Edit: Fixed up a few details and altered a scene in the beginning.
A/N: So fun fact. In the basilisk au I originally had Willow actually befriend Luz before I changed it to Boscha for no other reason than because I wanted to write about that grumpy triclops
So I definitely did not reuse a scrap script for the first part of this lol.
Huge thanks Shadowsnake89 for helping me with this. Check out their stories!
Willow Park sat in her Abomination Class with a bored look on her face.
She did her best to pay attention to the teacher's lessons but try as she might she always found herself looking out the window. She saw a group of witches in the plant track being taught by their teacher outside.
She couldn't help but feel jealous. What she would do to be able to study in that track. Maybe then people would stop calling her Half a Witch Willow.
"Alright Class! Eyes up here!"
Willow jumped in surprise, she sighed and forced herself to look at the professor
The teacher smiled and clapped their hands "Today you will all create an abomination, this will be one of your major grades to see how strong you have gotten with your abomination magic but there is a catch" there was a glint in his eyes.
Willow froze.
Oh no. She recognize that look.
It was a look that promised suffering for the entire class by making them do dozens of homework!
Oh no no no! She's gonna get made fun of again!
But luckily as if the Titan itself had heard her prayers, the school's PA system suddenly blared to life.
"Willow Park, to the principal's office. Willow Park, to the principal's office," Came Principal Bump's voice from the PA System "You are excused for the day"
"Oh thank Titan" Willow whispered to herself before immediately getting up.
She ignored her classmate's whispers about how Principal is finally going to expel her from Hexside.
She briefly saw Amity give her a worried look on her face
'What's going on?' The Blight girl mouthed to her
'I don't know. I'll text you later' She quickly mouthed back. One thing that at least made her abomination class more tolerable was her friend Amity...even if they couldn't be friends in public.
Without wasting anymore time Willow hurried to the principal's office only to see Principal Bump talking to someone wearing armor that obscured most of her figure along with a helmet that invoked the appearance of a dragon. Though for some reason she was barefoot.
Willow can't help but feel unnerved by the figure especially when they suddenly turned to face her.
"Is that her?" she hears the figure say with a woman's voice which surprised her. The woman's outfit didn't really leave much to the imagination.
"Ah there she is, Come, Willow! I have a very important job for you." Willow gulped nervously before walking up to the two tentatively.
"This here is Queen Camila of Mewni and she would like to enroll her daughter at our school. So I am giving you the job of seeing her through a tour of the school." Bump explained with a hint of nervousness in his tone.
"Um can I ask why me specifically?" Willow couldn't help but ask. She wanted to ask what Bump meant by this woman being a queen but she was too shy to do so. Also what kind of place was Mewni? Was it some island separate from the boiling Isles?
Suddenly Bump crouched right next to her before whispering "Because despite your less than stellar performance in class you are one of the more friendlier student in Hexside"
Camila then stepped forward and stared down Willow who was now briefly considering the option of just running away and never coming back.
"You will not only be guiding my daughter, your family will be hosting for her stay on the demon realm" Camila explained
"Wait what?!" Willow asked surprise
Bump laughed nervously before once again whispering "Agree to this and I will let you switch tracks"
"Well you don't have to but ok" Willow whispered back.
Just then Camila turned to face young girl with tan skin and dark brown braided hair who was sitting on a bench and was talking to her left hand which held what looks like a purple snake doll that had an eye patch on its right eye
"Luz, come and meet your new guide" Camila called over to her daughter. The girl turned to them with a surprised look on her face, before she got up and walked over to them.
When the girl got close she did a curtsy before introducing herself . "Nice to meet you" the doll suddenly spoke...
'Did that doll just talk?' Willow thought puzzled. The girl's mother didn't seem surprise so she assumes that maybe its a normal thing. Also was this girl a princess since her mom was apparently a queen?
So many questions so little answers.
"Um...Hi?" Willow offered a handshake which the girl seemed to hesitate accepting but still nonetheless accepted it. She noticed that the girl had what appeared to be a pair of yellow crescent moon markings on their cheeks. She couldn't help but find them cute.
But that wasn't the only distinguishing feature that Willow noticed about the girl. They also had what appeared to be bright purple with magenta-ish like eyes, glimmering like crystal, it took her attention at how pretty they were. She quickly shook her head to focus.
"Right. Now that you have been acquainted I must be off. I trust you to be on your best behavior, daughter" Camila said sternly to the girl who seemed to shrink nervously at the tone
"We understand, mother" the doll once again said, which made Willow think that it probably can talk. Though a part of her wonders if its just ventriloquism cause if so, this girl was really good at it.
Just then a swirling vortex opened behind Camila who immediately stepped through before the vortex disappeared as if it was never there.
Willow had to stop herself from jaw dropping at what just happened.
"Alright. You kids have fun, I need to get the paperwork set up. Why don't you show her around town first Willow?" Principal Bump suggested before he walked off leaving the two girls and a doll to their own devices.
Unfortunately neither of them said anything at first creating an awkward atmosphere.
Willow was the first to break the silence
"So um. I never got your name. I'm Willow Park. What's yours?"
Luz turned to her and opened her mouth to speak and then closed it as if she wanted to say something but decided against it. This process would repeat for a few moment. Eventually her doll seemingly facepalms before taking over the conversation.
"Hi! I'm Zulu and this shy girl over here who refuses to talk is Luz Butterfly. Sorry about her not saying anything. She's just really shy and introverted so I will be doing the talking for the both of us" The hand puppet now known as Zulu explained while Luz gave a nod of agreement to what they said.
Willow for her part did not find it very weird. There were far more stranger people in the boiling Isles so who was she to judge? Although admittedly a part of her wondered if the Zulu puppet was sentient due to the way they talked but she decided not to question it.
"Oh that makes sense I guess? So I should probably show you two around town and show you how to get to my house right?" Willow still felt nervous around the girl and her puppet but decided to tough out as Luz looked very nervous and introverted
"Oh, We get to see a whole new world. We read about the demon. Is it true you all live on a giant corpse?" Zul then proceeded to ask all sorts of questions about the demon realm, some which Willow was able to answer with a nod and some she was just not familiar with. What the heck are collectors?
'Tough it out Willow! These two are just like Augustus. You just need to get to know them!' Willow thought as she proceeded to lead Luz and her puppet to her home
As they left though, Willow noticed two particular items attached to Luz's belt.
The first item though was a simple scabbard containing a sword while the second item though almost took Willow's breath away
The item in question was a horn shaped like an S but doesn't curl as much, with one end bulged out like a funnel. Additionally, it has golden details and engravings padded across its surface running down the length of it and spiralling. The horn itself was almost a gray wooden texture, with small cracks and crevices along its surface, and along the outer curve of the bulged end and on the inside of the smaller curves there are loops with a strap attached to it.
All in all the horn was simply beautiful
"Wow" Willow muttered as she found herself unintentionally reaching for it with her hand.
But before she could even touch the beautiful treasure she found her arm sudden being grabbed roughly by Luz who was now giving her a dead serious stare.
"What...do you think you're doing?" Zulu asked in a dangerous tone "Were you trying to steal the wand?" they hummed as their single eye suddenly began to glow red while Luz began to tighten her grip
"I..." Willow opened her mouth to explain herself when all of a sudden Luz's eyes glowed brighter before she felt an intense pressure from the glare of the girl in front of her which for some reason prevented her from talking.
She tries to step away but Luz's tight grip on her arm stopped her from doing so.
She was just was just about to attempt to use magic to force Luz to let go but luckily the suddenly did so of her own accord.
Willow lets out a gasp as she nearly fell over due to the sudden action
She fails to notice the look of horror on Luz's face as she backed away from her in slight fear at what just happened.
"Oh fuck. I think we messed up with that one" Zulu says when Luz quickly whispered something to them "Heeeeyyy buddy. You alright?" they asked sheepishly
"What was that about!?" Willow managed to let out while grabbing her bruised arm. She wanted to yell at Luz but seeing the girl's regretful look on her face made her hesitate
"Yeah sorry about that. We thought you were trying to steal the wand so we kinda...overreacted" Zulu explained while Luz can only give an apologetic look.
"W-What?" Willow asked confused
"Let us explain" Zulu said as Luz grabbed the horn and showed it off to Willow "You see this is the royal magic wand. It is the treasure of our people and allows us to do incredible feat of magic though we mostly just use it to make puppets. It is so important that we don't let anyone touch it without permission. Sorry about your arm, let us fix that up for you"
Luz then whispered something as horn began to glow before it shot a beam of energy at her arm which was enveloped in a purple glow. When the glow disappeared she saw that her arm was now healed.
"Woah" Willow looked over her now healed arm
"Pretty impressive right?" Zulu said proudly while Luz looks more sheepish due to feeling bad about bruising Willow's arm
"Y-Yeah" Willow admitted "That's a weird looking wand though. It looks more like a horn to be honest"
"True. The wand pretty much change forms depending on who uses it but only if we willingly lend it to someone" Zulu explained while Luz placed the wand back on her belt.
"Can I try?" Willow asked, curious about what the wand would look like in her hands
Unfortunately Zulu instead let out a chuckle "Hah! No. Mother would disown us if she saw us lending the wand to someone else. Besides aren't you supposed to show us around?"
"Oh right" Willow said, disappointed that she wasn't allowed to borrowed it but nonetheless obliged with Zulu and Luz
Without wasting anymore time she led Luz and her puppet out of school. She figured she would show her around bonesborough first.
Willow though had one thought on her mind as they left hexside
'Who knew my day would turn out like this'
Fun fact. I actually wrote an intro scene from Mewni which included the wand receiving ceremony but I decided to scrap it in favor of doing a slow build up especially since there are a few surprises I want to reveal later. For the record it's different than the initial first chapter for those of you who had seen it.
So yeah. Luz Butterfly. She's a very introverted and shy person to the point that she can't articulate full sentences so she uses a doll to talk through to communicate which may or may not actually be sentient. I got the idea from an old abandoned and deleted fic
Don't worry. More of her back story will hopefully be revealed in the future. One thing for sure though is she has a "complicated" relationship with her family and as a result she developed a hobby of doll making and creating puppets which will be a main theme for her abilities and magic.
Anyways see you next update! Feel free to ask any questions or flame me whichever you fancy and don't forget to follow and favorite it really helps.
Hopefully Part 2 doesn't take too long.