The Owl House, plus one but not?

by TheAbsoluteZero

Summary: Luz meets an older Titan Luz, but she doesn't know that, who came from the future to stop some things from happening. Time Travel, Titan Luz, Trauma, more to be added later. The version on AO3 is where it's upload and where it will be uptated first cause it's better there, go there to see the drawings.

7. A King's Right Hand-Woman

AN: Wow, 14k words. The longest chapter I've ever written, my previous record was 10k, I really outdone myself this time

Bonesborough, Convention

King walked around hoping to get new offerings after getting that free pen.

One stand caught his attention with a crowd around it. It was the Beast Coven's stand, right beside it and another stand was a big clearing, probably a beast enclosure, there was something, or rather many things moving in there growling.

As the King of demons, it would be natural that demon beasts would also bow down before his might. Maybe the employees would give him a worthy mount?

King approached the crowd and tried to slip in to see why it was so popular. Finally passing through all those legs he witnessed an incredible sight in average demon standards.

Obviously, there were a lot of beasts but it was the fact that among them were three strong ferocious predators that couldn't be easily tamed and would attack any who tried, they would gladly eat the other beasts around them. The other beast would definitely be afraid of being even 10 meters near those predators.

However, in this situation, none of those principles applied at all.

Titan was in that opening being licked and hugged and cuddled by all those beasts. The predators who would roar against all and tear off the heads of any were acting all cute and needy. The other beasts that would run away in fear at the presence of those predators didn't mind them at all and were as physically close as best friends could be, they also were touch-starved for one particular demon.

The one they were seeking attention was trying her best to give it to everyone, her hands switching to different heads and bodies, her face collecting different saliva. The small ones were nesting in her hair. Stringbean was away from the bundle of animals with her carver's hat in her mouth.

" Enough guys, enough. We've been at this for half an hour. "

Despite her request, they did not stop. The watchers had the same reaction.

" How is she doing this? Her beast magic must be on a Coven Head level. "

" That's the thing she didn't use any magic, no taming spells, no pheromone potions, nothing, no magic was detected. "

" Ain't no way. "

" She just came here and asked the animals why they were here. "

" She can talk to them? "

" Cap. "

" Isn't she the False Titan? The one fighting against the Emperor? "

" Recently her bounty surpassed the Owl Lady's, some say the Emperor's Coven is putting their entire savings. "

All were astonished at how this demon casually gained the love of all beasts, too stunned to call the coven scouts.

" The Emperor's Coven mystery guest is about to appear! " Someone shouted.

That was enough to get the crowd out of their confusion and quickly ran for the theater, leaving only King to be spotted by Titan.

" King! Alright beasts, it was nice to meet you but go back to your place and try to eat each other after everyone's gone. " Almost as if obeying her orders, they all separated and walked back to different circles traced on the ground which glowed when they stepped in and seemed to affect them as they all started to fall asleep.

Finally free, Titan got up and walked out of the beast enclosure to King but not before the owner of the stand spoke to her. " Please don't encourage them to attack each other, I'm not paid enough to clean that kind of mess. "

" My bad. " The witch sighed and returned to their duty.

She lowered herself to the small King. " Whatcha doing here buddy? "

" Luz and her friends tortured Eda so they could visit the Covention, I'm here to get offerings from these loyal subjects. "

" Oh, in that case. "

Titan made her hat disappear, grabbed King, and threw him on her shoulders while grabbing his legs like carrying a toddler. She pointed in a random direction and grinned like an idiot. " Onward my adorable monarch, for today we claim these offerings made in your name! "

Totally loving the attitude King did not hesitate to voice his request, or orders in this case. " Well spoken, Human Charmer! We shall take the belongings of my citizens in my name! Now go! "

Together they walked from Coven to Coven. Titan put on a show with a few illusion spells and tricks, getting the free samples by speaking of King's cuteness and greatness, but mostly his cuteness. While walking King spoke of his tales as ruler and Titan commented here and there.

Currently, they just passed the Styling Coven, King was given a cap, scarf, and oversized t-shirt. Through Titan's praise, he also got horrific flippers with cartoony fairy designs like they were eating his feet.

" Another successful raid, how do you like your clothing, my liege? "

" Comfortable, all thanks to you, truly you've been a great… great… "

" Chancellor. "

" What's that? "

" The one the king listens to for advice and counsel as well as a somewhat right-hand man. "

" I guess you could be considered my right-hand woman. "

" Yeah but don't forget, I can still stop you from going too far. "

" No one can stop me from destroying my enemies! "

" I can allow it. "

" Oh! Finally, someone who acknowledges my violence! What about fighting? "

" Allowed. "

" Disobeying order! "

" Allowed. "

King then saw a Pie Coven they were passing by. Titan stopped, the owner saw King making grabbing gestures with his claw, and his cute little Weh gave him a whole fairy pie, Titan had to suppress her own Weh from following his. She bowed her upper body to let King grab it before continuing their walk.

" Eating as much as I want! " Feeling that he could do everything around the False Titan, King was about to start biting into it without a care. Unfortunately for him, it got snatched up from him. Now Titan had the pie in one hand, the other still holding his tiny leg.

" Not allowed. "

" Hey! "

" I don't want any indigestion. Do you? "

The demon child responded grumpily. " No. "

" Good, but don't worry, one day your stomach will grow so much you'll want to eat tons of food. "

" Really? "

" Really. " She threw the pie in the air and with a spell circle took away one quarter. The quarter floated to King's claws and the rest floated beside Titan.

Before he started eating, King wanted to ask something that had been on his mind for a while, just a curious question that he wondered without putting any importance to it. " Hey Titan? "

" Finally calling me by my name? "

The child just shrugged. " You're nice to be around, I don't know why but there's something about you that tells me you're a demon I can trust. "

Titan wondered if it had anything to do with the fact that she's an actual titan with her own set of glyphs and not a human temporarily transformed using borrowed powers. " Is that so? And you're not questioning it because? "

" Figuring out my feelings is boring, sounds like one of those horrible romance stories Luz talks about, ew. "

" Fair enough. So, what do you want to ask? "

" Are you in love with Luz? "

' … That… is probably the weirdest concept I could have possibly heard, even by my standards. ' Titan knew there was self-love and even selfcest, this was the demon realm after all, anybody could be into anything, but in her case and circumstances? This was entirely different. " Nope, plus I don't think Luz is in love with me and I don't plan on having any lovers, but don't tell Luz. "

" Why? "

" I wanna see what she'll do to gain my affection, it's just funny and adorable. "

" Sounds exhausting. "

" Says the guy who wants to be worshiped. "

" Point taken. " Ending this conversation both started to eat the pie. King his small quarter and Titan the whole rest.

This was nice. For both demons.

Titan was enjoying this little time with her little brother, even though he didn't know it and they were not closely blood-related. In the back of her mind she still thought of a few theories about this snug feeling he said he had, most revolving around the fact that she used Papa Titan's power once and King's power multiple times and both being related or maybe it was her full biological transformation into a titan since she didn't know how titans instinct behaved around each other, otherwise the front of her mind focused on this tranquility they were having. King relaxed in the company of this demon despite meeting her rarely and had a lot of fun, she was foxy and cool, like Eda. But also gushy and kind, like Luz.

They peacefully walked, although one was carried. They enjoyed each other's presence like they'd known each other for a long time. Titan had already finished her pie in 3 seconds. Talk about hungry as a titan, quite literally.

In fact, this pie awakened their appetite so they made a quick stop at the Bakers Coven. The delicious cupcakes were so alluring, that Titan took the whole bunch and scrammed.

Titan could hear with her advanced hearing Luz and Amity, unbothered and not paying attention she kept giving King the cupcakes.

" I'm receiving magic lessons from a powerful witch, a ferocious demon, and a beautiful, cool rebel hero. "

Amity looked behind her and asked sarcastically. " Is that you're a ferocious demon and so-called hero there? "

" Who's the most feared ruler? " One cupcake was thrown.

" Me! " And he chomped in midair.

" Who's the most powerful demon? " Another one.

" Me! " And he chomped it.

" Who's the most adorable kid? " Another one.

" Me! " And he chomped it. He cutely laughed at the last question.

Pretty soon, they arrived before Luz and Amity. Titan waved her hand as a greeting first. " Hi, Luz, Amity. How are you enjoying Covention so far? "

" It's so grea- "

" Horrible since all of you arrived. "

" Amity! Why are you so mean? "

The green-haired girl looked at the False Titan and King with anger, especially the False Titan. " Because you and your pet are giving witches in training a bad name. "

" He is not a pet. "

The moment Titan said that Amity looked even angrier, she didn't want to try anything with a highly wanted wild witch and ignore her, but just hearing her voice brought more hatred. As she pointed her finger at the False Titan she spoke with disdain. " You in particular! Not only are you a criminal but you also infiltrated a school, disguised as the principal, and convinced him to let Willow and that human get away with everything and you got me in trouble! I never got in trouble! " Her face was frowning so much she looked like crumpled paper. " Out of you three, you are the worst! "

Luz gasped, this girl was really bad! How could she insult someone she barely met?! Sure, most of the things she said did happen but she heard from Willow and Gus that Principal Bump had agreed to Titan's request willingly. So there was nothing to be angry about! But it didn't matter because Luz knew that Titan would let no words affect her. She turned to look at Titan, expecting the usual confident joyful smile.

But it wasn't.

She did smile, but it seemed a bit sad as those golden eyes looked at Amity.

" I'm sorry to hear that. "

The tone was so gentle and quiet, similar to when Titan gave her a valuable lesson after being caught in a mess. But it was also different as it gave the impression that she did feel sorry. For some reason, King seemed to be affected by her mood and turned a bit sad but not as much as the demon carrying him.

Seeing her like this Luz felt a lot of rage towards the one responsible for that.

" That's it! I'll tell you what Amity, it's one thing to say I can't be a witch but it's another to bully my friend and my idol. "

" Awww. " She was sooooo going to tease Luz after this.

" Just like the Good Witch Azura said when facing down her rival Hecate at the Bog of Immediate Regret, I challenge you to a Witch's Duel! "

Everyone gasped… except Titan who put down King and made her hat reappear, already knowing where this was headed.

" I accept. "

While they were stating the terms she thought of how to take care of this and decided to take a page from Gus' book. When Amity finished stating her conditions Luz looked back at King and Titan.

" Do it, Luz, for my honor, and my right-hand woman's! "

" If you do it I'm never giving you my Azura Book 7. "

She looked back at Amity. " Fine, let's shake on- wait what? " She turned back to the last person who spoke to her. " First question, why don't you want me to fight? Second more important question, there's a 7th volume?! "

Titan smirked and looked at her nails, even if she didn't have any in the first place, looking all smug. " Let's just say I got some early access through some connections, here and there. As for why. " Titan got beside the two children between them and spoke to Luz first. " I would prefer if you didn't engage in my battles as I can take it and survive but you can't, I don't mind if you fight for yourself as long as you don't do something that might endanger your future as a witch or the weirdness that I love about you. "

Suddenly remembering that this woman was her idol, Luz lost all the comfort she built around Titan and blushed like a strawberry and felt very happy and fuzzy as someone never complimented her for being weird. Seeing Luz stuck in her own mind, Titan changed her focus to Amity.

" Tell me, Amity Blight, what is a witch? "

Confused at the question, the demon girl answered. " It's a demon with a bile sac and spells phlegms with great reputation and prestige, a noble background, and great magical skill. " She answered not at all thinking she was wrong, that's what she's been taught. Although the way this demon woman stared at her as if judging her character put some kind of pressure, aside from slightly sweating Amity did not show nervousness on her face.

Titan turned to the crowd and seemed to switch her behavior.

" Ladies, gentlemen, and non-binary demons! Before your eyes today we have a splendid match, a Witch's Duel between Amity Blight, apprentice of the Head Witch of the Emperor's Coven! " With an illusion spell a big image in the air appeared making sure all could see, it was of Amity with a large black figure holding her shoulders from behind, it resembled Lilith. " And Luz Noceda, human apprentice of the most wanted Wild Witch in the Boiling Isles! " A similar image opposite to the first appeared with Luz and Eda. " They shall fight to decide what defines a real witch! Get your tickets now, the fight shall happen at the theater very soon! "

Everyone ran to the theater. Two apprentices following opposite paths were going to cross, all wanted to see, many went in different directions as fast as they could to spread the news.

Titan turned back to the kids, back to her usual smiling face. " Alright, since both of you want to fight, how about we bet on a few things? If Luz wins Amity has to apologize to Luz, King, and me, if Amity wins Luz has to say that she can't be a witch, sounds good? " Since the very beginning, both girls had been staring at each other like predators ready to fight.

" I agree. "

" Same, let's shake on it. " Luz put her hand forward for the second time.

" Nope. " Before Amity could do anything, Titan grabbed Luz by the hood to drag her away. " See ya Amity! " King followed beside Titan.

Amity still stared at them like they weren't worth anything, and Luz, still facing her while being dragged, saw that and pointed at her eyes and then at Amity back and forth multiple times. " I got my eyes on you, Blight! "

When the trio was far enough Titan put Luz before her on her feet and crossed her arm with a slightly scorned expression. Luz jumped a bit and tensed, thinking she had done something wrong.

As usual, she felt that Titan was reading her mind. " You did nothing wrong Luz, I'm more angry at Eda for not teaching you the Oath. "

" The Oath? "

" The human expression of shaking hands exists in the demon realm in the form of using magic to actually force the other to respect their part of the deal, the Everlasting Oath. If I didn't stop you the first time and stated the terms myself, I guess Amity would've added something like not practicing magic ever again. "

The gravity of the situations she was almost put in dropped on Luz, her face looking down, remorseful that she was saved by Titan, again. It's like she didn't learn her lesson at all. She looked back up as she felt Titan's bone hand patting her head.

" Thank you, Luz, for defending me. " Once again Titan was giving this gentle expression to her.

Luz felt all giddy, all guilt fading away into nothingness.

" King, get Luz prepped up with papers for her light glyph. I'll go get Eda. "

King was about to grab Luz and lead her to the arena, but Titan lowered herself to whisper in his ears. " My liege many people will be there, it will be a good idea if you sell them some cheap stuff and steal their money, they'll be too focused on the fight to notice anything. Here's all the supplies. " She twirled her finger and many boxes with bug legs appeared with lots of shirts, cheering gloves, and the like, all looked worse for wear.

King diabolically giggled at the prospect. " Good idea, my right-hand woman. " He grabbed Luz and ran away with the legged boxes following behind.

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" Is that a challenge? "

" Oh, it's a promise. "

" Let's shake on it. "

The two sisters jumped at the sudden intrusion of their personal space as Titan appeared from nowhere between them.

" Well if it ain't Miss Titan, how are you doing? "

Titan was glad to see Eda less defensive around her and more relaxed and playful. " Nothing much, robbing the Emperor of his money, ambushing a few convoys, the usual. Ask your sister, I bet she gets drowned in paperwork fixing my messes. "

Eda snorted. " Would love to see that. "

Although Lilith was angry that they were right as they both laughed at her misery, she was more focused on the False Titan. " You mention shaking on it? "

Reminded of the ongoing situation, Titan stopped laughing and shared the news. " Luz and Amity, your respective students, are going to have a Witch's Duel at the theater. I heard the two of you talking and I think we should have an Everlasting Oath. "

Eda was the first to notice her words. " We? You want to participate? "

" Eda says Luz can win, Lilith says Amity can win. I say through the magic of friendship neither will win. "

Lilith was disappointed, expecting more maturity from a self-entitled Titan. " Ridiculous. "

Eda just faked a vomit. " Why is everyone fixated on those books with fake witch stuff? "

" The losers have to do something for the winners. " As soon as those words left Titan's mouth, the sisters had their full attention on her. " If you are found cheating before the end of the match it's an automatic loss. "

The Head Witch spoke first as she stared at her sister. " You will join the Emperor's Coven and your fellow wild witch False Titan will answer for her crimes. "

The Owl Lady stared back hard. " You'll become a Wild Witch and my fellow wild witch Titan will answer all my questions truthfully. "

" Fine. "

" Fine. "

Agreeing on the other's fate, they looked back to Titan.

…

…

…

" Oh, me? " Titan honestly forgot she was a part of it despite planning this. " I can't think of anything right now but I won't make you join a coven or the wild witches or even fight with me in my war against Belos. I'll just ask you to do one thing for me with all your heart, strength and magic poured into it. "

Lilith almost took back the offer. " Let's do it. " But Eda's lack of hesitation surprised her, she who always thought twice about owning a favor, it was rather suspicious and her curiosity brought her back into the bet so she nodded. She didn't know that the real reason was that Eda was desperate for answers regarding her fellow criminal.

They shook each other's hand in three spell circles. Lilith left first, head held high underestimating them as she burned Eda's and Titan's posters. " Prepared to serve the Emperor with me, Edalyn. " Ignoring the False Titan completely.

As they watched her leave, Eda casually asked a question she had for a very long time. " What's the deal with the giraffes? "

" I got nothing to do with those. " Titan left immediately to avoid answering any further questions about those accursed beings.

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Theater, an hour later

Here they were.

Eda and Luz were on one side, while Lilith and Amity were on the stage. Lilith was about to announce the duel and present the participant. Until Titan showed up flying on her palisman.

" Demons and Witches of the Boiling Isles, welcome! " Many were wary about the criminal, but her excitement rubbed off on them and her showmanship was setting the stage so well they could only reciprocate, making them scream in response.

" I can hear your anticipation for this very interesting fight, I am the criminal False Titan but right now I am nothing more than your host and right-hand woman of my sponsor King over there. " She pointed to King as he was selling merchandise, his adorable face was a great advantage to use, many just wanted to please the little guy so they bought his stuff.

" You probably all heard about these two already but let me introduce them anyway. " She flew at a slow pace around Lilith and Amity as she introduced them. " Representing order and restraint, student of Lilith Clawthorn, daughter of the Blight family, Amity Blight! "

The crowd screamed and cheered for Amity.

Titan flew around her opponent. " Representing chaos and individualism, student of Eda Clawthorn, witch in training from the human realm, Luz Noceda! "

Opposite to Amity, the crowd whispered aloud, doubting whether a human could do anything in a magical battle.

Titan flew high in the air. " Fighters get set! " The two walked and stood face to face with each other. Amity was confident while Luz seemed a bit nervous at the idea of cheating but was also determined to teach that bully a lesson.

" On my mark. Spells ready. Fight! "

Luz put up her guard and Amity was making a spell and-

" Stop! "

Both opponents froze, Amity's spell disappeared unfinished.

" What in Titan's name are you doing?! "

" Yeah, what's up with that?! "

Both sisters voiced their complaints, I mean who would blame them? The one who agreed to this and willingly threw themselves to be the MC was none other than Titan, so why would she just start the fight and stop it right as it began?

Titan didn't answer, instead, she drew two spell circles with each facing Luz and Amity then she walked away. Nothing happened, nobody could notice any effect made from that spell.

Titan put her back against the wall and gestured to Eda and Lilith to come to her. " Let the match proceed! "

Not understanding what happened and not trying to bother with it, the two children went back to it.

When the two sisters were beside Titan they started demanding what she did. Lilith pointed out the obvious accusation. " Did you cheat? I wouldn't expect anything less from a wild witch. "

Not bothering to answer she just made one spell circle and a power glyph appeared before Lilith who caught it and only realized what this meant in 5 seconds, her shocked and nervous expression made it easy to see that.

Eda narrowed her eyes as she looked at Titan's smug face, then at Lilith and the power glyph she held, then at the fight as Luz was dodging and running away from two abominations her size, one of which stepped on a mound and flattened it like cake, then it hit her. " You knew?! You made us take the Oath because you knew that we would both cheat, guaranteeing an easy win! "

" Yep. "

Lilith also could not believe this. " That means you also cheated! "

" I didn't do anything that would interfere with the match in any way, so no. "

She couldn't believe this, the Head Witch was frustrated that this stranger got the best of her and used her from the very beginning, but she wouldn't go down without a fight. " This proves nothing, you could've made all those up, there's no way to prove that I cheated. " She pointed out the obvious lack of proof, putting her head witch face back on.

Titan just shrugged. " Then let's make another Oath to answer the question truthfully if you want, since you didn't cheat nothing will happen to you, right? "

That face broke down instantly. Who uses the Oath that much? It's ridiculous!

" I'm more surprised about you Eda, I thought that after finally believing that I was a titan, you think I wouldn't notice the magic traps when I entered the theater? "

Eda sighed. " I do believe that you are more powerful and knowledgeable than you look, but I haven't completely acknowledged that you're a titan, I just completely forgot about it, aside from your name you don't really scream 'I'm a titan/god'. "

" You actually think she's a Titan?! Eda please, not even you are that gullible! "

Eda looked at Lilith and then at Titan who looked at her and made a face that screamed conceited. Eda shared that expression as she snickered trying her best to hold her laughter. " You wouldn't get it, Lilith. "

" What do you mean? "

Titan joined the fray trying not to laugh too. " It's nothing, don't bother with it. "

" What is it? "

Eda struggled to hold her laughter. " Pfff oh titan, I can't hold it. "

Titan started to snicker. " Oh me, I can't either. "

" Oh me, she said! " Eda just exploded at Titan's pun who lightly giggled still trying to hold it in. The context with this pun and an oblivious Lilith was just too damn funny. Said witch didn't even bother to continue prying for information anymore, annoyed by those two.

As she regained her composure, Titan whispered to Eda. " Sure feels great to know something that would blow your sister's mind, aye? "

" Damn right. " Eda regained her breathing and they both went back to watch the duel. Luz had finally started kicking and punching the abominations instead of running away, occasionally drawing a light glyph on them so that their substance was consumed so Amity couldn't call back on those and had to make new abominations, both were starting to get tired.

" Aside from the giraffe, you're not gonna ask me anything about the secrets of the universe and stuff? "

The Owl Lady just shrugged her shoulders. " Like I said, I'm still processing it. Besides, for a powerful being of our creator's race, you're pretty chill, you're advertising that you're a Titan but you're not proving it to everyone, I concluded that you just want to not be treated as a god. "

" Thank you, Eda. You are one of the three people who know what I am. I trust you more than you think so if you have some questions I wouldn't mind answering some, regardless of the bet. "

" Oh my, quite the status you have for me. But like I said, still processing it, I have so many questions, especially about the titan blood since it's my first time seeing it and I have no idea what to do with it, but I want to take it easy. "

In comfortable silence, they focused back on the fight, Eda with her hands on her hips and Titan with her arms crossed.

Looking at how the fight was going both opponents were exhausted and dirty from all the running and magic exhaustion, the human was fast and had a lot of stamina but aside from her light glyph she had no other way to attack or defend besides her body while the witch in training used her abominations efficiently but she had yet to be taught how to use close quarters weapons rendering her as weak in physical prowess despite her previous position in the banshees.

Both were tired but too stubborn to give up, despite the loss being just saying one thing they didn't mean.

Deciding this was enough Titan lifted one claw from her biceps and used a small spell circle to ring the bell.

At the sound of the screaming bell, Luz and Amity looked around confused since they didn't even know there was a bell, everyone shared their confusion. Titan's voice echoed and answered the crowd.

" Dear audience, it has been decided that we will take a short break, the fight will resume but both children will rest. "

" Booo, let them fight! "

That was the general idea everyone was saying, including Eda and Lilith but those two were not surprising.

Obviously, Titan did not give a hoot. She just walked with a smile to the two fighters, lifted them both under her arms like a sack of potatoes, and walked out of the arena, Amity struggled but it amounted to nothing because of her lack of energy and Luz was slightly blushing at the close physical contact and the nice smooth feeling of furr, she got reminded of King's word from before about how close they were though this time it was more physical.

Out of sight Titan gently dropped the two kids. " What is the meaning of this?! I was about to win! " Amity complained first.

" Nu hu! " Luz retaliated.

" What do you mean 'nu hu'?! "

" You were tired and barely standing, I was winning! "

" You were tired too and were running out of paper for that weird terrible magic of yours! "

" It may be weird but it's still magic! It's better than that goo that's easily breakable! "

" My abominations are not weak! "

" My magic is not terrible! "

*Flick flick*

" Ow! " Both said.

They put their hands where their forehead got hit as they looked at Titan's slightly annoyed face. " If both of you are done I would like some focus as I heal you both. " The two kids glared at each other before looking away, at least they stopped bickering.

Titan used a healing spell circle on the two, it would be better to add the healing glyph combo but Luz had yet to figure out the other glyphs.

After restoring their bodies and clothes in better shape Titan guided them not to the arena but to the front row where they sat and were joined by Gus and Willow. They didn't know why she put them here instead of in the arena but they couldn't get the chance to ask questions as Titan jumped over the railing and dropped in the arena. She walked to the middle and spoke to the audience.

" Witches and demons, the match between Amity Blight and Luz Noceda has ended on a technicality. " The crowd clearly didn't like that and shouted at Titan. " Don't worry if the two children still want to fight, they can." She paused for dramatic effect." But that won't be until after a new fight with two great witches, Eeedaaaa and Liliiiith! "

Both witches and students were flabbergasted at this sudden statement.

" Wait wait wait wait." Eda walked up to Titan followed by Lilith, looking all flabbergasted. " You want us to fight? "

Titan looked back at the Owl Lady. " Remember the bet? I want you both to fight your opponent with everything you have until I decide when the match ends, hold nothing back."

She turned back to the crowd and walked around the arena as she spoke. " Due to the two teachers cheating and interfering with Amity and Luz's fight, the Clawthorn sisters will fight as an apology. "

The words dawned on the blood-related witches as they looked at each other. They fought before but never to seriously harm the other. Amity looked a bit concerned, not very knowledgeable about or close enough to Lilith to feel worried about the situation. Luz however was much more intimate with Eda and Titan, worried about the former and skeptical about the latter.

" The legitimacy of this fact has been proven by an Everlasting Oath. Fighters, place yourself. "

Reluctantly they both walked further from each other and called upon their staff. Palismen ready they got their stances up facing one another. Sister against sister, and this time they won't be holding back, both knew it. They waited for Titan to signal the start but nothing came.

" Frrrhrhrhrhr. "

Rather, they turned their glares with anger at the one responsible for all of this who was trying to suppress her chuckles. By the way, that person looked amused as hell.

" Stop laughing already, you vile witch, and start the fight! " Screamed Lilith in spite at Titan.

She was still trying to hold it in. " But why-huhuhuhu why are you facing each other? "

" Didn't you want us to fight? "

" Yes, I just never specified who. "

…

…

Eda suddenly got it. " You bloated fairy, cursed one-legged lamb, you wanted us to fight you?! "

" Yes! What did you think I meant?! "

" That me and her should fight each other! "

" Why, in my name, would I do that?! Who do you think I am, Belos?! " Titan just exploded in laughter, she laughed so much her belly started to hurt as she whispered a few words. " Papa Titan, give me strength, was everyone this violent before? " Wait, Papa Titan didn't know she was somehow his daughter so the prayer was useless.

She walked to the two witches and took a deep breath. " Oh me, your faces when you believe you were gonna fight each other. "

Eda smirked but also glared at her. " I'll get you back for this, Last Titan in the Universe. "

" Any time, Strongest Witch of the Boiling Isles. " Finally calming down, she explained her goal in detail this time. " I want you two to fight me with all of your strength so that the Boiling Isles can see that I mean business, I don't actually need that kind of recognition so it's mostly to keep the majority of the small fry bounty hunters from ruining my day. "

" I will have your head. " Lilith was already tired of Eda's antics but now? Titan was like a second Eda but more rebellious towards the Emperor, which meant she would have even more headaches, her future visits to the Head Healing Witch were going to cost her salary.

" I get it, at first I also got tired of running into some goons 7 times a day, every day when my bounty surpassed all others. " Eda remembered those times, most were weak so it wasn't tiring but dealing with them every day was so mentally exhausting.

" So everything's clear? Everybody understands that this is a two-v-one? Alright. "

Titan distanced herself enough from the two who retook their stances but this time side by side. Eda pointed out one thing before the start. " What about your palisman? "

" I'll try to hold back. " Without looking, Titan pointed her thumb at the two kids. Stringbean was with them sitting on the railing with its tail transformed into a cheering glove. Luz was gushing at the adorable sight.

" On your mark. "

The Titan of the Light's voice focused Eda back to the impending fight, two hands on Owlbert. Sweating at the prospect of fighting against an actual titan, even if the female titan wasn't going at 100%.

" Spells ready. "

Lilith tightened her grip on her raven staff, nervous against the False Titan with unknown ability but was certainly considered to be on par with Emperor Belos. She would gladly take away that stupid smile of hers.

(AN: unless it's glyph/titan magic, I'm gonna stop saying 'made a spell circle' every time witches fight and use magic, at least not every time , it's tiring and wordy to write , I like my chapters long, not repetitive. Ex: if it's lightning made of glyph then it's lightning glyph, or space glyph, or earth glyph, or whatever , if it's not then it's lightning magic, space magic, and so on.)

Titan's body appeared relaxed, not even putting her guard up. " Go. "

Eda was the first to attack, with one staff rotation eight magic beams came out and curved outward before honing towards Titan, three on the left and right and two from above. Lilith did not rest either, she took a step back to send magic through the earth and a large earth spike lunged at Titan's back. Despite being against each other for years the sisters had incredible coordination. And this was nothing, this was not meant to end the fight, both knew that the opponent before them was shrouded in mystery, Eda was wary of that glyph magic and hoped she wouldn't use it because Luz was watching, Lilith was wary of the tactics and strategies she could have as she had a past with Belos and therefore could be as old and experienced as him.

Titan spun two fingers, not even raising her arms. The spike separated into eight smaller spikes, went around Titan, and intercepted the magic beams, Titan fired a big dark purple magic blast with yellow sparks at the two witches. Lilith kneeled and brandished a barrier covering their front, ready to take the blast and trust Eda to cover them as her sister moved behind her. As soon as the blast hit it poofed out, Eda realized they were tricked by an illusion, she turned around and immediately put a barrier of her own connecting to Lilith's, isolating them both. The cause was Titan on the opposite side of the arena with her arm at a low angle. But Titan did nothing, Lilith still on one knee caught something in her vision, she looked down and saw a potion with orange liquid rolling to a stop between her and Eda, the glass was cracking up fast.

" Edalyn, move! "

Without questioning why, Eda dropped her barrier and zapped away, Lilith did too in another direction. A second later an orange liquid exploded outward but suddenly froze into a structure of many branches, the sound of something akin to water turning into ice informed the Clawthorn that this liquid was supposed to coat them and when turning solid it would trap them in the span of a single second in a round prison of their own making had they kept their barriers up.

The time for analyzing would be later. Lilith dodged a fireball, she didn't bother reacting when it exploded behind as she had to dodge the incoming fireballs, Titan was running towards her, she kept launching fireballs with one finger, her other hand was in her hair looking for something. Eda flashed behind Titan ready to send a magic wave, Titan took out her hand and threw three seeds at Eda, she activated her plant magic and the seeds sprouted into baby witch size flowers with many but small in length roots, each had three petals with small sharp teeth on the sides and a hole in the middle with a pouch beneath the petals.

Before Eda could swing her staff, one of the flowers breathed and the pouch expanded, with enough air inside it discharged it, leading to an air blast. The almost invisible attack hit Eda straight on who got dizzy but her instincts were still sharp as she zapped away from another air attack from another flower.

While Eda was gardening, Lilith was firefighting. Titan did not change the nature of her attacks, fire whips, fire walls, fire waves, fire pillars, it was all fire. At first, Lilith wanted to use water, have the mix of the two elements make a mist for her to use, however, the fire Titan was throwing was evaporating the water so Lilith opted for ice, it melted but the fire was not a problem anymore.

Currently, Lilith was surrounded by a ring of fire that she quickly extinguished by freezing her surroundings, as the ice melted Lilith launched a flurry of magical ravens at Titan. As the magical birds surrounded Titan and attacked her, Lilith prepared a stronger spell. She slammed the bottom of her staff and two large raven feet made of earth came from Titan's left and right still blinded by the ravens, they caught her between their claws and tightened, Lilith detonated the magical ravens and a muffled sound of multiple explosions could be heard from within the earth claws.

Lilith prepared another spell but didn't have time to finish it as the earth claws exploded sending debris everywhere revealing Titan unharmed. She didn't go for Lilith but still kept her eyes on her, Titan put up her glyph barrier and blocked from behind Eda's palisman strike full of magic power. While Owlbert pressed on the barrier sending yellow energy everywhere, Titan took a look behind Eda to see a pile of ashes, pieces of plant thinly cut, and something dark and brown and wrinkled that she assumed was a dried-up flower.

Lilith was about to take a step forward but Titan was faster, considerably faster. Titan dropped her barrier and let Eda be moved by her own momentum, Titan grabbed the staff with one hand and twirled it then threw it with Eda still holding it at Lilith. Lilith reacted by taking a step back and Titan slammed her feet down with magic, mud came right from below Lilith and sent her flying to the wall of the arena. She was soon joined by Eda who hit the wall beside her also covered in mud.

Four seconds, that's all it took. Eda had no time to react, one second she was pushing Owlbert on the barrier the next she found the world quickly spinning upside down, then Titan was in front of her spinning too and getting further from her vision. Then the moment her feet touched the ground while her head was dizzy, mud came out from below and threw her on the wall where she found her sister in a similar state.

Getting out of her dizziness and standing up with proper balance despite the mud making it difficult, Eda spotted Titan stepping forward. Not wanting to figure out what Titan's next attack was, Eda drew a large circle with Owlbert on the wall behind her, she thrust forward and a giant earth Hooty came out from the wall and flew towards Titan.

What Eda saw next was infuriating.

As if time had slowed down, Titan turned her head to peek at Luz who was watching intensely. She looked back at the incoming Hooty and poofed an illusion on her left arm yet nothing appeared, she raised it forward with an open hand and stood there waiting. The balls this woman literally had to just casually look away as if Eda and Lilith were no threat at all. And she was still smiling!

The giant earth Hooty opened its beak getting closer to Titan. In response Titan waited a little bit more then she finally moved, she closed her hand and a giant earth titan skull, bigger than the earth Hooty, with tusks came out from underneath the earth Hooty and chomped on its neck. Broken in two, the motion changed the head of Hooty's trajectory, it went upward while slowly spinning above the unfazed Titan and crashed on the ground behind her, picking up a lot of sand.

Titan opened her hand and waved her arm once, the earth Hooty and earth titan skull crumbled into dust, joining with the sand of the arena.

Titan lowered her arm which had a poof of illusion magic and Lilith readied her staff.

Eda just… was Eda. " Ok, timeout, I need a break. "

Titan crossed her arms to show she accepted the request.

Finally, finally, the fight was on pause. Finally, the audience could react.

…

" WOOOOHOOOOW! "

The crowd was loud, it wouldn't be shocking if the theater was shaking from the collective yelling. This performance was unreal to all, they cheered for the fighters but it was mostly about the fight and not the different beliefs the three had. Also, almost everyone had merchandise, nice job King.

Luz was undoubtedly amazed and cheered just as loud to Eda and Titan, throwing compliments at how badass they were. Amity also cheered for Lilith and she had to admit that the other two wild witches were also praiseworthy, but she would never do so out loud. It made her think about how despite their reputations and behavior they were so strong, what she said to Titan about what a witch is came back to her and the sight before her was nothing like her answer.

What was certain for both teenagers was how they wished they could one day be like their respective teachers, and idol for a certain someone. Because compared to their fight, this was a real Witch's Duel, whose witches excelled in magic.

Back at the arena, Eda was completely delighted by this positive attention, her pride undoubtedly felt good, Lilith felt the same but on the outside she showed control and elegance.

" Want to go first again? "

They focused back on their opponent who did not seem to care about the cheers and insults she was getting. Eda and Lilith held their guard up as the eldest spoke for both sisters. " Na, you can have this one. "

Titan simply shrugged without any tension in her body. Again she was too fast for both witches, they saw what she did but their reactions were slower than their perceptions.

What was a shrug turned into summoning a small crystal ball and forming a big circle at the same time, Titan threw the crystal ball in the middle of the circle, and as it floated and glowed she took a breath in with her fingers in her mouth. Then she whistled. Her bard magic came out of the floating ball in the form of orange waves surrounded by a hint of purple.

The sisters tried to brace themselves but were too late. When the sound waves passed through them their minds and bodies were affected, their visions were slowing down and the world was fluctuating. Anything that made any kind of movement had six after images, any sound they heard, even their groans, echoed, a little voice in their heads made them feel so tired they didn't have the strength to take a step in any direction. It became hard to distinguish the surroundings. Thinking on the spot Lilith managed to slowly raise her staff and had all of it pulsing in magic, Eda saw that and was inspired by her sister and found the power to move again. Understanding where Lilith was going with this she mirrored her.

With whatever strength they could muster they slammed their staff against each other, it resulted in a high-pitched shockwave, clearing whatever spell was cast on them.

With whatever ill effect gone the sisters spotted Titan standing in the exact same spot but beside her were two cauldrons. Their use was only revealed when a warning from Amity reached their ears.

" Behind you! "

Both witches twirl around and unleash a wave of magic behind them forming a cross, they didn't know what the attack went through but they could tell from the large quantity of goo on the ground that it must have been abominations. Lilith turned back to Titan first and warned Eda of what she saw. " Careful, he's reforming them and just summoned an egg. " As just told, Eda witnessed the goo gathering in two different spots so she prepared herself to fight two abnormal abominations, abnormal because Titan crushed every rule in the book of magic. And she was right, the substance reformed and two giant abominations stood before her and what was surprising was not their size but their head, their cute cat head, that could also make a cut mew.

" Meow. "

" Aww. " Was the audience's general reaction.

Their cute appearance didn't match their sudden stretching limbs attempting to trap them, Eda brandished her staff but against expectations she and Lilith switched opponents. Lilith having done business with the Blights disrupted the abominations with water and frequencies making the abominations wobble and back away. With a wave of her staff, many illusions of her filled most of the arena and surrounded Titan as she held a round magic ball as big as a crystal ball. All thought that Eda was going to keep making illusions to hide herself to make an opening but Titan knew better.

Titan shot the spell high in the sky before it released a low pitch across the entire Right Arm, with another poof of illusion magic Titan brought her hands down at her sides, and without any explanation as to how, ice formed around her forearms to her hands to the ground but it was hard to see its shape. Titan started to spin her arms, and the ice that everyone could see was chains with something at the ends, she spun faster and stopped spinning, the ice chains quickly wrapped around her forearms and she caught what was connected at the ends, then yelled something that got everyone confused.

" I will bring the destruction of Olympus! "

" LETS GOOOOO! " Nobody got it aside from Luz and honestly to Titan that's all that mattered.

Titan knew better because while everyone thought those were just illusions she knew how crafty Eda could be, and among the fakes Eda knew that as soon as she saw Titan make weapons. Wielding the ice copy of the Blades of Chaos, she had a chain around the closest Eda and pulled the handle and another part of the chain with her foot, before anything could happen a poof happened revealing a featureless earth doll with its head off its shoulder. Everything became clear for the audience but more for Eda, not underestimating her enemy it was only a matter of time before Titan found the real Eda if she hadn't already and was just playing along, the Owl Lady could only make so many dolls and keep the illusions but Titan would unquestionably destroy them faster than she could make them.

Without wasting any time all Edas jumped Titan but they could do nothing. It was a good thing that whenever a doll got minimally hurt the illusion would go away.

One Eda got stabbed by a throw and was launched to another bunch of Eda, with a swipe five got cut in the middle, Titan changed to reverse grip and without turning stabbed two that attacked from behind, any other that tried to get close were stabbed, cut and kicked. The real Eda was moving around with an illusion of herself, she figured that if she was invisible Titan would detect her but disguising as herself would make her seem as just another doll, while running around she kept making many dolls, she couldn't see any openings, Titan was staying in the same location, simply pivoting around and yet Eda couldn't see a way to get close without ending up like the dolls. She had to make one.

Meanwhile, Lilith was not faring well. These abominations(n°1 and n°2 to not get lost) had something no other abomination possessed, coordination and a lot of durability. Not only were they quicker than the average, they worked as a team, n°1 would block her vision while n°2 would attack and n°1 would duck at the last moment. They kept using these kinds of strategies so Lilith could only focus on one abomination, they possessed high resistance against the common weakness of abomination resulting in the use of higher magical output, she had yet to be hurt but aside from damaging them resulting in a slight shrinking in volume there had been no significant progress.

With one swing she blasted n°2 and zapped behind n°1 sending a torrent of fire at it, she looked at her sister and came up with the same problem. While she was observing Titan effortlessly handling the disguised dolls, the two abominations crawled as stealthy as possible, they looked like sentient puddles. Without taking her eyes off Titan, Lilith spun her staff once and as the cat abominations lunged at her from behind she slammed it down summoning lighting, the strike continued for several seconds, you could see the figures of the abominations being vaporized to nothingness.

Hoping Titan didn't notice anything Lilith rotated her palismen over her head again and again, the earth responded and rose from the ground to enclose Titan with Eda's clones forming a thick large dome, Eda appeared beside Lilith and exchanged one look at her, both prepared themselves.

Inside the vast dome, there was only one light, the one at the tip of Titan's hat. It didn't illuminate the whole space, only Titan and the nearest dolls were visible, beyond was complete darkness, the illusions dropped off but the dolls still stood. Titan decided to play a bit, little by little her light diminished very slowly, the lightened area was closing in on her, the dolls did little movements like repositioning their feet, tilting their bodies forward, readying their staff, they were going to jump her again. Soon only Titan was visible, without Luz seeing her she didn't need to hide her glyphs, with her set of glyphs she changed the shape of the blades and chains to an ice imitation of Stringbean, without even guarding up or anything the light was no more, only Titan's golden eyes remained.

Silence.

The dolls ran at her and a multitude of small circles formed on the walls shooting small blue rays.

The pair of eyes moved, avoiding the rays, sounds of clay shattering filled the enclosed space. Magic circles kept disappearing and appearing in new places, earth golems kept coming out of the ground. When the rays got too close they would lighten Titan's furr that blew with each movement she made, the ice would brighten for less than a second, her expression had yet to change from her confident smile.

Outside nobody but the sisters knew what was happening. Lilith kept her staff spinning to keep the rays coming, Eda focused on her golems this time trying to add more precisions to them. The two had cast a small oracle spell to see and predict Titan's movement but aside from witnessing the inside of the dome, fortune-telling didn't work. From the beginning, the two had tried to come up with a plan to win.

" Still isn't using magic? "

" Even better, no sign of fatigue. "

" Now isn't the time for your sarcasm, Edalyn. What about tightening the dome? "

" She would break out of it. Submerge it with water, throw some Bone Melting Potions, and bind her limbs? "

" You've been using lethal attacks from the beginning, now you want her to struggle and waste her energy, have the poisoned water go through her skin and kill her? Aren't you worried about your fellow witch? Your apprentice seems to be fond of her. "

Eda couldn't help but smirk. Lilith thought that Eda wanted to traumatize another poor soul.

" If she said to go all out then so be it, I wouldn't go like this if I didn't know what kind of demon we're facing. "

Or maybe the two were in a competition about who was the wildest and Eda wanted to prank Titan. Thinking more about it would only give her headaches.

" She easily defeated and tamed the Owl Beast with pure force. "

Lilith faltered, her staff almost slipped from her hands but she managed to catch it and continue the attack within the dome. Her gaze however went to Eda in shock, looking for any sign of deceit, there was none. Eda was serious. Lilith looked at the dome she created, she understood now why Eda didn't hold back. The Owl Beast could be effortlessly contained with magic, and with equipment and tools it was feasible although it would be quite the challenge. But without any of these? Using one's body and physical prowess? The Owl Beast was one mighty creature, to beat it in a contest of strength you would need a mightier creature. Furthermore, she tamed it? No matter what research she or Eda did, no matter what kind of methods they tried, the Owl Beast could not be controlled. And yet someone succeeded.

She prepared to fill the dome while keeping the rays active, now fully intending to go all out. Eda followed and was about to conjure magical chains.

They didn't continue their actions because, at the top of the dome, a small part of it shattered sending dust in the air, the sisters were ready for anything. When the dust cleared they were not ready. Titan was there, but it was just her head, yes her head was outside while the rest was not. It looked exactly like that, a dome with a head sticking out.

" Hello! "

While the witches looked stunned at the ridiculous display, Titan seemed to shift a bit before adopting a relaxed face. " You know, hanging from the head while letting my body dangle is surprisingly nice, I'm comfortable up there. " She sighed as she closed her eyes and enjoyed whatever she achieved, almost dozing off.

The sisters restarted their brains and were about to go with their plan until a loud crashing sound was heard and the light of day dimmed a bit. All looked up and saw a huge three-headed fish with the necks of a snake, the body of a turtle, the limbs of a white-furred monkey, and torn butterfly wings, its front limbs were gripping the roof while the three heads were hanging down near the arena. A Piscantor. A fucking Piscantor. That's what the spell shot in the air was for. They were not dangerous creatures at all, and we're pretty peaceful but.

When Eda looked at Titan you could see the internal pleading to not do what Titan was going to do with the creature. " Why, just why? " Titan looked at her and just mischievously giggled.

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" Hi! How are you doing? Listen, me and my two friends here would like to hear your beautiful vocals. Would you be so kind as to indulge us for just a few seconds? "

The fish heads didn't make any expressions but the glint in their eyes was enough to see the joy it felt. It started to take a huge slow breath, while that happened Titan stuck her arms out and made a medium-sized circle, a sound reflective barrier formed enclosing the arena with only the fish heads inside while the large body stayed on the roof. Lilith and Eda made their own barrier as soon as possible but when the Piscantor had inhaled enough and let it all out their barrier hadn't formed in time.

A Piscantor is not a dangerous creature at all, and we're pretty peaceful but it's mostly known for its incredibly loud voice.

" CIIIIIIIIIIIII PIACE MANGIAREEEEEE LA CORTECCIA DEGLI ALBERIIIIIIIIIII~"

YES THIS- I mean yes, this race of demon beast were good opera singers but they sang way too loud.

" MAA A VOLTE CI SONOOOOO INSETTI CHEEEEE CI MORDONO LA LINGUA E FANNO COMMENTI CATTIVIIIIII~"

The voice was so powerful the sand vibrated, the entire arena kept trembling, even the dome cracked and crumbled, Titan walked out of the rumble and walked to Eda and Lilith who had their barriers up but because they were too late it wasn't strong enough to resist as much, judging by their expressions they looked like their pointy ears would split from the ear-splitting voices. They had the displeasure to see Titan gesture her arms as if she was the passionate maestro, she even put an illusion of a sweating face!

" CI FERISCONO, MA NON ERA NOSTRA INTENZIONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE- " At the last note she raised her hands and kept them high for a few more seconds.

" -EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! "

And finally, she abruptly brought her hands down which was followed by bringing down the barrier around the arena and complimenting the Piscantor in Spanish. " Bravo, magnífico, perfecto, deslumbrante! " The little wiggle of each head did represent how much it enjoyed the praise. It grunted a bit too, but very few could understand it, Titan obviously could. " Well, I'm glad you had fun too. " It flapped its wings as it started to leave. " Thank you very much! Have a nice day! " Titan waved goodbye.

Unexpected by all, Lilith was the one to recover first. She appeared before Titan and swung upwards in Titan's direction, multiple earth spikes came at Titan from Lilith's feet, Titan jumped back and at that moment Lilith shot lightning magic at her opponent who activated her glyph barrier in midair. The lightning hit the barrier and pushed it with Titan to crash on the wall.

" Edalyn! "

Eda appeared beside her sister who cut off her lightning, she took control of the wall and pushed the barrier outwards in the air. As soon as it was directly above them the two fired their magic and shot the barrier as high as possible. Once they stopped they could see the barrier carrying momentum to continue going upwards. Without hesitation Eda pointed Owlbert at Stringbean who hadn't even moved at all and was looking up at Titan with Luz and the others, the snakeshifter looked back at the arena wondering what was the next part of the Clawthorn's plan. Upon looking at Eda brandishing her weapon at her, she simply waved with her cheering glove as if wishing them good luck.

Satisfied that the titan's palisman wasn't going to interfere, it did leave with the question of how Titan was going to safely land while being attacked by two witches. A bright flash in the arena caught her attention. It lasted a second before Titan stood there instead and gave two gun fingers at them. " Teleportation master, baby. "

" Ok, now I really need a break. "

As the duel was put on pause, the crowd was once again delighted by the action it witnessed.

" WWWWOOOOOOOOO! "

As the spectators continued to cheer, Lilith approached Eda. " I hate your friend. " It was obviously to complain about Titan foiling their plans again and again.

" The feeling's mutual. " Eda agreed but she relished in the praise, it wasn't a lot that she would get more popular as a witch rather than a criminal. Eda took a peek at her opponent and was suspicious of her reaction. Titan was still looking at them, more focused on her and Lilith than the positive feedback she was receiving. No, that was not it. To Eda it looked like something else, like Titan did not care at all, they could be throwing the meanest and most horrible insult Titan would not pay them any attention.

Eda was impress-

" Come on Clawthorns, get that False Titan! " Someone said and threw a fried orb at Titan who caught it by the stick and walked right below the kids before jumping and holding the railing. She gave the fried orbs to Gus and laughed at Luz, probably from her comments on how great Titan was.

Eda was wrong. She was not impressed, she was furious. From the very beginning, the False Titan was just playing with them at every turn just to make herself look good.

As Titan dropped down and walked back to where she previously stood, chills ran through Eda's whole body as she felt the Owl Beast trying to resurface from her anger but she pushed it back down. She spun Owlbert and slammed him, an owl-like figure made of magic overshadowed her form, with lightning-like properties she flashed to the other side of the arena facing Titan's back and with all her magic she unleashed a powerful beam at Titan, Lilith gladly imitated her and unleashed her own beam, the two blasts hit Titan at the same time, the collision shocked the ground and enlighten the place, blinding most. Nobody could see what was happening to Titan.

Finally deciding this was enough Eda stopped supplying the spell, Lilith followed. With the magic out of the way the audience saw Titan, no blood was drawn but she was very very injured, her body was literally smoking and yet she was still standing- nope never mind she's falling backward.

When Titan landed an eerie silence came.

" And the winners are the Owl Lady and the Emperor's Coven Head Witch! " Said the downed Titan. Once again the crowd roared at the last action performed by the Clawthorns. As the demons and witches cheered, Lilith and Eda came to look down on the False Titan. " Congratulations girls, you won, you took me by surprise Eda, to go all out like that, I'm impressed by your strength, you too Lilith. "

Lilith held her head high, her ego stroked by her victim. " That's what you get from challenging the Emperor's Coven. " It sure felt good to be recognized, lately things have been messy at the castle, such attention and compliments raised her morale.

Titan got up all wobbly. " Well, if you'll excuse me, I have two kids to talk to. " She walked very slowly, supporting herself mostly on her left leg, clutching one side.

The two sisters watched her retreating form, their eyes never leaving the False Titan. Lilith engaged in the conversation. " She says she wanted to prove to the world she was not to be messed with, the audience says we've won, I say deception. "

" Oh yeah, why? " Eda agreed with her sister but maybe not for the same reasons.

" She is well versed in magic, more than us. Two witches on the level of a head coven with their Palismen and against a witch without her Palisman. In order, she showed advanced healing judging by how quickly our students came back fixed up, interception and warping of other's magic, construction, highly detailed illusion, potion she obviously made herself, cultivation of rare plant species, high-speed spell casting with the fireballs, a barrier made without any spell circles or signs, magic that was not construction magic to tear apart your attack, mixing perfectly well two disturbing spells from two different magic which amplified each other, not to mention that from the reports that I received said that she possessed incredible strength, speed, agility, and with how she easily threw you I have to believe those reports, abomination that didn't even look like regular abominations, hand to hand combat, control over a dangerous beast. And above all- "

" She's experienced, more than us. She knows how to handle many enemies at the same time, she didn't follow a plan but she had little tricks to gain as many advantages as possible, not only that but I get the feeling that she knew exactly how strong we were. Through this fight, I got the feeling that she's more used to fighting against stronger enemies. "

" You know I have to report all of this to Emperor Belos, right? "

" I think she wants you to report it to the bonehead. "

Eda agreed with everything Lilith said, but she kept something to herself, Lilith was deceived as she said just like the others but Eda knew, Eda saw it.

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" That was so cool! "

Titan and Luz were walking out of the theater. Titan had walked to Amity and Luz and asked if they wanted to continue their fight, both kids agreed that they were too tired and that they didn't want to go after the spectacle the three older witches just showed. Titan asked instead what they thought a witch was, she explained that Lilith was serving Belos in the name of peace and order, that Eda was a wild witch with chaotic tendencies and a low criminal profile despite her bounty, and that she was a highly wanted criminal fighting against the government and proclaimed herself as a titan. Yet despite how different their personalities and background were they were all witches wielding great magic that they worked very hard to obtain. Amity admitted that it was possible for Luz to become a witch but that she doubted it, before leaving she told Luz that her weird magic was not bad.

Now here they were, one's body completely fine, walking trying to find King.

" You went piew piew piew, and Lilith was all like wish wish caw caw, and Eda did brrroooom! "

" Indeed, that was a very apt description of our fight. "

" That was better than any Azura witch's duel I've seen. " Luz was sure of it, with Eda and Titan by her side she was gonna show the demon realm that a human could become a witch. " Do you think I can be as strong as you guys with glyph magic? "

" Yes, I actually used glyph magic once in the fight. "

" Really, when?! " Luz doesn't remember when the tall witch used glyph magic anywhere in the fight, and she had watched very closely.

" The titan skull that ate Hooty and how they crumbled into dust, the ice Blades of Chaos, teleportation, I put an illusion so you wouldn't see. "

" Yoooooooooooo… I need to figure out glyph magic ASAP. " The little human couldn't wait to see what she could do with the magic of the Isles, maybe if Amity and her get a rematch it would be similar. She also noted that titans have tusks and that she should ask Titan why the one of the BL didn't have them.

" It's time for me to go. "

" You have to go? "

" Yes, got stuff to do, plans to make, governments to overthrow, the usual. "

" Right. " She completely forgot, Titan was not always around. Luz met her when she needed something, a puppet demon, a deal with the principal, checking over the Owl Beast, even today she wanted to challenge Lilith with a reason all for the purpose of going against the Emperor, Luz was just lucky to be there at every turn. Despite how close the two were, Titan didn't live in the Owl House.

…The Owl House.

" That's it! Titan?! "

" Hmm? "

" How about moving over to the Owl House? "

" Sure. "

" Okay, I know that you are busy since you're a rebel and all, but maybe you could try to come over once in a while. "

" I said yes. "

" As long as I give my puppy eyes to Eda she won't mind. "

" Luz. "

" Maybe I could come over to your house too. "

" And I've lost her. "

" I know, I could catch a griffin and ride it- woah wait- " Luz suddenly had something on her head and was picked up by the waist and placed on Titan's shoulder with her ankles grabbed, she grabbed the horns when she started falling and although Titan's neck didn't even bend she felt horrible. " Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I- "

" Would you just relax already? I will come live with you guys in the Owl House, I'm sure Eda wouldn't mind as long as I get enough apple blood and money. I do have a temporary base and home that I'll still use from time to time but I wouldn't mind talking to others instead of my traumatic delusions. And you can touch my horns if you want to, you're not strong enough to hurt me no matter how much you tug them. "

Remembering how Titan dominated the majority of the fight there was no way her noodle arms would do harm so Luz complied, her right eye was suddenly covered and she just remembered she had something on her head, it was Titan's furry hat lacking its ball of light at the tip, it felt surprisingly comfortable and fluffy, so did the shoulders and chest she was sitting on, and the hair, and the smooth bones…. ' Was Titan just a giant plushie? ' The hat was so big it landed on her nose and covered her eyes, when she positioned it correctly the sight was spectacular. Everything was so tiny, she could see all the coven stands.

" How would you ride a griffin? "

" What? "

" You said you would ride a griffin but they're not easy to tame, how would you do it? "

" That's what you remember from my babbling? "

" Yeah. "

Luz looked up deep in thought. " I would give it carrots and bait it to a saddle attached by cords, drop the saddle, and ride it. "

" There's no carrots and griffins generally don't like saddles. You should try using pebliles, they're the equivalent of worms for birds. Surround the griffin with a pile of leaves from scoliaty trees, griffins use them to make a nest, the feeling of those leaves makes them calm but it will be suspicious to find those leaves neatly prepared for them, griffins are smart, they make great medical assistants. "

How Titan knew that last part Luz would never know, she would have to ask later and also explain what pebliles and scoliaty trees look like. " Alright, then… I could slide it into the pile with soap. "

" That could work. "

This was nice.

Titan and Luz kept talking, and for the first time for Luz it was about the weirdest of topics, ships between two characters from different universes, how to inspire a mandrake to become a poet, the right set of clothes for a solo party, a mustache can always help a paltician demon. Never has she exchanged with someone on that level. Plus, she hadn't been on someone's shoulders for such a long time she couldn't remember. But Luz still couldn't figure out what they were, Titan was truly someone different than her friends, it was similar to King and Eda but it was also different, Luz just didn't know what their relationship was supposed to be. What about Titan, what did she think of Luz? Actually, why not just ask her?

" Hey- "

" Titan! "

The human and titan looked to the origins of the voice and saw King desperately trying to pull a big bag, it looked heavy and filled with something metal judging by the sound. Titan walked to King. " What is it? "

" I got caught! "

" Let's roll. " Titan summoned Stringbean in staff form, she put Luz on the palisman followed by King, and grabbed the bag over her shoulder.

" Onward, my right-hand woman, let us escape like conquerors who won't take responsibility for their destruction. "

" Yes, sir. " With the two kids at the front Titan rode Stringbean away.

They flew back to the theater. They saw Eda still talking to Lilith and flew to them. " We gotta go now. "

" Why? "

" I gave King poor quality merchandise so that he could scam the audience. " Titan said while opening the big bag of snails.

" Nice. "

" What?! "

" That's him! The little demon stole our money. "

" Okay, well it's been nice sister but we gotta go, criminal stuff and all that, you know how it goes, bye! " Eda got on Owlbert and all four flew away very quickly because the raging scammed victims were starting to throw spells.

Lilith was about to summon her own Palisman to chase them, but a bag of pretzels and a bag of chips hit her.

" Sorry! " Both said Titan and Eda, although the two high-fived, not showing remorse at all.

" Urgh, damn you two! "

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The Owl House

The door burst open.

" What a day. Did you have to steal from them? " Luz walked in first.

" Should've been more careful, but can't blame them for falling for the King of Charisma. " King walked, chest puffed up, proud of his latest achievement.

Eda was next holding the bag and mumbling numbers, counting. " 65, 66, 67. 800 267 snails! You really robbed those guys, if it's always like this you can stay here for as long as you want. "

Finally, the new habitant of the Owl House was the last to walk in, hat back on, she did have to bend her body to fit in. " Thank you, I had a great teacher. Next time, how about you and me let out a Fart Potion inside one of their offices? "

" Oh, sounds lovely. So Kid? "

" Yeah? "

" What happened with Boots? You're gonna rematch soon? "

" Actually, after your match, we decided to go with a tie and settle our grudge. "

" Well that's nice and bori- " Eda cut herself, feeling something, a memory in the back of her mind. She turned around to look up at someone towering over her. You know what stung the most? It was the fact that Titan had an expression resembling hooty when he thought of himself as a 'genius'.

" I hate you. "

" In your feathers, lady! Let's go! Magic of Friendship 1, the Owl Lady 0! "

As Eda was irritated like never before, it went even higher when Titan started dancing.

" Oh yeah, that's right, the best, that's me~. "

" Why Titan, why? "

" Cause I'm great? Duh. "

" Not you, the other Titan! And would you stop rubbing it in? "

" You took that L, now hear the bell. "

" Hey, I'm supposed to be the one that rhymes. "

" Your skills are in a wishing well. "

" Stop it! "

" No need to pout or start to yell. "

" Urgh! "

" Next time, step up and break the spell. "

King and Luz just enjoyed the show, Eda was getting a taste of her own medicine and it was priceless, Titan was probably the only one who could do that.

Seems like it was time for the Owl House plus their newcomer to settle for the day.

" Kids, get cleaned, I need to talk outside with Titan for a bit. "

Or maybe not.

Titan stopped dancing but she was still smiling at her victory. Eda led her outside. They continued to walk until Eda stopped but Titan continued, passing Eda. When she was one step from Eda, Titan stopped, her back at the Owl House and its owner, she noticed how the trees looked lively despite the hot season, she also decided to not keep the light at the tip of her hat permanently. " You know you could've just asked but if you want to see it for yourself then be my guest. "

Two seconds of silence passed.

Titan was suddenly hit by a large magical beam from behind, it lasted four seconds before the attack ceased. Titan turned around to Eda unbothered, neither anger nor frustration was shown. " Like I said, you just could've asked. "

Eda had Owlbert in hand, her large spell circle disappearing. " Let me guess, you hid it from Lilith but not from me because you wanted to show how much you trust me. "

" 10 points for the Owl Lady. "

What Eda didn't share with Lilith was that when both beams were shot Titan stood there and took it, the whole time they were firing Titan didn't do anything, she was being hit by both attacks and was unfazed. One second she was bathing herself between those magic beams, the next she had all those injuries appear before Eda and Lilith stopped. Those injuries never existed in the first place. Eda wanted to be certain, so she attacked a second time.

Titan showed her wrist and used a spell to wear a gemstone, with a poof Titan had those exact identical injuries from the match.

" How did you know me and Lilith would fight? "

Titan took off the gemstone and put it away, deactivating the disguise. " I know you, Eda, just as I know Lilith, but most importantly I know Luz better than anyone else. I knew that she would love to see the Covention and since Lilith would show up then it was obvious that you two would bet on each of your students. I met King and Luz by coincidence that's the truth, but what I wanted was for Lilith to fight me and report fake and vague information to Belos and also to show you a part of my strength. "

" How did you do it, were all titans like that? "

" Nope. It's not like I'm some condensed form of a titan either, no other titans were like me. "

" Then how? "

" Just like how everyone in the Owl House is weird, so am I. I was not born like the others. "

Eda may be suspicious of Titan but even she had enough respect to not dig too deep into someone's privacy. She was curious and wanted to solve this bundle of mysteries but she was not in a hurry.

" So were there any titan stronger than you? "

" Nope, I'm the strongest in all history. "

Okay, maybe she was frustratingly in a hurry.

" Instead of trying to figure me out, how about we just call it for today, I am going to be living with you guys, you're gonna have plenty of time to observe and question me, although I do have some secret that I won't tell. "

" Alright, but you better work for it, no freeloaders here except King. " Titan summoned a stack of apple blood in one hand. Eda walked beside Titan and jumped to have one arm over Titan's shoulder. " You really do know me. "

Despite having to bend her back a bit, Titan didn't mind. " I knew a Clawthorn who was just as chaotic a long time ago, call her one of your ancestors if you want. "

" Oh, do I have to call you old titan? "

" Dream on, old owl. "

" How old even are you? "

Titan thought about it and instead of saying 400 years, which would explain why she knew Belos, decided to screw with Eda.

" I'm in my 1000s. "

" … Old hag. "

" If that's my nickname then yours is Brat while Luz is Kid. "

The two wild witches walked back laughing in the Owl House before talking about Titan's bed, all was well and all ended well.

To Be Conti-

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Next day evening, Bonesborough Library

Malphas was rearranging some books, today was a day when the library had almost no customers, the rest of the staff had already left and soon he would leave too. With his task being done, Malphas left this section and went to the front desk to make sure the leftover books would not start cursing their previous borrowers for mistreatment. He arrived there but saw someone he didn't recognize standing at the front of the desk. " Excuse me, the library is about to close, come back tomorrow if you want a book, if you are here to bring back a book and it's the expiration date then try to survive until the next day. "

" I would like to work temporarily here, in exchange I want access to the forbidden stacks. "

Now that was an unusual and direct request. Malphas took a closer look at the demon, they were a demon unlike any he had ever seen, somehow he could feel it. It took a while but his memory caught up to him and this demon was none other than the fabled False Titan, the one who the rumors said to be on par with Emperor Belos.

" Sure. "

" You do know I'm worth a lot, you could easily get rich, I am the most highly wanted criminal. "

" Don't break the rules, don't cause trouble and you can work here, I don't care about your status, don't follow those requirements and I'll fire you and have you arrested. Also, I'm not stupid enough to fight against someone stronger than me. "

" In dire need of staff members, huh? "

" Unfortunately. "

To Be Continued

AN:The fight was supposed to be shorter and end when Eda asked for a timeout and they went for the double beam blast but I wanted to show how good Titan is in all eight magic. It's also why the chapter took longer to finish, everything was good and checked but the added scene kept getting longer.

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