Author's Note: I'm back with a new story, this time focusing on the Owl House as a rewrite to the series that will be filled with NEW lore, NEW characters, NEW locations beyond the Boiling Isles, NEW personalities, altered scenarios, and even some guest appearances from familiar faces. As always I would like to thank Wolvenstrom for beta reading this story, I hope you all enjoy!


Luz Noceda was your average 14-year-old girl…well average might be a stretch, most people would best describe her as a weirdo, she had no real friends, instead choosing to indulge herself in a world of fantasy and wonder in the form of 'The Good Witch Azura' book series. Unfortunately, most people, including her mother, didn't approve of her creativeness/weirdness, and after an incident involving snakes with her book report, she was now standing out the front of her house waiting for a bus to take her to the summer camp her mother signed her up to, much to her displeasure.

Camila exited the house and walked up to her daughter "Oh! Oh, my baby! *Hugs Luz* Now, don't worry. Summer camp is only going to be for three months. You'll be so busy balancing checkbooks and learning to li...appreciate public radio, the time will fly by!"

"But I don't like any of that stuff. I like editing anime clips to music and—and reading fantasy books with convoluted backstories" Luz protested in the hopes that her mother would reconsider sending her to summer camp

"Mija, your fantasy world is holding you back. Do you have any friends? Real ones, not imagined or drawn or reptilian?" Luz lowered her book in disappointment before she walked slowly over to the trash bin "Summer camp is a chance to make some friends, but you have to try. Can you do that?"

"Yes, Mom" Luz replied sadly before she put her book into the trash bin.

Camila then received a text "Oh. I gotta go to work. *Kisses Luz's forehead* Your bus is coming soon. Text me when you get there. Cuídate mucho, mija. ¡Qué te vaya bien!" and with that she left.

"Bye, Mom" Luz looked back at the trash bin and gasped as she saw her book was gone. Hearing a hoot, she turned and saw a tiny owl with a sack, sticking out of said sack was her book, it then turned and flew/hopped away. "Tiny trash thief!" Luz yelled before she chased after it. She chased the owl all the way into a decrepit abandoned house "stop adorably hopping away, you—Huh?" Luz looked around in confusion, she could have sworn that she had run into an old house, but instead found herself in a tent, which is full of old odds and ends "Whoa. And here I thought I had a lot of weird stuff" she then picked up a creepy odd doll that had a coat hanger through its head "But this? This is impressive"

"Finally, you're back" Luz turned to the front of the tent where the voice had come from and walked over to it. Peeking her head out, she could see the back of a woman "Now let's see what we've got here" the woman said, Luz's eyes widened as she saw the tiny owl land on top of the woman's staff, before she turned it around, turning the tiny owl into a wooden fixture of the staff.

The woman reached into a sack and pulled out various items "Garbage. Garbage. Garbage…oh now, this..." takes out a pair of joke glasses with eyes on springs and puts them on "This will make me ri...this feeling" she then whipped around and spotted Luz "what the...?"

"eep" Luz then ran back "it's just a book, I can always get another!" she then watched as the door folded up before she could make it through. Turning around she saw the middle-aged woman holding a key with an eye on it, the same eye that was on the door that had just closed up. she then took off the glasses and looked Luz straight in the eyes

"you're not going anywhere"

"Um, yes you are."

"I...wait what!"

"They're after you!"

"What? Again?!"

"RUN!"

The witch bolted.

"Wow, can't believe that worked."

"I was just humouring you." The woman's voice came from the side of her.

"Wah-ah!" Luz then ducked out the back of the tent. And ran for it…only to come to a skidding stop as she almost ran straight off a cliff. "I don't think I'm in Gravesfield anymore" she muttered as she gazed down at the town before her being made up of far too many arms and teeth. She watched as a dragon flew above the town, only to be grabbed by a giant arm and pulled down by the said arm. Luz backed away from the cliff "Oh, no, no, no, no! What's going on?" she then shrieked as a fairy approached her "Oh, hello, little fairy. Are you going to tell me this is all a fantastical dream?"

the fairy waved it arms and in a puff of smoke a large amount of blood-red spaghetti with blinking eyeballs appeared in a bowl in her hands "for you" the little fairy said in a grizzly voice before Luz smacked it away with a yelp.

"where am I? Did I die? Am I in Hell?" a hand then landed on her shoulder

"ha, you wish" the middle-aged woman said before guiding her back into the tent as she did the woman made a large cupcake appear in her hand before offering it to Luz

"no thanks I'm-ummff" she was cut off as the cupcake was shoved into her mouth. She couldn't deny that it was a damn good cupcake and more than happily ate the rest of it. When Luz finished it she was placed on a stool "I'm sorry I entered your tent its just that tiny owl stole my book and I just wanted it back"

"Book? *reaches into sack* this thing?"

"yes, if I could just have it back and you open that door again then I'll be on my way"

"I don't think so, a human is far too valuable to me at the moment"

"I really don't like how yo-"

"here you go dear," a voice said before something slimy and stringy with the taste of cardboard was shoved into her mouth. Luz, with her cheeks puffed out, saw a short round pig-faced creature wearing old lady clothes smiling at her..before grasping her lips "Swallow." Luz swallowed what ever was in her mouth in one gulp, purely on reflex, the monster woman patted her head like a kindly grandmother and walked off.

"here, even I know that stuff tastes gross" the woman said as she handed Luz another cupcake, to which she wolfed down. "So, I guess it's not just witches"

"hmm?"

"never mind kid, anyway welcome to my 'Human Collectables' stall, I've got everything; a human foot filled with holes, a bar of weird-smelling green human candy? Oh, oh! How about this black shadow box that reflects only sadness?"

Luz looked at the woman and laughed "well that's not all it can do. Here, let me see it" grabbing two batteries from a dish labeled "Human candy! (?)" she put the batteries in and presses the power button. A jazzercise video start playing with loud music which drew the attention of nearby customers and vendors.

"Voilà!" Luz said proudly as customers gathered around the TV

"I'll pay 40 snails for the screaming box with a human inside!"

"Human!? I'll give you a hundred!"

"I'll give you 200!" while some of the customers kept making bids, several other customers became focused instead on Luz and started materializing and offering her food, cramming it into her mouth if she refused. By the time the bidding war was over Luz was stuffed to her limit, amazed that she hadn't thrown up.

"okay that's enough folks vamoose," she said making the crowd thankfully disperse "You okay human?"

"I feel like I'm going to be sick, why did everyone do that?"

"Oh that? Eh it's nothing. It's just that all witches and demons have an uncontrollable urge to feed humans"

"wait, witches and demons" the woman then removed her scarf revealing her pointed ears the woman then flipped all of the snails she got from the portable tv

"1063 snails, you're even more valuable than I thought. What did you say your name was?"

"I'm Luz. *burp* Luz Noceda"

"Well, Lose burp lose Noceedo, I'm Eda the Owl Lady, the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles!"

"you're a witch!?"

"That I am, I am a respected, feared-"

"Busted!" the two looked and saw a humanoid that had a large rotund build, and wore a gray long-sleeved shirt with brown gloves and a brown belt with a gold buckle, followed by black harem pants and brown boots, while wearing a dark gray pointed mask on his head "Eda the Owl Lady, you are wanted for misuse of magic and demonic misdemeanors," the guard said sternly

"Whoa! Witch criminal!" Luz muttered

"You are hereby ordered to come with me to the Conformatorium" he said while grabbing her arm only for Eda to yank it free

"Would you guys quit following me around? I haven't done squat" he then picked Luz up by her hood

"And you're coming too...but first" he then twirled one finger and in a puff of smoke a meatball that seemed to be comprised entirely of worms appeared in his hand, which he promptly shoved in Luz's mouth.

That did it

*Bleeh!*

"ah! that's so-" *wham* *thud* Eda was now twirling her staff around

"nice distraction kid" she then handed Luz a towel and a bottle of water "here, clean your mouth and let's go before the big guy wakes up or more guards show up" Eda then spun her staff again, while Luz did her best to make herself more presentable, and tapped the bottom of it on the table, making all her stuff float in midair, while Luz picked herself off the ground "Whoops. Can't forget this" Eda then reached into her hair and pulled out the key from before, pressing the eye to summon the portal door. She closes her hand into a fist, making the tablecloth wrap itself around all of her stuff. She stuck her staff through the bundle and starts running "follow me, human" Luz, not having much of a choice began following Eda

"Why in the world would anyone think a worm ball would be edible"

"Look on the bright side kid, you're not full anymore"

"is everyone trying to kill me with food? If I die here, my mom's gonna kill me!"

"Ha! Don't worry, I won't let you be fed to death. Besides, like I said before a human like you is much too valuable to me, especially if they're alive"

"Wait. What's that supposed to-"

"Whoo-hoo!" Eda shouted as she jumped up onto her staff, bringing Luz with her and they took off into the sky. Eda and a now crying Luz flew above the Isles on Eda's staff "you can open your eyes now, human" Luz cracked an eye open before she yelled in terror and clamped onto the staff for all she was worth

"This is insane! Flying bird staffs! crazy monsters that are stuffing me like a thanksgiving turkey! you're a criminal witch! What is this place?!" Eda picked Luz up and got her in the right position to sit on the staff

"This is the Boiling Isles. Every myth you humans have is caused by a little of our world leaking into yours. Luz's eyes widened in awe as she saw a griffin that looked extremely similar to the one she made at school

"A griffin!" she exclaimed before it barfed up spiders "I knew it!"

"Yep. Griffins, vampires, giraffes..."

"Giraffes?"

"Oh, yeah. We banished those guys. Bunch of freaks" Eda then landed the staff in front of a house and hoped off followed by Luz

"Well, I've had enough adventure for today. This is clearly not the PG fantasy world I always dreamed about. So, can you help me get back home?"

"Only if you help me first"

"oookay then, what do you need help with"

"I'll tell you once we're inside"

"so this is your house?"

"sure is," Eda said proudly before walking up to the door

"Hoot-hoot! Password, please!"

"ah! your house is alive?!"

"kinda, this is my state-of-the-art security system. Open up Hooty, were on a bit of a tight schedule"

"geez, you never want to have any fun" he then swung open allowing them to enter.

"Welcome to, *Snaps her fingers* the Owl House, where I hide away from the pressures of modern life. Also the cops. Mm, also ex-boyfriends" Luz was in absolute awe of the place

"This place is beautiful! Do you live here all alone?"

"other than Hooty, I have a roommate…King! Get down here and greet our guest" they then heard footsteps which got closer and closer until a tired little demon appeared around the corner

"geez Eda I was sleeping, whoever your guest is better to have scones," he said while rubbing an eye.

Luz's eyes widened and she gave a gasp "¡Ay, que lindo!" she then ran forward and scooped King up in a hug "Eda, he's so cute! Who's a widdle guy? Who's a widdle guy? Is it you? Is it you?"

"No! I don't know who your little guy is! Eda, who is this monster?!" he asked while struggling to get free.

Eda rolled her eyes and dragged Luz away from King "this is Luz, she's a human" Eda then made another cupcake and shoved it into Luz's mouth "She's here to help us with our little... situation"

"Oh! Hooray!"

"hmmf fmm *gulp* ah what is this situation your talking about?" Luz asked

"Just... let me explain. King was once a mighty king of demons until his Crown of Power was stolen, and he became...*sees Luz hugging King again* this"

"You mean this little bundle of joy?"

"please stop!" King said while struggling to get out of Luz's grip, which only seemed to tighten.

"The crown is being held by the evil Warden Wrath and locked away behind a magical force field that only a being with no magical abilities at all can break through. This is why I need you, human's have no magical abilities, so you'd be able to pass through no problem. If you help us retrieve his crown, we'll send you back to your realm. So whaddya say? Plus, *picks up King by his face and shakes him gently* who could say no to this cute face?"

"No! Please don't encourage her!"

"I mean, we're kinda your only way home"

"okay I'll do it, BUT first you have to give me my book back and throughout this whole retrieval mission you have to not give me food, deal?" Luz said while sticking out her hand

"deal" Eda replied and they shook hands before Eda reached into her sack and pulled out Luz's book before handing it to her, to which Luz placed it in her bag "Now, we've got no time to lose, lets go" and with that the three left.

"The Conformatorium, a place for those considered unsuitable for society" Eda said as they approached a large ominous structure. Landing in front of it King and Luz hopped off the staff Luz then spotted Eda's wanted poster

"wow what exactly did you do to get a bounty this high"

"I think the better question would be, what didn't I do"

"between the two of us, we've probably broken every rule in the book, and then some" King said proudly

"not to sure that's something to be proud of, but I'm sure that things work differently here. So, how do we get in, through the front"

"If you want to get caught, then yes" Eda said

"You and I will sneak up to the top of the tower, where they're holding my crown" King said

"And I'm gonna make sure the warden's distracted"

Luz gasped in excitement "will I need a disguise?" she asked

"well actually…"

"I've been waiting to use this. *Pulls her hood on, flicks up cat ears* Meow, meow"

"Oh, you'll fit right in kid," Eda said while King tried not to laugh.

Eda tapped the butt of her staff against the ground, creating a round glowing platform underneath Luz and King "Hang on tight" she said before King and Luz were thrust down onto the platform as it shot up into the air "oops too fast!" she then raised her staff up and the platform stopped flinging Luz and King towards the tower where they thankfully went through a window "oh thank titan" Eda said in relief. Riding her staff up to the window she saw the two starting to recover "oops, sorry about that"

"Its fine, my face broke my fall" King muttered

"Okay, meet you guys at the top of the tower" and with that she flew off. Luz sat up and then gasped at the amount of prison cells that were now before them, all of them occupied by shadowy beasts of varying shapes and sizes, though all of their eyes glowed in the light.

"Hey, cat lady, how'd you get out of your cell?" Luz turned and saw a witch in one of the cells closest to her

"Oh, no, no, no. I'm not a cat. *Pulls her hood down* Also, I'm not a criminal"

"Not yet, you're not" King said making Luz give him a slightly annoyed look

"well, neither are we. The stupid warden likes to lock people up who don't fit in. Like, I write fanfics of snakes travelling to distant lands in the search for adventure"

"That sounds like a Disney show just waiting to be written"

"what?"

"nothing"

A creature that looked like a demonic humanoid hedgehog with rainbow quills spoke up "I'm here because I like to paint with my different colored venom" he said before he plucked a green quill out and drew a smiley face on the prison wall.

"We are agents of fwee expwession! They will never siwence us!" a small demon that looked like a head with arms and legs said

"Yeah, she's really big into conspiracy theories" the first witch said.

"The world is a simulation! We are but playthings for a higher being!"

"I don't know why but I really want to give you food" the first witch said with the other two agreeing they then used their magic to conjure up different food and offered it to her through the bars

"maybe that's because I'm a human?" that seemed to set something off in everyone as now they 'all' conjured up food and offered it through the bars to her. "uh no seriously I'm…" Luz trailed off as she heard loud thudding footsteps.

"It's Warden Wrath! Take this and hide!" The witch said Luz looked around frantically, but there was literally nowhere to hide.

The door slammed open and a huge hulking figure entered "I can hear you. Just what are you fools whispering…and how did you get out of your cell?" he asked while staring directly at Luz "oh well you see funny story you see I actually broke in here…to…steal…a stolen…crown…"

"now you're a criminal" King added

"ah The Owl Ladies pet, that must mean that she's close by, I'll get my hands on her soon. As for you two…" Warden Wrath began stomping towards Luz and King who began backing away. hearing the creak and groan of metal Luz looked as another witch was trying desperately to give her food, so much so that the bars on his cell were starting to give way.

That made an idea come to Luz, she then took a deep breath and called out "HEY EVERYBODY! I'M A HUMAN!" She yelled and lowered her hood showing her round ears.

The jail went silent. Wrath froze.

"Your...human?"

"Yep!" She said with a wide grin "I'M A HUMAN AND I'M REALLY, REALLY HUNGRY! ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING I CAN EAT?"

Loud groans and creaks were heard as everyone desperately wanted to get out of their cells to give her food.

"This is a state of the art prison which no-" Warden Wrath was cut off as nearly every cell door broke off freeing everyone who either jumped down or used their magic to get to the level Luz was on before they all ran at her, to which Luz ran at Warden Wrath. Warden Wrath formed his arm into a blade and swung it at Luz who avoided it and slid along the ground "have fun Warden!" she said while sliding between his legs and then continued running with King holding on to her "come ba-" he was once again cut off as he was trampled by all of the prisoners.


Luz was stumbling through the hallway, her stomach bulging to its max now packed with who knows what "sorry I accidentally tripped you Luz they wouldn't have caught and fed you if I hadn't"

"lets just get your crown and go" it was at that moment where Eda flew up to them

"whoa kid you don't look so well"

"Lets just say I bit off more than I could chew with that distraction" Luz muttered

"and what a distraction! you've got every guard in the place trying to contain those escaped prisoners!" Eda said while hopping off her staff and the three of them kept walking. They soon reached a towering door reading "CONTRABAND"

"My crown! It's close! I can sense its power!" King declared and ran up to the door before he began fiddling with the doorknob that was as big as he was

"Aw, he gets so cute when he's thirsty for power"

"more like just cute, period *sigh* Eda, I was talking to some of the people locked up, they didn't break any laws their just a bunch of weirdo's…like me"

"sadly kid, they don't think weirdos fit into modern society, that's why they lock them up"

With a grunt from King, the doorknob was thrown to the ground with a clink. King then pushed the door open and cackled as he ran through it. "Come on, before he hurts himself."

*zap* "ow"

"*sigh* too late" when they entered they were met with a large room which was empty, save for a giant glowing pillar in the center. King rubbed his skull before charging at the pillar headfirst, succeeding only in launching himself backwards, again. "We have a human now, remember?" Eda reminded

"Oh, yeah" King said joyfully. Luz took a deep breath, before she put a hand against the pillar and walked through it. Inside were piles of what can only be described as junk: everything from books to skulls to a dead fish in a tank. Atop the central one was a glowing crown.

Luz raised a brow when she finally saw the crown "wait a second. Is that a..." she then started to climb up the pile to retrieve the familiar-looking crown. Unfortunately when she got to the top the pile collapsed, sending Luz, the crown, and a pile of junk to come crashing out of the forcefield. "One crown, hold the pickles" a dazed Luz said as she held up the paper crown

"My crown!" King exclaimed while jumping for joy, he then took the crown out of Luz's hand and placed it on his head "Yes. Yes! I can feel my powers returning! You, there. Nightmare critter. *Points to a stuffed rabbit with one button eye falling out of a box* I shall call you Francois, and you shall be a minion in my army of darkness. Ha-ha!"

"hey kid, are you okay?" Eda asked in a worried tone

"that crown doesn't give him any powers, does it?"

"Uh, no" Luz frowned "Oh, look at us, Luz. King and I don't have much in this world. We only have each other. So if that dumb crown is important to him, it's important to me. And besides, us weirdos have to stick together, you know?"

"yeah, I'm suddenly feeling really tired, please don't let me swallow my tongue" and with that Luz passed out into a food coma,

"come on King, lets get out of here before the warden gets things under control" slinging Luz over her shoulder, she and King hopped on her staff and flew out the window, back to Bonesborough.


Entering the Owl House, Eda placed the still sleeping Luz on the couch "aren't you going to wake her up and send her home?"

"Nah, let her sleep off that meal, I'll send her back when she wakes up" Eda said before pulling a blanket over Luz and went to her room to do a bit of reading.


The next morning Luz groggily woke up "whoa, how long was I out" she asked

*sip* "since you went into a food coma at the Conformatorium" Eda said while drinking from a mug "you must have eaten a lot, that or humans sleep longer than I remember"

"yeah I ate…" Luz trailed off as she realised that she had gotten thicker all over, and her clothes were now rather snug "Wow, looks all of that food went to my thighs…as well as the rest of my body...in a few short hours."

"oh yeah, I thought you looked different. come on I'll make you some breakfast" Eda said before she walked off to the kitchen, Luz got up and followed her while silently hoping that whatever Eda made wasn't nightmare fuel.

Luz looked down at the feast before her, eggs, bacon, toast, pancakes, baked beans, sausages, and a a two pint tub of ice cream "This is 'some' breakfast?"

"Yeah. Like how I'm 'some' witch and Wrath sure was 'some' jerk."

"you can't seriously expect me to eat all of this"

"eh whatever you don't eat you can take with you" Eda replied

"fair point" and Luz began eating. the eggs tasted like normal eggs to her, the toast and pancakes also tasted just like what they would normally taste like, but when she tried the bacon, she almost threw up what she had eaten so far, it tasted like bad cheese mixed with horseradish

"*bleeh* Eda! What's with this bacon? Its disgusting!"

"whats bacon?" Luz held up what she thought was bacon "that's swamp toad strips"

"and that?" she asked while pointing at the sausages

"Trash Slug sausages, their packed with vitamins" points to the baked beans "soul beans, hear the echos of a tortured souls past" Luz tried some the tasted fairly good, but as soon as she swallowed she heard what sounded like a hundred voices whispering things to her for about 20 seconds. When they stopped, she gave a shudder. Deciding to just keep eating the stuff she knew was safe, she proceeded to finish off the eggs, toast and pancakes…and the whole tub of ice cream, because with how little she could eat here she might as well load up on what she could stomach.

When she was done Eda spoke up "well kid, a deal's a deal. Let's get you home" she then reached into her hair and pulled out the key to the portal. Pressing the eye on the key, the portal door unfolded itself in front of the fireplace. Luz walks up to it "hey kid, don't forget your bag" Eda said as she handed Luz her bag, grabbing it, she opened it up to see her Azura book as well as the pamphlet for the summer camp her mum had signed her. She frowned as she saw the pamphlet before turning back to look at Eda and King, noticing King looking at the ground, visibly sad. Then the greatest idea of her life came to her

"Okay. I know yesterday I was stuffed into oblivion with food and I was responsible for a mass prison break-out, but that was the most fun I've ever had. I don't fit in at home. You don't fit in here. If I stay, we could not fit in together" *she looked at the pamphlet for Reality Check one last time before crumpling it up "I'm not going to a summer camp"

"What the heck's summer camp? What exactly are we talking about here?"

"I want to stay and become a witch. Like you *holds up her book* and Azura"

Eda laughed "What? Sorry to tell you this Luz, but humans can't become witches"

"Maybe that's because they haven't tried. If you teach me to become a witch, I'll do anything you want."

"Let her stay! Please Eda!" Eda looked at King and Luz now both having the same pleading eyes

"Hmm, how about this, you run some errands for me and if you do a good job, then fine she can stay, and I'll teach you how to be a witch. BUT you have to also have to continue to work for me before you learn any spells. Deal?" Eda said before sticking out her hand, Luz squealed in excitement at that before she began hugging the two of them tightly. "Gah! What's going on?"

"Too tight! Too tight!" they said before Luz let go of them and got serious

"tell me what these errands are, and I shall do them with gusto"

"that's the spirit" she then handed a sack of potions to Luz "I need you to deliver these potions to my clients"

"clients? I thought you sold human stuff?"

"That's just a weekend thing, weekdays I sell potions to people all over town"

"I won't let you down" she said while giving a salute

"I'm sure you won't, King, go with her"

"what?! Why do I have to go?"

"Because you work for me as well, unless you want to start paying rest"

"ugh fine, come on Luz the sooner we get this done, the sooner I can nap"

"and the sooner I can train to be a witch" Luz added, and with that the two left.


When they arrived in bonesbourough, Luz was amazed at the place, finally seeing it up close "hey Luz, congratulations" King said

"huh? For what?" King then pointed to a board on a wall, which made Luz's eyes widen before she raced over to it. There on the board was a wanted poster with her picture on it "wanted for causing largest mass breakout in conformatorium history…50,000,000!"

"Wow 50,000,000 snails, keep it up and you'll be worth as much as Eda and I"

"huh?…I actually look good in this art style"

"yeah, it makes you look more intimidating, well let's get this job over with" and with that the two began their deliveries.


The deliveries went really well, and by well that means Luz was able to keep all of her limbs and digits. As she also half expected, witches and demons alike were constantly offering or feeding her food. By the time the two were down to their last delivery, Luz was once again stuffed to her max.

"King. I don't think I can go out in public if this keeps happening to me"

"have you tried refusing to eat or simply spitting it out?"

"Yeah, remember what I did when I did do that"

Flashback

Luz with King on her back was running from a mob, all holding food of some kind while borderline begging her to eat.

End flashback

"Oh yeah, ha it was funny when you threw it all up after"

"yeah, hilarious"

"awe don't be like that, we've just got one more package to deliver…gah it's all the way on the other side of town"

"that's fine, I need to walk this off…let's stick to the outskirts of the town, to avoid anyone"

"eh eh" King said while jumping up and down

"okay, climb up" King then climbed up Luz until he was on her head

"march forth minion" Luz giggled and followed where King was pointing.


The walk thankfully loosened things up so that the pain of being full eventually disappeared, while at the same time, Luz could swear that her clothes got even more snugger than they currently were. After almost an hour of walking, the two arrived at a large dilapidated 2 story house. "Uh King, are you sure this is the right address, it looks like no one's lived here for a long time"

"yeah, that's what Eda wrote, let's just leave the package at the door and leave"

"yeah, and if anyone complains, then we'll just tell them where the package is" Luz said before she walked up to the house, King opting to stay behind. The front porch creaked loudly as Luz stepped onto it. Walking up to the door she knocked twice before a trap door opened up underneath her and she fell straight down

"Luz!" King yelled and he raced over to the house, only for it to turn into a black mist which quickly dissipated. "I gotta tell Eda!" And with that King raced off.


Luz looked around, one moment she was falling down a trapdoor, the next she was falling out of the sky and ended up landing on a massive pile of trash. Looking around, all she could see was mountains upon mountains of trash as far as the eye could see, looking up she could see that the sky was now grey instead of purple. "What the? Am I still on the boiling isle?" She questioned. Suddenly the trash pile she was on collapsed and she was buried by it. When everything stopped moving something large grabbed Luz and pulled her out. Luz's breath caught in her throat as she now found herself in the hand of a giant plague doctor comprised of rotting flesh, trash, metal, and bones.

"You're not the owl lady" it's voice boomed, making Luz wince at the volume.

"I'm actually her assistant, Luz the human"

"a human?! Now that is interesting, we haven't had one of those in a long time. Last I recall, they were eaten" Luz's eyes widened as a rather frightening thought came to her

'All those witches and demons, are they fattening me up to eat me?!'

"I ordered that package for the sole reason of getting the owl lady to come to me, but I suppose she'll come running if I have her assistant as a hostage. While we wait for her to arrive…" he then materialized a large glob of black rancid smelling sludge in his other hand "...you look hungry"

Luz paled at this 'oh god' was Luz's only thought.


Meanwhile

King was now racing through Bonesborough, trying to get to the owl house as fast as he could. When he finally arrived he explained to Eda what had happened. "Hmm disappearing house, now why does that…oh no, don't worry King, I know exactly where she is, come to me magic stick" it soon arrived and both she and king flew off. soon they arrived at a forest where she hopped off. "If I recall correctly, his pocket dimension should beeeee here" she then put her hand on a large tree and it went through it before she and a reluctant King walked through it. The two found themselves in the same location that Luz had found herself in

"eew what is this place?" King asked

"Zigthar's pocket dimension, a place where all trash goes" hopping back on her staff, Eda and King flew over the disgusting landscape until they found Luz who currently had a moving pile of black sludge forcing its way down her throat and into her bulging stomach. Using her magic, she launched a huge fireball at Zigthar's head, destroying a third of it. Zigthar turned to look at his attacker while at the same time more trash filled in the destroyed part of his head until it looked as good as new

"I know you want me, so leave the girl alone"

"Ah Eda, so you finally decided to join us, you arrived just in time to watch your little assistant pop like a balloon" realising what he meant, Eda attacked Zigthar with her most powerful spells. Unfortunately any damage she caused was instantly fixed as more trash filled in the damaged area. "You're in my domain owl lady, and as such, I can control everything here"

"then looks like I'll have to do this" Eda said before she zoomed around him several times before grabbing Luz and flying away.

Zigthar roared and chased after them while using his magic to shoot up columns of trash up to try and hit Eda, but she and Owlbert were able to easily avoid every one of them. They soon exited the portal, back into the demon realm, but Zigthar continued the chase while at the same time began losing mass by the second, shrinking just as fast. Eda looked behind her and smiled as she saw what was happening to Zigthar, she then slowed down and landed with a smirk on her face. Due to no longer being in his garbage dimension all the trash he had used to make himself giant had fallen off as he had chased them, revealing his true form, which was an imp the size of King wearing a plague doctor mask comprised of various bits of trash.

"hey Luz you wanna get some pay back…Luz?" Eda looked as Luz was hunched over a bush emptying her stomach. Eda's eyes narrowed at this before she turned to Zigthar

In a high-pitched voice, Zigthar spoke "curse you Eda! I'll get you…why are you looking at me like that?" Eda's smirk grew wider before she made a spell circle…

After emptying her stomach of the black sludge, and then some, Eda walked up to her "here Luz, to get rid of that horrible taste" she said while extending a really large muffin…with a trash-designed paper case, out to her. Luz grabbed the muffin and tore into it, making sure to get it into every corner and crevasse of her mouth. By the time she finished it, the horrible taste was out of her mouth

"thanks Eda"

"no problem kid"

"He said...humans were feed to be eaten."

The older woman grimaced "Some weirdos, yeah. They thought the natural compulsion ta feed ya 'must' have had some sort of followthrough and that's what they concluded. Don't worry kid, all it is, it's nothing more than a need to feed you. Nobodies waiting behind a curtain with a fork and bib."

"Eda I don't think I'm cut out to be here. With everyone constantly trying to feed me this world's definition of food, I keep throwing most of it up, I won't be able to last here for even a week, let alone 3 months" Luz said sadly. Eda thought for a moment before she smiled

"you know I do know something that may help with that" this caught Luz's attention. Searching through her mass of hair, she pulled out a potion bottle filled with a green liquid "my signature 'Iron Gut' potion. Trademark Edalynn Cawthorne." She cackled and tossed it into the air before catching it "drink this and anything and I do mean anything that your palette disagrees with, will taste absolutly fantastic. I made this beautiful brew when I was younger because my mom always made my sister and I eat boiled broccolump, so like any enterprising child without a pet to feed under the table I whipped this up so that I could stomach not only boiled broccolump, but anything else she made. Boy...is she a 'teeeerrible' cook" she then handed the potion to Luz who gulped it down the first mouthful it tasted like off milk, but for the rest of it, it tasted like a chocolate milkshake

"wow it really does work"

"Congrats kid. You can now eat anything on the isles...good luck."

"Thats ominous."

"Alright full disclosure? Now that your not gonna puke up most of what they force you to eat, and given how quickly your storing food as extra weight, you stay here is basically a certainty your gonna get really, really fat." She paused "Like it's basically a hundred percent guaranteed. Still wanna stay?"

"...Yeah. Even if that happens this world is too amazing not to see."

"Then come on my apprentice, lets go home and get you your first real meal."

Luz gasped "you mean you'll teach me how to be a witch?!"

"yep, unless you still think you're not cut out to be here?"

Luz got a determined look on her face "now that I can stomach anything, I say, let the training begin!"