Luz's attire in this story: A red sleeveless open hoodie/hoodie vest, black sports tank top that goes to her stomach, dark blue shorts, black leggings to her calves and black steel toed slip on sneakers.
Luz's Glyph Gloves: Elbow length grayish black gloves with a texture mix of paper and leather, smooth yet tough. (Taken by Lilith in last chapter)
Light Glyph: Located on the palm, below the middle and ring fingers, center.
Fire Glyph: Located on the palm, in the area below the thumb.
Plant Glyph: Located on the palm, above the wrist at the base of the hand below the center of the palm.
Ice Glyph: Located on the palm, in the area between the thumb and pointer finger.
Power Glyph (symbol of Construction Coven): Located on the back of right hand.
Healing Glyph (symbol of the Healing Coven): Located on the back of left hand.
Her Kickboxing stance: Fists in front of her face, knees slightly bent, right foot back and her left foot forward.
After her emotional breakdown in the den and explaining everything to King and Hooty, Luz changed out of her school uniform and stayed in her room to wallow in her despair. Her mentor, friend, and second parental figure besides her mother was captured and Luz didn't know what to do now. Normally, she'd solve problems with her fists but this problem looked to be too big to punched out of.
"Luz?" King asked, poking his head in from the door. "Can I come in? I want to show you something."
"Like what?" she asked in a defeated voice, looking out the window.
The cloak was still in her hands, she just didn't have the heart to let it go right now.
"This. It's the Unauthorized History of the Boiling Isles, the one most people don't know about or believe." King said, walking into the room and showing Luz the book. "I know I'm your demon teacher but I never really thought to teach you about the Isles history. Or maybe Hexiside taugh-"
"Just read it already." Luz said, glancing at the book.
Luz gave it a glance, noticing the book was rather old and the author's name was scratched out.
"O-Okay." King said as he set the book down, opening it to read. "The Boiling Isles, born from the flesh and bones of a fallen Titan. This original magic was so potent, all life on the Isles evolved to wield magic too. For years, we explored those power freely. Until, a mysterious witch appeared who declared that he, and he alone, could speak to the island. He said that we were using magic all wrong. His teachings took hold, his strength grew, and he became... Emperor Belos. Belos said that mixing magic was wrong, that only he had that right. So he created the coven system. And there, our knowledge was restricted, and our potential sealed away. Those who resist are called wild witches, and they face harsh punishment. Emperor Belos has since retreated into his castle. There are whispers that say he's planning something big. Maybe capturing Eda was a part of it?"
King looked back to Luz and saw she was still gazing at the cloak, wallowing in pity. King groaned at this, seeing his friend still depressed over what Lilith did. Something had to be done or else Eda would be gone for good.
"Luz...I know it seems hopeless but please, you have to fight. Eda needs help and you're the only one that can save her." King said as he stood up.
"How? My gloves are gone." Luz replied.
"So what? You've been kicking ass long before you got those gloves! You don't need them to be strong!" King said as he walked up to Luz. "Like when you fought Warden Wrath on the day we met! You didn't have magic then!"
Luz looked to King as she remembered that day, getting King his paper crown back and saving those weirdos at the Conformatorium.
-Flashback-
"Do you really think you can beat me?!" he said to Luz as he raised his left hand, shifting it into a hammer and bringing it down to crush Luz.
The human girl dodged to her left, barely dodging the hit before she moved to his ride side. She began punching and kicking his stomach and legs while moving around him as Warden Wrath just stood there and took the damage.
"Urgh! I told you, it's pointless!" Warden Wrath said before throwing a kick, but Luz jumped to dodge and kicking him in his plague mask.
-Flashback Ends-
"Or when we fought against Adegast and you threw that sword right into his forehead." King said as another memory came to Luz.
-Flashback-
Eda and Luz looked at each other and slowly put their hands up, but as Eda dropped her staff, Luz keep the sword in her hand.
"Hey, throw that sword away, girl!" Adegast said as he pointed to his puppet's sword.
"Really? You throw it away?" Luz asked, getting an idea from his phrasing.
"I said throw it away! Now!" Adegast demanded as he squeezed King harder.
"Okay, okay! Look, I'm throwing it..." Luz said slowly before smirking before spinning the sword to a reverse position. "AWAY!"
Luz threw the sword like a javelin and impalled the giant squid in the head, making him scream in pain as he dropped King on instinct.
-Flashback Ends-
"Again and again, you've shown me that magic or not, you don't give up and you keep fighting! You never given up before, so why give up now?!" King asked her as more memories flashed in her mind.
Fighting Eda in her owl beast form, her match with Amity at the Covention, Conjuring Night with Gus and Willow against the demon hunters, Bat Queen's trials, stopping the Greater Basalisk, even her fight with Grom!
-Flashback-
Luz charged and prepared a right punch with the light glyph, making her fist glow as Grom raised its arms to block but Luz dropped and struck with an uppercut with the left fist! She faked it out! The fear bringer stumbled as Luz stayed on him and kicked it in the stomach, sides, legs, and face! She didn't stop until Grom threw a punch that struck her cheek but the blood on Luz's face let her slip past it and counter punch Grom!
-FlashbackEnds-
Sure, Luz had magic with her gloves but most of it was her skills as a kickboxer! They didn't fail her any of those times and they won't fail her now!
'You only live once, you might as well be a badass.' Luz remembered from her magazine, slowly smiling as she stood up and turned to King.
"King, thank you. I needed that kick in the ass." Luz said.
"You're welcome, Luz. Now, what's the plan?!" He asked, happy to see Luz was back to normal.
"The plan is simple. We're gonna find Eda, we're gonna save her, and we're gonna kick the ass of anyone that gets in our way." Luz said as she put on the cloak, the end flapping in the air. "You ready to go to war, King?"
"The King of Demons is ALWAYS ready!" King cheered as threw his fists into the air!
"Then hand me my boxing tape and grab my notepad of glyphs, we've got a witch to rescue!" Luz said as she punched her hand into her fist!
"Yeah!" King cheered as he scurried to grab the tape and her notepad!
After wrapping her hands in tape and put the notepad of (100 pages of) glyphs in her pocket, Luz placed King in her vest hood so her could be given magic protection too before she and him left the owl house to head into Bonesborough.
'Hang on, Eda. We're coming to save you!' Luz thought as she ran into town.
Assuming that the Emperor's Coven would be on the search for them, Luz decided that she can King should stick the to the alleyways as they wanted to collect some information on what might happen to Eda. A news report or some guard chatter, anything to help them know what will become of Eda. After 20 minutes of searching, the duo came across a crowd of witches and demons in front of a shop with crystal balls in the display window. They were showing what looked like a news report and the man reporting looked a lot like Gus.
'Guess that's Gus's dad.' Luz thought as she walked out of the alley, the wool cloak hood up to hide her face and King.
"This is Perry Portor reporting. Here at the Emperor's castle, the wanted criminal known as the Owl Lady, Edalyn Clawthorne has finally been captured after all these years! She has been brought before the emperor and her verdict has been decided. We will now switch to the emperor's assistant, Kikimora, for reveal of her crimes and punishment." He said as Kikimora as she stood before a podium in front of the castle
She also had two small eyeballs with bat wings flying beside her, possible acting as living cameras with dozens of microphones in front of her.
"For the crimes of refusing to join a coven, unauthorized use of magic for decades, and assaulting a coven leader; Eda the Owl Lady has been sentenced to stone petrifaction at sundown in front of the Conformatorium!" She said.
"Stone petrification?" Luz said in shock!
The crystal ball switched back to Perry as he had a look of gloom on his face.
"Today is a grave day, Bonesborough. A grave day." He said as the news feed switch to an example to come, dozens of former witches transformed into stone statues!
Each one of them frozen in mid scream, blocking the spell, or reached out for mercy! It was too much for the crowd as they dispersed, leaving Luz and King to watch.
"This is bad, Luz. Petrification is only for the worst of the worst and once it's done, nothing can undo it as the victim is placed in front of the Conformatorium as an example." King said to her.
"No. They can't do this! Eda doesn't deserve this!" Luz said as the crystal balls all showed Lilith, the Emperor's Coven head. "This is all Lilith's fault! None of this would've happened if she didn't curse Eda! I swear, the next time I see her, I am going to-"
Grabbing a crystal ball, Luz squishing it between her hands in angry and growling like a beast until the ball cracked on the surface!
'Whoa! Humans have monster strength when their angry!' King thought as Luz breathed heavily, still holding the crystal ball.
"Luz, please calm down. We need to focus and save Eda before it's too late!" King said to Luz, who took deep breathes to calm herself before she put the cracked crystal ball back in the display.
"Right right. First, we need to find a way to get the Conformatorium before it's too late. But how?" Luz said before she and King heard whistling.
The two turned to the side to see a coven guard walking by without a care, strolling instead of patrolling.
"Bingo." Luz said with a smirk.
"Who's bingo?" King asked.
"I'll explain it later, King. Right now. We have a crime to commit." Luz said as she came up with a quick plan.
The guard had continued his stroll for a few more moments before it came to a halt.
"Yo, asshole!" Luz called out to him, making the guard turn to her.
Standing in front a round patch of grass with a DO NOT STEP ON GRASS sign, Luz and King smiled to the guard as the human pulled out a fire glyph from her notepad.
"I know we can't TOUCH the grass but does the law say anything about BURNING it?" Luz asked as she tapped the glyph with her thumb, dropping it as a fireball formed and set the grass ON FIRE!
The guard reeled back in horror, seeing the sign burning, the grass burning, and the law violated in such a way!
"AAAAAHHHHH!" He screamed in horror!
Before long, the fire was put out in a rush and duo responsible were thrown in the back of a police wagon that was pulled by a giant purple horned worm to be taken to the Conformatorium!
"Exactly as planned." Luz said with a smirk as the door shut on them.
The kickboxer and the demon now had to just sit back and relax as the guards brought them right where they wanted to be, now they can save Eda wasting too much energy getting there! After a relaxing yet nerve racking ride, the duo arrived at the Conformatorium as the police wagon passed through the garden of petrified witches. It made King gasp and Luz sick to her stomach, sure some of the might have deserved it but not all of them. Especially Eda as two guards were setting down a podium for her! There was even a bronze plague with her name on it!
EDALYN
CLAWTHRONE
"Don't worry, Luz. We're gonna save Eda before the happens." King said as he held the bar of the wagon to see.
"I know." Luz said as she glared the the podium, determined to not let Eda be placed on it.
Her attention shifted towards a recruitment poster for the Emperor's Coven with Lilith on the front, smiling at her. This made Luz madder and more determined than ever to save Eda.
'And maybe I'll knock a few of Lilith's teeth out as well.' Luz thought as she clenched her fists.
The police wagon entered the prison as the gates slammed shut behind it before the guard driving it performed a three point turn before backing up into a docking spot.
"Mission accomplished, sir. The Owl Lady's human student and pet demon have been apprehended." He said as he looked back, seeing his superior and an Emperor's Coven member standing behind the wagon.
Warden Wrath didn't show it because of his mask but he was so happy to have this news!
"Excellent work." Warden Wrath said with a nod before gazing at the double back doors, laughing a bit. "Hahahaha. Luz the kickboxer, you don't know how long I've waited to see you again. Ever since that day months ago, you have been a smudge on my honor but now, now I'll have my revenge. And it starts by giving you and the little mongrel front row seats to Eda's demise before you meet your own."
Warden Wrath eagerly reached from the double doors and opened, expecting to see Luz's fearful expression, but instead he was met with a wall of bark branches tackling him!
"Aaah!" He screamed as his body was wrapped in branches.
"Huh?" The E.C.M. (Emperor's Coven Member) said before looking do back to the wagon!
"Rah!" Luz screamed as she jumped out of the wagon and punched him in his mask covered face!
Luz didn't stop as she continued her attacks! Side kick to leg, uppercut to chest, upward elbow to chin transitioning to back fist to face, and roundhouse kick to knock him to the ground!
"Dang." King said in awe, watching from Luz's shoulder.
"Not finished yet." Luz said to the unconscious before using an ice glyph to freeze his body to the ground.
Warden Wrath broke free of the branches and roared at Luz as his hands shifted into hammers!
"Human!" He screamed as Luz turned to him.
"Where is Eda?" Luz asked with a glare, not afraid of Wrath.
"I'll never tell you!" He shouted before charging at Luz!
Luz didn't move from her spot, standing like a statue as King was wondering WHY!
"Luz! Why aren't you moving!?" King asked but got no reply! "LUZ?!"
"DIE!" Wrath screamed as he swung his hammer to crush Luz, until the human girl ducked under them and let the hammers crash into each other! "Huh? Where-"
Suddenly, Wrath feeling pain like never before as he screamed while his mask flew off! The reason being that Luz was in a crouch in front of him and hit him the fastest, hardest kick she could muster...TO HIS BALLS!
"Oooh!" King winced, shutting one eye as he looked away!
Warden Wrath fell to his knees as he held his crotch, groaning in pain as Luz stood up before him.
"Now, I'm a going to ask you again." Luz said as she pulled out two ice glyphs, slamming them in Wrath's shoulders to make his body freeze over in ice. "WHERE. IS. EDA?"
"S-S-She's being held i-in the d-dungeon. H-Holding cell." Wrath stuttered out, in pain and in shivers as his ball STILL hurt while his body was incased in ice, except his head.
"Map, draw." Luz said as she pulled out a blank piece of paper and a pencil, shoving the pencil in his mouth while holding up the paper. "Now."
With a fearful tongue, the defeated warden drew a crude map of the ground floor so Luz could find the dungeon with ease. From that point on, Luz (and to some extant, King) went on a rampage through the castle in their way to the dungeon. Any guard that got in their way, Luz would glyph them into next week, and any coven member that got in her way, she would mercilessly beat into the ground. It really helped with her boiling anger towards Lilith and got her warmed up for anything else that came their way.
-Ten Minutes of rampage later-
Luz and King had arrived to a hallway with tattered banners and cobwebs before they stood in front of a large set of dark wood and gold accessorize double doors. A padlock with chains connected the two ring handles as a way to keep anyone from getting in or anyone from getting out.
"This is it. Eda is just beyond this door." Luz said as she pulled out her notepad, opening it and ripping out about 10 note pages with glyphs on them. "Watch the door, King, and don't be afraid to glyph someone."
"You got it, Luz!" King said as Luz handed him the glyph pages, seeing 4 fire glyphs, 2 plants glyphs, 3 ice glyphs, and 1 light glyph.
Luz stepped to the door and place an ice glyph on it, freezing the padlock and chains before Luz kicked them into pieces. Luz pushed the door open to see it was more like a torture room than just a dungeon. Chains hung from the ceiling, single person cages were all around, and spike covered torture areas were all around like a spike interior covered coffin next to the door!
'This place is just sick.' Luz thought as she pulled out a light glyph, creating a ball of light to look around for Eda.
A growl caught Luz's attention as she looked to see Eda, still in her owl beast state, on a platform in the center of the room!
"Eda." Luz said before slowly approaching her, knowing that in this state she would be feral minded. "Eda, it's me."
The sudden noise made Eda rise, turning to Luz and showing she was collared and chained to the platform!
"Raaah!" Eda screeched as she prepared her claws.
Luz dodged under the claws before she moved the light orb into Eda's eyes, shooing her away.
"Rah!" She screeched in pain.
"Come on, Eda! It's me! You have to remember!" Luz said to her as she made another light out, shining it in Edam's face again.
Eda recoiled from the light as she slowly stopped growling, shutting her eyes and opening them to reveal her normal golden ones.
"Huh? What? Luz?" Eda asked, seeing her apprentice in the dungeon with her! "No no no! What are you doing here?!"
"Rescuing you. Now hold still, I'm gonna try and break this chain." Luz said as she bent before the chain.
Luz pulled out an ice glyph and planned to do what she did with the padlock on the doors, placing the glyph on the chain and no ice formed! The glyph was just absorbed by the chain!
"What?" Luz let out, seeing the result wasn't what she wanted!
"Sorry, Luz, but these chains are magic resistant. You're glyphs aren't strong enough to break them." Eda said as she pushed Luz away. "You need to leave now before the guards show up."
"Trust me, they won't and I'm not going anywhere." Luz said as she pushed Eda's beastly hand away. "You're only here because I tried to steal the healing hat. I got captured because of it and you got caught trying to save me!"
Standing up, Luz began stomp on the chain to break it but it was still to strong!
'Break, damn it! Break!' Luz thought as she stomped harder and harder until Eda picked her up with both hands.
"Luz, look at me, I need you to stop and you need to listen to me." Eda said before she set Luz on the ground and gazed sadly at her. "Kid, I'm here because of my own actions. I spent years going against Belos's laws and I was able to get away with it until now."
Eda sighed sadly as she gazed into her apprentice's eyes.
"But like this, without my magic, I can't do much anymore. I don't regret any of my choose and I got to live freely without many worries." Eda said as she smiled sadly to Luz. "I even got to meet you, an kicking hothead that reminds me a lot of myself when I was young."
"Eda..." Luz said, tearing up a bit from her words.
"Meeting you was the wildest ride I've ever had and I treasured every moment of it." Eda said as she wiped Luz's tears away. "But if you stay here, I can't protect you. So please, get out of her kid."
"B-B-But I can't! I care about you! You and King, you're both a part of my family! I can't just abandon you when you need help!" Luz said as she held Eda's hand.
Eda sighed at her apprentice, pulling her hand away before she reached into her hair and pulled out the portal key. She clicked the eye button to make the portal appear from the floor behind Luz.
"I know kid but you already have a family back in your realm. A family waiting for you." Eda said as Luz looked to the door. "You need to go back to them and when you do, you have to destroy the portal door."
"Destroy the portal?!" Luz asked in shock, looking back to Eda! "But my friends! Amity! You! I'll never see you guys again!"
"I know kid but Belos wants the portal for some reason. I don't know what but we can't let him get his hands on it." Eda said as she put the key around Luz's neck. "Please, kid. It's not just about protecting you anymore, it's about protecting your home too."
"B-B-But..." Luz said as her tears fell harder before she suddenly hugged Eda. "This is my home, too! And I can't just leave. I love this place and all of the friends I've made! I've grown so much since I came here and I'm not ready to leave yet!"
Eda was surprised by the outburst before sighing sadly, hugging Luz back with one arm.
'I know kid, I don't want you to leave either.' Eda thought.
A siren suddenly went off as the room flashed with red light, a doorway in the ceiling opened as Eda quickly pushed Luz away.
"Luz, get back!" Eda said as he chains and collar transformed into a cage of pure magic!
The platform Eda stood on slowly began to rise as Luz watched her mentor be lifted away!
"No! NO!" Luz shouted as she ran and grabbed the edge of the cage, being lifted into the air. "No, Eda! Please, don't go!"
Looking between the ceiling and her student, Eda made a choice as she herself began to cry.
"I'm sorry, kid. Goodbye." She said as she pushed Luz from the edge.
"NO!" Luz said as she land in her back, leaning up and reaching for the cage! "EDA!"
The platform reached the doors in the ceiling and sealed shut as Luz went to her knees, crying once more at another crushing loss! The portal to her realm was still open as she cried into her hands.
'Damn it. God damn it! Not again!' Luz thought as she slammed her fists into the stone ground!
The doors of the dungeon suddenly opened as Lilith came in with King in her right hand and her staff in the other.
"Drats! I'm too late!" Lilith said as she was covered in small injuries.
"Let me go!" King shouted to her, also covered in injuries!
While Luz was having a heart to heart with Eda, King must've put the 10 glyphs he was given to good use as he fought Lilith to stop her from entering but it wasn't enough.
"Well, at least I found you, human." Lilith said, turning her attention to Luz, stopping between Luz and the door.
Hearing the head of the Emperor's Coven address her, Luz removed her hands from her face and stood up from the ground. Her sorrow was turning into anger as she turned around to glare at Lilith.
"You, you did all of this. I don't why you cursed Eda, but In don't give a damn! I'm gonna make you pay, FOR EVERYTHING!" Luz screamed as she pulled out a light and fire glyph!
With a battle cry, Luz slammed both glyphs together and sent a beam of golden fire to Lilith but the witch quickly dropped King and pull up a barrier of white flames to block it!
"Wait! I don't want to fight!" Lilith said as the spells canceled each other out but saw Luz was gone!
"But I do!" Luz screamed as she was right below Lilith!
Lilith gasped before she was punch in the stomach, gasping in pain, before Luz kick her in the chin!
"YAAAAH!" Luz screamed as she tackled Lilith through the portal!
"Luz!" King said as he ran after them!
One the other side of the portal, the same house Luz entered in months ago gained a glow as the door way spat out Luz and Lilith as they fell of porch and sprawled apart on the ground! King came through a second later. The three of them looked up to see a forest of lush and vibrate greenery as the human stood up slowly.
'Earth.' Luz thought as Lilith stood up behind her, her hands gaining a blue glow.
"Luz, behind you!" King warned her until vines grew to restrain him!
Luz turned around and dodged out of the way of Lilith spell, pulling out a new glyph and aiming!
"Eat fire!" Luz screamed as she activated it, but instead of fire, the paper disintegrated! "What the?! Where's the fire?!"
Lilith used this moment and tackled Luz to the ground!
"Please, just listen to me!" Lilith said, struggling to hold Luz down!
"I don't have to listen to anything you have to say!" Luz shouted as she got an arm free and punched Lilith in the nose!
"Argh!" Lilith shouted, holding her nose!
Using this moment, Luz pushed up and switched their positions before she began wailing on the older witch! Lilith pulled up her arms to block but it was sloppy and Luz found too many openings to strike her face!
"Why should I listen to anything you have to say when I know enough?! You cursed Eda, you forced her to become a criminal, and because of all that, she's gonna be petrified into a statue!" Luz screamed as she didn't stop her fists, hitting harder and harder as she got angrier! "If any deserves to be turned into a statue, it's a goddamn bitch like YOU!"
"YOU DON'T THINK I KNOW THAT?!" Lilith screamed!
Luz paused in her beating, shocked by what Lilith just said as she gazed down at her. Her face was covered in several bruises, her right was black, her nose was purple, and she had some blood leaking from her lips. The look she was giving Luz showed nothing but honesty, as the human moved off of her.
"...If you believe that, then why did you do all of this? Why did you curse Eda?" Luz asked as Lilith leaned up, flinching in pain as her arms were bruises as well.
"It all started when we were young girls, Edalyn and I were the best of friends. It was my dream to be in the Emperor's Coven, to bring peace and justice to the Isles and make the world a better place alongside the most powerful witches." Lilith said as she drew a spell circle, healing her injuries. "Edalyn wanted to be by my side, younger than me but just as powerful as I was. Yet that was a problem as we both found out there was only ONE spot left at the coven tryouts."
"So you did this to get into the coven?" Luz asked, getting angry again.
"No! Well, yes but it's not like you think it is. Edalyn worked twice as hard as I did and I worried she would get the spot and, in that moment, I remembered something Emperor Belos always said. "To be great, you have to make sacrifices."" Lilith said as her arms were healed.
"And you went to the night market and found the curse?" Luz guessed.
"Only I didn't KNOW it was a curse. I thought it would only render her magicless for a day and the next day at the tryout match, Edalyn forfeited so I can have my dream." Lilith said as she began to tear up. "That was the day she first changed and was driven out as the students and coven members called her a monster. I tried to go after her but I couldn't and I was given a place in the coven. I worked tirelessly to become the coven head and made a deal with the Emperor that if I captured Edalyn, he could cure her and she would join the coven as my co-head...but he lied to me."
'So Belos used Lilith's guilt for decades to do what he said and never planned on keeping his word.' Luz thought, growling in anger horrible move Belos made.
"I was shocked by this and I realized that I was fool, all these years." Lilith said as she finished healing herself. "Now, I want to fix what I've done and rescue Edalyn but I cannot do it alone."
"Even if I AGREE to work with you, how would I know to TRUST you?" Luz asked with narrowed eyes.
"Because of these." Lilith said as she drew a large spell circle.
Summoned to her hands, Lilith offered Luz something that she knew would gain the human's trust. Eda's staff and palisman, Owlbert!
"Owlbert! You're alright!" Luz said as she took the staff and palisman, holding them close. "I'm so glad, buddy."
Owlbert awoke and saw he was in Luz's arms, hooting in glee as he snuggled into her cheek.
"And that's not all." Lilith said as she reached into her back pocket. "I believe these belong to you."
Looking up to Lilith, Luz gasped as she saw Lilith holding out her glyph gloves to her! Perfectly fine and not a mark or tear in them!
"My gloves." Luz said as she put Owlbert on her shoulder, taking the gloves from Lilith. "You kept them?"
"Yes, I was ordered to destroy them along with Owlbert but I couldn't do it after...you know." Lilith said as she looked very guilty, wiping her tears away.
Looking over her gloves and thinking about her offer, Luz nodded as she put her gloves back on and stood before Lilith.
"Listen closely, Lilith. This may have been a nice thing but that doesn't mean I trust you completely. The one thing we have in common right now, is that we both want to save Eda." Luz said as she held her hand out to Lilith. "So, I'll work with you to save her but you better watch my back or I'm gonna-"
"I understand and thank you." Lilith said as she took Luz's hand, standing up and shaking it. "You won't regret this."
Waving to King, Lilith undid the vines holding him down before heading for the door.
"We need to hurry back. I know a short cut that can take us exactly where Edalyn is held." Lilith said.
Walking to the portal, Lilith entered first with King being the second until he saw that Luz was lingering behind to gaze at her world.
"Hey, Luz, if you need a minute..." King said to her.
"No, it's fine, King. I'm coming." Luz said as she turned around, entering the portal inside the tattered house and leaving Earth behind and for the Boiling Isles.
After they returned to the dungeon, Luz closed the doorway and hide it somewhere safe before they left to save Eda. Lilith did as she promised and lead them to a shortcut, before long, they were in a dark corridor with countless angel statues around them. Each one wrapped in strange meaty looking tendrils or intestines of the titan before they stood before a round, stone platform.
"This platform will take you up to the stage where Edalyn is being kept. If I'm right, you get to her right before petrification begins." Lilith said as she gestured to it.
"Good to know, Lilith." Luz said as she and King gaze at it. "But what will you do after this?"
"I...I will stay in the Emperor's Coven. After everything I've done, making sure this never happens again will be my penance." Lilith said with a firm frown and guilty eyes.
Luz nodded to her, thinking that it was fitting, but before she took a step, a thought came to her mind. A thought she decided to share with her friends.
"Wait, this isn't right." Luz said as she looked around.
"What do you mean, Luz?" King asked her, confused as he held Eda's staff.
"Think about it. If something like this could be used to stop the ceremony, then why aren't there any guards protecting it?" Luz asked suspiciously looking around the hall!
Right as she said that, Lilith and King were put on guard until one of the tendrils wrapped around Lilith's leg and pulled her away!
"Aaah!" She screamed!
"Lilith!" Luz shouted to her!
Another one wrapped around King and pulled him away as well!
"WYEH!" He screamed!
"King!" Luz screamed to him!
Following her captured friends, Luz saw that Lilith and King were dragged up near the ceiling before they were suspended on either side of the far wall. Fires suddenly ignite below them to show a skull-like throne with Belos sitting on it while in his hand, a strange technological looking staff with a red orb on top and a white-gold wing next to it.
"Ah, Lilith. One of my most loyal soldiers, it's a shame you had to chose the wrong side in the end." Belos said to her.
With a simple thought, Lilith and King were dragged to upward towards the same platform Eda was held at!
"Guys!" Luz said before her feet were held down, making her trip!
"Ah Puh-puh-puh. Hold on, human. I would like to have a word with you." Belos said with a finger up.
"Oh you want a word?! How about I give you a FIST INSTEAD?!" Luz screamed as she activated her power glyph, increasing her strength to rip the tendrils off!
She then blasted forward with her fire glyphs and prepared for a punch!
"Eat this!" Luz shouted as she got close!
Time slowed down as Luz got close to Belos, who didn't even flinch or move from the attack, until he suddenly melted away!
'What the fuck?!' Luz thought as her fist crashed into the skull throne and destroyed it!
A dust cloud kicked up as Luz quickly stood up, looking around for Belos.
"Not bad, human. Those gloves truly are impressive." Belos said as he reformed behind Luz. "If only they were used the right way, You could be a real witch."
Jumping in the air, Luz spun to deliver a kick to Belos until she was frozen in place by red magic.
'What?! No!' Luz thought as she saw Belos hold up a single finger with a spell circle the side of a marble over it!
"I suppose I can play for a bit." He said as he waved his hand up, throwing Luz into the air!
"Aaaah!" Luz screamed before she righted herself and aimed her hands at Belos, thinking fast! "EAT THIS!"
Pressing the fire glyph, Luz launched a large ball of fire at Belos as he disappeared again and let the fireball hit destroyed throne! The human landed on her feet as the ground began to shift around her, forming large hands that tried to grab her or spikes to impale her!
'Think fast!' Luz thought, her power glyph still active as destroyed the hands and spikes with punches and kicks!
A wall rose before her and formed a giant hand that tried to crushed her but Luz prepared the plant glyphs and slammed them into the ground!
"Nature's Wrath!" Luz shouted as a large plant hand grew behind her and punched the stone hand to pieces! "Come on our, Belos! You can't hide forever!"
"Hehehehe, who says I'm hiding?" Belos said to her from the darkness.
Before Luz could react, a giant worm like creature appeared under her with it's mouth open wide!
"AAAAAH!" Luz screamed as it swallowed her whole.
The worm roared in victory before a sharp pain erupted from its stomach, suddenly being impales by countless ice spikes from all over its body!
'Hmm, interesting.' Belos thought as the worm feel to the ground, another spike appearing and cutting up as Luz pulled the flesh apart.
"That...was nasty." Luz said, holding a thin spike like a sword in her hand.
"Awww, are you tied, human? I thought you wanted to fight." Belos said from the darkness, teasing Luz.
Luz remained on guard as she looked around for Belos, holding her ice "sword" at the ready.
'Where is he? He has to be here someone, I just have to focus. Focus.' Luz thought as she took a deep breath, calming herself as she waited for Belos to appear.
Seconds became like hours as she waited, not moving and not showing any fear. Luz waited and waited until she head crumbling behind her!
'There's!' Luz thought as she turned around, throwing the ice weapon!
Her hunch was right as Belos was behind her but dodged the sword by leaning back!
"Sharp senses too." Belos said as he leaned up but gasped as he saw Luz in front of him.
"THANKS!" Luz screamed as she punched him in the chest, making contact before sending him flying into a statue!
"UGH!" He grunted as the statue crumbled around him, burrowing him in stone!
Luz let out a deep breath as she felt herself relax, she knew that wouldn't defeat Belos but maybe Luz would have enough time to get away!
'Gotta get to Eda!' Luz thought as she turned to run but was soon brought it the ground with more tendrils! 'No! Damnit!'
A beast like growl was heard before a chilling laugh filled the hall.
"I like your spirit, girl." Belos said as he appeared before Luz, his mask cracked and a piece falling off as he gazed down at her to reveal a glowing blue eye. "I would say you would be perfect for my coven if you renounced your ways of a wild witch but I know that's no likely."
"Yeah, it's not." Luz said as she glared up to Belos.
Their stare down lasted for a few moments before the tendrils suddenly retracted and Belos began pacing in front of her.
"I believe we got off on the wrong foot. Allow me to clarify a few things." Belos said to her, his staff acting as a cane as he walked. "You may think of me as a tyrant, dare I say a monster, but I'm just a humble messenger for the Titan. A puppet for his will, if you may. In the grand scheme of things, I will admit that the Owl Lady's life and even my own life inconsequential."
Belos stopped pacing as he turned to Luz, his blue eye piercing into her soul.
"However, your arrival was NEVER in the Titan's plan but that's not what matters right now. What matters is that you have something I need and I have something you need." Belos said as he leaned down to Luz. "A simple trade that will benefit everyone, give me the portal to the human realm and I shall allow you to save your friends."
Luz didn't say anything as she glared at Belos with defiance! A deal like that is something she would NEVER agree too and nothing will-
"REEEAAAAAH!" A screeching echoed, making Luz jolt as she looked to the hole in the ceiling!
"It seems the ceremony has begun. Time is running out for you to save your mentor and I know what you're thinking, you I simply want to invade the human realm, but the Titan's will is not so boarish. You'll understand soon." Belos said as he turned away from Luz. "Tick tock, human. Make your choice or the Owl Lady won't survive."
Another screeched reached them as Luz looked up, crying at her teacher's pain!
"No!" Luz shouted, hunching over in sorrow!
She was powerless to help AGAIN! If she gave Belos the portal, she could save Eda, King, and Lilith but doom her world! And if she keep the portal, she could protect her world but doom Eda, King, and Lilith!
'What can I do?! What can I do?! Think, think, think! How can I stop Belos and save my friends?!' Luz thought as she pushed her forehead against the cold ground! 'THINK, DAMN IT! HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR WORLD AND SAVE YOUR FRIENDS?!'
Suddenly, a thought came to mind as Luz felt a chill run down her spine! A crazy thought that would have terrible repercussions but what other choice did Luz have?
"...You win. I'll give you the portal." Luz said, still looking at the ground.
"Excellent choice, human." Belos said, smirking under his mask.
Reaching under her cloak and clicking the portal key, Luz summoned the door in suitcase form and hugged it to her chest.
"Here is it." Luz said to him.
"Yes, I see. Thank you for your cooperation, human. The Titan shall be most plea-." Belos said as he reached out to take it.
"Do you know of a phrase that means, everything you do now will work out in the end?" Luz asked Belos, surprising him.
"A phrase? I don't see the purpose but why not? It's simple, the phrase is "Sometimes, sacrifices must be made for the greater good."" Belos said, certain of his answer.
Luz chuckled darkly as she looked up to Belos, glaring at him with a smirk and tears in her eyes.
"My thoughts exactly." Luz said as she dropped the portal, lifting her fists up as they ignited in gold flames!
Belos gasped at this and reached to stop her!
"No!" He screamed in horror!
'Lo siento, mamá./I'm sorry, mom.' Luz thought as she roared, smashing her fists into the portal!
The eye cracked from the impact as the portal exploded, consummating them both in a cloud of smoke! Belos swung his staff to clear and see Luz was gone with only the ash, tatters, and the cracked eye of the portal remaining on the ground!
'That human!' Belos thought in anger before hearing something bursting behind her, turning around to see Luz propelling herself up from the platform!
"Consider this a draw, Belos! I don't lose but you don't win either!" Luz screamed to him as she flew to save her friends, still crying over the choice she made with the portal.
She reached the top in seconds, flying high enough to show everyone in the crowd and the coven members her arrival her face was covered by both the hood of her red vest and her cloak but those that knew her could tell it was...
"Luz!" King called out, inside the same cage with Lilith and Eda!
"It's Luz!" Willow shouted from the crowd, standing next to Gus and Amity in the crowd!
"She's alright!" Amity said, happy to see she was alright but surprised to see her here!
Back with Luz, she gazed at the large, 3 faced statue and figured that was what they were using for the petrification due to the light green beams firing from their eyes.
"Time for a little demolition!" Luz shouted as she angled herself to blast towards the statue! "RRRAAAHH!"
With the power glyph at her disposal, Luz smashed her fist into the statue and cracked it all over! The beams soon shut off as Eda, who was protecting Lilith and King, fell to the ground with her body mostly turned to stone.
"Eda!" King called out in worry.
"It's alright, the process wasn't completed! I might be able to reverse it!" Lilith said as she went to Eda, placing her hands on her and channeling her to fight the petrification.
The human landed on the ground and turned away from the rubble of the statue, making her way towards the cage. Being the over see, Kikimora quickly addressed the other coven members.
"Don't just stand there, attack her!" she shouted, pointing to Luz.
The 7 E.C.M.s quickly came to their senses and summoned weapons made of magic to attack Luz as the human shut off her power glyph. She didn't want to punch them so hard she's kill them by accident. So, Luz used her ice glyphs to cover her forearms to the back of her fists in ice. She walked calmly to them as they charged at her, brings her fists up.
(Look up Yang vs Bandits fight scene from by RWBY volume 5, episode 4: Lighting the Fire. Luz is Yang and the Emperor's Coven members are the bandits.)
After dealing with the coven members, Luz marched to Kikimora and grabbed her by the shirt before pulling her into the air!
"Open the cage. NOW." Luz said as she glared at the short witch.
Kikimora gulped and shivered under Luz's glare, quickly nodding to her as she drew a spell circle at the cage to make it disappear. Throwing the small witch away, Luz ran to Eda and put her hands in her!
"Eda! Are you okay?" Luz asked her as the stone covering her faded away, allowing Eda to open her eyes to Luz.
"Yeah, kid. I'm good as I can be." Eda said, still lucid in her cursed form.
More coven members came onto the stage to stop them, making Luz prepare herself to fight once again! Though, seeing how exhausted she must've been, Eda got under Luz and force her onto her back!
"Let's get out of here! Everyone one!" Eda said as Lilith and King, who still had Owlbert, jumped on her back as well.
Eda took flight with her wings, dodging any spears thrown as the crowd cheered for Eda! Apparently, they all disagreed with Eda's petrification and were happy to see her go free!
"Amity!" Willow said as she saw Amity beginning to leave.
"Where are you going?!" Gus asked.
"To see Luz!" She said, pushing through the crowd to get to the owl house!
After a short flight, Eda crashed on the front dirt road before the owl house as everyone got off of her.
"Eda!" Luz said in worry, checking on her as Eda was breathed heavily.
"She must be exhausted from both the ceremony and the flight." Lilith said as she looked over Eda.
"Well, can we still turn her back with the elixirs?" Luz asked as she and King looked worried.
"I'm afraid not but I do know of one way." Lilith said as she grabbed Eda's face and gazed into her eyes. "I am so sorry, sister, for everything. For foolishly cursing you, for hunting you, and for working for a deceitful ruler all these year but most of all I am sorry for not doing this a long time ago."
Lilith shut her eyes and placed their foreheads together.
"With this spell declared, let the pain be shared." Lilith said before a wave of magic over came them, lifting them into the air before their gems flashed brightly.
In mere moments, Eda's body returned to normal before her and Lilith descended back to the ground. The Clawthorne sister had their eyes shut before they opened them and gazed at each other.
"Eda! You're back to normal!" Luz said as the sisters looked to her, letting Luz see the after effects of the spell.
Eda and Lilith had gone through some small changes in their appearances as they both now had Heterochromia iridum, different colored eyes, with Eda's right eye being gold and her left being gray as Lilith's eyes were the opposite with her right eye being gray and her left eye being aquamarine. Eda's gem color had changed and was no longer it's bright amber color but pitch black as if she was in her cursed form. Lilith now has a streak of gray hair in her right side while Eda has a new streak of white on her left.
Luz and King went to hug Eda, who hugged back as Lilith watched with a smile.
"What about your magic?" Luz asked.
Eda pulled back to test her magic, drawing a small spell circle, only for it to shatter into small pieces and fell to the ground.
"I guess that's a no. It'll take some time to get used to this." Eda said as she gazed at her hands.
"I fell as though I am weakened as well." Lilith said, holding one of her own hands.
"So you can't do magic anymore, huh?" Luz asked as she looked at her gloves, thinking of how she would be the same if it wasn't for these. "I think I can fix that, wait here."
Confused by Luz, everyone watched as she ran to the owl house. A couple of minutes passed until Luz came running out of the house with something in her right hand.
"Here, take these." She said, holding her hand out to them.
"Wait! Luz, your gloves!" King said, pointing to them as they were no longer elbow length but wrist length.
Surprised by this, Eda and Lilith took the items in her hands to see they were her missing sleeves, expect they were now turned into finger gloves that reached a person's forearms with the four glyphs down the center!
"Luz, did you-" Eda said before she was cut off.
"I did and it's okay. I've still got enough to use magic and so do you." Luz said as she put one on Eda's right hand and put the other one Lilith's left hand. "There. I can teach you guys what I know about the glyph and what we don't know, we can learn together. And it'll be a lot easier since you both have your own glyph glove."
Eda and Lilith gazed at their new glyph gloves, seeing the glyphs in order of light, ice, plant, and fire. Curious, they both tapped one of the glyphs to see if the gloves worked. Suddenly, a ball of light appeared in Eda's right hand while a ball of fire appeared in Lilith's left hand, shocking both of them!
'They work!' They thought, letting the flame disappear and the light float into the sky.
"...Thanks, kid. This means a lot to us." Eda said as she turned to Luz, smiling at her. "I look forward to learning from you."
"I do as well." Lilith said with a grateful nod.
Luz smiled at them both before hearing the sound of running coming towards the house.
"LUZ!" Someone said as Luz turned to them.
"Amity?" Luz asked as she saw her girlfriend running towards her.
Before Luz could react, Amity jumped into her arms and made the human girl stumble back before has firmed herself to remain standing!
"Woah! Amity, what are yo-" Luz was cut off as Amity suddenly kissed her, melting into it before she kissed back.
Seeing the two girlfriends having a moment, Eda pulled Lilith and King to the house so they could have this time alone. After a minutes of kissing, they broke apart and Amity pressed their foreheads together as she cried before Luz.
"Do you know how worried I was about you?! After I found out about the ceremony, I knew you'd do something stupid like that but you could've at least-"
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to worry you or the others." Luz said as she held Amity close, letting her cry into her shoulder. "I know you were worried about me and I was worried about you too, but I had to do something to save Eda. I promise, I'll try not to make you worry so much."
Amity sniffled a bit as she pulled back a bit, smiling at Luz.
"We both know you won't keep that promise but I'll take you up on that." Amity replied as she kissed Luz again, smiling into the kiss.
After bedding Amity alright, promising to see her later for another private lesson or a date, Luz retired to her room in the owl house and made a video message to her mother as King slept on her sleeping bag.
"And that's how I saved Eda and escaped. Though, I had to find out the hard way that Belos really is as powerful as people say he is. Still though, I got some hits in and got this as a prize." Luz said to her phone as she held up a piece of Belos' mask before putting it down and growing a little sad. "It's strange remembering everything I went through since coming here and all the friends I gained here but I wouldn't change anything except, wishing you were here with me. But don't worry mom, I'll find a way home and I'll show you how much I've changed for the better. Deja una luz puesta para mí. Te quiero./Leave a light on for me. I love you."
Luz ended her recoding, saving it since she couldn't send it, and fell asleep. She didn't know what would come tomorrow but as long as she didn't give up and had her loved ones with her, she'll always fight on. Win or lose.
Glyph Gloves (returned): Now normal wrist, length grayish black gloves with a texture mix of paper and leather, smooth yet tough.
Kickboxing Class Students: 16
Flicker/Hitman stance: Amity, Boscha, and Edric.
Peek-a-boo stance: Eileen, Asriel (goat cyclops), Willow, and Viney.
Kick stance: Amelia, Skara, Bo, and Emira.
Sway/Step Back stance: Gus, Jerbo, Barcus, Cat, and Kyle (skull cap kid).
Light Glyph Uses: Illumination, blinding light blasts, flashing punches
Fire Glyph Uses: Fireballs, flaming propulsion, fire punches, fire barriers/pillars, fire flight
Plant Glyph Uses: Vine ropes/whips, giant plant constructs like a fist, fixing palismen, plant bomb to capture enemies
Ice Glyph Uses: Ice creation, ice cage, ice spikes/pillars, ice encasing, ice punch, ice wall, ice weapons
Power Glyph Uses: Increased bodily strength and magic output
Healing Glyph Uses: Healing/recovery ability to oneself or to others by touch
Glyph Glove Combo Spells:
Light and Fire = Golden Flames
Fire and Plant = Fire Whips
Ice and Fire = Water Blast
Special Moves:
Nature's Wrath: a giant plant arm and fist that Luz can control for a powerful punch.
Esperanza Brillante/Shining Hope: a spiraling orb of all four glyph elements, used as a projectile or as a striking object. Effect may vary.