We're Wizards, Not Warriors
Chapter 31: Yesterday's Lies….
We open at Luz's home in the human realm.
We see a table in Luz's room. On the table we see a laptop, a few books, a pair of tinted glasses and an animal hat.
We see Luz's bunk bed with stuffed animals on it. A Good Witch Azura hat is seen on the floor and behind it, a bookshelf.
We see a tin foil swan, a Good Witch Azura action figure and a dragon action figure.
Someone is shoving all of them to the left. A photo frame with a picture of a younger Luz with long hair and a missing front tooth holding a Good Witch Azura action figure on her right hand and Good Witch Azura books with her left arm is seen.
The person stops to look at the picture, then shoves it together with the action figures into a box.
"Ah, much better", Luz said.
She was making the room her own, pushing most of the items aside into the box, seemingly eager to do so.
This was clearly someone else, but how could anyone tell when they looked exactly like Luz?
Luz lifts up the box, then stops to look at her reflection in the mirror. She smiles at it.
Camila is seen standing beside her car and Luz is walking down the steps.
Camila asked, "what's the box for, mija?"
"Just…. Cleaning up a little", Luz said as she smiled and looked down at the box.
Camila asked as she picked up a tin foil swan, "even this? You used to love making me tinfoil swans."
"Oh, I'm uh…. Just looking for a fresh start", Luz said as she took back the tin foil swan.
Camila looks at Luz walking towards the trash can with a slightly weirded out expression on her face.
Luz said as she set down the box beside the trash can, "camp taught me a lot, you know?"
"Yes, it sure did….", Camila said as she looked at Luz strangely.
The sound of a rabbit squeaking is heard. Camila gasps. We see a rabbit being caught in a trap.
"Ah! Luz, grab the pliers", Camila shouted.
Luz runs back inside the house, Camila puts on a pair of latex gloves.
"Okay okay, little bunny, you're gonna be alright", Camila said as she used the pliers to set the rabbit free.
The rabbit hops away.
"That's the 5th trap this week", Luz said.
"If I ever catch who's responsible and then I'll PA-POW", Camila exclaimed as she raises her fist in the air.
Luz gulps and says, "I'm sure you will. These traps are becoming a real hassle."
Luz seemed really, really worried about not only the traps, but seemingly something else…. What it was, it's not clear yet….
….
A few hours ago...
Rogue Isles.
Luz and the others were at the Jedi Temple as they were preparing to create a new portal door that would hopefully work.
Luz was really anxious about finally getting a way too and from the human world. So she could once again go back and forth between seeing her mother and her new friends and girlfriend.
"So, according to Philip's instructions, the hardest part to make a portal was finding someone who knew how to build it", Luz explained as she put something on the door, "but a lot of the ingredients are pretty easy to find", Luz said as she turned to look at Eda.
"Your crazy apocalypse supplies finally came in handy, Eda", Anakin said to his wife.
Eda gave a smug and confident smirk as she said, "was there any doubt? I knew it would work."
"Don't forget this", King said with a sad expression and hands her Amity's glove stained with Titan blood.
"Titan blood. I can't believe something this powerful was in the old key this whole time", Luz said as she stared at the glove.
Anakin nodded and said, "agreed. It makes you wonder what else could secretly be something as powerful as Titan blood."
"No wonder Belos wanted to find Titan's blood…. He must need it in order to create a new key", Obi Wan said.
Luminara said, "then we must keep him from getting any, on top of making sure he doesn't get the key Hunter is hiding."
"It's okay. If Belos is still trying to get to the human realm, he'll have to beat me to it", Luz said as she tears a piece of cloth off the glove, then sticks it on the door. She then walks backwards.
We then see Eda in her makeshift flying bathtub.
A few of the Jedi Council are on some machines as well that will power up the portal door.
Eda asked, "are you sure this isn't gonna, like, blow our faces off?"
"Nope", Luz said.
The Jedi all pulled worried looks as Luz attempted to open the portal, desperately hoping that this test would be the one that would work!
"Well that didn't work…. Try to power it up", Luz said.
"Well, here goes something", Eda said as she and the rest of the council start pedaling.
The rotors start transferring kinetic energy to the various components of the door. Luz looks at the door in amazement. Everything then merges together to form a crooked portal door. The door opens, revealing not the human realm but a seperate, surreal dimension.
"It worked", Luz said as she ran over to check the door.
"Did it? That looks really different from the old door", Sam said.
Hordak muttered, "something seems wrong with this world. Are we sure it's actually leading to the human realm?"
Prime and Sam shrugged as they watched Luz get closer to the door and then puts on her cloak.
"Yeah, but this is my one chance to see my mom", Luz said as Ties a rope on her waist.
"If it looks like it's closing, pull", Luz said.
"Luz, as impressive as this is, we don't want you getting hurt", Eda said worriedly.
Luz gave a determined look that shocked all of them and said, "I have to see her again. Even for just a single solitary second…."
"We know we can't stop you….", Shaak Ti said as she along with the others held the rope.
Eda said, "just please be careful."
Luz nodded before she made her way through the portal, jumping down a long chasm!
In a flash of light, we see Luz floating up from a pool of water. Luz gasps, gets up and starts coughing. A strange cube thing appears from the water and starts floating upwards.
Luz watches this and gasps. There are multiple similar cubes floating around above.
Luz shouted, "did I…. Do something wrong? Eda? King? Hooty? Anakin? Sam? Luke? Leia? CAN ANYONE HEAR ME?"
"Yes", a voice whispered.
A cube appears. It starts flashing and making a sound, grabbing Luz's attention. She walks over and holds it in her hands. The cube starts shining brightly and the area turns white. When it's gone, Luz finds herself inside one of the Jedi Temple's windows as a reflection.
Luz asked, "am I…. Back at the Jedi Temple?"
Wind blows past, pushing open the window, scaring Luz.
"WHOA! Whoa, I think I'm…. In the reflection", Luz said amazed.
Luz then sees her friends staring at the makeshift portal door.
Kane asked, "do you think she's safe Mom?"
Eda said, "well, if we've taught her well, I have faith that she'll be fine…."
Luz smiled at the praise she heard from her teacher.
"She may not be a Jedi, but she acts like one", Kit Fisto said with a smile on his face.
Shaak Ti said, "we just need to trust that she'll be able to accomplish what she needs to do."
Prime asked, "I wonder how she will make her mother believe everything about witches, demons and the Jedi?"
"I feel like showing her the portal or some sort of magic would definitely prove what she's saying is true", Hordak said.
"I hope Luz's mother takes everything well", Sam said.
Hordak said, "I think we all do…."
The window flashes, then Luz disappears. Luz is back with the cube she was holding. It starts dimming and returns back to it's galaxy-like form. Luz releases the cube and gasps.
Luz shouts, "Camila! Camila Noceda of the human realm?"
Luz looks up and notices a cube flashing.
"Got ya! Ice platform", Luz shouts as she slaps a piece of paper with ice glyph on it but it doesn't work.
"Fine then! I'll do this the hard way", Luz said angrily as she jumps onto a cube floating upwards. The dimension suddenly rotates, causing Luz to fall down.
"Trust in the force", a voice said.
Luz didn't know what the voice meant, but decided to heed it's advice and closed her eyes, her arms reaching out for whatever could catch her.
Luz then landed on the ground softly and saw the cube in front of her.
"Mom", Luz shouts.
….
In Luz's house. Luz is a reflection inside her mom's cellphone.
"It's my house", Luz gasped.
Camila is seen dancing to the music while opening the fridge to take something, then closes it.
"Mom", Luz shouts.
Camila continues dancing while humming.
Luz said as she walks inside the kitchen, "Mom? Do you need any help?"
Luz gasps, shocked by what she's seeing.
Camila asked, "oh, are you done cleaning your room?"
"Almost! With all that old stuff gone, I feel like a whole new person", Luz said with a smile on her face.
"Evil doppelgänger! Mom! Mom! Mom", Luz shouts as she knocks on the cellphone's glass.
"I can finish up here, mija", Camila said with a smile on her face.
Luz then runs off to her room.
The cube flashes and stops showing.
Luz shouts as she shakes the cube, "follow her! Luz Noceda 2.0! Doppelgänger! Why won't you work?!"
"Okay Luz, calm down. Just breathe and count to 5", Luz said, then a water sloshing sound was heard, a cube floats up, Luz notices it. The cube's screen changes, Luz walks towards it.
"A new life", Luz said as she closed the cupboard door, and noticed the real Luz in the reflection.
Luz growled in anger, "YOU!"
….
We see Camila cooking something. She heard "Luz" screaming.
….
Back in Luz's room.
"So you can hear me", Luz said as she glared at the fake Luz.
"You're from the demon realm", Luz said, scared.
Luz yelled, "I'm the real Luz! You're an imposter who's posing as me! And…. Wait, did you clean everything out of my room!? Oh, tu hija de una perra de tres patas! ¿Por qué diablos te deshiciste de todo lo que tengo? ¡Mis muñecos de acción! ¡Mis libros! ¡Mis artes y manualidades! ¡Si las tiraste, me arrastraré a través de este espejo y te golpearé como una cabra en llamas!"
"I'm not going back! I- I won't go back", Luz shouts as she picks up a red baseball bat and attempts to break the mirror.
Camila asked as she was outside the door, "Luz? Esta todo bien?"
"Sí, mama! I just saw a spoiler from Monster Slayer Academia", Luz said.
"I'll never understand anime", Camila said with a sigh as she walked away.
Luz runs and jumps out the window.
"Wait", Luz shouts.
Luz lands, jumps over a fence, then runs into the house where Eda used to set as an exit for her portal to the human realm. The inside is littered with random stuff and old newspapers. Luz appears as a reflection in a small purse mirror.
Luz shouts as she kicks a rock, it hits a trap mechanism and accidentally triggers it, "ao this is it. I'm gonna have to run…. Again. Why couldn't this just WORK OUT?!"
A rope tightens around her foot and drags her backwards. Luz becomes scared and shows her true form, a basilisk. She groans.
She keeps trying to get out of the trap, when Luz says, "stop moving! You'll make it tighter!"
Luz says, "huh?"
That's when she spots Luz in the mirror.
Luz says, "I didn't mean to freak you out. I just wanna figure out what's going on, okay? You're a demon from the boiling isles, aren't you?"
The basilisk girl gives a scared nod before transforming back into Luz's form, but with her pointed ears, blue eyes and a few forks of white still showing.
Luz gives a kind smile and says, "what's your name?"
She says, "I'm number fi-, I mean…. I'm Vee."
"Okay Vee, I'm gonna help free you. You're gonna be alright. Now, back up a bit, give the wire some slack. Now, look for a little metal thingamabobber. Sorry, I don't know what it's called", Luz said with a shrug.
Vee finds the metal thing, then pulls the rope loose.
"There you go, nice and easy",Luz said.
Vee scooted away with a sigh of relief and a light fear.
Vee said, "thank you…. Sniff, you must be Camilla's real daughter…."
Luz replied, "I am, but right now, I'm trapped in the Boiling Isles. But, who are you, and why are you pretending to be me?"
Vee said, "I'm…. Just looking for a place to belong…. You were missing, and mom, I mean, Camilla, she was so kind, so I decided to stay with her. But if you want, I'll go…."
"Wait, wait, wait! Maybe we can help each other! Today I was gonna tell my mom where I've been, but because of you, she hasn't realized that I've been missing! So, keep living in my place! For now. When I get back, I can introduce her to the demon realm and help you find a place to live", Luz said to Vee with a smile on her face.
"There's one problem. I need magic to transform and I uh…. Just used the rest of it", Vee said with her cheeks turning red as she touched her ears.
Luz tried to think of a solution, when she spotted a newspaper on the ground and said, "oh! That's where we can get some magic!"
Vee picked up the paper and said, "secrets of graves field?"
Luz said, "nah, nah, That's junk. Turn the page."
Vee turns it to see a picture of Anakin and Eda running fromna cafe after causing a crazy situation.
She read, "strange man and woman banned from cafe?"
Luz said, "that's Eda the Owl Lady and her husband, Anakin Skywalker. They and the Jedi have been coming to this world for years. They might have left some magic stuff behind!"
"Oh look at that Newspaper as well", Luz said as she pointed to another paper.
Vee picked up the other newspaper and on it was a picture of Obi Wan, Shaak Ti, Luminara, Plo Koon and Aayla…. Raiding a gas station of all things.
Luz said, "those are more of the Jedi they must have left some stuff behind as well that could help us."
"Okay! We can try", Vee said with a smile on her face.
Vee walks out the door. That's when we see a functioning CCTV installed at one of the house corners recording the room.
And whoever was watching it was chuckling to themselves like a madman!
….
We see a town sign which says; "Welcome to GRAVESFIELD. FOUNDED IN 1635."
A crow is pecking on it. Vee walks by, the crow flies away. Vee puts on a pair of tinted glasses. We zee statues of 2 people wearing clothing from the 1700s. 2 crows fly by, crowing.
We then see the exterior of a café called; "ROBIN'S ROAST CAFE."
There are people walking outside it.
Vee asked Luz, "is this it? Huh I- I just go in and ask about that witch from the paper?"
Luz replied, "uh, you might wanna be more subtle about it. If you wanna find some magic, you gotta go about it in a way that won't get you caught or make you suspicious…. Ears! Ears", Luz said as she noticed Vee's ears come out.
Vee's ears accidentally come out. She whimpers and quickly covers it with her animal hat. A kid notices that and points at it, but her mother drags her away.
Vee pushes open the glass door. A door bell chimes. Vee starts sniffing at something.
Luz whispers, "what is it? Did you find something?"
"Hello!"
Vee yelps and quickly covers her mouth. The shopkeeper hands over a cup of drink to a customer and turns to Vee.
The shopkeeper asks, "what can I get ya?"
Vee said as she pointed to something above, "ummm…. I wanted to ask about them?"
The shopkeeper looks to what Vee is pointing at, showing a photo of Anakin and Eda.
"Oh, Marylin and her husband? Yeah, they tried to pay for a latte with a live raccoon a couple of months ago….", the shopkeeper said.
Vee covered the mirror as Luz couldn't stop from snickering at the fake name and raccoon payment.
Vee asked, "I've, uh, been researching areas they've been in for a project. Any ideas as to where they've been?"
"Well from what I've heard, they are not the only ones that were causing havoc in the town…. And also, when I called the cops on them, they did something weird to the croissants. We threw 'em in the trash but…. Well, now we have a whole new problem", the shopkeeper said with a sigh.
Luz and Vee glanced at one another for a moment before Vee asked, "and what's that?"
….
A few minutes later...
Vee later went outside to where the garbage was in hopes of finding the croissants that had magic in them.
Luz said, "it may be gross going through the trash, but if this can help us, we're all set!"
Vee said, "I've had to dig through worse. This is nothing."
Luz pulled a sad and confused expression at what Vee said.
2 talking rats with glowing red eyes emerge from behind 2 boxes.
"Bread of wisdom grants us speech. We desire more!"
One of the rat hisses and pounces at Vee. Vee screams and runs away. She runs to a park and stops behind a statue, panting, then turns to look at the rats. They hiss then turn back into the alley.
Luz asked, "Vee, is everything alright."
Vee nodded shakily before she said, "oh, yeah, heh, I just, uh…. Don't like confrontation…. Hehe…."
"Oh! Well, that's okay, I'm sure there's someone else who's seen Eda or the Jedi. There", Luz said.
Vee turns around and sees 3 high schoolers under a tree hanging out together, laughing. One of the girl's is holding a deck of Hexes Hold'em cards.
Luz said, "that's Eda's favorite card game! They must know something! You gotta figure out a way to-"
"Well, they must've run out of magic, I don't…. Smell anything", Vee said.
"But maybe they know where to get more! Okay, we gotta be careful approaching high schoolers. Mark all your exit routes….", Luz said before Vee cut her off.
Vee said, "hehe, actually, these guys are cool."
Vee began walking towards them as Luz said, "no, no, wait, wait!"
"A past connection that left its mark on your soul has shown up again, and it's asking you to shed your old ways and enter a metamorphosis! Becoming a spiritual leader, you're meant to be", the goth girl said.
The boy next to her says, "yeah, that sounds about right…."
Vee sits down in front of them and says, "hello."
….
Luz covers her face and says, "gosh, she's going to embarrass herself, I can't watch!"
"Oh, hey Luz, good to see you outside of prison", Luz hears the goth girl say.
Vee said, "come on, camp wasn't that bad."
Luz muttered, "camp?"
…..
"We did have the best cabin", Vee said
All four kids yelled, "CABIN SEVEN, BWAH, Hahahaha!"
Vee said, "hey, cool cards", and tried to grab one, but the goth girl grabbed it.
The goth girl, "ah, ah, ah, let me give you a reading first…. I wanna practice."
Goth Girl lays down three cards on the ground. The first shows a crescent moon as the whitespace of an abstract sideways face. The second shows a skeleton with a golden chalice, and the third shows a fish with two Y-shaped arrows behind it.
Vee was confused by what the cards meant.
"You're running from your past. From a previous life that was not kind to you. However, the guilt and fear you carry will eventually catch you in a self-fulfilling prophecy that you won't be able to escape from", the Goth Girl said.
Vee makes a nervous noise.
"Anyway, I got the cards over at the Gravesfield Historical Society", the Goth girl said.
"Thanks. I'll see you around", Vee said as she stood up and left.
Luz gave Vee a concerned look. It was clear that the girl had a dark past of some time. The cards were ridiculously good at reading someone, so Vee must have gone through some pretty awful things before meeting Camilla….
Vee enters the Gravesfield Historical Society building. At the reception desk, Vee sniffs, then quietly sneezes.
Jacob said, "is it that dusty in here? Welcome to the Grave Field Historical Society. Lemme guess, you're here to buy those weird cards, right?"
Vee asked, "how did you know?"
"Well they've been really popular with high schoolers. Yeah, I saw an old lady try to dump 'em in a river a while back, but I bought them off her instead. Was really odd though, she kept asking for snails", Jacob said as he placed his hand on his chin.
Luz whispered, "that's Eda alright. Ask him if there's any left, we may be able to use them to get you some more magic!"
Jacob asked, "you want a set?"
"Yes Please", Vee said with a smile on her face.
"Well I'll be just a minute, so feel free to look around", Jacob said as he entered a door labelled STAFF. Vee chooses to walk into the Historical Society's museum and stand opposite a framed painting of a flag. Luz appears in the framed reflection.
"Are you okay? Hey, forget what that girl said! I know what it's like to run away from home. I did the same thing", Luz said as she tried to comfort Vee.
"You and I are not the same. You had a mom who loved you, a home, a life, you had it GOOD! And you STILL wanted to run away, I…. I didn't have a choice", Vee said with sad look on her face, "my real name is…. Number 5. I'm a basilisk, and technically, I…. I shouldn't exist", Vee said sadly as she flashbacked about her life.
….
We see Vee in her true form behind cell bars.
"My kind went extinct a long time ago, but we were brought back", Vee narrated.
We see Vee sucking out magic, perhaps the soul, of a small rat. Warden Wrath stands behind Vee, writing down something on a clipboard. 2 Coven Scouts stand behind him.
"They wanted to know how we drained magic", Vee said scared and sad.
"I met a basilisk once. She hurt a lot of people", Luz said.
"For many of us, all we knew how to do was feed", Vee said.
We then see Vee and a few other basilisks at a mountainside, Emperor Belos and a group of Coven Guards looking over a cliff.
"Some of us escaped, but I knew it was only a matter of time before HE caught us again", Vee said, feeling scared.
Vee recalled the day she saw Luz first meeting Eda and her family, as she hid in the crowd under a cloak.
Vee said, "that's when I saw you! And thought…. Maybe there was a way out of this…."
We see Vee going through the portal and coming out of the shack Luz had found.
Vee heard Camilla say, "Luz, where are you?"
Vee quickly turns around with a gasp and transforms herself into an exact copy of Luz.
"Luz? There you are", Camila said as she stood in front of Vee.
"Hello…. Fellow human! Um…. Skin's sure weird", Vee said nervously.
"Very funny. But, I was thinking, instead of taking the bus to camp, why don't we drive? I got the day off from work, and you'll have full control of the playlist", Camila said with a smile on her face.
Camilla held her hand out to Vee, who after a moment of caution, took it with a smile on her face.
Vee seemed to be on the verge of tears as she said, "I didn't mean to keep playing this role, but…. Camilla was nice to me…."
….
We return to the museum. Vee is visibly upset.
"I resent you for running away. But I'm also thankful that you did. I dunno. It's…. Confusing", Vee said feeling confused.
Vee sniffs something odd and stops the conversation.
Luz asked, "do you smell something?"
Vee walks towards the room labelled STAFF. Luz disappears from the framed flag. The room is weirdly pitch black.
Luz asked, "where's the light?"
Vee locates a light switch and flicks it on. She gasps. She sees multiple weapons on display like sword, drill and axe. She also sees an old picture with the words; "THE HUNTING of a DANGEROUS WITCH", underneath it. There's also a flashing toy witch on a guillotine with the words; "YE OLDE WITCH."
A few books can be seen beside the toy. Vee walks further into the room looking around. A deck of glowing Hexes Hold'em cards is nearby. There's a bulletin board with multiple pictures of Eda and the Jedi. The pictures are connected to each other using red strings.
Vee asked, scared, "what is all this?"
Vee bumps into a computer, turning the desktop on and revealing several tabs of video footage of Vee and the abandoned house. She screams, and runs to exit the door, but steps on a laser grid and is caged, and her front mirror is broken, rendering Luz unable to see the scene.
….
We see a distressed Luz in the Reflection Dimension.
Luz starts saying, "no, no, no! Vee!"
Luz quickly tries to find another cube that'll show her what's going on, frantically hoping that Vee would be alright.
….
Back at the Gravesfield Historical Society. Dark clouds start rolling in and the rumble of thunder can be heard.
Luz reappears in a reflection in a framed painting in the room.
"Vee", Luz shouts.
Vee, stressed out, turns into her true form.
"LET ME OUT", Vee screamed in fear.
Jacob enters the room apprehensively, holding a stick.
Jacob said, "woah, it worked?"
Luz hides, crouching further down the framed painting.
"I-I can't believe it, are you real? After all that time, after setting up all those traps, I…. I finally caught a living, breathing demon! Oh, don't be surprised. A few years back I had a chance encounter with another one of your kind", Jacob said as he holds a photograph taken of Eda's owl-demon form.
Luz grew frightened as he continued to say, "yeah, at first I couldn't believe what I saw, but…. After watching a few mewtube videos, I learned the truth! Witches and demons are real!"
Luz gasps in horror.
He then yelled, "and they're all sent from mars to harvest human teeth to power their time machine!"
Luz took a deep breath and narrowed her eyes while bringing her hands close to her mouth.
He lost all credibility and terror in a single sentence.
...
(Author's note: seriously, he lost all credibility to me as soon as he said something so hilariously stupid, combined with Luz's, "mah boi", reaction.)
...
Vee said, "you…. Don't actually know anything about us, do you?"
"Oh, I know enough. I'll EXPOSE your vile plans on MewTube and finally…. Get my account verified. Get comfortable, demon. Cause you'll be in cages for the rest of your life", Jacob said as he exits the room.
"Don't worry Vee, we can get out of this….", Luz said.
"Go back to the demon realm, Luz", Vee said sadly.
Luz said, "huh?"
"Even if I get out, he knows what my disguise looks like. He'd rat me out to Camila and it would cause her more trouble than if you just disappeared", Vee said as her head hangs low.
"Vee! You're giving up too quick", Luz exclaimed.
"I'm being realistic. It's okay, I'm used to living like this. Goodbye, Luz", Vee said with a sad smile on her face.
Luz shouts in horror, "NO!"
Vee destroys the framed picture Luz is in with her tail.
….
Back at the Reflection Dimension, the cube Luz was using breaks.
"Vee! Five! Number 5! Agh", Luz shouted as she punched the black water.
"Camila Noceda", Luz said.
A cube emerges from the water. She accesses it and is transported to the reflection of Camila's phone. Camila can be seen with a box of various items from Vee's earlier packings. Camila is playing around with a tin foil swan.
Luz asked, "Mom, are you there?"
"Huh? Luz? I didn't even hear you call", Camila said as she picked up her phone.
"Mom. It's so great to hear your voice", Luz said, feeling happy to see her mother again.
Camila asked, "oh. It's great to hear from you too? What's wrong?"
"I found out who's setting up those traps, and he's…. Hurting a friend of mine. But first…. I have to tell you the truth. About the last few months. Let me tell you about a place called Boiling Isles….", Luz said.
Camila sits down to listen to Luz's story.
….
We then see Camila's car arriving at the Gravesfield Historical Society building. It is shown to be dark outside.
"You know, if you wanted me to pick you and your friend up, you didn't have to make up this elaborate story about the demon realm", Camilla said.
Luz said, "I'm not making it up, mom!"
Camilla chuckled and said, "don't worry, I'll play along."
Luz grew worried as her mother walked into the museum, saying, "I know this stuff made school difficult, but I'm glad you're still being creative."
That's when she sees Jacob tossing an axe into a stuffed bear as he lifts a box to his desk.
Camilla, "are you the curator here?"
Jacob adjusted his glasses and asked, "who's asking?"
Camilla said, "a little birdy", she winked, "told me you caught a demon. I would love to see it."
Jacob asked, "wait, how did you know? Do you work for the government!?"
"Oh, I-I'm a veterinarian, actually", Camilla said.
"So, the president sent a vet to study the demons anatomy, huh….", Jacob said as he circled her.
"But first…. I'll need verbal confirmation that I get to publish my findings first", Jacob said as he picks up a recorder.
"Uh…. Que", Camila said confused.
"Good, now you're bound by law. Follow me", Jacob said.
"You even made me a part of your game! Ooh, This is so fun", Camila said with a smile on her face.
Camila and Jacob both enter the STAFF room. Vee's cage is covered up with a rug.
"Ooh! Is this one of those escape rooms? Or, um, what do you call them, a LARP? Oh, sorry, don't want to break the illusion", Camila said.
"Let me start by telling you the secret history of Gravesfield", Jacob said.
Jacob walks over to a wall covered with notes held together conspiracy-theorist-style. He places his hand on Camila's shoulder, though Camila brushes it away. He opens up a book and flips to an old drawing of the burning of some kind of building, possibly the building the Gravesfield Historical Society was built on.
"In the 1600's this was a peaceful colony. Until tragedy struck", Jacob explained.
Jacob flips the book to the next page to reveal a drawing of two Victorian-era dressed men, one of them shaking hands with a witch. All of their faces are somewhat rubbed out.
"Two brothers were lured into a realm of evil by a real witch, never to be seen again", Jacob said as he closed the book, and placed it on the table.
"People have stopped believing in the horrors of witchcraft, but…. I know the TRUTH", Jacob said.
"Woah. Luz, this is quite a detailed story", Camila said to Luz.
"But now I've got PROOF that otherworldly beings exist! BEHOLD", Jacob said as he pulled back the rug to reveal Vee in the cage with duct tape over her mouth.
"Oh wow! That is a very…. Convincing…. Costume….", Camila said as her eyes went wide and she realises that wasn't a costume.
She gasps in terror, realizing that every single thing her daughter had told her was true!
Jacob exclaimed, "a costume? This is a real life demon! Come here, watch this!"
Jacob leads Camilla over to his computer, showing the footage of when Vee was caught by one of Jacob's traps, and Camilla grew horrified to learn that what she thought had been her daughter the whole time was a demon in disguise!
"More vile beings will probably come to its rescue. But I can protect humanity. I, I even had some custom fear made st the renaissance fair", Jacob says as he points at some badass looking armor that was posed in a glass case.
"I usually don't take it out for just anyone…. But what the heck, if I'm gonna work for the government, I might as well shoe off a little", Jacob says before he runs over and grabs a nearby stick with a hook on the end, trying to lift his glass case down.
Camilla looked around for a moment before she said to the phone, "Luz, come out! I don't like this game anymore!"
"It's not a game, Mama. Everything I told you was true", Luz said.
Camilla asked, "so that thing has been living with me the entire time? It…. It's just a lot to believe…."
Luz said, "her name is Vee, and she may look different, but she's not bad! Please, you gotta help her!"
Camilla gave a worried expression as she looked over at Vee, who gave a pleading look to Camilla.
Vee flinched as Cmailla got closer, nut opened her eyes to see Camilla kneeling down with a kind smile in her face.
Camilla said, "hello…. This is all so confusing, but…. Who knew I had such a strong girl living under my roof this while time."
Vee looked surprised, but began to hear up and smiled behind her gag as Camilla smiled back.
"So how do I look?"
Camila turns to see Jacob wearing armor.
Jacob said, "maybe we can collaborate on a version that can survive the battles on Mars?"
He then notices Camila's phone, gasps and says, "wait, what is that? Are you recording this?"
"Uh….", Camila said.
"Wonderful! Well I was gonna wait until after the press tour, but let's begin our live dissection of this demon RIGHT NOW", Jacob shouted as he approached Vee.
"STOP! Uh, the…. The President just called. Yeah, and, uh….", Camila said as she then looks at her phone where Luz is signalling to her, "uh…. Y'know what? I don't have the imagination for this. I will be taking this innocent child with me, and you will never bother us again", Camila said as she glared at Jacob.
"What? No absolutely NOT! We made a VERBAL AGREEMENT….", Jacob shouted but he backed away as Camila walked towards him.
"Mister. You better back the heck down, or I will tell the police you have been illegally setting up traps and cameras on private property", Camila growled.
Jacob falls to the floor in fear.
"I won't let you take away my discovery. I'm the good guy here", Jacob said as he tried to protest.
Camila takes out a flip-flop from her handbag, aiming it square at Jacob.
"Yeah. A lot of bad guys say that...", Camila growled.
Camila strikes at Jacob with the flip-flop.
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Sime time later, outside the building where it is currently raining. Camila and Vee are walking out of the building. Vee has a coat on.
Vee asked, "is it okay to leave him in there?"
"He'll be fine", Camila said.
….
Back in the Gravesfield Historical Society building's STAFF room, Jacob sits in Vee's former cage, unconscious.
….
"He can use the time for some self-reflection", Camila said.
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Later, we see Camila and Vee both arrive at the Noceda home, exiting their car. Luz appears through the headlights of the car.
Luz looks down at herself and gasps, saying, "heh, look what I can do in the rain! Vee! I'm so happy you're okay!"
She and Vee try to touch hands, but Luz's simply goes through Vee's.
Luz chuckles for a moment as Vee says, "yeah", Camilla approached as she said, "thank you Camilla. For everything."
Camilla took Vee's hands into hers and says, "Vee, you have a place here for as long as you need. And take these. Luz said they might be more helpful for you."
She then hands a pack of Hexas Hold'em cards over to the basalisk girl.
Vee gasped and said, "magic!"
She then started to eat some of the cards.
"Mom, you were AWESOME back there! Thanks for being cool…. About everything", Luz said.
Camila then starts to cry.
Camila sobbed, "I'm trying to hold it together…. I really am…. But I have never been this scared before. A demon realm? Magic? How are you gonna get back here? Is this the only way I can touch you?"
Camila attempts to hold Luz's hand, but it just phases through again.
"I…. I need a little more time, but if I keep working my hardest I will make a working portal, I promise", Luz said in an attempt to comfort her mother.
"As scary as this is, it really does seem like you've matured", Camila said as she smiled with tears in her eyes.
"Yes! I've learned so much…. Staying here was the best decision I ever made", Luz said with a grin on her face.
Camilla grew an angered look and said, "you…. Chose, to stay there!?"
Luz looked embarrassed and whispered, "um…."
Camilla asked, "were you trying to live you some witch fantasy!? Do you…. Really hate me that much?"
….
Back in the in between realm.
Luz then started to hear voices.
"Jedi."
"Tell the truth."
"Jedi."
"Trust in the force."
"Jedi."
….
Luz took a breath and said, "Mama, no! I don't hate you! I never did! I stayed to help my friends! The Jedi!"
Camila asked, "the what?"
"The Jedi", Luz explained.
Luz then remembered how she was told by the Jedi she was part of a prophecy alongside Eda and her family and the dyad of the force.
She said, "the Jedi are the peace keepers of the Boiling Isles. And they told me I'm part of a prophecy involving Eda, her family, and my friend Sam. He and his husbands are something called a dyad. And I stayed behind in order to save Eda, and all of them, from the evil Emperor."
Camilla asked, "you mean you have to stay in the Boiling Isles until…. The prophecy is fulfilled?"
"Yes, I have to help the Jedi defeat Belos and his coven so they can become the peace keepers of the Boiling Isles again", Luz said.
Camilla asked, "so…. You didn't stay because you hated me?"
Luz replied, "of course not. Never, Mama. Sure, you sending me to camp hurt…. But as soon as I realized I couldn't come back, I didn't care about that. All I wanna do is see you again, when this is all said and done."
Camila smiled and asked, "and your Jedi friends, what are they like?"
Luz smiled softly as she went on to explain to her mother about all of her friends…. All of their little quirks and personalities,
Eda and her family.
Sam and his.
She got a kick out of her mothers reaction to Sam having two husbands and six kids.
Luz had to explain to her mother how in the demon realm you can marry two people. As well as the logistics of a man giving birth to five children.
She also went to explain about the force.
Camilla was relieved when Vee brought her an umbrella, as she was too intrigued to move.
Learning about the force. An unseen power that surrounded, penetrated, and bound everyone in the Boiling Isles together.
Luz also told her mother about the history of the Jedi order…. How they rose and fell thanks to men like Vader and Belos. And how they were slowly beginning to return to its former glory.
Luz also told her mother about Sam's tragic past…. Being the son of the most evil man in the Isles, and all of the things he went to when finding love and friendship. How he lost his real mother and adopted mother at the hands of Belos…. Even the time he spent captured by Belos, barely hanging onto his sanity thanks to the spirits of those he loved.
Camila was so shocked at what Sam had gone through…. Really, she was shocked by what every single one of the friends Luz had made had gone through in the Boiling Isles.
Luz then told her mother she was in a relationship with Amity.
That…. Was a big shock. To hear that her daughter was in love and dating another girl her age. A witch from the Boiling Isles, no less.
But Camila respected her daughter's decision…. She understood what her daughter was feeling…. Love….
And why she chose to stay in the demon realm…. To save Eda from Belos.
To save the Boiling Isles from whatever the day of unity was.
As much as it pained her, she couldn't bear to leave her friends to take this on alone….
Luz then feels she is being dragged back up!
"What!? No, no, no! Wait! Not yet! I'm being pulled back", Luz cried.
Camilla cried out, "Luz! What's happening?!"
"It means the portal door is closing and my friends are pulling me back", Luz cried out.
Camilla exclaimed, "no! Please! I just got you back!"
"I'm sorry Mom…. But I promise that me and my friends will find a way to create a portal that will allow me to travel back to the human realm for us to be together again", Luz said as tears fell down her face.
Camilla cried, "you promise?"
Luz gave a bittersweet smile and said, "from the bottom of my heart, mi Mama."
Luz then fades away from view. Camila starts crying covering her face with her hands.
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We see Luz in the Reflection Dimension, who is being pulled back with a rope. Luz is pulled back to the portal to the other side of the Reflection Dimension.
"Pull", Anakin shouts as he and the others pull the rope.
Sam in his beast form, and the others gave it everything they got as they pulled on the rope with all of their might!
Luz then came flying out of the portal and crashed into the others causing them to fall to the ground.
"LUZ", everyone shouts in relief.
Eda and King ran over to Luz, hugging her close to them.
"Sorry we had to pull you out, the portal was closing", Eda explained.
We then see the portal, which creaks, then folds in on itself in a ball, finally disappearing in a puff of smoke.
Luz said, "woof. Thanks for pulling me out in time."
Sam said, "no worries. So, what happened in there?"
"A lot happened and it's going to be a long explanation", Luz said with a sigh.
Eda said, "well we have all the time in the world to hear it…."
Luz then went on to explain about Vee…. The little basilisk who had posed as her, but after hearing her story, Luz and Camilla didn't care about that. They cared about keeping her safe.
Then she went on to explain about Jacob Hopkins…. The nutball flat-earther who tried to trap Vee, under the delusion that she was trying to harvest human teeth to power a time machine on Mars.
Everyone made the exact same, "mah boi", gesture Luz made.
The others laughed when Luz told them her mother beat up Jacob with her chancla…. As well as when Luz explained the significance of the shoe.
Luz then went on to explain how she had to tell her mother why she stayed on the Boiling Isles…. And how hard the entire thing had been for the mother and daughter.
Luz had a few tears in her eyes after having explained everything to her friends.
Eda and Anakin hugged Luz.
Eda said, "Luz, I promise you…. We'll get you home…. You have our word…."
"Once we create a portal that works…. You can be able to visit us whenever you want", Anakin said.
Luz gave a sad smile to all of her friends.
King tried to lighten the mood and said, "so, didja tell her all about us?"
"Yep", Luz said with a smile on her face.
King hugged Luz and cheered, "whoo!"
Hordak asked, "how did she react?"
Luz smiled and said, "she can't wait to meet all of you."
"That's good news", Prime said.
"And I had to explain to my mom about how Sam gave birth to his children and how he has two husbands", Luz giggled.
Prime asked, "is that not normal in your world?"
"No in my world…. You can't marry two people….", Luz said with a shrug of her shoulders.
Sam, Hordak and Prime all gave dramatic gasps.
"Not only that, it's impossible for men in my world to get pregnant", Luz said.
Once again, all three men gasped in horror.
"And my world is full of homophobic people", Luz said.
Anakin asked, "what do you mean by that?"
Luz replied, "there's a good chunk of peoole who hate those who are gay."
Sam shouted in horror, "what!?"
Hordak yelled, "that's awful!"
Prime shouted in horror, "what kind of world do you come from Luz!?"
Luz sighed and said, "a very complicated one."
Leia asked, "is that another reason why you chose to stay in the Boiling Isles?"
Luz replied, "a little. The other is because I was always seen as the weird girl on the but that nobody wants to sit next to."
Eda then hugged Luz.
"Well today has been an eventful day…. You deserve some rest Luz", Eda said.
Luz smiled and hugged Eda, saying, "thank you all."
"You're family Luz", Sam said with a smile on his face.
Hordak said, "after all you've done for us, you've earned a place amongst us."
Luz smiled with tears in her eyes.
She felt privileged to have met these wonderful people.
"Group hug", Kane shouted.
The entire Skywalker and Clawthorne family entered a large hug with Luz right in the middle.
Obi Wan then took out his purple scroll to take a photo.
He said, "everyone say; apple blood!"
"Apple Blood!"
Obi Wan took the picture.
In the picture we could see the Clawthorne and Skywalker family smiling…. With Luz right in the middle….
"I'll make a few copies of this photo", Obi Wan chuckled.
"Yeah, we can have one of the photos here in the Jedi Temple", Aayla said.
Luminara said, "a reminder of this day and how important it was for all of us."
Everyone nods their heads.
This was indeed a very important day to remember.
But they would still keep trying to find a way to create a portal…. Whatever it took to get Luz home….
And all of them were prepared to go through Hell itself for the girl, as she had become part of their family. And family doesn't turn its back on each other.
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Reviews:
SuperSentai199: same here.
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Happy birthday to my Grandma!
Also, yeah, quite a big change for this episode. Luz actually gets to explain the whole situation to her mom.
Also, also, this is one of my favorite episodes just based on expectation's being subverted with Vee being so adorable and loveable, when everyone was originally scared of her impersonating Luz.
