Author's Note: Here is my first fully original chapter for this story, I would like to thank Wolvenstrom for beta reading this, enjoy
Luz was scared…no she was beyond terrified, it had seemed like it was going to be an ordinary night, stuck inside due to boiling rain, oh how wrong she was…
Flashback
After finding out that the huge creature that was in the owl house was actually a cursed Eda, Luz and King devised a plan on how to stop Eda and get her back to normal. Luz would draw a giant version of a light glyph she had just discovered and King would lure Eda to it where Luz would then activate it. The plan was sound, but there was two things that Luz hadn't taken into account, one that she was far, far heavier than she'd ever been, and two was the old ladders ability to support it.
As soon as she completed the glyph, she saw Eda arrive while chasing King. King dove to the side, losing Eda who then spotted Luz "sorry Eda, but this is for- *SNAP* -AGH!" *thud* "ow, thank goodness my butt broke my fall" *screech* Luz turned her head and saw Eda now only inches from her *gulp* with a screech Eda bit down hard on Luz's shoulder her razor-sharp teeth puncturing Luz's flesh.
Luz screamed and began hitting Eda on the head in an attempt to get her off, but that only made her bite down harder and start thrashing her about "King! Hit the glyph!" Luz shouted as she was viciously thrashed about. King ran over to the glyph but stopped when he heard two loud thuds. Turning his eyes widened in horror, the first thing he saw was Eda chewing and then swallowing an arm and Luz lying on the ground screaming in pain while blood poured out of the joint where her arm used to be.
King slapped the glyph which engulfed the whole hallway in a blinding light, making Eda pass out.
Once Eda passed out Luz looked at the empty space where her arm had been. Trying desperately to remain calm, despite the immense amount of pain she was currently in, she took the pillow off from around her waist, which she had been using for protection, and used it to put pressure on the spot where her left arm used to be "King, call an ambulance! a doctor! A whatever you use here for things like this!"
"I'll call the healing coven!" and he raced off to the crow phone while Luz groaned in agony while sweating profusely. Trying not to black out or vomit from the pain.
Thankfully two witches from the healing coven arrived just in time. They managed to stop the bleeding and bandage her up, but there was only so much their healing magic could do, so they were unable to restore her missing arm. Like with all other witches on the boiling isles, the two healing covens had offered Luz food, only unlike all the other times she had been offered food, this food actually numbed the pain in her shoulder, something she was relieved for.
While the two healing coven witches had been tending to Luz, King had been able to find another elixir and had poured the whole thing down Eda's throat, which turned her back to normal. After the two healing coven witches left, the realization of what had happened and the new situation ahit Luz like a tonne of bricks. She began screaming and panicking before she fled the owl house.
The Boiling Rain had ended, but at this point she wouldn't have cared if it hadn't
End Flashback
Now Luz was in an alleyway. Breathing frantically while replaying what had happened over and over in her head. Curling up into as much of a ball as she could she began to sob while silently wishing that she was back in the human realm with her mama. "hey…are you okay?" a familiar voice said Luz looked up and saw the small, large nosed, white demon that she had seen at the Conformatorium. "oh you're that human who helped us bwake out…wow you've gotten a lot fattew since then"
"*sniff* I know"
"were you always missing an arm?"
"no, it was bitten off earlier…I don't know what to do, and I don't know where to go" Luz said before falling onto her good side.
"do you have fwends you can be with?"
"maybe, but I don't know where they live"
"hmm I know this pwace vewy well, what are their last names?"
"well one of my friends is Willow Park, and the other is Amity Blight-"
"oh I know where the Bwight pwace is! fowow me!" Luz, not having any other options, began following the small demon "by the way, my name's Tinella Nosa, what's yours?"
"I'm Luz Noceda"
"so what's a human doing on the Boiwing Iwls" Luz sighed, and told the small demon how she ended up in the demon realm, while the small demon kept giving her meatballs. Luz didn't know whether it was the food she was being given or the general conversation she was having with Tinella Nosa, but she was slowly starting to feel better.
After a while, they arrived at Blight manor "whoa, this is where Amity lives?"
"you said her wast name was Bwight wight?"
"yeah"
"Then this is the pwace"
"Thanks Tinella, I really owe you"
"don't mention it, well see yah awound wuz"
"yeah, bye" and with that Tinella walked away and Luz walked up to Blight Manor. Luz rang the doorbell and waited.
The door soon opened and a familiar face but with different hair colour and style, answered the door "Luz what are *GASP* holy titan! What happened to your arm?!" Luz then told her the events of what happened. When she was done, Amity was just shocked
"I guess that's why they call her the owl lady. I know we only became friends 2 days ago, but could I possibly stay here for a while? If not I totally understand" Amity gave a bit of a laugh
"its perfectly fine with me, we've got some spare bedrooms, and my parents are always so busy that they probably won't even notice you" Amity said and she moved aside, allowing Luz to enter. As soon as Amity closed the door she used her magic to make a purple brownie the size of a brick and gave it to Luz. True to her nature, Luz accepted the brownie and started to eat it. It was her favorite type, crunchy on the outside and warm and chewy on the inside. "Mmm. What kind of chocolate is this? It's so gooey"
"Whats chocolate?"
"..." She swallowed regardless. It still tastd good...juuuust as long as she didn't think about that question.
"hey mittens, who's this?" Amity frowned as the two turned and saw a pair that were very clearly, twins
"*sigh* Luz, meet my older sister Emira and my older brother Edric. Emira, Edric, this is my new friend Luz, the human"
"nice to meet you both" Luz said and she shook their hands as they noticed her ears
"Wow, I've never met a human before" Emira said
"guys, she just went through a traumatic experience, the last thing she needs is to be harassed in some form by you two"
"Is that why you're missing an arm?" Edric asked, Luz sadly nodded, while the two twins were mischievous they did know when and where to behave "are you going to be staying here with us?"
"yeah, Amity said that your parents wouldn't notice"
"well they will eventually, but i'm fine with you staying here when you have nowhere else to go" Emira said with Edric agreeing.
"come on, I'll show you around" Amity said before she grabbed Luz by her remaining hand and showed her around Blight manor.
After showing Luz everything, Amity ended the tour at her bedroom "and here we have my room"
"wow, your house is amazing, it's also a lot tidier and and nicer smelling than the owl house"
"thanks, my mum always wants perfection"
"I've been meaning to ask, why is your hair green now, and in a different style?" Amity responded by removing her necklace, revealing her purple hair in a puff of smoke.
"Because my mum likes her children to be color-coordinated, she made me dye my hair green, I eventually got sick of it and turned it to abomination colours while using a concealment stone to trick my mum into thinking my hair is still green"
"I'm pretty sure that parents can get in trouble for doing something like that"
"my parents could litterally get away with murder, that's how powerful they are"
"...are you talking powerful magic wise or influential wise?"
"influence. though I think my dad is just as strong in abomination magic as the coven head of the abomination coven"
"what's a coven?"
"has Eda been teaching you anything?"
"eeehhhh" She made a tiny space between her fingers.
"Right. well, a coven is a part of a system that witches are put into following graduation from high school. The Coven System is a system for categorizing magic into specific disciplines that were instituted by Emperor Belos. There are nine main covens which consist of the Abomination Coven, the Bard Coven, the Beast Keeping Coven, the Construction Coven, the Healing Coven, the Illusion Coven, the Oracle Coven, the Plant Coven, and the Potions Coven, with hundreds of other covens beneath them"
"I take it you're going to be joining the Abomination Coven when you graduate?"
"yep, or with any luck, the Emperor's Coven"
"what's the Emperor's Coven do?"
"People in the Emperors coven can use all forms of magic"
"so being in the Emperor's coven is the same as not being in a coven at all?" Amity's mind went completely blank at this, she hadn't realised until just now at how true that statement was "Amity? Amity? *snap* *snap* come back to us Amity" Luz said
"wow...that's a thinker..." Amity said quietly, she was aware that once you joined a coven you couldn't use any other type of magic, other than food magic, something of which Amity was just as skilled at, as she was with Abomination magic.
Deciding not to dwell on it for now, Amity made an extremely dense 'chocolate' cake that was a foot in width and height before offering it to Luz. Luz accepted the cake and looked at it "well, my mum's not here to stop me" and she began eating the cake with just her face. The icing was so dense it was like biting into half-dried cement and took a good few seconds to hit sponge, but the taste was incredible. Amity got a dreamy look on their face as she watched her cute fat friend wolfing down the cake she just made
'wait, cute?' Amity thought in surprise.
"wow, that was the best cake I've ever eaten! your food making skills are amazing Amity" Luz said, every square inch of her face covered in frosting like a mud mask, Amity blushed at the complement
"thanks Luz, um you should probably clean up, you look like you have a mud mask on" Luz looked at Amity's vanity mirror and laughed before she headed to the bathroom to clean up.
After cleaning her face of frosting, Luz rejoined Amity in her room "so Luz, I'm curious, what's the human world like?" Luz smiled and she began telling her new friend all about the wonders of the human world.
Meanwhile! At the House of Owlness!
Eda was currently in great distress...
Flashback
After King had poured, a whole bottle of Eda's special potion down her throat, turning her back to normal, she had woken up in the hallway with the taste of blood in her mouth, frantically searching she found king silently sitting on the couch "King! where's Luz?!" she asked, King looked at her sadly
"E-Eda, I-I messed up big t-time" his voice cracking
"King..."
"I thought those potions you take give you your magic powers, so I took the one in your room and gave it to Luz, thinking that it would give her magic, but after nothing happened, you then became that monster and you chased and attacked us, Luz found out how to make a light spell, we then made a giant one, she fell off the ladder and you ate her arm, we called the healing coven, and when they left she freaked out and ran out of the house"
Eda now felt sick at hearing that "I ATE LUZ'S ARM?!"
"Uh, Yeah"
*thud*
End Flashback
After regaining consciousness, Eda got dressed and went out to search for Luz. She stuck low and tried to see if she got the urge to give food to someone. she finally got it as she passed over Blight manor, peering in through the windows, she spotted Luz sitting on a bed talking with one of the girls she had brought over yesterday. She almost threw up however as she saw that Luz was missing an arm. Figuring that she would be safe with her friend, Eda left the area.
Luz was now in the spare bedroom bed, however she was having trouble getting to sleep. Nevermind trying to get used to having no limb on the side she slept on, every little noise made her tense up. Normally she wasn't afraid of the dark, but after today, she doubted she'd ever sleep well again. She thought about maybe seeing if Amity would be okay if she slept with her just for the night, a thought that just seemed more and more like a good idea with every passing second. Just as she was about to get up and head over to Amity's room, she heard the door handle jiggle, causing her to tense up. She then heard the door slowly open, making the quietest of squeak's. She then heard it close followed by very light footsteps. She tensed up even more as she felt someone climb into bed with her. They then draped one arm over her and wrapped one leg around hers. Even though she couldn't see the person, she recognised the breathing as belonging to Amity. This made Luz fully relax, before blushing as she registered what Amity was doing to her. 'Oh my god, Amity is actually cuddling up to me like I'm a big squishy teddybear and...trying to get my scent?' now felling safe Luz quickly fell asleep, having nothing but pleasant dreams for the whole night.
Luz woke up the next morning to find two things, one she had rolled over in her sleep and was mostly on top of Amity, and two, she was now starring at the most beautiful pair of golden eyes she had ever seen. Silently, Luz rolled off of Amity and Amity got up and left the room, though Luz could hear Amity muttering "why did I do that" repeatedly.
Emira exited her room to use the bathroom to get ready for the day when she watched Amity walk past her while holding her head and muttering 'why did I do that" over and over. A cheeky grin came to her face as she realised that this was teasing material.
Once the teens were ready for the day, they head down to the dining room, Luz was the last to arrive where she found enough food to stuff 10 people waiting for her. Giving an internal sigh she greeted everyone before she began eating. As she ate different foods, she could hear the blight children giving relieved sighs. To Luz, it was like every time she ate food that she assumed they made, it was like getting a hit of dopamine. 'That must be why they feed me! Me eating their food is like a drug to them' Luz then started to eat vigorously with her stomach expanding by the second. When she eventually felt full she forced herself to keep eating all of the food they had so kindly made for her.
By the time she had consumed the last bite of food, she felt like she was one crumb away from bursting " … can't..breath...lungs filling...sinuses packed with food…help" and with that she passed out into a food coma.
Luz woke up to find herself back in her temporary room, looking around she spotted a note on the bedside table. Picking it up, she read it "Luz, gone to hang out with Willow and Gus, if you're up to it, you can meet us at the park, hope you enjoyed breakfast, Amity" Luz looked at herself, her clothes had started to tear and it wouldn't be long before she would be naked. Thinking quickly and using what little she had to work with, she was able to make a simple dress that covered her now 250lbs body, before she left the manor and headed to the park…having to get directions several times and being fed or offered food constantly.
When she arrived at the park, she found her 3 new friends sitting on a bench chatting. When they spotted her, Willow and Gus went wide-eyed at the sight of Luz's missing arm, Amity on the other hand, was trying not to laugh.
"Wow, Luz, are you okay?" Willow asked
"actually my shoulder is starting to hurt again" Luz said, before her friends all materialized the same food the witches from the healing coven gave her. With a quick thank you, Luz wolfed down the food they offered, the pain having completely disappeared by the time she finished them.
"Um Luz" Amity started "are you wearing a bed sheet?" Luz went bright red
"I outgrew my old clothes!"
"I can make you some new clothes if you want" Willow offered
"really?!" Luz asked
"yep, I'm just as good at sewing as I am at plant magic, I make all of my own clothes" Willow stated proudly
"wow...that's extremely impressive," Luz said as she got a closer look at Willow's clothes.
"Just make sure you make a few bigger sets. Since she's gonna be getting bigger. A 'lot' bigger" Amity added and nobody else could quite deny considering the danish the size of a pizza she'd just spun into existence for her friends nourishment
"So Luz, Amity said that you found out how to do magic without making a spell circle" Gus stated
"yeah, anyone got a pen and paper" thankfully Gus had brought a notepad and pencil due to wanting to know more about Luz. Getting Gus to hold the notepad, Luz drew the light glyph and pressed it turning the paper into a glowing ball of light. Willow and Gus looked at the light ball in awe
"so if you can make light from drawing a glyph, does that mean you can do other spells with different glyphs?" Gus questioned
"that's actually what I was thinking, though I don't know where to even start looking, I just found it by accident"
"well most magic can be broken down into elements, and light is an element, so maybe different elements have different glyphs to them" Amity theorised
"so what elements are there?" Luz asked
"there's ice, fire, and plant…and I guess light now too" Willow stated
"plant" Luz said, looking around she spotted some flowers growing on a bush. Walking over to it, she examined the leaves, the branches, and the flowers, while straining her eyes to their limit to try and find any symbols. Seeing what their new friend was doing, the three witches joined in, sadly they couldn't find any symbols on the bush. They checked out a few other bushes as well as a few trees, but nothing.
"Darn, oh well, I'll probably find another glyph by accident" Luz said in slight disappointment before deciding to change the subject "soooo…is Boscha out for my head?"
"We haven't seen her since you knocked her out, nice hit by the way" Willow said
"thanks, I'm not normally violent, but she was completely out of control"
"hey if you hadn't have stopped her, she probably would have squashed us" Amity said
"speaking of squashed, we're you okay th-hmmph"
"let's not talk about that , okay Luz!" Amity interrupted while slapping her hands over Luz's mouth
"Mmhmm"
Willow and especially Gus, kept asking Luz all kinds of questions about the human realm, how it differed, what plants were there, what human ate, what humans liked to do in their free time, and so on. Luz also asked them questions about witches that Eda either hadn't answered or she hadn't gotten a chance to ask her.
Luz and Amity were now headed back to Blight manor, as they walked, Luz decided to ask about last night "so Amity, why did you sneak into my bed and cuddle up to me" Luz asked
"I have sleep apnea and I can only get a good night's sleep if I'm cuddled up to something big and soft. I used to have a huge plush doll that helped me get to sleep, but my mum took it away saying that big girls don't sleep with dolls" reaching into her shirt, she pulled out a second concealment stone which she removed revealing the large dark rings around her bloodshot eyes.
"Whoa, you really need a good night's sleep!"
"Trust me, Luz, I looked much worse yesterday"
"I…honestly find that hard to believe".
The two finally arrived at Blight Manor and entered, only to be greeted by a woman with green hair "and just where were you today?" She asked in a stern tone
"I was just hanging out with my friends" Amity replied in a slightly scared tone, something that raised a flag with Luz
"well while you were off messing about with your friends, you completely missed our demonstration today, so we had to get Edric to fill in" Amity winced at that.
Odalia then turned to Luz "and you are?" She asked before instinctively giving Luz a meatball the size of her head
"I'm Amity's new friend, Luz, a human"
"ugh, a human, that explains why I just did that. Begone human" twirling her finger, Luz was lifted up off her feet and was flung back. She landed on the ground and tumbled for several meters before finally stopping at the gates. Luz gave a sigh and got up before a tired-looking man, riding a magic staff, came down from the sky and landed in front of her.
"Are you Amity's dad?" Luz asked, the man rubbed his eyes,
"yes I am, why did my wife fling you like that?" Alador questioned
"I guess because I'm Amity's friend and a human"
"Hmm, I thought mittens was friends with Boscha"
"they broke off their friendship a few days ago, but I don't think they were ever truly friends, especially after Amity said she had done worse after she punched her in the face" Alador's eyes widened slightly at that before narrowing
"I think I may have to have a word with Boscha's mother." He grumbled "In the mean time, any friend of mittens is welcome in my home"
"thank you mister Blight" and the two headed back to the manor
"have you always been missing an arm?"
"no…it was bitten off…and eaten, yesterday"
"oh, I'm sorry to hear that"
"its fine, nothing you should concern yourself with…um no offence but you seem very reasonable, because I currently don't have a place to stay, may I stay here for a bit, until I can find another place to stay"
"well our house certainly is big enough, I'll talk it over with my wife, but you can stay the night"
"thank you sir"
"human, what did I just say!"
"Odalia, let her stay the night, besides she's Amity's friend" Odalia grumbled but didn't say anything.
Later that night, Luz and Amity were headed to Amity's room for bed "I'm amazed that you were able to eat all off that…and I'm sorry if I got a little overzealous when I was giving you food"
Luz raised a brow "you were on the table in front of me, cramming food into my mouth and down my throat like a crazy person"
"…sorry…"
"its fine…if I'm being honest, when I look back on it, I found it funny" Luz then spotted one of the very fragrant flowers that were around the house. Walking over to it she inhaled deeply, taking in its pleasant scent…before she gave a mighty sneeze at the pollen, which in tern caused her to blow all of the pollen off of the flower.
"bless you" Amity said, but Luz remained silent "Luz?"
"Amity! Look!" Luz exclaimed while spinning around on her heel to show her a glowing green symbol where all the pollen had been, grabbing a pen and paper, Amity drew down the symbol and pressed it, causing a spiked tendril to appear "we found another glyph!" Luz stated
"now you can enter Hexside!" Amity added and the two high-fived, something Luz had shown them earlier that day.
After about half an hour of practicing, Luz had the glyph down pat, she had also found that she could alter what kind of plant came from the plant glyph simply by thinking what she wanted, though anything she made was all the same height regardless of what she wanted. Soon the two were in Amity's bed, with Amity fully cuddled up to Luz, falling asleep in minutes. Luz however stayed awake for a while, thinking about what studying magic with her friends would be like. Before she fully nodded off, her last thoughts were about King and Eda, wondering if they were okay