We're Wizards, Not Warriors

by B.E.A.T.N

Familiar characters, a new story. As Belos rules the Boiling Isles, the mysterious Jedi order will trust in the skills of not only Luz, but also; Sam Skywalker, raised by Anakin, Padme and Eda. Also includes Viziepop and She-Ra characters. Sam x Hordak x Prime x Alastor x Lucifer. Warning: genderbending, gay/straight lemons, cursing and blood. Co-writer: SuperSentai199

59. Chapter 59

We're Wizards, Not Warriors

Chapter 59: Watching and Dreaming, Part 1

We see Luz and the group on the platform of the Titan's head. The platform suddenly starts to shake, surprising everyone.

Cobi, "what the Hell?!"

Ghost hisses.

Pink strings drop down from above and wrap around Gus, Ahsoka, Ani, Willow, Hunter, Sam's kids, Sam's husbands, Kane, Leia and Luke.

The group gets dragged upwards. Willow and Gus gasp and scream as this is happening, with Ahsoka briefly reaching upward to keep hold of Hunter's hand.

Anakin yelled, "kids!"

We look at Camila, Link, Cobi, Hamill, Ghost, Clover, and Emmiline getting dragged upwards by similar pink strings. Camila cries out as she hugs the palismen tight.

Luz shouted, "Mama!"

Pink strings wrap around Amity and drag her upwards, causing her to cry out in surprise. Luz tries to reach out her hand towards Amity.

Luz yelled, "Amity!"

Anakin yelled, "give us back our-"

A bright flash suddenly appears behind them. They turn around to look at it, and are forced to shut their eyes as the flash was too bright.

….

We see the entrance to the In Between Realm appear.

Luz groaned, "what happened?"

Luz's hand appears as she tries to reach the portal.

"Hey!"

Luz said, "we were…. Just about to enter the Archives…."

"HEY!"

Luz said, "we were just about to rescue Eda, Sam and King."

"Luz, the human!"

We see the Titan's eyes and nose, still alive. Something which looks like Hooty can be seen coming out of his right eye.

It says, "you have to wake up."

….

Luz's eyes then shot open.

Luz is shown inside the Emperor's throne. She is sitting on Belos' throne and wearing his outfit. Above her, the heart can be seen beating.

Luz sits up from the throne of the castle, clutching her head.

Luz grunts, "how did I get here?!"

Luz looks down and notices that she is wearing Belos' outfit. Shocked, she gasps, then yells out in fright and falls backwards, landing on the ground in a sitting position. She then looks up at the throne.

Luz askes, "what is this? Is-is this a dream?"

As Luz speaks, Stringbean appears from behind Luz and bites on her ear and squeaks. Luz cries out in pain.

Luz said, "ow!"

Luz then smiled as she saw Stringbean.

She then said, "Stringbean, it's you! You sweet, little power noodle. I'm so happy to see you. Are Mama and the others okay?"

As Luz speaks, Stringbean floats towards Luz's hands as she carries the palisman in her palms. Stringbean squeaks apologetically in response to Luz's question. Luz looks to her right worriedly.

Luz walks down the corridors of the castle. Eventually, she finds the front door and walks out of it. She walks up the bridge and looks around scaredly.

Luz asked, "where is everyone?"

Luz walks over to the edge and looks down, then gasps in shock. Beneath the bridge, various residents of the Boiling Isles have been petrified, with an expression of shock and horror frozen on their faces.

Luz said, horrified, "no! No, no, no! Wh-When did this happen?!"

"Don't you remember?"

Luz looks towards the source of sound, eyes wide and in surprise. Far away from her, Amity is standing on the platform on the other side that connects the bridge, holding her staff. She doesn't look at Luz, but her voice is filled with anger.

Amity, "this is all your doing. You helped Belos meet the Collector", she turns around to face Luz, "your actions led to THIS."

Amity then stares at Luz furiously, tears forming in her eyes.

Amity shouted, "you've been the real villain this whole time!"

As Amity speaks, she raises her staff and points at Luz.

Luz said desperately, "wha- Listen, I- I don't know what I missed, but I'd never do this."

Luz takes off her cloak and throws it aside.

Luz said, "see?"

The cloak flies down the bridge and drops among the petrified statues. Amity looked to her left with a despaired look on her face, before shutting her eyes.

Amity said, "I'm sorry, Luz. But I have to take you down."

As Amity speaks, she draws a spell circle and summons some abomination goo, then rides on it and rushes forward towards Luz.

Luz cried, "Amity, please!"

Luz narrowly dodges Amity's abomination goo and runs away. Amity then draws another spell circle and launches the goo towards Luz. Stringbean immediately transforms into a staff, enabling Luz to escape on it and narrowly misses another attack from Amity. Luz flies past an angry Amity and into the castle. The doors slam shut, finally blocking the attacks from Amity.

Luz, "this isn't a dream. This is a nightmare!"

….

We see Eda with her eyes shut. Her eyes suddenly shoot open as she gasps. She then sits up.

Eda said, "huh?"

Eda finds herself locked up in a cell. We look outside the cell. A bright yellow flash emerges from inside the cell, then Harpy Eda kicks down the steel door. Eda walks over to the edge of the walkway

She is in the middle of the Conformatorium.

Eda, "Lilith? Hooty? Padme? Sam? King!"

Eda looks around and finds no one nearby. Shen then flies through the hallway, barges through the front door, and flies towards the sky, frightened and panting.

Eda went, "huh?"

Eda looks up and sees a net coming towards her. The net captures Eda, causing her to drop to the ground, wrapped up in the net. She then sits up.

Eda shouted, "if you think you can keep me from my family, you got another thing comin'!"

As Eda speaks, she looks up to the platform of the front door of the Conformatorium. Lilith and Gwendolyn can be seen standing on the platform.

Lilith chuckles and says, "don't worry, Edalyn. We're all present and accounted for."

Eda said in relief, "Lily! Ma! Thank goodness. Hey, help me out. We gotta find King and Sam."

Lilith said coldly, "no. You'll be staying right there."

As Lilith speaks, multiple shadowy figures walk out from the front door of the Conformatorium.

Eda asked, "huh?"

Multiple scouts appear beside Eda and point their spears at her.

Lilith growled, "dangerous beasts need to be kept in cages, after all."

Eda asked in fear, "what are you talking about?"

We see Lilith and Gwendolyn staring down at Eda judgingly. They then turn around to look back at the door.

"Why, Eda?"

Dell walks out from the door with his right hand covering his right eye.

Dell cried, "I forgave you."

Dell lowers his hand to show that his right eye is also now injured and blinded. Eda gasps at the sight of this.

….

Anakin gasps as his eyes shoot open.

He sits up and finds himself in the Jedi Temple, now in total ruin.

Anakin said, "no! No! No! What happened?!"

Anakin saw his Vader armor was on him.

"You left us…."

Anakin slowly turned to see Padme, caked in blood, limping towards him.

Padme cried, "you left us to die…."

Anakin backed up as he cried, "no! No! We were coming to save you!"

He turned to see Luke, Leia and Kane walking towards him; covered in scars.

Luke growled, "you."

Leia cried, "left."

Kane hissed, "us."

All of the Jedi surrounded him, scarred beyond belief.

They all yelled, "to die!"

Anakin had tears streaming down his face.

….

We see King in a dark place with his eyes shut. His eyes shoot open as he gasps. He then sits up, clutching his head. Two torches in front of him suddenly ignited, surprising King.

He is inside the room where the shrine of the Huntsman is located, back on Titan Trapper Island.

He sees the deceased Titan skulls around him.

King stands up, looking terrified. Bill suddenly emerges from behind him.

Bill said, "nice right?"

King screams and runs away, then turns around to look at Bill.

King growled, "Bill! You crazy jerk, how'd I get here?"

Bill laughed, "I brought you here! I wanted to show you our new collection."

As Bill speaks, King turns his head and stares at the skulls in fright. Bill then walks down the stairs.

Bill asked, "what's wrong? Don't you recognize your siblings? Hehe. But don't worry, we saved the best spot for you!"

King turns around. We see the shrine. A door somewhere above opens, casting light into the shrine. King whimpers in fear as Bill grabs onto his arms.

….

Sam gasps as his eyes shoot open.

He sees himself dressed in red robes, standing atop the Titans Skull.

He asked, "where…. Am I…."

"Why…. Sam…."

Sam slowly turned to see his husbands standing there, all of them covered in the same green slime as Belos.

Prime cried, "why did you leave us?"

Hordak yelled, "why did you join him?!"

Lucifer hissed, "you became the very thing you swore to destroy!"

Sam stepped back and cried, "n-no! I didn't! I would never…."

Alastor growled, "you betrayed us all!"

Sam cried, "I WOULD NEVER!"

Sam turned to see his kids limping towards him, looking worse for wear. Gobi stood behind them, both arms torn from their sockets.

Cobi yelled, "YOU'LL BE THE DEATH OF US ALL!"

Just then, he heard a kind voice.

One he hasn't heard in a long time.

"My dear boy…. My son."

Sam gasped.

He then said, "Mom?"

Sam's husbands, kids and Cobi all suddenly froze and rose into the air on purple strings before vanishing.

Sam turned around to see Beru standing before him looking just as he last saw her. His guardian angel.

Tears fell down Sam's face.

He ran forward and hugged his mom.

Beru smiled softly as she hugged her son.

Sam asked, "where…. Are we?"

Beru said, "your mind…. The Collector has everyone…. Except you, Anakin, Luz, Eda and King. Belos has possessed Raine, and is using him to manipulate the Collector."

Sam looked around and said, "so that's why they all appeared like that…. I have to save them!"

"You, Anakin, Luz, Eda and King are the last hope in saving the demon realm."

Sam gasped as he looked around to see the many spirits of fallen Jedi all around him.

Beru said, "a thousand generations of Jedi live in you, Sam…. Once you wake up, Luz won't be far behind to help…."

Sam had tears in his eyes.

He cried, "how do I stop Belos? Stop the Collector?"

Beru said, "to stop the Collector…. You must show him what is truly right and wrong. To stop Belos…. You'll know what to do…."

Sam cried out, "but can I really confront him?"

Beru said, "you won't have to do it alone…. You'll have your true family by your side…."

Beru stepped back as Sam closed his eyes.

Sam's crying slowly began to cease.

Beru asked, "now…. Who are you?"

Sam opened his eyes with a determined look.

He said, "I am Sam Skywalker…. I am the Scarlet Wizard…. I am a Jedi Master…. And I will save my family…."

Beru smiled as she and all the Jedi snapped their fingers….

….

Back at the Emperor's Castle, Luz flies through a corridor, then lands and runs down another corridor to her right. Suddenly, she finds herself in a surrounding similar to Willow's mindscape.

Luz asked, "trees?"

Luz stops and pants. She notices something on her right and turns towards that direction. Not far away from her, Willow is kneeling in front of a tree.

Luz yelled, "Willow!"

Luz runs towards Willow. Willow holds a blank expression.

Luz said, "Willow, I'm so happy to see you. Do you know what's going on? I just saw Amity, and-"

Willow said, "you know, Luz, my life changed after I met you. I finally believed that there was this big, bright future ahead of myself."

As Willow speaks, she stands up and turns around to face Luz. Wind starts blowing around the same time.

Willow said, "you know, Luz, my life changed after I met you. I finally believed that there was this big, bright future ahead of myself."

As Willow speaks, she stands up and turns around to face Luz. Wind starts blowing around the same time.

Willow sighed and said, "but that didn't last long, did it?"

The seedling in Willow's palms fade away as she speaks. She then looks up at Luz angrily, with green glowing eyes and tears flowing down her cheeks.

Willow growled, "you destroyed my home and any chance I had at happiness. I have no future now. NONE OF US DO!"

As Willow speaks, she forms spell circles with her hands, then angrily summons vines from the ground to attack Luz. Luz screams and runs away. After a while, Luz slows down and turns around to look back, slowly backing off as she gasps and whimpers. Her surroundings turn dark. Suddenly, a light turns on. Luz turns around with her left eye shut, trying to see what's going on while adjusting herself to the brightness.

Gus said, "look, everyone. It's good ol' Luz."

As Gus speaks, the scene changes to show Luz and Gus on a stage. Gus is wearing his grom outfit and introducing Luz to the audience below. The audience cheers. Luz looks down at them with a puzzled expression. Gus steps in front of her.

Gus growled, "and she, just might be, the biggest hypocrite ever."

The audience boos.

Luz asked, "wh-what?"

Gus growled, "everyone helped you get back to your mom. Meanwhile, because of you, I'll never see my dad again."

As Gus speaks, he walks towards Luz, then turns around and stares at her angrily with teary eyes while walking towards her, forcing her to retreat.

Luz cried, "Gus, no. I- I- I swear, we'll get him back", she turns towards the audience, "we'll get everyone back! I won't stop till we do."

Gus approaches Luz from behind, giving her a death stare.

Gus, "tell that to HIM!"

As Gus speaks, Luz turns around to face Gus, but he pushes her off the stage. Luz lands on the ground in a different environment. As she tries to get up, she groans as she clutches her head. She then looks to her left, and sees Hunter staring at a large Flapjack statue in the distance, with his back facing her. Ahsoka stands next to him, Ani in her arms. They are at the Emperor's Castle.

Hunter said angrily ,"I've always just…. Followed orders. I never thought about making friends or…. Going to school. Then I met Flapjack. He was more than a palisman. He was my best friend. And then I lost him, helping you! But you still get to have your own palisman?!"

Hunter turns around to face Luz as he speaks, staring at Luz angrily and teary-eyed. He then drops to his knees.

Hunter cried angrily, "why, Luz? Why do you get to have it all?"

Tears flow down Hunter's cheeks as he speaks. He then starts sobbing.

Ahsoka cries, "how can you cause so much pain to our family?! My father's! My family! All taken by the Collector! Because of you!"

Amity, Gus, and Willow then approach Hunter, Ahsoka and Ani and stand around them. The trio stare at Luz accusingly.

Amity growled, "I'm sorry. But for the sake of everyone you hurt…."

Amity points her staff at Luz as she speaks.

Luz said, pleadingly, "please no!"

Tears flow down Luz's cheek as she speaks. She then shuts her eyes and turns her head away.

Amity yelled, "…. I challenge you to a WITCH'S BATTLE!"

Luz's eyes shot open in surprise. She turns her head and looks at Amity.

Luz said, "w-wait. Say that again."

Amity growled, "I said, I challenge you to a witch's battle!"

Luz asked, "a-a witch's battle?"

Luz walks towards Amity as Stringbean changes into her palisman form.

She squishes Amity's cheek and plays with her ears.

Luz said, "Bap. Boop. You look like Amity."

She lifts up Amity's arm and touches it.

Luz said, "you feel like Amity."

She holds Amity's left hand and looks at it suspiciously, then looks up at her

Luz said, "but you're not Amity, are you?"

Luz laughs and takes a few steps back.

Luz exclaimed, "you're not her! None of you are you!"

Willow yelled, "how dare you? Of course we're us!"

Luz said, "it's 'I challenge you to a witch's duel', not 'witch's battle.' And the Amity I know would NEVER misquote The Good Witch Azura."

Stringbean transforms into a staff for Luz to hold on to.

Luz said, "so come on. Attack me. I know what's going on now. "

Angered by Luz's words, Amity, Gus, and Willow proceed to rush forward and attack Luz. However, Amity's staff is being held back by some pink strings before it can touch Luz. Luz opens her eyes, sees this, and takes a step back. In front of her, Amity, Gus, and Willow grunt as they are all held back by the pink strings. Suddenly, Amity opens her eyes, looks up at Luz in surprise and gasps. Light slowly returns to her dull and lifeless eyes. She squints her eyes slightly as a tear forms in her right eye.

Amity said in shock, "Luz?"

Luz puts a hand on Amity's cheek.

Luz asked, "Amity, is that you? Is it really you?"

Amity said, "yes! We've all been collected, including Camila, Cobi and the others. The Collector came from the sky, and-"

Gus said, "he's playing games with you, Luz. He's trying to keep you away from King, Anakin, Sam and Eda!"

Willow said, "but if you want to save anyone, you have to wake up!"

Ahsoka said, "and fast!"

Luz asked, "how?"

Hunter said, "think about it. What's the first thing you do when you wake up from a bad dream?"

As Hunter speaks, pink strings drop down from the sky and wrap around his arms. Hunter then looks up and smiles at Luz.

Amity releases her left hand from gripping her staff and places it on Luz's left hand.

Amity said, "you turn on the light."

Amity lets go of Luz's hand, leaving behind a paper with a glowing light glyph in her palm. Luz stares at the glyph, then looks up at Amity and smiles, a tear forming in her right eye. Ahsok, Ani, Gus, Amity, Hunter, and Willow all smile back at her. Amity has tears in her eyes. Suddenly, the strings transform the quartet into lifeless puppets again. The group is then dragged up into the sky and promptly disappears. Luz drops to her knees upon seeing this, and lowers her head, eyes shut. After taking a deep breath, she opens her eyes, then claps her hands together, activating the light glyph.

….

Luz slowly opens her eyes and then cries out in fright.

Luz then looks around to see where she was. She sees she's on a checkered pattern platform with large toys around her.

And we see Luz standing on a large Rubix cube, which is floating mid air in some sort of galaxy-like dimension. There are other large toys floating nearby. A meteor shoots across the sky above Luz.

Luz walks ahead and looks at the surroundings in shock, accompanied by Stringbean.

"Luz!"

Luz gasped and turned to see Sam standing there!

Luz smiled with tears in her eyes as she yelled, "Sam!"

Sam ran over and hugged Luz while crying in joy.

Sam cried, "oh Luz! I missed you so much!"

Luz cried out, "I missed you too big bro!"

Sam kissed her forehead and said, "I knew you guys would come back for us."

The two then notice King on their left, who is still stuck in his own nightmare and whimpering in terror. Beside him, puppet-fied Tarak and Bill are being controlled by strings and used to terrorize King. King looks up, looking terrified. His eyes are glowing, just like Bill and Tarak. The pair then look to their right and see Eda getting terrorized by puppet Lilith, Dell, and Gwendolyn. All of their eyes are glowing too.

Eda cried, "I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it!"

They then see Anakin in front of them, crying as the puppets of Padme, Sam's siblings and a bunch of Jedi terrorize him.

Sam said, "I'll help dad. You get Eda and King!"

Luz nodded.

Sam runs over to his father.

Sam quickly used a light glyph to wake his dad up.

Anakin groaned as he woke up and all the puppets were dragged into the sky before vanishing in puffs of smoke.

Once Anakin's vision was clear…. He saw Sam in front of him.

Anakin asked in shock, "S-Sam?"

Sam smiled with tears in his eyes and said, "hi dad."

Anakin smiled with tears streaming down his face as he exclaimed, "SAM!"

Anakin hugged his son close as he cried tears of joy.

Sam cried tears of joy as well as he hugged his father close as well.

Anakin kisses Sam's forehead various times as he holds his son close.

Anakin cried out, "my baby! Oh my Baby boy! I missed you so much!"

Sam cried, "I missed you too, dad. I always knew you and the others would make it back to us."

Anakin cried happily as he peppered his son's faces with kisses as he hugged Sam close.

Anakin cried, "I never gave up on getting back to you."

Sam cried, "just promise we'll never be separated again."

Anakin cried, "never again. I promise."

Sam kept on crying happily as he kept hugging his father. Anakin hugged back as he kept crying.

Father and son were overjoyed to have been reunited.

Meanwhile, Luz rushes forward and grabs Eda's arm, then places a light glyph in her hand and activates it. Eda looks at the light ball in her hand, which breaks her out from her nightmare and her eyes stop glowing.

Eda said, "huh?"

Puppet Lilith, Dell, and Gwendolyn stop moving and gets dragged up to the sky as Eda watches, before they all disappear in a puff of smoke. Luz then rushes over to King and places another light glyph in his palm and activates it. King opens his eyes and stares at the light ball, successfully breaking out from his nightmare. Puppet Tarak and Bill gets dragged into the sky as King watches. When he looks back down, he sees Luz kneeling right in front of him, causing him to gasp and jump back.

King said, "weh? Luz? LUZ!"

King happily pounces towards Luz while laughing and crying happy tears, causing her to fall backwards.

Luz said, "hey, buddy!"

Behind the duo, Eda stands up and looks over at them.

Eda asked, "is this…. Real? Is that Luz?"

Eda starts crying happy tears and exclaims in delight, running over to the duo.

Eda asked, "are you both really here?"

Luz cried, "get over here, you witch!"

As Luz speaks, she extends her hand. Eda rushes over and kneels down right next to Luz and King, hugging them both tight and squealing in pure happiness. She then kisses them both. Luz is now also crying happily.

"Room for two more?"

Eda and King turned around to see Anakin!

He approached with Sam, both smiling.

Eda smiled in joy before she pulled Anakin down and kissed him.

Anakin held his wife close as he returned the kiss.

As the kiss ended, Sam pulled everyone into a hug.

The group all hugged each other blissfully. Stringbean floats over and attaches herself onto Luz's face, smiling.

….

We see the Collector looking at this scene on the screen of a yellow star-shaped object angrily, with his back facing the possessed Raine. He then turns around.

The Collector exclaimed, "I thought you said this would work, Ray-Ray. You said, it would make them all 'see the error of their ways.' But King and Sam are gonna hate me for this! Now what do we do?"

As the Collector speaks, he casts the star object away using magical powers, and yells at Belos angrily, before finally sitting down on the bed with his arms crossed.

Belos-Raine sighs, "why bother teaching them anything when you could just…. Wipe them out?"

As Belos speaks, he grabs Francois and looks at it, but the Collector snatches it away from his hand

The Collector said, "I WANT to be their friends! And besides, my powers don't work on King."

The Collector caresses Francois' head as they speak, before setting it on the table next to their bed.

Belos-Raine asked, "the…. Dog?"

The Collector said, "yeah! 'Cause he's a titan!"

The Collector waves their hands as two illusions depicting a Titan's skull whooshes past above their head. Belos' eyes widen, then he appears to be deep in thought.

The Collector said, "you worked in the castle, Ray-Ray. You've seen the big old heart, still beating too. Titans are AMAZING!"

Nearing the end of his sentence, the Collector floats up and lies back down on his bed, grinning. We focus on "Raine's" face.

The Collector said, "when they're full grown, they are more POWERFUL than anyone!"

Belos-Raine said, "you know, I just had an interesting idea

Belos smiles and sits down on the bed next to the Collector.

The Collector asked, "yeeeeeaaah?"

Belos-Raine waves their hand, "no, it wouldn't work."

The Collector said, "what? What wouldn't work? Tell me, or I'll hold my breath for a million years!"

The Collector floats up and then grabs onto Belos' face as he speaks. Belos chuckles and gently puts down the Collector's hands, holding them in his own hands.

Belos-Raine said, "well, if you insist. What if you played with those three yourself? Showed them just how much fun your games are in person? Then they'll ALL want to be your friend."

The Collector smiles as their eyes light up upon hearing Belos' words.

The Collector asked, "you think?"

Belos-Raine said, "mm-hmm."

The Collector shouted in joy, "ALRIGHT!"

The Collector summons the yellow star from below and places it above his head. He then floats up towards it and waves at Belos.

The Collector shouted, "wish me luck, Ray-Ray!"

The Collector flies upwards and through the star, which then shrinks and disappears. Belos grunts, swipes Francois to the ground, and rummages through the drawer of the table beside the Collector's bed. Eventually, he takes out a blue star

Belos-Raine, "perhaps this will be easier than I thought."

….

Eda, "oh! I thought I'd never see you guys again! How did you get back to the Demon Realm?"

Luz said, "it's a very long story, I wouldn't know where to begin. There was Belos in the Human Realm…."

Sam, Eda and King yelled, "there was what?!"

Anakin said, "then, we saw Kikimora, she uh, was a lot to deal with…."

King, "I can imagine."

Luz said, "and then my mom decided to- WOAH, how did that happen?"

Luz points to Eda's missing arm, covered in a bandage.

Anakin went wide-eyed and said, "that's gonna make cuddling more difficult."

Eda said, "ah, it's a shorter story. Oh! Is that your palisman?"

Sam saw Stringbean as well.

He said, "awwww! They are so adorable!"

Stringbean sits on Luz's shoulder. Owlbert appears and the palismen greet each other.

King said, "hey, hey, all I wanna do is hear both of you talk over hot chocos milk, but first, we gotta find a way outta, whatever this is!"

Sam said, "yeah, King's right. I wanna get us outta here and save our family."

Anakin said, "I agree."

A bright flash of light appears and a pink star manifests above the five of them. The Collector comes through the star.

The Collector said, "I don't get it, King, Sam. I really don't get it. I thought you loved playing our games. Why do you choose these itty bitty spiders over me?"

Eda, "because your games stink, squirt!"

Eda steps forward and turns her arm into a claw.

Sam said, "and because they're our family!"

Luz said, "and spiders are awesome!"

Luz activates her staff and aims it at the Collector.

King said, "yeah! Especially the itty bitty ones!"

The Collector said, "ah, you act like I'm doing something bad. But I'm just having fun."

King asked, "trapping people and scaring them and controlling them?"

Sam said, "that's not fun, Collector."

Eda said, "and everyone nearly died from the Draining Spell!"

Anakin said, "and I got separated from my family for a very long time."

The Collector said, "so? Toys break all the time, you just fix them."

The Collector creates a doll of himself and splits it into two. The pieces fall to the ground and fix themselves.

Luz asked, "do you not understand what death means to mortals?"

The Collector said, "well, don't worry 'cause I don't wanna scare you anymore. I think we can all be great friends. So, let me show you some of my favorite games!"

The Collector levitates into the sky and starts to summon something.

….

We see Raine limping through the Archives. There is a trail of black goo that follows them. The Collector's spell vanishes and Raine gains control of their body.

Raine yelled, "ugh, let me go!"

Raine thrashed around for a moment before Belos regained control.

Belos-Raine groaned, "ugh, Raine's always been annoyingly powerful", he pulls out the blue star from earlier, "now, I think I'll keep you around a little longer."

He flies on the star and goes off.

….

We then see the puppets of Amity, Cobi, Sam's husbands and kids, Padme, Ahsoka, Ani, Luke, Leia, Kane, Willow, Gus, and Hunter. One of Amity's fingers starts to twitch.

….

Back with Luz and the group….

They are forced to play some very dangerous games.

First game is based on Pac-Man, which ends when Stringbean stings the Collector. He snaps his fingers and the game changes to Marbles. King makes the Collector fall by tripping on a marble. Next game is Jenga and Eda sends the blocks flying to the Collector. He angrily gets up, but then his face saddens. This confuses Anakin and Luz. The group is transported back to their original location.

King said,"thank whoever, I think I barfed like twelve times."

Eda jokes, "wanna make it a lucky number thirteen?"

Eda smiles as she picks King up and throws him in the air. He lands back in her arms.

King laughed, "Eda!"

Anakin groaned as Sam helped him up, "I think I'm about to make it thirteen…."

The Collector can be seen in the corner. Luz hears him crying and she and Sam start walking over to him.

Anakin and Eda nearly walk towards them but King stops them.

King said, "Eda, Anakin let them go. If anyone can talk some sense into them, it's Luz and Sam."

Luz and Sam sat in front of the Collector.

Luz said, "Collector, you know this can't last forever."

The Collector wipes his tears on his sleeve.

The Collector asked, "why, cause you know you'd lose? I just wanted a friend who wouldn't lie to me, or trick me. But everyone's the same. King lied, Sam lied, Belos lied, even they lied."

Sam asked, "who's they?"

The Collector growled out, "the Archivists, my siblings. 'Oh, let's play a game', they said. 'Let's play hide-and-seek.'"

Anakin, Sam, Luz, Eda and King hear rumbling in the distance.

The Collector recalled, "'you go down there and see if the Titans wanna play!'"

The group looks up to see an image of the Collector's story in the stars. The Archivists guide the Collector down to the Titans.

The Collector said, "so I played, and it was great."

While he says this, the stars move to show the Collector playing with the young Titans.

He continued, "the baby Titans were the cutest, just like King! And they were all so welcoming!"

While he says this, the stars move to show the young Titans surrounding a joyful Collector.

The Collector said, "but the Archivists were scared of their power, so one by one, they disappeared, until there was one Titan left."

While he says this, the stars move to show the hands of the Archivists seizing the young Titans and taking them offscreen to represent their killing of the Titans. The Collector, now alone, rotates, looking for the Titans. A large pair of eyes representing the last Titan appear behind the Collector.

The Collector said, "and he thought I was the bad guy."

The stars move to show the last Titan holding The Collector, now imprisoned, and placing him away.

The Collector said, "he hid his egg from me and trapped me."

In a flash of light, the flashback ends.

The Collector said, "but I showed all of them. Even when those trapper jerks started acting weird. Even when Belos lied to me! I found King! I found the last Titan, and he's my friend now!"

King said, "Collector..."

The Collector said angrily, "I know it's just pretend. I don't care. I'll pretend as long as I want."

While The Collector says this, he angrily runs forward to Luz and Sam sending a small breeze in their direction.

Luz said softly, "but that's not what you want, is it?"

The Collector growled, "what do you know?"

Eda said, "we know what it's like to feel alone."

King said, "and abandoned…."

Anakin said, "and lost…."

Sam said, "and lied to…."

Luz said, "and misunderstood. Hey, what if we showed you how we became friends?"

The Collector said, "King already told me about your adventures."

Luz said, "it's different when you can see them."

Luz brings out a stack of polaroid pictures. It shows all her adventures in the past.

Luz asked, "what do you think? Can we tell you our stories?"

….

We see the Emperor's castle. Belos-Raine is atop the Collector's shooting star. Outside the castle, the star crash-lands while Belos attempts to keep control of a resistant Raine.

Raine yelled, "I said, GET OUT!"

Raine inhales, then whistles. The vibrations from their bard magic repel Belos, sending him toward the castle.

Belos reforms and growls, "that's fine. Only one vessel is big enough to do what I need."

Belos advances toward the castle entrance.

Raine, "... No."

Raine stands up and follows Belos, leaving behind their earring.

Raine runs inside the castle after Belos. They run up the stairs, hitting against the wall on the way before continuing onward. Raine finally makes their way to the door that opens to the main chamber containing the Titan's heart. They summon their instrument.

Belos said, "you know what this is, don't you? It's the last of many, but it still beats."

Raine scans around them, looking for Belos. Belos comes from within the ground and crawls up to their upper body. He expands

Belos said, "it's the Titan's heart!"

Belos bites Raine's arm, causing them to drop their instrument.

Raine yells in pain.

Raine attempts to use their bard magic by whistling, but Belos engulfs them to prevent this. Belos then leaves behind his parts that are muting Raine and makes his way to the heart. He begins to climb up the wall to the heart. Raine manages to move their body close enough to grab their instrument. They slam it against the ground with enough force of sound waves to surround the room. Belos manages to make contact with the heart before the sound waves reach it. He expands.

Belos said, "poor Raine. You tried so hard, didn't you?"

Raine gasps.

Belos fully attaches to the heart, then unleashes mold-like branches from his chest beyond Raine. They spread through the castle. The Titan's right eye begins to glow blue.

….

We see the Archive House, where the corridors glow green. A semi-conscious puppet Amity's hand etches a light glyph into the ground and activates it, releasing a ball of light that returns her to her active state.

Amity said, "oh my gosh. It worked!"

Amity looks around the room she and the others are in. She sees Cat, Amelia, and Lilith, all of whom have been Collected. She focuses on Lilith.

Amity rubs her left eye and says, "Miss Lilith?"

The others all awaken. Gus looks at more Collected figures and screams in terror.

Gus asked, "where the heck are we?"

Willow said, "these must be the Archives."

Padme then spots her kids among the group.

She said, "Luke, Leia, Kane?"

The three siblings exclaimed, "mom!"

They quickly hugged Padme close, all four of them crying at finally being reunited.

Padme cried out, "my babies."

She kissed their foreheads as they kept hugging.

Cobi sees that Camila is still in her Collected form.

Cobi yelled, "mí amor! Willow, help me get her down!"

While Cobi says this, Amity is looking around the room, hoping to see Luz.

Cobi and Willow both summon their Palismen and start making their way toward Camila. Hunter stands up and holds Ahsoka and Ani close as Sam's husbands and kids look all around.

As soon as Link and Marek see Azzie, they run to get him.

Amity said, "guys, where's Luz?"

"She's with Sam, Eda, Anakin and King."

The group turned to see Din, Barriss, Leon, Obi Wan and Shaak Ti.

Hunter said, "Din! Shaak Ti! Thank goodness you're alright!"

Luke said, "how are you guys not puppets? We saw when you were all captured."

Leon said, "Sam and King convinced the Collector to free us. We heard the commotion and came to help you all."

Ahsoka said, "thank the force."

Obi Wan said, "now, shall we get to work here?"

….

We see a shooting star flying past the Owl House and finally landing in front of it. The Collector then makes the star vanish. He is followed by Luz on Stringbean, Harpy Eda, Anakin, Beast Sam and King.

Luz said, "wow, I thought we would just, like, flip through these."

The Collector said, "so it all started at the birdhouse."

Eda said, "the Owl House. Speaking of which, what happened to it?"

Eda flies up and views the current state of the Owl House.

King said, "you, uh, haven't been here in a while."

Anakin said, "a bunch of little punks vandalized it."

Luz looks at a picture of her at the Owl House. In the picture, she is sticking her tongue out and smiling. Eda is standing by the door, arms crossed and smiling. King is sitting on top of a smiling Hooty, waving to the camera. Anakin stands in the back with a smile.

Luz said, "for me, it started in the Human Realm. Things were not great, but I found my way here, and I met Owlbert, Anakin, Sam and his family, Hooty, and Eda the Owl Lady."

While Luz says the latter sentence, Eda flies back down to the ground and places her hand on Luz's back.

Anakin and Sam walk over to stand beside Luz.

King said as he jumped into Luz's arms, "and the King of Demons!"

Luz said, "none of us felt like we fit in. So we decided to not fit in together."

The Collector crosses his arms and scoffs, "it was that easy, huh?"

Luz said, "not really…."

Luz sets King down and shows the Collector a picture of Luz and those who deceived her in the past.

Luz said, "I had a lot to learn. But after a little while, I met more people who helped me."

While saying this, she flips through more pictures, which included Luz trying out to be a Hexside student, Willow and Gus supporting Luz in, Anakin hugging Luz on her dad's birthday, Sam holding all his kids, and Luz playing Grudgby with Willow and Amity against Boscha and her team in. A Grom photo can be seen behind it.

The Collector said, "whoa! That game looks fun. I wanna go there!"

….

They all fly to Hexside's Grudgby field. Luz, who is now holding Stringbean in her dormant form, Eda who is carrying King, Sam and Anakin beside her, stand at the top while the Collector hovers above on his star.

Luz said, "this is where we play a game called Grudgby."

King said, "the ball can bite you, the rules are nonsense, but it's still kinda fun."

Eda said, "nonsense? Ha! Hexside lets you play any magic sport these days. Grudgby was all we had and we made the best of it."

Anakin said, "I hated playing it because the ball seemed to always bite me!"

Luz places her right hand on top of Eda's hair. Eda grins.

Luz said, "and you were the star player, we know, Eda."

King said, "did you know Lilith was their captain?"

Luz asked, "really?"

Anakin said, "yep."

Luz said, "now that's a spinoff I'd watch."

Sam said, "I think we all would, Luz."

While Luz says this, the Collector's mouth closes, his facial expression becomes more serious. and he looks ahead of him. He sees Jerbo, Matt Tholomule, and Moon girl, all hiding from him. The Collector uses his star to glide over to the trio.

The Collector said, "hi, I'm The Collector. Wanna be my Grudgby buddies?"

While he says this, his eyes begin to glow.

Matt yelled, "it's him! Run! Go, go, go, go, go!"

He screams and runs with the rest.

As they run, Luz, Sam, Eda, Anakin and King make their way to the Collector.

The Collector is upset by this. His grin turns into a frown.

The Collector said, "I wanna go somewhere different."

Luz pulls out another photo and it shows the Hazbin Hotel.

….

We see the small group arrive in front of the Hazbin Hotel.

Sam stood in front of the Hotel as he stared at it with a smile.

Sam said, "this is where me and my husbands often have out dates. Lucifer works here with Charlie."

Luz hands Sam a few photos.

Sam then shows the photos to the Collector.

These photos show Sam with his husbands and kids at various moments.

The Collector could see how in each photo Sam and his husbands and kids were so happy.

They looked like a perfect family.

The Collector asked, "did you force them to fall in love with you?"

Sam said, "what?! No! We fell in love naturally. Hordak, Prime, Always and Lucifer…. We spent time with each other. Got to know each other. Hell, Hordak and I were once enemies. But after getting to know one another, we became a couple…. And I was blessed with some amazing kids and grandkids. I wouldn't trade any of them for the world…."

The Collector was touched by Sam's words.

The Collector asked, "how come Belos never met your family? He always talked about you and the others?"

Sam said, "my birth mother, Beru, took me away from Belos since he had evil plans for me…. She took me to my true family…. The Skywalker's…."

Luz showed a photo of Anakin and Padme's old house.

….

The group then arrives at the old Skywalker home.

Anakin said, "this where Eda, Padme and I used to live. Where Sam was left for us to find."

The Collector looked at the house up close.

Sam said, "and I am grateful for my parents to have found me…. They are the best family I could ask for."

After finishing that sentence Sam hugs Anakin and Eda.

The Collector looked down in thought.

The Collector said, "but I don't understand…. Isn't Belos your real father? From what I hear he's your birth father."

Sam said, "Belos may be my birth father, but I don't see him as my family…. My mother, Beru, knew I'd be safe with my real family…. With my uncle…."

Anakin asked, "your uncle?"

Sam said, "I've been meaning to tell you this for a long time, dad. A long time ago, I learned that…. Beru was your long lost sister…. You're biologically my uncle."

Anakin went wide-eyed in shock.

He said, "so…. We really are…."

Sam nodded and said, "family…. Beru took me to be raised by my true family…. In blood and bond…. But even if you're my uncle or not…. You're still my father to me."

Anakin smiled with tears in his eyes as he hugged his son close to him.

Sam said, "I love you dad."

Anakin said, "I love you too, my son."

Everyone smiled at the sight.

The Collector looked in awe.

He then asked, "so family can be anyone?"

Anakin knelt down in front of the Collector and said, "there are many types of family. Some are connected by blood. Some by merely a bond. Ahsoka is my granddaughter, even if she's adopted. Sam is our son. The Jedi order is our family, rather than just allies. Family is about the love you share with the people closest to you. It's not always about the bloodlines."

The Collector was amazed after hearing this.

Luz then holds out her photos again. The Collector takes a photo of the Knee.

….

We see the Knee. Eda, still carrying King, Luz, Sam carrying his dad and the Collector all make their way up to the top.

Luz said, "I'm really glad you picked this place, Collector. It's really special to me. It's where Eda helped me make a connection with the Isles."

Luz draws an ice glyph. She activates it, and it takes form into a small block of ice that raises from the glyph.

The Collector scoffs, "a baby could do that. Still, I've never seen an itty-bitty spider do it that way. Not everyone can recognize Titan magic."

Sam, Anakin, Luz, Eda, and King all look at each other while the Collector continues talking.

The Collector said, "he must really like you if he showed you this much. He never told me about it, though."

The Collector puts his left pointer finger above the snow, and creates a snow sculpture of a Titan.

The Collector asked, "did you force him to be your friend, too? Like, uh, what are their names…. Lilith and Amity?"

King said, "she didn't force anyone to do anything."

Luz said, "yeah, people are complex. And sometimes they just need a little kindness and forgiveness."

The Collector looks down at the ice Luz made and then looks back at Sam, Anakin Luz, Eda, and King.

The Collector asked, "kindness and forgiveness, huh?"

Sam said, "yeah. Cobi, Lilith, Amity and even my beloved Hordak made mistakes. But they've more than made up for their mistakes. And we forgave them."

The Collector smiled.

The group smiles at the Collector. Meanwhile, there is heavy breathing in the distance that draws all of their attention.

The Collector begins walking toward the edge of the Knee and says, "do you hear that?"

Luz asked, "hear what?"

The breathing continues louder. Trees shake, birds flee, water begins to recede, and rubble falls from landforms.

The Collector said as his eyes widened, "breathing."

Belos' glowing eye shines and continues to glow.

The Collector said, "those eyes…. Don't tell me it's…."

Luz whispered, "Belos…."

Sam yelled, "OH SON OF A-"

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Reviews:

SuperSentai199: indeed it was. And now that final special is here!

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The finale made us cry so much!

We're finally near the end of this story.

But don't worry, we plan to have one more small story arc before we end the story with the time skip/epilogue.

This arc will follow Belos' last plan. A clone created shortly before the day of unity, who takes the last remnants of Belos' loyal followers to try and take down the Jedi in one last battle a month after the real Belos' death.

Thanks to Doc Fossil for helping to create this arc.