Author's Note: I would like to thank Wolvenstrom for beta reading this chapter, enjoy
Luz was bouncing with excitement; she would be going to her first major celebration in the demon realm. Every year the citizens of all four cities on Ribcage Isle gather in the center of the isle to celebrate their liberation from the crown, this year would be the 354th celebration. "I wonder if this will be like a human realm New Year's Party" Eda questioned as she slipped on a black leather jacket.
"Who knows," Luz said now wearing a huge black t-shirt that had 'PARTY GIRL' on it in big metallic rainbow letters, blue shorts "held up" by neon-colored suspenders, and topped off with a pair of green shutter shades.
King wore a jacket that matched Eda's along with a pair of shades "Normally I don't wear clothes, but I can't object to something that makes me look coOOOOL!"
"oh, you are so adorable!" Luz said as she embraced King tightly
"Cool! I look 'cool'!"
"come on, let's get going you two" Eda said while plucking King out of Luz's arms
"you want to come Hooty?" Luz asked, before Eda could protest, due to Hooty still being in trouble for the party he threw while they were stuck in Amphibia, he gave a surprised gasp
"I-I'll get ready!"
The three all looked disgusted and very disturbed at what Hooty was doing until they all gasp in horror. The part of the door where Hooty would be was now hollow, with pulsing organs at the edges. Below it, Hooty was now sitting in a birdhouse-shaped backpack. "Porta-Hooty, reporting for Hooty!" Luz dry-retched. King teared up while slowly shaking his head. And Eda's hand was on her chest while she was struggling to keep her last meal down.
Luz, Eda, King, and Hooty appeared next to Raven, via Luz's Instant Transmission spell. She had forgone her leotard and cloak in place of a plain black T-shirt and long stretch jeans with her belly fully hanging out. "wow, someone's gotten into the party spirit" Raven said
"sure have!" Luz said as she looked around, different colored lights danced around the dome, a colossal disco ball hung from the ceiling, celebratory music blasted from all directions and there was a massive stage that had 4 people standing on it, one of them Luz recognized as Mayor Jullaré. Another was a greyish-skinned man who was wearing a red pinstripe coat with a bright red dress shirt with a black cross on the chest, and long black dress pants with matching bright red cuffs. Another was a young woman who had blue skin, long flowing green hair and only 'wore' a tube top and a mini skirt, both comprised of dark clouds. And the final one, the tallest of the 4 of them, looked like an anthropomorphic spider with 6 arms, 4 large eyes, and 2 fangs protruding from its mouth. "I recognise Mayor Jullaré is but who are the other ones on the stage with him?" Luz asked
"Those would be to Mayors of the other 3 cities. The one in the red suit is Beilzabob the mayor of south city. The woman with blue skin and green hair is Gaia, the mayor of the north city. And the extremely tall one is Racnid, the mayor of an east city"
"they all look so cool!"
"yeah, and their magic is nothing to sneeze at, though Gaia is the most powerful of the 4 of them. They're all originally from Mathuzala"
Eda's eyes shot open at this "Mathuzala! But they never leave there!"
"well apparently they did"
"am I missing something here? What's Mathuzala?" Luz asked. That name was familiar, but familiar didn't mean anything in the demon realm
"it's a small continent, far away from anywhere else, where the most ancient beings reside, their magic, while limited to the individual, is over a thousand times more powerful than even mine" Eda explained
"whoa…"
"yes, and they never leave Mathuzala, ever"
"well apparently 4 did, and Gaia's the one who fully stabilized Ribcage Isle with her earth magic, as well as helped make the Isle what it is today. I tried speaking to her once, but it turns out she's mute, though her assistant told me that she's made islands throughout the demon realm over the years and she also made 3 planets in the past. So in other words, don't mess with her" Raven stated
"noted," Luz said
After a while the music died down and everyone turned their attention to the stage where Mayor Jullaré tapped a microphone "Welcome one and all to the 354th celebration of our freeing of The Crown" the crowd cheers "Tonight we have a very special guest, those of you in West City, the best city, may have already met her, or have at least heard of her, give it up for one of our Isles heroes…" he then snapped his fingers and in a puff of smoke Luz was on stage "Luz, the human!" the clapping and cheering from the citizens of West City was drowned out by the collective gasps of the rest of the isles citizens. The other Mayors were genuinely shocked at the fact that one of the legendary heroes was now standing right in front of them. "now you may be wondering how she's alive here and now, well the simple answer is that she's actually from the present time, she and her friends, the other heroes, traveled to the past through a time pool, and then they used a time spell to come back to the present" Jullaré explained, making the crowd cheer.
A red gloved hand was then stuck out to Luz "Splendid to meet you Luz the Hero" She turned and saw Beilzabob, she then grabbed his hand only for him to shake hers very vigorously "I'm Beilzabob, the mayor of South City"
"nice- to meet- you" she jerked out before he was sent flying to the side with a windmill kick from Racnid, who now stood in front of Luz, who was only eye level with their knee "Wow, you're even taller up close"
"thank you, young lady. Have a giant sammich" they said as they knelt before her before offering Luz a 6-foot-long sub "Wow, thank you" Luz said as she graciously took the sub
"I'll give ya 100 snails if you can eat that whole thing in half an hour" Jullaré offered
"deal!" and Luz began wolfing down the sub like a machine with the entire crowd chanting for her.
"GORGE! GORGE GORGE!"
Luz managed to eat the whole thing in just under 8 minutes. She raised both of her arms in victory and the crowd cheered. A large stone hand clamped onto Racnid's head before they were thrown straight up onto the giant disco ball which swung back and forth from the impact "You guys really don't like each other do you" Luz said as Gaia stepped forward, her face bearing a blank expression before she made several signs to her assistant, who in turn relayed the message to Luz.
"Are you kidding, we're BFF's, we do this kind of stuff to each other all the time. Anyway it truly is an honor to have someone so famous attend this celebration" the assistant translated
"of which, ironically, you are responsible for" Jullaré added, earning a slight eye narrowing from Gaia. Jullaré then extended a microphone to Luz "Anything the hero would like to say to the crowd?"
"sure *takes the microphone* hey everyone, Luz here, first I would just like to say to everyone from West City, thank you so much for your hospitality these past few weeks. You have an amazing city and you should all be very proud of what you've made of it. As for the other cities of this Isle, I'll be looking forward to exploring everything that your cities have to offer. You know it's funny, when I first came to the demon realm, my greatest desire was to be a witch, most people said I couldn't be one, but I showed them" She then touched one of her glyphs and thrust her arm up, unleashing a stream of fire "back at home I was always treated as an outcast, I didn't have any friends, and the day I first came here, my mum tried to send me to a summer camp to be more "normal", well clearly that didn't happen. Here in the demon realm, I've made friends, I have people who I consider a second family, and as I've been talking I've realized that during my time here on this Isle, my true greatest desire, is to be understood"
A bright bluish/purplish light began shining from underneath Luz's shirt. Everyone watched as a bluish/purplish mist came out of the neck of Luz's shirt and swirled in front of her before staff came out of it and the mist turned into a glowing ball. Everyone was in awe, hardly anyone had ever seen a Palismen egg hatch before and they were all curious as to what it would become. Finally, it turned into the cutest thing SHE'D EVER SEEN!
"EEEEEE!" Without a moment's hesitation, she pulled the tiny adorable cat, snake, otter thing into her thick arms and hugged it to her face. Rubbing her cheek against it, which it took in stride as it looked delighted for her to be doing so.
"Happy?" Jullaré questioned
"So Luz, care to introduce us to your little friend?" Beilzabob asked
"Everyone, meet my Palismen Stringbean, she's a snake shifter and she's perfect" The crowd cheered at this as Stringbean flew onto her head and formed into a cat ear headband, before Luz handed the mic back to Jullaré
"Wow, that was honestly the first time I've ever seen a Palismen egg hatch, its definitely going to be something that everyone here will remember. You know I have a pretty funny story to tell you all that happened the other day…"
Flashback
Mayor Jullaré was in his office going over some paperwork when he got a buzz on his intercom from his secretary "Go ahead Rhonda"
"Mayor Jullaré, there's apparently some men at the docks looking for Luz, they say it's rather urgent"
"I'm on it" and in a poof of smoke, he disappeared from his office, reappearing in front of a group of Emperor's coven guards. "greetings gentleman, and what brings you to my city, hmm?"
"We're here looking for a human, she's an extremely dangerous and wanted criminal" one guard said as he held up Luz's wanted poster
"wow that's a lot of zeroes"
"indeed, have you seen her or have any idea where she might be residing?" Jullaré was now filing his nails
"oh yeah she's here in my city, but you ain't getting her, she is a hero and is fully under our protection"
"if you don't hand her over willingly, we'll take her by force"
"Yeah, you don't have any power or authority over me or anyone on this island, we're out of your jurisdiction, so buzz off"
"This is your final warning, tell us where she is or-" he was cut off as Jullaré made a circle with his thumb and index finger and blew through it with his breath turning into smoke, which engulfed the guards and solidified, trapping them
"I think it's pretty clear who the top dog is here. Now, here's what's going to happen, you're going to fly back to the Boiling Isles, and you're going to tell that blowhard Belos…
End flashback
"hahaha, knowing how dumb those guards are they probably told him exactly that," he said, the entire crowd what shocked at the rainbow of words that Mayor Jullaré said.
King grinned "I just learned SO many new words"
"and if you repeat one of them in my house, you'll be on dish duty for a month" Eda snapped.
The party went on for hours with Luz being the guest of honor, she danced, she sang, she showed off her many spells and glyphs, she ate an inhumane amount of food, and she also had her first taste of hard Apple Blood of which she was currently having a drinking contest between herself, Eda, Raven, Racnid, and Gaia. Luz slammed her mug down in wiped her mouth "refill!" she said, and as soon as it was filled back up she chugged it all
"wow, she can really handle her alcohol, that's her 17th mug" Jullaré stated, right now the score was:
Luz: 17
Eda:15
Raven: 22
Racnid: 19
Gaia: 20
"well she does have a larger body to help her absorb all of that excess alcohol" Beilzabob replied
Finally, Gaia passed out after finishing her 23rd drink, was quickly followed by Eda at her 20th drink, then Racnid at their 25th drink, so now it was down to just Luz and Raven. everyone was shocked at just how much the 2 teenagers were drinking with neither slowing down at all. Now on their 50th drink each, the two were so wasted that nothing that they said was understandable
"(looks like your slowing down Raven)"
"(oh please with this gut I could keep going all night)"
"(well my stomach can stretch to 3 times its maximum size, so I can fit in lots more apple blood)"
"(well I can open up a vortex in my stomach to allow me to drink indefinitely)"
"(that's cheating you know, the fundamentals of a drinking game it that the one who can both drink and hold down the most wins the game, while my stomach can stretch it is still limited. Having a vortex in your stomach defeats the whole purpose of having a game like this in the first place)"
"(?)"
*thud*
"and we have a winner, Luz the human!" Jullaré announced, making the crowd go from stunned silence to cheering.
Luz jumped up and threw up her arms before giving a loud "Woooooo" *thud*
"and our hero has decided to nap the rest of the night" Jullaré stated earning laughter from the audience, he then snapped his fingers and all of the passed-out contestants disappeared in a puff of smoke "I teleported them to my floor of the hotel I frequently stay at to rest"
"Why do you have a private floor of a hotel in the same city you live in" Beilzabob questioned
"why not?"
"I'm not going to get a satisfactory answer from you aren't I?"
"Beil, you should know me by now"
"sadly, I do"
The next day
Luz woke up with a pounding headache "Ugghhhhhhhuhuhuhuhuuuhhhh. I regret every forever. It feels like my brain being licked by a greasy carpet."
"that would be a hangover young lady" Luz looked and saw that the voice belonged to a demon wearing a uniform who was currently cleaning up a mess that Luz had drunkenly made "You apparently ate enough to feed 20 people last night"
"I did?"
"Yes, it's a good thing our wait staff can speak fluent drunk" Luz looked and saw that she was now significantly bigger than she was last night
"did you mean feed 20 people, or over stuff 20 people, geez" With a bit of a strain, she got up, but instantly regretted it as the pounding got even worse. "Why is there a whole industry around this stuff? Why do adults keep drinking if this is the result?"
"Most believe in moderation instead of drinking until they pass out." He said dryly "Here, drink this," he said as he handed Luz something that looked like a pitcher of a green margarita. As Luz drank it, her headache began to rapidly subside. She kept drinking until it was all gone, along with the headache.
"Wow that was good, and my headache is gone," she said, "What was in it?"
"Never ask what's in a hangover cure, Luz. It will only upset you."
"...Right." Stringbean then made herself known as she turned back to her normal form and nuzzled Luz's face "Hey there sweetie *kiss* did you have a nice sleep?" Stringbean made a few hisses "Really, well I'm sorry you had to see that, I normally don't eat or act like that" more hisses "Awe you're so sweet" she said before putting her hand to her chest "*growl* that stupid pain in my chest is back"
"What kind of pain is it?" the demon asked
"It feels like a pressure building up in my chest, I put on a healing hat and the pain goes away for like 24 hours and then it comes back, it's been like that for about a week now"
"a week?! I think you should go see a doctor, if a healing hat can't properly fix it, then it might be an even bigger problem than you think" which filled Luz with dread.
"I take it that everyone else who was in that drinking contest is here?"
"The only one still here is the grey-skinned one, everyone else left at least a day ago"
"a day?! How long have I been here?!"
"about 2 days now"
"2 days!" the demon nodded with Stringbean hissing in agreement "Oh geez, I better get home, thanks for the doctor's suggestion, and thank you for letting me stay here while I sobered up"
"Well, you were teleported here by the mayor so he's the one who you have to thank" Luz nodded before putting her fingers to her forehead and disappearing, reappearing in the owl house.
"I'm back" she announced "Luz!" King exclaimed as he scurried over to her and leaped into her arms "Aw how's my little cutie pie, did you have fun at the party?"
"Yeah, but not as much as you did, I can't believe you drank that much hard apple blood"
"yeah, how many did I end up having?"
"50"
"50! Wow…did I win?"
"Yep, you beat Raven by thiiiis much"
"you know Luz" Luz turned and saw Eda leaning against the door frame "The party was not last night, but two nights ago"
"Yeah, one of the people at the hotel told me" She then felt the pain in her chest increase slightly "Eda, could you take me to the doctor please?"
"Can't you just use the golden healing hat?" Eda asked as Stringbean started flying around in circles around Luz's thick neck, causing the large girl to giggle as it tickled her. Eda walked over to Luz and stuck out her hand, Stringbean saw this and left Luz before curling around Eda's arm, where she gave it a scratch on the head "So do you think your up to the task of being Luz's mode of transportation?" Stringbean looked at Luz and then turned back to Eda with half-lidded eyes "I don't have to understand you to know what that look means"
"I would actually be surprised if she could lift all of this. It's fine though, as long as I can teleport, I don't need a staff to help me get around" Luz said as Stringbean went back over to Luz and turned into a staff which Luz then proceeded to twirl around effortlessly.
"Well kid lets go find a doctor to get you checked out," Eda said, and with that, Eda, King, and Luz left the house.
It took them a while, but after getting several directions, they found themselves at a modern human-looking hospital. The hospital was mainly only used when the citizens had something wrong that normal healing magic couldn't fix. After filling out just 2 forms, they were now just waiting to see a doctor. "So King, what did you and Hooty do after Eda and I passed out drunk?"
"we continued enjoying the party until I got too tired and we headed home, and trust me, seeing Hooty do back into the door is a lot less stomach-churning than what we saw" As soon as he finished speaking, they all heard Luz's stomach making a horrific noise
"Oh god, that was…indescribably wrong" Eda and King shuddered at that.
"Noceda, Luz?" a doctor called out, the three got up and followed the doctor, a blue-skinned, human-looking demon with 4 eyes, and a Lizard-like tail that had a bone ball on the end.
They followed her to her office and they took a seat as she examined Luz's file "So you've been experiencing chest pains that have persisted over the past week?" she asked
"Yes," Luz replied. After checking Luz's blood pressure, breathing, and heartbeat, the doctor had her stand behind a screen which she adjusted so that the top was under Luz's chin
"Okay, let's see"
turning a dial, Luz's clothes disappeared, and with another, her skin disappeared showing all of her fat, another turn made the fat disappear revealing her muscles
"Whoa, that's quite the physique you have under there," Eda said and she made a reflective surface, allowing Luz to see her very muscular body
"Wow, I'm like a mini she-hulk," she said and started doing poses that her fab abs hidden under her beautiful belly mirrored. Another turn made her muscles disappear, now only showing her circulatory system and the inside of her heart
"Hmm, your arteries and veins look perfectly fine, no clogging or anything"
"Really? What about my EKG?"
"Well, I took a look at it."
"And?" The doctor turned the paper around.
"It spells out WAFFLES."
"Is that bad"
"It 'should' be spelling out PIZZA."
"Ah..."
"Well enough of that Let's try another look." another button pressed then it showed all of her organs. Eda, King, and the doctor gave Luz curious looks and moved in closer. Touching the screen and zooming in as you would do on a phone, Eda spoke up.
"is that what I think it is?"
"it very well looks like it" The doctor then looked Luz in the eye "Are you a full human?"
"yes, why"
"Because you have a bile sack"
"WHAT?!"
"It's small. Like the size of a thimble, but it's definitely a bile sack"
"Luz, focus on one of your index fingers and make a circle with it" Eda ordered, Luz did as she was told, and to her shock, she made a glowing circle which made a puff of smoke before crumbling away.
"Wha? Ba? Za?"
"how in the world could a human have a bile sack, or even develop one?" Eda asked, the doctor tapped her chin
"well witches developed bile sacks due to being exposed to Titan's blood in the beginning, so maybe just being in the demon realm has caused the same effect on Luz here"
"actually" Luz started as she moved out from behind the screen, she then reached into her shirt and pulled out her emergency vial of Titan's blood "I've had a vial of Titan's blood hanging around my neck for well over 2 months now"
"...That would do it. Having that much-concentrated magic that close to your chest for so long has caused you to develop your own bile sack, which would also explain the pressure your feeling as it is slowly expanding in your chest. From what I can see it's only about a quarter of the size of a fully developed bile sack for someone your age."
"Would it develop faster if I drank Titan's blood?" She said a bit too keenly.
"I would highly recommend against that, titan's blood is so rare that not much is known about it, especially its effects on someone if its ingested, it could melt your insides for all we know"
"well Luz, looks like in a month or so, you'll be able to perform magic without your glyphs," Eda said, while Luz beamed in excitement. The doctor then cast her glance at King and raised a brow
"What?" King asked
"I'm sorry, it's just that you look like a miniature titan"
"King can't be a titan, I mean look at him, how could something that small turn into something that big?" Eda protested
"I'm not saying he is, he just has a similar skull shape, plus I've seen ancient paintings of titans, and if he was stretched out he'd look exactly like one"
"I can't be a titan, I'm the king of demons"
"Historically, demons have never been united under a single monarchy"
"Are you a doctor or a historian?" Eda asked
"I majored in both" the doctor then turned back to King "Do you know where exactly you came from?"
"yeah I do, and it proves that I'm the king of demons"
"Can I see it?" Luz asked,
Eda was about to protest, but King spoke first "Sure let's go right now"
After leaving the hospital, with the doctor only suggesting that Luz just keep using the Golden Healing Hat every day until the pain finally stopped, Luz teleported them home where she quickly used said hat to get rid of the pain in her chest. Once the pain was gone, she used a clairvoyance glyph to get a mental picture of the location where King came from, before teleporting herself, as well as Eda and King to the place that King had pictured in his mind.
The 3 of them found themselves now standing in front of a tower that had a keyhole-shaped doorway that was blocked by large rocks "Whoa, it's even more impressive in person" Luz said in awe
"ha, you should see the inside. I'm gonna find you guys another way in" Eda was about to say something, but King wriggled his way out of sight. A few seconds after King disappeared from sight, the rocks were engulfed in a black aura and yanked away from the doorway. The surprised group turned to see Raven "Well, that's one way to make an opening" King said
"hey there, I teleported to see you guys and you just disappeared the second I arrived, so I teleported again and here I am"
"How did you teleport?" Luz asked, Raven then raised her arm to reveal that she had the same Instant Transmission spell that Luz had, on her arm
"so what's this place…it looks ancient"
"This is my castle where I ruled as the King of Demons!" King declared proudly
"now this should be interesting"
"come in" he insisted and the three followed him inside.
Once they were in Luz activated a super light spell which made a glowing ball that rose up and expanded until the whole room was entirely lit up "Ah, the chamber where I would devour the hearts of my foes. The taste was cold and bitter, but I bet yours would be sweet, Luz"
"With all the sugar I've been eating lately, it better be"
"I've studied ancient languages and writings of the demon realm, but I haven't seen anything like this before," Raven said, as King climbed up onto a pile of rocks, showing off to Luz.
"they were probably too scared of my presence to write correctly. Ah, my kingdom. I, uh... [Wipes a tear from his eye.] I got some bone dust in my eye"
"What was up there?" Luz asked while pointing up to a hole in the ceiling with rocks plugging it
"I-I can't quite recall. I just remember a muffled roar, probably some minion praising my name!"
"Hey cool, an ancient depiction of a titan" Everyone turned and saw Raven looking at a wall, which had a carving of a giant demon resembling King.
"That's a titan?!" Luz exclaimed
"yeah, there are carvings like this all over the demon realm…which would mean that these writings would have been made at around the same time," Raven said
"wait, hold up" Eda started "Titans died thousands upon thousands of years ago, and all demons and witches originated from their corpses. We didn't live on 'em while they were still walking around."
"so then, who made this?" Luz finished, a rapid pattering sound was then heard Luz turned and saw what could only be described as a pile of rocks held together with sinews of flesh, with one arm raised that had an axe on the end its head twisted with cracks before it swung at Luz's neck only for there to be a bright blue glow.
When the glowing subsided everyone could see that the rock creature's axe hand was destroyed, and a glowing Stringbean was floating next to Luz's head. Stringbean then turned into a staff which Luz grabbed "Time to see what you can do!" Luz then aied her staff at the rock creature and a massive beam of magic came out that obliterated the rock creature, as well as making a large hole in the tower "Whoa" was the only response everyone gave
"I uh may have gone a bit overboard," Luz said before all of the rocks plugging the hole in the ceiling fell out.
"Luuuuuz, you and Stringbean damaged my castle" King whined
"Well it wasn't in the best shape, to begin with," Raven stated,
"hmm I wonder what's up there?" Luz wondered before they heard more scurrying coming from a hallway
"I don't think that was the only rock monster," Raven said as a horde of them came out from the hallway with more dropping down from holes in the ceiling.
"Luz, get us out of here!" Eda shouted before one came down with both arms as axes separating the group one then grabbed King and leaped up into the hole in the ceiling
"King!" the three shouted
"Stringbean, less magic this time" A beam of magic then came from her staff and she swung her staff with Eda doing the same. Together they blew away all of the rock monsters.
Up above
King was still in the grasp of the rock creature only now he was having repeated flashbacks of his life before he met Eda. Every memory that was returning was breaking him more and more, his life, his identity, everything about himself that he thought that he knew was being shattered. His army was nothing but piles of rocks, his feasts were whatever bugs he could find, he wasn't a king, he was… he looked up at the rock creature. It, or rather the one that Luz and Stringbean had just destroyed, had been there when some doors first opened, it had grabbed him and taken him down the hole. King's eyes narrowed "You, tell me. Who am I?" the rock creature's eyes glowed brighter and King's pupils shrank.
Back down below
No matter how many rock creatures they blew away, more just kept coming back. Raven fired a barrage of mana balls at the horde, Eda made several giant Hooty's to eat and smash them, and Luz was using Stringbean with one hand while using her glyphs to attack with the other hand. she had found that the only glyphs that did work in this place were her fire, ice, plant, and light ones. They kept this up until they were all out of breath. Scattered around them were pebbles and flesh
"for crying out loud that was hard, do you think we got them all," Raven said
"yeah, I don't think they're coming back after that" Luz replied proudly before the flesh began rippling and all of the flesh and pebbles came together to form one giant monstrosity covered entirely in a thick carapace of rock "Luz, you fool!" and they all dived out of the way as a massive hand swung at them
"girls, aim a beam of magic right at the center if its chest, now!" Eda aimed her staff at the creature and fired a large beam of magic as did Luz with her staff, and Raven with her mana. The monstrosity slowly slid back from the force of the combo attack it then roared as the triple beam tore through its chest and through the side of the tower, sending cracks throughout its ancient walls.
When they finished their triple beam attack, flesh filled in the hole before rock formed over it. Eda bit her tongue to stop herself from cussing up a storm. The monster roared and swung a clawed hand at them so fast that they couldn't defend and they were sent flying into a wall. Luz and Raven were unharmed due to their extra padding, but unfortunately, Eda broke her arm on impact with the wall, she also hit her head and fell unconscious. Luz saw the state Eda was in and gasped in horror. The monster swung its hand in an attempt to crush them, only for Raven to make a barrier out of mana "Get her out of here now!" Raven ordered as she struggled to keep the monster at bay.
Luz looked at the unconscious and bleeding Eda, a rage began to boil inside of her and she clenched her free hand into a fist "You hurt Eda" she said in a low tone before turning to the rock monster, her pupils now glowing blue. Raven flung the monster's arm back before turning to Luz, all words dying in her throat as she could feel a massive amount of magic rising within Luz. The rock monster threw a punch at Luz only for her to stop it with an open palm, the impact which made the rock carapace on the monster's hand crack. Luz looked at Stringbean "Get Eda out of here and to safety" she more or less ordered Stringbean merely nodded before turning into a hawk and began flying towards the nearest exit with Eda. Luz turned her attention to the rock monster as she clenched her teeth, the glowing in her pupils got brighter and a blue aura surrounded her "You hurt Eda!" she then shot up and kicked it across the face, making its head do a full 360. Luz flew around the rock monster delivering blow after blow turning the monster's carapace to dust while Raven just watched in awe. She could tell that Luz was showing the same powers Eda did back in Amphibia only at a lesser level due to her hair not changing color. As Luz destroyed the final bit of rock carapace the glowing faded from her eyes as she landed on the ground before falling to her knees in exhaustion.
Not wanting to take any chances, Raven engulfed the now flesh monster in her mana and began tearing it apart and hurling chunks of flesh all around the now crumbling room. When the monster was finally completely scattered, Raven relaxed and went over to Luz, who was now struggling to get up "Come on big girl, let's get King" she said, before movement caught her eye. The two girls looked on in shock as the pieces of flesh rippled and twitched before they all started gathering towards the center of the room while taking whatever rocks and dust they could gather "But how?! it was in a thousand pieces!" Raven exclaimed
"Let's get King and get out of here while we can!" Luz shouted, Raven nodded before she engulfed Luz in mana and flew up the hole King had been taken through.
As Raven neared the top, a giant hand wrapped around the two girls before yanking them straight back down and slamming them to the ground. Luz had been saved from most of the impact due to being surrounded by mana, but Raven hadn't been so lucky. Luz watched as the monster fully finished reforming before it raised a foot and stomped down on Raven, causing the young half-demon to scream in pain as quite a few bones were shattered. She then screamed again as her body was impaled as multiple sharp rocks extended from the sole of its foot. Luz gasped in horror as the monster removed its foot from her friend, revealing all of the bloody holes in her body. The monster then stuck its hand out and fired multiple sharp rocks out of its palm, straight at Luz. Unable to move or defend herself in time, all of the sharp rocks tore through her body, leaving her with just as many bloody holes as Raven.
The monster then formed one of its hands into a giant mallet and raised it up, as it was about to crush the two of them, King, still in the embrace of the rock creature, came down in front of it "Stop!" he ordered making the monster turn its hand back to normal and kneel before King. Unfortunately, before King could give any more commands, the whole tower began to collapse due to the fight. As the roof fell down King braced for impact, but nothing happened, opening his eyes he saw that the monster was holding the roof up. King then called out "Save my friends, and me" Two tendrils made of flesh protruded from the monster's chest before they wrapped around the two girls and threw them out the nearest hole in the wall while the rock creature holding King ran towards the nearest hole and lunged through it, just as the whole tower came down. Once everything settled, King looked around he saw Stringbean and an unconscious Eda to his left and a bleeding Luz and Raven to his right. Right now he was freaking out, not knowing what to do at all. He then watched as Luz started trying to get up "Luz!"
"Ki *cough* *splutter*" Luz looked and saw her hand was covered in blood "Yeah, that's not a good sign, be right back" Putting two fingers to her head she disappeared. Only to reappear 30 seconds later now looking as good as new as well as holding the Golden Healing Hat, which she quickly placed on Raven's head, and in a bright flash of golden light, she too was fully healed
"wow, that thing works like a charm," Raven said as Stringbean brought Eda over to Luz, to which she placed the Golden Healing Hat on. Turning her attention back to Stringbean, she peppered her head with tiny kisses while thanking her for what she did for her.
Eda stood up and saw the destroyed tower "Whoa, I missed a lot" Luz and King then embraced Eda to which she smiled and returned and said hug.
When they let go, King spoke up "Eda, I know the truth, as well as my past. I'm not a king, everything that I thought I was, was a bunch of lies that you made up and allowed me to believe were true"
Eda looked at King with guilt "King, I'm sorry that I lied to you for all of these years, you were just so happy believing that you were a king of demons that I didn't want to take that away from you" King started to get teary eyed at that and held out his arms for another embrace then embraced, something that Eda was more than happy to give. When they let go, King looked a bit uneasy, as if even he couldn't accept what he was about to say.
"Yeah well...I might not have been totally wrong about that."
"...Eh?" Said Luz
"Jean-Luc over there also showed me who I really am, …I'm a titan"
there was a long pause before Eda finally spoke "...I'm with her. Eh?"
"what that doctor said was true, I'm a titan…so it looks like I'm due for a growth spurt soon"
"Wow...out of everything I thought you could be, Titan was somewhere way down on my list...mostly because I didn't think they'd start out that small" Luz said unable to believe the truth bomb King had just dropped
"I think it would be wise to keep that you're a titan under wraps," Raven said making everyone look at her "People would be after your head or blood due to how valuable they are"
"now that I think about it, that's a really good suggestion," Eda said, King looked slightly disappointed at that, but quickly cheered up as Luz picked him up and embraced him "Come on, I think we've all had enough for one day, Luz, take us home and I'll make you kingcakes"
"Kingcakes? Are those like Pancakes?"
"Pancakes in the shape of your head."
"Can...can they be crowns instead? I'm too upset for autocannibalism."
"Of course, they can cutey pie. With sprinkles for the jewels," Luz nodded and everyone grabbed onto her before she teleported back to the owl house.
Author's Note: And another chapter done, did anyone here catch the family guy reference? Leave reviews and let me know what you think. Until the next chapter, peace!