We're Wizards, Not Warriors
Chapter 48: Hollow Mind
(Lemon Warning!)
We then see Luz waking up in an unfamiliar place. Her eyes are frantic and worried.
"Luz!"
Luz gets up and sees Sam.
Luz said, "Sam? What's going on?"
"You ask me. I have no idea", Sam said as he looked around.
On the walls of both sides, there are multiple huge paintings. Luz then looks to her front and gasps. In front of her, there is a huge painting depicting Emperor Belos holding his staff while looming over….
Luz mutters, "that looks like…. Hunter…?"
Sam then saw another painting in which he saw Belos looming over his family.
He whispered, "dear Titan…."
Luz asked, now feeling scared, "what is this place?"
Sam said, "I dunno, but I don't think we're alone in here."
"Well you are right about that."
The two turned around and saw Hunter.
Hunter shouted, "the three of us are trapped in the Emperor's MIND!"
Sam and Luz yelled, "what?!"
"We're in the Emperor's mind? That's bananas", Luz exclaimed.
Sam went over to his cousin/future in-law and said, "how did we all get here?"
Hunter said, "remember what happened at the Night Market?"
….
Flashback
We see what Hunter was talking about that happened at the Night Market.
Hunter was wearing his mask as he walked through the Night Market.
Hunter notices 3 hooded suspicious figures walking nearby.
"I heard whispers of an attempt to invade the Emperor's mind with magic. So I decided to investigate myself", Hunter said.
Sam asked, "so you could maybe push them in the right direction to succeed?"
Hunter nodded as the flashback continued.
Hunter follows the 3 hooded figures into an alley and hides behind a barrel. Although not outright shown, the 3 figures are implied to be Raine, Darius, and Eberwolf. After Eberwolf finishes drawing some circles on the ground, Raine starts playing their flute, while Darius mixes up some liquid in a test tube he is holding. He then puts the test tube on the ground, and transforms his left hand into an Abomination hammer, preparing to break it.
Hunter went wide-eyed when he saw this.
"Oh, wait! I remember now", Luz said as she then started to have her own flashback of where she was during this.
"Eda, Padme and Sam took me and King to the Night Market to repair my witch's wool cape. But, we ran into some trouble", Luz explained.
Eda knocks on the glass panel.
Eda called out, "hello? Prim? Did you get into the Night Juice again?"
King's voice comes up from a walkie-talkie Luz is holding.
King said, "is this thing on? Demon King to Luzura, you copy?"
Luz turns to her left and calls out to King.
"Sure do", Luz said with a smile on her face.
King pops out from a tub filled with skulls.
"Use the walkie", King said in a low voice.
"Oh, uh, right. 10-4, Demon King. Luzura here with Echo, Delta, Alfa. What's your 20? Over", Luz whispered.
"Uh, oh. Uh…. Hable más lento, por favor", King whispered as he tried to speak spanish.
Hunter asked, "is there a point to this?"
Luz said, "I'm getting to that!"
"Aw, you remembered your lesson. But that wasn't Spanish, buddy. I read you loud and clear! Over", Luz said as she smiled.
Eda bangs on the glass panel again. Someone finally opens the door.
"Ah, there you are. I need more witch's wool. I got a kid with cold shoulders and a knack for gettin' into trouble", Eda said.
"The shop is closed, Eda. I've…. Finally decided to join a coven", Prim said.
Prim shows Eda, Padme, Sam and Luz an Oracle coven sigil on her wrist, much to Eda's dismay.
"Emperor Belos says that the Titan punishes those who aid wild witches. I can't have you here", Prim said.
Prim shuts the door.
Eda said, "I can't believe it! After all we've been through! After all we did to prove that Belos was a maniac!?"
"These witches are just afraid of Belos and his coven", Padme said.
"There are some witches who do believe what we said about Belos is true", Sam said.
Eda said, "let's hope we can prove it before the day of Unity."
Sam nods his head.
"Come on, there has to be another shop that will fix Luz's cape", Eda said.
'Follow the girl.'
Sam loomed around in confusion.
Sam said in a low voice, "who said that?"
'Please…. Follow the girl….'
Sam turned around to see Luz running into an alley. He quickly followed after her!
By the time Sam catches up to Luz, he sees her tackling Hunter!?
Sam said, "what the heck are you two doing?! We're on the same side, remember?!"
Hunter then stands up and accidentally steps onto something and breaks it, causing it to start glowing. He glances downwards and notices that he had stepped on a neon yellow vial. The liquid flashes brightly.
Luz asked nervously, "uh…. What's that?"
The circles Luz, Sam and Hunter are standing in start flashing brightly, causing them to cry out in shock. The light then wraps them up and shoots up into the night sky, creating a firework. We then see Hunter's witch's staff falling to the ground, but it then transforms to Flapjack as he lands next to Hunter's mask. He looks down at the broken glass pieces sadly, then looks up and chirps.
End Flashback
….
Hunter said, "and that's how we ended up in this mess!"
"Well, now that we're in his mind, we can learn the truth about who Belos is", Sam said.
"Weird though. I've been in Willow's mind once, and it had uh, more, trees", Luz said as she looked around.
"Eh, makes sense. Mindscapes reflect the individual. I've read a lot about this subject", Hunter said.
Sam said, "we have to remember whose mind we're in. We need to stick together and stay cautious."
"You don't have to tell me twice", Luz said with a shiver.
Sam and Hunter looked at one another and nodded.
Hunter then notices a painting to his left and runs towards it.
"Hey look! This is when I inherited my staff! You know, I'm the youngest scout to become Golden Guard. I, uh, never found out what happened to the previous one", Hunter said, a bit nervous.
Sam and Luz walked over to see the painting.
Hunter said, "why does Darius look so sad here?"
Luz starts looking around and notices the painting she first saw when she woke up.
She walks up to it, and touches the part where Owl Beast Eda is drawn at with a glum look on her face. Suddenly, she hears the sound of a child crying. She follows the sound, and finds a child figure sitting behind a pillar sobbing. He notices Luz and immediately stands up, frightened by her presence.
Luz said, "hey, hey, it's okay. I'm a friend."
Sam asked, "wait, is that the Inner Belos?"
Luz, Hunter and Sam glanced at one another.
The child figure then stares at Sam.
Sam said, "uh…. Hi?"
The child figure then runs up to Sam. Sam was shocked as the child hugged his leg.
Sam said, "uh…. There, there?"
The child then points to something behind the group and the child then runs away.
Sam said, "wait! Ugh, why do I get the feeling this is gonna get us into a pro of trouble?"
A screeching is heard behind the three.
The three turn around to see a dark figure, it roars and starts transforming, revealing multiple glowing eyes on its body while also screeching.
Hunter exclaimed, "what in the hell is that!?"
Sam then stands in front of Luz and Hunter, he summons one of his lightsabers.
The cyan blade is then surrounded in Scarlet Magic, as Sam slams it onto the ground sending a shockwave towards the dark figure.
This creates an explosion with blasts strong enough to send everyone flying backwards. Luz and Hunter roll on the floor then crash through a wall, falling down a dark void.
"Luz! Hunter", Sam shouted as he jumped through the hole in the wall.
Sam transforms into his harpy form and grabs the two kids before they could crash onto the ground.
He quickly spread his wings in order to safely get to the ground!
Sam was able to land gently on the ground.
Sam asked, "are you two okay?"
Luz and Hunter gave shaky nods.
Hunter asked, "where are we now?"
Luz looks up to see the hole they came through just now disappears.
"We must be in the Emperor's real mind", Luz said.
The three find themselves in a strange place filled with dead trees. Some paintings can be seen on the tree trunks
Sam said, "yep, this is definitely Belos' mind. Just as evil looking as he is."
Hunter notices an abandoned palisman on the ground and picks it up. The palisman then disintegrates in his hand, causing it to tremble. Hunter then stands up.
"Well it looks like we provoked his inner self", Hunter said.
"Well, his inner self had a thousand glowing eyeballs", Luz exclaimed.
Sam said, "the sooner we figure out his plans and get the Hell out of here, the better!"
Luz and Hunter nod their heads.
….
Back at the Scarlet House.
Beru asked, "why isn't dad back home yet?"
Hordak said, "I'm sure he's busy with Luz with Eda. He'll be back soon."
"But he's taking so long to return", Galen said.
Marek was reading a book as he said, "if dad's taking so long, I'm sure he has an important reason for it."
Alastor's purple scroll then rang.
He answered, "hello?"
"Alastor! It's me Eda, I have some bad news", Eda said in a worried tone.
Alastor asked, "what?! What happened?!"
"Sam, Luz and Hunter…. Are in Belos' mind", Eda said.
Everyone went wide-eyed.
And then Hordak fainted.
….
Meanwhile, with the trio….
Luz is speaking with Eda on the walkie talkie.
She just said, "this is a nightmare! Belos' mind is as wicked as you think it is!"
Eda asked, "has the Inner Belos spotted you yet?"
Luz asked, "yes, but we were able to get away…. With help. Can there be two inner selves?"
"No. But I have heard of strong emotions materializing. Just stay safe. If you're devoured in his mindscape-", Eda explained before Hunter cut her off.
"We'll be trapped! Dragged down into his subconscious forever. I…. Told you I read about this stuff", Hunter explained.
"Well, we're gonna get you out! We'll make a return spell as fast as we can", King said.
"Just don't lose the walkie-talkie. It's our only connection to you", Padme said.
Luz said, "si, I understand."
Sam said, "please hurry, there's no telling what could be in this place."
"We're on our way to pick up Anakin and then we'll head to the Jedi Temple", Padme said.
"Wait", Hunter said.
Hunter snatches the walkie-talkie from Luz's hand.
"I'll be home soon, Flapjack. Stay safe", Hunter said to his Palismen.
He heard his Palismen chirp in joy when he heard that.
"I love you, over and out", Hunter said.
"May the force be with you three", Eda said.
Sam said, "may the force be with you too."
….
Back at the Owl House.
Anakin was tossing and turning in his bed.
He was sweating all over his body as he had another dream….
"No! You're lying", Sam screamed.
Belos chuckled.
"Search your feelings! You know it's true! Hahahahaha", Belos cackled.
Sam fell to his knees as he was crying.
Belos' cackling echoed, as suddenly….
Anakin woke up in a cold sweat!
"Fuck", Anakin muttered.
He desperately hoped his son was okay….
"ANAKIN", Hooty shouted.
Anakin jumped as Hooty slammed the door open.
Anakin asked, "what is it, Hooty?"
Hooty yelled, "Sam is in trouble!"
Anakin's eyes went wide with fear.
He whispered, "no…."
Hamill came running in and he let out shrieks.
"Hamill is saying you go to the Jedi Temple", Hooty said.
Anakin nodded as he quickly got dressed into his Jedi robes.
"Don't worry Son, I'm coming", Anakin whispered.
….
Meanwhile….
We see the trio still in Belos' mindscape.
The trio then hear a strange sound.
They look towards the source of sound and see the child figure from before emerging from behind a tree.
"It's you! Kid Belos", Luz said.
Luz whispered, "I don't think we should trust them."
Kid Belos then saw Sam.
Sam thought, 'not again.'
Kid Belos then ran to Sam and hugged him around the leg.
Sam whispered, "oh Titan."
"I know this is crazy, but maybe he could help us", Luz said.
Hunter and Sam said, "that's a terrible idea."
Suddenly, from somewhere above, Inner Belos screeches, which surprises the three and Kid Belos. He covers his ears, then runs towards Sam and grabs his arm.
Sam whispered, "aw crap baskets."
From somewhere above, Inner Belos screeches again. Kid Belos grabs Sam's arm and drags him away.
"Wait", Hunter and Luz shouted as they chased after Sam and Kid Belos.
Kid Belos leads Sam to a painting and jumps through it.
Sam yelled, "sunuva-", before he went through!
"Sam", Luz and Hunter shouted as they went through the painting as well.
The world around them had once again changed.
….
Meanwhile….
We then see the Skywalker family arrive at the Jedi Temple.
Anakin looked very worried for his son.
"Eda! Padme! We got your message", Shaak Ti said.
"Good, we need all the help we can get on how to get Sam, Hunter and Luz out of Belos' mind", Eda said.
Anakin said, "if that psycho hurts them, I'm gonna rip his head off and play hacky sack with it!"
"Dad, calm down, right now we need to focus", Luke said.
"We must put the temple on lockdown", Windu said.
"I'm on it", Luminara said as she ran over to the wall and pressed a button.
"Anakin, Eda and Padme, come with me to the Jedi Archives, we might be able to find a spell on how to get Sam, Luz and Hunter out of Belos' mind", Obi Wan said.
Sam's parents nodded.
The temple was then starting to be barricaded.
The Jedi wanted to make sure they were safe from Belos.
Outside the three cloaked figures from before, were hiding in the bushes. As they looked up, we got a slight glimpse of what they looked like.
One was wearing glasses.
One had darker skin.
One was shorter and had yellow eyes.
It was easy to tell who these three were supposed to be.
It was Raine, Darius and Eberwolf.
Raine whispered, "looks like something went wrong."
"They might need our help in getting those three out of the Emperor's mind", Darius said.
"I have a plan", Raine said.
….
Meanwhile with the trio….
Luz, Hunter and Sam fall onto the floor.
Kid Belos appears out of thin air in front of them, and runs away while laughing.
The trio follows him to an area depicting one of Belos' memories, which takes place during the Deadwardian Era somewhere in Bonesborough.
Multiple townspeople have gathered in front of an empty platform. Kid Belos vanishes as he approaches the crowd, while Sam, Luz and Hunter run towards the platform and stop in front of it.
Luz said, "this feels familiar…."
Sam said, "not only that…. It feels…."
"... Evil", Hunter finished.
Belos steps onto the platform, the townspeople gasp.
"Fellow citizens, we are born into chaos. Our lives anger the Titan. My own family has been hurt by the darkness of wild magic", Belos said.
Belos' past version of his artificial magic staff sparks and smoke comes out of it, obscuring everything around him, he starts to twirl his staff, clearing the smoke, and 9 differently coloured lights shine from it.
"I've been shown the healing light, it shines in nine hues", Belos said in a happy tone.
The townspeople gasp in delight.
Sam whispered, "son of bitch. This must have been when he created this bogus bullshit coven system."
"But we have the Jedi order to protect us from any danger", a female witch said.
Sam, Luz and Hunter gulped in fear as they saw Belos clench his fists at the mention of the Jedi.
He growled, "those foolish Jedi are no protectors! They cannot even protect themselves!"
A male witch asked, "but have you not seen the amazing things they can do with the force?"
Belos said, "mere parlor tricks."
Explosions suddenly start to go off everywhere around Belos.
"The wild witches! They have found me, run", Belos shouted.
The townspeople, Sam, Luz and Hunter all run away. Sam, Luz and Hunter run to an alleyway nearby, and see another part of Belos' memory where he is standing in front of a previous golden guard scolding him.
"You incompetent fool! you nearly took my head off with that blast", Belos growled.
"I'm…. Sorry, Lord Belos", the previous guard said.
"Now let's head to the next town, before the Jedi come", Belos said.
"Uh, what about…. The rest of these….", the previous guard asked as he took off a blanket revealing various boxes of unused explosives.
"Put on a bigger show", Belos said.
The previous Golden Guard ignites the fuse, then follows Belos into a building. Kid Belos then appears, picks up a bag filled with what sounds to be glass bottles, and jumps through another painting.
Sam said, "come on! Follow that little turd!"
The trio quickly jumped through the painting after the younger Belos!
"Belos was lying! Wild witches weren't attacking him", Luz said.
Sam said, "should have known he would lie about that crap."
Luz said, "make you wonder what other skeletons he's got locked in his closet."
Sam asked, "you mean figuratively or literally?"
Luz said, "... yes."
Kid Belos laughs and jumps into another memory.
Sam, Luz and Hunter follow him in. This memory takes place at the top of The Knee, where Belos is standing in front of a group of nine witches and demons. Kid Belos jumps up and grabs a loose rope hanging off one of them.
Hunter asked, "what's the kid doing?"
"Shh", Luz said.
Belos gestures towards a burning city in front of the crowd.
"Look at what wild magic has done to your city. Now imagine what it's doing to you. A city can rise from the ashes, but a soul….", Belos said.
Belos shakes his head slowly. The crowd becomes uneasy and murmurs among themselves.
A horned witch asked, "what does that mean?"
"I can make your magic pure again, as the Titan intended", Belos exclaimed.
A previous Golden Guard, presumably a different one from the last, appears next to Belos, a yellow glow emitting from his finger. The crowd extends their arms outwards, and the previous guard uses his finger to brand a coven sigil onto each of them, representing all nine covens.
"Welcome, to your new covens", Belos said.
The horned witch looks down at the sigil branded onto her wrist. Suddenly, lines start to come out of it, spreading throughout her entire body as she exclaims in pain and panic. Her eyes glow, and the scene cuts to the other eight group members with the same effect as they all drop one by one to the ground, becoming unconscious. The previous guard kneels down next to the horned witch and checks her pulse.
"They're…. Still alive", the previous Guard said.
"Then we still have some work to do. Gather the Palismen." Belos said as he walked away.
The previous guard brings two staffs to Belos, who snatches one of the Palisman off its staff and crushes it before walking away. The horned witch gasps softly and the previous guard turns around to look at her writhing in pain before he walks away.
Luz has tears in her eyes as Sam takes her into his arms.
Hunter said, "oh my Titan."
Sam growled, "he left these poor witches and wizards to die in the snow, and blamed all of his terrible actions on wild magic and Jedi. I knew my father was evil, but this is a brand new low."
Hunter said, "I'm afraid to see what else he's done."
Kid Belos is then seen running by and he jumps into another painting.
The trio follow him…. But they wish they didn't….
The next memory was the old Jedi temple covered in flames, screams heard around them as Belos stood upon a large pile of debris with another previous Golden Guard.
Sam gasped in horror as he knew what this memory was.
Luz said, "this is it…. The day the Jedi were nearly eradicated by Belos."
Sam said, "it's just as horrifying as I imagined."
That's when they saw Kid Belos hop into another painting!
Hunter yelled, "follow that little monster!"
Hunter rushes towards Kid Belos, but before he can catch him, Kid Belos suddenly stops and turns around. The sound of Inner Belos screeching then appears behind Hunter, prompting him to turn around.
Luz said, "guh?"
The three turn around and see a tall and lanky skeletal Inner Belos approaching her and Hunter. It then screeches at the duo, causing them to scream in fear and immediately start running away before it can catch them.
Sam quickly takes on his harpy form and grabs the others as fast as he can as they run away from the Inner Belos!
Sam yelled, "this whole experience makes me hate this pendejo more!"
The trio then jump into another memory.
Part of Inner Belos' skull comes through the painting, sniffs, then leaves. Sam, Luz and Hunter let out a sigh of relief. Kid Belos pushes Luz's arm away, then runs forward to pick up empty glass bottles from the ground and put them into his sack. Not far away, Luz is shocked to see the portal she destroyed before has been restored.
Luz said, "this memory must be before the portal got destroyed!"
Sam said, "that could be at any time then between its initial creation and destruction."
"No, Belos was able to restore the portal after Luz destroyed it", Hunter explained.
Sam and Luz went wide-eyed as they looked at Hunter.
Sam asked, "say wha-?!"
Hunter said, "Belos restored the portal."
Luz asked, "how?! I've been trying everything to get it repaired!"
"I don't know how he did it", Hunter said.
"I can hear you", Belos said.
Sam, Luz and Hunter appear surprised at what Belos just said. Not far away, he walks towards the portal, but then stops and looks back. From somewhere behind Sam, Luz and Hunter, someone starts laughing maniacally, prompting them to turn around and look up at a tree behind them. A pair of glowing eyes then appear from the darkness within the tree branches.
"You caught me", the Collector said.
A strange shadow in an abstract form emerges from behind a tree branch.
"To you who stray so far from home. To me who's trapped beneath these bones. We'll play forever, me and you, when you paint the land in nine bright hues", the Collector said in glee.
As they speak, the shadow moves around the room and transforms into multiple abstract picture forms. They then eventually revert to their original form and start cackling.
Sam asked, "what the flying Hell was that?!"
Hunter said, "Belos mentioned them at some point. Some creature called the Collector."
Sam asked, "the collector?"
Luz said, "I'm afraid to ask this, but what do they collect?"
Hunter shrugged his shoulders.
Belos asked, "what can I do for you, Collector?"
The Collector moves towards a statue and lies down between its arms.
"I'm bored! Is the Draining Spell ready yet? I wanna play and see everything go all….", The Collector said.
The Collector transforms themselves to wrap around the statue and then scream, eventually shattering into multiple pieces.
"You'll have your fun on the Day of Unity", Belos said.
As he speaks, Belos turns around and walks away from the portal. The Collector appears on the door.
"Betrayed, beguiled, alone, deceived! We'll have our revenge on…. Ugh, "unity" is so hard to rhyme", the Collector said as they crossed their arms.
Sam said, "the day of Unity! The Collector must play a key role in it and that draining spell we saw!"
Luz said, "that just means we gotta work harder to stop him!"
The Collector asked, "now what are you planning to do with your son and Hunter?"
Sam and Hunter both flat the hairs on the backs of their necks stand on end as they glanced at one another and Belos.
Belos sighed as he turned to look at The Collector and said, "must I explain this again? My son's power will give me the edge I need for the day of Unity to go off without any problems! It's literally the only reason he exists."
Sam felt his heart stop when he heard Belos say that.
Belos said, "I spent all of that time seducing his mother and having her bear my child, all for this moment!"
The Collector smiled and asked, "and what about your nephew?"
Belos just smiled and he said, "he's but a pawn in my game. Just like his precursors…."
Hunter went pale.
Luz whispered, "I don't like where this is going…."
"I can't wait for the day of Unity", the Collector shouted in glee.
The Collector transforms into a picture form depicting a screaming Titan and people being shattered into pieces. They then revert to their original form and start cackling.
Sam, Luz and Hunter felt utterly terrified.
"Let's get out of this memory", Sam said.
The others nodded, eager to leave.
The three then leave the memory.
"Sounds like he wants to wipe out all life in the Demon Realm. And the sigils help him do that", Luz said in fear.
Sam said, "not only that, but it looks like he's trying to drain everyone in the Coven's in order to accomplish his plans for the day of Unity."
"This isn't good, and with the Day of Unity getting closer….", Hunter said in fear.
Luz said, "Belos may very well succeed if we don't stop him soon."
"Sam!"
The trio scream in fright.
"Oh wait, the voice is coming from my walkie talkie", Luz said in realization.
"Sam, are you there?"
Sam asked as Luz handed him the Walkie Talkie, "Dad?"
Anakin asked, "are you all okay?!"
Sam said, "we're fine, for now."
"Don't worry, we're trying to find a spell to get you three out of Belos' mind", Anakin said.
Sam said, "oh thank the force."
"Sam, your husbands and children want to speak with you", Anakin said.
Sam said, "okay, go ahead and put them on."
Sam heard his husbands say at the same time, "Sam!?"
Sam said, "hey sweeties."
Prime asked, "little Imp, are you okay!?"
Sam said, "the three of us are fine. Just trying to get out of this place."
Lucifer asked, "does Belos know you're in his mind?"
Sam said, "he might. But he hasn't made any dangerous moves on us."
"That's good", Alastor said.
"Dad", Sam's kids shouted.
"It's okay my little imps, Luz, Hunter and I will get out as soon as we can", Sam said softly.
His kidd felt a little more relieved upon hearing that.
Ahsoka asked, "is Hunter there?"
Hunter said, "hey sweety."
"Hunter, I'm so glad you're okay", Ahsoka said in relief.
Hunter said, "we'll see each other again soon, I promise."
"Daddy", Ani cried out.
Hunter smiled and said, "hey little guy. Daddy will be home soon. I promise."
Ani let out a few giggles.
"All of you please stay safe", Anakin said.
Luz said, "we will Dad, we promise."
Hunter then gasps in horror.
Sam asked, when he and Luz ran over to see what Hunter saw, "what is it?"
It is another part of Belos' memories, except this one has multiple broken Golden Guard masks on the ground. There are also some paintings on the trees depicting what happened to the previous Golden Guards.
Sam and Luz stood beside Hunter as they looked over the horrifying carnage around them.
Luz stuttered, "are…. Those…?"
Sam said, "Golden Guard masks…. But why would Belos keep doing this? Why keep the Golden Guard around if he's just gonna keep…. Y'know…."
Luz suddenly hears something cracking and gasps, turning towards the source of sound. Behind her, Kid Belos is standing in a circle made out of rope and surrounded by multiple arrows and bottles of liquids. He breaks a Golden Guard mask in half and throws it into the fire.
"Hey! Stop that", Luz exclaimed.
Luz runs towards Kid Belos and drags him away from the fire. Hunter then proceeds to stomp out the fire.
Sam asked, "why would he do that?"
Something floats past Hunter's foot, and he gets into a defensive posture. Multiple of those unknown substances float towards the rope circle and then transform into Inner Belos, who proceed to start screeching loudly. Sam, Luz and Hunter look at it in shock as it stomps on the ground.
"Get away from him! Danger! Danger! Run", Inner Belos screeched.
Luz asked in horror, "are those…. Palismen…?!"
Sam grabbed both Luz and Hunter and began backing away as he said, "to quote you earlier, Luz…. I don't like where this is going…."
"We weren't running from the Inner Belos. He was with us, the whole time", Hunter said in realization and horror.
Behind the trio, Kid Belos is facing away from them and crying, but it soon turns into a maniacal laughter as he takes out a wooden sword and strikes the rope on the ground, transferring some sort of energy into the circle where the Palismen figure is at. This activates it and launches the bottles onto the figure. The rope then tightens around the figure, causing it to crash to the ground. Sam, Luz and Hunter turn around to look at Kid Belos, who proceeds to transform himself into Adult Inner Belos.
Sam growled, "what the Hell is going on here? What is that ritual you're doing?!"
Inner Belos grins sinisterly as he walks towards the figure.
"Ah. I was finally able to catch it. This thing's been a thorn in my side for years. All these weepy Palismen souls….", Inner Belos said as he put his hand on the figure, causing the figure to start turning into dust.
"Their voices are constantly nagging me. Vile. But without them, I wouldn't be able to do THIS", Inner Belos said as he grabbed a bird Palisman from the pile.
Inner Belos transforms his left arm into some sort of goo and squeezes the Palisman. Hunter's face is filled with shock and horror as Inner Belos proceeds to destroy the Palisman in front of him, causing him to wince.
Sam said, "that draining spell…. The day of Unity…. It's all to power you and your vile quest, isn't it?!"
Inner Belos turned to look at Sam.
They began chuckling darkly and said, "now it wouldn't be fun if I told you, hmm?"
Hunter asked, "what did you do to the other guards…?"
Inner Belos slowly turned to Hunter and began chuckling like a demented hyena.
"What a shame! Out of all the Grimwalkers, you looked the most like him", Inner Belos said.
Hunter suddenly starts to get dragged down into the ground.
"HUNTER", Luz and Sam shouted in fear.
Hunter yelled, "help!"
Luz and Sam dove to try and save him!
Sam's hands glowed red as he used his Scarlet magic to try to save Hunter.
He yelled, "LET HIM GO, BELOS!"
Inner Belos just grinned evilly. He had no intention of letting go!
Sam then formed a giant fist and it slammed into Inner Belos, sending him flying!
Hunter was then freed.
"Get behind me, you two", Sam said.
Hunter and Luz hid behind Sam as he slowly turned into his harpy form.
Sam growled protectively.
Inner Belos then slowly walked over to the trio.
"We're gonna tell EVERYONE about the Day of Unity", Hunter said as he glared at Belos.
"Yes, this has gone on longer than I'd have liked. But…. No one ever said being a witch hunter was easy", Inner Belos said with a grin on his face.
Luz said incredulously, "Witch…. Hunter? So all this time, people have been mindlessly helping a WITCH HUNTER?! How could they be tricked so easily?"
Sam growled, "fear and power can make people believe the dumbest things, Luz. Look at how he destroyed the Jedi's reputation for years…."
"I wouldn't be so judgmental, if I were you", Inner Belos said with a smirk on his face.
Inner Belos proceeds to summon a picture frame from the ground behind Luz. It then shows the moment when Red Fang tries to burn Philip Wittebane's journal.
Luz said, "wait…. Phillip? Why is he in Belos' memories?"
"No…. It can't be….", Sam said in horror as he realized something.
Luz and Hunter looked at Sam before they realized what he did.
Inner Belos then shows another memory, showing the moment when Luz taught Philip how to use a light glyph.
Luz whispered, "no…. It's him…. It can't be…."
Sam said, "all this time…. The man who wrote those journal entries…. The man you, Dad and Lilith ran into when going back in time…."
"Belos is…. Philip Wittebane", Hunter said in shock.
Inner Belos cackled in joy!
"No, no, no! You're Belos! You're just Belos", Luz shouted.
Luz breaks down in tears and grabs onto her hair, then drops to her knees.
"Please, do me a kindness, and call me by my real name", Inner Belos said with a grin on his face.
Sam growled, "and what name is that, you son of a bitch?"
Inner Belos chuckled.
Sam yelled, "ANSWER ME!"
"Philip. I had to change my name to Belos, when I ran out of too many towns", Inner Belos said.
Hunter said, "so all this time. You've been a human, hurting so many people in order to get what you want!"
Inner Belos chuckled again.
"You're nothing but a vile, cruel and heartless monster", Sam growled.
Inner Belos said, "hahaha! Whatever it takes to get what I want! Heh, I believe that's what I was thinking when I first met your mother, and had a stroke of genius!"
Inner Belos then summons another picture frame.
Sam glared at Inner Belos and said, "what memory is this?"
Inner Belos chuckled and said, "watch and learn…."
Sam then felt his heart stop, when he saw…. His mother Beru.
She looked much younger. More…. Happy.
And he saw her holding Belos' hand.
Belos looked like a kind man in the memory. An obvious facade.
Belos was also on his knees.
Sam asked in shock, "wait…. Is that when…?"
Inner Belos retorted, "when I made your mother fall for me!"
"No", Sam whispered.
"You're such a nice and romantic witch, Belos", Beru said with a smile on her face.
Belos chuckled and said, "oh, my lovely Beru. My heart is yours."
"This makes me feel sick", Luz whispered.
Sam whispered, "I'm sure it gets worse."
Inner Belos then showed the memory of Beru telling Belos she was pregnant.
As the two hugged in the memory, Inner Belos said, "ah, the moment my plans came to fruition. Where my progeny would give me a better chance at succeeding in my goals…."
Sam felt himself shaking.
Luz and Hunter looked at Sam in worry as Inner Belos said, "but, alas, all my time was wasted when you were born, and she learned of my plans to use your magic for the day of Unity…."
Inner Belos then showed the memory of Beru learning the truth.
She looked horrified as she held a baby Sam in her arms, whilst Belos was chuckling and laughing.
Beru asked in horror and betrayal, "what? So all this time, you lied to me?"
Belos chuckled and said, "what did you expect? I needed a child with Scarlet magic for my plans to succeed! Ahahaha!"
Beru said with tears in her eyes, "but…. I thought you loved me?"
Belos began laughing!
Sam felt tears in his eyes.
Inner Belos began laughing with his memory.
Baby Sam in the memory was crying.
Beru held her infant son close.
Inner Belos settled down and said, "that was the night she ran off with you…."
Sam was still shaking.
Luz and Hunter tried to calm him down by holding his hands.
Inner Belos then grinned as he said, "face the reality Sam, the only reason you exist is for my plans and the Day of Unity."
Luz yelled, "don't listen to him, Sam! You're more than that! You have husbands! Kids! They need you!"
Sam felt tears fall down his face as Inner Belos kept taunting him.
Hunter yelled, "silence, Belos!"
"You are meant to serve your purpose", Inner Belos chuckled.
"No, you're lying", Sam screamed.
Luz yelled, "destiny is overrated!"
"Search your feelings! You know it's true! Hahahahaha", Inner Belos cackled.
Luz and Hunter yelled, "shut up!"
Sam fell to his knees, as he was crying.
Luz and Hunter stood protectively in front of Sam!
….
Back at the Jedi Temple….
Anakin said, "any luck?"
"The spell is nearly complete", Plo Koon said.
"But there is one ingredient left", Luminaria said.
Eda asked, "and what ingredient is that?"
"Hello", Hooty shouted.
Anakin yelled, "NOT NOW HOOTY!"
Hooty has a bouquet of flowers in his mouth.
Eda asked, "what's with the bouquet?"
"I just found it lying outside", Hooty said.
Hooty puts the flowers in a vase.
The flowers suddenly start floating and glow, surprising Hooty. The flowers then wilt, causing the petals to drop and the contents wrapped inside it to dissolve in the vase and create a yellow liquid. Eda picks up the note that comes with the flowers and reads it.
"It's the teleportation potion into the mindscape", Eda said.
Shaak Ti asked, "who could have sent these?"
Hamill went to check outside.
He looked left and right for who had sent the flowers.
He could barely spot the cloaked figures leaving.
Hamill then ran back inside.
Anakin said, "this potion is our ticket to rescuing the others! Come on then! Let's hurry!"
"But wait, it says it still needs a power source. And a big one", Eda said.
King thinks for a bit, then runs to grab Amity's glove and offers it to Eda.
"Use this", King said.
"But…. That's the last of Luz's Titan Blood", Padme said as she stood near her wife.
The others all looked at each other. They needed to make a decision, before it was too late.
"Luz needs it to get home", Eda said.
"She'll never get home if she doesn't get back here", King said in worry.
Eda looked back and forth between the potion and glove.
"Then we have no choice", Eda said.
The others looked down in worry and despair. This was their only course of action.
….
Back with the trio….
Luz and Hunter held onto Sam.
Inner Belos kept approaching them.
Hunter asked, "what's a Grimwalker?"
Inner Belos chuckled and asked, "you haven't figured it out?"
Hunter glared at Belos.
"Grimwalker's are basically…. Clones. A better version of an old friend", Inner Belos chuckled.
"Sam? Luz? Hunter? You there? We're getting you three out", Eda's voice said from the walkie talkie.
Luz, Hunter and Sam heard Eda!
They saw the Walkie Talkie was on the ground and it was behind Belos.
Luz asked, "but…. Why? Why go through all this?"
"They're not answering! Sam! Luz! Hunter", Padme shouted.
"I'll do anything to save humanity from evil", Inner Belos said as he held a golden guard mask.
Luz and the others glanced at the mask. They had to make their move soon!
"You're evil", Sam growled out in anger.
"Can't reason with crazy", Inner Belos said as He threw his arm, which had morphed into a pickaxe, towards the three.
Luz yelled, "SCATTER!"
The trio quickly ran to the walkie talkie as fast as they could!
As the three run by, Sam feels something grab his leg!
He quickly turns to see what it was.
Inner Belos had morphed his arm into a tentacle and had wrapped it around Sam's leg.
He growled, "you ain't getting away that easily!"
"Sam", Luz and Hunter shouted as they ran to help Sam.
They grabbed his arms and pulled with all their might!
Sam then glowed red as he growled " LET ME GO YOU BASTARD!"
The Scarlet magic managed to burn the tentacle!
The three ran to the walkie talkie.
Luz grabbed it as Sam and Hunter grabbed onto her!
"Get us out now", the three screamed.
The others quickly activated the spell as fast as they could!
A burst of light envelopes Sam, Luz and Hunter.
….
We then see outside the Jedi Temple, The ground rumbles and multiple beams of light flashes through the gaps of the barricaded windows.
We then see inside the Jedi Temple, everyone is coughing.
Sam, Luz and Hunter emerge in a puff of smoke.
Sam's whole family quickly ran to the three of them.
"SAM! LUZ! HUNTER!"
Anakin, Padme and Eda hugged Sam and Luz as Ahsoka hugged Hunter.
As soon as Sam's parents stopped hugging him, he was then hugged by his husbands and children.
Hordak said, "we were so worried about you!"
Prime asked, "are you okay?"
Sam started to cry as he held onto his husbands.
Marek asked, "Dad? What's wrong?"
Sam cried, "Belos…. I saw his memories…. He never truly loved my mom…. He wanted to use me since I was born…. Told me I was only born to…. To be used for my magic…."
Sam cried even more.
His family held him close as he cried.
Anakin and Padme then held their son close.
"He said…. The only reason…. I exist…. Is for…. His…. Plans on…. The day of unity", Sam sobbed.
Anakin held Sam and said, "that's not true. I know it isn't. You're meant for so much more than that, Sam. You have a beautiful family you've built. That's what you're meant to do…. Protect the ones you love and that love you."
Sam then started to calm down.
He held onto his true father and said, "I love you, Dad."
Anakin rubbed Sam's back as he said, "I love you too, son."
The others all smiled at this.
Meanwhile, Ahsoka was comforting Hunter.
"Belos…. Told me…. I am…. A Grimwalker….", Hunter said as he was on the verge of tears.
Ahsoka held Hunter close and said, "it doesn't matter what you are…. What matters is our family. I love you Hunter. Ani loves you. And no matter how you were born, it shouldn't matter now. What matters is that you have all of us."
Hunter smiled tearfully as he hugged Ahsoka back.
And that's when he felt a set of tiny arms hug his leg.
Hunter looked down and saw his son Ani.
Hunter then felt Flapjack land on his shoulder and nuzzle his cheek.
He smiled tearfully as he took Ani into his arms.
Yoda then walked towards Hunter.
He said, "young Hunter, friends, we have, that know of the pain you hold."
Hunter asked, "who?"
Yoda replied, "the clones, from the war. Created by Belos they were. Understand your grief, they will."
Hunter asked, "really?"
Yoda nodded.
Barriss asked, "what else did you three see?"
Luz said, "well, not only did we learn that Belos has finally rebuilt the portal to the human realm, but we now know more about the day of Unity."
Luminaria asked, "like what?"
Sam said, "Belos plans to use some sort of draining spell and the coven sigils to drain the magic of every witch and wizard for the day of Unity."
"In other words, he plans to wipe out all life in the demon realm", Luz said.
Everyone gave shocked looks as Yoda turned to the readers and said, "oh shit…."
"Also, Belos is not really a witch", Luz said.
Anakin asked, "then who is he?"
Luz looked down and said, "Belos is actually Phillip…."
Anakin went wide-eyed before she took a deep breath and yelled, "MOTHER-"
(This string of curse words is so crude and offensive that we refuse to write most of it.)
"-WITH A FISH!"
Everyone looked at Anakin in shock.
Lilith pointed at Anakin and said, "what he said."
"So Belos is a human", Obi Wan said in shock.
Luz said, "apparently so. And he's trying to help some…. Thing."
Leon asked, "what sort of thing?"
Hunter said, "we heard Belos call them the Collector."
Kit Fisto asked, "the Collector?"
The trio nodded.
Sam asked, "have any of you heard about the Collector?"
The Jedi racked their brains.
"Maybe we could find about the Collector in the Jedi archives", Windu said.
The other Jedi nodded.
Kane asked, "so now what?"
"Now we have to be more careful from now on", Padme said.
The others nodded in agreement.
….
We then see Hunter in a large room of the Jedi Temple. Thanks to Ahsoka's words, he was less shaken up.
Ahsoka then walked into the room.
She said, "they're here, Hunter."
Hunter looked up to see the clone troopers walk inside the room.
Hunter was shocked to see how they all looked the same, just with slight variations.
Rex asked, "you must be Hunter?"
Hunter said, "yes, I am."
One of the clones, also named Hunter, said, "wait, that's my name too. Won't that get confusing?"
Cody said, "we'll call you Hunter B, and him Hunter A, alright?"
"That works", Fives said.
Hunter A said, "so, you're all clones?"
"Yes, we were all cloned from the DNA of the bounty hunter Jango Fett", Jesse said.
Echo said, "we've all got the same blood, but with slight variations between us."
"I can see that", Hunter A said.
Boyle said, "being a clone ain't the easiest, but having those that care about you around will help you get through it."
Hunter A smiled a little. That made him feel a little better.
"Whenever you have problems, Hunter, you can talk with me or the clones", Ahsoka said softly.
Hunter smiled as he hugged the woman he loved.
The clones smiled at the sight. They were happy for the young couple.
….
We then see Sam back at his home getting ready for bed.
He was very exhausted after today.
"I just hope I don't have any nightmares", Sam whispered.
Sam puts on some red panties and a red nightgown.
He sighed and got down on the bed.
Sam just couldn't stop thinking about what Belos told him. It still terrified him.
And he couldn't stop tears forming in his eyes, when he saw the memories of his mother, Beru.
As he teared up, he felt four pairs of arms wrap around him.
Sam saw it was his husbands. This managed to calm him down a bit.
Hordak then wiped Sam's tears.
He said, "oh, our sweet little imp. We're so sorry you had to go through so much."
Sam let out a few sobs, as his husbands kept comforting him. He was so relieved to be in their arms.
"I just can't stop repeating…. Belos' words…. In my head", Sam sniffled.
Alastor said, "Sam, whatever he told you, it doesn't matter. Your destiny is not what he wants. It's what you want."
"You're right", Sam said.
Sam finally smiled again.
"Thank you my loves", Sam said.
His husbands all smiled at him.
"But I don't know if I am going to be able to sleep well", Sam said.
Lucifer asked, "is there anything we can do to make you more calm?"
"Well there is one thing that could help", Sam said.
His husbands tilted their heads before they realized what he meant!
Sam let out a grin.
This was gonna be a long night….
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Lemon starts here!
Sam used his magic to remove his clothes and his husband's clothes.
All five men smiled excitedly.
Sam then gave each of them a kiss. This kickstarted what happened next.
Sam's four husband's then decided to use the merge spell to become Lucidakrime.
Sam then felt his back hit the bed, and he felt Lucidakrime remove his panties.
Sam performed the spell that turned his crotch into a vagina.
He was eager for a night of passion.
Lucidakrime then leaned their head against Sam's head and kissed them on the lips.
Sam moaned into the kiss.
Sam then felt Lucidakrime shove his cock inside him.
Sam moaned in pure ecstasy.
Soon Lucidakrime started to thrust.
The bed rocked back and forth as they made love.
Sam wrapped his legs around his merged husband's as they kept pounding into his pussy.
His eyes rolled into the back of their head!
Lucidakrime's tongue grew longer.
They thrust it into Sam's mouth.
Sam kept moaning as they felt nothing but pleasure.
It went like this for hours.
"More! Keep stuffing me", Sam moaned.
Lucidakrime growled, "gladly!"
Lucidakrime spent the next few hours stuffing their husband full of cum.
Sam utterly loved every second of it.
The room was filled with sounds of their moaning and skin slapping against one another.
And this went on for the entire night.
Sam then snuggled against Lucidakrime, who was rubbing his bloated stomach.
Lucidakrime kissed Sam's forehead.
Sam smiled. He was in a much better mood now.
"I love you four so much", Sam said as he smiled.
Lucidakrime said, "we love you too."
Lucidakrime wrapped their wings around Sam.
Sam snuggled into the warm embrace.
"Good night little imp", Lucidakrime whispered.
Sam whispered, "good night, my love."
Sam and his merged husbands then fell asleep.
It was a long day…. And they deserved a rest….
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Lemon ends here!
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