Amity snuggled deeper into the warm and soft spot she found herself in, the scent of honey and tea wafting through the air made the experience all the more pleasurable. She felt something, or someone, shift around where she currently lay, the light above her being eclipsed by a shadow. She opened her eyes and froze as she stared into the beautiful brown orbs of the love of her life. Luz stared down at her with a wide and happy smile, their faces less than an inch away, their noses nearly touching.
"Oh thank god you're awake! I was really worried when your whole face turned red and you passed out!"
"Ahhh!" Amity shouted in surprise at how close they were and, in a panic, rolled off the couch and onto the floor below.
"This is going to be a reoccurring theme, isn't it?" Kevin asked Eda as they watched Luz hop off the couch and onto the floor.
"You better believe it, kid."
"Amity! Oh my god, are you okay? I didn't mean you scare you, I promise! Is your nose broken?" Luz asked worriedly as she turned and leaned over her friend, using one of her hands to caress Amity's face to check for bumps and bruises and to see if anything had been broken.
Amity felt her breath hitch in her throat at their current position, as she was reminded of a dream she had once had; all that was missing was some rope.
"I-I'm f-fine Luz, j-just f-fine," Amity managed to stutter out as Luz helped her up and back onto the couch. It was when she saw Kevin sitting at the other side of the couch that she remembered what had happened, and she tried her best not to let her disappointment show. "Oh. Hello, human."
"Oh! I forgot I haven't introduced the two of you yet!" Luz giggled. "Amity, this is Kevin. He's been, like, my best human friend for the past few months! And Kevin, this is Amity! She's one of my best witch friends! We didn't exactly see eye to eye when we first met, but we're total besties now!"
'Pain. All I know is pain," Amity thought with a sigh.
"A pleasure to meet you." He nodded to her.
"Likewise."
"Okay, now that the introductions are out of the way, we can get down to business," Eda said before there could be another interruption. "How did this little friendship first start?"
"Well, you see-"
"Ooo! Ooooo! Can I tell it? Please, please, please?" Luz begged, giving the human boy her famous puppy dog eyes. Kevin could only chuckle and nod in response. "Awesome! Okay, so it was a few months after I left the Boiling Isles…"
(Flashback: 3 months after Luz left the demon realm. Earth)
Luz sighed as she walked through the forest behind her home, the current scenery nothing like what she had left behind in the Boiling Isles. No crazy and wacky colored trees, no little monsters she could feed food to (even though Eda had told her not to), no Bat Queen babies to keep her company. There was just nothing magical about this place. She dearly missed the demon realm and all the friends she had left behind. She missed being able to do magic, she missed Eda and her mischievous money-making schemes, missed King trying to raise an army to take over the realm, missed Hooty's Hooty-ness, missed Gus's constant questions about humans, missed Willow's upbeat attitude, and Amity…Well, what didn't she miss about Amity? It'd take her a whole day to list off everything about Amity that she lo-liked, all the stuff she liked…
It's been difficult trying to readjust to normal human life. Instead of Hexside, she now had regular high school, filled with bullies, snobby popular people, mean teachers, and so much homework that she felt as if she was suffocating. Granted, she had dealt with most of that stuff at Hexside, but at least she could do magic, at least she had Gus, Willow, and Amity.
Luz had still yet to make any friends here on Earth. While in the demon realm, her actions and mannerisms were seen as normal, and she had fit in pretty well for the most part. But here? She was a freak, a loser, an outcast that not even the outcasts wanted to hangout with. She had tried repressing her weirdness like her mother had asked her to, but it hadn't helped. If anything, it actually made her resent her mother a bit. Eda and King had never told her to 'tone down her weirdness' or to 'act normal'. They didn't care that she made anime AMVs or fanfiction; they embraced it and encouraged her to do so.
God, she missed her demon family so much.
'I wish I had a place where I belonged, or even a friend, at least. But a friend isn't just gonna pop out of thin air,' she sighed while kicking a rock.
There was a flash of blue off in the distance, and she shivered as a strong, cold breeze swept over her body. Instead of running away from the mysterious light, she walked towards, her speed increasing until she made it to a clearing. She hid in the bushes and watched as blue sparks of light filled the air. The sparks started growing bigger and more violent, a wicked wind swirled around the area. There was a big boom and Luz felt herself get knocked onto her butt from the force of the explosion. She shook her head as she stood back up, dusting the first and leaves that plagued her body. She walked back into her bush, and her eyes widened in surprise at what she saw.
In the middle of the clearing was a small crater, and inside was a figure, their right knee, left foot, and left hand keeping them propped up. From what Luz could tell, the figure was wearing black-and-orange armor of some kind, with black being the primary color. The suit had orange shoulder pads, boots, and long cuff-like pieces of armor on the wrists. But the helmet is what stood out the most. The right side was black, while the left was orange. The black side had a black lens, while the orange had a red lens. The figure stood up and looked around before the figure took off their helmet, revealing a boy around her age, maybe a year or two older.
"Where the fuck are we now?" he asked himself before knocking on his suit. "Oi, get off and let's figure out where the hell we are."
Luz watched, surprised, as the suit opened, allowing the boy to step out of it before it closed again. He tossed the armor the head, and her eyes widened as it caught it before reconnecting it. The left lens lit up as the armor came to life.
'It's a robot, too?!'
"Boop bop bep," the armor replied while shrugging its arms.
"Scan the area and see if there's any hostiles. I'd like to go at least one minute without-ah!" the boy shouted while turning around and seeing Luz standing a few feet away. The armor responded automatically, rushing between the two and unsheathing a sword from it's back before pointing it at Luz. "Whoa! Suit, stand down. She's not a-"
"Is that a real sword?!" Luz asked in awe before managing to snatch it from the armor's hand. She examined it, running her fingers across the smooth, cold steel. "So cool!"
"…Boop beep dweep?"
"What just happened is that you let her take the sword away from you," the boy sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose. "Could-could we have that sword back, please?"
"Oh, right, sorry about that," Luz giggled before handing it back to the armor. The robot snatched it back before sheathing it. It walked away, quietly beeping to itself. "Is-is it okay?"
"Don't mind Suit; it doesn't like people taking its things," the boy told her. "You know, you're awfully calm for someone who just had a sword pulled on them by a robotic suit of armor."
"I've lived a weird life; I just started accepting that stuff like this is going to happen." Luz shrugged it off. "Who are you, anyway? You just kinda popped up with that blue lighting stuff. Are you a witch? Or some mad scientist with a tragic backstory?" she asked with a gasp with sparkles in her eyes.
"I guess you could say the second thing. Name's Kevin, nice to meet you," the boy, Kevin, greeted while sticking a hand out. Luz smiled wide and accepted the handshake.
"Luz. Luz Noceda."
(Flashback End)
"You pulled a sword on her?!" Amity gasped, a ping of jealousy hitting her after finding out he was able to be with Luz the past six months.
"No! My suit of armor pulled the sword on her! It's totally different!" Kevin argued. "Anyway, we've been friends ever since. I bought the house next to hers, and when she wasn't at school, she was hanging out with me. Us weirdos gotta stay together, right?" he asked, causing Luz to giggle.
"Yeah. You should hear some of the stories Kevin has from his travels. Oh! Tell them about the space wizards with the glowing swords!" Luz begged, confusing Amity and surprising Eda.
"Wait a minute. Kevin, you dimension travel, don't you?" Eda asked.
"How did you know?" he asked, surprised.
"Dimension travel?" Amity and Luz asked in unison.
"Dimension travel is exactly as it sounds: you travel from one dimension to another. Have they not been teaching you kids this at Hexside?" Eda asked as she looked towards Amity, who shook her head no. "Pfft, figures. Bump was never a fan of such magic."
"There's a spell that lets you travel to different dimensions?" Luz asked, amazed and excited, causing Eda to nod in confirmation.
"Yes. What do you think my key does? Your earth and the demon realm are different dimensions, and from hearing you and Kevin talk, I knew he was from a different one as well. You see, when I was younger and went to Hexside, our final exam was to go to a different dimension, study it for a week, and then come back and do a report on what we found. But…I might've ruined it by accidentally bringing back a couple of earth's dinosaurs with me. Bump stopped having that as the final, and Belos banned anyone from using the spell. Of course, being the rebel I am, I kept using it and eventually, Luz walked through. I've broken many rules in my life, but continuing to use that spell is the best one I ever broke, 'cause without it, we'd never have met Luz." Eda couldn't help but smile, unable to imagine a life without her human.
"Aww, Eda! You're gonna make me cry." Luz smiled, touched.
'Amazing to think I have a wanted criminal to thank for meeting the love of my life,' Amity thought.
"Does that mean your original dimension has magic too, Kevin?" Luz asked.
"Sadly, no. But for some reason with every dimension I go, if there are powers there, I'm somehow able to learn them." To demonstrate this, Kevin stuck out his right hand, palm upwards. It took a second, before a small flame formed in it. "I learned this power, among others, from a dimension where certain people could control the elements like water and fire."
"You should show them your other powers! It's so cool!" Luz exclaimed, and Amity felt another ping of jealousy hit her.
'She never said my powers were cool…'
"This leads me to another question, how the hell did you end up here with Luz anyway?" Eda asked.
"Well…"
(Flashback: earlier that same day. Earth)
"Are you sure this plan is going to work?" Luz asked, still uncertain about going through with this.
"C'mon, are you saying Suit doesn't make a convincing you?" Kevin asked, gesturing to the exact copy of Luz that stood behind him.
On earth, there was a current pandemic going on, and no camps were open at the moment. Luz has been desperate to go back to the Boiling Isles, but couldn't use camps as an excuse for disappearing for three months. So Kevin had come up with the idea of activating Suit's 'copy' ability, which allowed the robot to cloak and look, feel, and sound exactly like anyone Kevin requested. Right now, Suit was an exact copy of Luz, including small things like birthmark locations.
The plan was simple: Luz goes to the Boiling Isles while Suit impersonates her. Kevin would stay to add to the illusion, saying she would stay with him to hangout.
"But-but what if Suit dies from not charging or something? What if it does something my mom knows I would never do?"
"Relax. Suit here has been studying you. It knows all your mannerisms and how you act, I guarantee you your mom won't be able to tell the difference."
"Well, if you're so sure…"
"I am! Now go do magic and hangout with your witch friends; I'm sure they've missed you a lot," he said, pushing her towards the portal.
"Okay, but I'm counting on you two! Please don't mess this up," she begged while stepping through the portal door.
"Relax, Suit and I here are professionals," he said while slapping Suit Luz's chest. The robotic girl gasped.
"Pervert!"
Before he knew what was happening, Kevin felt himself get punched in the air. The power behind it was enough to send him flying through the door.
"Suit, you idiot!" Kevin shouted, the door slamming shut before he could go back through.
"I'm an idiot," Suit Luz slapped her forehead with a sigh.
(Flashback End)
"So you ended up here cause your suit of armor hit you so hard, you flew through the portal?" Eda asked with a raised eyebrow. "And, since the key is charging, you're gonna be stuck here for a while."
"Yup. Don't worry; Suit may be an idiot, but it'll pull off our plan without a problem."
"Why not just use the dimension spell to send him back?" Amity asked, hoping it was possible. She was still wary of Kevin and his relationship to Luz.
"Well, it's possible, but it requires several key ingredients, some of which are incredibly hard to find nowadays. In the meantime, you can stay here if ya want," Eda offered.
'Him and Luz? Sharing a house? Together?!'
"Oh! That means we'll get to hangout all the time! We can watch scary movies and write fanfiction and do all sorts of fun stuff! Please say you'll stay here? Pretty please!" Luz begged, clutching onto his arm and giving his puppy dog eyes once again.
'She's never begged me to stay here…'
"Sure, why not? At least until I find another place or build one."
"Yay! We're gonna have so much fun!" Luz exclaimed, hugging the boy nice and tight. Kevin smiled and returned the hug, but noticed the glare he was receiving from the greenette. He smirked and winked, causing Amity to go red with rage rather than embarrassment.
Amity still didn't know what their true relationship was, but she swore on the dead titan of which the Boiling Isles was built upon, she would get to the bottom of it!
Annnnnd, boom, chapter 2. NGL I'm not very happy with this chapter, like I feel that it's lackluster. Of course I feel this way about a lot of chapters that I write oh well. I was considering saving this and posting it tomorrow since the finale comes out (excited and nervous/scared btw) but I decided not to and just post it today. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed it. The support so far on here and Ao3 has been great, and I wanna thank you all.
Oh! Almost forgot, but I've come up with two other story ideas. One's a angtsy highschool AU fic about depression, abuse, and trying to find the light of love in a world turned dark. The other is a silly harem one. I'll probably do them after I eventually complete this one.
Join me next time when Kevin gets schooled...literally. See ya in chapter 3!
