Author's Note
So before I get into the epilogue, which ended up a lot longer than originally intended, I would like to address a couple of things about this story in whole. This is simply self-reflection in my writing and if you want to just skip to the epilogue go right ahead. Just so you know when I originally planned this story out it didn't have an epilogue so this is basically just fanfare as it includes a scene that I'm sure a lot of people wanted to see. Regardless the characters are a little OOC and the ending is a bit rushed, but hey... that's the beauty of fanfiction!
1) Why do I use a lot of "…"
I'm into voice acting. As much as I love doing it I know that I'm not going to get anything out of it. I have an ok (?) voice, I'm able to emote, but my range is VERY limited. But anyway, back to why I use "..." a lot, it's because voice actors need to read things in specific ways. So I like to put that in writing, using "..." as pauses in a character's dialogue or thinking as to make the reader read each line a specific way. If it's annoying, sorry... but I'm not going to stop.
2) Luz's "Depression"
If you've read the story and aren't just skipping to the end to see if there's a happy ending (Don't worry I do that too .) I hope I've done a good job at making Luz's scenes of vulnerability meaningful. I wanted to use this story to explore the characters in meaningful ways, using what we know about the characters to make inferences about them (For example: Why Luz would love nature) In "The First Day" episode Luz calls herself a screw up, which I believe stems from her not so great life... comparing the Boiling Isles to Earth. She, currently, from what I remember she hasn't mentioned having any friends back home. Which I feel is reinforced by her introduction in Episode 1, in which she scares away a lot of people from being her friend. Her internal fear of being alone is new. Allow me to explain...
Luz, who has grown accustomed to not having a big social life, is used to being alone to "edit anime clips to music and reading fantasy books with convoluted backstories". Because this is what she likes doing and it seems no one else in the human world wanted to be her friend (I totally would have) she's learned to live without any. While she enjoyed being alone, there was a small part of her that wanted to be with others that shared her interests. Now that she has friends that appreciate her despite what flaws she thinks she has, she's afraid of going back and living the life she used to live... as she's now accustomed to this new life in the Boiling Isles. I don't think that I wrote Luz as a depressed character, I think I wrote her as someone with an understandable fear that responds in a realistic way.
3) I hope I didn't spoil Uzair's true identity...
"Uzair gave the girl a bright smile" ...More like gave her a BLIGHT smile (UwU) But yeah, hope that wasn't too obvious. Also, I was originally going to use the name "Mirage" since it means "Illusion" but I figured that'd be a dead giveaway.
4) Amity's real feelings.
So I wanted to be as realistic as possible in regards to how strong Amity's feelings are for Luz. I felt that jumping right into saying that she "Loves" things about her instead of "Likes" was a little too rushed. Yes, she thinks she certainly feels that way about her, but I felt that there needed to be buildup. Which is why, until the very end, I avoided using the word "Love" unless it was the scene in which Amity questioned how much she liked Luz. When it came to the actual confession I felt that it was necessary that she said she "loves" Luz, because there are moments in life that you should listen to your heart instead of your head.
Of course, in "Wing it Like Witches" Amity just straight up says "which I love" so... what do I know about writing? But that's young love for ya... and it's absolutely adorable!
5) Possible rewrite? More Lumity fics?
This story will definitely be invalidated as the series progresses, so I yeah... I'll probably update the story a couple of times to fix lines (I already threw in a Boscha one liner about Amity knowing how much of a pain that girl is during Grudgby season) but I highly doubt I'm going to do a full rewrite.
While I would love to write more Lumity, as for now, it'd probably have to just be one-shots, because if I try to write a long chapter story it might never get finished. I'm definitely planning to write something once the series ends, when everything is canon and things I write won't be invalidated. But as for now I'm THINKING (not guaranteed) of doing an AU of Lumity, so MAYBE keep an eye out for that.
6) End of The Owl House
I feel that I may as well post my thoughts on how this show will end, but to keep it short I'll just say that I REALLY HOPE that Luz officially makes the Boiling Isles her home. Because I genuinely feel like she can live a much better life there than she ever could even dream of living back on Earth, which goes back to the "Luz's Depression note", and taking her away seems like such a cruel thing to do. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed that she'll stay in the Boiling Isles... and get together with Amity. Also, I think that Lilith is the one who cursed Eda (o_o) I'm also putting my money on the possibility that Luz's mother has been in the Boiling Isles before and that Luz's father is actually the emperor. THAT'D BE AWESOME!
7) ...That's it. Lumity FOREVER!
I've been talking too long...
Amity and Luz were walking back home from school, hands intertwined as they made their way to the Owl House. Luz happily hummed an upbeat tune, excited to introduce Eda to her beautifully amazing girlfriend. Amity, on the other hand... was downright terrified.
All the times that Amity had been near the Owl Lady she hadn't necessarily shown herself to be all that great. She couldn't help but cringe at remembering her past actions: fighting with Luz at the convention, letting Luz be bait for the Slither Beast, and Grom. She was such a coward that she made Luz take her place to fight the monster, almost resulting in her... Amity shivered at the thought.
Looking at the adorable goofball next to her Amity smiled, thinking how absurdly Luz-like it was of her to be so forgiving. Back when her siblings came and apologized to her during school Luz just waved it off, giving them a hug and a "thank you" for setting everything up.
What Luz didn't know was that afterwards Amity told them they were lucky that Luz was so forgiving, because if she wanted payback the young Blight would have been more than happy to give it to her siblings, and that if they tried to pull another scheme like that she'd make them pay.
For the first time in a long time, both Blight twins were scared of their baby sister.
"Is there something wrong... Little Miss Perfect," Luz asked, returning Amity's smile. The green haired girl blushed, not only had she had been caught staring, but also upon hearing her new nickname.
On their second date Luz, being Luz, said since they're a couple now they should have a special name for each other. While Amity didn't really see the point of it, Luz went into one of her cute rants on how humans did it all the time in order to mark their importance to each other. She remembers sitting underneath their tree, her head resting on Luz's shoulder, as the girl listed a bunch of nicknames that she thought fit Amity…
"How about Princess?"
"But I'm not a princess."
"You're still my princess…"
"...It's too embarrassing," the Blight said, her cheeks tinted pink.
"I can call you Amity Blush."
"Luz!"
"C'mon, you're adorable when you blush!"
"Why are we even doing this?"
"Because I want a special way to call you mine," Luz whispered, resting her head against Amity's.
"Well... if you want it to be a special way to call me yours, don't you think it should be something that only the two of us understand," Amity asked softly. She didn't get a response for a while, which she guessed meant that Luz was thinking.
"How about…" Luz trailed after a couple minutes of silence, "Little Miss Perfect?"
Amity paused. In truth "Little Miss Perfect" sounded like an insult, but to hear that nickname come from Luz had a strange effect on the girl. It was kind of like... she was teasing Amity. Subtly reminding her about her past, yet at the same time reminding Amity how much she has grown. From a prideful, relentless tyrant with a sense of disdain towards others who challenged her position on the throne to someone that Amity Blight could be proud of. It was as if Luz had come up with a way that poked fun at who Amity used to be while simultaneously acknowledging that, in her eyes, the green haired girl was nothing less than perfect. "Little Miss Perfect" was something that only they would understand.
Amity looked up at Luz in amazement. Despite her oblivious attitude she was quite perceptive when she wanted to be, to the point that it almost scared her. Regardless it was one of many Luz's quirks that Amity loved.
"That'll work."
"Boiling Isles to Amity, you there," Luz asked, snapping her fingers in front of her girlfriend's face. Amity blinked out of her memory, realizing they had stopped, the Owl House just barely in view.
"Sorry Luz, I'm kind of worried."
"Why?"
"What if the Owl Lady doesn't... approve of me?"
To her surprise, Luz laughed. "Amity, Eda will love you!"
"You sound so sure."
"Well you did save me from getting eaten by the Grom monster, I'm sure she at least remembers that. I also say a lot of nice things about you, so there's nothing to worry about. So come on," Luz said guiding Amity forward, "Stop worrying and introduce yourself."
In all honesty Amity wasn't too worried, from her past encounters the Owl Lady seemed pretty carefree. But according to Edric she could be pretty scary when it came to protecting Luz.
"Hi Hooty," Luz greeted, while Amity offered a silent wave.
"Hi Luz and friend. Would you like to hear what I did today?"
"No can do Hooty, we've got something important to tell Eda."
"Ooh, what is it?"
"Just open the door already," Amity ordered. The bird complied, remembering her wrath and how annoying it was to wear an eye patch.
"Luz, you're back!" King cheered as he jumped off the couch and ran up to Luz raising his hands, wanting her to pick him up.
"Sorry King, can't do that right now. Maybe later?"
"Why not," he asked. His eyes dropped to their connected hands. "What happened!? Are your hands stuck together? Do you need any help?"
Luz laughed, "No silly, we're both fine. We just need to talk to Eda real quick, I promise to play with you later."
King huffed, "A king does not play, he has his underlings entertain him. But I will hold you to that promise. Eda's in the kitchen," he said before scurrying off upstairs.
"King is..." Amity trailed.
"Absolutely adorable. Anyways, you ready?"
"I think so."
Luz brought Amity to the kitchen where Eda was cooking what looked to be some form of hybrid between bird and fish. The Owl Lady looked up and greeted her apprentice and guest.
"Hi Luz and… Mittens?"
"It's actually Amity. Amity Blight," the girl said trying to hide the annoyance in her voice.
"Right, well what can I do ya for? Did something happen?"
"Yes Eda, something did happen," Luz stated proudly. She lifted her and Amity's hands, "Amity and I are dating!"
The Owl Lady looked between the two, their conjoined hands, and crossed her arms. "So... this is official," she asked, sounding skeptical.
"Is um... is that a problem," questioned Amity.
"The fact that you're only doing this now is a problem," Eda answered, causing both girls to give her a confused look. The Owl Lady drew a circle in the air and a box appeared out of nowhere, to which she caught in her hands. Upon opening the box she pulled out a T-shirt.
"Do you have any idea how long I've been looking to sell these?"
In Eda's hands was a T-shirt with a certain Latina wrapping her arms around a green haired girl, the Latina giving the other a kiss on the cheek causing her to look like a blushing mess. Above them in respective purple and green font was Luz plus Amity equals
"Lumity!?" Luz asked, "That's perfect!" Amity just stared at the fabric in shock.
"I KNEW you'd love it! I was gonna start promoting this earlier but you two didn't say it was official so I had to wait," Eda winked.
"Aw, Eda... thank you," Luz thanked as she let go of Amity's hand to give her teacher a hug, then grabbing the shirt out of her hands and putting it on herself.
"Whaddya think Amity," Luz asked as she spun on her heels, showing off the shirt.
Amity eyed the Owl Lady, "How long did you know about me and Luz dating?"
"Oh... um, well you two seemed pretty cheeky during Grom so I figured something was gonna happen eventually. More importantly Luz isn't all that great at keeping secrets," Eda said giving her apprentice a cheeky grin. While she wasn't lying, as Luz loved talking about Amity, the girl didn't ask if she spied on them when Luz was supposed to go out with Uzair so why mention it?
"You're just so much fun to talk about Amity," Luz gushed. "Like the time when-"
"Alright, we're gonna go into Luz's room now. Is that ok," Amity interrupted, turning around making her exit, trying her best to keep her dignity intact.
Eda looked at Luz and laughed, "You weren't kidding, she gets flustered pretty easily."
"One of the things I love about her," Luz laughed as she followed her girlfriend upstairs.
"Adorable," Eda said to herself as she went back to cooking.
The couple were resting against the wall. Well... Amity was resting against Luz's shoulder as she read one of their Azura books aloud. It was always fun listening to her read. She gave every character their own wacky voice, making the both of them laugh as she would sometimes give the voice of a terrifying monster a baby voice or a super serious old man a cartoonish goofy voice. There really was never a dull moment in Amity's life that involved Luz.
After finishing another paragraph Luz put the book down, "I gotta use the bathroom real quick."
"I'll be waiting," Amity said cutely as Luz got up and left the room. The Blight turned and noticed that Luz left her phone behind...
Curious, Amity pressed the button at the bottom of the device and the screen turned on. She frowned as she saw the image that appeared. It was her, but she wasn't looking at the camera, which meant that Luz had taken this picture without Amity's knowledge. The Blight didn't think she looked bad, but why didn't Luz just ask her for a picture? Wanting to change the picture she followed the blinking instructions that told her to "swipe" in order to unlock the phone. When she did a bunch of apps appeared and sure enough, she saw the camera app.
Right next to the messages app.
Amity felt her lips fold, knowing it'd be a complete invasion of her girlfriend's privacy if she went and snooped through-
And I just clicked on the app… whoops.
There was only one person in her recent message history: Mama. Amity guessed that it meant her Mom, upon opening the chat she saw her guess was correct. It was filled with check me ups on how Luz was doing in summer camp.
Amity couldn't help but sigh. She and Luz have had this talk before, how she'd have to return to the human world once "summer" ends. It hurt, knowing that they would be literally worlds apart. But Luz told her that no matter what happens she promised Amity she'd do everything in her power to maintain her relationship, of course Amity promised the same thing... she couldn't imagine a life without Luz in it. Regardless, the idea of Luz leaving made her heart ache. It would be great if she were allowed to stay in the Boiling Isles…
The Blight shook her head, trying not to get lost in thought. Scrolling through their messages she saw that it was just normal mother-daughter conversations, something she wishes she could have with her own mother, when she paused at a certain exchange.
Mama: Goodnight Mi Amor
Mama: Sorry! I meant to say Mija
Mama: Autocorrect
Luz: Lol yeah, autocorrect is goofy
Luz: I'm like why is Mom calling me "My love" ?!
Luz: Love you to Mama!
"My amor," Amity whispered, the phrase not sounding quite right. Seeing a microphone looking symbol next to the text space Amity decided to be even more reckless, yeah... Luz was really rubbing off on her, and she texted the phrase and pressed on the symbol. She breathed a sigh of relief when it didn't send and instead did what she hoped, say the text aloud.
"Mi amor," the female voice inside the phone spoke..
"Mi amor," Amity echoed.
"Sorry I took so long, King wanted another belly rub," Luz said as she walked back into the room. "Whaddya doing with my phone?"
"I uh... your picture of me, it's not that great and I wanted to change it," Amity explained, not exactly telling the whole truth.
Luz looked away innocently, "Sorry about that. I wanted a picture of you, but figured I was kinda too embarrassed to ask."
Amity's eyes widened, "You... embarrassed?"
"Well yeah, I mean wouldn't it be weird if I just asked you "Hey Amity, can you let me take a picture of you smiling? I wanna put it on my phone so every time I turn it on I see your beautiful face." That'd be weird, right?"
Amity blushed, why did the human have to be so good at giving compliments? "I mean, I'd be ok with it. So long as you let me take a picture of you... so I could do the same thing…"
Luz brightened, "I would love to!"
The girls traded their devices and proceeded to take pictures of each other for their new home screens. Luz ended up with a picture of Amity smiling cutely as she held one of the Azura books. Amity, however, got an entire scrapbook worth of Luz pictures. The human, being the more theatrical of the two, wanted to have some fun with it going so far as to grab some "props" from the closet and strike poses that made Amity giggle. The green haired girl loved every picture, but her favorite was of Luz blowing her a kiss as she proudly showed off her Lumity T-shirt.
They had spent so much time laughing at Luz's antics that the sun was beginning to set, which meant Amity had to leave if she were to get back home on time for dinner. Luz walked Amity out of the Owl House with Amity saying her goodbyes to King, Eda, and yes… even Hooty.
"You sure you don't want me to take you back with Owlbert," Luz asked after getting a good distance away from Hooty.
Amity smiled, "I'll be fine, thank you though. But are you really ok walking me all the way back to my place? You'll just end up walking back to the Owl House anyway."
"Of course, anything for Little Miss Perfect," Luz winked, causing her girlfriend to blush deeply.
Feeling that she shouldn't be the only one that should get flustered, Amity tried her best to sound as confident as possible, and fired back. "Whatever you say... mi amor."
Realizing what she just said Amity stopped and stared at Luz.
"What did you just call me," the other girl asked, stopping in her tracks as well, staring at Amity wide-eyed.
The young Blight did her best to explain herself. "I uh... well, remember when I said that I just wanted to change the picture you had of me? I was going to do that but then I saw the messages app right next to your camera app and I thought that I shouldn't open it but then I did and I saw your texts with your mom and wanted to see some more and ended up coming along that phrase and found out what it means and I just decided to call you that because you always tease me with that nickname and decided that if I'm going to call you something it should be something special so I thought that maybe this would work but I'm guessing that since you're not saying anything it was a really awful bad terrible idea and I've been talking too long and I'm sorry please so don't be mad."
After her explanation turned rant, Amity looked at Luz hoping that she would accept her apology, but it seemed that the girl was frozen in place. She waited for the human girl to say something.
"Can you... can you say that again," Luz asked with a shaky voice.
Amity was taken aback, not having expected her to request she speak the phrase again. She took a breath to compose herself and spoke.
"I'll see you tomorrow... mi amor."
Luz quickly looked over her shoulder, making sure the coast was clear, and quickly pecked Amity on the lips before spinning on her heel and running back to the Owl House screaming, "I'll SEE YOU TOMORROW!"
Amity watched as her girlfriend made it back to her house and slammed the door behind her, to which Hooty told her to not be so rough.
She gently put her hands to her lips. It was a short kiss, not even lasting a second, but her heart was still pounding furiously and this weirdly exciting sensation coursed through her.
As flustered as Amity was, she was also proud of herself. Not only did she get back at Luz for all those times that she embarrassed her, with that admittedly cute nickname, but she also got her first kiss out of it as a result. Sure, they've cuddled together and kissed each other on the cheek but neither of them ever found the courage to actually kiss the other. One thing's for certain, she hopes she can get another one soon because… wow!
Amity smiled.
Lumity huh? That'll work.