The emperors guards circle the Owl House, the place where the bird-worm demon somehow wiggled his way into his companions hearts just months ago. The group watched as their family, consisting of only Eda and Lilith, were escorted out of the home. Eda, unlike her usual rebellious self, had a strange aura of emptiness surrounding her. It was strange, to Luz, to see her energetic trickster of a Boiling Isles mom like that. Impulsively running out to try and save Eda, Luz is stopped by Hooty wrapping his body around her like a boa constrictor. He pulls Luz further into the bush, and releases her only when he realizes he's hurting her. King urgently reminds Luz to stay back, but they are distracted by Hooty, apparently summoning his final form magical girl transformation-esque. Running after him, Luz and King see Eda and Lilith tied together. They jump out to help Hooty, but in his rage, he accidentally swallows them. While inside Hooty, Luz notices the inner walls of Hooty's seemingly endless body are dripping with wet, copious, and glistening Titan Blood. "Kiinngg..." Luz calls, her voice coated with hesitancy. "King, do you remember the blood test Hooty had you get?" King nods. "well, I uhh I think Hooty kinda uh swallowed it?" King jumps in response, agreeing with her. "wait, Luz, that means Hooty could be your portal! Once we get out of here, all we need to do is have him stretch his mouth wide enough to trigger the power source, and then you can be home and safe" Suddenly, a loud thud vibrates through the worm body, and the pair is tumbled out. Emperor's Guards orbit the two, and share their orders to capture Hooty. Having heard Luz and King's conversation, he knew what he would have to do. Uttering his last obnociously loud words as he prepares to stretch into a portal, a single tear rolls down his face, and he starts sobbing. "LULU I WISH I WOULDNT LEAVE YOU". Very loudly. Lilith gives a sad smile, and composes herself quickly. "Oh hootcifer, you will always be right here", gesturing to her heart turning to share a final secret to the bird that she never expected to feel so fondly of. He was just a simple bird tube, nothing more than a house alarm, and yet he had been able to provide Lilith with something she desprately needed: A second chance and a friend. Hooty quickly stretches his mouth, and eda pushes Luz in, amity running over from out of nowhere. The young couple embrace, and Amity makes a split second descision to go with Luz to the human realm. "Go, kid. I'll catch ya later, just go. Now". Eda gives her iconic snarky grin and finger guns, and Hooty swallows, giving the portal his all. A guard uses an ice spell to try to freeze Hooty. He gives his last breath and collapses onto the ground, leaving Lilith with a small hairball, which would later allow her to put a baby Hootcifer in a new door. Luz, King, and Amity fall into a dark pulsing pit, with Emperor Belos's laugh echoing around them. Meanwhile, back in the Boiling Isles, Lilith and Eda are with Raine, Darius, and a couple other Coven Rebels, determined to save the people from the Day of Unity. "I know you say your kids are safe, Eda, but you should know that they got into some pretty dangerous stuff. If they're caught, it will not end well for them. Especially with the head Witch of the Illusionist Coven. They are very deceptive, and will do anything, including manipulating innocent minds, to serve the Emperor." Raine's warning envokes a strong disturbance amoung the group.
