She-Ra stands tall in a bright, golden glow, illuminating the Owl House. While everyone else is shaking with fear, Luz and Amity are surprisingly overawed with admiration. She-Ra reminds them of one of their favorite characters from The Good Witch Azura. To say they're bedazzled is an understatement. They are in the presence of a goddess. They want to bow down and adore her, worship her. They want to be her.
"Can you two stop drooling over the enemy?" a frustrated Willow interrupts their fangirl moment. She then reaches into her pocket for a willow seed. She quickly casts a plant spell, turning it into a giant willow tree. She directs the tree branches to attack She-Ra and tie her up.
"That's cute," laughs Glimmer. "You should meet my friend Perfuma."
She-Ra isn't threatened by Willow's spell. She just flexes a little and the branches shatter into pieces, setting her free. She then transforms her sword into a hot rod, ready to attack. Willow screams and runs towards Eda. Trembling in fear, Gus freezes and pees his pants.
"Please just take me and don't hurt the kids," Eda surrenders, signaling Luz and her friends to stand behind her.
The desperation and look of fear in their eyes convinces Bow that they are not really a threat. He motions his friends to retreat, "It's just a bunch of kids and their grandma."
"Hey," Eda sounds offended. "Who are you calling grandma?" Everyone breaks into laughter.
She-Ra takes a deep breath and transforms back into Adora. She apologizes for almost attacking them. Luz and Eda explain that it was all a misunderstanding. All they wanted was to open a portal to the human realm to help Luz see her mother again. But apparently, they opened the portal to the wrong dimension. It happens.
As an act of kindness, Glimmer teleports the mess from Willow's tree out of the house. She also teleports Luz's ice pillar out of the house, setting Catra free. "Finally," Catra thanks Glimmer. She starts rubbing her butt to warm it up after being stuck in that ice pillar.
"You could have destroyed my kingdom," Glimmer says upon returning. "Hasn't anyone told you how dangerous interdimensional portals can be?"
"Eh! Who cares?" King brushes it off, "We eat danger for breakfast in this house."
"Oh my God!" Glimmer gets frustrated, "You still don't get it!" She then storms off. Bow follows her to make sure she's okay.
"What's up with that one?" asks Eda.
Adora explains that they've had bad luck with portals. She reveals that Glimmer's mother sacrificed herself to close a portal that was consuming everything in Etheria, causing their reality to collapse in on itself.
Eda apologizes, "I had no idea." She goes after Glimmer to offer her condolences and clear things up. The room falls into a dead silence. King leaves because he can't handle tense situations. Catra starts throwing a bouncing ball at the wall.
"Wait, did she say 'MY kingdom'?" Gus breaks the silence, referring to Glimmer. "Who are you guys?"
"Oh yeah, that's Queen Glimmer of Bright Moon," Adora begins the introductions. "And that's her boyfriend, Bow... and that's my girlfriend, Catra. Oh and I'm Adora."
"Adora? More like adorableeee!" Luz loses her cool. After the moment of embarrassment has passed, she introduces her friends to Adora and Catra. When she gets to Amity, she says, "and that's my...," then pauses, trying to figure out the right word.
Amity's heart starts racing, wondering, 'Oh my gosh, is she gonna call me her girlfriend?'
"And that's my... Amity," Luz finishes. 'My Amity? Really?' She questions her own choice of words. Amity is a little disappointed but then again, her relationship with Luz only exists in her own mind.
"Aaaaaaah!" a high pitched scream is heard from the kitchen. "Save me from this monster!"
"King?" Luz calls out and runs into the kitchen. Everyone follows. They find Swift Wind is trying to show affection to King by licking him.
"Make it stop! Make it stop!" King cries out. Everyone starts laughing but King doesn't think it's funny.
"Ahem," Swift Wind clears his throat. "So is no one surprised that I'm a talking horse?"
"Nah," Willow brushes off.
"Not really," Gus shakes his head.
"This is The Boiling Isles," says Amity. "We've seen weirder. You're not special."
Swift Wind is disappointed that no one seems to pay much attention to him anymore. He would do anything to go back to the days when everyone would be shocked that he's a talking horse. Luz notices the sadness on his face and decides to introduce him to Hooty. It's like she knew exactly what he needed. Swift Wind is so thrilled to meet Hooty that he takes his tongue out and starts licking Hooty's face with affection, slobbering saliva all over.
Amity notices them and chuckles. It's time that annoying doorbell demon got the taste of his own medicine.
"It's a hoot!" Hooty doesn't seem to mind. In fact, he invites Swift Wind for a tea party. He's so desperate for companionship he would put up with anything. Go figure.
After clearing things with Glimmer, Eda gathers everyone in the living room and once again apologizes to the Bright Moon squad for the portal. Magic can be unpredictable, they understand. Nonetheless, they agree to reopen the portal again because it's their only way home. As long as the Owl House gang casts the spell exactly as they did before, it should open the portal to Bright Moon. It's their only option.
"Wasn't there another one of you?" Willow asks. "The one with the hair?"
"Entrapta!", Adora remembers. She's the reason they came through the portal in the first place. "Where did she go?"
"Classic Entrapta," Catra chuckles. "No one can really keep track of her."
"She's probably just wandering around the house mumbling about science," Glimmer adds. She is not wrong.
"Alright, Best Friends Squad," Bow calls out. "Let's look for Entrapta and get out of this place!"
Catra lazily reaches out for Adora to grab her hand and help her get off the couch.
Amity imitates Catra and reaches for Luz's hand. Luz complies. They walk upstairs together to help search for Entrapta. After looking around for a while, Luz and Amity find their way into the attic. It is dark and cold, and a little bit scary.
"Wow," Amity says softly and nervously, "Look at us... you... me... in the same room... together... alone... just the two of us...,"
"Yeah," Luz says absent-mindedly.
Amity continues, "you know... where anything can happen..." She gives up after realizing that Luz is still clueless and won't take the hint. She starts rubbing her hands together because it's getting really cold. There's a cold breeze blowing in through the open window. It causes something to fall. "Aaaaaaaah!" Amity screams and jumps into Luz's arms.
"Whoop!" Luz stumbles a little but manages to hold Amity in her arms like a baby.
"Oh wow! You're so strong."
"I am the mighty Luz the Human," she says in a horrible deep voice imitation. Amity chuckles. Luz loves to watch Amity laugh. She's so cute and adorable, the way her cheeks fold backwards...
"Maybe we should stay like this a little longer," Amity suggests.
"Yes, you know, to keep each other warm," Luz convinces herself.
"Obviously," Amity blushes and looks up into Luz's eyes. Luz looks back at her and for a moment they're both lost in each other's eyes. Luz can feel Amity's heart beating like a drum. Her heart starts racing as well. 'Is this really happening?' Amity wonders.
"Experiment success!" Entrapta shouts, interrupting Luz and Amity's cute little romantic moment. Luz gets startled, dropping Amity to the floor. Entrapta continues, "This is an incredible amount of data!"
Luz looks up, "Were you hanging down the ceiling this whole time?"
"Of course," Entrapta begins to climb down using her hair as limbs. She's still carrying her tablet. "This house has a unique energy signature like I've never seen before, and the attic is the best place to get the most optimal signal."
"Everyone is looking for you," Amity says as she dusts herself up.
"Alright, lovebirds, let's go. I need to finish plotting this data," Entrapta says and leads the way.
Amity and Luz look at each other's eyes, pause for a moment, then break into laughter, "Lovebirds?" They say in unison. Did Entrapta think they were making out? Why would she say such a thing. Oh well. The girls then run after Entrapta so that she doesn't get out of their sight.
Back in the living room, Adora and her squad say goodbyes to the Owl House gang.
All they need now is the space crystal but they can't seem to find it anywhere. Eda starts looking around. Luz and her friends join the search. No luck.
"Where could it be?" Eda panics.
"Got it!" Entrapta shouts from the door. She's poking wires inside Hooty while typing something on her tablet with her hair.
"You found the crystal?" asks Luz.
"I was saying I cracked the chemical formula of Hooty's genetic makeup that gives him the ability to generate new cells in an instant. This is a very impressive scientific breakthrough if you -"
"Did you see the crystal or not?" Catra interrupts impatiently.
"You mean the glowing one?" asks Entrapta.
"Yeah?" Everyone says in excitement and a sunshine of hope. Finally.
"Oh it fell into the portal just before the portal closed? It's either on the other side or stuck in the portal," Entrapta reveals but doesn't seem concerned at all.
"What?" Glimmer and Bow shout in unison.
Eda slowly walks back to stand by the couch, despirited. She feels helpless because without the crystal they can't open the portal. And the space crystal is so rare it could take them days, if they ever find it. She looks down and rests her chin on the palm of her hand. Luz stands by her side with her hopeless optimism.
"So, in other words we're stuck here?" asks Adora.
"Great," Catra murmurs sarcastically, "That's just... great!"
Everyone panics and starts pacing around the room. They go on like this for a while.
It's getting late and dark outside. It's too dangerous to go looking for another crystal for the portal. It can wait until morning. In the meantime, Eda prepares dinner and asks Adora and her friends to spend the night.
"I love sleepovers," Glimmer readily accepts the offer, but deep down she is worried about leaving Bright Moon unprotected.
"Yay!" Luz throws her hands up in the air, "A sleepover at The Owl House!"
Luz has always wanted to have a sleepover but she never really had any close friends back on Earth. Most kids her age didn't get her. They called her a weirdo.
She asks her friends to stay as well, but Willow and Gus decline because they have to get up early in the morning for school.
"Luz, don't you go to school too?" wonders Adora.
"Oh that one," Eda says with pride. "She's a rebel! She's currently banned from school for going against Emperor Belos. Oh I'm so proud of my baby." She turns to Amity and asks, "What about you Amity?"
"I want to sleep here with Luz," mumbles Amity.
"What was that?"
Amity attempts to speak up, "I guess I can skip school tomorrow to help my... to help Luz."
"But Amity," Willow intervenes, "you love school. You've never missed a single day of school in your life. You're the top student - "
"I can be a rebel too!" Amity gets defensive. Calling herself a rebel somehow makes her feel closer to Luz. Furthermore, she's been dreaming about a sleepover with Luz for days. This is her chance. She's not just going to let it slip away because of some stupid school perfect attendance record. "Besides," Amity continues, "I work harder than anyone else there and no one seems to appreciate my hard work."
"Tell me about it," Catra relates. "I put in all the work. I was basically running the entire Horde operation, and did Shadow Weaver or Hordak appreciate me? No. No one cares about me!" Catra raises her voice. Adora runs her fingers on Catra's back, which calms her down.
"You worked for the Horde?" Luz is genuinely confused, "I thought you said the Horde were the bad guys?"
"Yes, they were," confirms Bow. "It's a long story. We'll tell you all about it during the sleepover."
After dinner, Gus and Willow say their goodbyes. Amity moves to sit next to Luz. "I guess it's just you and me tonight," she says softly before realizing how weird that sounded. Luckily, Luz doesn't hear her.
"Hey Adora," Luz calls out, "Can you do that thing where you turn into a glowing goddess?"
"Her name is She-Ra, the Princess of Power," Adora explains. "And, sure!"
"Yay!" Luz jumps in excitement. "I can't wait to touch her sword!"
"You're such a nerd," Amity pokes her.
"So are you," Luz playfully pushes Amity's shoulder. They both laugh and then get up to clear the table.
Glimmer and Bow help Eda clean up in the kitchen. King was supposed to help but he goes to sleep early because he ate too much and now he's constipated. Nobody knows where Entrapta is but they don't have time for that.
Catra pulls Adora into the living room for some alone time before it gets crowded.
"Hey Adora," she holds her hand. "Have you ever wondered how it feels to kiss in another dimension."
"Can't say that I have, but I am intrigued," Adora says playfully. She then turns to face Catra and pulls her closer, putting both her arms over Catra's shoulders. Catra does the same. They lean in to kiss but just before their lips touch, they're interrupted by Luz and Amity.
"So close!" Catra complains softly.
"We were just dancing," Adora tries to explain, but she is a terrible liar. "That's why we were in this dancing position. You know, like dancing to a slow song, which can be easily mistaken for a kiss-"
Amity can tell Adora is lying but she doesn't mind. She just wishes that she had the confidence to tell Luz how she feels about her. And then, maybe, just maybe, they could hold each other like Adora and Catra. Oh poor little gay Amity.
"Can we see it now?" Luz interrupts Amity's train of thoughts by asking Adora to show them how she turns into She-Ra. While Adora is getting ready, Luz and Amity start acting out how Adora transforms.
"For the honor of Gay Skull", Amity shouts.
"Did you just say 'gay' skull?" chuckles Catra.
"No...," Amity denies and then starts bubbling, "I didn't say gay! Why would I say gay? It's not like I was having gay thoughts or anything," she turns to Adora and asks, "Can you do it for us? Phew!"
"For the honor of Grayskull!" Adora says, transforming into She-Ra, rendering Luz and Amity, once again, speechless.
"Woah," Luz remembers how to talk. "Can I touch your hair?"
"Can I touch your sword?" Amity asks.
"Yes, but be careful!" She-Ra carefully gives the sword to Amity.
Amity lifts it up and says, "For the honor of Grayskull!" Nothing happens.
"Don't you mean 'for the honor of gay skull'?" Catra teases. Luz and She-Ra start laughing. This causes Amity's cheeks to start turning red. Luz calms her down by putting her arm around her shoulder. She then takes the sword from Amity and makes her futile attempt to transform into She-Ra. Worth the shot.
Luz and Amity continue to play with She-Ra's sword for a while. They even grab Eda's Owl Staff so that they can reenact some of their favorite battles from The Good Witch Azura. Amity unleashes her full geeky self in front of Luz, and for the first time she feels liberated. They are having the most fun of their lives. It's magical. Amity wishes this moment would last forever. Luz wishes this could turn into a reality.
The two nerdy lovebirds play with She-Ra's sword for several more minutes until they get all sweaty and slippery. Luz accidentally trips and falls over Amity. They both freeze in the moment. Luz tries to get up but it's like there's this magical energy pulling her towards Amity.
"Hi Luz," Amity manages to say after catching her breath.
"Hi Mittens," that's all Luz can say back. Usually she would correct herself but she can't process words. They just stare at each other as if they've forgotten words. They start breathing heavily, with their hearts beating like two drums in harmony.
"Awww, look at them," says She-Ra pointing at Luz and Amity.
"Young love," adds Catra. "So innocent".
"Is it just me or do they remind you of-"
"Young us?"
"Did I hear somebody fall?" Eda interrupts the moment. At that point, She-Ra takes back her sword and transforms back into Adora.
Amity and Luz are left exhausted, sweating. "I'm sweating," Luz states the obvious.
"I like how you smell when you sweat," Amity says then tries to correct herself, "Whaaaat? Who said that? I didn't hear anything."
"You're such a weirdo," Luz teases. Amity doesn't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing. Luz then continues, "We're all weirdos. So, do you wanna hit the shower?"
"Together?"
"I mean..."
"Don't worry," Eda tries to help, "You don't need to share the shower. There are three bathrooms in the owl house!"
"Thaaanks!" Amity whispers sarcastically to herself. Luz, who is still lying on top of her, hears it and just laughs it off. She then slowly gets off of Amity. They both go to shower separately, ready for the sleepover.
Eda lays out mattresses on the living room floor for the girls. Bow seems fine sleeping on the couch. Amity calls dibs to sleep next to Luz. Glimmer takes the middle spot. Catra and Adora take the other side.
As promised, Adora and her friends start telling Luz and Amity about their adventures fighting the Horde. Amity starts crying after hearing how Catra struggled, all alone with no friends by her side. She relates to Catra's loneliness more than anyone can imagine. She rests her head on Luz's lap for comfort and wipes her tears with Luz's shirt. Luz starts playing with her hair until she falls asleep. Amity usually sleeps early because her family has strict bedtimes. She also likes to get enough sleep so that she can get to school early and refreshed. She can be such a nerd sometimes.
Luz likes how it feels with Amity on her lap, but she needs to get up to pee. After holding it for a while, she slowly and carefully moves Amity's sleepy head to lie on a pillow instead. She then leaves for the bathroom.
A few moments later, Amity starts laughing in her sleep. "Oh Luz, that tickles," she says in her sleep. Adora and her friends look at her and think it's adorable.
Luz returns from the bathroom and notices they're acting weird. Something must have happened while she was gone. She ignores them and asks Glimmer and Catra to continue with their story about their time being held prisoners by Horde Prime.
"Wow," Luz says after hearing all the stories. She turns to Adora, "You and Catra are just like my favorite character, Azura who eventually befriends her enemy. You're just like Amity and I... enemies to... friends."
"Don't you mean enemies to lovers?" asks Adora.
"Whaaaaaat?" Luz brushes it off, "Amity and I are just friends. I think." She thinks for a second but decides to change the subject altogether, "Anyway, goodnight!"
Early the next morning, Amity is the first one to wake up. She notices Adora spooning Catra. So, she squeezes in towards Luz and puts Luz's sleepy arm over her body, just like Adora's. She takes a deep breath and tries to fall back to sleep but all she can think about is how she's literally sleeping with Luz.
Catra wakes up and turns to face Adora. She rests her leg on top of Adora and brings her arms around Adria's neck. She then leans in to kiss her. Despite being asleep, Adora kisses Catra back. It's like a natural reflex. This makes Amity feel things she's never felt before. She feels tempted to turn and do the same with Luz.
Unable to take it anymore, Amity turns to face Luz and puts her leg above her butt. She closes her eyes and decides to just enjoy the moment by pretending to be asleep. She likes how Luz's sleepy breath feels over her face. Eventually, Luz wakes up and notices Amity. She chooses not to do anything about it and instead pretends to be asleep as well.
"It's like I'm surrounded by a bunch of horny sapphics!" Glimmer mumbles to herself after waking up and noticing what's going on around her. She gets up and goes to the bathroom. Bow is still snoring.
The girls remain on the mattresses with their legs intertwined until King comes into the living room singing off key.
Amity fakes a yawn to make it look like she was really asleep, "It's morning already?" She makes contact with Luz and smiles before taking her leg off Luz's butt, "Sorry about that!"
"It's okay," Luz replies. "I'm going to get even," Luz smirks and then puts her leg on Amity's butt in the name of revenge.
"Oh my god," Amity quivers in pleasure before suddenly letting out a squeak, "Eeeeeee!" She gets embarrassed and runs out of the living room. She locks herself in the bathroom for about an hour. She returns just in time for breakfast.
After breakfast, the gang splits into three teams to look for the crystal they need to open the portal. Not only is the crystal rare to find, but even if they find it, they can't afford it. They will have to steal it, which makes this a very dangerous mission.
The first team consists of Catra, Amity and Entrapta. Their mission is to sneak into the Emperor's Castle to look for the crystal. The castle has a lot of ancient relics. So, there's a good chance they will find the crystal there.
Without wasting any time, the team embarks on their journey to the Castle. Upon arrival, Amity leads the team to one of the back entrances which is not usually heavily guarded. Catra quickly jumps on the two masked guards and subdues them with ease. They inconspicuously walk into the atrium and hide behind the staircase. They agree to stay put until it's clear to move.
"Oooh! A giant portal! Whoooh!" Entrapta shouts after noticing the giant portal that the Emperor is building. Amity and Catra ask her to keep it down to avoid drawing any attention. A few seconds later, they spot Entrapta walking towards the portal.
"Pssst," Catra and Amity whisper-shout, "Entrapta!" They hope she will hear them and return before she's caught.
Suddenly, there are heavy footsteps coming their way.
"Well, well, well," a powerful, intimidating voice interrupts their whispering. "Look what we have here," a giant figure says as it casts a shadow over Catra and Amity.
"Please tell me that's not Emperor Belos," Catra crosses her fingers. Amity shakes her head and begins to tremble in fear and sadness. Their mission has been compromised.
And just like that, Catra and Amity are captured and thrown into a holding cell in the dungeon.
