Story Summary: Nine months after Luz Noceda left the Boiling Isles to return to her human world, she's finally returning for another three months of fun, adventure, and potential romance. Everyone is excited for her return, and none more so than Amity Blight, top student at Hexside and the biggest gay disaster ever to walk the demon realm. But when Luz finally returns with a new friend, a boy no less, tensions start to rise as Amity tries to discover who he is, and what his relationship to Luz is. Is she too late to find love? Or, will love prevail in the end?
Hello! Glad you've decided to stop by and give my story a try. This is officially my first Owl House fanfiction, so I'm gonna try to make it as good as possible. I'm relatively new to the fandom, in fact I only started the show like last week. But I'm caught up and excited (and nervous) for the finale. Which is a note I wanna hit on before you go on and read. I'm posting this before the finale, and way before season 2 is released. I, as long as many, have no idea what's going to happen. This is my own interpretation of what may happen, so if I end up being wrong about something I might come back to change it. It depends on how wrong I am. If it's something big I'll definitely change it, but if it's small...well idk, maybe I'll change it anyway.
Anyway, let's get on with the show!
The forest was quiet during this time of day, the only sounds being the rustling of branches as birds landed on them or bushes as the smaller monsters ran around in search of food. A pack of three little monsters, their fur pink and the irises of all four of their eyes a dark shade of red, was chewing on some fruit they had found in the middle of the dirt path. A twig behind them snapped, and in their moment of fear that a predator was near, they gathered what fruit they could before scurrying up the nearest tree. They hid in the leaves and watched as three people walked past them, thankfully stepping over the remaining fruit.
The three creatures sighed in relief before climbing back down to further enjoy their meal. They would've too, had it not been for three separate screeches echoing throughout the sky. The creatures had no time to flee as three baby heads, each sprouting tiny little legs and bat wings, came swooping down and tackled them down into a nearby bush. For several seconds, the screeches of terror and struggling came from the bush before there was absolute silence.
"I can do this," the youngest of the three people said to herself, psyching herself up; she was on a mission, and she wasn't going to back out!
"You can do this," the two older people chanted together, trying to give the younger girl confidence.
"I can do this!"
"You can do this!" the two chanted again, not noticing the second thoughts their younger companion was having.
"I-I can't do this. I can't do this!"
"You can do this!"
"Say, why don't we just go home and try again tomorrow? I promise I won't chicken out!" the youngest of the three tried to bargain, turning around and starting to walk in the opposite direction.
"Oh no you don't!" the two shouted in unison, managing to grab the younger girl by her arms before lifting her into the air.
"This is for your own good, Mittens!" one of the older two, a young man, said as he tried his best to keep her from running away. His sister nodded in agreement. They had come this far; there was no point in chickening out now.
The sounds of shouting and struggling rang throughout the forest, scaring away the birds and little monsters that were in search of food or a place to rest. Those who weren't scared away watched with interest as the young girl kicked the air in hopes of escaping.
"Emira, Edric! You don't have to do this! It's not too late; we can still walk away!"
"But I thought you were just dying to see your little girlfriend again. What's it been? A year?" the young man, Edric, asked.
"According to her diary, it's been nine months and seven days. Isn't that cute? She's been counting down the days until she saw the human again," Emira, twin sister to Edric, teased. The two watched with proud smiles as their little sister's once pale face turned into a bright red.
"You-you read my diary?"
"We have, 'Amity Noceda.' Just be happy mom and dad haven't seen it. You've had some…interesting dreams," Emira said, still scarred from reading that section of her little sister's diary.
Amity groaned before dropping her head as her body went limp. No longer did she want to run away; now she craved the sweet release of death to get out of this embarrassing situation.
It'd been nine months since Luz Noceda, the only human ever to enter the Boiling Isles, left to go back home to the human world. She was only on summer vacation then, meaning those three months were all she could spare before needing to go back. But in those three months, she had caused great change in the demon realm.
Principal Bump was much more open to the idea of students being in more than one track, the 'outcast' students like Gus and Willow had grown out of their shells and actually became quite popular at Hexside, Emperor Belos had been defeated, and now the witches and demons of the Boiling Isles were given more freedom to use their magic (for the most part, that is; there were some rules still in place). Amity had probably grown the most thanks to Luz's influence. She refused the path her parents had forged for her and started doing things her way, things she wanted to do. She ditched the bullies her parents had forced her to befriend, repaired her old friendship with Willow, and now no longer thought emotions like love to be a sign of weakness.
Quite ironic, since Luz was taking up most of her thoughts and imaginations nowadays. Her grades had slipped here and there thanks to her constant daydreaming of her, Luz, and their adopted kid (sometimes kids), and she had nearly died several times because she was doodling pictures of Luz in her book instead of paying attention to where she was walking.
But ever since Luz had left, the Boiling Isles just seemed so…boring and bland. Even with the countless killer monsters and demons, and with all the magic in the world, it just wasn't the same without its only human. But today was the day she was finally coming back, and just about everyone who knew her was excited; even Bump was organizing a 'welcome back' party in her honor at Hexside. For another three months, this would be her home, and in those three months, maybe Amity would finally express her true feelings…that is, if she could stop going into her 'gay panic attacks,' as Emira and Edric called them.
"Ah c'mon sis, you're 16 now! It's only natural that you think of this kinda stuff!" Edric said, trying to comfort her, but it only made Amity turn a darker shade of red.
"Yeah, and I'm sure Luz would love to read some of those self-insert fanfics of the two of you," Emira giggled.
"You know about that?!"
"Now we do," Emira and Edric said in unison before laughing, and now Amity really wished Luz hadn't saved her from Belos' control.
"Hoot hoot! Welcome back, I missed you so much! Hoot!" the trio heard Hooty, the Owl House himself, hoot in the distance. Amity could feel her heart thudding violently against her ribcage, the hoots of that stupid owl demon were getting louder with each step. They'd be there any second now; was it still too late to run away?
"Hahaha, I know, Hooty. I missed you too!"
'Luz! Oh titan, I've missed that laugh,' Amity thought, the anticipation killing her as she swallowed down a whimper. "Can you two hurry up?" She asked before she was let go and dropped onto her ass. "Ow! What the heck, you two?"
"Well, we're not gonna carry you now that you actually wanna go. We're your brother and sister, not your escorts," Emira answered with a shrug. "Now c'mon, the sooner we get there, the sooner we can embarrass you."
"I already have a whole book dedicated to the different jokes we've come up with," Ed said, casting a spell circle into the air and causing a small book to float in front of him. "There's 70 pages of jokes directed towards you, and another 50 towards you and Luz."
"A lot of them he stole off of Penstagram," Emira whispered to Amity as she helped her younger sister up from the ground.
"It's not stealing if I reword them! Hmala and Weston sitting in a tree? More like, Amity and Luz sitting in a tree! Am-Am I right?" Edric started to laugh, which soon died down upon seeing the unimpressed looks he was receiving from his sisters. "It's uh, it's a work in progress."
"I need new siblings," Amity sighed before continuing down the path.
"Just make sure it's not Luz! Cause uh, that's…that's illegal, and…" Edric trailed off before eventually shutting up, sweating under Emira's gaze.
"Ed, I love you, but you're not funny. Now c'mon, let's go embarrass Mittens."
"Okay," Edric sighed, the book disappearing in a poof before he followed his sister.
It didn't take long to catch up to their little sister, but the twins were surprised to see her peering through a bush and staring at the old white brick building. Out front were the House's occupants: Eda the Owl Lady; King the 'King of Demons' as he called himself, even though he looked like a cross between a dog and raccoon; and Hooty, the demon that was bound to the house, who had his neck outstretched to float beside the other two. All three had their arms, or in Hooty's case, neck, wrapped around the laughing bundle of joy that was Luz Noceda, the only human witch in the whole demon realm. They could see happy tears falling from their eyes as they embraced, and while the moment was sweet and tender, and actually made the twins jealous that their family wasn't like this, the figure standing off to the side of the hugging group had caught their attention.
The new figure had its back turned to the siblings, but based on the body shape, they assumed it was a guy. He was quite tall with short brown hair, and wore a short-sleeved t-shirt with a sewed-on hood and shorts-clothing that was unlike anything in their realm. And, with the rounded ears he had, it was obvious why he dressed so differently.
He was a human!
"Another human?" Emira asked, surprised.
"Ooo, interesting. Her boyfriend maybe?" Edric suggested, before shivering at the malicious aura that currently surrounded his younger sister. He cowered under her glare. "Right, shutting up now."
"Hahaha, I missed you guys so much!" Luz exclaimed as she returned the embrace, one arm wrapped around Eda, one arm wrapped around King, and one hand petting the top of Hooty's head. The gentle laugh was so joyous and full of life-one of the many things Amity had yearned to hear once again.
"We missed you too, kid. But, uh, who's your new friend here?" Eda asked, turning away her attention from her unofficial daughter to the human she had brought with.
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Luz shouted before breaking free from the hug and latching onto the boy's wrist, dragging him closer to the group. "This is the friend I was telling you about! He's really weird, like I am!"
"Well, that's one way to introduce me, I guess," he laughed while rubbing the back of his head awkwardly. "Name's Kevin, nice to meet you," he said, sticking a hand out for a shake. Eda grasped it and they shook three times before pulling away, and Kevin stared down at the old white hand currently being held in his own. "Missing something?"
"Huh, no reaction. Usually that freaks most people out," Eda said, grabbing back her hand before popping it back into place.
"Kevin's not like most people. Like I said, he's been through a lot of weird stuff! Oooh oooh! Tell them the story about the boy that had the fox demon inside of him!" Luz exclaimed excitedly, wanting to hear the story once again. The boy sweatdropped at her enthusiasm.
"Uh, didn't you want to go see your friends? Ya know, Gus, and Willow, and-"
"Intruders!" Hooty suddenly shouted, cutting Kevin off. The demon swirled into the air before plunging its head into the ground like an ostrich. The ground started to shake violently as he traveled through the dirt, and it grew more violent as it neared the Blight siblings.
"Oh no," Amity said, the ground beneath her and her siblings shaking wildly and violently before Hooty popped up through the dirt like a groundhog.
"Hi friends! Why are you sitting here and being creepy? Come say hi!" Hooty exclaimed before wrapping his neck around Amity and dragging her through the hole.
Edric and Emira could only listen as their sister's muffled screams of anger traveled through the dirt, and while they found the situation horrifying, they found it a lot more amusing since it was Amity and not one of them.
"Hey, hey! Guess who I found being a creep and watching us through the bushes!" Hooty exclaimed as he exited the hole yet again before dropping a messy and dirt-covered Amity in front of the group. "It's the mean girl that hates me for no reason!" he said as Amity stood up from the ground and dusted herself off.
"I do have a reason you, annoying little-"
"Amity?"
The witch girl froze, her hatred for the house demon making her forget where she was and who currently stood behind her. She took several deep breaths to try and calm her wildly beating heart; finally, the moment she had been waiting for so long was here. Hopefully she didn't embarrass herself.
"Hey Luz! Long time no…see…" Amity trailed off, eyes widening surprise as she felt her cheeks heating up yet again.
Bright and warm brown eyes stared down at her, the same ones that haunted her dreams at night. Caramel arms that peeked through her shirt's sleeves, no longer flabby but hardened and thick with new muscle that hadn't always been there. Crazy and wild brown hair that shone in the sunlight, longer than before and reaching a few inches past the nape of her neck. The girl of her dreams had a wide and joyous smile, one Amity liked to think was specifically for her and her alone.
"Amity!" Luz exclaimed excitedly, running towards the greenette before scooping her up in her arms and doing a twirl. "Oh my god I've missed you so much! How have you been? Did your hair get longer? Oh my god, you're even cuter than before! How is that possible?" Luz said, her face very close to Amity's, their noses touching one another.
'T-Taller, s-strong a-arms, f-face so close…I'm cute?!' Amity thought, face and ears redder than a tomato. With too much stimulation and her heart getting ready to explode, Amity suddenly went limp in her crushed arms.
"Wha-Amity! Oh my god, are you okay? Guys! She's really red! You don't think she's sick, do you?" Luz asked, worried that her friend had suddenly gone limp. This caused those watching to slap their foreheads or, in Hooty's case, laugh uncontrollably.
"Well, this will be an interesting summer," Kevin sighed at his dense friend.
Hello again, hope you enjoyed chapter 1 of...I haven't decided yet, 15 maybe? Anyway, let me know what you think, and make sure to favorite and follow if you've liked what you've seen so far. My semester in college started last week and it's in-person teaching, and mix that with my MHA fic Captain Deku, and I'm gonna be busy. But I'm gonna try to update this and Captain Deku as much as I can. Let's just hope my school switches to online learning soon, that way I'll have more time to write.
Please, join me next time when Kevin's backstory is revealed. See ya in chapter 2!
