Luz arrived at the Owl House and saw the group (Willow, Gus, Boscha, Amelia, Skara, Cat, Amity, and the Blight twins) was there. She doesn't know how Willow got so many people together and here that fast, but it just made it easier for Luz.
"Oh, are these your friends?" Althea asked, before noticing Eda.
Althea quickly made sure her hair was okay before walking over to Eda.
"So, what's your name, sweetheart?" She asked.
Eda actually blushed at that.
"Auntie, don't flirt with my teacher, she's already head over heels for my mom!" Luz said.
"Hey, I'm fine being her back up option." Althea said, "Besides, don't you want a cousin?"
"We are here for a reason!" Luz said.
Althea's shoulder sunk at that reminder... fine she'll wait to flirt with Eda. Not her fault the god of this world sculped her straight from the finest marble and painted in gold.
"Okay, what do you need?" Althea asked.
"Amity, Emira, Edric, show her what you look like without those gems." Luz said.
The Blights looked nervous and didn't want to reveal this. Being the Goddess of Healing, Althea can safely say that she can see what the issue was.
"I think I see the problem." Althea said, walking over to the three, "You three are afraid, you think people seeing the real you will make them leave you, you're afraid that you will truly be alone if people find out... you shouldn't be, these people are hear, because they want to help, because they truly care about you, and they want you to feel like you do belong. They are loyal to you, because they are true friends, that will never leave you no matter what."
Althea's words calmed them a bit, which made them take the concealment stones off. Althea saw the three of them, the real versions of them. She close her eyes and let out a sigh.
"Don't worry, I'll be able to help you." She said, looking at Emira.
Emira felt the eyes looking at her, and looked down in shame, just like Odalia always told her, her words ring loudly in her head.
"If someone sees that your blind, then you are a disgrace. You lack the intelligence needed to hide your mistake."
Emira felt tears running down her cheeks, only for Althea's hand to rest on her cheek. It didn't feel like Odalia at all. Her touch felt soft, warm, and most importantly... loving. Althea wiped the tears away.
"It's okay to be scared, to be sad, but you should never feel ashamed of something you had no control over." Althea said, "Always remember, you are beautiful, no matter how many scars you have, don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
"I... I don't deserve to be called beautiful." Emira said.
"Dear, I'm 200 million years old, I've seen things no one ever will, so when I say you're beautiful, trust me, I would know." Althea said, putting a hand over Emira's eyes, "See for yourself."
She removed her hand and Emira opened her eyes. Emira let out a gasp.
"I... I can see." Emira said, before seeing her reflection in a mirror.
She could see the burned body she had, the scars that covered at least 90% of her skin.
"Sadly I can't heal scars, but I can say, there is beauty in them." She said, "They can show how protective you are. You are a lot like the fire that scarred you."
Emira looked at her like she was crazy.
"How?"
"Fire is dangerous, fierce, and in certain situations, deadly... but without it, life would cease to exist." Althea explained before motioning to the other Blights, "You are protective of them, you will do anything, even hurt someone in order to protect them. I can tell just by looking at you. Without you, they wouldn't be here."
"It's true." Edric said, "We need you, Em, you are more than just my sister, you're my best friend, without you... I would've just hung myself long ago."
Emira felt tears return, but this time it's because she could not only hear his honesty, but the first time she could see the look in his eyes. She hugged Edric.
"I need you too." Emira said.
Amity, who was silent the entire time, walked up to both of them
"I... I need you both." She said.
Amity joined the hug, while Althea smiled. She may not be able to heal mental pain, but she has her ways of easing it, and seeing the Blights slowly start to heal makes her happy.
"No, who is next?" Althea asked.
"Edric, you should go." Amity said, "Your injury is more important."
"Are you sure?" Edric asked.
Amity nodded, but the look in her eyes told Edric the real reason is because his injury is pretty much minor compared to hers, and he knew that more than anyone, he was lucky enough that his hands and arms were targeted, Amity wasn't as lucky, as her entire body was targeted indiscriminately. Althea looked at Edric's hands and arms, seeing some fairly dark splotches indicating that some more damage had been recently. Althea looked like she was just staring at his hands, but in reality she was looking through his skin at his bones.
"Oh my... the fact that you are even able to bend your fingers is a miracle." She said, "Some of your bones have been so crushed that they are a fine powder."
Edric didn't have the heart to say that he was forced to move heavy equipment for his mother since he 9. If he dropped anything, it hurt his hands, mostly breaking bones, and if that wasn't bad enough, Odalia would then hit them with a hammer, which made them hurt worse... the fact that only some of them were broken is a miracle. Althea gave Edric's hand a kiss, which was weird to those that didn't know what she was doing. She looked as his bones healed and were almost good as new.
"There, does that feel better?" Althea asked.
Edric clenched his hand without feeling pain.
"Woah... how did you do that?"
"In the Human Realm, mother's will kiss their child's cut or bump to make it feel better... I'm the reason they do that." Althea said, running her hands up his arms, "And that should help with the bruises."
Edric's arms and hands have felt great for the first time in years.
"Woah, I... I can move them without pain." Edric said, "I forgot what that felt like."
That made everyone feel a bit sad and also a bit freaked out. Most of them had no idea what happened to the three of them. Althea then looked at little Amity. Looking through Amity's skin made the goddess wish that Amity's issues were skin deep.
'This is going to be a challenge.' Althea thought.
This girl was, maybe, 60 pounds... very underweight for what a girl of her age should be. She also had at least 4 DOZEN broken bones that never healed correctly. Have you ever seen a tree branch split from one limb? Yeah, that's what three of Amity's ribs had done, broken ribs had begun to heal, but also the broken part that had split off healed and made a new rib, resulting her in have 27 ribs. There was also several cracked vertebre. Sadly... it got worse as Althea moved down. How Amity was standing is a miracle, because her right tibia was fractured, and honestly from how much bone decay there was, it had been fractured for a while. Her left Femur wasn't looking any better. And then Althea looked at Amity's head... there was a full-on indent in her skull. It wasn't noticable because of her hair, and thankfully Althea could fix it... but it was certainly going to take a while... and that was just her bones. Her muscles were starting to decay, another reason Althea is amazed she can stand. Finally the skin... oh boy there's a lot of scars and new bruises. Sadly, these are just what she could see, she's well aware of how little she knows about Amity's injuries, and that there is most likely injuries she hadn't known of because they've healed already or may not be something that could be done physically.
"Okay... this is by far some of the worst injuries I've ever had to work on." Althea said, "Don't worry, sweetie, I'll make sure you're feeling better soon, it'll just take longer."
She then looked at Eda.
"Get this girl food, she needs it." She said, "Lots of it."
Eda nodded and went to the kitchen. As this was happening, Luz was speaking with Willow.
"So, how do these things work?" Luz asked, looking at the tweezers.
"Simple, you just stick them in someone's ear and pull out a memory." Willow said, taking the tweezers, "Watch."
She stuck it in Luz's ear and pulled out a memory. Luz took the picture and saw a picture of earth.
'Huh... must be from when I was younger and mom would take me to space and show me how small the planet is compared to us.' Luz thought, 'I'll just put that in my... where ever things go when I put them away... still not sure how that works.'
Luz put the picture in her... thing... and then went over to Amity.
"Amity, I need you to trust me with what I'm about to do." Luz said, pulling a memory out of Amity's head.
Luz looked at it and saw Amity being beaten by a chain, by her mother... and Luz had no idea who it was... but Willow did.
"Hey, that's Odalia Blight." Willow said, "Wow, I... I knew she was evil but... I didn't think she was THAT evil."
Luz didn't say anything. She just pushed the tweezers and memory into Willow's hands, and walked out... slamming the door.
"... That's not good." Althea said.
Luz stormed all the way to Blight Manor, not as an animal, no, she was still herself. She came up to a metal gate that was locked around the manor. Luz grabbed the gate and bent the steel rods. She went though the fence and up to the door. She slammed her fist on it, not stopping until Odalia opened the door. Luz put on a friendly smile.
"Hello, you must be Mrs. Blight. I'm Luz and I would like to-"
"Oh, you're the human I've been hearing about." Odalia said with that typical fake enthusiasm, "Get the hell off my property before I have security escort you off."
She then slammed the door in Luz's face.
"Fine... I tried to be nice." Luz said, clenching her fists.
She put her hands out and trees grew and moved with Luz's hands. They broke down the door and Luz walked in. Once she was in, vines, trees, and sharp thorns grew over the manor, making sure nothing could get in, and most importantly... NOTHING could get out. Time for the hunt to begin.
Odalia was walking up the stairs when she heard what sounded like the doors being broken down. She rushed back to the doors and saw them gone and replaced with plants blocking her exit.
"What is going on here!?" Odalia yelled, "Security!"
Several abominations walked towards her.
"There is an intruder... dispose of them!"
The abominations split in different directions to find the intruder, and Odalia smiled... she had no idea how badly they would fail. The first abomination saw Luz and moved to capture her... she raised her head, her eyes were that of tigers, and she quickly became one, lunging and destroying the abomination with ease. The tiger walked down the hall, listening to the groans of the abominations around the corner. Fun little fact about tigers... they can mimic certain animal sounds, and the abomination groan sounded like something she should be able to. Luz mimicked the groan, making the abominations come towards her.
Odalia was walking through the halls, trying to find the intruder, but was having no luck. She turned the corner and saw abomination goo on the floor. She was curious, there was no reason it should've collapsed, it was a very sturdy creation. She went over to it and kneeled down.
"Hm, that girl must have some kind of trick, oh I bet she had Amity tell her." Odalia said, "That girl is getting the beating of a lift time when she gets home."
The second she said that, a foot stepped in front of her face, the rest of the body was around the corner. The leg had a sharp claw in the shape of a sickle, that tapped the floor twice. Odalia went pale as the rest of the body came around the corner and stared at her. The large feathery dromaeosaur opened its mouth enough to show Odalia her sharp teeth that would soon be ripping parts of her skin off. Odalia stood up, hoping that she could make herself look bigger... but since some Utahraptors maxed out at six feet tall... Luz was able to stare Odalia in the eyes. Luz let out a growl, and then a screech, making Odalia panic and start running down the hall. Luz ran after her, the only reason she didn't catch up, as the Utahraptor could easily run at least 25 miles per hour, was because Luz didn't want to make this quick. She wanted Odalia to suffer like how she made the Blights suffer. Odalia ran down the stairs, while Luz jumped on the railing and down to the floor, landing in front of Odalia. Luz screeched at Odalia again, making Odalia back up into a wall.
"W-w-what are you." Odalia said.
The Utahraptor leaned her snout close to Odalia's ear.
"I'm the one that's going to kill you." Luz said.
Odalia's eyes went wide, and she barely had time to react as Luz turned back and grabbed Odalia by the neck. She threw a punch and sent Odalia right through the wall. Odalia groaned as she picked herself up, only for Luz to charge at her and tackle Odalia through three more walls... one of them being made of brick. Luz, still holding Odalia in the tackle position, delivered a spinebuster, cracking the floor with Odalia's back. Luz then grabbed Odalia by the neck and threw her into the air, making her hit the ceiling and bounce off like a basketball. Odalia fell and Luz hit her with a kick before she could hit the ground, making her hit the wall with full force.
"Not so fun is it!?" Luz yelled, "How does it feel to be abused! Do you feel superior now!?"
Luz started to march over to Odalia, but Odalia grabbed a sharp broken piece of wood and shoved it through Luz's chest. Odalia felt relief... until Luz reached up and removed the wood, not even phased as her shirt was coated in blood. Luz dropped the wood... it was at that point Odalia felt a different kind of relief, this time from her bladder.
"Run." Luz said.
Odalia listened and ran down to the lab in the basement. She slapped the heavy metal door shut, used the dead bolt lock, the chain lock, the security pad lock, and even dropping the bar lock on it. She ran down the stairs and started looking for something she could use. Her heart stopped when she heard something hit the door... and then a handful of seconds later, the door fell down the stairs. Each step Luz took, made Odalia's blood run cold. Odalia grabbed the flamethrower she used on Emira and unleashed fire on Luz. Luz just kept walking, not caring about the fire. She made it to Odalia and grabbed the flamethrower. She crushed it in her hands like it was nothing but paper. Odalia then grabbed whatever she could and threw it at Luz.
A mug?
Shattered against Luz, some pieces getting stuck in her face and making blood run down the side of her face.
A screwdriver?
Odalia stabbed Luz in the eye... she didn't even flinch.
A crystal ball?
Similar to the mug, not even phasing her.
Luz having enough, grabbed Odalia by the neck and threw her through the basement roof. Luz jumped and went through the hole as well. She walked and stepped on the back of Odalia's neck, forcing Odalia's face into the ground.
"How's it feel to be powerless?" Luz asked through clenched teeth, "I've seen what you did to your kids... you aren't even fit enough to be a fucking doormat, let alone a mother!"
"What I do to my kids is none of your business!" Odalia said
BIG MISTAKE.
Luz pulled the screwdriver from her eye and stabbed it through Odalia's hand, pinning her to the floor.
"AHH!"
"Not so fun when you're the one screaming is it!?" Luz yelled.
Luz pulled the screwdriver from Odalia's hand and picked her up. She threw Odalia into the wall, and then had the vines on the nearby window come in. Luz had them wrapped around Odalia right arm.
"You like to cripple people? Let's see how you like it."
The vines began to pull... slowly but surely ripping Odalia's arm off.
"AHHHH!" Odalia screamed as blood began to fall out of her wound, down her side and pool on the floor, "P-p-please... stop."
"Did you stop when you were doing this to your kids?" Luz asked, angrily, "No, you kept going, you decided that they were nothing but things you can break to your hearts content, so I don't feel any sympathy for what's going to happen to you!"
Luz grabbed Odalia by the hair and made sure her head was steady... Luz shoved the screwdriver through her eye.
"AHHHHHHH!"
Luz slammed Odalia's head into the wall, making her fall down and whimper on the floor.
"It's time to end this." Luz said, shifting back into a Utahraptor.
She raised her head, opened her mouth and bit down... but not on her head. It was a white staff topped with a gold flame.
"Don't do this Luz." Vidal said.
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