"So what exactly is a 'witches duel' anyway?" Kevin asked as he, Luz, Gus, Willow, and Amity walked out the front doors of Hexside. School had just ended for the day, so now it was time for his fight with Boscha.

"It is exactly what you'd expect. Two witches fight until one is no longer able to, or until one surrenders. Things can turn real nasty real fast; the last witch Boscha fought ended up in the infirmary for a whole week," Amity informed him, wary of what was about to happen. Boscha has always been ruthless to the opponents she actually liked or held no ill will towards. What would she do to someone she hated?

"You know you don't have to do this, right? Oh I know! We just have my illusion take your place and when it gets destroyed, we can lie and say that's what happens to humans when they get hurt! How about it?" Gus asked as he drew a spell circle into the air, and in a poof of blue smoke, an illusion of Kevin appeared next to him.

"Gus, buddy, I truly mean no offense by this, really I don't. But even if I had an hour, I couldn't list all the reasons why that won't work," Kevin said as gently as he could, disappointing Gus and the illusion, and as a result the Kevin illusion poofed away. "Don't worry, this'll be easy. Besides, I'm not scared of some stereotypical mean girl bully from literally every show or movie filled with teenage angst and drama aimed towards teenagers.

"…Wow that's uh, that's quite the description," Willow said, surprised at how accurate, albeit rude, his description of Boscha was.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Missed breakfast because of a certain someone and my lunch was screaming at me so I didn't eat it. I kinda turn into a bit of a bitch when I'm hungry."

"Only a bit?" Luz joked, causing Kevin to snort.

The group could see a gathering of students off in the distance, and in the middle of those wanting to watch the duel were Boscha and her lackeys, conversing with one another.

"Step right up and bet against the human! Or, bet for him, although we don't know why you would!" Edric called out as he and Emira walked around, trays hanging from their necks as they collected the bets from those who believed Kevin would lose.

"Nice, real classy you two," Kevin rolled his eyes as he walked past the twins.

"No offense, Kevin; we're just taking advantage of the current situation. No hard feelings, right?" Emira asked as Ed nodded in agreement. Kevin could only shake his head and sigh at the two of them. Is this what Amity always dealt with?

"Surprised you came. I thought you were going to chicken out or something," Boscha said with a smirk as her lackeys backed away into the crowd. The students formed a circle around the two.

"Meh, I had some time to kill." Kevin shrugged. "So what are the stakes exactly? Bragging rights? Lifelong servitude? Does the loser have to switch schools or something?"

"The loser has to wear this until the winner says so," Boscha said as she pulled something out of her pocket and showed it to Kevin. It was a pin that had the word "LOSER" in bold blue letters with a background that was an ugly green color. "The pin is magical and will always appear on your clothing, even if you change clothes."

"Is-Is that it?"

"It'll also gives whoever wears it awful and horrific nightmares that will eventually drive them insane."

"Yup, there it is. I was waiting for the ever so classic 'magical item with a deadly curse' trope to rear its ugly little head. Cliché after cliché," he mumbled to himself. "Okay, let's just get this over with. Luz is supposed to show me around the Boiling Isles," Kevin said as he readied himself for a fight. Then it dawned on him that he had forgotten something. "Wait a minute. How do witches in the potion track fight exactly? Like, what can they do?" he asked while turning to his friends.

"Didn't you pay attention in class? Your last class is literally about potions!" Gus said, surprised that Kevin didn't know how potion witches fought.

"I…might have dozed off during class," he said, causing Gus, Amity, and Willow to facepalm. "I have a short attention span!"

"Witches in the potion track create and use potions to fight. Every potion has a different effect, like fire breath, super speed, or even invisibility."

"Uh, excuse me? Did you say invisibil-" Kevin began to say, only to be cut off as he was punched in his jaw. He stumbled back a few steps, caught off guard by the surprise attack. He held onto his jaw to make sure it wasn't broken, and that's when he noticed the empty potion bottle laying on the ground where Boscha had been, a few droplets of clear liquid dripping from the opening. "Invisibility. It's always invisibility, literally one of the few things I have very little experience fighting against. Still, attacking me when I'm not paying attention? A dirty move, but I respect it," Kevin said, before feeling the flesh of his right cheek get ripped into by something razor sharp. He hissed in pain, and used his thumb to wipe away the leaking blood.

"C'mon Kevin, she's just invisible! This should be a walk in the park for you!" Luz cheered on.

"Hey, invisible opponents aren't as easy to fight as you think! The last time I fought something that was invisible, half of South America nearly became a crater!" Kevin said, noticing some dust get kicked into the air. He leaned back, dodging another razor sharp scratch. He might not be able to see his opponent, but he could see the results of her movements. The more often that dust was kicked into the air, the easier it was to predict her movements. He backed away and ducked under her attacks, still unable to attack because he couldn't see her. Soon he was backed against some of the onlookers, and noticed that one of the boys next to him was drinking something. "Mind if I borrow that?" he asked, and didn't wait for a reply before grabbing the drink and splashing it in front of him.

Most of the drink splashed onto the ground, but some managed to get onto Boscha. The purple liquid stuck to her skin and finally allowed Kevin to know where to strike. With a smirk, Kevin thrust a fist forward, and a stream of fire shot outwards and towards the three-eyed teen. She yelped and ducked under the flame, successfully dodging it without a scratch. She growled in anger and dug into her pockets before pulling out another potion bottle filled with red liquid. She drank the whole thing in one gulp, and as a result her invisibility potion was deactivated.

With a deep inhale, Boscha opened her mouth and blew out a torrent of flames towards her opponent. Kevin was prepared and slammed his foot onto the ground, causing a wall of fire to shoot up and negate her flames. Boscha stood up from the ground and blew another wave of flames, and Kevin concentrated his own in his right hand, forming a whip of fire. He cracked it, and the whip sliced through the fire breath like a knife. He cracked the whip several more times, causing Boscha to jump back with every attack.

He smiled, and with another crack swiped his left foot against the ground. As Boscha jumped back one last time, a small block of stone rose from the ground before her foot. Boscha yelped as she fell backwards onto the ground, and Kevin raised his right hand into the air before clenching it. Stone bindings rose from the ground and wrapped around her wrists and ankles, keeping her pinned to the ground. She pulled against the stone, but it wouldn't budge; she was trapped.

"You're trapped and can't access your potions. I think we can call this duel over." He smirked down at her before turning to the crowd. "Okay everyone, the show's over and I win. You can all go home now."

"Wait…that's it? It's over?" one of the students from the back of the crowd asked.

"Wha-yes, it's over! What? Did you expect some epic fight of the century or something? This isn't some anime where our fight was gonna take like five episodes to complete. The gap between my power and her power is far too wide. I could've finished this, like, the second I showed up, but that would've been 'mean' and 'cheap'," Kevin said.

"In your dreams!" Boscha growled from her position on the ground.

"Boooo," the crowd booed at the fight, or lack thereof, before they started to disperse. Kevin even had to dodge a cup of liquid that had been thrown at him.

"Why am I the bad guy here?" he asked no one in particular, before hissing as something wet touched his cheek scratches, causing them to burn. "No, no! You know I hate that stuff. Let me just suffer in peace!" he pleaded as he tried to back away, only to get pulled right back by Luz.

"Ah ah ah, you're not going anywhere until we get these cleaned up," Luz ordered as she dampened a cloth with more rubbing alcohol. "Dios mío, she really did a number on you."

"This is just disgusting," Boscha complained from her point of view on the ground as her lackeys tried helping her up.

'For once, I actually agree with her,' Amity thought with her arms crossed against her chest as she watched Luz clean Kevin's wounds. It was like the two were in their own little world as she held his face tenderly, carefully applying the 'rubbing alcohol as they called it. 'They do realize we have healing magic, right? It's like they're trying to spite me.'

"There, all clean now," Luz said, finally finished with the deep scratch wounds.

"What? No kiss to make it feel better?"

"Maybe if you're a good boy."

"So…never then?" Kevin asked, causing Luz to giggle. Amity could only roll her eyes in annoyance.

"How's your arm?" Luz asked after she stopped laughing.

"It's fine. Hurts, but that comes with the territory," Kevin said, allowing Luz to roll up the sleeve of his right arm. She grimaced upon seeing the ugly shades of red and purple that had formed around his upper arm. The smell of burnt flesh making her nauseous. "Hey, it's okay. I just need some rest and it'll go back to normal."

"What happened to your arm?" Willow asked, horrified upon seeing it in such a state. Had Boscha's fire hit him?

"Well, it's complicated," Kevin said. "I'll tell you the full story sometime, but the short story is that I'm not really supposed to be able to use such…'fire magic'. My body isn't built for it and when I use it, it ends up burning me."

"Well, I suppose that does make sense. But wait, why doesn't stuff like that happen to Luz?" Willow asked, confused. Luz had never been hurt using her magic, so why was Kevin?

"That's an explanation that needs to be said when we're alone," Kevin said, watching as Boscha's lackeys tried getting her free from the stone restraints. "Which reminds me, if I remember correctly, I won the duel. Which means…" he trailed off, looking around on the ground before finding the pin that had been dropped before the fight. "I believe this belongs to you. I'm thinking...10 years? 16?" he suggested, forcing the restraints to open and sink back into the dirt. The glare he received in return warmed his heart.

"Hey, I know she's not the most pleasant witch around, but don't you think making her wear that is a little mean?" Luz asked, hoping to appeal to Kevin's nice side. Even with Boscha's past torments fresh in her memory, not even she thought Boscha deserved nightmares that would eventually drive her insane.

Luz's words made Kevin think of something he had once heard. 'The monks used to say that revenge is like a two-headed rat-viper. While you watch your enemy go down, you're being poisoned yourself.' Would hurting Boscha really solve any problems? It'd be funny, yes, but it'd solve nothing in the end. 'Goddamn you and your hippie monk bullshit,' Kevin thought bitterly with a sigh.

"Curse you for trying to make me a better person. Next thing ya know, you're gonna make me stop drinking."

"Well now that you mention it-"

"Lalala, can't hear you," Kevin said, cutting off the "angel on his right shoulder" before she could finish her sentence. He turned towards the three-eyed witch and her friends. "Can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm not gonna make you wear it. Even though you're an asshole who deserves a bit of punishment, phrasing, me being an asshole right back won't solve anything. Consider yourself lucky; if it wasn't for Luz, I'd make you wear this for like, 15 years."

"I'm not an asshole! Right?" Boscha asked, turning to her friends. Skara whistled innocently and looked into the sky while the other girl merely kicked at the ground

"My point proven," Kevin said while gesturing to her friends. The witch glared at him, but to his surprise, she just turned and walked away; no cussing, yelling, arguing, or threats. Her friends seemed equally as surprised before following right behind her. "Wow, that was unexpected. Maybe she's gonna go start the 'redeeming myself' arc earlier than I expected."

"Boscha leaving without a word? I haven't seen that since, well, ever," Gus said in awe. "Do you think this means she'll be nicer from now on?"

"It's possible. I have been known to make even the biggest of jerks become nice, although 6 times out of 10 they usually end up crushing on me. Oh please god don't let this be one of those 6 times," Kevin said, horrified at his own words. "Yup, definitely gonna need a drink to get these thoughts out of my head."

"Nope! Don't you remember that I was gonna show you around after school?" Luz asked.

"Then can I get a drink?"

"Nope! You're gonna start cutting back; drinking that stuff isn't healthy for you," Luz said, causing Kevin to let out a long and annoyed groan. "You guys wanna come with? I'm sure we won't get into too much trouble."

"I wish, but I have to help my dads with the shop," Willow said apologetically.

"Sorry, but I can't. It's family night tonight, and my parents have been setting it up for months," Gus said, wishing he could come along.

"What about you, Amity?" Luz asked. The green-haired witch flushed pink under the human's gaze, but she shook her head.

"I-I have to help Ed and Em around the house; otherwise, I would. Another time perhaps?" she asked, and Luz happily nodded in agreement.

"Of course! We'll talk to you guys later, because now we're off on an adventure!" Luz exclaimed before grabbing Kevin's wrist and leading him towards their first destination.

"I promise not to keep her out that much past curfew," Kevin joked one last time before letting himself be dragged into the unknown.

(Location 1: The Knee)

A powerful and chilling wind greeted Kevin and Luz as they arrived at The Knee, the arctic region of the Boiling Isles that was, funny enough, formed upon the right knee of the titan's skeleton. This is where Luz has learned ice magic the last time she had come here with Eda, and where she had almost gotten Eda, Edric, and Emira eaten by a giant monster. The place held bittersweet memories for the human girl.

"Do you think we'll see any monsters up here?" Kevin asked as Luz led him through the snow-covered trees.

"It's possible. Why, are you scared? Don't worry, I'll protect you from the big, bad monsters," Luz teased, causing Kevin to roll his eyes.

"Ah yes, thank you my knight in shining cat hoodie. Dost thou wanteth a kiss, my brave champion?"

As the two spoke, neither were aware of the soft and quiet footsteps that followed them. Green hair poked around a tree as Amity watched the two, determined to uncover their relationship to one another. The way they acted and spoke to one another told her there was something more than a mere friendship, but humans were weird after all; this could've just been how they talked to one another. Regardless, it didn't make her any less jealous.

A sudden roar shook the mountain, causing snow to fall from the tree branches and pelt the ground below. Luz froze at the noise, as she was all too familiar with the creature who had made it.

"Ooo, let's check that out," Kevin said, waiting for no reply before he started walking towards the noise.

"H-how about we turn back and come back another day? Preferably when that thing's asleep," Luz suggested as she followed him.

"Who's the scared one now? I thought you were supposed to be my fearless knight," he teased as the roaring got louder. Soon they found a clearing, and saw the beast that had been roaring. It was a huge yeti-like monster, its body covered in white fur. Its claws were purple, and inside its giant mouth were several rows of sharp, yellow teeth. The beast's giant, red eyes searched the area, and Kevin assumed that it was looking for its next meal. "Cool! Haven't seen anything like this before."

"That's a Slitherbeast," Luz informed him with a gulp. "That's the thing that nearly killed Amity's brother and sister and Eda. It shoots out a goo that sticks to its prey, trapping them."

Click

Luz froze, then turned to her friend as he pointed his phone towards the monster.

"Kevin!"

"Whoops, always forget that's on," he awkwardly laughed as he rubbed the back of his head as she saw the horrified look Luz was giving him. "What? It's not like it heard that or anything."

The Slitherbeast turned to the two of them and let out a terrifying roar. It charged at their location and jumped towards them, hoping to land on its new prey. Kevin acted quickly before melting the surrounding snow and taking control of the water that was left behind. He controlled the water above the two of them before turning it into solid ice. The Slitherbeast landed on the ice, but lost control on its slippery surface and slid away from the two of them and went further into the forest. With the beast gone, but not defeated, Luz grabbed Kevin's wrist and dragged him away from the area before the monster could come back.

The beast shook its head after finally stopping sliding through the trees. It growled in anger and was ready to charge back to the two, before a twig snapping from behind caught its attention. Turning, the monster laid its eyes on Amity. It roared before chasing her as she screamed and tried to run away.

(Location 2: The Remains of Belos's Castle)

Broken and burnt stone lay on the ground, the once tall and magnificent castle was now nothing more but broken rubble that had fallen on that fateful day. The area was eerily quiet, and the masks and weapons of the soldiers who had fought here long ago littered the ground, broken and forgotten. While the castle brought back plenty of bad and traumatic memories to the human girl, it also brought back some good ones. Like when she and King had rescued Eda before she was turned to stone, or when they had defeated Belos and gotten Eda's powers back.

"Neat," Kevin said, snapping a picture of the giant heart that sat above the emperor's broken throne. No longer did it beat with life that it once held. "Can I touch it?"

"I'd really prefer that you didn't," Luz replied, staring at the no longer beating heart. It felt so weird being here again; it felt like the final fight with Belos was a lifetime ago instead of the months that it had actually been.

"Ah c'mon, just a little poke! What's the worse that…could…happen…" Kevin trailed off, before he started looking around in all different directions. "Hey, do you feel like we're being watched?"

"Not really? I mean, who'd be creepy enough to be spying on us?" Luz asked.

Amity stopped herself from yelping, her face a bright red from embarrassment as she stood still behind a broken pillar.

"Well, you did piss a lot of people off after defeating Belos, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of his followers wanted revenge on you."

"You're just being paranoid. Trust me, we're the only ones here," Luz said, trying to reassure him that everything was okay. Kevin only hummed in acknowledgement before missing a flash of white as something ran behind a fallen wall.

"I guess you're right. Let's get out of here," Kevin said before kicking a small rock away from him.

The rock traveled across the ground before slamming into another bigger rock. The bigger rock rolled across the ground before hitting the base of an already damaged statue. The statue wobbled and its ankles broke, causing it to fall towards and slam against a different statue. The new statue fell as a result, the axe that it once held falling as well.

Amity screamed as she dove out of the way of the falling statue, narrowly dodging out of the way before it could crush her legs. She sighed in relief before laying down, before screaming again as the axe fell, its blade landing just inches above her head. The witch shook in fright and relief.

'I'm going to kill him,' she thought with a growl.

(Owl House)

Kevin hummed to himself as he drew in a notebook, sketching a map of the Boiling Isles. While Luz had shown him some cool spots, there was much left to discover. He planned on doing some more exploring during his free time.

"Heard from Luz about your little duel today. Good job at beating that little brat; it's about time someone brought her down a peg," Eda said as she took a sip from her drink.

"That's what I said, but man, was the duel lackluster. It honestly made me miss some of my previous dimensions; at least there some people knew how to fight," he sighed.

"Ha, sorry to say, kid, but you'll have to get used to it. With the whole coven system still in place, it really cripples a witch power-wise. You won't really find many powerful witches here anymore."

"Well…you're a powerful witch, right?" Kevin asked, causing Eda to smirk.

"Probably the most powerful with Belos gone. Why do you ask?"

"Well, you're a powerful witch. I'm looking for a good fight against a powerful opponent. Soooo…"

"You're challenging me to a witch duel?" Eda asked, surprised. "Ha! I like you kid, I accept. Does tomorrow sound good?"

"Sounds perfect. Finally, I've been aching for a good fight!"

"Just don't be upset when you lose, kid," Eda said as she left the room to refill her drink.

"It won't be as easy as you think," Kevin said to himself as blue energy danced across his fingertips. He was excited for tomorrow.

(Blight manor: Amity's room)

"Dearest Diary,

I started my investigation into Luz's and Kevin's relationship today by following them around. The results were less than satisfactory, and I was nearly killed several times because of Kevin. Am I being creepy for following them around and spying on them? Wait, why I'm I asking you? You're a book. Titan, I'm going crazy.

Anyway, on the surface there doesn't seem anything to be going on other than a weirdly close friendship? Do all humans flirt with their friends and promise them kisses? Cause if so…it's too bad I'm not a human.

I'm going to continue my investigation on the two of them. It could be they're just really close and that there are no romantic feelings being shared. I certainly hope not, at least. I'll keep you updated once I gather more evidence.

Until Next Time!

-A.B."


This chapter has a few references to Kevin's previous adventures. Can you name them all?

So...I won't lie, I'm not super happy with how this chapter turned out. Idk why but about halfway through, it just got difficult for me to write? It upsets me, but oh well. Just gotta keep pushing forward I guess.

I promise that the next few fights will be much more action packed/entertaining.

I found this great story on Ao3 called "I'm on cloud nine (up like zero gravity)" by "KryptidWriter". It only has 6 chapters, but it's probably my most fav Owl House fic that I've found so far.

Amity is a confirmed lesbian! I'm hella happy about that. Hopefully Dana (creator of The Owl House) has Luz and Amity get together before the finale. So many shows do that and I wish they didn't.

So I realized I haven't really given any character description besides Luz and maybe Kevin. Would you all want that in the author notes in chapter 5?

If any of you have questions, whether they be about me personally, the story, or Kevin himself (since you all don't know much about him) please feel free to ask them. I'll answer them all in the next chapter UNLESS to answer the question I have to spoil the story. I'd prefer not to spoil anything.

I think that's it. Join me next time as Kevin and Eda duel and as Amity's world comes crumbling down around her. See ya in chapter 5!