Author's Note: Here we go with the next chapter, enjoy
After a quick use of the Golden Healing Hat, both Luz and Eda were back to 100%, to which they were then embraced by King and Hooty, the latter of whom wrapped around them tightly like a Boa Constrictor. "Luz, what the heck happened back there?" Eda asked, Luz sighed and told Eda, King and Hooty what happened.
"and then to ensure our safety, I teleported us away to a place where the Emperor will never find us" Luz finished
"where the heck are we?"
Luz then teleported out side "welcome to Ribcage Is…le…whooooaaaaa" she said as she now found herself in the middle of a massive city "I was not expecting this"
"huh, looks a lot like Las Vegas" Eda said making Luz whip around
"you've been to Vegas?!"
"yeah, didn't think much of it. Though I did 'marry' this one guy before I stole his car and took it for what you human's call a 'joyride'"
"remind me to ask you about that later" she then looked up into the sky and from what she could see, the whole Isle was encased in a steel dome that had flashing neon advertisements on it
"this place looks way more advanced than the Boiling Isles, everything is so flashy" King stated, as a flashing neon sign on the roof of the dome said 'Buy Critter Chips' "must. Buy. Critter Chips"
"King, no! Last time you ate those you broke out in hives" Eda said while making him look away.
A green skinned horned demon that looked like a stereotypical British police officer walked up to them "I'm afraid that you can't just park your house in in the middle of Sun Square" he said
"sorry, I was desperate to escape so I just teleported here, I thought that I would be in a forest or something, not a city"
"there hasn't been a forest here for over 200 years"
"well the last time I was here was when my friends and I liberated this Island from the crown about 350 years ago" The officers eyes widened at this before turning to the side. Following his gaze Luz, Eda, King, and Hooty went wide eyed as they saw a statue of Amity, Willow, Gus, Ocki, and a thinner Luz, all striking heroic poses
"dang kid, immortalised as a statue, not bad"
"but how could you be here now?" the police officer asked
"time travel sir, long story short, my friends and I travelled to the past through a time pool, and after causing a whole lot of "trouble" we used a spell to get back to the present"
the officer looked at the statue and then back to Luz "I believe that, welcome back to Ribcage Isle, I'm sure the mayor will be over the moon to meet you, you have a good day now" and with that he left.
"You know what kid, I think we're going to be okay here" Eda said and she wrapped an arm around Luz's shoulders, to which Luz hugged her arm and sighed "Looks like I'm now a permanent resident here, now that I completely destroyed the portal"
"hey, Luz, if a portal door can be made before, it can be made again, heck there might even be one already here, who knows"
Luz brightened up at this "yeah you're right, I've faced impossible odds before and triumphed, and I can do it again!" she said dramatically, making several people take pictures of her and others start to ask questions regarding the stories told about her and her friends.
Eda picked up King and walked back over to the house "Eda, is this our new home?"
"For now, until the heat cools off back home. Though, knowing that bonehead Belos, he's not going to take this lightly, he'll probably have his scouts searching every inch of the isles looking for Luz or all of us for months"
"Well I've never even heard of this place until Luz told us about it"
"yeah, though to be fair, not many people travel outside of the isles, and we don't get news from other places besides the isles, so Belos most likely won't be finding us anytime soon" she then looked at Hooty who kept looking around in awe at the city "Hooty, King and I are going to search this place out, keep an eye on Luz and don't let anyone enter the house"
"you've got it Eda" he replied, and Eda walked off.
King was in awe at the sights, sounds, and lights of the city "wow, this is amazing!"
"yeah it is impressive, I honestly didn't think that there was anywhere in the demon realm that was this advanced"
"have you ever left the Boiling Isles?"
"yeah, quite a few times to escape the Emperors coven, it's how I found you, remember"
"eh my memory from back then is a little on the fuzzy side"
"well in any case, the only place I've been too that was more advanced than the Boiling Isles was Australis, and that was only by a thin margin" Eda said before she stopped and went wide eyed at a sign "everything 90% off, woo mama" before she made a bee line for a clothing and jewellery store. King then climbed onto her head
"no, no, not a clothing store" he then grabbed two pawfuls of Eda's hair and tried to steer her away, to no avail. Before she went into the store King jumped off and shuddered "I promised myself that I would never go into a clothing store with her ever again, and I'm sticking by it" and he started walking off on his own, though he didn't get very far before he stopped in front of a 'Sweet Weapons' store "sweet, weapons" and he scurried into the shop.
After having her picture taken more times than she could count, and given enough food to stuff her to her limits, Luz decided to head to the Mayors office at the suggestion of the police officer before. As she slowly made her way to the location, both to take in the sights and the fact she didn't know what the place looked like, she saw that there were creatures of all kinds everywhere. Were-animals, fairies the size of 10 year olds, giant insects, Sunweeds, vampires, flaming skeletons, fish head people, bird head people, reptilians, and of course demons and witches. As she kept looking around in awe, she stepped on something that was not the ground "ahh!" Luz whipped to the side an saw a basilisk rubbing its tail. The sight of the basilisk made her freeze, this one was much bigger than Ocki, but not as big as the one that attacked Hexside "ooohhh I'm so sorry! Please don't eat my life force!"
"you clearly aren't from around here are you?"
"no sir"
"all of the basilisks on this Isle reached an agreement some 200 years ago. We were allowed to live in peace if we helped control the vermin problem this Isle has, and only consume the life force of said vermin" a rat with multiple eyes over its body scurried past them before the basilisk sucked the life force out of it and then tossed the now dead rat in a sack. "200 years, and there now being 2000 basilisks on this Isle, and the vermin problem is still at an all time high, well I need to get back to work, see yah kid, and welcome to Ribcage Isle" and he slithered away with Luz seeing "Ribcage Vermin Control" printed on the back of his shirt.
As Luz continued heading to the mayors office she had many more encounters and run in's with various other citizens of Ribcage Isle. During some of these events she could have sworn some of the citizens say 'another human' though she never got the opportunity to question them about it. When she arrived at West City Hall, her eyes widened as she saw that the building itself was shaped like a giant casino themed circus tent, only made of concrete. "whoa…that is so cool" she said before heading inside. After talking with the reception she started to head towards the mayors office only for the receptionist to speak up
"oh and just a bit of warning, he can be really weird and eccentric"
"well I'm a weirdo myself, so I'm sure we'll get along" and with that she made her way to the Mayor's office. When she reached the door, she knocked 3 times
"come in" a gravelly yet highish pitched voice said, opening the door she saw what looked like a medieval court jester wearing an outfit made of various different colours, designs, and patterns, completed with a white ruffle, and an extra long jesters hat. He was currently sitting in his chair with his feet up while reading a comically oversized book, he lazily turned his head to look at Luz
"oh sorry, am I interrupting your reading?" Luz questioned
"nah *turns it to Luz* every page in this thing is blank" and he tossed it behind him and through a window before sitting up straight
"ah! My eye!" with a groan he opened up a draw and pulled out a brief case before performing the same action "ah! My other eye!" his neck then stretched until his face was at the broken window
"that should cover any potential lawsuit you would have wanted to pursue, curtesy of mayor Jullaré hahaha" and his neck retracted back to its original length "so girlie, what can yah do for me?"
"uh well I-"
"WAIT! Don't tell me!" his arm now stretched across the room and his palm on Luz's forehead "hmm…nope I give up! What brings you here?"
"well a police officer said that I should visit you seeing as how I'm one of the five that liberated this Isle from the crown centuries ago" the mayors eyes widened at this and began shifting from Luz to a painting of her and her friends above his door.
The top half of his body stretched out to Luz, stopping when their faces were only an inch apart "huh? We always thought that you were just a really fat witch, not a really fat human. Also, I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure humans don't live for over 300 years" he said before the rest of his body retracted to the top half. He then spun around like a mini tornado and when he stopped he was now holding a platter of greasy "bacon" burgers "from me to your taste buds" and he shoved one of the half way into her mouth. Luz gave a moan at how good they were, and ate the rest with gusto. When she finished Jullaré was now slumped in his chair looking like he had just had an overload of endorphins released "oh yeah, you are going to fit in well here" he then regained his composure "so if you truly are who you say you are, how are you still alive?"
"time travel" Luz said casually
"through a spell?"
"yeah, though my friends and I went to the past after I accidentally stumbled through a time pool"
"time pool ugh those things are the worst, I once lost a pair of sunglasses through one of those" he then pulled a framed photo of them out of his sleeve that had R.I.P on the bottom. Giving the picture a kiss, it began to smoke and hiss before he tossed it out through his remaining unbroken window *BOOOM* "well no sense dwelling on past losses" he then leapt to his feet and turned into a mini tornado again, this time catching Luz in it. When he stopped he was now dipping her while straining "yeah, theres no way I can hold this much weight" and Luz fell to the ground.
Jullaré then did several back flips, leapt over his desk and spun around in his chair, stopping with his head rest in in his palms "so, what brings you back here to our fine isle?" Luz sighed and explained her situation. When she finished, Jullaré burst out laughing "wow that backwater shit hole of an isle still has an empire, I would have thought that it would have crumbled years ago. Tell me, is bonehead still spouting nonsense that he can talk to the titan?"
"well I wouldn't call the Boiling Isles…that, but yeah he does claim to be able to talk to the titan"
"ha! To say that he can talk to that titan, would be like me saying that I can talk to this titan, its nothing but a fucking ribcage hahaha! Ooooohhhhh sorry, but on a sliiiiightly serious note, you now have no way to get home?"
Luz looked down "yeah"
"hmm" he then turned in his seat "see that section over there with the blue glow?" Luz looked at where Jullaré was pointing "that's the Mystic District of West City, there are heaps of stores over there that sell magical items, its possible that there might be a way for you to get home there, be it an item or knowledge on how to get to the human realm" he then reached into his desk and pulled out what looked like passes, which his arm then extended out to Luz "here, these passes will allow you and your friends to get anything you want in West City for free, forever, and it will come straight out of the city's budget"
"but isn't this money for the citizens"
"trust me, you could buy everything in the city 10 times over and you wouldn't put a dent in the budget, I should know, I've done it multiple times" gesturing to the many newspaper headlines that adorned a wall
"idiot mayor buys everything and gives it back for free" Luz read out loud
"ah that was a good day, well I am a busy man and have many things to do, so if you ever need anything, please, hesitate to ask" he then slammed his hand down on a large red button on his desk and a large trap door opened up underneath Luz.
Luz went down a large slide that twisted and turned before she was finally spat out into a ball pit "…I like him" she said before she climbed out of the pit, only to realise that she had absolutely no idea where she was. Not even having so much as a broom on her, she sighed and began walking.
Elsewhere
Eda, after trying on countless articles of clothing, exited the store now wearing a new wardrobe, she looked around and spotted King who was now leaning against a wall licking a green bladed hunting knife "King, what are you doing?"
"oh Eda, this place is absolutely amazing! all of the weapons in there are made of candy! including this knife!"
"if you cut yourself with that thing, I ain't helping you" King just shrugged before he saw a poster for an amusement park
"oh Eda, can we go there!"
"sure, I could go for some amusement", she then brought out Owlbert and they both hopped onto the staff before they flew off to find the amusement park
Back with Luz
After a bit of asking, she managed to get general directions to where the Mystic District was located, as well as a mountain of food in the process. During her walk, she found herself entering a small park, probably the only nature left on the isle. Looking around her eyes then landed on a very odd sight, sitting on a bent park bench was the fattest demon or witch that Luz had ever seen or thought was possible to get to. She could tell that whatever they were, they were female due to the haircut and bust. The girl had pale, grayish-white skin, violet eyes, somewhat thick eyebrows, and straight, angled, violet hair with a prominent widow's peak. As to what she was wearing, her attire consisted of a hooded navy-blue cloak (which Luz thought looked awesome), matching ruffled ankle-boots with grayish-black soles, a long-sleeve dark navy-blue legless leotard with regular navy-blue cuffs.
Luz's eyes widened even further as she saw a passer-by give her a meter long hotdog which she wolfed down like she hadn't eaten in years. Wanting to know who this was, Luz quickly made her way over to her. As she approached the girl, she saw the happy look on her face instantly turn into one of annoyance and anger. This made Luz stop in her tracks. She was about to back away when the girl looked straight at her, her eyes widening. Levitating onto her feet, the blob of a girl made her way over to Luz, stopping when their bellies were only a few inches from each other "are you a human?" the girl asked, Luz just nodded her head "how did you get here?! Do you have a way to get back to the human realm?!" she asked, almost panicking
"I came here through a portal door…which I then had to destroy to prevent someone bad from using it"
the girl then dropped her head in defeat "well then, its official, I'm a permanent resident here"
"so you're not from the demon realm?"
"no, ironic since I'm half demon"
"so you're half demon, half human?"
"yes I am"
"that's so cool! Can you do magic like demons and witches here?"
"no, I actually have my own type of magic. Azarath Metrion Zinthos" Luz watched in awe as the bench was torn out of the ground and floated above the girl before she put it back
"whoa…"
"yeah, I can lift things much heavier though, especially now"
"…so…awesome!…my name's Luz"
"Rachel, but my friends call me Raven, which is my superhero name"
"superhero…you mean you fly around stopping bad guys?" Raven nodded "I hate to break this to you, but I don't think that you're from the human realm linked to this realm"
"what!...you don't have superheroes in your world, do you?"
"only in comics, movies, and tv, how did you get here?" Luz asked before Raven buried her face in her hands and gave a long groan before looking at Luz
"over a year ago my team, the Teen Titans, were fighting a powerful magician named Mumbo. Most times we're able to beat him, albeit with a few bumps in the process, plus his magical abilities are limited due to his mental state. I don't know how he did it, but he managed to retain his sanity, thus making his magic 10 times stronger. He said that I was the biggest thorn in his side and that he was going to get rid of me for good, there was a bright flash of light and the next thing I knew I'm here in this realm"
"and you haven't found any possible way to get back to your home realm?"
"sadly you were the first lead I ever got to finding a way to get home *sigh* I've actually come to accept that this is my home now, and I've made a decent life here"
"do you like it here?"
"…honestly…yes, I really do like it here, I fit in and am accepted. Before I came here I had the basic controls over my powers and would lose control if I let my emotions get out of control, so I was a generally mono-tone type person. Then I met this oldish vampire who gave me the steps to a ritual that would not only unlock my full potential but also give me full control and mastery over my powers" she then smiled "since then I've been able to express all of my emotions, which is something a lot of people take for granted"
"was this Vampire's name Jure by any chance?"
Raven's eyes widened "did you and some friends met him like over 300 years ago?"
"yeah we did, he gave us ways to get stronger and gave us a way to get back to our original time. Have you checked the Mystic District for ways to get back to the human realm?"
"many, many times, nothing"
Luz sighed at this "well it was worth a shot. If you don't mind me asking, before I saw you happily accept and eat the food that guy made but as soon as you finished you looked like you hated your very existence"
Raven sighed "everytime someone makes food for me I have an intense uncontrollable urge to eat it, no matter what it is, its because of that that I'm now the 2000lbs blob before you, I take it that it's the same for you?"
"actually I eat the food people make for me because I don't want to be rude by rejecting what they've made for me…and I also eat to help Eda earn snails"
"eating food for money, why didn't I think of that. Wait you said you got here through a portal right? *Luz nodded* so if a portal to the human realm was made, theres a chance that another one could be made, maybe even one that could link to my world"
"hey you're right! I never actually asked Eda how she got it in the first place. Here, grab my hand" Raven did as she was told before Luz touched her forehead and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared.
Meanwhile
"King, how could you have possibly have blown through 400 snails in five minutes?"
"because that knock the bottles over is rigged!"
"oh for the love of titan" she then walked over to the stall and slammed 4 snails down on the bench
"here you go ma'am, 3 balls and 3 chances to win" the carnie said
"ha, I only need one" Eda then threw the ball and it struck the bottles dead on, but they didn't even wobble
"ooo, try a little bit harder next time"
"…okay then, two it is" this time she threw the ball right at the stall owners head, knocking him out. She then used her magic to not only pluck a plush demonic chick off the prize wall and give it to King, she also took all of the stall owners snails and stored it in her hair. Realising that someone was laughing she turned and saw a giggling Luz standing next to another much MUCH larger girl who was doubled over while laughing.
A devious grin then came to Eda's face she then leapt over the stall bench and with a snap of her fingers she was wearing clothes identical to what the stall owner was wearing. She then poofed up 2 pizza's and extended them out to he two girls. Luz was about to take one when Raven snatched them both, sandwiched them together and rolled them into a log before eating with gusto. "So…Luz…I see you made a new friend"
"yeah, her name is Raven, she's a half human half demon superhero, she's stuck here in the demon realm like me"
"superhero? Like in comics?"
"yeah"
"I didn't know you had actual superheroes in the human realm"
"we don't, together we've come up that she's from a different human realm, one where superheroes do exist"
"wow…that's actually mind blowing, I always thought that only the human realm and the demon realm existed"
"apparently not"
"ah that was amazing, I haven't eaten a real pizza in so long, I almost forgot what it tasted like" Raven said happily
"hey Luz" Luz looked at King "at the rate you're going, that's going to be you in a few months"
Luz looked at Raven and then herself "yeah, most likely. Anyway we wanted to know how exactly you were able to get the portal door in the first place?"
"well kid if I'm being honest, I stumbled upon the Portal by pure chance, when I ran away from home back when I was a kid, I found it partially buried in the ground. I don't know who made it or why it was buried where it was, but I could tell it was old, even back then"
"excuse me" they turned and saw a witch and his son "we would like to play please"
"sure, that'll be 3 snails" the man looked at the 4 snails sign but didn't question it, thankfully Eda wasn't as greedy as the stall owner she had knocked out and used her magic to easily make the bottles to fall over.
"I have a feeling she's going to be doing this for a while"
"yep, if there's a way to make easy money, Eda is on top of it" King said as he climbed up on Luz
"oh aren't you adorable!" Raven said before scratching King's back
"I am not ad…oh, oh yeah, keep doing that" he said, practically melting on Luz
"seeing as how you've been here for a long time, could you recommend anything to do?"
"well, I've always found this amusement park to be very fun, I come here weekly"
"well then, lets go have some fun!" the three of them began to enjoy the amusement park, Luz was genuinely surprised that most of the rides here could easily accommodate someone Raven's size and weight, including her own. Luz had also given King and Raven a pass each which allowed them to go on any ride or play any game they wanted. King found himself trying to win at a game of ring toss, but the rings either bounced off or missed
"here little guy, let me try" Raven said as she held 3 rings "Azarath Metrion Zinthos" and she threw the rings with each one landing on a bottle
"hey young lady, can't you read the sign "no magic"" the stall owner said
"King, which one do you want"
"ooo that one" he said pointing to a dagger, Raven raised a brow before shrugging
"give me the dagger and I'll eat anything you make for the next 5 minutes" the stall owner then conjured up a platter loaded with demon realm versions of pizza, burgers, hotdogs, French fries, cakes, and pastries which she immediately began eating.
With Raven gorging, and the stall owner looking like he was getting does of endorphins every 20 seconds. Luz whistled nonchalantly as she made her way behind the stall and grabbed the dagger "now King, if I give you this, do you promise to be careful with it"
"I swear on my heart Luz"
"okay, here you go" and she gave it to him
"yes, a blade worthy of a king, with this I shall smite my all those that oppose me" he declared before the life was sucked out of him by a basilisk and he dropped to the ground dead
"jeez the vermin around here just keep getting bigger and bigger"
"King! He's not a vermin, he's my friend! Give him his life back!"
"really? oh my bad *cough* there yah go"
"*GAAAAAAASSSSSSP* *pant* *pant* what the heck!"
"sorry little fella, I think I need new glasses, good day" and he slithered away. King was then picked up and pulled into a bone crushing hug
"uh Luz, you might want to ease up, otherwise you might kill him for good" Raven said, making Luz lighten up
"thank you" King wheezed out. Suddenly what looked like projections of the mayor appeared all over buildings and even the ceiling
"greetings citizens of West City, It is I your beloved Mayor; Jullaré. I have a fantastic announcement for you all, one of Ribcage Isles 5 liberators, Luz the human *holds up a picture of Luz* has come to our wonderful Isle, so if you see her makes sure you give her a warm heroes welcome and treat her and any of her friends with the utmost respect *gives a salute with a serious face and tone* Jullaré, signing off" and the projections ended
"well Luz, I think that everyone on the Isle now knows that you're here" King said while Luz facepalmed
Author's Note: and another chapter done. I swear Guestav must be a mind reader or something, anyway please leave a review to let me know what you think