edwin said handing him back the money. "At least we never pay until the job is done."

Roaring in angry, Elias smacks the case away sending snails scattering all over the floor.

"As long as that boy breathes, he is a threat to me." Elias said.

"Sorry sir but he won this battle." Edwin said walking out only to see Carla down the hall.

"Edwin I heard a yell." Carla said.

"It's quite alright Mistress Carla. Master Elias is just having a bad day. Seems your grandson is still breathing." Edwin said.

"Oh him." Carla narrows her eyes about to walk away.

"If you don't mind me asking why don't you want anything to do with your own grandchild?" Edwin asks.

"It's nothing personal Edwin, but that boy is a constant reminder of one of the worst days of my life. Just seeing his face, I don't know if I could ever love him." Carla said.

"The future is a mystery Carla you never know what can happen." Edwin said.

"What's all this? Don't tell me you've been dabbling in Oracle magic?" Carla smirks.

"Of course I would never do anything that could ruin the name Soulwing." Edwin said walking away.


At the Owl House, Minato was in the bathroom looking at himself.

Most of his injuries had healed up thanks to Katara and Naomi.

Looking at the goggles Minato let out a sigh before putting them around his neck.

Leaving the room he saw everyone in their sleepwear hanging out in the living room.

"Hey Minato you wanna join us?" Blanca asks seeing Luz and Katara dueling.

"I got winner but you can play the loser of this match." Lily offers.

"This is pretty fun game." Blanca said sitting next to Luz.

"Oh yeah Luz and Minato got us hooked." King said.

"Be right down." Minato smiles making his way down.

Despite this day having a messy and dangerous start, they finally figured out their money problems and they have some more Soulwings on their side.