Luz watched as her enemy boiled to death, burning and trying to convince her to stop. She stood there above him, shielded away from the rain, and a scowl plastered over his face. He's really gone. She thought, and her ears perked up from the sound of Raine and Eda rushing over to her side.
"Eda!" She smiled, but before she spoke another word, she paused.
"Luz?" Eda said, reaching her hand out as the boiling rain stopped abruptly. "Are you alright?"
"I—" Luz looked down to herself, expecting to see her own skinny and scrawny self - but to no avail. She still felt like herself, but she didn't look the part. "Why am I not back?" Panic began to fill her tone as she felt herself. She felt her horns.
Eda blinked. "Well that's not good."
"No kidding." Raine observed, shifting back the big leaf covering them from the rain.
"Maybe the time went longer than he said?" Luz began to mumble, twisting and turning around now that the weight of the situation was finally settling in - and she was terrified.
In her small panic, Eda set a gentle hand on her black furred shoulder. "Let's get you to Lili, she might know how to reverse it."
Luz nodded vigorously, and summoned stringbean to her hand. "Let's go then."
The three hurried back to the owl house, landing a little ways away; finding that their friends had already beaten her. With the help of the Collector.
"I-I don't think this is a good idea after all." Luz started to stutter in fear. She didn't know how her friends would think of her if she just blandly admitted that 'she had gained power from King's father, and is now possibly not even human' could she? Her mind was spinning, and power was still faintly humming through her tired body. It wasn't all glowy as before, but it was still prominently displayed.
Even so she was probably faster and stronger than any other human or monster in the Boiling Isles.
"You'll be fine." Eda dragged her by the one hand she had, and Raine quickly followed behind - somehow already out of breath.
Out of the bright red and orange bushes, the three emerged, and a collective gasp came from all of them.
There was a deafening silence.
"Woah." They all said, wide eyed.
"Cariño…" Camila whispered, and her hands went over her face in shock.
To her surprise, it was short lived as Amity came running up from inside; jumping and hugging Luz tightly. "Sweet potato!"
Luz was hesitant but lifted her girlfriend up in the air, and twirled. "Amity!" They both giggle, and Amity sneaked a small peck to Luz's cheek, making her turn a little red.
Setting her down, Amity fired as many questions as there are miles around the Earth.
"How did this happen to you? Are you okay? Did you get hurt? What were those balls of light? Did you die??" She pressed and Luz took a step back, glancing at the awestruck friends behind Amity.
"Long story," Luz replied, chuckling and scratching the back of her head. She glanced at everyone. "Is everyone alright? Did everyone make it out okay?"
"Yeah, everyone made it safely to Hexide for now." Gus replied, eyes still glued to her new look.
Willow took a step forward, hands on her hips, and analyzed Luz's new look. "You look…taller!" She smiled.
"No kidding." Luz giggled, feeling the slight wind run through her wild hair. "Any more questions?"
After a moment, Hunter stepped up. "What do we do now?" He questioned.
That was when Eda stepped in. "We find a way to reverse this," She gestured to all of Luz. "So any ideas?"
The Collector, meanwhile, was staying silent, and watching the events playing out. Curious, yet intrigued. As out of his whole, long life, he'd never seen something like it. A human with some sort of transferable Titan blood inheritance? It was unheard of, not until now. He pondered.
"We can find Lilith, she'll probably have some sort of lead." Raine suggested.
"Then we'll start there." Amity agreed.