Before you get excited, sadly no, this isn't a new chapter. This is just chapter 6 but beta'd because my guy finally got his power back on. Nothing's changed in the story, although there will be new notes to address/talk about some stuff. Also! I already said that in the original chapter 6 notes that I was gonna put the descriptions of Kevin, Luz, and Amity in chapter 1's notes. I did, but I'm gonna put them here too and maybe in chapter 7 to make sure everyone who's interested gets a look. Again, terribly sorry for getting everyone's hopes up. Will say that chapter 7 is coming along well, and should hopefully be up before next Tuesday. I've been feeling a bit under the weather, so hopefully getting some actual good sleep will fix me up. Anyway, here are the basic descriptions of Kevin, Luz, and Amity.
Kevin: 6'1, borderline 6'2. Brown eyes with short, brown hair that's almost always in a buzz cut style to give his enemies one less thing to grab onto. When in friendly dimensions he sometimes lets it grow out a bit. He's never been one to style it or gel it back, he prefers letting it be wild and untamed. Muscly, but nowhere close to body builders or famous celebrities like The Rock. His skin is ghostly pale, but sometimes he'd tan it just a bit to get some color on him. He almost always wears basic clothing like t-shirts and shorts, he hates long sleeves and pants but will wear them during things like dances or weddings. He mainly wears a black t-shirt that Luz sewed a hood with dog ears on it, much like her own shirt with cat ears (so they could match! :3). He tries to avoid tank tops and being shirtless, unless he's by himself or around people he can trust/feel comfortable around. He has some freckles around his upper cheeks, and a seemingly permanent shade of purple can always be found under his eyes from a severe lack of sleep (most nights he can only get good sleep when Luz is around; he considers her a dream catcher of sort)
Luz: 5'10, with brown eyes and matching brown hair that reaches the nape of her neck; like Kevin, she likes it wild and untamed. She's grown stronger and has gotten some muscle, which is prominent in her arms, legs, and new six pack, courtesy of a training regime Kevin had her on for several months. Whenever not in school she wears black and white sneakers, dark gray pants, and since she outgrew her old t-shirt with cat hood, she's gotten a new one; it's white with purple sleeves, the cat hood still sewed on the back.
Amity: 5'6, with golden eyes and green hair that reaches between her shoulder blades; brown now sits at the front (much like her current show design), and she wears it down instead of tying it up. Her legs hold a bit of muscle to them, but other than that she's still the bean pole she's always been. Her style of clothing hasn't changed much, she still wears fuchsia colored pants and a black shirt with sleeves that reach just past her elbows (what she wore in the episode "Adventures in the Elements"). She has a small scar on her left hand from a spell circle gone wrong. She's a bit self-conscious of it.
The forest was quiet and dull, with the only sounds being the rustling of branches as wind traveled through them and the rushing water of the streams that ran throughout the area. Everything was peaceful and gave the creatures that dwelled in these woods a few precious moments of rest and relaxation.
"AHHHHHHH!" two voices screamed in the forest, their cries followed by a monstrous roar. The creatures were spooked by the screams and roar, and some watched as several trees were knocked down in the distance.
"Just grab the egg you said! It'll never notice you said! Well, I'm pretty sure it bloody well noticed!" Kevin shouted as he slid under a fallen tree. Luz ran next to him, opting to jump over the fallen tree so as to not damage the cargo she currently held; a giant, white egg with red circles scattered around the shell.
"I said I was sorry! The thing had, like, 20 other eggs; I didn't think it would notice that one was missing!" Luz shouted back, the monster's roar causing a shudder to run up her spine. She turned to look back, her eyes widening in horror at the sight of the beast.
The monster behind them was a large bird that ran on two giant legs. The beast was covered in white fur stained red with the blood of whatever prey it had gobbled up from its previous hunt. Its eyes were like giant pearls, pure white with no hint of an iris. Its sharp and jagged teeth poked through its beak, and a dismembered arm hung loosely from the right side; it was more than likely from a witch that had been unlucky enough to cross paths with the monster prior. The beast was an Inmortuatlus, an ancient bird monster that some believed would bring the world's destruction. When it roared, it sounded like a combination of Godzilla and a T-Rex.
"You should've just let me fry this thing when we had the chance!" Kevin shouted as he sidestepped the monster's beak as it lunged at him, trying to take a quick bite.
"But all life is precious!"
"Life stops being precious when it starts trying to kill you!" Kevin argued as the beast started to close the distance between them. Just how fast was this thing going? "I hope you have a plan! Because all my plans end with the same result: those 19 other eggs becoming motherless!"
Luz bit her lip as she thought over their situation and what could be done. The monster had barreled through every glyph she's tried to use, so those were out of the question. It had smashed through the countless stone walls Kevin had put up and fought against the wind he had tried to use to push it back. She didn't want to hurt the creature; they had stolen her egg, after all. If only there were more of her and Kevin, than maybe they could trick the monster and escape.
Wait…that's it!
"Here, take this!" Luz shouted, suddenly throwing the egg towards Kevin. The boy caught it in his hands and stared at her with wide eyes that screamed 'what are you thinking?!'.
"I don't like this plan!"
"When you summon your clones, they appear exactly like you, right? That means they'll be holding eggs when they spawn in! Summon some clones so we can trick her!"
Kevin nodded at the idea and did as he was told. Several clouds of smoke poofed around him as his clones were summoned. Like Luz had predicted, they were all holding eggs similar to Kevin. "Okay, now what?" Kevin asked before he watched Luz snatch the real egg from his hands.
"Now you guys distract her while I run away with the real egg! I'll see you back at the Owl House! Good luck!" Luz called out as she skidded to a stop and ran through a group of smaller trees off to the side of the path. The Inmortuatlus didn't seem to notice, as the angry mother continued chasing Kevin and his clones.
"Wha—I better be allowed to drink when this is all over!" Kevin screamed, hoping that Luz could hear him. He dove into a nearby bush and peeked through the branches, watching as his clones drew the Inmortuatlus away from him. A sigh escaped his lips as he stood from the bush and dusted himself clean of leaves and tiny branches. He was sure they would give him shit for using them as bait later. "I can't tell what's worse: the fact that she used me and my clones as bait or that I literally can't stay mad at her," Kevin wondered out loud to himself. He could hear the screams of his clones and the roar of the Inmortuatlus in the distance, and figured the best course of action would be getting the hell out of these woods before she returned.
"Ah yes, let the human who's spent like a week here try to find his way out of the new area that he's never been in before. Brilliant! Just bloody brilliant," he grumbled as he walked down one of the countless dirt paths that called the forest home. "Do I turn left or right at the rock that looks like a face?" he mused, staring at the disfigured rock that had uneven eyes, a lopsided frown, and giant rectangular nose that sat between two paths.
He was getting ready to choose a path, but the soft sound of crying nearby caught his attention. He followed the sound, pushing his way through bushes and ducking under low-hanging branches. Soon he came across a small clearing and his eyes widened in surprise upon seeing Amity on a rock, body shaking violently as she sobbed uncontrollably for reasons unknown.
"Amity?" he asked tentatively as he stepped into the clearing to see if she was okay. He noticed her body went rigid after he first spoke. "Are you okay?"
"You," he heard her growl as she stood up from the rock, her back still turned to him.
"Me," Kevin said jokingly, trying to lighten the mood as the temperature around him seemed to drop drastically. She turned to him, and he was taken back by the look of agony and pure hatred held in her teary red eyes.
"You!" she shouted while drawing a spell circle in the air. Purple sludge started to form in the dirt, and it grew and molded itself into an Abomination that stood at least 10 feet tall, a solid four feet taller than Kevin. "Abomination, attack!"
The goo monster gurgled in response and raised its enlarged fist into the air before bringing it back down to the ground. Kevin jumped out of the way, avoiding the attack and creating some distance between him and the creature. The Abomination charged him, its hands turning into axes before swinging them at Kevin. He ducked under the goo blades and watched as the Abomination tore through the tree that stood behind him, sending it tumbling down to the ground.
"If this is some sort of practical joke witches pull on the Boiling Isles, I am so not into it!" he shouted while side-stepping another swish from the Abomination. He threw himself to the ground, dodging a wave of pink flames from Amity before crawling backwards, avoiding the Abomination as it nearly chopped his legs off.
"You took her from me. My one shot at true happiness, and you swoop in and take her away from me! What gives you the right? Who do you think you are?!" Amity continued to shout, drawing several spell circles in rapid succession and causing more flames to spread throughout the clearing.
"I don't even know who or what you're talking about! Who did I 'take away from you'?" he asked, continuing to dodge the Abomination's attacks as well as the flames. He hissed in pain as a stream of fire nipped him, tearing through his clothing and burning the skin of his upper left arm and right thigh.
"Luz! I saw you two in the forest kissing earlier! Why did it have to be her? Out of everyone in this world, why did it have to be her?!"
"What? What are you even talking—" Kevin stopped himself mid-sentence as the Abomination tried slicing him once again. A growl of annoyance escaped him and he rushed forward, shoving a hand into the gooey creature's stomach. Fire formed in his palm and began growing in heat, causing the Abomination to grow and inflate before popping like a balloon, causing its purple goo body to go flying back in every direction. Amity went to summon another, but felt her arms get grabbed and brought behind her; two clones held on so she could no longer attack. With a wave of his hands, the goo dropped from Kevin's body, and he approached the struggling witch.
"Let go of me!" Amity ordered as she tried breaking free. The clones held her arms and hands tight, not allowing her to draw any spell circles that would help.
"Not until you tell me what in the literal seven circles of hell you're talking about. What did you mean when you said you saw Luz and I kissing?" he asked, genuinely confused.
"I saw the two of you about 30 minutes ago! I knew something was going on between the two of you; I just didn't want to believe it until I saw it with my own eyes," she growled at him, baring her fangs like an angry dog.
"30 minutes ago?" he asked, wracking through his brain to figure out what she was talking about. His eyes widened in surprise when he realized what had happened. "That wasn't the real us; you must've looked at the Gloomghoul we were tracking and it showed you a vision of us kissing."
Another growl escaped Amity before the realization finally hit her, her body freezing at the thought as she blushed red from embarrassment. She remembered from her class that Gloomghouls heavily populated this area of the Wicked Forest. Oh man, she had messed up big time, hadn't she?
"W-Why were you searching for a Gloomghoul?"
"The healing witches are on strike right now, so Eda sent Luz and I out to gather ingredients for this healing potion recipe she knows about. Gloomghoul tears was one of them," he informed her before snapping his fingers upon seeing that she had finally calmed down. His clones disappeared, freeing Amity at last. "Hold on, have you been the one spying on us?" he asked, causing her to gulp.
"Ah, well, you see…" Amity trailed off as she slowly backed away. She turned to make a run for it, but a wall of stone suddenly shot up from the ground and blocked her escape route.
"You're not getting out of this. I've had a feeling that someone's been following Luz and I around, but she just kept saying I was being paranoid. There's a lot of holes you gotta plug so I can make sense of…whatever this is," he said, two little spires of stone shooting up from the ground before he sat down on one of them and gestured to the other one for her. She sighed, but sat down across from him. "Again, are you the one that's been following us around?"
"I-I may have followed the two of you around a little bit," she admitted awkwardly, rubbing the back of her neck from embarrassment.
"So not only have you been following us around, you attack me because you thought I 'stole' Luz from you, and your greatest fear was Luz and I being together?" he listed off, watching her face grow redder and redder with each word. "Why?"
"Have-Have you ever loved someone so much that it hurts?" she asked softly, and Kevin's gaze softened. "Have you loved someone so much that being away from them hurts? That the thought of them being with someone else feels like someone's tearing your heart out?" she continued, and he nodded in agreement.
"I know the feeling all too well." He scratched his head, images of gorgeous blond hair and ocean blue eyes flashing in his mind. He couldn't help but frown at the memories of his first love. 'May she rest in peace.'
"Well, that's how I feel about Luz, how I've felt about her almost ever since she came here. For the longest time, I couldn't function around her, and to some extent I still can't. She makes the world seem less bleak; she's my reason to live. I love everything about her, from her cute smile to how excited she gets over every little thing about magic. It's...infatuating, you know? She's the only one for me, my soulmate. It was such a relief to know she was coming back, but when she came back with you I felt kind of...threatened, I guess you could say?" she said, and he nodded in understanding.
"You know, you could've just asked if we were together. It would've saved both of us from a lot of trouble," he pointed out, and she nodded.
"I was scared, ya know? I didn't want my hunch to be true, because then there goes my one shot at true happiness. My last chance at a happily ever after," she sighed, nails digging into her flesh. No, no more tears. She had to be strong. "So what now? Are you going to tell her about…all of this?" she asked, gesturing to the little warzone she had created.
"Listen, I understand that to some extent this is partially my fault. Luz and I have a very close friendship that on the outside looking in, yeah, I can't blame you for thinking we were together. We found each other in our times of need, and we've grown close. But I can assure you, there's nothing going on between us romantically."
"Nothing?" she asked, wanting to be reassured once again. "I want you to be completely honest with me."
"Nothing. Ok look, we may cuddle on the couch while watching TV."
"Oh my titan."
"And, yeah, we might sleep in the same bed sometimes."
"Oooooh my titan."
"And, we might, might, kiss each other on the cheek good night and good morning."
"WHAT?"
"But it's all platonic! I swear and, to be fair, you wanted me to be honest!"
"Not that honest!" Amity groaned, rubbing her temples as she felt a headache start to form. "Why did you tell me all of that?"
"Because I'm kind of an ass and I'm still kind of mad about you attacking me, so consider those little images I've planted in your head as payback," he said. "Look, the two of us are awkward teenagers. I've never had a friend my age until her, and I'm the longest friend her age that she's ever spent time with. This is still new territory for us, so yeah, we don't know exactly how to 'function' properly with one another. But Amity, I swear to you, we're just friends. Nothing more, nothing less," he said, trying to reassure her one last time. She stared into his eyes, and found no hint of him lying or anything of the sort.
"It's a bit hard with these new…cursed images in my head, but I believe you," she said, causing him to smile. "So, what happens now?"
"Now? Well, that depends on what you wanna do," he said. "You want to get together with Luz and have your happily ever after. I want Luz to be happy, and I have a good feeling you'll make her happier than anyone else. Maybe I could help you?" he offered, causing Amity to tilt her head to the side.
"Help me how?"
"Well first off, do you have a room of some kind that we can use for planning?"
(Library: Amity's secret room)
Amity watched from her chair as Kevin wrote something down on a white board. Where he had gotten it, she didn't know, but she was almost certain she heard one of the librarians crying about it missing.
"And done!" he exclaimed, moving out of the way of his creation. She could clearly see that he had written down a list of some kind. "I call it '10 Ways To Get A Human To Fall In Love With You.' It's a working title; I'd love a new one if you can think of one."
"What is it?" she asked.
"It's a list of 10 activities that can lead the two of you to getting together. It might have been a while since I've dated someone, but, statistically speaking, at least one of these things should help a romance blossom between the two of you," he informed her. "Of course, some options can't be picked yet, since some activities are on specific dates, but other than that, the rest are free for the picking."
"Are you sure this will work?" she asked, unsure. As much as she appreciated him trying to help, past experiences told her this might not end well.
"Amity, I promise you, I'm going to help you and Luz get together. One of these will work, guaranteed," he said before sticking his hand out. "So, what do ya say? Partners?"
She stared down as the offered hand, her own fidgeting. Was this a good idea? Could she really trust him? He hasn't really given her a reason not to…and this was for Luz, after all. She'd do anything to be with the one she loved.
She grasped his hand and firmly shook it.
"Partners." She nodded, causing him to smile.
"Excellent. Well, it's up to you. Which do you wanna do first?" he asked, gesturing to the board. She stepped up, the board suddenly feeling much larger and more intimidating than before. She looked through the list before circling the first option.
Please Titan, let this work.
Yes Amity has fangs, meet one of my new headcanons about her. Another headcanon of mine will show up soon
Ugh, finally! We can start getting into the 'meat' of this story. That's good, however it's also bad because it means we're roughly 1/3 the way through this story. Thank you for staying with me on this journey so far, and I hope you stay around not only to see this story through, but for the other Owl House fics I have planned.
With that being it, it bring up something I wanna talk about. I've been fairly consistent word wise per chapter. Every chapter has had roughly 3K to 4K words, which is great. That being said from now on, chapters will start varying in word count. Some chapters may only have 1K, others maybe 2.5K. It really depends how much I want/can put into a chapter. Hopefully this isn't a problem.
Kind of spoilery, but I'm sure if you've taken a look at the newly updated tags, you'll see what I'm talking about. I mentioned in the original chapter 6 notes, so I'm gonna mention it here too. I'm planning of Kevin and Boscha to get together. From all the fanart I've been seeing and some of the fanfics I've been reading, she's growing on me...don't get me wrong she's kind of a bitch in the show, but she'll be nicer here. Hope this isn't a problem for any of you.
Hopefully some of you found that whole 'it's platonic' scene funny. I created a rough little draft of that scene a long time ago and wanted to add it. There was another scene where Amity refused to talk, so Kevin summoned a clone of what his and Luz's baby would look like if they had one and had it grow up until Amity finally started talking. I decided against adding that scene because I felt like some people would hate it/be annoyed by it.
Also, does anyone know of any good and long Lumity fics with a happy ending? With angst is also appreciated because I've been in such a 'angst fic with a happy ending' mood lately. Also, also, if anyone knows of a Owl House discord that's pretty active please let me know. I've joined one called 'The Owl House Community' and it's...alright, but I'm wondering if there are any others that are move active with more users? Again, please let me know if there's any you can think of/are a part of. I'd greatly appreciate it.
I think that's it for now. Hope you're all prepared for flirty Luz and Amity's brain short circuiting from now on.
Join me next time when Amity partakes in step 1 of Kevin's 10 step plan. See ya in chapter 7!
