(LOTS of dialog in this chapter. I used Grammarly to try and fix any punctuation but idk how well it works so if there is something off blame that app lol )

It was quiet. Everyone in the Owl House was waiting patiently for some word from Amity. Emira had finished healing Boscha's leg not too long ago and quickly went back to the unconscious Luz's side. Emira was getting antsy and thought to herself that if the bell didn't go off in the next 30 minutes, she would go in there and get Amity out. Suddenly, a ringing sound filled the room.

Eda: "Hey! That's the bell. Get Amity out of there."

Emira: "Don't have to tell me twice, Ms Eda."

Emira used her magic to pull her sister out. Amity poofed into the room and stretched her arms out, and was quickly wrapped in a hug from her sister.

Emira: "Oh thank the Titan you're safe!"

King: (offscreen) "You're welcome."

Emira: (ignoring King and checking Amity for bruises) "Are you hurt, sis? Any injuries?"

Amity: "Don't worry, Em. I got a few scrapes and bruises, but nothing serious. Where's dad?"

Emira: "He, Darius, and Raine took Kikimora to the other room in case she woke up."

Amity: (surprised) "Wait, you guys caught her?!"

Eda: "Sure did! Thanks to your friends and the mean girl."

Amity: (confused) "Mean girl?"

Amity looked to the other side of the room and, to her shock, saw Boscha sitting on a crate with her arms crossed. Amity remembered Skara coming by to tell them what happened but not Boscha.

Amity: "Boscha? You helped?"

Boscha: "Just pretend I'm not here."

Skara: "Boscha felt bad that she couldn't stop Kikimora, so she wanted to make up for it."

Boscha glared at her friend with a blush on her face

Boscha: "That's not why I helped!"

Amity was still curious and asked Boscha.

Amity: "Why did you help?"

Boscha: (sighs) "Ok fine! Yes, I did feel bad that I couldn't stop her from burning the photos! But that wasn't the only reason. What I did to you during the Collector's Collectathon apocalypse, separating you from Luz and working with Kikimora to get all of Hexside to work for us… and me trying to get you to join me again, it wasn't right. That last one was all just me. And when Luz brought Bump and my friends back after Belos' death, I thought this was my best way of making things up for her. Making things up for you and me. I'm sorry, Amity. Sorry for everything."

Gus: "Someone's getting soft."

Boscha: "Don't push it!"

Amity was both shocked and touched. Given what happened between them not long ago, she never thought Boscha would help. Before Amity could respond to Boscha's apology, she felt a tap on the shoulder by Camila.

Camila: "Is Luz okay? Why isn't she waking up?"

Amity: "She should be getting up any minute…"

A few seconds later, Luz slowly opened her eyes and finally awoke. Camila goes to Luz as she sits up.

Camila: "Mija, are you ok?"

Luz: (coughs out Titan magic) "Si mama. I remember everything!"

Camila immediately wrapped Luz up in her arms in the biggest hug she could give her.

Camila: "Thank goodness you're okay!"

Once Camila released Luz, King took his opportunity to steal the next hug.

King: "Weh! We were so worried about you."

Luz: (hugging King) "It's alright, King, I'm all better now! But, you should have seen Amity. She was amazing!"

Camila: "You could see her?"

Willow: "Yeah. When someone enters another person's mindscape, they can see what happens. I know from some experience."

Luz: (laughs) "That's not what I meant, Willow."

Now everyone was confused, including Willow, since she initially thought that it would be the same scenario like what happened to her when her mind was in shambles.

Amity: "Before Belos died, he left a piece of himself inside Luz so he could… you know."

Eda: "What!?"

Before Eda could lose her mind about Belos being in her mind, Luz chimed back in to calm her down. Luz knew just hearing Belos name would be enough to get Eda worked up and violent. Hunter was both shocked and scared since he knew what it's like to have a monster like Belos control him. He was the reason Flapjack died.

Luz: "My inner self allowed me to take control and help Amity fight him off. She even did that cool Abomination form thing that Darius can do, and she looked amazing!"

Darius: (totally jealous) "Hang on a minute! You mean to tell me you were able to access your full powered abomination form!? That easily? It took me 5 years to master that form."

Amity: "Well I didn't master it"

Darius: "You still did at such a young age!"

Alador: (smug) "Another reason why my daughter is the best."

Darius: "Shut up, Alador."

Amity: (blushing) "I mean, yeah, it was pretty awesome. But not as amazing as you looked in your Titan form, Luz."

Amity sat down next to Luz and held her hand, and kissed Luz on her cheek

King: "So… did you see what happened? With Luz and… everything?"

King didn't say what he meant, but Amity knew. Amity didn't wanna say out loud since Camila was in the room. However, she didn't know that the Collector already told her.

Amity: "Yeah, I saw it. I saw all of it, and I don't want to ever want to even think about it again."

Luz: (whispering in her ear) "I was going to tell you, I promise."

Amity: "I know, it's okay."

Emira came up and sat down in front of the couple.

Emira: "I really wish you would have let someone go in with you. The idea of you going in there alone and getting hurt or worse drove me insane."

Amity and Luz looked at each other. Luz knew what Amity was thinking and lightly nodded her head, giving Amity the okay.

Amity: "I actually wasn't alone…"

Eda: "What do you mean?"

Amity: "I was followed and watched by someone. He was really close to Luz. I was followed by Manny Noceda, Luz's late father."

Camila felt her heart turn. She didn't expect to hear her deceased husband's name.

Camila: "Y-You saw Manny? You saw my husband? Amity, how did you see him, how was he there?"

Luz: "Dad's soul followed Amity inside so he could help her."

Amity: "He said he is always with her, so he saw me insist on going in alone and decided to guide me. He also told me he was happy that Luz met me and that we're together."

Camila found herself on the verge of tears. However, they were tears of happiness. She was happy that Amity got to meet their daughter's girlfriend and, in his own way, gave them his blessing.

Camila: "That sounds like Manny…"

Amity: "Also Camila, he told me to tell you that he was proud of you and that he loves and misses you. He's happy that you took in Vee as your second daughter. He would've loved to get to know her. He's proud of how much you've grown without him."

That did it. That was the line that almost made Camila burst into tears. But before she could, Raine came into the room.

Raine: "Luz! You're awake!"

Luz: "Yep, I just woke up, actually. You missed the story about what happened though!"

Raine: "Tell me about it later right now we need you to decide something."

Luz: "Huh?"

Raine: "Bring her in!"

Darius, Alador, and Lilith came into the room with a now awake Kikimora. She was still bound with multiple types of magic.

Lilith: "Kikimora is the one who tried to destroy your memories! We spent all day trying to catch her."

Darius: "The Boiling Isles don't have a ruler anymore, and since she tried to attack you and you defeated Belos, we thought you should be the one to hand out her punishment"

This took Luz completely off guard. While Luz didn't particularly like Kikimora, she also didn't like the idea of making this kind of decision

Luz: "I-I don't know guys….."

Lilith: "Well we can't just let her walk around freely"

Lilith had a point. If they let Kikimora free, she could try to attack Luz or take over the Isles again.

King: "I say we throw her in the boiling lake!"

Eda: "No King!"

Luz stood up and looked at Kikimora. Kikimora just glared at the human.

Kikimora: Just get it over with, human!"

Luz: "Community service!"

Kikimora glare turned into a very confused expression.

Darius: "After what she did to you, that's what you decide?!"

Eda: "This is Luz we're talking about. She's not very vindictive unless it's Belos"

Darius: "Good point, we'll keep her in a holding cell until we can figure out what service she can provide. Does anyone wanna come with me in case she tries anything"

Alador: "I'll help

Raine: "Me too"

The three took Kikimora and left the Owl House. After they left, the Collector came up to Amity

Collector: "Miss Amity, I'm sorry for turning you all to puppets. If I didn't let Belos manipulate me, then I wouldn't have done that, and you could have been there, and Luz wouldn't have-"

Amity put her hand on the Collector's shoulder, stopping his talking. At first, after seeing Luz die, Amity was a little mad at the Collector, but she knew that even though he's a god, he is just a kid and Belos used him.

Amity: "It's okay, it's not your fault."

Amity gave him the warmest smile he had ever seen

Collector: "Really? You forgive me?"

Amity: "Of course!

Luz: "Luz come here you!

Luz and Amity both wrapped their arms around him in a group hug. After releasing him, Luz looked at the rest of their friend group.

Luz: "How did you guys catch Kikimora?"

Gus: "Willow and Boscha destroyed her mech while me and Skara distracted it."

Luz: " I'm sorry, Willow and Who?"

Willow: "Boscha"

Luz looked at the other side of the room and saw Boscha. Luz didn't even notice she was in the room. Mostly because she was being so quiet.

Luz: "Boscha? You helped? Man, I missed a lot!"

Boscha: "Ugh, I already explained it, so I'll make it quick. I'm trying to make up for what happened and for not stopping her from burning your memory photos."

After listening to Boscha's reasons, Luz looked at Amity who simply nodded then at Willow who also nodded. Luz went up to Boscha and held her hand out.

Luz: "Well thank you for your help! Soooo, are we friends now?"

Boscha: "What? After everything I've done to all of you, are you willing to forgive me? Especially after what I did to you guys the other day?"

Luz: "Sooooo, is that a no?"

Boscha looked at Luz and lightly chuckled. Maybe she was getting soft. Boscha grabbed Luz's hand and shook it, albeit hesitantly. She didn't want to look weak in front of everyone.

Skara: "As much as I enjoy this little moment, I think we should get going. It's very late and our families are probably worried."

Eda: "Bad news about that. Ain't Nobody leaving anytime soon. It's raining."

Camila: "Is rain dangerous here?"

Gus: "It boils…"

Camila: "Of course it does."

Eda: "You'd get used to it."

Eda pulled out one of the boxes that they recovered from the Emperor's Coven warehouse and ripped it open.

Lilith: "What are you doing?"

Eda pulled out a lot of blankets, pillows, and sleeping bags and started passing them out.

Eda: "Since no one can leave in the rain, everyone can sleep here tonight. Since most of my stuff is still boxed up, you kids can use these to set your sleeping areas up."

Skara: " Ms. Eda, where did you get all these?"

Eda: "You'd be surprised what humans throw away, and don't worry, I cleaned everything after I found it."

Lilith: "So who sleeps where?"

Eda: "Since the living room is bigger, we can let the kids sleep down. Me, you and Camila can share my room if you want Camila."

Camila: "That's fine with me."

After Eda had passed everything out, her and the other adults went upstairs. Meanwhile, the kids spread out, set themselves up downstairs, and made their makeshift beds. After setting up, Luz and Amity would tell the others about the fight that took place in her mind, and their friends would tell them about the fight against Kikimora. They would talk about this for about 2 hours before calling it a night. Emira and Edric were next to each other, and Edric had to sleep at an angle to keep from falling over in his body cast Boscha was asleep leaning against the wall and Skara a few feet from her. Gus was next to Hunter, and next to him was Willow. Finally, Luz and Amity were asleep next to each other on the other half of the room. Everyone was peacefully sleeping, which they all needed after the stressful day they all had. Well, all aside from Amity, she was tossing and turning as she slept. She kept seeing Belos kill Luz. She would moan, repeating "no" in her sleep. This caught the attention of Luz, who got up from her sleeping bag and went to check on her girlfriend.

Luz: (Quietly) "Amity?"

Amity just kept groaning and lightly thrashing around. Luz grabbed her shoulders to get her to sit still.

Luz: (Slightly louder) "Amity!"

Amity opened her eyes and saw Luz looking at her

Amity: "Luz?"

Luz: "You okay? You were wiggling around a lot and just saying my name and "no" over and over again."

Amity: "I'm sorry, did I wake anyone else up?"

Luz: "No, you weren't really loud. And don't worry, I wasn't asleep.

Amity: "That's good."

Luz: "Was it a nightmare?"

Amity nodded, confirming she did have a nightmare. Luz sat down next to Amity and grabbed her hand.

Luz: "Wanna talk about it?"

Amity: "I… just kept seeing what Belos did to you. Watching him kill you in front of me. It felt like he pulled out my heart and stomped on it. Watching you die was the most painful thing I've seen. It hurt more than any spell injury."

Luz lightly squeezed Amity's hand. It killed Luz to see Amity like this. She was gonna tell Amity what happened, but she never thought Amity would see it herself, nor did she want her to see it. Luz wrapped her arm around her shoulder and pulled Amity closer to her, and Amity laid her head on Luz's shoulder

Luz: "I'm sorry sweet potato, I'm sorry you had to see that

Amity: "It's not your fault….."

Luz could tell Amity was about to start crying. Suddenly an idea came to her.

Luz: "I'll be right back."

Luz got up and got her pillow from her sleeping bag and put it next to Amity's. Luz laid down and motioned for Amity to do the same. Amity did so and Luz wrapped her arm around Amity and held her. Amity laid her head on Luz's chest where her heart was.

Luz: "This better?"

Amity: "Yes, much better."

Luz ran her fingers through Amity's lavender hair.

Luz: "Don't worry Amity, I'm still here and I'm not going anywhere."

Amity smiled, it was simple but something Amity needed to hear.

Amity: "I love you…."

Luz went wide eyed in shock. They have yet to use that word to each other yet so it took her completely by surprise.

Luz: "W-What!?"

Amity realized what she just said and started to freak out a bit.

Amity: "I'm sorry Luz! I know things are a bit crazy right now and not to mention you just recovered from your headache and I just… "

Amity tried to say something else before Luz placed a finger on her mouth, cutting her off.

Luz: "I love you too, Amity. So much."

Amity lifted her head and looked at Luz in their eyes. Amity and Luz shared a warm and passionate kiss similar to their first kiss.

Boscha: "Ok, now can you two go to sleep already!"

Willow: "Please…"

Amity: (blushing) "Uh, how much of that did you all hear?"

Everyone in the room: "ALL OF IT."

Luz and Amity both looked at each other, smiling and blushing after realizing that they had woken their friends and family up.

(TO BE CONTINUED)