CHAPTER 6: Hooty's Moving Hassle

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

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

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

Sora: Hm.

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. A fiery letter spelling out "WINNER: EDA" appears and disappears 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.

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

Eda: What's happening again?

Sora/King: Your curse is returning!

Eda yelps.

[Cut to the inside of a chest as Eda opens it, Luz and Sora 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.

Luz holds up her phone, a picture of the Owl Beast on screen.

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

Luz: Eda!

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

Luz: Market!

Luz stands and starts to leave while King and Sora follow her.

King: I'm stealing everything that's not nailed down!

Sora: I wonder if I can find any souvenirs.

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

Luz is hiding Eda's cards behind her and turns to Owlbert.

Luz: *handing the deck to Owlbert* Take these and fly ahead. She'll have to follow us.

He does so.

Eda: *running after him* Owlbert, you sore loser, gimme back my cards!

[Cut to the Bonesborough skyline, a winged demon flies past the market as Eda bangs on a metal grate]

Eda: Hey, open up, Morton!

Morton: Uh, ju-...just a minute!

King leaves Eda's side to sit next to Luz and Sora on a bench.

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

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 Tiny Nose runs up.

Tiny Nose: Wait, wait! Aw, dang it.

Luz: The curse of tiny legs.

Sora chuckles a bit, remembering times of Donald being slower than Goofy and he.

King: I know the pain.

Loud footsteps were heard, and Tiny Nose screams and runs. A witch waves his hand, and a cart with a large demon on it follows him. Luz and Sora walk up to Eda.

Luz: Whoa, that is one ominous parade.

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

Sora: Demon Hunters?

The captured demon growls and bucks. The two demon hunters pushing the cart to 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. Then, he turns and looks at Luz and Sora.

Luz gasps, while Sora gave a stern look.

Eda: ...Which I'm about to become if you don't open up, Morton!

She continues knocking on the grate. Morton then opens the grate

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

Sora: *thinking* I have questions, and yet I'm not going to ask.

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

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

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

Sora/Luz: Willow and Gus!

The two ran up to them.

Luz: Heya, friends! Wait, what's wrong? Who hurt my babies?

Willow: Them.

She points to a food stand with three witch girls—one with poofy hair, one with glasses, and one with bangs and three eyes.

Willow: A moonlight conjuring is happening tonight, and all students at Hexside are doing it, but us.

Gus: Willow and I tried to join a group, but they all turned us down. And people are posting about it on their Penstagram accounts.

Sora: *thinking* I don't know why, but that word "penstagram" creeps me out.

Gus summons his scroll, open to a random Penstagram post of the three-eyed girl and her friends posing.

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

She scowls for a second.

Luz: What's a moonlight conjuring?

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

Luz: Like a slumber party! We have those!

Willow: *pulls out a book* Then you bring something to life with moon magic!

Luz: *pauses* Like a weird slumber party!

Sora: THAT'S what weird?

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, four if you count Sora, and we're way better than them!

Three-Eyed Girl: *laughing as she and her group approach the others* Sorry you couldn't get an invite to the conjuring, Willow. Only real witches allowed.

Poofy-Haired Girl: *sighs* It's too bad Amity won't join us. I don't know what's up with her.

Glasses Girl: I know, right? Ever since the Covention, she's been totally distant from us and won't even say why.

They all leave.

Sora took notice of what the glasses girl said and thought about it a little bit.

Sora: *thinking* She became distant? Is she ok?

He suddenly snapped out of it when he noticed Willow growl and grows several vines from the ground.

Luz: Whoa.

Luz and Sora slap the vine away, and Luz puts her hand on Willow's right shoulder, and Sora puts his hand on her left shoulder, comforting her.

Luz: Don't waste your time getting thorny over them. 'Cause we're gonna have our own moonlight conjuring.

Sora: Yeah, I'm sure it'll be fun.

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

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

She and Sora run to get Eda.

[Cut back to Eda and Morton]

Morton: I've got bad news and good news. Bad news is I'm all out 'till next week. Good news is feathers are a good look for you.

A feather grows out of her hair.

Eda: Morton!

That feather and several others flutter to the ground as she stalks forward.

Morton: Well gee, E. Why'd you wait to re-up 'till now?

Eda: I've been very busy.

King: *from the bench* Yeah, busy playing Hexes Hold'em. She's obsessed with it!

Eda: I am not obsessed!

King: You're playing it right now!

Several cards are now splayed out on the counter, and Eda has one in hand.

Eda: ...Am I winning?

Morton: You know, I wouldn't suggest this to just anybody, but if you need your elixir, you can try your luck later this evening.

Eda: In the night market?

Morton: There's a guy with a stand, goes by Grimm Hammer; if anyone has what you need, it's him.

Luz: Eda. Sora, Gus, Willow, and I are gonna do a moonlight conjuring. So can we-

Eda: *grabs her staff and starts walking* Not tonight, I'm going out. I need you to watch the house. I have many precious objects in there.

King: Like me! Whoa!

Eda: *picking 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/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-

Sora: It's a no-go, Luz.

Willow and Gus ran up.

Willow: Luz! What did Eda say?

Eda: Hey! Come on, or we'll leave you behind!

Sora: Coming! Come on, Luz.

Luz: Just a sec, gotta talk to Willow and Gus. I'll catch up.

Sora runs after Eda.

Luz: So... guys...

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

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*

Gus: Yes!

Willow: Oh, you're the best! And I bet Sora's gonna love this too.

Luz: *nervous chuckle* Yeeaahh...

Willow/Gus: *singing* We're gonna do a conjuring! We're gonna do a conjuring! Conjuring! Conjuring!

Luz looks at the moon nervously.

[Cut to the Owl House that night, where crickets are chirping and Luz is sitting on the couch watching Eda and Sora]

Eda: Luz, you're in charge while I'm out.

*puts her 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!

Eda: Sora, be ready for a fight out there just in case.

Sora: Right.

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

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

Luz: *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.

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

She moves side to side, and King moves like a ragdoll.

Luz: Aww, he's so dangle-y. *plays with his feet*

Sora: Little heavy sleeper.

Eda: *walking 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.

Sora: I'm sure you'll be fine. You have my number, call me if there's any trouble. I'll be here fast.

Luz: Ok.

Luz waves after them for a few seconds.

Eda: *lighter tone* No pressure! Bye!

Owlbert hoots as Eda flies away, with Sora flying right after.

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!

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-

The door shuts.

Hooty: Hey...

He coughs out a sparrow, which flies away chirping.

[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.

Willow: Enchanting.

Gus: *rummaging through a chest* And look at all these human treasures. *pulls out a skull* And actual humans!

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.

Willow: And best of all, we have actual friends to do the conjuring with! This is so exciting! It's too bad that Sora couldn't join us.

Luz: Yeah, Eda really needed his help for tonight. So, how does this conjuring stuff work?

Willow: Well, first, we find something to animate. Since it's our first time, we should pick something meaningful.

Willow walks over to some flowers.

Willow: Something beautiful.

Gus bursts through the flowers with an action figure.

Gus: Like this strangely buff little man?

He taps the figure's stomach.

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

Luz: Yes! He's perfect!

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

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!

[Cut to the moon rising in the sky, Gus places Beefy Bob on the ground between the three of them with several lit candles around them]

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.

Willow & 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!

The moon continues rising. Hooty looks up at it. Then, finally, the moon stops moving, and a burst of blue light comes out of it. A similar burst of blue light bursts out 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: *ghostly noises*

Birds fly away from the house while cawing. The foundation cracks as the Owl House rises. The three kids scream as they lose their balance. Finally, the Owl House stops rising, now standing on giant bird legs.

[Cut to the living room, now in great disarray]

Luz: Guys?

A book falls on her head.

Luz: Did the entire house just hiccup?

Gus: Little buff guy, what did you do?

Beefy Bob: A real man never takes accountability!

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

Luz: The house?!

Hooty: *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.

Luz: *running up to the door* Hooty? Hooty! Hooty, you have to stop!

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

Gus: He's in some kind of trance!

The 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/Luz: Gus!

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

Gus: Figurine!

Luz and Willow grunt as they try not to 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. Instead, 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. Finally, 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.

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

The glow fades.

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

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

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 & Luz: Yeah! Joyride!

One of the Demon Hunters from earlier in the day notices the house moving.

Demon Hunter #1: *growls*

[Cut to a sign that reads "NIGHT MARKET," behind a pair of pikes with skulls on them]

Every stand at the market is bathed in red light. Eda and Sora walk through the center passage of the market before stopping.

Eda: *sighs, covering the feathers that grew* The curse. I need that elixir. Quick.

Sora: Don't worry, we'll get it soon.

Eda sees a demon sitting next to a crate.

Eda: Hey, you. You know where I can find a Grimm Hammer?

The demon nods with a grunt. A smaller lizard-like creature pops out of its eye socket.

Sora: !

The lizard points to a foreboding stand. Eda and Sora approach it. The demon eats the lizard.

[Cut to the Owl House, still walking through the forest]

The three-eyed girl walks past with a raven and a duffel bag.

Willow: Hey, is that...

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

Boscha: *talking 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.

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.

Luz grabs a megaphone.

Luz: *to Boscha through a megaphone* Hey. H‐Hey you. You should, uh, stop being so mean to people. You're kind of a jerk.

Everyone laughs.

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.

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

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

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

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

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: Oh, come on. Please. We'll be quick.

Luz: Mmmmmm, ok. But quickly.

Gus and Willow cheer.

The House continues walking as they all cheer. Several shadowed figures fly after them.

[Cut to Eda approaching the stand and peeking through its curtain]

Eda: Hello? Uh, I seek the one they call Grimm Hammer.

?: *ominously* I'm the one they call Grimm Hammer.

The curtains rise, and a pig demon jumps onto the counter.

Pig Demon: *normal voice* Welcome, welcome, welcome. I've got weaponry from the Hinterlands, curses from the Winterlands, and jelly beans.

He tosses the jelly beans like confetti. King reaches for them and catches one.

King: Jelly beans!

Pig Demon: They're lethally delicious.

King opens his mouth to eat it anyway. Eda knocks it out of his hand.

Eda: You are Grimm Hammer?

Pig Demon: Tibblet‐Tibblie Grimm Hammer the third. Please, call me Tibbles.

King: *laughs* He wants to be called that.

Eda: Okay, Tibbles. I need some of this elixir.

She hands him an empty bottle.

Tibbles: Oh. This is one wicked brew. Lucky for you, *grabs one with his tail* I just stocked up.

Eda: Huzzam! I'll give you ten snails.

Tibbles: Add two more zeros, and it's a deal.

Eda: A thousand snails?!

Sora: That's highway robbery!

Eda: What kind of game are you playing?

Tibbles: Capitalism. Where everyone wins, *goes further into his stand* except you.

Eda: Hey!

Eda then notices a deck of cards.

Eda: Say, you play Hexes Hold'em?

Sora/King: Really? Now?

Tibbles: Oh! Is that what that game is called?

He chuckles and returns to the counter.

Tibbles: I was just using these as coasters.

Eda: How about we make it interesting? I win; you give me the elixir. You win; you can take something of mine.

Sora: While you guys do that, I'm gonna check the other stands.

Sora leaves.

Tibbles: Oh, what fun. You're on.

Eda smirks.

5 MINUTES LATER...

King: Oof. That was painful to watch.

Eda: You card shark. You hustled me.

Tibbles: *chuckles* Looks like you forgot about my wild card.

His wild card hops out of his hand onto the counter.

Card: *growls and rips shirt* Yeah!

Tibbles: In any case, I'd like my prize now. And I choose... the little bone boy. *chuckles and takes King* I've always wanted a tiny servant to model my line of baby clothes.

King: No! I don't look good in clothes. I'm all‐natural. Eda, do something!

Eda twirls her finger, but no magic comes out of it. Instead, her arm erupts in feathers.

Eda: *grunts* I can't perform magic.

Tibbles snaps his fingers, and magic chains burst out of the ground to wrap around Eda. She falls to the ground.

Eda: You think this can stop me? I can still bite your ankles.

Tibbles: You don't think I know who you are? Eda, the Owl Lady.

Eda gasps.

Tibbles: That's right. *pulls out her wanted poster* I've seen your wanted posters around here. I wonder how much the Emperor's Coven would pay me to hand you over?

Eda glares at him.

[Cut to Bonesborough, through which the Owl House walks. People on the streets scream and run for cover]

Willow: Ok, Bocsha should be somewhere around here.

The House starts forward but is stopped by a giant rope over the roof.

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 teens.

Demon Hunter #1: Knock, knock.

All gasp.

[Cut to the Owl House tied down a large cart being pushed through the woods by demon hunters while one stands atop a cliff and blows into a horn]

[Cut to the front door, Hooty making strange noises as Luz, tied to Willow and Gus inside, kicking 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.

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.

All scream and grunt as the House stopped moving.

Luz: Did the house stop moving?

Gus: Uh, my insides didn't.

The door squeaks open, making the three of them whimper.

Demon Hunter #1: *laughing*

[Cut to the demon hunter shoving the three of them out of the Owl House]

Luz/Willow/Gus: Ow! Ow! Ow!

They scream and 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.

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.

Demon Hunter #3 chuckles as he approaches them. The teens whimper until they hear a loud scream, which startled everyone. They turned around to see one of the Demon Hunters running towards yelling for help. But much to everyone's shock, they see what was chasing him.

Luz: *gasp* Oh no!

The Heartless was chasing the Demon Hunter. They jumped on the Demon Hunter and did what they always do. They slay and consumed the Demon Hunter's heart. His body then shrouded with darkness, and he rises, turning him into a Heartless.

Demon Hunter #1: What the?!

Luz, Willow, and Gus just stood there in horror at what they had seen.

Gus: Uhh...

Willow: What are those things?! What just happened?! What's going on?!

Luz: Heartless!

Everyone else: Heartless?!

Luz: Monsters of darkness that consume hearts and turn their victims into one of their own!

The heartless turn their attention to the others, slowly approaching them. The Demon Hunters then ready their weapons, and the teens managed to free themselves.

Demon Hunter #1: They took one of us out... now we take them out! CHARGE!

The Demon Hunters and the Heartless charge towards each other for battle while the teens run inside the house for cover. They shut the door hard and sat down to try to get a hold of themselves.

Gus: This is bad!

Willow: What are we gonna do?! What if those guys can't beat them?!

Luz: That's it! Conjuring's over! I'm calling for help!

Luz pulls out her phone and starts going through, and calls someone.

Willow: Who?

Luz turns to Willow.

Luz: Sora.

Willow/Gus: Sora?

The phone rings.

[Cut to the Night Market, where Eda is still chained up on the ground, and King is sulking in a sailor's outfit]

Eda: King, I'm sorry.

King: King? Who's King? I go by Little Bone Boy now.

Eda: I know I have a problem. I get obsessed with Hexes Hold'em. But I'm done with that stupid game. Look. *eats a card*

King: You promise?

Eda: *muffled* I promise.

King: *chuckles* Okay, okay. *kicks off the ankle chain* I'll grab you the elixir, and then we can bust out of here.

Tibbles: Bone boy!

King: Heh?

[Cut to Sora, looking at some souvenirs, until he hears his Gummiphone ring tone play]

[Play I'm blue (Da Ba Dee) Goofy Version]

(NOTE: Yes, really. If any of you get the reference, you're awesome.)

Sora: Hm? *picks up his gummiphone* Oh, it's Luz. *answers the call*

[End I'm blue (Da Ba Dee) Goofy Version]

Sora: Hey, Luz. What's up?

...

Sora: Heartless are attacking the Demon Hunters and are coming after you?!

...

Sora: The house came to life, and Willow and Gus are with you?! Where are you guys exactly?!

...

Sora: Near the cliffs. Don't worry. I'll get Eda and rush to you guys! Just hang in there!

[Cut back to Tibbles and King]

Tibbles: You will do no such thing. The Emperor's Coven is already on its way to send this witch here to the Conformatorium. *holds up an outfit* And I just rustled up some more clothes for you to try on. *chuckles*

King: *throws hat on counter* Just because I have a model's body doesn't mean you can use me like this.

[Cut back to Sora running back to Tibbles's stand]

Tibbles: *climbing onto the counter* I can, and I am, bone boy. I've got the cards stacked against you. And nothing can stop me. Nothing!

Sora arrives.

Sora: Eda, we gotta- what's going on here?!

King: Sora! Tibbles has Eda captured and-

Sora: Gaaah! We don't have time for this!

Sora points to Tibbles.

Sora: Release them, now! Or else!

Tibbles: *smirking* Or else what?

Sora immediately summons his keyblade and whacks Tibbles unconscious. King and Eda were shocked to see that.

King: Sora!

Sora: No time!

Sora then taps on the chains wrapping Eda, and it disappears, releasing her and allowing her to stand. Sora then grabs the Elixer and gives it to Eda.

Sora: Hurry!

Without a second thought, Eda drinks the whole bottle, and her feathers poof off her arms, meaning she's back to normal.

Eda: *sigh* Good to be-

Sora: No time! We gotta fly now!

Eda: What's the rush? Also, did you seriously just whack Tibbles unconscious?

Sora: Who cares?! Again, no time! Let's fly!

[Cut to Sora flying in the sky fast, with Eda and King following]

[Play Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Vim And Vigor- Extended]

Eda: You mind explaining?

Sora: Luz, Willow, and Gus are in danger. The heartless appeared and consumed the demon hunters' hearts. Now, they've grown in numbers and are after the three of them.

Eda: Oh, no.

Sora: And they brought the house to life.

Eda's eyes widened.

Eda: They did what?!

[Cut to Luz, Willow, and Gus barricading the doors with heavy stuff]

Gus then runs to the window.

Gus: Oh, no. They're getting closer!

Willow: Those hunters didn't stand a chance. They barely took out one of those heartless and ended turning into them.

Luz: Don't worry, guys. Sora said he and Eda are on their way right now!

[Cut back to Sora and Eda flying]

Sora: It should be around this area.

Sora looks around and sees the house is surrounded by the heartless.

Sora: There!

Eda: Ugh! When this is over... Luz is busted!

The two land, but not before Sora blasted a wind spell at the door to blow away the heartless with his keyblade.

[Cut to the others inside the house]

Gus gasps.

Gus: It's them! They're here!

Willow: Yes!

Luz: We're saved!

They opened the door to see Sora and Eda in action. King hurried to the others for shelter.

Luz: King!

King: They'll take care of this. Aaaaand Eda will deal with you later, Luz.

Luz: *gulp*

[Cut to Sora and Eda fighting off the heartless]

Sora slashes five heartless, one by one, while Eda blasts four of them with a fire spell. Next, Sora unleashes lighting to zap three, while Eda unleashes light streams to destroy 4. The two's teamwork really impressed Luz and the others.

Willow: Wow. That weapon of his really cool.

Luz: It's called a keyblade. It's Sora's number one tool.

Gus: And Eda's no slouch. She's taking care of her half as if they were nothing.

Luz: That's them for you. They know how to work.

Suddenly, six remaining heartless jumped up high and dived towards Sora and Eda. Sora then unleashes a strong wind spell, launching them up high in the air, and Eda unleashes more light streams to destroy them all at once.

[End Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMix -Vim And Vigor- Extended]

Eda: Alright. Is that all of them?

Sora: Should be.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard.

Eda: What was that?

Sora turns to see where the source of the footsteps was coming from.

[Play Kingdom Hearts III Soundtrack - Fragments of Sorrow 1]

Sora: Oh, no.

Suddenly, a giant heartless appear. It towers over the others with its glaring eyes.

Willow gasped.

Gus: Oh, man! Look at it!

Luz: It's huge!

Sora: Darkside!

Eda: Darkside?

Sora: Basically, giant heartless.

Eda: Aw, nuts.

The Darkside slowly approaches Sora and Eda.

Eda: Please tell me you know how to beat this thing!

Sora: Sure do, aim for its hands.

Sora and Eda ready themselves as the Darkside was near enough to attack.

Sora: I'll take the left.

Eda: I've got the right.

The Darkside roars as it summons a large sphere of dark magic and disperses it into smaller spheres everywhere. Sora and Eda were quick enough to dodge them all.

Sora: Let's go!

Sora rushes towards Darkside's left hand, while Eda rushes towards his right. Sora started attacking by rapidly swinging his keyblade at it while Eda unleashes a large blast of fire. This causes Darkside to step back.

Eda: What's it doing?!

Sora: Prepare to block!

The Darkside gathers dark magic into its heart-shaped stomach and unleashes three homing dark spheres at Sora and Eda each. Sora and Eda successfully blocked the incoming attacks and proceeded to attack the hands again with more force. The Darkside, after taking heavy blows, falls to one knee.

Sora: This is it! Let's finish it off!

The two get ready to do so, but the Darkside suddenly slammed its palms onto the ground, sending Sora and Eda flying backward. The two land with perfect recovery.

Sora: Shoot! Almost had it.

Eda: If only we can restrain him.

[Cut back to Luz, King, Willow, and Gus watching the fight]

Gus: Oh, man! They were so close!

Luz: If only we could help them.

King: Help them?! Fight THAT?! I doubt we'd be able to lay even a small scratch on that thing!

Willow: Wait. They said restrain.

Willow looks around and sees the potted plant from when she wanted to bring it to life earlier in the night.

Willow: That's it!

The others turned to Willow.

Luz: What's it?

Willow shows everyone the plant she's holding.

Willow: This. I can help restrain that giant with this.

King: How are you gonna do that?!

Willow: Simple. Watch.

Willow immediately runs out to Sora and Eda.

Luz: No! Willow! Wait!

[Cut to Willow running to Sora and Eda]

Willow: Sora! Eda!

Sora: Willow?!

Eda: Are you nuts?! Get back inside! We'll take care of this!

Willow: No way! I can help! You two said it'd be easier to best it if that thing was restrained. So that's what I'm gonna do.

Willow sets down the potted plant.

Eda: You're gonna restrain THAT thing with a plant?!

Sora: Wait, plant? *gasp* Willow!

Willow: That's right!

Sora: Eda! Let her! She CAN help!

Eda: Agh! I hope you know what you're doing, you two!

Sora: Trust her, I've seen what she can do. Now, Willow!

Willow traces a large circle around the plant, and it expands its roots in size. The roots were long and strong enough to restrain the Darkside's arms, keeping it at bay. Eda was impressed.

Eda: Wow. Who knew a kid like her could pull that off.

Willow: I may be a kid, but I'm also a witch. A powerful one.

Sora gives off a confident smile.

Sora: Oh, yeah! Never underestimate Willow and her plant magic!

Willow: Hurry, you two! Finish it off!

Sora/Eda: Right!

Sora: Eda! Time for the good ol-

Eda: Twin Flare Attack!

Sora and Eda simultaneously blast a fire spell at the Darkside. The Darkside falls to its back. It suddenly starts emitting a bright white light and ultimately disappears.

[End Kingdom Hearts III Soundtrack - Fragments of Sorrow 1]

Eda: Is it over?

Sora: Oh yeah! We won!

Willow: *sigh* Yes!

Luz, King, and Gus cheered from the doorstep.

Sora and Eda turn to Willow.

Sora/Eda: Not bad, not bad at all.

Willow blushes a bit and giggles.

Willow: Thanks.

Sora: Now, we have one more issue to deal with.

Willow: ?

Eda: Oh yeah.

She turns to Luz. Luz notices and gulps.

[Cut to Tibbles, who has regained consciousness]

Tibbles: W-wh-what?

He looks around and sees he's alone.

Tibble: Curses! They escaped! Meaning, nothing to show to the Emperor's Coven and no reward! *sigh* I don't know how this could get any worse!

Suddenly, footsteps were heard, and Tibbles turns to see where it's coming from. Then, suddenly, one of the Owl House's feet steps directly through Tibbles's stand.

Luz: *waving out the window* Sorry, mister!

Tibbles: No, no, no! My scam stand!

Eda: *shouting from the window* Sorry, Tibbles, old boy! It looks like you forgot about the wild card!

She throws a card at Tibbles.

Tibbles: Curse you, witch! Curse you, bone boy! And curse you, key boy! I'll have my revenge. Tibblet‐Tibblie Grimm Hammer, the third, will have his revenge!

Tibbles's stand falls apart.

[Cut to the usual location of the Owl House as it sits down in the crater it left]

[Cut to the living room, where everyone checks on Hooty]

Luz: Hooty?

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.

Sora: You rest up, Hooty.

Eda: Yeah. Now, then.

Eda turns to Luz, and the door is slammed closed.

Eda: You.

Luz: Oh, boy.

Eda: You are so busted.

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!

Eda looks disgusted at the idea. So is Sora, but mostly confused as to why Gus would say that.

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 teens' arms.

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 runoff. Eda flops onto the couch next to Sora and King.

King: I can't believe they animated a whole house.

Sora: Ditto.

Eda: Yeah. You're right. That takes some powerful magic.

The three look at Luz and the others cleaning. Then Eda and King turn to Sora.

Eda: I still can't believe you knocked someone unconscious, just like that.

Luz, Willow, and Gus's eyes widened and turned to Sora.

Luz/Willow/Gus: You did what?!

Sora: *shrugging* What? You guys were in danger. It had to be done.

Sora gets a stern look. Eda notices.

Eda: What's wrong?

Sora: Darkside. Those guys never show up by themselves. They're not like the other heartless.

King: Yeah, it was huge!

Sora: No. I mean, they show up when extreme levels of darkness are around, but it couldn't have been those demon hunters. They were bad, but not THAT kind of bad.

Eda: Meaning...

Sora's face turns even more stern.

Sora: Something or someone brought it here.

Everyone, but Sora, widened their eyes in shock.

Eda: But who?

Sora: Not sure. But one thing is certain. Troubles are coming.

[Cut to the outside of the Owl House, where two figures are standing, hiding in the shadows]

[Play Kingdom Hearts -Villains Of A Sort- Extended]

One silhouette is rather large and round looking, while the other seems slim.

Large Silhouette: Hey, what exactly was the point of sending that Darkside to them? Kid keyblade, puny plant kid, and that hag took it out.

Slim Silhouette: It was merely a message. One which I'm sure he will understand soon enough. Come, we have much work to do.

The two turned around and left.

[End Kingdom Hearts -Villains Of A Sort- Extended]