(Picks up immediately after chapter 4, so we are just gonna get right it)
Amity: "You're Luz's father… but how are you here?"
Manny: "I'm a spirit, and it seems a spirit can also enter someone's inner world whenever they want, and the host has no idea."
Amity: "Have you been in here the entire time?"
Manny: "No, I've always been with Luz, but when I saw that you were willing to go into her mind alone, I couldn't just let that happen. So I followed you inside to help you and make sure you got through It safely."
Amity just looked at him listening, but her mind was not able to comprehend what she was hearing and seeing
Manny: "But when I came in here, it was in a shadowy form and unable to speak. I have no idea why"
Amity: "Maybe because this world was so distorted and when I fixed the last memory, it let you show your true self"
Manny: "Makes sense, I still don't get this magic world. You know, you are a very smart girl! Amity and I must say, I'm so proud that my mija found you!"
Amity started to tear up, and lighting cry at that statement
Manny: Hey! What's wrong? Did I say something wrong!?"
Amity: (rubs her eyes) "Luz is everything to me. I just wish I could show her how much. I'm always the one being saved by her. First with Odabin, then a Basilisk, then Grom, then Boscha, then my mother, then she got my job back, then the Bonesborough Brawl, then my mom again, and even Belos and The Collector. I… couldn't save her when she died. I'm so sorry."
Manny walks up to Amity, kneels to her, and gives her a reassuring hug.
Manny: "Hey, it's alright. She came back to life. Besides, you did save her today."
Amity: "I wish I could have been there for her whole life. She's been through so much. Your death, her grieving, her bullying for being bisexual, and being an outcast… she deserves a better life than that."
Manny: "Because of you and your friends, she does have a better life now."
Amity: "How did she come back?"
Manny: "I'll show you, follow me!"
Manny and Amity walked down the hall, but unknown to them, a green glob was following behind.
(BACK IN THE BOILING ISLES)
Emira was sitting beside the unconscious Luz, waiting. She didn't like the idea of her sister going into a dangerous situation by herself, so she kept waiting on Amity to ring the bell. Hunter had just gotten done helping Edric get up from falling for the 10th time before coming in to check on both Emira and Luz.
Hunter: "Heard anything yet?"
Emira: "Nope."
Hunter: "Sorry, dumb question."
Emira: "It's fine. Is Ed doing okay?"
Hunter: "Yeah, he just fell over again."
Emira: "I keep telling him not to move around in that cast so much."
Suddenly, the door flew open.
Eda: (yelling) "We're back, witches!"
Emira and Hunter turned their attention to the door.
Hunter: "Did you find her?"
Eda: "Not only that!"
Eda held her arms (well… arm) out as if she were presenting a prize at an award show. To Hunter and Emira's surprise, Lilith came in carrying an unconscious Kikimora tied with a spell made by the Collector.
Emira: "You got her!"
King: "Sure did! She didn't make it easy for us either…"
Raine: "Camila knocked her out with a shoe. In one hit! It was the most epic thing I've ever seen. Never thought Earth flip-flops would hurt that much."
Emira looked at Camila with a surprised expression.
Emira: "Really?"
Camila: (somewhat embarrassed and proud) "Yeah."
Hunter: "Why am I not surprised? Wait! Where are the others?"
Eda: "They're coming…"
Right after Eda said that, Gus held the door open while Skara and Willow helped Boscha enter the room.
Boscha: "I told you guys that I'm fine!"
Skara: "No, you're not!"
Willow: "You were limping on your way here..."
Eda: "Sit her down. I'll get my healing potions and medic equipment."
Eda walks out of the living room to get what she needs for Boscha, Darius and the others arrive and enter the Owl House. Alador came up to his oldest daughter and placed his hand on her shoulder
Alador: "Emira, how's Amity?"
Emira: "Dad, she's still not finished. It's been 2 hours, I'm worried."
Darius: "She'll be ok. If she is anything like your father, then I have no doubt she's skilled in Abomination magic."
Both Alador and Emira just stared down at Darius.
Darius: "What?"
Alador: "Did you just compliment me?"
Darius: "Don't push it, Blight!"
Emira shook her head at her father and his rival. Camila walked up to her
Camila: "How's Luz?"
Emira: "She's fine, Mrs. Noceda. She's in a deep sleep, and she can't wake until Amity is out of her mindscape."
Camila: "I see…."
She looked at her unconscious daughter. Of course, she was worried, but she had faith in Amity to save her from this
Hunter: "I hate to change the subject, but what do we do with Kikimora? There isn't any person of power on the Boiling Isles anymore, so what do we do?"
Lilith: "We decided since Luz was the one who Kikimora affected, she should be the one to decide her punishment."
Boscha: "I still say we throw her in the boiling sea…"
King: "I'm starting to like this girl!"
Eda came back from the other room.
Eda: "Bad news mean girl, I can't find any of my medical potions."
Boscha: "No biggie. It's nothing I can't deal with."
Willow: "Can I see it?"
Boscha looked at Willow, confused and thrown off by the question, but slowly lifted her pants leg. When it got to her knee, there was a massive bruise on her lower leg.
Willow: "Emira, can you come over here and heal Boscha's leg?"
Emira: "Sure!"
Boscha tugged on Willow's sleeve to get her attention.
Boscha: "Willow, why are you so concerned about me?"
Willow: Honestly, I'm touched that you went so far to help Luz. Never thought you cared about her."
Boscha: "I… um… I actually just wanted to get back at that little demon that worked with Belos."
Skara: "Yeah, sure you did."
Boscha: "Don't you need to watch Luz and wait on Amity, though?"
Emira: "This won't take long. Besides, I'll be able to hear the bell from here."
Emira started using her magic and slowly started to heal Boscha's leg. Eda saw that they had Boscha's injury situated, so she walked to Darius.
Eda: "So what do we do with Kikimora in the meantime?"
Darius: "The Collector's magic should hold her, but just in case I'll trap her in an Abomination cage."
Eda: "Good idea!"
Eda saw Camila sit beside the sleeping Luz. Eda went and sat beside her and placed her arm on her shoulder.
Eda: "She'll be okay, Camila."
Camila: "I know, I have faith."
(Back in Luz's mind)
Manny and Amity arrived at their destination. Amity looked at the memory pictures and it was Luz standing next to someone. This person had a skull head like King, a bad girl's coven shirt, and what looked like a little hooty in its eye.
Amity: "What is this?"
Manny: "That is what you call the Titan."
Amity: "THE Titan!?!?!"
Manny: "When Luz disappeared, she was saved by him, and he gave her his remaining power."
Amity: "So that form… Luz was… a Titan?"
Manny: "Exactly. She was going to tell you all after things calmed down, but then all this happened."
Amity: "And you know all this because you saw all this happen?"
Manny: "Si. I'm always with her. I even saw you two get together! That was both cute and funny! And don't even get me started on her "Crickey" line." (Laughs)
Amity: (blushes) "Oh… so you saw our first kiss together."
Manny: "Yep! I have to say that was a very bold move, Amity…"
Amity: "I-It just happened, I wasn't really thinking."
Manny: (laughs) "If it helps, I was a nervous wreck when I started dating Camila, so you did much better than me if I'm being honest."
Manny put his hand on Amity's head and teasingly messed up her hair, which drew a laugh from Amity.
Manny: "You know I always worried about Luz dating someone who wouldn't treat her right, had to become the overprotective dad one day if she started dating a boy and all that. That's how that cliche goes. But, after seeing you, I was glad to see that I was worrying for nothing. Anyone who would put herself in harm's way to protect her is more than good enough for her."
Amity: (Tearfully) "Thank you, sir! I promise you I will be there for Luz no matter what!"
Manny wrapped Amity up in another hug.
Manny: "I know you will. Not a doubt in my mind."
Amity: "Well, I should get out of her. Everyone is probably worried…"
Manny: "Take care of yourself, mija. And do me a favor when you see Camila. Tell her I missed her, and I'm proud of her for being there for Luz, and so is Eda."
Amity: (chuckles) "I'll do that."
Before Amity could ring the bell, Manny saw something unusual behind her. It started rising from the ground like abomination goop, but it wasn't an Abomination.
Manny: "What is that!?"
Amity turned and saw the green blob and it was slowly growing. It kept growing until it was five times her size. The blob formed a mouth, glowing blue eyes and what appeared to be gray hair. It then let out a menacing roar.
Amity: "B-B-Belos! No!"
The creature swung its claws at Amity. Manny grabbed Amity's shoulders and threw her out of the way, and took the claws to his chest.
Amity: (yelling) "NO!"
However, to her surprise, Manny was completely unharmed. He stood up and walked to Amity, cracking his back out and breathing calmly.
Amity: "Mr. Noceda? You're okay?"
Manny: "Can't hurt what's already dead." (laughs softly)
Amity: "I can see where Luz gets her weird sense of humor. Or did she get that from Camila?"
Manny: "Pretty sure it's from both of us."
Their banter was interrupted by another screeching roar. The monstrous Belos stared down Amity.
Amity: "How are you here? How are you still alive?"
Belos said nothing and sent Amity into the wall. Afterward, Belos proceeded to go past her down the hall. Manny helped Amity get up back on her feet.
Manny: "You okay?"
Amity: "Yeah, he doesn't seem interested in me. Something about him seems different."
Manny: "Are you sure it's him?"
Amity: "Of course, I'll never forget those eyes!"
Manny: "What are we gonna do?"
Amity didn't answer; she instead started to go after Belos. After witnessing Belos "kill" Luz, seeing him again filled Amity with nothing but rage. He almost took the love of her life away from her, and for that, she would never forgive him. So without thinking, she ran after Belos in a blind fit of rage. She used her Abomination magic to hold him back and cover her fits with Abomination to make sort of fighting gloves. When she caught up to it, she jumped high as she could and brought her fist down on Belos. However, it hardly fazed him.
Unknown to them, Inner Luz was watching from the floor above, not able to do anything. As she hed the fight a black little mouse-like creature with a skull head crawled on her shoulder.
Inner Luz: "If he is going where I think he's going then this can get worse…"
Mouse-like creature: *Squeak*
Inner Luz: "Yes, I know what I need to do."
Inner Luz ran as fast as she could to her destination. After running around a few corners she arrives at a hallway with only one picture at the end of it. A giant picture of Luz. Inner Luz looked at the little rodent with a smile.
Inner Luz: "I need your help little one."
Mouse-Like creature: *Squeak*
Inner Luz walked through the picture.
Meanwhile, Amity was still trying to destroy Belos but to no avail. Amity had an Abomination made weapon in both hands and dodged each of his attacks. Belos, frustrated that Amity kept dodging, shot a beam at her. Amity was just able to get away from it but the blast was able to send her flying. Fortunately, Manny was able to catch her before she could hit the ground.
Amity: "Dang it! No matter what I do, I just can't seem to hurt him!"
Manny: "I'm sorry Amity, there is nothing I can do to help."
Amity: "It's not your fault, I just need to be smarter."
Belos was going in for another attack until he was suddenly frozen in a block of ice. Manny and Amity looked at the frozen Belos confused beyond belief.
Voice offscreen: "That won't hold him too long."
Both Amity and Manny turned their attention to the voice and saw what looklookede "Inner" Luz in Titan form. Manny smiles knowing who it is, while Amity was wasure.
Amity: "Inner Luz?"
Luz: (smiles): "Guess again, Hermosa."
Amity: (tearing up and smiling) "Luz?!?!?!"
Luz: "Hola, mi Amore."
Amity runs to Luz who instantly gives Amity a big Titan hug, while Amity is struggling to stay conscious. Being hugged by her girlfriend who has just transformed into a god made her entire face turn red and eyes into hearts. Luz puts Amity down and the two look into each other's eyes.
Amity: "I'm glad you're here."
Luz: "Thank you for saving me."
Amity: "How are you here?"
Luz: "I'll explain later sweet potato. Right let's deal with this."
Amity: "Right! Let's finish what we should've done during the final battle."
Luz: "Ready, Mighty Mittens?"
Amity: "Ready, Spell Raiser."
Luz and Amity strike fighting post stances and prepare to face the mysterious Belos, which they should've done against the real Belos during the final battle. The girlfriends prepare to face humanity's evil incarnate.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
(Author's notes: Oh so many questions: How did Luz get in her own mind? How is Belos still alive? Will Luz and her father get a moment together? The answer to all these in the next chapter.)
