Previously on The Owl House, Return of the Lost Son. A disagreement between Luz, Eda and King soon led to a bet regarding swapping bodies; Luz into Eda, Eda into King, and King into Luz. All of whom began to hear a mysterious voice in their minds. Lincoln was not exempt from this experience and had his body swapped with Amity. Eda was trapped in a kitty cafe, and risked having her mind broken like those who came before her. King sought to assert dominance in Boscha's friend group, which led to a ratworm race he lost and being chased by them and forced into volunteer work by the cafe owners.

Luz became a glass cannon with Eda's magical power, exposing herself to the Emperor's Coven, and was nearly branded by the Owl Lady's sister, who mentioned that joining the Coven used to be their dream, but managed to escape. As for Lincoln and Amity, their situation was much worse. Their nature of their mismathced souls and bodies made their beings unstable and risked falling apart via cracks or melting away. Amity followed King until being whisked away by the Crimson Empyrean on a recruitment run, refusing when the voice tricked Liberty and told her what she never she needed to hear.

Lincoln was put in a precarious position, learning much more about House Blight, the inventive Alador, and the matriarchal Odalia; the latter of whom triggered a loss of control in Lincoln and the disappearance of a strange substance from Alador's lab. Emira discovered his ruse and veering off at high speed, caught up to Amity and escaped together. The quintet reunites and swaps back into their old bodies, though Lincoln and Amity required a more thorough separation thank to the enigmatic Paladin who had been the voice they've been hearing. The Paladin then later recruited Boscha's friends into the fold, and both Lincoln and Amity experienced a strange dream where everything appeared ot have been fused together.


Clubroom, Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, Bonesborough, Right Arm, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

This chapter begins in a Hexside classroom, in which the Human Appreciation Society is located. Several human items, incorrectly labeled, are on a desk.

Among them are a cheese grater labeled "nail clippers," a bag of potato chips closed with a flip phone labeled "Whoopie cushion," an upside-down umbrella hat filled with leaves labeled "Food plate.", a Rubik's cube labeled "Weapon?", and a paper clip labeled "Pay for chlorine."

Gus: (wearing a yellow paper crown with red circles and the word "PRESIDENT" written on it with a black string holding it up.) Look. The wonders of the human kingdom (Picks up the paper clip) This little fella's one of their most valued objects. It aids in the compiling of printed wisdom, the scratching of gunk from under your nails, and my favorite... It even mimics the sounds of the human ocean.

He proceeds to twang it.

Gus: Aah! The human realm. So beautiful. (walks over to the chalkboard) It's safe to say that pay-per-clorp is an impressive testament to human ingenuity. Any questions? (He turns to face the rest of the club

One of the while is a girl named Eileen, who appears human, but her entire head consists of an eyeball with yellow sclera and magenta iris and three large eyelashes. She has turquoise hair with long bangs on both sides. Being in Potions class, Eileen's uniform is yellow, but she differentiates herself by wearing a black hood and loose sleeves.

The second story is a girl named Bo, she has pale cream skin, dark brown eyes, five freckles on her nose, and shoulder-length brown hair with a few strands in front of her pointy ears. As a member of the healing track, she has blue sleeves and blue leggings. The rest of her uniform is identical to that of all the other Hexside students, though the high-heeled boots she wears are of a unique design.

The third is a bipedal goat-like demon with one eye and one horn and has a Hexside uniform with red sleeves and leggings indicating that he is in the Bard track.

The latter is a short, lanky teenager with beige skin, dark brown eyes, and straight brown hair cropped on the sides. He wears the Hexside School Uniform for Construction, which consists of brown sleeves and leggings, covered by the typical gray tunic and a small, darker gray hood over it. Usually, he leaves his hood on as a hood. He apparently is new to Hexside.

Eileen, Bo and the unicorn boy are falling asleep while the new one looks completely bored and raises his hand.

Gus: Ah! Our newest member: Mattholomule.

Mattholomule: A-Augustus, is this what the president of the Human Appreciation Society thinks passes for "Human Artifacts"?

Gus looks confused.

Mattholomule: (stands up) Because at my old school (pushes Gus's things aside) we had real treasures.

Mattholomule empties his bag onto the desk, tossing in a rock painted to look like a cell phone, an egg with a skull painted on it, and a shoe made of mud, leaves, and twigs. They are labeled "Cellular Phone," "Human Skull," and "Athletic Shoes," respectively. The other club members gasp and lean closer to them.

Bo: So real.

Unicorn Boy: Wow!

Bo: I—I want to touch them.

Mattholomule: Go ahead. In my club we didn't have any dumb rules.

Gus: (gasps and goes back to his list of rules) Shh. He didn't mean that.

Gus looks at everyone who touches Mattholomule's items, then takes them away.

Unicorn Boy: Hey!

Bo: What?

Eileen grunts.

Gus: Well, this is not your club. Thankfully.

Mattholomule: Exactly, who thinks I should be president?

Eileen: I do!

Bo: Mattholomule for prez.

Unicorn Boy: I'm an undecided voter. I want to touch all the objects first.

Eileen and Bo talk while Gus answers the "phone".

Gus: These are fakes.

Bo: (gasps) What?

Mattholomule: (Stammers) You can't prove that! (Inhales) You're just trying to distract these humans appreciators. You're afraid of being kicked out of office. It's your word versus mine.

Eileen mumbles.

Bo: I don't know what to believe anymore.

Unicorn Boy: My faith in Gus has been broken.

Gus walks back towards the whiteboard. He looks at a pair pf newspaper clips with photos of Luz and Lincoln, the latter saying, "The Warlock of the Human Realm" on it.

Gus: What if I brought in some experts?

Mattholomule: Yeah, right. Who can you find to be a greater human expert than any of us?

Gus: How about a real human and a witch who was raised in the human realm?

Eileen murmurs.

Bo: Why the secrets?

Unicorn Boy: Show, don't tell, man.

Matholomule: Yeah. Uh huh. A-And you've never brought your friends here. Why?

Gus: Well, they're busy. They have jobs. But I'll bring them tomorrow. They will prove me right.

Mattholomule: (scoffs) Oh, sure you will, Augustus. Of course you will.

Gus becomes visibly nervous.


Play music: The Owl House Theme

The portal appears and opens.

Luz and Lincoln appear, and appear to be going through the sky upwards, but the camera shows that it was upside down and that actually, they were falling.

Eda rescues Luz and Lincoln, and along with King, they appear flying the Owl Staff, in the direction of The Owl House.

The camera follows them to the Owl House.

It approaches the door, where Hooty is, Luz opens it and is seen twirling the staff, until she leaves it standing, Luz puts her right hand on her hip, and holds the staff with her left while Lincoln draws his sword and strikes a similar pose

Eda takes the staff away from her and Luz gets nervous, Lincoln giving a funny one while King stands in front of the camera to wave with his arms outstretched.

Willow, Gus, and Amity appear in three frames.

Willow makes a heart with her hands, Gus holds out his arms in celebration, and Amity just ignores, and turns her back, crossing her arms.

King appears holding a stuffed rabbit, along with many other stuffed animals around.

He pretends to rule these stuffed animals, until some of them fall on him, while other stuffed animals keep falling in front of the camera.

Luz flies over Bonesborough while Lincoln rides alongside, where she meets Tiny Nose, Willow and Gus.

Later, Eda and King are seen running from the guards, They help them escape, but later Luz loses control of the staff, and are chased by a creature.

Luz, Lincoln, Eda and King are on the roof of the Owl House, where Luz casts her Light Spell, making it go into the night.

The Owl House

Return of the Lost Son

The Owl House logo appears, then the Light and Lightning spells streaks across it with background sounds. The theme ends there.

Chapter 10

Something Ventured, Someone Framed


Living Room, The Owl House, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

Later

Cut to the Owl House living room, where Luz, Lincoln, and Eda are rummaging through boxes. King is lying on the couch and Gus is standing across from Luz and Lincoln.

Lincoln: (deep breath) So what you're trying to say is that some j* is tricking the members of the Human Appreciation Society with counterfeits to steal your position as Club President and you needs us to prove that the items he brought are fakes.

Gus: (nods) Pretty much everything in a nutshell, so can you two come to Hexside with me?

Luz: Gus, we'd love to go to school with you, but I don't know how we can. (Points to their banned posters) Principal Bump banned us from Hexside.

Eda: But nothing. Bump did you and Lincoln a favor. There's nothing for you in that dweebus factory (To Gus) No offense, dweebus.

Lincoln: (Scolds her) Eda!

Gus: It's okay. I come from a long line of dweebuses.

Lincoln: (bluntly) Why did you say that like it was a completely normal sentence?

Luz slams the box she is holding, making it clatter and surprising Lincoln and Gus. She stands up and looks at Eda.

Luz: Well, I would love to go one day. Better than unpacking boxes at the Eda Coven.

Lincoln: We did not agree to that name.

Eda: Oh, you think you're clever, huh? (stands up)

King: Ooh! Fight, fight, fight!

Eda: Can you, King! First of all, it's the "Bad Girl Coven" and second of all, I guess you don't want to be in on the T-shirt ordering, huh?

She pulls out a sheet of paper with a t-shirt on it while rock music is playing. It shows a shades-wearing Eda with a backwards cap riding Owlbert like a board with 80s font on the left side with lightning.

Lincoln: (stands up) The shirts aren't important, Eda! And we agreed on calling ourselves the Unbound! We want to learn magic. Here Luz and I are barely learning anything! And even though I've learned much on my own and from you. (points to Gus) But they have professionals who can teach us that at Hexside! Also, did you hear that guitar riff too?

Eda: Yeah, well (growls, leaves) I don't want to hear another word about Hexside, unless it's "Hexside is on fire" and "let's grab front row seats"!

Lincoln: (raises eyebrow) Especially if they're together?

Eda: (furrows brow) Especially if they're together.

The door slams shut leaving only Lincoln, Luz, Gus, and King.

Eda: (Opens the door again) Now that I think about it, The Unbound actually makes sense now that I say it loud. Sounds cooler too. (Closes it again)

King: Aw, look what you did. I'm gonna go rub it in. Nyeh! (laughs, then leaves)

The door opens and slams shut again.

Lincoln and Luz plop down on the sofa and sigh in disappointment while Gus could only look on uncomfortably.

Gus: (uncomfortably) G-Guys on the ban, I, u-uh, used my H.A.S. presidential authority to pull some strings. Both of you've been given full pardons!

Lincoln and Luz lift their eyes and look at Gus.

Luz: You mean...

Gus: I go the ban lifted!

Luz: Oh my god (Shakes Gus) Yes yes yes!

Gus grunts and Lincoln pulls him away.

Lincoln: Wait, how could you convince the school to lift the ban? I thought your club wasn't that popular?

Gus: (he got nervous) Oh! Uh... I have my methods, but that's not important. The important thing is that you're going to go to school now. (he gives a big nervous smile)

Lincoln looks at him suspiciously. Since living with his 10 "sisters" who always got him and each other into trouble for so long, it was easy for him to know when someone is hiding something or lying. Lisa made that clear with those special glasses and her protected cameras and the events with the Adegasts and an Azarathian's enhanced perception also helped. But before Lincoln could say anything else, Luz grabs Lincoln's arm with emotion.

Luz: Of course we'll be there tomorrow! Gus, this is going to be great! We get to see the school and save the president. Right, Lincoln?

Lincoln didn't say anything. He still had suspicions about this conveient opportunity, but he liked the idea of going back to Hexside so he decided to ignore his suspicions for now, so he nods.

Lincoln: (sighs) Alright, this is what friends are for after all. Good, honest friends. (pressing the "honest" word)

Gus: Great! I'll see you two tomorrow! Oh, and Lincoln. Can you leave Caliburn here? Students are't allowed to carry weapons. (he leaves)

Lincoln: (mentally) I hope things go well. I've suddenly got a bad feeling about this.

Outside, Gus closes the door and begins to dance with excitement.

Gus: Yes! You did it Gus! (Dances) You did it, Gus! / You're the smartest / You're the best!

Unknown: Sweet moves, little dude.

Gus: (He yelps as he turned and saw Hooty) I always forget you're there.

Hooty: I forgot I'm here too. Boop.

Gus: (Looks at Hooty before smiling and putting both of his arms on his hip) This is going to work after all.

Lincoln heard this display,from the other side of the door and shows further skepticism.


Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, Bonseborough, Right Arm, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

Tomorrow Morning

Willow: (Scared) This isn't going to work at all!

We see Willow and Gus standing outside Hexside with a scared Willow and Gus was rubbing her head.

Gus: Well, I feel like I took care of any potential problems.

Willow: You lied to our best friends and told them you lifted the ban. (gets upset) That sounds like a potential problem to me. What if Lincoln goes crazy again like at the Covention? I can only assume the Vermillion Demon from before fits into all this.

The two shudder at this remark. The battle between that monster and the Crimson Empyrean was seen from the left foot all the way to the right arm. The news says that the creature specifically targeted police precints along its path and return trip, breaking its "guests" out of prison before being magicking them all away. Then there was that mystery man who stopped it and vanished as soon as he appeared, running in the direction of Blight Manor. The two witches could already assume what and who it truly was given their previous experience during the Witch's Duel. But back then, they saw only his rage, invoked by Amity. This was someone, something, else entirely. It was not Lincoln.

Gus: You don't understand. The members were going mad. They were bloodthirsty. They were touching objects. I had no choice!

Willow: Really? What's with all the wanted posters around school?

Gus: (Pulls out their wanted posters out of his bag) What wanted posters? I also got these. (He pulls out two school hoods and a bandana, the latter conviently with Lincoln's favorite color) To keep them undercover and the bandana to hide Lincoln's hair.

Luz: Undercover from what? (she asked her as she and Lincoln approached him)

Gus slams the hood backward over her head as she squakes and makes Lincoln jump.

Gus: Behold your new cowl.

Luz: Whoa. I love it.

Lincoln turns the cowl around and pulls the hood down for Luz.

Luz: (Sniffs) In the Boiling Isles, new things smell like old.

Gus: Yeah, and here's yours, Lincoln (he handed him the other hood and bandana) Put it on and cover your ears (he instructed them with a nervous laugh)

Lincoln: Is this really necessary? (pointing to his ears) I mean I'm techincally one of you.

Gus: Yeah. Put it on. Hide your ears. (laughs) I want to keep you two under wraps 'till the big reveal.

Willow frowns while Lincoln looks at her confused.

Lincoln: Ok. But I've already something for that. (He requips his armor's helm and pulls up the hood from his cloak.

Luz: Oh, a showman. I totally get it. You bring the razzle, (Pulls the hood back up) We'll bring the dazzle.

Luz throws handfuls of confetti. Willow and Gus stare at her in confusion.

Willow: Do you always have confetti on you or...?

Lincoln: (leans and whispers) Trust me, you don't want to know.

Gus's clockwork demon screams and bites into his arm. He pokes it in the eye to make it stop.

Gus: That's my alarm. Uh, we better get going. (He drags Luz and Lincoln away) See you after school, Willow.

Lincoln: We'll see you later Willow.

Luz: Bye, friend. Be safe. Make good choices.

Willow: (sighs) Oh, Gus. I hope you know what you're doing.


The Owl House, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

Meanwhile at the Owl House, where Eda is moping outside.

Eda: I'm trying to protect them, (grabs a flower) Hexside chews on anything unique and spits out a bland mush. Draven was one of the lucky ones. (rips apart a flower)

Insects buzz around them.

Hooty: I chew insects. I turn them into mush.

Eda: But that's my beef, but Lincoln is just as stubborn as his father, maybe ever more so. Since the Covention, he's lost control of himself twice, the second one made him look like one of "them", and the scarf he brought back with him. It's possible he may lose himself so deep that he can't or won't pull himself out. (sighs) Do they need to draw their own conclusions?

Hooty: My beef is insects. They're what I eat.

Eda: (Looks at Hooty with a smile) You're going to be useless, huh?

Hooty: All I know is, you taught me and I turned out just fine.

He sticks out his tongue in an attempt to make the fly walk past his head, making a gagging sound. Eda watches worried.

Eda: I gotta get those kids into school.


Hallway, Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, Bonesborough, Right Arm, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

Cut to the halls of Hexside. A Beast Keeping witch's backpack flies out of him.

Student #1: Whoa! (grunting) Hey! Give that back!

Student #2 and Student #3 laugh, floating the backpack between them.

Student #2: Huh? Whoa! (straining)

One of the students was suddenly dragged away by a hook, held by one of two people. They're dressed exactly alike: eyes sewn shut, black uniforms with black hoods and backwards skulls.

School Guard: (Sniffing) Trouble.

The first student's backpack falls to the ground as the third student backs away nervously. He too is caught by a hook.

Student #3: Huh? (grunts) No! Detention!

Student #2: (being dragged away) The only thing I'm guilty of is being too real!

Lincoln, Luz and Gus entered the hallway earlier and watched the scene from afar.

Lincoln: Talk about disciplinary measures.

Luz: (points) That's new.

Gus: (gets nervous) Well, they kinda showed up after your last visit. They smell trouble. Literally.

School Guard: (Suddenly turned its head in their direction) Trouble.

Lincoln: (Looks slightly disturbed) And hear it apparantley. That's both terrifying and effective.

Gus: (he laughs nervously and grabs Luz and Lincoln) Okay, time to run for no particular reason.

They run down a hallway until Gus bumps into Mattholomule. All of Luz's and Lincoln's wanted posters, and his president's crown fall out of his bag. Gus gasps, then grunts as he collects the posters.

Mattholomule: Augustus, you should really watch where you're going. Don't want the president of the H.A.S. getting hurt on his last day in office (picks up and dusts off the crown with a smile; looks at Luz and Lincoln) This must be your human and the witch who has gone to the human realm. Hmm. Looks like another witchling to me.

Luz and Lincoln frowned.

Gus: Psst. Psst! (He pulls his ears) Dazzle.

Luz: Oh! (Trumpets, pulls hood down) Ta-da!

Mattholomule: (gasps) A human!

Gus: Not just any humans. An expert human.

Luz: Yes. I've been doing this for years.

Lincoln: (he removes his hood and helm) And just so you know, I'm a wizard. (gets a headache, sees school guards, and reequips it) I don't why, but I already hate you for some reason.

Gus: And he's the one who went to the human realm and back again. They're here to authenticate your "treasures". (he takes his crown back and the three of them past Mattholomule) See you at the meeting.

Mattholomule: Oh, no, no, no, no, no! (He sinks to the ground) They can't know I lied. Then they'll will never make me the president. Huh? (picks up one of the wanted posters Gus didn't take; laughter) Ooh, Gus, I've got you now.


Front Yard

Cut to outside Hexside, where Eda is looking at the building as the wind howls.

Eda: Ugh. I've had this nightmare before. (sighs) If Draven were here with me today, he would say, (imitates him) "my dream of taking my son to Hexside has come true" (smiles and chuckles) Draven, I love you but you can be a complete nerd sometimes. (She walks inside the building)


Hallway

Cut to a hallway, Gus continued to lead Luz and Lincoln through the school while he practiced his speech.

Gus: As president of HAS, I should feel bad about dunking on one of our own members. But as a Gus, I feel like doing this: (Dances) Oh, oh, yeah! Oh, yeah, what, oh

Lincoln could only giggle as Luz approaches a trophy case.

Luz: Wow! Does your dad seem to have won many trophies?

Lincoln: (looks her way) Trophies? (Looks at the display case) Wow, he sure got a lot of trophies during his time here. Who got the trophy for the most bones?

One of the school guard sniffs around. Gus runs in and takes the two away.

Luz: Whoa!

Lincoln: What's up, Gus?

Gus: We don't have time for this right now. We have to get to the clubroom.

Luz: It's okay. But next time you have to give us a full tour.

Gus: Yeah, next time (Nervously)

Lincoln stares at him, growing more sure he was hiding something, but before he asks him. They stop when they see Professor Hermonculous, still carried by his abomination.

Luz: Oh. It's the abomination professor. I should introduce myself. Apologize for the incident. Hey, Mr. Abomination Professor. The "abominonminator". Remember me? (she roars)

The professor looks at her with a raised eyebrow.

Gus: (he grabbed her and started dragging her and Lincoln away) Oh, wouldn't you know? Suddenly we have time for a full tour of Hexside.


Principle Bump's Office

Cut to Principal Bump's office, where Eda pulls a pencil out of a cup

Eda: Been quite a while since I sat here, huh?

She puts the pencil to her upper lip like a mustache and leans back in her chair, crossing her feet next to Principal Bump's nameplate. He stares at her shoes.

Eda: I have to admit it's extra weird without you yelling at me for picking fights or stealing.

Principal Bump: I can easily change that. (magically pushes Eda away with a green light)

Eda: (grunts) Ow!

Principal Bump: (Moves his nameplate back) What are you doing here, Edalyn?

Eda: (She sits down; inhales as she fixes her hair) I want to—Prft! I want to enroll my human, Luz, and the witch, Lincoln, at Hexside. And before you get all judgy—

Principal Bump: That's not a bad idea.

Eda: You no-good—Wait, really?

Principal Bump: (Walks to a file cabinet) I think the student body could learn a lot from having exchange students like that. It would also be interesting to have one as... exotic as Draven Godspeed's son among us.

Eda: (surprised) You know about-

Principal Bump: From the moment I laid eyes on him two weeks ago, I saw my favorite Valedicorian and Student Body President's perfect resemblance in him, and later I saw his abilities when he created the white abominabination. Even more so in his prowess and versitility in the Witch's duel he had with young Amity at the covention. And you asked me if I knew exactly what he is, but don't worry I won't inform the Emperor's Coven about this. I never agreed to the witch hunt for the Azarathian in the first place.

Eda sighs in relief

Principal Bump: But before you even consider that, there's a lot to be answered for.

Eda leans back on the desk. Principal Bump magically turns her upside down without looking. He pulls out a stack of files from the cabinet.

Eda: Oh right. Yes (Rights herself) I heard all about that abomination incident. Who knew that Darius and Odalia could get that jealous?

Principal Bump: Oh, I'm not talking about Luz or Lincoln. I'm talking about the necrotic experiments, the graffiti, the scams, the hoaxes, Miss Jenkinmeyer's teeth.

Eda sinks in her chair

Principal Bump: The trouble you caused when you were here, Eda.

He drops the stack of papers and books on the desk. Eda looks at the top page, which says: "PERMANENT RECORD -~- EDALYN CLAWTHORNE."

Eda: Huh. I thought there'd be more.

Principal Bump: (smirks) That's what Draven said.


Grudgby Field

The scene cuts to the Grudgby court, which has basketball hoops on either side. Skara is on the field while Gus, Lincoln and Luz are in the stands.

Gus: This is where we play the sport.

Skara runs towards the ball made of stitched flesh and eyes, but it is picked up by a light and dark grey and brown feathered griffin. She screams and the griffin screeches.

Skara: I hate this game! (Screams)

The griffin drops her into one of the basketball hoops. A horn blares. Gus and Luz applaud while Lincoln just stares, tensed at Skara's injury.

Lincoln: This looks a very dangerous version of basketball. (mood darkens) Sounds something Lynn could get behind.

A nearby school guard sniffs. Gus sees the guard and drags Luz and Lincoln away again.


Plant Homeroom

We cut to the three of them walking past a door, Luz doubling back to look out the window.

Luz: Oh. What's in here?

Gus: The Plant Homeroom.

Lincoln: This is the class where Willow was tranferred to, right? How's she holding up?

Gus: Why not take a look for yourself?

Several students in Plant uniforms are taking care of the vegetation. A carnivorous plant with an eye on each petal eats Amelia, who had been standing over her with a clipboard. Willow runs over and tickles the stem of the plant. She laughs and spits at Amelia again. She gives Willow a thumbs up.

Luz: Willow, hey.

Lincoln: Hello!

Willow turns and smiles as she greets Luz and Lincoln.

Gus: (looks out the window nervously) Hi.

Willow's face falls, ashamed to see him, puts her hand down as she frowns and shakes her head.

Gus: Bye.

Gus drags Luz and Lincoln back.


Illusion Homeroom

Cut to a room full of mirrors.

Gus: And this is where I spend my time. The Illusion Track classroom. (sees Lincoln missing) And of course Lincoln walked inside.

Lincoln enters and looks around remembering when he first entered here and when he met the twins. And speaking of them, Lincoln was surprised to see Edric and Emira here, especially Emira since the last time he saw them was when he swapped bodies with Amity, her body on the verge of falling apart and forced to run to her location to save them both himself and her younger sister, and before that was a day after the Wailing Star incident in the library and after Emira kissed him on the cheek.

After recalling said memory, Lincoln blushes.

The teacher evaluates the illusions of three students. Emira doubles the length of her legs. Edric changes his face, outfit, and hairstyle. The third student is trembling as he draws the spell circle on him and accidentally removes it. The professor draws a circle of spells and his face returns. The student inhales deeply.

Luz: (he turned and then saw something) Wait, if you're here, who is that?

Lincoln turns around abruptly, surprising himself by calling the attention of another person.

Luz points across the hall, where another Gus is sitting in a class.

Gus: That's one of my illusions. Take notes for me when I'm not around.

The illusion of him gasps and he holds up a piece of paper that says "I'm not paying attention." He laughs as he points to it.

Gus: He doesn't always do what he's told.

Lincoln: (laughs) So he's like the evil twin?

Luz: Wow, Gus. You're good.

Lincoln: Not bad for a 12-year-old.

Gus: Thanks and yes, I moved up a couple of grades.

Lincoln: Oh, I mean that you're a child prodigy. (he crosses his arms with a smile)

Gus: (laughs and blushes) Yeah, something like that.

Unknown: Lincoln?

Lincoln is startled and turns to see Emira coming out of the Illusion Track room.

Lincoln: (blushes) E-Emira! Hey!

Luz: Hey, Emira! (She waves happily)

Emira: (laughs) Hello, Luz.

Lincoln: (scratches his head) And how have you been? (looks back at the other Emira) Looks you took a page from Gus' book.

Emira: (rubbing her head) Everything is fine, and yeah. Had a bit of trouble with a rogue abomination but we managed to fix the damage it did to our house.

Luz: Where's Amity?

Emira: (frowns and looks rubs her arm) Oh, she couldn't come today. She was far too exhausted to move, and she looked like she was hurt very badly.

Lincoln is surprised and saddened to hear as he never thought Amity would be harmed after what happened with the body swap.

Emira: (concerned) By the way, what are you two doing here? I thought you two were banned from school property?

Luz: It's okay. Gus was able to give us full pardons. (pointing to Gus, Lincoln gives Gus a suspious glare)

Emira: (looks at Gus in surprise) You were able to lift the ban, Augustus?

Gus: (nervous) Of course I did.

Emira: (She stares at him with a similar expression as Lincoln) Ok? Lincoln, can we have a private talk for a moment?

Before he could say anything, Gus's watch chimes again.

Gus: Oh! Time for the H.A.S. meeting.

Luz, Lincoln and Gus run off.

Lincoln: (looks at Emira) I'm sorry, we have to go. I promise we'll talk later!

Gus's illusion watches them and is nervous when Gus returns. He mimes decapitation and casually walks away. The illusion starts paying attention to the class.

However, Emira was still suspicious of Gus, plus she couldn't talk to Lincoln about what happened that day, not yet. Edric leaves the room and looks at Emira very thoughtful.

Edric: Did I just miss something important?

Emira looks at Edric and tells him everything.


Human Appreciation Society Clubroom

Everyone: (Slamming the table.) Human, human! Human, human!

Lincoln: (quietly) What happened to Hear, Ye! Hear, Ye!

Gus: Human Appreciation Society... (twangs the paper clip) ...it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you...

Luz moonwalks to the door, spins around, and almost falls over.

Luz: Ouch! (Lincoln helps her up and they both remove their hoods)

Gus: Luz, the human and the witch who has gone to the human realm and returned, Lincoln.

Eileen squeals.

Bo: Such showmanship.

Unicorn Boy: She's horrifying.

Bo: But the boy sure is cute (Sighs) Too bad he's not my type. Too many eyes.

Lincoln: (mentally) Thank goodness, one numericaly-eyed girl pining for my affection was annoying enough.

Luz, Lincoln and Gus approach the desk. Mattholomule growls nervously.

Gus: Luz, Lincoln, will you inspect the items?

Luz: Of course, Mr. President. Let me determine if they're truly of my realm's origin. (Reaches for the "shoe")

Mattholomule: Stop!

He throws his fakes off the table with a grunt. Everyone else sans Lincoln gasps.

Mattholomule: Don't make another move, human! (jumps on table; calms down) I... have something to say. I'm new here at Hexside. M-Making friends has been hard, so I lied. They're all fakes.

Bo gasps, while Lincoln raises an eyebrow.

Mattholomule: I thought if I was important enough, people would like me. But I've caused enough drama.

Luz, Lincoln and Gus share a look.

Mattholomule: Then I'll go. I'm sorry.

Luz: Hey man. Alright. You are only human. Well, you know what I mean.

Gus: Mattholomule, you're not alone. You have a place here in the H.A.S.

Unicorn Boy: You're not alone.

Bo: We admire your honesty.

Unicorn Boy: You're one of us.

Mattholomule: Thanks guys. I knew you would understand.

Lincoln was the only one who didn't say anything since he found it suspicious that such a hateful person could change his mind so quickly.


Hallway

Eda: (grunts) I don't want to do this!

Principal Bump: There's the whiny rebellious teen I remember. You'll need this (hands him a mop, grinning) to clean up all the haunted graffiti you left us. Good luck! (Leaves)

Eda: (Sticks out her tongue) Meh!

Eda puts the mop in the bucket and tries to clean up the graffiti on the lockers that says "EDA RULES BUMP EATS STINK". The graffiti avoids the mop. She tries again and it moves again. She tries slower, it moves slower. She tries to clean the entire row of lockers, only managing to make all the graffiti combine, veer left and now she reads, "MOTHER! NOOOO!" She slams at that, and it moves again. Eda m*.

Eda: (grmbles) If Draven were here, he would say "I told you so". (she looks to see one of the "HOOT" and "EDA" to read the same phrase.)


Human Appreciation Society Clubroom

She cuts to the H.A.S. room as half of them leave, waving to Luz and Lincoln, who waves back. The latter acting strange as if he was preparing for an upcoming battle.

Bo: Thanks for coming.

Unicorn Boy: Come back soon.

Eileen: (choked) Thank you. (Unintelligible muttering)

Lincoln: (chuckles a little) They're nice. Seeing their expressions when showing what the items really were.

Mattholomule: Hello, Augustus, Luz, Lincoln. Thanks for being so forgiving.

Luz: We've all been the new guy before. Right, Gus?

Gus: Yes.

Lincoln: (concerned) I never said that. Just don't do it again. (A sense of danger goes off which makes him raise his helm and hood.)

Mattholomule: Well, I only have one thing to say...

The door is flung open, the school guards enter.

Mattholomule: (points to Luz and Lincoln) There they are! (Pulls out their wanted posters) There's the intruders!

School Guard: (Sniffing) Trouble. (One sniffs at Lincoln and both grow hostile) Threat. Danger.

Lincoln was about to attack them, but Luz put a hand on his shoulder.

Luz: No, it's okay. The ban's been lifted, remember? Tell them, Gus.

Gus didn't say anything and he looked scared.

Lincoln: (Looks at his reaction realizies the truth) Gus? Are you thinking what I think you're thinking? Because if you are, we will have some very cross words later!

Lincoln and Luz scream as the guards grab them both. Dragging them away, the former being far more difficult, requring more of them to come, occasionally breaking their grip and fighting them, even though it's a losing front.

Luz: Gus! Tell them! (She screamed, before being thrown into the hallway with Lincoln)

Mattholomule: (Looks at Gus with a smile and arms crossed) Oh, who's the liar now, Augustus?

Something pulls Mattholomule back making hit the wall with his face. He looks back to see no one but Gus standing there just as confused. Though the chalkboard now reads "BUT WHO IS THE GREATER LIAR? THE ONE WHO SOUGHT TO PROTECT HIS THRONE, OR THE ONE WHO SOUGHT TO USURP ITS BEARER?"


Plant Homeroom

Cut to the plant homeroom, where Willow is watering the carnivorous plant.

Willow: Maybe I've been too hard on Gus. I mean, what trouble could they get into?

Luz: (yells) Help!

Carnivorous Plant: Huh?

The plant and Willow turn toward the door. Through the window, they can see Luz being dragged away and Lincoln warding and striking down the others.

Luz: (Screams) We don't even learn here!

Lincoln: What ever happened to "We're going to have ask you to leave the premises!"?

Willow: Guys!


Meanwhile Edric and Emira leave their classes and Edric is seemingly surprised by what his sister told him.

Edric: Lincoln and Luz are here? but they're supposed to be banned after the abomination incident?

Emira: I know and I don't think Augustus lifted the ban. (sighs) I just hope they're okay.

Edric: Please, we're talking about Lincoln. What kind of trouble can those two get into?

Lincoln: (yells) We're in trouble here!

After hearing the cries for help coming from Lincoln. The twins run down the hall, quickly ducked around a corner and watched as the guards dragging Luz away with Lincoln being pushed back.

Emira: Oh no!

Luz: Where are you taking us?

School Guard: Detention.

Luz: (she smiled nervously) Oh. That won't be so bad, right?

They stop in front of a giant door with three eyes closed. The eyes open, red and yellow, and the bottom of the door lifts up to reveal a mouth full of sharp teeth. Luz and Lincoln scream in fear.


Human Appreciation Society Clubroom

Cut to the H.A.S. room, where Gus is shaking with anger.

Mattholomule: (rubs his nose) I can't believe you two fell for that. Like I'm really apologizing. That witch was smart not to fall for it though?

Gus: What. Did you. Do?

Mattholomule: (Mocking) Ah, bo-hoo. I'm sorry. "I'm the new guy." "I want friends." (normal voice) Ha! No. I want power. And I want drama. And I got one of those right now (He climbs right into Gus's face, forcing him back against the wall) So what are you going to do, Mr. President?

Gus: (he glared at him and withdrew his fist, preparing to punch him) Executive action. (He grabs the bell's tongue)

Bell: Ow! (Screams and rings)

Waters is launched from the bell and drenches Gus and Mattholomule.


Detention Room

The scene cuts to the two being dragged away by a school guard.

Mattholomule: But I didn't set off the alarm! It was Augustus! Are you listening to me? I demand justice!

Willow peeks around a corner as they pass, same with the Blight Twins at another corner.

The door to detention growls, as if disagreeing with something it ate and opens its mouth again as Gus and Mattholomule are thrown in, they grunt.

Mattholomule: Wait!

The door growls and closes.

Mattholomule: (Knocks on the door) Get me outta here! Open up!

Gus: Guys!

Both Lincoln and Luz were hiding behind some rocks, the former's attire appearing that he has been in combat, school guard corpses strewn about the floor. This must have been why the door looked so strange.

Luz: Gus! You said the ban was lifted!

Lincoln: (angry) Why did you lie to us?! First Emira, now you? Whose side are you on?!

Gus: Well I—

He tries to stand up, but the ground opens up at his feet. The crack widens until almost the entire room is a hole, revealing teeth, eyes, and blue tendrils and pods, inside of which are students. Luz screams in fear. Lincoln grabs a pair of rocks and smashes them together, infusing them with magic and forming twin axes.


Cafeteria

Cut to the cafeteria as Bo sees the doors open and a cloud of mist roll in. Eda walks in, ghosts falling to the ground behind her. She dumps a writing bag at Principal Bump's feet.

Eda: (Cepas) There. The girls' changing room is ghost-free.

Principal Bump: Are you ready to give up? (pulls a purple ghost out of Eda's hair) You've barely scratched the surface.

Eda growls. She turns to see Bo helping Skara with a spell.

Bo: No, like this.

Bo summons a fireball, which turns into a snowball that falls on the table.

Skara: (gasps) Oh. (She does the same and summoning a fireball that turned into a bigger snowball) Wow.

They both hug.

Skara: Friendship is the real magic!

Eda: (she sighs and looks at Skara) They're just as bad as Luz, (she then she looks at Bo) And Bo is very talented and helps her friends like Lincoln. These two would love to be here.

Seeing the two of them hug, triggers a flashback of a young Eda with Draven, a spectaled-girl with of similar orange har and a dark skinned bard student with teal hair and large round glasses, though it was hard to tell if they were a girl or a boy due to their body, facial structure and the clarity of the memory.

Eda: (she comes back to reality) Hehe, they'll be happy here. (she turns to Principal Bump) All right. What's next, Bumpikins?

Principal Bump grins and holds up a plunger. Eda m*.


Detention

Luz: How is this detention? This is a death sentence!

Lincoln: If this how students are punished on the Boiling Isles, because I'm to write them a very strong-worded complaint!

Gus: I don't know! I've never been in detention before!

Mattholomule: Welcome to my world. Believe it or not, at my old school I was in detention plenty of times.

Luz: That isn't hard to believe.

Lincoln: (sarcastic) I can only imagine what kind of problems you gave to my teachers. My late sisters sure helped give me ten good points of refernence!

Mattholomule: (ignoring that last sentence) Well, in detention, this j* is king. So if you want to get out, you better do exactly what I say (Walks forward) But first, before anything else, we gotta— (yelps)

A snake with a pale grey face and red eyes comes out of the hole. He wraps a blue tendril around Mattholomule's ankle.

Mattholomule: (grunts) Already? (screams as they drag him down)

Luz: Mattholomule! (To Gus) You lied to us! You lied about the ban! Why?

Gus: I was scared. I acted stupid.

Lincoln: You think?!

Gus: Being younger than everyone is hard. (She turns to Luz and Lincoln) You're overlooked. Ignored. But in the H.A.S., I mattered. I could make sure no one would ever get left behind. I didn't want to lose that. I'm sorry.

Luz and Lincoln looked at each other as they felt sorry for him. The latter even more so because his experience was much worse.

Luz: (Puts a hand on his shoulder) I get it. I just wish you told us the truth.

Gus smiles at him.

Lincoln: Compared to my life before coming here, you had it lucky. Consider yourself forgiven. (comes close to him) But don't lie to us again. (He bonks him on the head and his eyes briefly turn) Especially to me.

Gus: (nervously) Sure.

The snakes hiss, several of them slithering through the hole.

Gus: Let me make it up to you guys. I've got a plan.

Some of the snakes shoot out of the hole and attacked. Luz kicked one in the face and Lincoln cast a fire spell, causing the snakes to slither and burn away.

Luz: (yelps) Ya! (Kicks one of them) We're in. Where do we start?

Gus: (grabs their hands) By leaving no one behind. (he grunts and jumps into the hole)

Luz and Lincoln scream. They all land on one eye and bounce off, grunting as they all hit the ground. They stand up and lower the pod Mattholomule is in.

Voice: You'll be a good student.

Mattholomule: I will be a good student.

Luz: (Tries to bite into the pod) You know, it didn't taste as bad as I thought it would.

Lincoln: Bad time not to bring Caliburn, Gus. (glares at Gus, then looks to Mattholomule) It appears these pods are trying to enforce some kind of mental dogma into their minds. The sooner we free their psyches, the better.

Luz: (looks at Gus) Oh, you're a witch. Do magic.

Gus: Oh, I'll use magic. (Pulls out clip and bends it) Human magic (Grunts)

He cuts the pod with the clip and throws it to the ground, freeing Mattholomule.

Mattholomule: (dazed) Am I a good student?

Luz: (He struggles, throws Mattholomule over his shoulder), Oh, gosh. He's so little.

Several snakes hiss as they surround the three of them.

Luz: This is part of the plan, right?

Gus: Or the illusion of a plan.

He draws a spell circle, then puts his hand in it and drags it through the air. Several other spell circles appear, and of them several clones of Luz, Lincoln, and Gus. A snake flicks its tongue at one illusion of Gus, making it disappear. It hisses in anger.

Luz: A genius and a wordsmith.

Gus picks up a giant bone and he and Luz climb out of the hole while Lincoln uses the Air Cutter technique to fly out of the hole. The snakes hiss as they follow them. Gus reaches the top first, taking Mattholomule from Luz. Luz kicks a snake in the face of her as she gets up and Lincoln burns the other one. Gus hits a third with the bone, then runs.

Lincoln gets an idea, and lowers down to the other pods. He creates a second Air Cutter to form a ring around them and ignites it in white flam. He extends his arm, causing the ring to rapidly expand and cutting all the pods wide open and setting the organic matter abalze. Remembering a spell he read in the Vishanti Codex, green strings flow from his fingers and and connect with the students, bringing them all with him.

Gus: We're going to have to bust down the door.

Lincoln: Let's do it. I can't hold off these serpents forever.

Luz: Right behind you. (He picks up Mattholomule and follows him)

Three snakes follow them out of the hole, hissing. Luz grabs the bone and the three run for the door. The trio screams as the snakes continue to hiss.


Hallway

Cut to the outside of the detention room, Willow is sneaking up to the door. She was about to reach for the crossbar when she suddeny hears someone behind her..

Unknown: Hold it right there!

Willow (she yipes, turning around to see the Blight twins) Edric, Emira?

Edric / Emira: Willow?

Willow: (looks at them for a moment before realizing why they're here) I guess we have the same reasons for being here, huh?

Emira: Of course. You're going to need some help with what you're doing.

Edric and Emira walk to the crossbar and placed their hands on it. The three of them begin to strain to lift the door, managing to get it halfway off before freezing when they hear Eda.

Eda: I washed all the graffiti. Apologized to Jenkinmeyer for stealing her teeth. Caught all the wild cerebi. Ah, we should be good.

Principal Bump: (shakes Eda's hand) It's going to be so exciting to have a real human exchange student and Draven's son.

Eda: And you won't tell the Emperor's Coven about this, right?

Principal Bump: No. Hexside School is safe for you all. I'm the principal, not a stooge. Consider your pupils, our pupils.

A series of banging interrupts them. Willow and the twins back away from the door when as it's knocked again from the inside, denting it. A third hit shatters down the door, and Gus, Lincoln, and Luz come in gasping, the maw still on fire.

Luz: Eda?

Lincoln: Willow? Edric? Emira?

Eda: Guess who got you in Hexside!

Luz: What?

Lincoln: Did you really do it?

Snakes continue hissing from the way they came in., Luz screams, jumping onto Lincoln's arms. Principal Bump snaps his finger.

Snake: (Frozes) Uh, sorry, Principal Bump. Sir. (Withdrawals, Lincoln later puts Luz down)

Lincoln: Let me help with that. (snaps his fingers, putting out all the fires.) Next time you put people in a detention room, let the students think about their actions for themselves.

Principal Bump: (To Luz and Lincoln) What did you do?

Eda: (Facepalms) Ugh, kids.

Principal Bump: (To Eda) To think that any students of yours would be able to do anything but create chaos... Eda, take your human student and go! You are both banned from this campus! You're lucky that I'm letting Lincoln off this one time.

Eda: (grunts) Come on, kids. Let's go.

Eda, Lincoln and Luz start to leave.

Gus: Wait, Principal Bump. Don't blame Luz and Lincoln. I told them the ban was lifted. We were fighting over the Human Appreciation Society. I brought Luz and Lincoln because I wanted to win. This is all my fault.

Principal Bump: If so, Augustus, would you be willing to accept her punishment as your own?

Gus: Yes, Principal Bump. I would.

Eda: Huh. Dang, dweebus.

Principal Bump: Very well. (To Luz and Lincoln) In light of that, barring any more trouble, you'll both be officially enrolled at the Hexside School next semester.

Luz and Lincoln gasp and smile.

Eda: Uh, hold on. Hold on.

She puts her hands on Luz and Lincoln's shoulders, then looks at Principal Bump and gestures for him to back off. She takes exactly two steps back. Eda kneels in front of Luz and Lincoln.

Eda: I'm only doing this because I have faith in you two. And I know you're too smart to fall for that One-Witch, One-Coven nonsense. You can learn a lot from witches here. (Looks over her shoulder and smiles) And maybe teach them some of that Unbound magic, too.

Principal Bump: I didn't hear that. (To Gus) As for you, I would be saying detention right now, but that seems to be out of order. So, as of now, I'm removing you from the Human Appreciation Society. (Take Gus' crown)

Mattholomule: (gained consciousness and groans) Does that make me president?

Principal Bump: Impressive. Still alive. Yes, I suppose you are. (Throws the crown on Mattholomule's head)

Mattholomule: (Weakly) Yes!

Principal Bump: Now with that accomplished, Eda, we have some paperwork to fill out.

Eda: Wait! I gotta do more stuff? Ugh! (To Luz and Lincoln) You better enjoy this place, kids.

Luz and Lincoln grin and look at their friends.

Edric: Looks like you caused trouble, destroyed property, and somehow managed to save the day and get away with it. Not that we couldn't do better. Not bad, Linc.

Lincoln: (shrugs) Eh, it's what I do. You should see what a normal day looked like back at my old home.

Luz: This is going to be exciting! We're actually going to be classmates!

Lincoln: Thanks for what you did Gus, and I'm sorry about your position, I know you liked being president.

Gus: Don't worry, my friends are more important than a stupid crown. So, wanna finish that tour?

Willow: I can show you which plants not to touch in the greenhouse. And then I can let you touch them.

Edric: And we can show the places where you can play pranks on the person.

Luz: Yeah! Let's go.

The three join hands and laugh as they run off. Lincoln was about to follow them, but Emira grabs him from behind by the arm.

Emira: You guys go on ahead. I have to tell Lincoln something important.

The three stared at them, but they understand with knowing grins and decide to give them their space.

Emira: Let's go to a private place.

The two leave there, leaving only Matholomule there.

Mattholomule: Hey! Wait. Take me. I'm your president. Oh. Come on.

Lincoln: (walks back) Oh, two more things. (He rips the crown off his head and destroys it.)

Lincoln: That's for lying. (He leans back, raises his right leg and kicks hard into his groin, getting a "PINGAS" sound. An X-ray frame appears showing a bald man's head with black and red eyes and an orange mustache appears at his Mattholomule's waist)

Pingas: Goodbye. (breaks apart and slowly vanishes)

Mattholomule screams in a vocoded pitch and keels over.

Lincoln: And that's for what you put us through today. Try anything like and I'll do more than break just that.


Cut to Eda's permanent record. Pages are flipped through as a song plays and an unseen voice sings.

Unknown: Why can't you remember / Why can't you remember me? / Oh, no, no, no / Yeah / Why can't you remember / Why can't you remember me? / Oh, no / Ooh‐oh‐ooh‐oh‐ooh / Ooh, yeah

Eda's permanent record includes letting loose a pack of feral ghosts in the girls' locker room, all of them panicking in pink towels as Young Eda looks to the side with a "Who, me?" expression, starting an abomination food fight at lunch, Eda leading them, hexing the school bells to play pop songs, letting in "two giant bug-things" that destroyed classrooms, laying on one with a innocent cat pose as they ate the classrom, and feeding the school griffin spicy snacks until it threw up over the grudgby field, drenched green as Principal Bump has his arms on his hips, looking at the Grudgby ball.

These entries also a young Eda with orange hair and no golden tooth.

Incident #5523: At 1300 hours / 1:00 PM, Edalyn Clawthorne of the Potions Track let loose a pack of feral ghosts in the girls locker room. They flew around in circles predicting students' doom and shouting out horrible puns like "What's a ghost's favorite pie-BOO-BERRY!" We called in a rag-tag team of "ghost blasters" to clean them out but they accidentally opened a door to the ghost dimension which threatened to overtake the city. Draven Godspeed later found a way to find give ghosts true peace, sealing the ghost dimension. His behavior indicates that he heard something disturbing from one of said ghosts.

Incident #3421: At 1200 hours, Edalyn Clawthorne raised an army of abominations to start a food fight after her sister Lilith's lunch money was stolen. The abominations then gained sentience and revolted against Edalyn, forming into one giant abomination and taking over the school. Edalyn, Lilith, and the thief had to form an unlikely alliance to stop the giant abomination from destroying Hexside, Draven managed to petrify the abomination, whose pieces were used to help in school repairs.

Incident #9677: At 0900 hours, Edalyn Clawthorne hexed the school bells to sing famous pop song, "SINCE U BEEN CONNED". It lasted for 5 hours and could only be stopped by pitting the school bells against each other in a fight over who's the better boy band: "Babies to Boys" or "Two Seconds to New York." It was a horrible day but no one was allowed to go home early. Draven used this to his advantage, hosting a Battle of the Bands after school hours, which sold handsomely.

Incident #2601: At 1400 hours / 2:00 PM, Edalyn Clawthorne was at it again. This time she found two giant bug-things that really just tore up the place. Oh, man, I'm getting so tired of writing these things. And now I'm just writing down what I'm thinking. Oh I hope no one actually reads these. I should take a day off. It's been years since my overlords let me take a day off. Thankfully Draven, brought some friends of his own and sent the insectoids packing.

Incident #7662: At 1100 hours, Edalyn Clawthorne let the school Griffin out from its pen and fed it spicy snacks until it vomited all over the grudgby field. Instead of cleaning it up, I ate a donut while Draven cleaned it up, caring for the beast afterwards. My friends are always telling me I should practice self-care more often, and you know what? Why not! I deserve it!


Living Room, Owl House, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

After School

Cut to the Owl House living room, where Luz, Lincoln, King and Eda are going through Eda's record.

Luz: (To Eda.) Wow! Bump was not exaggerating. You were a terrible student.

Eda gives off a look of surprise, implying she didn't even know they were there.

Lincoln: Eh, I think you and Dad were great students. I think it was the system itself that was the problem. (Eda smiles)

King: Who cares? What I want to know is what that Emira girl was asking you about. I bet it was something juicy.

Lincoln: (blushes) Nothing like that, she was just asking about what I was doing in Amity's body.

The three all look at him with a concerned expression. Then their eyes all open as they remember the other person that fell from the skies above Bonesborough that day.


Hallway, Hexside School of Magic and Demonics, Bonesborough, Right Arm, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

Earlier

Lincoln: What's up?

Emira: For starters, I want some answers about you. To be more blunt. Who or what are you?

Lincoln raises an eyebrow, but soon understands what's going on. She believes that Lincoln is no witch, given the current evidence she has seen, but hasn't exactly placed down his Azarathian origins.

Lincoln: Alright. You will know get them, but not here. Too many eyes and ears to say out loud. But I promise I will tell you everything. And I never break a promise.

Emira: (smiles at his honesty) Ok. But I'm going to hold you to that. This is going to sound weird, but why were you in Amity's body?

Lincoln was surprised as he was never expected to find out. But given who sharp she was, it was only a matter of time.

Lincoln: (sighs) How did you find out?

Emira: Let's say you used names that Amity would never say out loud and ones that only you would know. Found a letter that night written by a "Paladin" who explained everything about what happened, had a cipher in there as well before destroying it.

Lincoln: Well, let's say that Luz, Eda and King all made a bet with each other regarding who had the better life, and they roped me and your sister into this, I ended up in Amity's body and vice versa. As for this "Paladin" fellow, I keep thinking about that statue I saw on my first day here. Now that I think about, it looked a little too realistic to me. So I guess you know about the red vat, the degradation, the Vermillion Demon?

Emira: (nods) So you do know what you did to her body afterwards?

Lincoln: What do you mean, afterwards?

Emira: (eyes widen then shrink back) Well, lets just say the other reason why she couldn't come here today was that she's not the same witch as she was before.


Amity's Room, Blight Manor, Bonesborough, Right Arm, Boiling Isles, Demon Realm

The scene cuts to Amity's room where we see the whole place filled with a strange variation of abomination matter and we see Amity summoning a large armored abomination the same same size she created in the Covention with the power glyph, but this time she isn't using said glyph.

Emira: (voiceover) Something in her has changed, and I have a strong feeling it won't be the first time this happens.

Amity was surprised as we see that her locks were changing to a glowing lavender color and her eyes glowing gold, and her skin showing the same markings with a new magic flowing from her veins.

TO BE CONTINUE


Allusions

The title is an allusion to the phrase "nothing ventured, nothing gained".

Dorkly - This sentence was used in the webisode "Sonic Meets Original Fan Characters"

Ghostbusters - The rag-tag team of "ghost blasters", that are called in to clean up the ghosts in the girls locker room and accidentally open a door to the ghost dimension is a reference to the plot of the first film in the franchise.

Boyz II Men - "Babies to Boys" is a reference to this famous Boy Band.

Thirty Seconds to Mars - "Two Seconds to New York" is a reference to this famous rock band.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic - Skara says "Friendship is the real magic!", a reference to the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic cartoon.

Simple Minds - "Why Can't You Remember Me" is a parody of the famous song "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds.

Kelly Clarkson - Incident #9677 is said that the pop song "SINCE YOU BEEN CONNED" was played for five hours. The song is a parody of the hit song "Since U Been Gone" by Kelly Clarkson.

SMG4 - The nut punch shown was a reference to the webisodes: Mario Changes a Lightbulb and the Mario Games.

Memes - The Pingas meme comes from the Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog from the phrase "Snooping as usual, I see.:

Monster Cereals - One of Eda's "incidents" is said to involve ghosts shouting out puns like "What is a ghost's favorite pie?" (Boo-berry), with "Boo Berry" referencing the real life breakfast cereal produced by General Mills.


This chapter was made by me and Unit 123