A bright flash of light illuminated both sides of the portal, and screams rang out through time and space. On the Boiling Isles side of the portal, Luz and co spill out on top of each other, crushing Amity.
"Can't..breathe." Amity faintly spoke, taking in air seeming like the hardest thing she's ever done.
The group slowly gets off, relieving Amity and allowing her to breathe again. Luz stands up and looks around, her face turning almost as pale as Amity.
"What happened here!?" She helps Amity to her feet, and they look at the Titan. The entire island is covered in big colored stars, moons, and teardrops that were at least fifty times taller than them.
"This place looks… lovely, mija. You've been living on a giant carcass for 4 months. Just.. amazing." Camila looks around the Titan, nearly gagging at all the bones.
"The skeleton's normal, home sweet home. But, everything else.." Amity points to a forest just in front of them, the trees covered in blue sparkles.
They made their way down the hill they landed on, and started their trek to Bonesborough.
Footsteps echo through the unusually quiet town, and Luz, Amity, Hunter, Willow, and Gus grouped around each other, magic at the ready.
It's really quiet, until something gets knocked over in a nearby building, and Willow fires a barrage of vines towards it. A scream is heard, and a boy with three eyes, pink tinted skin, messy magenta hair and a small yellow crescent on their forehead comes out, vines covering him head to toe.
"Don't kill..me? Wait, Amity!? How are you here!?" He rips the rest of the vines off, and walks over to her, reaching out to her before she punches him in the gut with abomination muck.
"How the hell do you know my name?" She gets in a defensive stance, prepared to beat this stranger to a pulp if he gave her any reason to.
"Amity. Don't you recognize me? It's Boscha… well, now, the Collector likes to call me Broc." He chuckles slightly to himself, as he turned around and motioned the group to follow.
Everyone, especially Luz, Willow and Amity, hesitated. They all had bad experiences with Broc, and still couldn't trust him entirely. But, nonetheless, they followed.
"Stay on guard, everyone. I have a bad feeling about this place." Broc walks through a deep patch of woods, jumping over logs and cutting down vines with a makeshift ice blade.
"So, Boscha-Broc, sorry. How long have you been like.. that?" Amity eyes scanned Broc's body, his new muscular build and strong jawline very new and surreal to her.
"Well, when the Collector ended the Day of Unity and you all went through the portal, that's when they decided they wanted to play a new game. They made some kind of mist in the air, and voila."
Luz's eyes widened, and she immediately put her shirt over her mouth and nose, not sure if the mist was still here or not. The rest of them, besides Broc, did the same.
"Don't worry. It's long gone by now. You can put your shirts down." He chuckled a little bit, their actions cracking him up.
They all dropped their shirts, relieved. They continued to walk deeper in the woods, to an area than even Willow had never been to, and that was saying something.
"Okay. We can stay here for now, but keep your guard up. They could come from anywhere." Almost on cue, the Collector flew overhead, spotting Luz and the others.
"Ooh, what do we have here? It seems I missed a couple! No problem! Let me just.." The Collector formed a small moon in his hand and began launching them at Luz and the others.
"Don't get hit!" Luz screamed, just as she saw a moon about to hit Amity from behind. And Luz, being Luz, flew as fast as her staff could take her, taking the hit for Amity.
Magic swirls around her, and after it dies down, she's not a 'she' anymore. Luz's body became more masculine-like, his chest flattening, and his hair becoming more of a masculine shape. He opens his eyes, and is terrified beyond anything Luz thought was possible.
"AHHHHHHHH, WHAT THE HELL!"
"I'm gonna call you… Lucas. Now, you'll be my toy forever and ever!" They shouted with vigor, landing on the ground and unleashing more moons. Five flew the air and hit the rest of the gang square in the forehead.
"Amius, Winter, Heather, Camor, Huntara, let's go play a game!" The Collector used some sort of magical string and grabbed them by the shoulders, lifting them up into the sky and leaving Broc and Lucas shaking on the floor.
"NOOOOOOO!" Lucas tries to fly after them, but Broc grabs her staff and pulls her back int her arms before placing her on the ground.
"It's no use, the Collector has them now. It's too dangerous, and I can't lose anyone else." Broc looks into Lucas' eyes, until his eyes finally relax and tears begin falling.
"How can I get them back?" Lucas asked, a tear flowing down his cheek.
"Hey. This isn't a 'you' thing, this is a 'we' thing. I'm not letting you do this alone. I promise."