Author's Note: i would like to thank Wolvenstrom for beta reading this chapter for me. I woulf also like to thank Guestav for the great idea to view inside Amity's mind.
It took the group of friends about 40 minutes to get from the knee to the left tibia of the titan. They arrived to see a large thick forest that was so dense that they couldn't see the forest floor. Landing outside of the forest they were all in awe at how big the trees actually were, to Luz they were like wooden skyscrapers due to how tall and wide they were with branches above that all seemed to be intertwined with each other. Spotting a trail that lead into the Dark Forest, the group began following it in, hoping that it would eventually lead to some Sunweed's. they didn't get very far into the forest before it lived up to its name, due to the branches being all intertwined, all light from above was cut out making it pitch black in the forest fortunately there were lanterns of Spark Flies along the sides of the trail. Soon the dirt trail turned into a concrete path, something that surprised the lot of them, Willow bent down and touched it "hold on...this is concrete. This stuff wasn't made up until a hundred years ago"
"Well, seems like our history books need to be updated" Amity quipped and they continued along the path, which eventually opened up into a bustling city
"Whoa, what is this place?!" Gus asked, now in as much awe as his friends.
"It's a city!" Luz exclaimed, her friends looked at her confused
"what's a city?" they asked in union
"It's like a town, but 'bigger'!" Luz explained before she walked off in a random direction with her friends following her. As they wandered around the forest city, Luz took note that it looked like how cartoons depict cities in the 1920's, from the style of clothing demons, wore to the technology they had, what surprised her the most however was the fact that this place was literally hundreds of years more advanced than the other towns that they had visited so far in this time, heck it was even more advanced than what Bonesborough was in their time. While vehicles such as cars and trucks did exist in this city, they appeared to be made solely out of wood, bark, and leaves. "This is weird, even by demon realm standards," Luz said as Willow walked up to someone in a suit
"excuse me sir" the demon turned, revealing himself to be a plant/pitbull hybrid
"yes?" he replied in an annoyed tone
"Could you tell me where we could find some Sunweed's please"
this greatly caught his attention "why would a young witch want to associate with them?"
"We need their gloves to make two enchanted articles of clothing"
"you'd be better off making something else, you don't want to ever associate with them, good day," he said and turned back around, making Willow give a sigh of defeat before heading back over to her friends
"no luck," she said
"well let's keep asking around, I'm sure we'll find someone who knows where to find them" Luz stated confidently, but try as they might, they all got the same answer. "geez, it seems like everyone knows about them, but no one wants to tell us where they are" Luz stated in frustration, her friends now in the same boat as her.
After some more walking around, a distracted Luz fell down a flight of stairs and burst through the door at the bottom of them. She heard many familiar clicking sounds before she heard her name being called out. Getting her bearings, she realized that she now had about 20 wooden Tommy guns pointed at her, all being held by what looked like large sentient sunflowers covered in thorns, with their stamen's being faces that sported large narrowed eyes and long pointy noses, and they were all wearing 1920's gangster outfits. Luz gulped while her friends remained frozen at the door.
"Who are you and why have you busted into our headquarters?" One of the sunflower demons asked
"*gulp* sorry, we were looking for Sunweeds and I wasn't concentrating and I fell down the stairs, please don't shoot me!"
"At ease boys" they all put their guns away "so what is a group of witches and a human doing looking for us?" The head Sunweed asked.
"Um we were hoping that we could possibly get a pair of your gloves, please," Luz said
"Hmm…boys help her up" with a bit of struggling they got Luz back onto her feet "follow me, all of you" Luz and her friends followed the boss to a back room. When they reached the back room they all took a seat while the rest of the Sunweeds surrounded them. "So, you want a pair of our gloves huh? Let me guess, it's to make an enchanted article of clothing right?"
"Yes sir" Luz spoke
"Hmm tell yah what, you perform a task for us and in return, I'll give you my gloves"
"what's the task?"
"Well you see, we've got a shipment of pixie dust coming in, unfortunately, the town's coppers don't like us so much, you help us complete the delivery and I'll give you my gloves. So, do we have a deal, or what?"
"Deal," Luz said and the two shook hands.
"Perfect" the boss then slid a photo onto the table "head over to dock 7, you'll see this guy, tell him "the sun shines brightly" and he'll give you the goods, which you are to bring to number 5, 22nd street"
"We won't let you down"
"you'd better not, or else"
"*gulp* well I think we've taken up enough of these fine plants' time, let's go!" And with that, Luz and her friends left as fast as they could.
"Why do I have a feeling that what we're about to do is highly illegal" Willow questioned
"Because pixie dust is illegal" Amity stated
"eh even if we do something illegal, it's not like the consequences will follow us 300 years into the future" Luz stated
"Besides, Luz is already a criminal," Gus said, earning a glare from his friends "a crime of which she is totally innocent" he sheepishly added.
After some searching, and asking for directions, the group soon found the docks which were situated at the edge of the forest city. Traveling along the docks, they quickly found dock seven and sure enough, they spotted the guy in the picture leaning against a wooden van that was parked next to a ship. The guy looked like a demonic anthropomorphic weasel wearing a trench coat and a fedora, he eyed the four friends suspiciously as they made their way over to him. "The sun shines brightly," Luz said, making the demon's eyes widen
"Budsy sent you here?! Well I guess a group of kids is less suspicious" he said before giving Luz a cherry the size of her head, which she was more than happy to eat, Amity decided to take over
"so there's like a shipment of pixie dust?"
"Yep, it's all loaded up in here," he said while patting the van, "all I need is my payment and it's yours to take"
"payment? We weren't told that we had to pay!"
"Well, no snails, no pixie dust"
"oh fuck it," Amity said before she made an abomination that grabbed the demon and threw him in the water. "In, in, in!" Amity shouted they then all hopped into the wooden van and closed the doors. Luz, who had plopped into the driver's seat saw that most of the things in the van looked identical to what was in her mum's van.
"Does anyone know how to move this thing?!" Willow asked,
"hold on!" Luz said turning on the van, she then put it in gear and floored it with the van screeching out of the docks.
"wait Luz, you've been in one of these things before?!" Amity exclaimed
"yeah, but this is my first time driving one!" she said as she weaved through some traffic before coming to a stop.
"You don't think we're going to get in trouble for this?" Gus asked
"probably not," Luz said before there was a knock on her window. Turning, Luz saw a police officer, with a gulp, Luz rolled down the window "uh hello there officer, fine day isn't it"
"license and registration," he said flatly, knowing that they obviously didn't have one given their ages.
'note to self, never do this when I get home' she then pulled out an ice glyph and activated it, making a pillar of ice shoot out and smash the officer right in the face, knocking him out. Luz put the van back into drive and sped off
"Luz!" her friends said in union
"if you had any better ideas of what we should have done, then I would like to hear them," Luz said as sirens began blaring behind them
"well, it's not like we have many options at this point," Willow said before she opened up the side door of the van and used her plant magic to make large roots burst out of the ground causing some of the perusing squad cars to crash. Amity who was in the passenger seat saw a car pull up alongside the van on Luz's side and an officer aiming something at Luz, with a gasp Amity shot abomination goop at them blinding the man as well as the driver, causing them to crash.
Using his illusion magic, Gus made a huge slitherbeast appear on top of the van which roared and frightened to the police so much that most of them lost control and crashed. There was a pause as Luz sped along the road, continuing to weave through the traffic "you can slow down Luz, I think we-" Willow was cut off as something burst through the side of the van and grazed the bridge of her nose
"get down!" Luz shouted as the van was pelted by projectiles. When they finally stopped Amity and Willow sent out fists of Abomination goop and vines, taking out the 2 cars on either side of the van "hold on tight!" Luz shouted as she made a sharp turn, then another, and another, until she went straight into an ally and turned off the engine, giving a sigh of relief as the few police cars still in pursuit drove past "phew, that's what we in the human world call a police chase"
"oh, my titan! Luz, you're bleeding!" Amity exclaimed, and it was true, a fair amount of projectiles had either gone through her or were in her, thankfully though it was mostly her fat that was hit and nothing vital.
"Guys let's just get this pixie dust to the Sunweed's before we worry about me," Luz said, putting the van into drive again she headed down the alley and surprisingly exited onto 22nd street. After a bit of searching, she found number 5 which was a large factory. Driving in, she soon spotted Budsy and most of his men. She parked the van and she and her friends hopped out
"I am never getting in one of these again" Gus moaned out
"Geez, you in a shoot out or somethin'?" Budsy asked as he examined the hole-littered van
"something like that, can you help our friend please, she was hit many times" Willow stated while pointing to the bleeding Luz
"Daffy, Rosé, take this young lady to Doc" two Sunweeds with yellow and red petals respectively, guided Luz to the Sunweeds personal doctor. Budsy examined the cargo and gave a nod of approval "well-done kids" he said he said before he took off his gloves "you held up your end of the bargain, so I'm holding up mine" and he gave his gloves to Willow who put them in the hammerspace bag. After getting patched up Luz, along with her friends, departed on their palismans/brooms, and left the forest city as fast as they could, not wanting to risk being caught by any officials on their way out.
Once they were finally out of the forest, they all headed to the head to meet the man who knew about ancient magic. As they flew, Amity looked at Luz "hey Luz, how are you feeling?"
"really sore, turns out they were shooting acorns at us, and the doctor had to pull 20 out of me, and even then I still think he missed some" Luz said with a slight wince of pain, making her friends give concerned looks to her. Seeing her friends looks, Luz smiled "you know I thought all of this weight would be a hindrance, but it looks like it's saved me more than once, first crashing into that cliff face and then being shot at" she said, but that still didn't relieve their concerns. After 2 hours of flying, they finally reached the head of the titan. Flying around the head and scanning it thoroughly, Gus spotted a tent near the right horn with a man sitting out the front of it
"Hey, a guy's, down there!" Gus shouted while pointing at the man and his tent. The girl's faces lit up at this and they all flew down to greet the man. When they got closer, they could see that the man was just staring out at the Tranquil islands with a small smile on his face. When they landed he got a look of surprise before he got to his feet
"hi there, can I help you?" he asked, the four friends looked surprised, he looked to be an average-sized human in his late 30s, wearing clothes from this current time and era.
"Um, are you a human?" Luz asked
"haha no, I'm a vampire," he said and showed his fangs "I get mistaken for a human all the time, though I take it you're a human?" he questioned, Luz, however, got a puzzled look on her face
"wait you're a vampire? *looks up* shouldn't you be burning up because of the sunlight?"
"…no, sunlight only weakens a vampire, who said we burn up?"
"well most vampires in movies or on TV burn up in sunlight"
"movies and TV, what are those?" Luz then explained to him about their situation before explaining what movies and TV were.
"so can you help us?" Gus asked
"Jure Grando is at your service," he said with a bow "I know of many of magic, including magic to help you with your current situation" the friend's faces lit up at this "please follow me," he said before he went inside his tent. Then the teens followed him they were in awe to see that the tent was about 10 times bigger on the inside. Magical items, potions, runes, books, and spells were everywhere
"wow, dimensional transcendence," Willow said in awe
"yep, and even if I fold up this tent, it won't disturb anything inside" the man added as he began searching through some scrolls. Luz however was transfixed on what was displayed on the wall. It was a display of different types of glyphs, there were the 3 she already had plus there were also many others including water, healing, darkness, wind, clairvoyance, and many others.
"Luz? What are you…oh"
"take a picture please" Amity pulled out her penstagram and took a picture of all of the glyphs. Willow was looking at the different magical items, some of which she had never even heard or seen of before, such as a silence band, a wristband that silenced anything you did, which was great for stealth. There was also a golden hammer that could transform anything it hit into whatever the wielder desired, well at least that's what it said on the description cards.
"found it!" the 4 friends looked and saw Jure holding a scroll which he unfurled on the table. "In order to get back to your original time, you must simply make this symbol, then stand on it while reciting this chant and state the date you wish to travel to and it will send you to that date, in the exact spot where you're standing," he said before he furled it back up and handed it to Luz
"thank you so much for this sir"
"you're welcome little lady, you're all free to explore the things I've collected over the years" the 4 friends happily accepted the offer and began searching. Scanning through several books, Gus found one that only had the sign for infinite on the front
"what book is this?" he asked before he opened it up to blank page words shimmered into view and he read it "this book you are currently holding is an Infinite History Book. Ask this book any questions and it'll give you full details to your question, but only if it has happened. This book cannot tell you about future events, only past and present events that have occurred…wow this book could answer so many questions for me"
"You can have it if you want, I already have 10 of them," Jure said casually
"Really?! Thank you so much!"
"you're welcome kid" he said before he walked over to Amity who was holding something that looked like a snowglobe only inside it had a blob of abomination goo moving around inside it "that's master abomination goop"
"master abomination goop? I've never heard of such a thing"
"it's an extremely rare form of abomination goop that forms naturally on the Tranquil Isles. If it comes into contact with someone who's adept at abomination magic, they will become the greatest abomination, user"
"I study abomination magic, may I use it?"
"Sure, not like I have any use for it other than decoration, just open it up by twisting the globe" Amity did as Jure instructed, and as soon as it was free, the master abomination goop slithered out of the globe, and onto Amity's hand, which it completely covered.
Amity's eyes shot open and she screamed as it felt like she was wearing a red hot iron glove. The master abomination goop began merging with Amity, seeping in through her pores and fusing to her very DNA. Amity was now on the ground, writhing in pain before a blue glow surrounded her, numbing the pain. Her friends looked and saw Jure's extended hand was also glowing blue "sorry, I should have mentioned that this would happen" he said sheepishly.
When he stopped Amity felt perfectly normal again "Are you okay Amity?" Luz asked, greatly concerned for her friend
"yeah I'm fine" she replied, there was then a pause before amity's forearms went purple and then formed into scythes, stunning her friends, she then turned them into mallets, then spears, and then giant versions of her hands, before she doubled in size while turning into a standard abomination, albeit with a normal shaped head with her hair now flowing, and in an instant she was back to normal.
"Amity! That was so cool!" Luz exclaimed with Willow and Gus agreeing
"This should put that 3 eyed demon in her place," Amity said, planning to upstage Boscha the first chance she got.
As the group continued searching Jure came up to Gus "tell me, young man, what type of magic do you excel at?" he asked
"I'm adept at illusion magic" Gus replied
"hmm illusions are good for distractions, but not so much for combat" walking over to a box Jure pulled out a small amulet that had a crystal in the shape of an eye on it "this is the Third Eye Amulet, if you perform an illusion while wearing it, the illusion will become real for about 10 seconds. I know 10 seconds might not seem like much time, but if you're smart and know what to do, 10 seconds is plenty of time" he explained before he put it around Gus's neck.
Gus then made an illusion of himself and was shocked as his illusion was solid "oh man, this is so cool!" he said before his hand went through his illusion.
Satisfied, Jure walked over to Willow "tell me young lady, what type of magic do you excel at?"
"I excel at plant magic, but I'm currently in the process of getting my own magical item, the Green Thumb Gauntlet"
Jure's demeanor changed at that with his eyes narrowing "interesting, are you enjoying the journey to obtain the items to make said item?"
"Actually, I am"
"That's good, out of curiosity, what have you collected so far?"
"only a Sunweed glove at the moment, but we're headed to the castle after we get Weremummy bandages"
"I'd seriously watch yourself with those royals, they don't take too kindly to non-demons, also you have to wait until nightfall when the moon is full, and it won't be full for another 2 weeks"
"What?!" they all exclaimed
"Sorry kids, but that's how it goes"
"you know guys, if you want, once we have Willow's Green Thumb Gauntlet made, you can go back to the future and I'll follow after once I've made the Healing Hat"
Amity put a large abomination goo-covered arm around Luz's shoulders "if you think we're gonna leave you in the past, you've got another thing coming, big girl" and Amity poked Luz's stomach
"yeah, besides, we're learning about stuff that I'm assuming has been lost to time because they haven't taught us about it in school or anything" Willow added, Luz, smiled and this and spread her arms
"bring it in guys" confused looks "hug me" they understood and the 3 witches hugged their huge human friend.
When they let go, the three witches went back to looking while Luz decided to ask Jure questions "so sunlight doesn't burn you, it only weakens you?"
"that is correct"
"Are you able to turn into a bat"
"yes I can" and in an instant, he was a bat "as well as other animals" he then turned into a dog, a cat, a horse, a wolf, and a snake, before turning back to normal
"Can you be seen in a mirror?"
"of course, how else do you think I look this good"
"Good point, can only a stake through the heart kill you"
"yeah, well, who wouldn't that kill?"
"…huh? You have a very good point. Um, do you drink blood?"
"yes, vampires need blood like you need water, ever woken up at a normal time and felt half dead?"
"Yeah"
"then a vampire has drank your blood"
"but I've never found bite marks before?"
"that's because 1. Bites don't hurt, and 2. All bite marks instantly heal up. shall I show you"
"I won't turn into a vampire will I"
"…no, what makes you think that being bitten turns you into a vampire?"
"tv and movies"
"ah, no, vampires can only reproduce the same way most creatures do"
"cool, okay, bite me" Jure's fangs extended and he bit Luz's neck. Luz raised a brow at this, it was like he was just resting his head on her shoulder. He then moved away from her revealing his blood-covered fangs. Luz touched her neck, but felt nothing wrong, though she did feel a tiny bit woozy.
"you should really cut down on sugar, any sweeter and your blood could be classified as syrup"
"well I've always been told that I was a sweet girl"
Jure chuckled at that before he got a questioning look on his face "as a human, you can't use magic right?"
"Actually, I can use glyphs," Luz said proudly while pointing to the picture frame of glyphs
"and which ones do you know?"
"Before I came here, I knew light, plant, and ice glyphs, and now after seeing those I know more spells that I can do"
"Are you aware that you can combine glyphs?" "yes, and I've made several spells already"
"That's great to hear, would you like something that could help you with those spells of yours?"
Luz's eyes widened and sparkled "more than anything"
After a bit of searching, Jure found what he was looking for. He showed Luz what looked like a paintbrush with black paint on the end as well as a sparkling cloth "this is a Magic Paintbrush, and this is an Erasure Cloth. Use this paintbrush to paint glyphs on yourself, and use this cloth to erase them if you don't want them on you anymore"
"so this paint won't come off in the water?"
"no, it won't. May I have your hand please?" Luz extended her hand out to Jure who grabbed it and painted a symbol on her palm "now when you touch a glyph on your body and thrust your hand outward the spell will activate" he said before he handed the two items to Luz
"Could you put those in my backpack please, I don't want to risk wiping this symbol off" she said to which Jure complied.
After a bit more searching the group of friends thanked Jure profusely before taking their leave. "I have a feeling that we're going to be well known in the future, thanks to our upgrades," Gus said with the others agreeing
"okay next stop the castle" Luz stated before they all headed off to the titan's chest.
Landing in the courtyard, they were instantly greeted with spears and swords pointed at them, all being held by anthropomorphic horse demons wearing knight armor "probably should have gone through the front first" Willow stated, getting nods from her friends
"Who are you and why are you here!" the biggest knight demanded
"we're a group of travelers looking for a holy ring, holy water, and the jewel of a Royal Crown, which we were told that we could find here" Luz explained, the guards lowered their weapons
"next time kids, use the front. Follow me," the biggest knight said before he gave Luz a turducken drumstick, which was followed by all of the guards offering her food as well.
As the group followed the knight through the halls, Luz now had all the food given to her impaled on a spear and was eating it like a souvlaki. As they walked through the halls, Luz noticed that all of the castle staff were all 4ft tall anthropomorphic pawns, with perfectly round heads floating above their bodies and all wearing what she would assume jesters would wear. Putting the pieces together, she guessed that the king and queen of this castle would look like chess pieces as well. Her guess was proven correct when they were brought into the throne room where the King and Queen of the titan were currently sitting "greetings young ones, what brings you here?" the King asked, a hint of disgust in his voice.
Luz stepped forward "greetings your Majesties, my friends and I have traveled far in search of the jewel of a crown, as well as a holy ring and holy water," she said with a bow, the king's brow furrowed
"So, you want the jewel of my crown as well as a holy ring and holy water"
"yes please your highness" Luz said
"Hmm, tell you what, you do something for me and I'll give you the jewel of my crown and give you the chance to get the other two items you desire"
"another task" Amity mumbled,
"If you can get for me the scales of a mermaid, then I'll gladly give you the jewel to my crown," the king said
"We shall complete this quest with gusto," Luz said, with her friends giving her odd looks
"very well, Mortimer please escort these children out so that they may start their quest"
"yes your majesty" and with that, the 4 friends were led out of the castle
"probably won't be seeing them again," the king said to his wife, who gave a small laugh.
Once they were out, Luz turned to her friends "so where do we find mermaids?" Luz asked
"We don't, mermaids have been extinct for hundreds of years" Willow stated
"what?! How?!"
"No one knows"
"…wait you just said hundreds of years ago, you mean back in our time?" Willow realized what Luz was suggesting "so there might be some still around at this point in time. I take it that mermaids live somewhere in the ocean?"
"Yeah"
"then let's begin our search!" Luz said before she hopped on her brooms, her friends then hopped on their staffs and they all flew off.
After searching around the coast of the titan 3 times, the group decided to make camp for the night on the hip of the titan before widening their search the next day. From when they had finished setting up camp to the time they went to bed, Luz had been practicing different spells. She already knew how to combine glyphs, but with the new ones she now knew of she began randomly combining glyphs to see what the results were. By combining 2 healing glyphs along with an abomination glyph, she could make a green goop that rapidly absorbed into the body and fully healed an injury in seconds. She had first tested it out by wiping it on the wounds she had received during the police chase, and while the wounds did heal up, there were still small scars in their places. She tried using the spell to regrow her arm, but the only thing it did was remove the tenderness of it and not re-grow it. Nevertheless, she painted the combo on herself.
She had also found out that by combining 2 gravity glyphs and a light glyph, she made a spell that made something float up into the air before their weight was increased by 10 times and they'd shoot straight back down to the ground. Using her new magic paintbrush she painted the glyph combo on her stomach. Placing her hand on the combo, she removed it and saw that the symbol Jure had painted on her palm was now glowing, touching a nearby boulder she watched as it floated up into the air before shooting straight back down, embedding into the ground. She also painted the rest of the glyphs on herself due to even on their own they were great such as the fire glyph or the clairvoyance glyph that allowed her to see up to 15 seconds into the future in an instant.
The next day, they headed out to sea, going further and further out until the titan was out of site. They had encountered several small ships, but no one on board any of them had seen a mermaid in years, much to the teen's disappointment.
After 4 days of searching, taking rests on small islands that appeared occasionally, they came across a very large boat that had the same symbol on its sail and flag that was on the flags and banners in the King's castle (white flag with a blue cross and a crown in the center). The group watched as almost every sailor on board the ship was helping to pull in a huge net. "Wow, they must have one heck of a catch" Luz said with her friends agreeing. What they hauled in however left Luz slack-jawed and bug-eyed. In the net was a mermaid, it looked a lot like how typical mermaids are depicted in media, with only one slight difference, it was bigger than a whale!
They watched as it desperately tried to get out of the net it was currently caught in "man the harpoons and fire!" Someone called out. Several harpoons were brought to the side of the boat and were fired, all of them piercing into/going through the mermaid, with one going into its eye. The mermaid screamed in agony as the harpoons tore into and through her body before she was hauled up and out of the water. Luz, unable to take this anymore, flew down to the boat and used a plant glyph to make a huge ball of thorny vines around her hand which she stuck out in front of her "leave her alone!" She shouted and she knocked down the whole crew. The 3 witches saw what their friend did and sighed before they flew in to help.
As soon as they landed, Amity formed a massive abomination and had it attack and throw all of the sailors overboard. Willow used her plant magic to make thick vines which she used to whip more sailors off the boat. Gus used his newly enhanced illusions to make several giant hands that reached down and quickly grabbed the mermaid, placing her on the deck before they became normal illusions. The mermaid thrashed about in pain as well as in desperation to get back into the water, despite bleeding profusely at the moment. The mermaid watched as the 4 kids attacked and overpowered the landies, with the kid landies eventually getting rid of everyone on board.
Removing the net from her, she now had tears of agony streaming down from her eyes. "Please don't kill me!" She begged
"Amity, Willow, I'll need you to remove these harpoons quickly and one at a time" the two witches nodded before she turned to Gus "Gus, you've got to try and keep her as calm as you can" Luz ordered, to which Gus nodded and went up to the mermaids head.
"Hey there, don't worry, we're not going to kill you, we're actually here to help you," Gus said to the crying mermaid.
"W-w-why? Don't you landies want ahhh *groan*" Willow and Amity quickly pulled out a harpoon and Luz used her new healing goop to heal the injury, resulting in a large scar being in the injuries place
"sorry this will hurt, a lot, but we need to get these harpoons out of you"
"o-okaaaayyyy! *groan*"
"so what's your name?"
"Marina"
"Mines Gus, I've got to say, I didn't think that mermaids were so big"
"what do you meeeean!" Gus then explained their situation and what they were even doing out there. By the time he was done, the girls had removed all of the harpoons except for the one in her eye. This one would be the most difficult to remove, Gus formed 4 large hands, two to Marina's head still, and the other two to hold her eye open. At the same time, Amity and Willow, pulled the final harpoon out, and Luz used her healing goop combo to heal Marina's eye, unfortunately, while Luz's spell did heal Marina's eye, she was now completely blind in said eye.
"Sorry if that all hurt" Luz apologized, Marina was about to reply when she heard a loud creek, turning, her eyes widened as she saw the soaking-wet captain now had the last harpoon pointed straight at her. Before he could launch it, however, he, as well as the harpoon cannon were engulfed in ice. Everyone looked and saw Luz blow on her index finger with a grin on her face
"Good save Luz" Gus stated with Amity and Willow agreeing. Luz turned back to Marina, only to see the young mermaid glaring intensely at the captain
"That's the landie that was on the boat that took my parents, I can never forget his face" using a fire glyph, Luz melted the ice around the captain's head
"mother of pearl!"
"Okay you, spill, what did you do to her parents?"
"they probably ended up at a fish market or something after I collected the bounty on them, s'not like I care what happens to them after I kill them"
"What bounty?! My parents never did anything wrong!" Marina shouted as fresh tears started flowing down her cheeks
"It's not that kind of bounty, the Royals of the Tranquil Isles have bounties out for all non-demon creatures. Mermaids, vampires, werewolves, you name it, bring them to one of their collection agencies and they'll pay you"
"so you just go around hunting and killing creatures for profit?!" Willow snapped angrily
"yeah, I honestly thought there weren't any mermaids left seeing as how we went several months without catching any, you just might be the last mermaid"
"I'm going to do to you what you did to my parents," Marina said before she used her arms to launch herself up into the air where she started spinning.
"get off the boat, get off the boat, GET OFF THE BOAT!" Luz shouted before she hopped on her brooms and flew off the ship with her friends following her on their staffs. Marina came down and split the whole ship in half with her tail. Everyone watched as he ship, along with it's captain, sunk beneath the waves until there was nothing showing except for debris.
Marina glared at all of the sailors and sank beneath the waves. Everyone then heard what sounded like muffled screams before Marina reemerged only now a fair distance away. there was a long pause before a giant, half-rotted shark burst out of the water with one of the sailors in its jaw. Everyone watched in horror as the shark bit the sailor in half before more sharks came and began tearing the sailor to shreds in a massive feeding frenzy. By the time it was over, there was nothing left of them except for a large multicolored spot in the water.
"what the heck was that?!" Luz shouted as she went down closer to Marina
"zombie sharks, we mermaids can communicate and control sea creatures. Thank you for saving me…and healing me"
"don't mention it, though I'm sorry I couldn't restore the sight in your eye"
"It's okay, is there any way I can repay you?"
"…nope, just try not to get caught again" Marina smiled and nodded before looking at Gus, she gave him a wink and disappeared below the waves
"why didn't you ask her for a scale?" Amity asked
"because it wouldn't be right to ask her to tear off a piece of her body for us after what just happened," Luz said to which the others agreed.
"so what do we do now?" Willow asked they all thought hard until Gus's eyes widened
"I know, we'll just ask another royal family for what we need!" he exclaimed
The others looked a bit skeptical at that "well…I suppose it's possible, I mean I didn't know the boiling Isles had a ruler before Belos" Amity said
"but where do we start looking I mean look around there's no sign of any other titans anywhere" Willow stated
"Well, I guess we'll just have to keep flying until we find one" Luz said, and with a nod, the 4 friends flew off in a random direction.
Author's Note: i hope that you enjoyed this chapter, please review and let me know what you think