Author's Note: I would like to thank Wolvenstrom for beta reading this chapter, enjoy
After flying around a bit more the group found what appeared to be the rib cage of a titan that had what looked like 4 very large towns on the edges of it with a large forest in the centre. "Hey I just got an idea, how about we ask the people down there if they know where we could find the items we're looking for, instead of looking for a mermaid" Gus suggested
"that's a really good idea Gus. Hmm Let's try that town first" Amity said while pointing to the top of the rib cage with the others agreeing before they flew down.
Once they landed in the centre of the town, Willow spoke up "how about we split up this time? We'll be able to cover more ground that way" she suggested
"good idea" Luz said
"if you get a lead or something either try and find the rest of us or get said item" and with that, they each went their separate ways.
Willow's search eventually led her to the docks, when she had mentioned mermaid, one of the townsfolk she asked, suggested that she try the docks due to that being where most seafaring folk gathered. When she arrived she heard shouting and crying "please, I beg you, let my wife and children go, and just take me!"
"Pfft, no way, you're this month's payment" making her way over to the commotion, she was shocked to see, what she assumed was, a family of vampires in a cage with suppression cuffs on. As they tied ropes to the cage to hoist it onto the ship, a thorn covered vine severed the rope. Willow stepped forward, "let them go, now" she ordered to the demons
"little girls should be seen and not heard" the demon said as the sailors all made spell circles aimed at Willow
"last time, let them go, or else"
"dare I ask, or else what? you're completely outnumbered"
"yeah, but I'm smart" Willow then slammed her hands down on the docks, and thick vines burst out underneath the captain, completely ensnaring him. "Tell your crew to let that innocent family go, or else we'll see how long you can hold your breath"
"you're bluffing" the vines shot down until he was neck deep in water. "Okay! Okay! Men, let them go!" The crew reluctantly released the vampires, who all transformed into crows and flew off.
Willow turned to one of the sailors, spotting one with crossed eyes and his tongue sticking out, she spoke to him "anymore innocent creatures on that ship?"
"Dah yeah, lots and lots" he said, making the rest of his crew slap their foreheads in perfect sync.
"You were about to tell your crew to release all of the creatures on the boat, right?" Willow said while making the captain sink even further.
"grr release the cargo" the captain ordered and all of the sailors hopped onto the ship, there was a pause before the sails dropped and the ship started moving as two sailors used wind spells to get the ship moving faster.
Willow released the captain and began running along the dock "oh no you don't!" she then launched thick powerful vines at one of the mast's, breaking it and causing it to knock over the other mast as it fell. With no sails, the ship started to slow down rapidly. The ship was then brought to a complete halt as Willow tied it to the dock with more vines. Hopping on her staff, she flew above the ship and used her magic to make pollen bombs which she dropped onto the deck where they exploded in a cloud of pollen, causing every sailor to start sneezing uncontrollably. Willow then landed on the deck and used her staff to blast the sailors off the ship with beams of magic, in quick succession. After blasting the last sailor off, Willow heading below deck where she came across a sickening sight there were cages everywhere filled with various creatures, most of them looked like they hadn't eaten in weeks, where as others had deep bruises and cuts over their bodies. Some creatures were kept in cages that were way to small for them, and others were packed together like sardines. Using her staff, Willow broke all of the locks to the cages, freeing everyone "It's okay everyone, you're free now" nearly all of the magical creatures thanked Willow profusely before heading up to the deck.
Willow was about to leave when she spotted one creature sitting in the corner of a cage. Thinking she missed a lock she quickly made her way over to it. When she reached the cage, she could see what appeared to be a small basilisk was lying limply in it (picture a smaller version of Vee with her colours swapped), only it was severly injured and malnourished. The only way she could tell that it was still alive was the fact that its chest was moving. "hey, you're free to go" she said cautiously
"leave me to die" it croaked out
"don't you want to be free?"
"What's the point of being free if you have nothing and will never be accepted by anyone, even your own kind"
"what do you mean?"
"I'm not like other basilisk's, I can only eat magic, not life force. That's why I was abandoned by my family, I tried to fit in with demons and witches, but as soon as they find out that I'm a basilisk, they fear me or hate me" Willow then stated to hear light sobs coming from the basilisk as it slowly curled up into a ball.
Seeing that the basilisk was too injured to resist, she walked into the cage and picked it up. "Put me down" it said, as it weakly flailed in her arms
"no fighting it" Willow said and she took the basilisk out of the cage and up to the deck. When she got back on deck, she saw all of the creatures she had freed, fixing up the ship as fast and as best they could "what are you doing?" Willow asked,
"we're leaving this island and finding somewhere else to live, a place where The Crown has no influence. Maybe the Grand Belt" a Sunweed said as it used its plant powers to make a sticky sap that held one of the mast's up. They had already severed the vines she had used to tie the ship to the dock, and several sea nymphs were currently pushing the ship away from the island.
"Okay then, well you all stay safe" she said as she hopped onto her staff and left the ship with everyone waving goodbye to her.
Willow flew over the town now in search for Luz. She soon spotted her friend surrounded by a large group of people, all giving her food. With a roll of her eyes, Willow flew down and landed next to Luz "hey Luz, I can see that you're busy, but I need your help"
"she's got a basilisk! RUN!" A demon shouted and everyone ran away.
"I'm Willow, why do you have a basilisk with you?" Luz asked, Willow then told Luz what had happened. "So can you use your healing magic on her?" Luz looked unsure, but she quickly relented, she then touched the healing goop spell and wiped it over the basilisk, healing all of its injuries. Willow then used her plant magic to make a large thick vine "you said that you only eat magic, here, eat this" the basilisk took the vine and looked at it, then at Willow, then back to the vine before she took a bite out of it, her eyes then widened and she ravenously ate the vine, quickly regaining her strength.
When she was done, she changed into a witch with long blue hair with a bang covering one of her eyes. "Why are you being so nice to me, I'm a basilisk, you should hate me, or better yet fear me"
"Well I would probably feel that way if you ate life force, but seeing as how you only eat magic, I saw you as just another victim of those monsters" Willow stated, making the basilisk start to tear up. "I'm willow by the way, and this is my friend Luz. What's your name?"
The basilisk responded by saying 'ock' followed by some garbled gibberish "but everyone calls me freak"
"how about we call you Ocki" Luz suggested, the basilisk perked up at this
"I love it!" She said, ecstatic at her new name.
"So any luck finding what we're looking for?" Willow asked
"I honestly haven't been able to do much searching, I've spent most of this time just eating" Luz stated before Willow offered her a muffin, which she ate purely on instinct at this point.
"Hey guys" they turned and saw Gus coming down from his staff.
"Gus, you find something?" Luz asked
"yeah, I found a store that sells magical stuff, and they have weremummy bandages and holy water for sale" the girls eyes widened at this "the only problem is that they're really expensive"
"and we're broke" Willow muttered, only to get a cheeky giggle from Luz
"Guys, I know how we can get all the money we need"
Luz was now sitting on the ground in the center of town, a sign was placed next to her that said 'feed the human, 3 slugs' and there was an impossibly long line in front of her 'I still find this demeaning, but if it gives us the money we need, then I don't care if I have to do this naked' she thought to herself.
Luz ate nonstop for hours, the only reason that she hadn't burst yet was that Amity, who had joined them when she saw the line, was using a spell to speed up Luz's digestion slightly, allowing her to keep eating. By the time they had more than enough slugs, Luz was essentially a beached whale, her stomach having now been stretched to well beyond its new maximum size and now having an extra 50lbs of fat added to her body thanks to the sped up digestion. "so…full…you…all…owe me" she managed to say before she passed out into a food coma.
"I'll stay here with Luz, you 3 go and get those Weremummy bandages and holy water" Amity said, with Willow and Gus agreeing, Ocki however just went along with whatever Willow was doing.
When they entered the shop, Willow was in awe while Ocki was starting to drool, all around them were magical items and ingredience "all the magic in here is so strong" Ocki said "well try not to eat anything, we don't know how much this stuff costs" Willow said, as Gus headed to the counter, where what looked like a dried out corpse wearing a cloak stood
"oh I see you back" she said in a raspy voice "just a sec *glug**glug**glug* *normal voice* ah that's better" Gus then took off his backpack and pulled out a bucket of slugs
"is this enough slugs?"
"…yes, that's more than enough, jeez you rob everyone in town"
"nope, we just had people pay to feed our human friend"
"human you say, don't get many of those here. So you just wanted the holy water and Weremummy bandages?"
"yes please"
"very well" she then grabbed several large handfuls of slugs from the bucket and counted them before taking some more. Once she had enough she placed a pile of dirty brown bandages on the counter "there you go, that should be more than enough for what your making. I'm surprised that most Weremummy's don't sell there bandages like I do, people pay through the nose for these things"
"Wait, you're a Weremummy?"
"yeah, we look like this most of the time before we sprout bandages at a full moon, anyway…" she then lifted up a massive jar, that was as tall as Gus, filled with a glowing blue liquid "and here's your holy water"
"thank you very much ma'am" Gus said as he managed to put the jar in his bag. Willow and Ocki then came up you get what we need?" Willow asked
"sure did" Gus said proudly before he stuffed the bandages into his bag, Willow then turned to the shopkeeper
"pardon me, I was looking over some of the items you have and I saw that you had a number of witch items, such as skin, hair, teeth, and fingers. May I ask what they're possibly for?"
"oh, those are for curses…more darker curses. Ones that I personally would never do, and don't worry, I had nothing to do with how those items came to be in that state"
"what kinds of curses can they be used to make?" Ocki asked
"make people cry blood constantly, make people be in agonising pain 24/7, render someone blind and deaf, or make their limbs explode constantly before instantly healing" the 2 witches and basilisk went slightly pale at that.
"yeah, never use curses like that on people kids, because they're permanent"
"noted. I take it that you don't have holy rings here?" Willow asked
"no, only the holiest of holy are allowed to posses holy rings, the only beings you'll find that have those are Angels or Bishops"
"Angels? I thought those were myths?" Gus stated
"oh no, they're real, though they tend to stay away from demon's and witches, sort of like a 'you leave me alone, I leave you alone' kinda deal"
"where can we find them?" Willow asked
"they live on The Grand Belt"
"what's that?" Gus asked having never even heard of the place before
"The Grand Belt is a long strip of land that goes around the entire demon realm, it was supposably the home land of all Titan's before they went extinct" Ocki explained
"well look at the big brain on you" the shopkeeper said, making Ocki blush at the complement.
The three soon left the store and found that Amity had moved Luz to the side, out of everyones way "so did we have enough?" Amity asked
"more than enough" Gus replied,
"now all we need is Holy Rings and the Jewel from a crown" Willow said
"the only problem is that we need to get a mermaid scale to be able to get these items" Gus added
"why do you need a mermaid scale?" Ocki asked, Willow then explained to her the situation and then told her about Marina "you know, asking a mermaid for a scale is like asking someone to give you a chunk of their skin" that made the 3 witches eyes widen "hey guys, why don't we try the other towns and see if theres any shops that sell mermaid scales" Amity said, not seeing any other option, they woke up Luz, before hopping on their Palismen and flew off to the next town.
When they arrived however they were surprised and a bit disturbed to see that the town looked like it fully embraced The Crown, there were pawns, rooks, and knights everywhere and anyone who wasn't a Chess Demon, wore clothes that symbolised any of those 3 types of Chess Demon's including bishops, kings and queens "hey is that guy a Bishop?" Luz asked
"no, the clothing they ware symbolise where they stand on the social hierarchy, pawn's being the lowest and kings and queens being the highest, true Bishops have staffs with rings on them and only a true king or queen can wear crowns" Ocki stated, Luz then spoke up
"if you guys don't mind, I'll be patrolling from above *holds her stomach* I don't think I can handle anymore food today" the witches nodded and Luz hopped on her broom sticks, before she could fly up, however, the group was confronted by a knight
"you kids are aware that it is forbidden to be out in public with out proper attire" he said in an accusing tone while unsheathing his sword, Ocki then stepped forward
"nighty-night" she then opened her mouth and sucked out all of the knights magic, making him fall into unconsciousness. "mmm, surprisingly tasty" she said
"uh, is he dead" Gus asked
"no, but he'll be very weak for a few days when he wakes up" Ocki replied
"welcome to the team Ocki" Amity said and she pulled her into a side hug
"hey you, stop right there" they turned and saw a group of knights had gathered "an attack on a knight, is an attack on The Crown, you're all under arrest" a knight said, Amity turned her hands into giant abomination ones, Willow held out Clover, Gus conjured up 3 slither beasts, Luz lifted up her shirt, and Ocki braced herself
"bring it!" they all said in union.
The 5 kids stood triumphantly as knights were scattered around them, utterly defeated, Ocki had taken great delight in taking out her share of knights by sucking up their magic and firing it back at them in a beam of magic. "wow, either we're a lot stronger than I thought or people in the past were much weaker" Luz said
"probably a bit of both" Amity said
They all got looks of surprise as all of the townsfolk began cheering and tearing off every symbol of The Crown off their clothing. A witch dressed as a king, stepped forward, while also giving some downed knights a swift kick, he then bowed to the five kids "I am the mayor of this town, and I speak for everyone when I say, thank you, thank you so much for freeing us from these brutes"
"you were prisoners?" Luz asked
"essentially, The Crown came in forced us to live under them and live their way of life"
"are the other two towns in the same situation?"
"Yes they are, only West Town was able to resist the crown. Is there any way to properly thank you?"
"Um would you happen to have any Holy Rings or jewels from a crown?"
"Sadly we do not, you could only get those from the royal family themselves"
"I am so not liking our opinions at the moment"
"guys" they all turned to Ocki "I know it may be a huge task, but maybe we should put a stop to The Crown once and for all, if all towns under the power of The Crown are like this, then they need to be stopped" the witches all looked unsure
"I agree" they then all looked at Luz "these people need to be stopped, you saw what people working under them will do to creatures who aren't demons or witches, we need to stop them"
"so what do you propose we do?" Willow asked
"well first…"
Two days later
Everyone who worked for the crown on Rib Isle were beaten and tied up on a large ship at South Town docks "you won't get away with this" one of the higher ranking knights stated
"when you see the royals, tell them that they're next" Luz said before she placed a new glyph she had made on the ship "outside the king of the titans castle" she said before she activated the glyph, and the ship disappeared.
The Tranquil Isle
The ship reappeared with a crash out the front of the castle, surprising the inhabitants.
With the 5 friends
To let the message sink in, the five friends flew back to the Tranquil Isles instead of just straight up teleporting. During their flight, they stopped off at neumourous titan isles that were under the power of the crown, and liberated the inhabitants while sending them back to the royal family. It took them 5 days to reach the Tranquil Isles again, when it was in sight they began making their plan. Instead of landing inside the castle, they would land a short distance in front of it so that they couldn't be instantly surrounded and would instead take on the knights full force.
After reaching the Tranquil Isles, they began heading for the castle. As they neared the castle, they could see the mostly dismantled ships that they had sent there "looks like they've been using the ships to make something" Willow pointed out
"well its nothing a fire spell or two won't be able to take care of" Luz said, her shirt now rolled and pinned up, giving her access to the glyphs and spells she currently had painted on her. Landing, the five of them began walking along the path leading to the castle. Passing by the dismantled ships, they reached the gate of the castle grounds.
"may I?" Amity asked
"be our guest" Luz replied, using her new abomination powers, Amity made her whole right arm into a giant abomination arm, and with one swing, she punched the gates down
"knock, knock" she said and they entered the castle grounds…only to find it was empty.
"Did they all run away or something?" Gus questioned. He soon got his answer as hundreds of knights ran out of the castle with their weapons drawn, and some carrying/eating food
"must have been on lunch" Ocki said
"attack!" Gus shouted and using his illusions, he made 5 giants, each wielding clubs and they repeatedly swung their clubs, taking out many knights in the process before they became normal illusions.
Amity formed her other arm into a giant abomination arm and slammed her palms down on the knight repeatedly. Forming her hand into fists she then rapidly extended her arms forward and mowed down many knights before making 2 large holes in the castle walls.
Willow put her palms on the ground while her eyes glowed green. Huge spiked vines burst out of the ground and wrapped around the knights before pulling them down into the ground, up to their necks. Removing the vines connected to her right hand from the ground, she swung them around above her head and whipped every knight she couldn't grab with her vines.
Ocki went around and sucked up all of the magic from the downed knights, making them too weak to get back up to continue fighting.
And Luz was using every glyph and spell she had drawn on her to freeze, burn, shock, pin down, age up, age down, and blast her opponents into submission.
Soon the waves of knights stopped coming, which meant that they'd either run out of knights or they were waiting to try a sneak attack on them "okay guys, lets go"
*buuuurp*
they all turned and saw an extremely bloated Ocki lying on her back with her stomach so large and distended that she looked like she had swallowed a giant beach ball whole "ugh to much magic *burp* ugh"
"you take 5 and join us when you can" Luz said, getting just a thumbs up in response "lets go" and they ran in through one of the holes Amity had made.
Turning their first corner, they were greeted by a hallway filled with Pawn Demons, all holding either spears, swords, or shields. Luz stepped forward "allow me" she said, wiping her hand across all of her single glyphs, she stuck out her hand, unleashing a blast of magic that took out every Pawn Demon. "Nice shot" Willow said, before the continued their assault on the castle.
The 4 of them were greeted by wave after wave of knights and pawns, and while they were able to beat them, it was starting to get harder and harder as they grew tired "this is insane" Gus said
"I'm starting to think sending so many knights here was a bad idea" Willow stated while trying to catch her breath
"I agree" Amity and Luz said in union. Once they caught their breath, they continued on. Turning a corner they were greeted by two large wooden doors. Pushing them open they now found themselves in the throne room where the only occupents were the king, the queen, the head knight and the bishop. Looking at the bishop, they saw that the staff he was holding had 3 gold rings on it "looks like our quest ends here" Luz said, getting nods from the others.
The King stood up from his throne "so, you were able to defeat most of my army, despite being only teenagers, for that I congratulate you, however, for the crimes you have committed against The Crown, I sentence the lot of you to death" he said while drawing a glowing sword. His wife then stood up and a crow with glowing red eyes flew down from above, turning into a staff when it reached her. The head knight grew an extra set of arms before they unsheathed the 4 swords on his back. And finally the bishop closed his eyes and utter a short prayer before he was engulfed in a blue aura.
"Get ready guys, this is going to be tough" Luz said, before Amity took charge
"Luz, you take on the king. Willow you take on the queen. Gus, you take on the bishop. And I'll take on the knight. Lets go!" and the two groups charged at each other.
(the following fights happen at the same time)
With Amity
Forming her arms into blades, Amity began having a sword fight with the knight with Amity being forced to block every swing the knight made, thankfully neither of them had any true skills in sword fighting and were basically swinging blades. Blocking all 4 blades with one arm she swung her free arm and made a deep cut across his chest, making him take a few steps back "if I were you, I would give up, before you end up with more than just a cut" Amity warned
"you think one little cut is going to make me surrender? You just caught me off guard"
"well then, lets see if I can catch you off guard again." And the two ran at each other again, clashing in the centre.
They swung their blades around wildly matching swing for swing until the knight blocked Amity's arm blades with two swords and impaled her with his other two swords. Amity's eyes widened as she felt the cold metal of the knight swords go through her, he then twisted his swords and swung his arms, slicing her in half. Amity, while in shock at what had just happened, looked down at her body and her eyes widened even further. The knight grabbed Amity by the front of her shirt and lifted her up "I'm impressed that you were able to last as long as you did against me, however this is where it ends for you" he then put a sword to her neck "any last words?"
"yeah, I hope this hurts" and then two abomination blades burst out of his stomach followed by Amity impaling his chest with her arm blades, while also regrowing her lower half. The knight let go of her, where she landed in a crouching position, before pushing up and leaving a deep gash in his side. Turning she saw her legs retract their blades from the knight before they turned into a blob of goop on the floor, which then re-joined with her. "So apparently I'm now a witch shaped abomination. I honestly thought I just got super lucky with that first cut, but I guess that armour of yours is just for show" Amity said cockily, the knight turned around angrily before he began swinging his arms around wildly until they were blurs
"I'll cut you into so many pieces that your regeneration won't be possible!" he said before he charged at Amity who reached into her pocket…
Flashback
Luz handed Amity 2 glyphs "here Amity"
"thanks Luz, what spells are they?"
"it's a secret, just activate them and spin around, they'll do the rest"
End Flashback
Amity stuck the two glyphs to her arms and activated them before she reformed her blades. Just as the knight reached her she stuck her arms out and spun around, making a tornado form which sliced the knight swords in half before sucking him in. The wind sliced his armour to bits while also sending him through several floors of the castle, though the roof, and up into the sky, out of sight. "whoa, Luz truly is amazing" Amity said to herself as she looked at the damage Luz's glyphs had caused.
With Willow
Using Clover from the start, Willow fired a magic beam at the queen who countered it with a magic beam from her own Palismen. Willow smirked and stomped her foot on the ground, causing vines in the shape of a fist to burst out of the ground and punched her in the stomach. This momentary distraction allowed Willow to over power the queens magic beam, but just as the beam reached her, the wings of her Palismen grew massive and formed a shield around it and the queen. Willow's magic beam hit the shield but nothing was happening "come on Clover, lets show this monster what we're truly capable of!" then, channelling her own magic into her staff, the beam tripled in size and blasted the queen through a wall.
Entering through the hole, Willow saw the shield get glowing green cracks around it before it shattered. The queen stood up and scowled as she saw the wings on her Palismen were chipped and broken "you will pay dearly for this!"
"not as much as you for all of the atrocities you've committed" knowing what she was talking about, the queen sneered
"who cares, they were just a bunch of magical creature, it's not like they were witches or demons, besides, its because of us that all basilisks are now extinct" Willow decided to keep her mouth shut about Ocki, that's when she realised something
"after you wiped out all of the basilisks, you used that to make people think that all magical creatures were bad and needed to be killed"
"my, my, you are a bright little girl, it's a shame you and your friends won't be leaving here to tell anyone" the queen then made a glowing circle on the ground and tapped it with the butt of her staff. Holes started opening up in the floor and rapidly made their way over to Willow who quickly backed away until she was backed into one of the corners. The queen then made a circle in the air with her finger causing a hole to appear next to both of them before she reached in and stole Clover from Willow. "lets see how strong you are without this bug by your side" *crunch* Willow's eyes widened in horror as Clover fell to bits on the ground.
The holes in the ground disappeared as tears welled up in Willow's eyes. She hadn't had Clover for long but in that brief time, they had formed an inseparable bond, much the same as the bond she shared with her long time friend Amity. Willow's hands formed into fists and she grit her teeth before she reached into her pocket and pulled out a seed. Her eyes glowed green as a green aura surrounded her. Suddenly her skin went green and plant-like before massive vines erupted from her body and the seed "lets see how you like being crushed!" the vines shot at the queen and slammed into her before completely engulfing and crushing her. The vines then disconnected from Willow's body before she went back to normal and she fell to her knees in exhaustion.
With Gus
Unlike the other's Gus wasn't skilled at fighting being an illusionist, while he could make illusions of giants and beasts, they could only do so much against a guy who was using holy magic as well wielding a staff that could pierce through stone like it was sand. The holy magic that the Bishop was using nullified all other magic, so while Gus's illusions could still make contact with the bishop, they only delt little to no damage. "I don't think that any of us can beat this guy" Gus said as he literally dodged for his life. Between jabs and swings from the staff and bolts of lightning being thrown at him, Gus had little to no time to think up a plan. With a sweep from the staff, Gus was knocked off his feet and landed on his back. The bishop then uttered another prayer and glowing rings pinned down Gus. The bishop the stood above Gus with his staff raised
"may titan have mercy on this childs tainted soul" he said before he brought the staff down with Gus closing his eyes…but nothing happened. Opening his eyes, he saw Ocki holding the staff in place with all her strength
"your magic is odd, I wonder what it tastes like" she then opened her mouth and sucked in all of the bishops holy magic, making her stomach grow even bigger.
With one final gulp Ocki swallowed all of the bishop's holy magic…which did not sit right in her at all. "you wicked child, what did you just do?!" he yelled at her. Ocki however was not feeling good. Her cheeks bulged, before she released all of the magic she had eaten in one massive blast that obliterated the bishop, as well as over a third of the castle.
"oh titan that is so much better" She said, fully relieved of the pain in her stomach
"that was so cool!" Gus exclaimed as Ocki helped him up
"thanks, you okay?"
"yeah I don't think we could have defeated that guy while he had that odd magic around him. It was like it nullified all of my magic the second it touched him"
"yeah, his magic tasted strong and pure, never had-" Ocki was cut off as a scream filled the throne room, making everyone turn to Luz…
With Luz
Luz, with a determined look on her face, touched the clairvoyance glyph and then slapped her forehead. in just a split second she saw every thing that would happen in the next 15 seconds. The king then charged at Luz wielding his glowing sword and swung the blade, sending a glowing line at Luz, who had ducked mid swing and unleashed a fire blast, striking him and knocking him back a bit. Luz followed this up by using an ice glyph to send a column of ice hurtling towards him, only for him to slice it in half with his blade. As the last of the column passed him he lowered his sword just in time for Luz, now with a giant arm, to punch him, sending him flying back and slamming into a wall, his crown falling off during mid flight. "you've got to love the embiggening glyph" Luz said in a light taunting tone before her arm shrunk back to normal size "aww" she said in disappointment before the king began wildly swinging his blade at her. Luz frantically dodged every line of magic that came from the sword which went straight through the wall behind her, until it finally collapsed, the king then charged at Luz again, who in turn used her clairvoyance glyph again…only this time, she didn't dodge, well not entirely.
The king thrust his sword forward and impaled Luz with it, fortunately, Luz had shifted her body just enough so that the sword only went through her fat. Before the king could try to pull it out of her, Luz toughed her lightning glyph and grabbed onto him, giving him a massive shock. Luz threw the king to the side, then, taking a deep breath and bracing herself she pulled the sword out of herself and threw it out the hole in the wall that the king had made where it fell down into the misty valley of the titans chest. Using her healing goop spell she sealed up the gash the sword had made, only to be struck hard in the side by something and knocked to the ground. Looking up, she saw the king now holding a large Warhammer that must have weighed at least 220lbs "oh crud" she said, she then touched her gravity glyph and thrust her hand out at the Warhammer, making it double in weight and made the king struggle to hold it. This gave Luz just enough time to get to her feet as the spell wore off, though she began to register how much her ribs were aching now "must be broken" she muttered as the king swung the Warhammer again and again at Luz, with a lot of the swings making contact with Luz while at the same time she kept throwing spell after spell at him.
As he went to make another strike at her head a massive blast that shook and destroyed a good portion of the castle, knocking him down to the ground. As soon as he got to his feet he was struck repeatedly by his own Warhammer, curtesy of Luz. With one final hit he stumbled back and fell out of the now missing part of the castle, which was now a sheer drop. Grabbing onto a ledge at the last second, he was now holding on for dear life. "help!" he shouted as Luz's head poked over the edge "you wouldn't let me die would you?" "if you give us the jewel to your crown, the holy rings, and never harm another soul again, I'll save you" "yes, yes, fine now save me!" Luz then used a plant glyph to make a platform under his feet, preventing him from falling.
She then reached down to him to which he grabbed her hand. As she started to pull him up however, he pulled out a glowing dagger and severed half of her forearm. Luz was silent for a moment as she watched her remaining hand disappear from sight. Finally a scream erupted from her throat as blood began squirting out of her now bloody stump. She fell on her back and began flailing around in agony while constantly screaming. As the king pulled himself up to finish the job, Luz's flailing legs kicked him in the face, causing him to fall back and plummet into the misty valley below the castle.
"Luz!" her friends shouted as they raced over to her, thinking quickly, Amity threw her abomination goop onto Luz's stump, acting as a plug. Luz hadn't felt this level of pain since Eda bit her arm off over a month ago. Seeing that their friend was now going into shock, Willow looked at Amity "Amity, did you take a picture of the symbol on Luz's hand?" Amity's eyes widened and she scrolled through her pictures until she found the right one
"here"
"thanks" then using Luz's blood Willow drew the symbol on her palm. Once it was completed Willow touched the healing goop spell and used it on Luz's arm. Thankfully it worked in healing the wound and eliminated the pain, but, like with her missing arm, it unfortunately didn't regrow the missing quarter of her arm. Luz stared at her new stump as tears began to well up in her eyes before she began crying. Her friends then gave the big girl a large group hug as they tried to comfort her as best they could, given her situation. Once Luz had calmed down, they grabbed the holy rings and the crown and headed to the kitchen to begin making the healing hat.
Grabbing a cauldron, Amity began putting in the ingredients "one holy ring, one hat of a Gnome, one glove of a Sunweed, and the bandages of a Weremummy" she then poured in the holy water and began mixing it together
"hey Amity, before you say the chant, put in a jar of titan's blood as well" Luz said
"good idea, it might make it even more powerful" Amity replied before she poured in an entire jar of titan's blood. Grabbing the piece of paper she recited the chant. The second she finished there was a blinding flash of light. When everyone could see again, they all got looks of awe as they saw The Healing Hat floating above the cauldron, only instead of being blue, it was golden while having a faint matching glow around it. As Amity grabbed it a calm and soothing feeling washed over her "wow, I feel so good just by holding it" she said before she turned to Luz and placed it on her head, which was instantly followed by another bright flash of light, when they could see again Luz looked down and a look of joy spread over her face as she saw that both of her arms were now fully restored, she also felt amazing overall, like she had been reborn into the best possible version of herself.
"wow" was all she could say which was followed by her friends cheering and hugging her tightly.
When they released her from the hug, Willow got an idea "hey, I know that the healing hat can heal all illnesses and injuries, but do you think a powered up one could…resurrect the dead?" her friends looked at her before they realised what she was talking about
"well its not like it wouldn't hurt to try" Luz said.
After retrieving Clover's remains, Luz put the healing hat on top of them, which resulted in a bright flash of light. Lifting the hat, everyone became overjoyed again as they saw that Clover was not only back in one piece, but also scuttling about before it flew up onto Willow's shoulder and nuzzled her face "thank titan that worked" she said as she hugged Clover.
Because Willow's magical item of clothing would take 24 hours to grow, they decided to head back to Evelyn and Caleb to not only inform them that their mission was successful but to also find out how to make spiderback ribs for Amity's sake. When they arrived at Clawthorn Carvings however, they saw that it was closed, but not only that, there was a deep sense of dread hanging over the store that chilled them to the bone. "Are you guys getting that sickening feeling that something really bad happened" Gus questioned, getting simultaneous nods from everyone. Using her abomination powers, Amity formed a key with her index finger and used it to open the door.
As they entered, they could hear crying "hello?" Luz called out, there was a pause before Evelyn came around the corner. The kids noticed 2 things right away, one, Evelyn's eyes were red and puffy, the result of crying for almost a week straight, the second was that her bulging stomach was now gone.
"Oh, you're back *sniff* I take it you were successful?" Evelyn asked while wiping her eyes
"yeah, we were" Luz said while showing that she had 2 arms now "Evelyn, what happened?"
"Caleb's monster of a brother, Phillip, came back and killed him" this shocked the group
"Why would he do something like that to his own brother?!" Gus asked
"he hated that Caleb, a witch hunter, fell in love with a witch. They had an argument before and Philip left. Caleb then welcomed him back with open arms, only for Philip to stab him in the back. I placed a curse on him before he could escape though. And the day after Caleb's funeral, I gave birth to Caleb Jr" Luz opened up her bag and pulled out the Golden Healing Hat
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but, dig up Caleb and put this on him, he should come back to life"
"wait, that thing can bring my Caleb back?!" Evelyn asked while taking the hat from Luz
"Well it brought Clover back to life after she was crushed" Willow stated as Clover nuzzled her face. Without another word, Evelyn bolted out of the store and headed straight for the graveyard.
"I hope it works on dead human's" Luz said, before a familiar sounding crying was heard. Following the sound, they found Caleb Jr in a cot, on the verge of crying. "oh he's adorable!" Luz said as she reached down and picked up the upset infant "shhh, shhh, shhh, its okay mama Luz is here" she said while gently rocking Caleb Jr back and forth, she then began singing him a lullaby her mother used to sing to her.
Arrorró mi niño, arrorró mi sol,
arrorró pedazo de mi corazón.
Este niño lindo se quiere dormir
y el pícaro sueño no quiere venir.
Este niño lindo se quiere dormir
cierra los ojitos y los vuelve a abrir.
Arrorró mi niño, arrorró mi sol,
arrorró pedazo de mi corazón.
Arrorró mi niño, arrorró mi sol,
Duérmete mi niño, duérmete mi amor.
By the time she finished Caleb Jr had fallen asleep. Placing him back in the cot, she covered him with a blanket, and then motioned for everyone to leave the room "you have such a beautiful singing voice" Amity finally said, making Luz blush at the complement.
A short while later a dirty but beaming Evelyn entered the store followed by Caleb, this made the three witches and human beam with joy that it worked, though Ocki was simply just happy that the hat could bring things that weren't Palismen back to life. Evelyn then handed Luz back the Golden Healing Hat, before giving her a bone crushing hug "Thank you, thank you so so much" she said as fresh tears started flowing down her cheeks
"you're welcome"
"is there any possible way I can remotely thank you for giving me the means to bring my husband back?"
"well, could you teach Amity how to make spiderback ribs?" there was a pause before both Evelyn and Caleb burst out laughing at the request.
When they calmed down, Evelyn turned to Amity "kid, I'll show you how to make any type of food that you can possibly desire" Amity beamed at this.
2 days later
The day after Caleb's resurrection, Willow had set to work making the Green Thumb Gauntlet. Wrapping the jewel of a Royal Crown in the glove of a Sunweed, she then buried it in the yard behind the store. She then poured 1 litre of holy water mixed with an equal amount of titan's blood over it, and finished the process by reciting the chant she had written down. After 24 hours, everyone had gathered around to watch a large flower with a closed bud, rapidly grow out of the ground before stopping once it reached 6ft high. The bud then opened up revealing not one, but two golden Green Thumb Gauntlets. Plucking them free, the plant then withered and disintegrated. "Here Willow, try using those gloves on this seed" Caleb said as he gave Willow a palestrom seed. Planting it in the ground, Willow put on the Golden Thumb Gauntlets and used her magic to make it grow. What resulted was a three kilometre high, 15 meter wide tree, towering above Bonesborough. "Well, we wont have to worry about palestrom wood for a while" Evelyn muttered in slight annoyance.
Now that Willow's glove, or should I say gloves were made. The kids started to get ready to go back to the future. Ocki had chosen to stay in the past with Evelyn and Caleb, who in the short time they had been together, had taken a shine to the little magic eating basilisk. After drawing a large symbol on the ground, the kids bid their new friends goodbye before recited the incantation and in a flash of light the kids disappeared.
In a bright flash of light accompanied by a clap of thunder, the kids found themselves in the centre of Bonesborough, over a month after they got stuck in the past. Seeing the clothing people were wearing as well as the larger more built up Bonesborough, the 4 friends got huge smiles on their faces before they got into a group hug and cheered while jumping up and down. Breaking the hug, Luz spoke "let's catch up at school" she said, everyone nodded and went off in different directions, Willow and Gus hoping on there Palisman's, while Luz hopped on her brooms and they flew off while Amity decided to just walk back to her house.
Luz travelled down a familiar path, eventually coming to a clearing where the owl house stood, hoping off her brooms, a cold wind blew as she took a deep breath and exhaled before she continued forward. Hooty's eyes widened as Luz walked up to him "hey Hooty, is Eda here?"
"Luz, you're back!"
"After what I've been through, that means more than one thing, so can I come in?"
"Sure" the door then opened up and Luz stepped in, though given how big she now was, she had to go in sideways.
When she entered, she saw Eda asleep on the couch "awe I should come back later"
"Eda, wake up, Luz is here!" Hooty shouted, causing Eda to fall off the couch
"huh wuh whoa, kid, you're back…and a lot bigger"
"he he yeah, I have put on a few since we last saw each other"
"I am so sorry for what hap-"
Luz raised her hand "it's okay Eda, Amity told me that you were most likely cursed. I forgive you for what happened"
Eda sighed "it happened years ago before I graduated from Hexside, I don't know who did it or why, but I take potions daily which keeps it under control" she then raised a brow as Luz beamed
"Well I made something that will hopefully get rid of that nasty curse for good"
"ha I like the enthusiasm, but nothing can break this curse" Luz took off her bag and pulled out the golden healing hat "what is that?"
"The most powerful healing hat in history" Luz said before she put it on Eda's head.
There was a bright flash of golden light that temporarily blinded Luz. When she could see again her eyes widened. Eda now looked 20 years younger and all of the colour came back to her hair "whoa, what the titan just happened? I feel stronger than ever before" she said before she used her magic to make a large reflective oval "holy titan" she muttered. "Kid, what exactly is this?"
"It's a healing hat I made in the past that has been powered up with titans blood"
"…I think you need to tell me the whole story" Luz smiled
"gladly"
Amity looked at her house and sighed, she knew without a doubt that she was in big trouble for just disappearing like she did, though knowing her parents, they most likely didn't even notice that she was gone. Entering her house she called out "I'm home" there was a pause before she heard rapid footsteps. She then watched as her father skidded into view as he reached the doorway. "Hey dad, I'm back"
"Amity" he muttered and in two massive steps he pulled her into a bone shattering hug "oh thank titan, thank titan, thank titan" he said in a tone that Amity had never heard him speak. Amity's surprise turned into shock as she heard her dad let out a sob. She had thought for years that her parents didn't care about her or her siblings but yet here her father was, holding her and crying that she was back after being gone for over a month. Collecting himself he tried to put on a stern look "Amity, where have you been?"
"It's…a really long story"
"Well I have all of the time in the world for a long story"
"oh Amity" the two looked and saw Odalia "you're finally back, and here I thought I'd have to make another kid to keep up the family image"
"our youngest daughter comes back after disappearing without a trace, and that's the first thing you say?!" Alador said while going red in the face
"what, you expect me to fawn all over her?"
"Amity. I know you just got back, but please go to your room, I need to have some words with your mother" Amity bolted.
Perry Porter hadn't been the same since his son had disappeared without a trace. All seriousness in his stories and reports were gone, replaced with a sad man, with all reports ending with him asking viewers for the where abouts of his son. He had vowed that when his son came back, he would start spending more time with him regardless of how tired or stressed out he was. He was broken out of his thoughts when he heard a knocking at the door. When he answered it, his heart stopped "Augustus" he said before Gus clamped his arms around his dad and cried, with Perry returning the same gesture.
Willow landed out the front of her house and looked at Clover "now, knowing my dad's they may be a little over enthusiastic that I'm back" she said before gripping the door handle "goodbye freedom for the next 6 months" and she entered her home "Dad's, I'm back!"
Author's Note: and our heroes are back home safe and sound. Just to alay any concerns i am not nearing the end of the story in the slightest heck I'm bacically just getting warmed up, I just finished writing the 20th chapter and i'm not even halfway through rewriting season 2 yet. This chapter also is the begining of what inspired me to write this story in the first place, as well as the original title of this story, and I may or may not have dropped some hints in this chapter about adventures that will be coming in the future.
Leave a review to let me know what you think of the story so far