Luz takes a deep breath but it doesn't seem to calm her down. Her brain is running about a million miles an hour. She struggles to amass courage to tell everyone what she just learned from Boscha. "Catra and Amity have turned against us and are working for Emperor Belos," she reveals. Everyone goes into dead silence in disbelief. "And it gets worse," Luz takes another deep, painful breath, "They have kidnapped Willow and Gus!"
"Classic Catra," mutters Glimmer, "I should have seen this coming."
"I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation," Adora jumps in to defend her girlfriend, "There's no way Catra..."
"Face it Adora," Bow interjects to reason with her. "This is Catra we're talking about. I mean, she worked for the evil Horde for years."
"I agree with Adora," Luz chimes in. "I know Amity and she would never-"
"Well... Amity has been trying to join the Emperor's Coven for a while," Eda shuts down Luz's hope. "I'm sorry kid."
Luz is devastated to think that Amity would actually betray her and help Catra kidnap her best friends. And to think she let Adora convince her that Amity had a crush on her. Ughhh! Why does love have to be so complicated?
The gang tries to come up with a plan to storm the Emperor's castle to save Gus and Willow but they can't agree on what to do if they run into Catra and Amity. Adora and Luz want to save them but Eda, Glimmer and Bow don't want to take any risks. They are convinced that Catra is back to her evil ways and has turned Amity evil too. After running Fright Zone for years, Catra couldn't resist the temptations of power, they say. She's always been evil and she will always be evil, they argue. People never really change. Adora and Luz insist that there has to be an explanation.
Adora's theory is not completely wrong. Catra was planning to doublecross the Emperor. Was. Past tense. Unfortunately, that is no longer true.
Belos has cast an obedience spell, forcing Catra and Amity to enforce his will. He says that he can't take any chances because he wants everything to go smoothly today. It is a very special day at the Emperor's Castle. Thanks to Entrapta, the portal is complete and ready to be tested. A working portal is instrumental to the success of the upcoming Unity Day. The Emperor cannot have anything go wrong today. So, he orders Lilith, Catra and Amity to do whatever it takes to stop anyone from interfering with the big plans, even if it means killing their friends.
Catra, Amity and Lilith lead an army of enforcers to stand guard outside the Emperor's Castle, waiting for Adora and her friends to attack.
"Amity, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Catra initiates a smalltalk.
"That Luz smells like strawberries?"
"What? Nooo!" Catra shakes her head. "I was thinking, you and I make a pretty good team. But now, honestly I can't stop thinking about Adora either. She's such a big dork."
"I know," agrees Amity. "Luz, too. She's such a weirdo. I love her so much. It's such a shame we're going to have to kill them."
"Yeah, I'm really going to miss Adora."
"I didn't even get to kiss Luz," Amity complains. "And now I have to kill her before I tell her how I feel."
"Hey," Catra cheers her up, "Maybe we won't have to kill them? Maybe they'll agree to join the Emperor peacefully?" Both Catra and Amity break down in laughter. "Oooh Like Adora and Luz would agree to come willingly... they're so stubborn!"
"I know... it's so sexy," Amity agrees. Their discussion is interrupted by an alert that the Castle perimeter has been breached. "It's showtime!"
"Ready to get out there and dominate our girlfriends?" Catra asks before rethinking her word choice. Amity nods in agreement and gets up ready to welcome their friends.
Glimmer has teleported Adora, Luz, Bow and Eda right outside the heavily guarded castle. They hide behind a bridge before making their move. They notice Catra and Amity approaching, leading an armed group of enforcers. For Adora, this brings back memories of her battles with the Horde, led by Catra. She thought this was all in the past.
"Now would be a good time for She-Ra," Bow tells Adora.
"For the honor of Grayskull!" Adora shouts. Nothing happens.
"Any time now would be really good," says Eda as the enforcers get closer and closer.
Adora concentrates and tries again. "Anything?" she asks. They all shake their heads. "Dang it Catra! She's in my head. It's something Shadow Weaver said, Catra confuses me." She apologizes that she can't turn into She-Ra when she's an emotional wreck. They can't wait for She-Ra any longer. So, they charge towards the enemy.
"Relax," Catra signals them to hold back. "We don't want to fight you."
"Oh Catra," Adora sighs in relief. "I knew you were still good!"
"All you have to have to do is join the Emperor and become enforcers of his will. Either that or you die!"
"Sounds like your girlfriend is still evil," Luz whispers to Adora.
"So is yours!" Adora jokes, referring to Amity. She then turns to face Catra, "Catra, Amity, why are you doing this?"
"We now only serve to enforce the will of the Emperor," Amity replies.
"He helped us realize the power of obedience," adds Amity.
"Catra, that doesn't sound like you," says Adora. "You don't do obedience. You thrive in chaos."
"They are under a spell," Eda explains after noticing a green glow on Catra's eyes. Amity has the same thing too.
"I think I like this new me better," Catra says. "So how do you wanna do this? The easy way or the hard way?" Unable to take it anymore, Glimmer hits her with an energy ball. "The hard way it is!" She turns to the other enforcers and shouts, "Attaaack!"
One of the enforcers tries to attack Adora but Catra knocks him out, making it clear that she wants Adora all to herself. As Catra approaches her, Adora tries to transform into She-Ra but it's still not working, "Dang it!"
"Aww, is my baby having performance anxiety?" Catra mocks. She then blasts Adora with a laser gun. Adora quickly gets up, grabs Catra and throws her against a wall. Catra lands on her feet and charges towards Adora to exchange some blows.
Right next to them, Amity approaches Luz and says, "Oh well, well, if it isn't Luz the Human."
"Amity, please!" Luz pleads. "You don't have to do this. You can come with me. Just you and me," Luz tries to get into Amity's head, "Isn't that what you want?"
"Well, yeah, but I only obey the Emperor now. I'm sorry Luz," she creates an abomination and sends it after Luz. Luz attacks it with a light spell, causing it to melt.
"Is that the best you can do, Blight?" Luz mocks. Amity gets angry and her face turns red. She starts throwing fireballs at Luz. Luz runs and Amity chases after her.
Eda tries to go defend Luz from Amity but she's attacked by Lilith. "Lilith?" she's shocked. "You're working for the Emperor too? Again?"
"I am," Lilith says. "And you have yourself to thank for that!"
"What did I do?" asks Eda. Lilith reveals that she had to bind an everlasting oath to serve the Emperor in order to get Eda that space crystal. Eda feels sorry for her and promises that they'll figure out something to break her out of the oath. Lilith doesn't care. She attacks her, causing Eda to fight back.
Meanwhile, Bow and Glimmer are fighting side by side against all the other Castle guards along the way. Bow is using his arrows to attack them and tie them up, while Glimmer is using her magic powers to fight them off.
Catra pins Adora against the wall and breathes into her neck ready to end her. Adora stares at her without doing anything which gets into Catra's nerves because she wants a real victory. "Why aren't you fighting back?"
"Because I'm tired of fighting my own girlfriend," Adora replies, struggling to breath.
"That's stupid," Catra is disappointed. "You know just because I like you doesn't mean I can't kill you?"
"Fine, do it!"
"I'm serious, I'm gonna do it!"
"Then do it! Stab me! End me!" Adora dares the cat. "But even if you kill me, I will never stop loving you, Catra. You're the best thing in my life. I love you so-"
"Shut up!" Catra yells and starts beating the wall with her knuckles, "Stop messing with my head! Just fight back, Adora! Please fight back!"
"I told you I'm not going to fight you, Catra. All my life I've dreamed of my perfect wedding with you -"
"Really?" Catra asks curiously before remembering that they're fighting. "No, Stop getting in my head!" She presses her stomach against Adora's. She pulls out her claws ready to sink them into Adora's neck. "Bye Adora. Any last words?"
"I love you Catra, and I always will," Adora cries. "I'm sure you're still in there. But if you still want to kill me, can we at least share one last kiss?"
"Whatever, make it quick!" agrees Catra. "But that doesn't change anything."
Adora leans in and kisses Catra. Catra puts her arms around Adora and kisses her back. She then blacks out and drops to the ground.
"Hey Adora," Catra says after opening her eyes.
"Catra, is that really you?" she asks after noticing that the green glow in her eyes is gone. Catra nods and smiles. The kiss seems to have broken the Emperor's spell. "I'm so glad to have you back!"
"I can't believe you were going to let me kill you," Catra jokes as she dusts herself up.
"I always believed in you Catra."
"You're such a dork, you know that?" Catra teases and then leans in to kiss Adora some more before the two join Glimmer and Bow to fight off the other enforcers.
To their left, Amity and Luz are still engaged in a tight fight. Amity is a pro with magic, but Luz is holding surprisingly well for a human. Amity casts a barrier spell around Luz but Luz casts an ice pillar spell to throw herself outside the barrier. She lands on top of Amity. She grabs Amity's arms and pins them to the ground so that she's staring right into her eyes.
Amity doesn't mind Luz dominating her like that. She likes how her warm body feels on top of her. She knows they're mortal enemies now but maybe, she could drag this a little longer. Luz presses her knee against Amity's thighs. Amity lets out a moan, "Oh wow that feels good."
"What?" Luz is surprised that Amity is actually enjoying this.
"I mean, get off of me, human!" Amity tries to regain control of the situation.
"Kiss her!" shouts Adora from a distance.
"What?" Luz is confused why they're asking her to kiss Amity.
"Just kiss her," Catra adds. "It will break the spell."
Luz looks directly into Amity's eyes. Amity looks so pretty, even when she's down there and hopeless. She feels so good with Amity under her. She would kiss her even if her life didn't depend on it. Amity is conflicted. Luz is her enemy. But on the other hand, she wants to kiss her so bad. She's dreamt about this for days.
"Amity, I'm sorry but I have to kiss you," Luz says.
"You think if you kiss me I will let you go?" Amity asks and then starts bubbling. "I mean just because I've always wanted to kiss you doesn't mean I'm... and by 'kiss you', I mean kiss you goodbye... from my-"
Luz shuts Amity up by leaning in and kissing her gently on the lips. Amity doesn't resist. They kiss passionately for about fifteen seconds. This is the most intense pleasure Amity has ever experienced in her whole life.
"Oh wow lips," Amity passes out.
She regains consciousness a minute later, "Hi Luz."
"Amity," Luz is excited to see that the kiss broke the spell. "Sorry I kissed you until you passed out."
"Sorry I tried to kill you," Amity apologizes as they both try to get up. "Oh my gosh, Willow and Gus! We have to go save them." Amity takes Luz into the Conformatorium where Gus and Willow are locked up.
Unfortunately, Emperor Belos notices them. "Ms. Blight, I cannot believe you betrayed me for a human," the Emperor says. "And now you're going to watch me vaporize her. So, tell me again, was she worth it?" Emperor Belos throws a high-charged energy ball towards Luz.
"For the honor of Luz the Human!" Amity shouts as she jumps in front of the energy ball to save Luz. It knocks her out. She lies on the floor, unresponsive.
"Amity!" Luz panics. "Amity, please wake up!" Amity is not responding. Luz starts crying, "Please, you can't be gone!" She tries everything but nothing works. So, she calmly lays Amity on the ground.
Furious with sadness and anger, Luz turns to look at the Emperor and screams at the top of her lungs, "Aaaaah!" She charges towards the emperor, full speed! She casts a fire spell and blasts the emperor with such intensity. The Emperor fights back but Luz is relentless, motivated by revenge.
Adora enters the Conformatorium after hearing Luz's scream. She notices Amity lying on the ground while Luz is fighting off Belos. "For the honor of Grayskull!" Adora transforms into She-Ra. It works this time because she has resolved her feelings with Catra. She raises her sword and runs towards the Emperor. They fight and fight and fight. She-Ra may be strong but the Emperor is a very powerful witch, making him a formidable threat.
After fighting him for about ten minutes, She-Ra manages to cut off one of the Emperor's arms with her sword. Realizing that he can't win under this weakened state, the Emperor casts a spell to set the Castle on fire. He then teleports away to exile.
With the Emperor defeated, his enforcers surrender as well.
Luz and She-Ra free Willow and Gus from the cages. They try to apologize for Catra and Amity's action but Willow and Gus run away screaming in fear and horror. It's been a rough day.
Glimmer teleports Amity's unconscious body to the Owl House and lays her on the couch. She then comes back to the castle to help finish rescuing people from the fire. They find Entrapta wandering around in the burning castle, trying to steal some tech. Once everyone is saved from the fire, they tie up Lilith and take her home with them.
Back in the Owl House, Luz is inconsolable after seeing Amity laying on the couch, unresponsive. She blames herself. If she didn't pull her friends into this, Amity would not be dying, and Willow and Gus wouldn't have been kidnapped. Now, they will probably never talk to her again.
It was all for nothing. Their attempts to open a portal have brought nothing but disaster after disaster. And to make things worse, without the portal, she might be stuck in the Boiling Isles for good and never see her mother again. She can't stomach any more losses.
For the first time in her life, Luz loses her optimism.
Glimmer goes to comfort Luz and tells her that she understands how difficult it is to not be able to see someone who means the world to her. She opens up about missing her own mother, Queen Angella. "My mom is gone for good," she says with tears in her eyes. "I will never see her again. Your mom is still out there and we're going to find a way for you to see her again. So, never give up or lose your optimism." Luz wants to believe her but she doesn't see any way out. Glimmer gets an idea and whispers something to Adora.
Adora transforms into She-Ra and grabs Amity and rests her on her lap like a baby. She concentrates to try to heal her but it's not working. She starts crying. Luz and Eda have no idea what She-Ra is trying to do. They're too sad to even ask. She-Ra begins crying and as her tears drip on Amity's face, there is a bright golden glow around both of them.
Amity wakes up.
"Did we win?" Amity asks after regaining consciousness.
"Amity! You're alive!" Luz jumps in excitement as she wipes her tears. She has never been this happy her entire life. "You scared me! You could have died! Why would you jump in front of a fireball for me?"
"Because I love you, silly," Amity smiles.
"I love you too, Amity," Luz then grabs Amity from She-Ra's arms and hugs her before giving her a big passionate kiss. Amity kisses her back and the whole world stops. It's just the two of them. Stuck in this moment. Eventually they come back to reality and realize that everyone is staring at them. They break off the kiss, half-embarrassed.
Now that they know Amity is alive, the gang begins to celebrate their victory against Emperor Belos. That is, if you can call it a victory. The Castle is burning in flames and they still don't have the space crystal they need for the portal, which is what started all this.
"I'm sorry kids," Eda tells them, "but we tried our best."
"Looks like The Boiling Isles is our new home," Adora says, taking off her red jacket.
"Yeah," Luz agrees, disappointed. Eda tries to comfort her.
Suddenly, there's a huge boom from the bathroom, followed by a quake, shaking the Owl House to its core. A cloud of smoke is flowing out of the bathroom. A shadowy figure emerges from the smoke. The gang gets ready to fight whoever that is. They hold back when the shadowy figure starts coughing because of the smoke. It's a woman. It's -
"Entrapta?" Bow recognizes her.
"Sorry! My bad," Entrapta says and coughs again to clear her throat.
"What were you doing?"
"I was just testing a scientific theory and I was absolutely right," of course she was. Everyone rolls their eyes but Entrapta continues. "Like physics, magic uses electromagnetic energy to manipulate matter and energy. So, if you can study a magical energy field, you can reverse engineer it and reproduce the same impact using science. Therefore-"
"Is there a shortcut to this story?" Catra grumbles.
"What I'm trying to say is," Entrapta continues with less excitement. "By studying the pieces of Eda's broken portal door, I have found a way to recreate the portal using physics by reverse engineering the-"
"Wait, really?" Luz asks with her big brown eyes wide open in excitement. Entrapta nods.
Eda doesn't believe that Entrapta can rebuild her magical portal using science but at this point, she's willing to try anything.
With no time to waste, Entrapta gets to work on recreating Eda's portal. She says she can be done by morning. Until then, they can all just hang out at the Owl House.
Eda leaves to go make dinner, and Lilith volunteers to help. "You're not going to poison everyone, are you?" Eda asks, "you know? Since you're still bound by the Emperor's everlasting spell and all?"
"It is not the will of the Emperor," Lilith says. "With the Emperor gone, there's nothing I can do to you, sister. I will just wait for him to come back and then I will capture you and take you to him."
"Good luck with that plan," Eda says, not worried at all.
Glimmer tells Lilith that her aunt, Castapella from Mystacor is an expert with magic and can help her break Emperor Belos' binding oath spell. She might also help Lilith find the cure for her and Eda's curse. As Glimmer continues to sing praises about Castapella, Lilith asks, "So, is your aunt single?"
"Yes," Glimmer responds, "Why does it matter?"
"No reason," Lilith blushes and agrees to go to Bright Moon with them.
With some time to kill, Adora and Catra go to the bathroom to take a bath together. While the water is running, Adora takes off her shirt. Catra squats over the water and starts splashing it on Adora. "Stop!" Adora shouts, "You're making me all wet!"
"Already?" Catra jokes, "and I didn't even have to lift a finger?"
"Shut up! You know what I mean," Adora gets closer to the tub and pushes Catra into the water. Catra pulls Adora in. "Aah!" Adora screams.
"I hate you so much," Catra says playfully.
"I love you too, Catra," Adora grabs Catra's face and kisses her with passion. They start making out in the bathtub.
Back in the living room, Luz is getting bored. She turns to Amity, "So, what do you wanna do?"
"We could go to your bedroom and practice kissing..." Amity blurts out.
"Oh God, was I that bad?"
"No! You were amazing," Amity says. "I'm just looking for an excuse to make out with you."
"Works for me," Luz grabs Amity's hand and leads the way to her bedroom. On the way, she turns to Amity and asks, "So, are we like girlfriends now?"
Amity stops and pushes Luz against the wall, "Yes, but we have to keep it a secret. My siblings would tease me to death."
"Sure, Mittens," Luz smiles and agrees to Amity's terms. As a fan of romantic novels, Luz loves the thrill of a secret romance, the constant fear of getting caught. It keeps the blood boiling.
In fact, just thinking about it gets Luz even more attracted to Amity. She starts running her fingers in Amity's hair. Usually, Amity would fight anyone who messes with her perfect ponytail, but not Luz. She stares directly into Luz's big brown eyes and gets mesmerized by her beauty and buoyant lips.
Their faces get closer and closer until their lips touch. They kiss. They kiss and kiss, right there on the corridor, before making it to the bedroom.
Bow and Glimmer are left alone in the living room. Glimmer moves to sit closer to Bow, and rests her head on Bow's chest. Bow grabs Glimmer's soft hands and starts playing with her fingers. "So, I've been thinking about last night," Bow begins. "You know how you said you wanted to make a baby?"
"Oh God! Please no," Glimmer interjects, "that was so embarrassing."
"It's just that the crystal brought out Eda's inner demon and Hooty's inner desire for friendship..."
"Are you saying that my inner desire is to make a baby?"
"Am I wrong?"
"Not exactly, Glimmer takes a deep breath, "I know we agreed to wait until marriage. But sometimes I just wish you could make me feel the way Catra makes Adora feel. Know what I mean?"
Bow smiles and leans down to give Glimmer a quick kiss, "You should have said something."
"I was embarrassed," Glimmer laughs. She gets up and sits on Bow's lap, facing him, with her legs wrapped around his waist. Bow wraps his arms around her. They kiss.
By the time dinner is ready all these love birds are exhausted of making out. So, they retire to bed right after dinner. Everyone goes to sleep except Entrapta who works feverishly all night to complete the portal.
The next morning, Entrapta gathers everyone in the living room for her presentation. She cuts straight to the chase, "Behold the new and improved portal!"
"Wow," Eda is speechless. "It looks exactly like my original portal. Entrapta, I could hug you right now!" Eda says. Entrapta goes in for a hug but Eda pulls back, "but I don't do hugs!" Everyone laughs. "Ah! What the heck," Eda turns back and gives Entrapta one big hug.
"And here's the best part," Entrapta reveals that the new portal key now has two buttons. One for Earth and one for Etheria. Furthermore, she says that she has the portal's schematics in her tablet, which she will use once they get back to Bright Moon. This way, they can all visit whenever they need. "Ooh! Science!"
Luz is thrilled. She invites the gang to come with her to visit her mother in the human realm. Eda presses the Earth button and the portal opens. Just like the old times. It's magical. They walk through it into the human realm.
When they get to Luz's house, Luz's mother, Camilia, runs with tears of joy to hug her lost daughter.
"I'm so sorry mija for everything you went through," Camilia wipes the tears from her eyes. "This was all my fault. None of this would have happened if I didn't force you to go to that 'Think Inside The Box' summer camp."
"Mom," Luz calms her down. "It's not your fault. I actually like it there. I finally found a place where I feel like I belong. But I missed you so much. I'm so sorry I couldn't have been the perfect normal girl you wanted me to be."
"No, mija, I was wrong," admits Camilia. "I should have listened to you, and let you be you."
"I'm glad you feel that way, because there's someone I want you to meet," Luz motions Amity to come over. She puts her arm around Amity's waist and continues, "This is Amity, my girlfriend."
"I am?" Amity asks in excitement. Sure, they kissed but they hadn't really discussed what that meant, but girlfriend? Luz nods. Amity turns to Camilia and shakes her hand, "Hi Mrs. Luz's human mom! Nice to meet you!"
"I'm so glad Luz is finally making friends who are girls and not imaginary characters," Camilia says, still clueless what girlfriend really means in this context. "I can't wait to show you all of Luz's baby pictures like the ones where she's learning to potty..."
"Mom!" Luz shuts her up, "You're embarrassing me in front of my girlfriend."
"Awww," Adora whispers to Catra, and they both break into laughter. To save Luz and Amity from the embarrassment, Glimmer asks Luz to give them a tour of the human neighborhood.
Eda stays behind to clear things up with Luz's mother. Camilia thanks her for taking care of her daughter, and Eda tells Camilia how brave, resourceful and incredible Luz is. She admits that she wishes Luz was her own daughter.
Later that afternoon, the gang is ready to return to the Boiling Isles. Eda and Amity are worried that Luz will want to stay with her mother. They don't want to lose her, but they agree to let Luz decide. To their surprise, Luz wants to come back to the Boiling Isles with them. Camilia readily lets Luz go. She realizes that she can't hold her back anymore.
Back at The Owl House, the Bright Moon squad says their farewells to Eda, Luz and Amity. They agree to stay in touch. Glimmer and Bow lead the way into the portal. Entrapta and Swift Wind follow. Lilith accompanies them to Etheria and promises to come back with a cure for Eda's curse.
Adora and Catra are the last ones to leave. Adora grabs Catra's hand so that they can walk into the portal together. When Luz sees this, she imitates Adora and grabs Amity's hand. As they enter into the portal, Catra pulls Adora close to kiss her. Amity copies her and kisses Luz.
The two couples kiss side by side until Adora and Catra disappear into the portal.
