Hunter and Willow touched down in front of the Owl House with baby Ivy in tow. "Okay, we're here." Hunter said as he looked over to Willow who was trying to keep baby Ivy calm and quiet. "It's ok Mommy and Daddy would never let anyone harm you." Willow said as they approached the Owl House."Let's just get inside. The sooner we get in the sooner we can focus on protecting baby Ivy." Hunter said. At that moment several canisters thrown from the bushes hit the ground releasing a gas. "Sleeping Nettles. Must e—s—c—-a—-p—-e."' Hunter said as the effects of the gas took their toll on the grimwalker and his wife as the two passed out. At that moment 15 Monarchists in full coven

armor popped out from the bushes. "That was easier than expected sir." One soldier said to his superior. "Whatever. Lets just grab the child and head back to base." The officer said. "Um sir the infant is still crying." Another soldier said Leaving the officer stunned. "Impossible, That gas contained enough sleeping nettles to knock out an adult slither beast." the officer said as he went to inspect the baby. Approaching it as the child continued to cry He removed the child from Willow's grasp as was surprised at how

light it was. The Avg weight of a 2-3 month baby was 12 pounds but this child was as light as a feather. It was then that it hit him. "This isn't an infant, it's a doll coated in an Illusion spell. They are onto us." The officer said as out of the blue govt forces appeared. "Monarchist, we have you surrounded. Surrender and you will not be harmed." Raine Whispers said. "Team, fall back to base." The officer yelled as the monarchist summoned their palisman staff and flew away scattering. "After them." Raine shouted as the

guards mounted their palisman and gave chase. Luz fixated on one of the monarchist and began tailing them on stringbean. The witch saw her approach and responded by sending fireballs towards the latina. Luz evaded the oncoming attacks and responded by using her fire glyphs to send fireballs of her own towards the monarchist. The 2 witches were quickly locked into an aerial battle as if they were 2 Ace pilots in a magnificent dogfight reminiscent of the First World War. As the dog fight continued Luz

realized she had to adapt her game plan. She was quickly running out of fire glyphs. That's when she saw a cloud bank and got an idea. However it all banked on getting the witch to give chase. "Hey loser, Your magic is as feeble as a firefly's glow." Luz said as the monarchist took the bait and gave chase.``Human when i'm done with you. Your gonna wish you never came to the demon realm." The witch said. Luz floored it shouting at her palisman."Come on stringbean faster for mama." As the snake shifter pushed

herself to the limit. Luz reached the cloud taking in a deep breath before entering. The witch gave pursuit and as they made their way through the cloud bank they became disoriented they couldn't make out Anything. There's no choice but to pull up out of the cloud bank. As they came out they took a look around trying to figure out where Luz had gone. " Where are you human?" The witch said. It didn't take long for them to find her as they felt a tap on their back before being surrounded by finally opened her mouth to take in air revealing herself. "Got you." She said And it's perfect time it's government forces approach her." Excellent work Mrs. Noceda we will take it from here."

The guard said As the witch was taken aboard in an airship which headed straight for the conformatorium. Luz Quickly headed back to the owl house to check on her friends. As she approached she saw government agents were administering antidotes to Hunter and Willow. The two woke up just as Luz touched down.``Are you two ok?" Luz said concerned about her friends." We're fine. A little woozy from the sleeping gas but fine." Hunter said.``Thanks for the heads up Luz. Without that message you sent on the

Tamagotchi we would have lost our baby." Willow said."Speaking of which, where did you leave baby Ivy?" Luz said." Trust me Luz, we left her in the last place anyone would ever look for her." Willow said…..

Meanwhile at Boschas house…

"Why won't she stop crying?" Boscha said as she tried to calm down baby Ivy." Hey look runt I need the snails and your parents offered me double the rate for a babysitter these days so for the love of titan calm down." Boscha said as the crying continued…..

Back at the Owl House…

Luz was amazed that Hunter and Willow had gotten Boscha to help them. As this was going on Rain was talking with govt agents on the operation before they made their way to Luz '' Excellent job Luz. Now we can get the intel on the monarchist base." Raine said."Good the sooner we find out the sooner I can save Amity." Luz said. "Sorry we had

to use you as bait." Raine said as hunter and Willow were being attended to by the healers. "No problem, I'm just glad we stopped them." Willow said. "I'm afraid it's not that simple. Now that they know we are onto them they will certainly move up their plans. We have no clue what's in store till we get that prisoner to crack." Darius said. "Oh i think i know somebody that can make them crack" Luz said as she looked towards the conformatorium before looking at a picture of her and Amity she kept in her wallet."One step closer my sweet potato." Luz said …

Meanwhile in the hideout of the Monarchist….

Amity was nearing completion of the glyph scratch on the wall. She and Skara had put together a simple alert system. Whenever Skara saw a guard making their rounds she would whistle. That was the signal for Amity to stop and cover the glyph by standing in front of it. Once the coast was clear Skara would clap twice and Amity would resume working on the glyph. Normally it would be childs play to make a glyph. But heavily pregnant and using a gold necklace to scratch a glyph made it take hours. Amity had to

be very careful. Gold was a soft metal and going too fast or too hard would break it. Not to mention a mistake meant starting over in a new spot which would mean the guards would catch on when they saw the failed the same time taking too long could risk suspicion if guards saw her a heavily pregnant woman standing in the same spot all the time. "Skara not much longer, maybe a few minutes." Amity said as she neared the completion of the was then she heard Skara whistle. But she was so close. All she

needed was just half a minute. Skara kept Whistling but it was too late."What in the name of the titan is going on here." The guard said as he looked into Amity's cell. "This." The young witch said as she activated the glyph sending a wall of fire towards the cell door and the guard knocking him down and burning his face. Amity got up after taking cover to see the lock had melted her shirt as a mitt she carefully pushed the cell door open. As she did she saw the guard on the floor in searing pain. "My face. You bitch you

burnt my face." The guard said. Taking his artificial magic staff she smacked him on the head knocking him out. Taking his keys he opened Skaras door as the bard witch climbed out the two carefully lifted the guard and put him in skara's cell using the staff to create a spell gaging his mouth to prevent him from alerting other guards and to restrain him to the bed putting the sheet over him so nobody would suspect a thing. "What about your cell?" Skara said. She was right, what good was covering up Skara's

escape if the next patrol saw one opened and charred by fire. "The staff." Amity said and concentrating she used its magic to summon a dummy with a belly placing it under the sheets she then took a lock from an empty cell and used it to relock hers. "That will have to do. Hopefully by the time they figure it out we will have gotten out of here." Amity said as they looked around the room and other witches were pleading to get them out. "Look as much as we would like to, we would just be seen and get recaptured. We will return with help and free you we promise." Amity said and the Witches in the cells were quick to understand and began to quietly cheer them on as they made their way out.

Sorry this took a bit longer than i planned. family stuff. Hope yall had a happy new year.