"So on a scale of 1-10, how worried to I need to be this time around?" Camila asked dryly, having sensed a certain theme throughout these "episodes," and that theme was Luz being in danger.

"Oh, a 1," Luz said cavalierly. "Definitely a 1." She did not mention that she was only saying this because, technically speaking, since this had already happened, there was no need for Camila to worry in the slightest.

Camila didn't buy it. She looked over at Amity, who shrugged, then over at Gus and Willow. Willow put her hand on her chin. "I don't know, maybe a 4? Those bad guys were really lame."

Of course. More bad guys. Why did Camila suspect anything less? Well, she was going to have to get used to it, she supposed. What a terrible thought.

[Open on the Owl House living room, where Eda and Owlbert are playing a card game with Luz and King watching. Eda shuffles her hand, and the eyes on the cards look up at her. Owlbert, wearing a green visor, narrows his eyes and hoots.]

"So, Eda's staff, is it alive?" Camila asked. "It looks alive."

"Yes!" Luz said. "It's her palisman. Like a familiar, but carved out of wood. They're sentient!"

Camila looked at the children. "So do you have palismen, then? Or is that just for adults?"

"We all do," Amity said. "Well, Luz sort of has one. It's an egg, but it hasn't hatched yet." Luz nodded slowly. She was terrified her egg would never hatch, that bringing it to a world without magic had rendered it stillborn. There was no way of knowing unless it started to hatch.

"So why are they not with you?" Camila wondered. "Are they in the Demon Realm?"

Willow shook her head. "Last we checked, they were all sleeping. Traveling dimensions seemed to have wiped them out." She stood up. "I'm gonna go and check to see if they're awake."

"That would be lovely of you, Willow. I'd very much like to meet your palismen."

Eda: Watch closely, Luz. Hexes Hold'em is the most tricky game on the Boiling Isles. Any proper witch knows how to play.

"More like any improper witch," Amity said haughtily and winced. She sounded too much like her mother there for her comfort.

Luz: Oh boy, cards! The paper rectangles that old people think are fun!

"Hmm," Camila said, her voice mock stern. "This wouldn't have anything to do with your old mother's fondness for gin rummy, would it, lucecita?"

"Uh, no! No, of course not!"

[Eda puts a card down on the table. Lightning comes from the cards, sending Owlbert flying for cover behind the side of the table. The cards all stand and roar. Owlbert's surge forward and attack Eda's, making Owlbert smirk.]

Eda: Now when it looks like the deck is stacked against you, that's when you break out the wildcard.

[She holds up a card with a tower on it. It glows green, and Owlbert's cards disappear in a flash of fire. Fiery letter spelling out "WINNER: EDA" appear and disappear over the table. Owlbert hops back on and hoots at Eda, his wings extended.]

Eda: Woo, I win! In your adorable owl face. Ah, I love the feeling of victory; it feels... fluffy? [Feathers are growing from her arms.]

Camila let out a loud gasp. Did Eda forget to take her medication? Was she going to turn into a beast and attack Luz?

Luz: Uh, Eda? It's happening again!

Eda: What's happening again?

King: Your curse is returning!

[Eda yelps.]

-THEME SONG-

"Looks like our sleepyheads are awake," Willow said midway through the theme song. Gus paused the "video" as Willow walked in with Ghost, Clover, Emmeline, and Flapjack. Camila couldn't help but flinch a little. She was terrified of bees.

"This is Flapjack," Hunter said solemnly. The red bird let out a happy chirp. "He says he is my BFFF: Best Flying Friend Forever."

Camila nodded at Flapjack. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"This is Clover!" Willow said, pointing at the bee. Camila gave a nervous grin. "You're scared of her, aren't you?" Camila sheepishly nodded. "That's okay! She understands. But I hope you'd know she'd never hurt a fly – well, unless that fly was trying to hurt me or my friends. Then all bets are off."

"Nice to meet you, Clover. Sorry I'm scared…I'll try to work on it." Clover nodded.

"This is Emmeline Bailey Marcostimo," Gus announced grandly. Fitting, Camila thought, for the illusionist to have a chameleon palisman. Assuming that was what it was, of course.

"And this is Ghost," Amity said. The cat palisman rubbed against Camila's leg and let out a meow. "She likes you a lot!"

Camila was very flattered. "Hi, Ghost!" she said with a wave. Ghost gave a demure nod. "Your palismen, do I need to buy food for them?"

"No, they don't eat," Amity assured her. "Do you mind if they watch with us?"

"Well, of course not, dears. The more the merrier!"

[Cut to the inside of a chest as Eda opens it, Luz on one side and King on the other.]

Eda: Oh, boy.

[All of the bottles in the chest are empty.]

Eda: This is terrible. I'm out of elixir.

Luz: Uh, last time this happened, you turned into this thing. [Holds up her phone, a picture of the Owl Beast on screen.]

Eda: I know I should be repulsed, but that look is fierce.

Camila shook her head, but it was only perfunctory. Despite herself at times, she was starting to grow fond of Eda's more disreputable mannerisms.

Luz: Eda!

Eda: You're right, you're right. We need to head to the market.

Luz: Market! [Stands and starts to leave.]

King: [Follows her.] I'm stealing everything that's not nailed down!

Luz laughed nervously. "He…didn't mean that."

Eda: Before we go, would anyone like to play one more hand of Hexes Hold'em? [Pats her pocket.] Hey, where are my cards?

Luz: [Handing the deck to Owlbert.] Take these and fly ahead. She'll have to follow us.

"Smart girl," Camila complimented Luz. Luz gave a joyful grin. Camila had been so displeased with her behavior before her adventures started; it was really rare to get compliments from her. Or at least that's how she perceived it. She wondered if she was accentuating the negative in her own head, though. Either way, it was nice to get them again.

[He does.]

Eda: [Running after him.] Owlbert, you sore loser, gimme back my cards!

[In the marketplace, King sits next to Luz on a bench.]

Luz: Is there anything better than people watching in the Demon Realm?

"Oh, wait until you do people watching in the Human Realm!" Luz said. "It's so much fun! You get to make up all sorts of stories about why people are doing things. Like, are those people out on a date, or are they secretly undercover agents who are spying on a nefarious ring of counterfeiters?"

[Three witches are standing at a bus stop as a giant egg rolls up to it. The egg cracks, revealing a featherless bird that screeches. It flies away. The witches enter the egg, one of them closes it, and it rolls off as Tinella Nosa runs up.]

"Well, that's certainly a unique form of public transportation," Camila commented. She was already starting to get inured to the strangeness of the Demon Realm. The danger, not so much.

Tinella Nosa: Wait, wait! Aw, dang it.

Luz: The curse of tiny legs.

King: I know the pain.

[Loud footsteps. Tinella Nose screams and runs. A witch waves his hand, and a cart with a large demon on it follows him. Luz walks up to Eda.]

Luz: Whoa, that is one ominous parade.

Eda: That's no parade. Those are demon hunters.

Camila raised a hand. "Are they demons who hunt or people who hunt demons?"

"Um…both?" Luz decided after a while.

[The demon growls and bucks. The two demon hunters pushing the cart pull its ropes to pin it back down. It tries to bite at the first demon hunter.]

Eda: Dangerous nomads who capture and sell the most powerful beasts.

[The first demon hunter traces a spell circle, creating lightning in his hand. He grunts as he shocks the demon unconscious. He turns and looks at Luz. She gasps.]

Eda: ...Which I'm about to become if you don't open up, Morton! [Continues knocking on the grate.]

Morton: [Opens the grate.] Sorry, Eda! I was up all night poison tasting and for some reason, I don't feel great.

Eda: I'm all outta my juice, pal.

Morton: Oh, gee. Lemme see what I can do.

"Morton's a good fellow," Luz said fondly. Not too many people would risk imprisonment to sell to the most wanted criminal in the Boiling Isles. But Morton took his responsibility as an apothecary exceptionally seriously.

[Morton ducks down and digs around, rattling bottles. The demon hunters continue on, revealing Willow and Gus, looking dejected, behind the demon.]

Luz: Willow and Gus! [Runs up to them.] Heya, friends! Wait, what's wrong? Who hurt my babies?

Willow: Them.

[She points to a food stand. Skara and Cat are laughing while Amity is staring at a potion and Boscha is watching them.]

Amity groaned. She'd totally forgotten her role in this "episode's" events. She'd been too busy thinking about what the next episode would make Camila think.

Hunter, on the other hand, was disturbed. She had no idea Skara associated with bullies like Boscha. Sure, she knew she was friends with Amity, but he'd assumed that had only started after Amity had changed. "Skara…you hung out with her a lot?"

Amity realized instantly what Hunter was getting at. "Yeah, Skara just went along with everything. Didn't stop us, didn't encourage us. She was just in it to have fun. I don't think she really understood how she was hurting people. I didn't either. Well, some part of me might have. Boscha did, but she didn't care."

"Well, we're going to have a talk when I get back," Hunter decided. "I can't be on a team with a bully."

"Skara was just hanging out with bad company," Amity defended her friend. "She didn't really do anything that bad."

Willow: Amity's having a moonlight conjuring and invited everyone but me.

"It's not like I enjoyed doing those things," Amity said quietly. "It was just what was expected of me. I was trapped, metaphorically. Then Luz freed me…"

"You freed yourself," Luz said firmly. "I just showed you a way out."

Gus: And she keeps posting about it on her Penstagram account.

So the Demon Realm had social media, then. Camila was fairly shocked. But in a sense, that was probably a good thing, because it meant when or if the witches got onto the internet, they might be able to handle it. Or perhaps not. A lot of people who knew all about social media didn't handle it well, after all.

[Gus summons his scroll, open to Amity's Penstagram post of her and her friends posing.]

Luz: "It's conjuring night! No dorks allowed"? What a jerk!

"Sorry, Willow," Amity said. Willow just waved a dismissive hand.

[Scowls for a second.] What's a moonlight conjuring?

Willow: You spend the night at someone's house, telling stories, playing games...

Camila could not help but let out a little squeal. Her little girl was going to be having her first slumber party!

Luz: Like a slumber party! We have those!

Willow: [Pulls out a book.] Then you bring something to life with moon magic!

That sounded so cool, in Camila's opinion. She wished she'd have been able to do that sort of thing when she went to slumber parties in her youth.

Luz: [Pauses.] Like a weird slumber party!

Willow: Gus and I have never been to one. You need at least three people and—

Luz: I'm three people—I mean, we're three people, and we're way better than them!

"You're certainly as annoying as three people," Hunter snarked. Luz swatted him playfully.

Boscha: [Laughs as they all approach.] Sorry you couldn't get an invite to the conjuring, Willow. [Looks at Amity.] Only real witches allowed.

"Then who let her attend?" Vee retorted.

Amity: [Sighs.] Leave her alone. It's not her fault she was born without talent.

"Wow, did you ever stop being mean back then?" Gus said.

"Believe it or not, I was trying to help her," Amity admitted. "I wanted to get them away from her, and that seemed to be the best way to do it."

[They all leave. Willow growls, grows several vines from the ground.]

Luz: Whoa. [Slaps the tallest vine, hugs Willow.] Don't waste your time getting thorny over them. 'Cause we're gonna have our own moonlight conjuring.

"Get it?" Luz crowed. "Thorny! Because that means cranky, and she actually made thorns!"

"Yes, Luz," Hunter said slowly. "I think we get it."

Gus: Are you serious? This was on my bucket list. [Pulls it out and checks it off.] After owning a real human bucket!

"I'll be right back," Camila said, and then exited the room.

Luz looked over at Amity. "Sweet potato, can I ask you a really big favor? Can you not tell my mom we're dating until I'm ready? It's just…it's a big deal, and I haven't even told her I'm bi yet."

"Sorry, you're by what?"

"Bisexual," Luz clarified.

Gus raised a hand. "What does sexual mean?" Everyone stared at him. He lasted about thirty seconds with an utterly deadpan expression before cracking up. "Hah! Your faces! Yeah, no, Dad gave me the hippogriffs and fire wasps talk the week before I met you, Luz."

"So that's why you looked so traumatized," Willow realized.

Luz cleared her throat. "Yeah, so bisexual means I'm attracted to two or more genders. And I sort of haven't told her yet, but I totally will! I'm just waiting for the right moment."

"You have names for that sort of thing?" Hunter asked. "The Human Realm is so weird."

"Oh, it gets weirder, my friend," Luz said jauntily. "It gets weirder," she added in a low and menacing tone.

The door to the basement opened and Camila returned. "Ta-da!" she said, holding a metal bucket in the air triumphantly. "All yours, Gus!"

Gus looked at it with stars in his eyes and cuddled it. "You are my bucket and you will always be my bucket and your name will be Dr. Everton Q. Pinkerton VII."

"You are really weird about naming things," Vee said.

Luz: That's a really weird thing to want, but I appreciate your enthusiasm. I'll go tell Eda.

[She runs to get Eda.]

Luz: Eda, Gus and Willow and I are gonna do a moonlight conjuring and stick it to Amity. So can we—

Eda: [Holds up her hand.] Not tonight, I'm going out. [Grabs her staff and starts walking.] I need you to watch the house, I have many precious objects in there.

King: Like me! Whoa!

Eda: [Picks King up by his collar.] You're coming with me. I need an extra pair of eyes looking out for pickpockets, and an extra pair of hands in case I want to pickpocket.

Eda and King: Pickpocket!

Luz: Then, maybe they can come to the house and—

Eda: No! Besides, conjurings are dumb; sitting in a circle holding hands. Pft. It's like magic for babies. [Walks away.]

Luz: But—

[Willow and Gus run up.]

Willow: Luz! What did Eda say?

Luz: So... guys...

Gus: Oh, look! [Points upwards.] The moon is rising into place. And the celestial powers only align once a year.

"The consequences of doing a moonlight conjuring when the celestial powers are not aligned are…not pleasant," Gus said with a shudder.

Willow: Oh, I can't believe I finally have enough friends for a moonlight conjuring! Thank you, Luz! Did Eda say it was okay?

Luz: Uhm... yes. She said yes. We can do it at the Owl House. As long as we don't make a mess or touch anything and never bring up that we did it! [Nervous laugh.]

Camila sighed, but she found herself not quite as angry as she would have expected. This was more of the kind of trouble she had expected Luz to get up to. Hosting parties behind one's parents' back was a time honored right of passage in a teenager's life. Camila had done it herself and though she'd gotten caught, she also had her first kiss with Manny, so she didn't have any regrets.

Gus: Yes!

Willow: Oh, you're the best!

Willow and Gus: [Sing-songy.] We're gonna do a conjuring! We're gonna do a conjuring! Conjuring! Conjuring!

"You guys were my first friends," Luz said. "I just didn't want to let you down."

"Aw, Luz, you should have just told us," Willow said. "We'd have understood. We didn't have to do a moonlight conjuring. We could have just had a regular slumber party another night."

"Ah, well, hindsight's 20/20, right?"

The Demon Realm denizens looked over at Vee, who looked just as bewildered as they were. She was still getting a hand of human slang.

[Luz looks at the moon nervously. Cut to the Owl House that night, where crickets are chirping. Luz is sitting on the couch watching Eda.]

Eda: Luz, you're in charge while I'm out. [Puts cloak on.] Make sure Hooty doesn't get into any trouble.

Hooty: [Muffled.] Hoot hoot! [Opens door.] I don't need a babysitter. I'm a big boy house!

Luz: You can count on me; I'd never betray your hard-earned trust. [Nervous laugh.]

"It always amazed me how you were the apprentice of the most notorious witch in the Boiling Isles, yet she never taught you how to lie better," Hunter observed.

Eda: You're acting suspicious. You're doing that thing where you hide in your hoodie.

Luz: [Now has her hood up and closed.] Meow I'm not. Uh... [Pushes hood down.] Oh, where's King?

Eda: He's right here.

[She opens her cloak to reveal King, snoring, strapped in a pink baby carrier.]

"SO CUTE!" Amity said.

Eda: His little body just conks out when he's weightless. Look at this.

[She moves side to side, King not waking as he moves like a ragdoll.]

Luz: Aww, he's so dangly. [Plays with his feet.]

Eda: [Walks outside.] Anyway, really going now. And Luz...

[Luz grows nervous.]

Eda: [Menacing tone.] ...if you mess up the house, I will never trust you again. [Lighter tone.] No pressure! Bye!

Luz groaned. "I really shouldn't have done this…"

[Owlbert hoots as Eda flies away. Luz waves after them for a few seconds.]

Luz: Ay. Should I really be doing this? No, no, Willow is counting on you. [Whispering.] Okay, she's gone.

Willow: Release!

[Two bushes glow and explode, revealing Willow and Gus in their casual clothes.]

Willow: I'm a sneaky sneakster!

"Not sure that's a word, Willow," Luz teased.

Gus: I've got leaves in my pants...and I like it.

[Luz leads them inside.]

Hooty: Company! Hooray! Finally someone to listen to my stories! Okay, one time, a sparrow flew into my mouth, and then I—

[Door shuts.]

Camila breathed a sigh of relief. If she was going to have to listen to Hooty's stories, she was going to need a drink.

[Cut to inside.]

Luz: Welcome to the living room. We call it that because it's technically living! The walls are breathing, look.

[A wall is moving with heavy breaths. Willow looks at it closer.]

Camila opened her mouth to speak, but Luz put up a hand and shook her head firmly. "Trust me, you do not want to know anything about how Hooty works. Whatever questions you have, for the good of your sanity, forget them now."

Willow: Enchanting.

Gus: [Rummaging through a chest.] And look at all these human treasures. [Pulls out a skull.] And actual humans!

"Don't worry, mom, that skull came from a theatrical supply company!" Luz assured her mother. She didn't bother telling her about the seven human skulls Eda had that were quite genuine. To be fair to Eda, with only one exception, she hadn't actually killed any of them herself, and that guy really had it coming.

Luz: We've got snacks, we've got weird music!

[She puts the needle down on a gramophone, which produces an evil cackle. Gus walks up to her with a bucket on his head.]

Gus: We've got a bucket!

Luz: Gus, my man.

"No one will steal you from me," Gus whispered to Dr. Everton Q. Pinkerton VII. "You are mine now."

Willow: And best of all we have actual friends to do the conjuring with! This is so exciting!

"Okay, I kind of have to ask, Luz, but you really never had any friends before you met us?" Gus asked.

Luz sighed. "No. I tried. Oh, God, how I tried. But nothing I did ever worked! I guess I kind of stopped trying after a while. I never thought anyone would ever want to be my friend." Camila could almost hear her heart breaking in two.

Luz: So how does this conjuring stuff work?

Willow: Well first, we find an object to animate. Since it's our first time we should pick something meaningful. [Walks over to some flowers.] Something beautiful.

Gus: [Bursts through the flowers with an action figure.] Like this strangely buff little man? [Taps the figure's stomach.]

Beefy Bob: I'm half beef, half Bob!

"That thing is hideous!" Vee said, looking absolutely horrified.

"Well, to be fair, someone did throw it out," Hunter pointed out.

Luz: Yes! He's perfect!

Willow: That's not exactly what I meant by "beautiful".

"I've never liked guys who are too muscly," Willow admitted. "I'm more of the type to value brains over brawn."

"Are there any other traits you value?" Hunter said, trying desperately to keep his voice light and casual and praying even more desperately no one would notice his treasonous cheeks blushing.

"Well…I suppose he'd have to be really sweet. Sensitive. Yet also tough and willing to do anything to help his friends." She looked at him, her eyes sparkling with mirth. "And I do like blondes…" Hunter let out a squeak.

[Gus lowers the action figure, whimpering and looking hurt.]

Willow: Okay, buff boy it is.

Luz: Yes! [Hugs Willow.]

Gus: Tonight he shall be risen!

Luz let out a maniacal laugh, seemingly entirely on instinct.

[Gus places Beefy Bob on the ground between the three of them. There are several lit candles around them.]

Despite her disapproval of Luz going against Eda's instructions, Camila could not help but be extremely interested by the ritual in front of her. This was the first time she'd ever seen a real, magical ritual. She really did hope it worked.

Willow: According to the conjuring books I've read, we say the incantation and make a connection with the doll.

[They all hold hands.]

Gus: Figurine.

"Oh, for the Titan's sake," Amity muttered.

Willow and Gus: Moonlight, we call, we sing. Moonlight take this chance. Moonlight come tie the string. Moonlight start the dance!

Luz: Moonlight tie... string... and I don't know the words!

"I…wonder if messing up the incantation is what caused what happened," Luz said. It probably was. Most of the problems she'd run into in the Demon Realm had been her fault, after all.

[A burst of blue light bursts out from between Willow, Luz, and Gus, spreading around the living room and extinguishing the candles. They all open one eye and look at Beefy Bob.]

Gus: That's your cue, little man.

[The entire house rumbles. Hooty blinks, his eyes turning the same blue. Hooty makes ghostly noises. The three kids scream as they lose their balance while the Owl House rises. The Owl House stops rising. The living room is now in great disarray.]

Luz: Guys? [A book falls on her head.] Did the entire house just hiccup?

Gus: Little buff guy, what did you do?

Beefy Bob: A real man never takes accountability!

Camila did a face palm. "I assure you, a real man doesn't go with any of this macho nonsense, Gus, no matter how many humans might disagree. Manny certainly never held with any of that."

Willow: No, I think—I think we might've animated the house by accident!

Luz: The house?

[Hooty continues making ghostly noises. Luz runs outside and nearly falls off the ledge. Gus and Willow join her outside as the House begins to walk. They all scream. The door slams shut.]

"I feel like I should be upset, Luz, but honestly, I'm very impressed," Camila admitted. "That must have taken a great deal of power to accomplish."

Luz: [Running up to the door.] Hooty? Hooty! Hooty, you have to stop!

Hooty: By the power of moonlight, I have risen. Hoot hoot.

"This is definitely one of those be careful what you wish for moments, isn't it?" Camila said.

Gus: He's in some kind of trance!

[The Owl House steps through two trees. The jostling makes Gus yell as he and Luz lose their balance. He nearly falls off, but Luz and Willow catch him.]

Willow and Luz: Gus!

Willow: Our magic must've spread through the house instead of the doll!

Gus: Figurine!

"Seriously, Gus?!" Amity snapped.

[Luz and Willow grunt as they try to not drop Gus. They both nearly fall and grab the other's hand for balance. The glow returns.]

Luz: Hooty, stop!

[The House stops moments before it would have walked off a cliff. Luz and Willow pull Gus back up to safety and they all let go of each other, staring at their hands.]

Gus: How'd we do that?

[They all look at the moon.]

Luz: Willow, Gus, hold hands again.

[They do, glowing once again. The Owl House takes several steps away from the cliff.]

Willow: We're controlling it with the power of friendship. Uh, and the moon. Probably the moon.

"Definitely the moon," Gus said, nodding.

Gus: This is amazing! What do we do now?

[The glow fades.]

Luz: On the one hand, we should probably stay put.

"Oh, no," Camila said, knowing immediately where this was going.

Gus: On the other hand, we've got a giant walking house and should totally take it on a joyride!

Camila looked at Luz, who gave a sheepish grin. "Sorry, mami."

Camila sighed. "Oh, Luz. I suppose I would have done the same thing in your shoes." She shook her head. "The need for revenge can be a powerful thing. But it can lead you in a dark direction if you're not careful. You can say to yourself, well, I'm just going to frighten some bullies. And then it leads to you going to juvie, because apparently arson isn't cool and it's wrong to hit people with baseball bats until they beg you for mercy!"

Luz just stared at her. "And you know what, Angela!" Camila went on, standing on the couch and shaking her fist in the air. "You didn't deserve my mercy! You'll see you were in the wrong one day! Oh, I see you on Facebook with your stupid trophy husband and your stupid vacation homes thinking you're so much better than me because I liked Cosmic Frontier and Young Wizards and Narnia! WELL, YOU'RE NOT, AND MY DAUGHTER CAN DO MAGIC NOW! What can your daughter do, Angela? Get arrested for drug possession?!"

Camila abruptly blinked as she realized she'd said all of that aloud. "At any rate," she said, gathering as much dignity as she can muster as she sat back down, "I hope you've learned a valuable lesson."

"Your mom is awesome," Amity whispered, awe filling her voice.

[Luz looks at the now-descending moon.]

Luz: Okay, okay, but we gotta be back before the moon sets or Eda will kill me.

[Cut to them directing the house forward, cheering.]

Gus and Luz: Yeah! Joyride!

[Cut to the Owl House, still walking through the forest. Boscha walks past with a crow phone and a duffel bag.]

Willow: Hey, is that...

Gus: It's Boscha. That girl who made fun of us.

Boscha: [To the crow.] Ugh! Yes, Mom. I'm going to a moonlight conjuring. No, Mom. You can't come. And yes, Mom, it's sad that you're asking.

"I wonder which of her moms she was talking to," Amity said.

"Moms?" Camila asked. "She has two mothers?"

Amity furrowed her brow. "Yes…?" she responded, not understanding what about that would have surprised Camila. Plenty of people had two mothers.

"I'm surprised your mother would associate with a lesbian couple," Camila said. "She seemed like the type to be homophobic."

"Lesbian? Homophobic? What does that mean?"

"Lesbian means you only like girls," Luz explained. "You know, romantically. Also, they aren't necessarily lesbians, mom – there are bisexual and pansexual people and all sorts of sexualities."

Camila nodded her head. "Fair point, Luz. My apologies for assuming."

Willow raised her hand. "I understand that Amity is a Luzbian – sorry, I meant a lesbian." Amity gave her a dirty look, knowing that her so-called error was nothing of the kind. "But what is this homophobia?"

"People who hate people in same-sex relationships," Vee explained.

"That's…really, really messed up," Amity said.

Luz clenched her fists. "Oh, trust me, Amity, you ain't seen nothing yet."

[She lets go of the crow, which caws as it flies away. She turns around and sees the Owl House.]

Willow: She noticed us. What do we do?

Luz: Hmm. [To Boscha through a megaphone.] Hey. H-Hey you. You should, uh, stop being so mean to people. You're kind of a jerk.

[All laugh.]

Boscha: Ew. A talking house is giving me a lecture? Whatever. I'll just TP you like I did with the rest of the neighborhood.

Camila supposed next to the rest of the strangeness of the Boiling Isles, a talking house was hardly the weirdest thing Boscha had encountered, probably not even that week.

Luz: But don't you see? I am no mere house.

[The Owl House stands as Luz roars. Boscha screams and runs away. The other three laugh.]

In the present, the three of them laughed and their laughter was joined by everyone else, including Camila.

Gus: I've never pranked anyone before. And now I have a taste for it.

"You'd better not let my siblings hear you say that," Amity muttered.

Willow: We should follow her to Amity's house to show off our conjuring. That will show her who's got no talent.

"I mean, technically it wouldn't, because you still don't know how you did it, or who was responsible," Amity said pedantically.

[Luz looks at the moon, which is nearly at the treetops and still going down.]

Luz: Actually, I'm starting to think we should head back.

Gus: Amity's updating her Penstagram.

Luz: "Shout out to my fellow witches. #Humans can bite it."

"Really, Amity?" Luz said teasingly. "You wanted me to bite it? I wonder just what you wanted me to bite," she added in a sensuous tone.

Amity's face went completely blank for a solid twenty seconds. Then she ran off. When she returned, she'd clearly splashed water over her face in a sink. "Not. A. Word."

[Gasps.] Let's do it.

[The Owl House continues walking as they all cheer. Cut to a large manor with a gate reading "BLIGHT MANOR" in front of it.]

Willow: Look, Amity's house. Time to show Amity what a real conjuring looks like.

[The Owl House starts forward, but is stopped by a giant rope over the roof.]

"I was wondering exactly why I never saw you," Amity said.

All: Wha—

Willow: What happened?

Luz: Is that a... giant crossbow?

[Demon Hunter #1 gives the signal for the crossbow to be shot. A second giant bolt and rope secure the house further. Demon Hunter #1 jumps up in front of the kids.]

Demon Hunter #1: Knock, knock.

"Who's there?" Luz said and cringed. "Sorry, it's automatic!"

[All gasp. Cut to the front door, Hooty making strange noises as Luz, tied to Willow and Gus inside, kicks at it.]

Luz: Hooty! Hooty! You have to wake up!

Hooty: If you want this to end as you say, three must hold hands. It's the only way.

"I still can't figure out whether or not he was messing with us," Willow admitted.

Luz: ¡Oye, no me hable así! Willow, will you help me out with Hooty?

Willow: I'm sorry, Luz. You shouldn't ask me to help with anything.

Luz: Willow.

"I felt so guilty for putting everyone in danger," Willow admitted.

"What?" Luz said. "No! You shouldn't feel guilty! I'm the one who should feel guilty! I shouldn't have gone behind Eda's back."

[All scream and grunt as the House stops moving.]

Luz: Did the house stop moving?

Gus: Uh, my insides didn't.

"TMI, Gus," Luz said.

"TM-what?"

"Too much information," Camila explained.

[The door squeaks open, making the three of them whimper. Demon Hunter #1 is laughing. Cut to the demon hunter shoving the three of them out of the Owl House.]

All: Ow! Ow! Ow! [All scream, grunt.]

Demon Hunter #1: Take the house and rip out the house demon. We can sell it to restaurants as exotic meat.

Luz: No! Hooty would taste terrible.

The very idea of what Hooty might taste like made Luz want to throw up a little.

Hooty: Hey, I'm a refined taste. Hoot! Hoot!

Demon Hunter #3: What do we do with the worms?

[Luz looks at her friends.]

Demon Hunter #1: Throw them over the cliff.

Camila shook her fist at the screen. If she'd been there, they'd have gotten chanclaed so bad!

[Demon Hunter #3 chuckles as he approaches them. Gus whimpers.]

Demon Hunter #3: All righty, kids. Here's the end of your short little lives.

[He shoves them to the edge of a cliff overlooking the sea.]

Gus: [Groans.] Wait! Wait! Wait! [Turns the group so he's facing the demon hunter.] Is this really what you wanna be doing with your life? Tossing kids from cliffs?

Demon Hunter #3: Actually, yes. It's been my dream since I was a boy.

[The three of them look at him for a long moment.]

Demon Hunter #3: I was a strange child. Whee! [Shoves them and laughs.]

[All scream. Cut to the three of them dangling from a branch sticking out of the cliffside.]

Luz: If we're not killed now, we will be when Eda finds out about the house.

Willow: Luz, I'm so sorry. You wanted to turn back but I just had to show off to Amity. The truth is she and I used to be friends.

"Honestly, the two of you get along so well now that it's harder to believe you were ever enemies," Hunter said. Amity gave a smile. She knew that praise from Hunter (unless it was praising Willow, naturally) was rare, but always sincere when given.

Luz: Whaaat?

"It was like my life was turning into something out of a telenovela!" Luz said. "Long lost sisters, friends turned enemies…"

"Yeah, next thing someone will turn out to be someone else's clone!" Vee joked. She was too busy reminiscing over all of the excellent telenovelas she and Camila had watched to notice that Hunter flinched violently at that comment.

[The branch cracks.]

Willow: We played together as kids, but when she got her magical powers and I didn't, she stopped hanging out with me.

"You are a powerful person, Willow," Hunter said earnestly. "Don't let anyone tell you any different. And life is about more than mere power. Look at me! I don't have a bile sac! I'm a grim…" He coughed ferociously. "Fellow! A really grim, dour fellow. But I'm still here. I had a point at some point, I'm pretty sure."

"I'm not," Amity said flatly.

Gus: Guys, is now the best time?

"There is never a bad time for backstories, Gus!" Luz pronounced.

Willow: [Sighs.] I just wanted to prove to her that I was a powerful witch, too.

Luz: That's ridiculous. You helped bring a house to life. Amity doesn't know what she's talking about.

[Willow smiles.]

Luz: Next to Eda, you're the most powerful witch I know. No offense, Gus.

Gus: No, not at all. I know what I'm about.

"Now, now, Gus, you shouldn't put yourself down like that," Camila said. "I'm sure your magic is extremely powerful in its own way too. And even if it's not, that doesn't make you any less worthy a person."

"Gee, thanks, Mrs. Noceda," Gus said, genuinely touched.

[The branch cracks and they all yelp.]

Gus: This tree can't hold us much longer.

Willow: [Grunts as she frees a hand.] There. Now, if I could just reach that root. Gotcha!

[Her hand glows green as she grabs it. Cut to the cliff with the Owl House.]

Demon Hunter #3: Yeah, they tried to fight back and they nearly got me. But you know, I handled it.

Demon Hunter #1: They were children, Tom.

[A shadow falls over them. Willow has made the small root grow into a huge plant, and she, Luz, and Gus are standing atop a leaf. She moves one of the thorny vines to cut the rope and free them.]

Willow: We may be children, but we're also witches. Powerful ones.

"You certainly are," Camila said, looking at Luz, who glowed with pride.

[She sets the plant to attack. It flings Tom into the distance. Demon Hunter #1 pulls a sword and slices off the tip of one of the vines. A three-eyed witch tries to hit a vine with an axe, but misses. The vine grabs their ankle and flings them into a pile of rubble.]

"So cool," muttered a slack-jawed Hunter.

[Willow, Luz, and Gus run to the House while the plant is busy with the other demon hunters. Luz holds open the door for them, then closes it behind her.]

Luz: Everyone, quick!

[They join hands. Cut to the moon, now on the water.]

Luz: Oh, no. I don't mean to step on this victory but we gotta get home before Eda does.

[The Owl House walks away, leaving the ruins of the battle behind. One of the Owl House's feet steps directly through Tibbles's stand. A bottle of Eda's elixir falls on the ground, intact.]

"Oh, so that's how Eda knew what we were doing!" Luz said.

Luz: [Waving out the window.] Sorry, mister.

[The Owl House continues down the street. Cut to the usual location of the Owl House as it sits down in the crater it left. Cut to the living room, where Luz opens one eye.]

Luz: Did we do it?

Hooty: [Opens door.] Is the room spinning or is it just me? [Chuckles.] Ah. Just a little house humor. Ooh.

Luz: Sorry about all that, Hooty.

Hooty: It's okay. I'm just glad I was included.

[The door is slammed closed, revealing Eda and King on the other side.]

Luz: Oh, boy.

Eda: You are so busted.

Luz remembered feeling very scared at this point. Not that Eda would hurt her, of course, or of the punishment she'd receive, but of the possibility of having lost her mentor's respect and trust. It was the first time in ages anyone had given it to her.

Luz: Oh, man.

Eda: You held a moonlight conjuring.

Luz: I did.

Eda: And you animated my house. My house!

Luz: Yes.

Willow: [Stepping in front of Luz.] No. Don't punish Luz. We're the ones who pushed her to do the conjuring.

Gus: [Stepping in front of Willow.] If you're gonna eat me, just do it now. Do it now!

"I…tended to be a little melodramatic back then," Gus admitted. "Also, there were all these horror stories about Eda spread by the Emperor's Coven. Even after getting to know her, it was hard to know what was true and what wasn't." And it wasn't helped by Eda playing fast and loose with the truth herself.

[Eda looks disgusted at the idea.]

Luz: [To Willow.] Hey, you didn't have to do that.

Willow: Yes, Luz. I did.

Eda: Well, you're all guilty, so you'll all be punished by cleaning my house top to bottom.

[She summons various cleaning supplies that land in the kids' arms.]

That was a reasonable punishment, in Camila's opinion. It was probably exactly what she'd have done in Eda's shoes.

Eda: And another thing...

[All gulp.]

Eda: That was totally amazing. And I'm so joining you for next year's conjuring. Now get to work.

[The three of them run off.]

Luz: [To Willow.] You know, I still kinda wish we got to show up Amity.

Willow: Yeah. Too bad no one will know of our daring adventures.

"So what exactly were you doing during all this, Amity?" Camila wondered. Amity downloaded a memory into the mirror.

[Cut to Amity's bedroom, where a stuffed rabbit is sitting on the floor. Boscha, Cat, Skara, and Amelia are all glaring at it.]

Boscha: Ugh. So what if we couldn't move a doll. Now we have time for what really matters. Penstagram.

[She summons her scroll. The other three summon theirs a few seconds after. Cut to Amity brooding, looking out of her window. Boscha gasps, getting her attention. She walks over and looks at Boscha's scroll. Her Penstagram feed has several people's posts showing off Willow, Luz, Gus, and the animated Owl House. Amity and Boscha share a look.]

Amity and Boscha: What?!

[Crows cawing.]

Willow, Gus, and Luz shared high fives while Amity looked away.

"Well, that was…something," Camila said. "Let me ask you something, Luz. Is there a single one of these 'episodes' that doesn't have you in mortal peril?"

Luz tilted her head. "Does it count if it's a fate worse than death?"

"No, it most certainly does not."

"Then, no, probably not," Luz admitted.

"Lovely."