Amity was so deep into her thinking that she did not notice that her feet already carried her into the embrace of her "home", the Blight Manor, nor did she notice two of the most powerful witches in the Boiling Isles waiting for her and watching her in the living room. She crossed the threshold of the parlor without stopping, until one of them cleared her throat and said with a tone so cold it could rival the coldest winter's temperature, "Welcome home, my dear daughter. And to what do we owe the pleasure of seeing you come inside the house at the break of dawn? Me and your father were very worried when we saw your older siblings come in without you in tow."
Amity froze. Lucifer's beard!.
"U-um, hello mother, father. I was just," Gulp. Compose yourself, Blight. "I went outside for a breath of fresh air. I couldn't sleep." Amity turned around and stared at her parents, hands wringing behind her. She hoped that her parents would buy her little lie and let her go.
"Hmm? Is that so?"
"Y-yes."
Odalia chuckled dryly. "Amity, my dear, you do know that Blights don't wear uniforms to sleep, right? We have lots of money to buy hundreds of sleepwear. And you're a top student, you should be able to come up with a better lie." Odalia sneered, stood up from the couch and stepped towards Amity gracefully. "Besides, you should know yourself that we don't raise liars. You've also snuck out of the house a few times before. Tell me where you've been today and these past few days and I might just let you off with little discipline."
"Amity, please listen to your mother. You know what will happen if you don't." Alador sighed, lifting his head to give Amity an exhausted glance.
Oh, Amity knew damn well what will happen when one of the Blight children lies. And what happens to them is something that she doesn't want to experience. She knows that lying is not appreciated in this household, but she couldn't be a snitch and expose the fact that the twins were hanging out with a human. They like Luz.
And so do you. Wait, what?
"Fine. I was just…I stayed up late in the library for research. The librarians told me that it was okay and gave me the keys so I can close the library when I'm finished." Amity lied, trying to make it sound believable. She's not wrong though, she did stay up late in the library. But not for research.
"Then why did the twins tell us that you stayed up late in school because you had a school event?"
"I uh… that's…"
"On the count of three, if you still don't tell us the truth, you know what's going to happen to you. And I'm quite sure that you don't want a repeat of that."
Odalia's voice got colder and colder with every word that she spoke. The tension in the room makes it so hard to breathe and the silence after Odalia spoke is deafening. Alador's eyes contained fear and worry for Amity but Odalia must not see that. She can not see that.
"M-mother, I…"
"One."
Amity looked at her Alador with pleading eyes.
"Two."
The youngest Blight gulped with here eyes darting from her father to her mother.
