"Amity!" Called Odwin smiling knocking on his twin's door before entering "Do you wanna play with magic together?"

Amity who was currently studying turned to her younger twin

"Right now?" She asked tilting her head

"Is this a bad time?" Asked Odwin awkwardly

Amity stood from her chair instantly as soon as she heard that

"Nope, it's a great time" said Amity happily as she walked towards Odwin "I bet my abominations could beat your spirits any day"

"Oh! We'll see about that!" Said Odwin narrowing his eyes

Then the twins laughed before heading towards their front yard to play with magic

_-_-_

Amity was happy to play with her twin, it wasn't a very common occurrence, but it was a very welcome one

Odwin was the only person in the house who she didn't harbor any hatred for, and what kind of sister would she be if she didn't play with him, besides, he does help her with school work if she has any problems with it

"C'mon, you can do this!" Cheered Odwin narrowing his eyes

"Don't let him beat you" said Amiry with a smile

The twins were now watching mini versions of their summons duel it out in a contest of strength

And after the mini spirit and mini abomination clashed, there was only one victor

The abomination won and a smug smile appeared on Amity's face

"Erase that smug look off your face, i won the last round" said Odwin sulking

"But i still won this time" said Amity proudly with a smile "and next time will once again be your defeat"

The two stared at each other right in the eyes before bursting into laughter, the two loved acting overly competitive as a joke

"Ok ok, let me just create a new one" said Odwin happily before drawing an ash purple colored magic circle in the air, and from the magic circle, an oracle spirit was created

"Alright, next round" said Amity smiling as she drew a magic circle and created an abomination out of it

But before they can begin, the two siblings heard something ringing from a glass ball next to Odwin

"What's that sound?" Asked Amity raising a brow in confusion

"It's my room alarm, i installed it recently, it means someone entered my room without my permission" said Odwin frowning as he picked up the orb off the ground and drew another magic circle before pressing it against the orb "Let me check it out, it's probably just Ed and Em again"

"Ugh, i hate those two" grumbled Amity

Odwin sat next to Amity as the orb began showing a bird's eye view of Odwin's room, the two watched as a familiar figure entered the room

The identity of the intruder shocked them

"Mom?" Asked Amity in confusion

"W-what is she doing in my room?" Asked Odwin in confusion as he zoomed in on his mother

They saw Odalia on the orb, she opened a locked chest that was inside Odwin's room, inside it were Odwin's personal magic journals

Odwin had swapped his journal notebook for 11 books with classy covers for his personal research on magic

One for each coven, one for glyphs and one for magic that doesn't fall within any of the covens

But there were only 10 journals inside the chest

Odalia took a magic journal with the abomination coven symbol on it's cover before rummaging through Odwin's room for something else after failing to find it with the other books

She sat down after giving up on finding her other objective, then she started looking through the abomination journal

"That's my abomination magic journal"

"Is she...reading it?" Asked Amity tilting her head as she stared at Odalia "B-but why?"

Amity was confused by Odalia's actions, but then an idea dawned on her

"Is she trying to make products out of your work?" Said Amity angrily before quickly calming down "no, maybe she's just curious, or else she would've started selling them already"

"Actually, Amity, i wrote all my journals in a special code so no one could use them against me, she couldn't have understood a word, though there are pictures depicting special abominations and their abilities, but not the way they're made, that's all written in code"

And as if on que, they saw Odalia on the orb getting very frustrated as she read through at the journal

"So she IS trying to sell your work" Said Amity angrily "She wants to sell YOUR hard work without giving you any credit for it?! Ugh! The worst thing is that we can't even stop her!'

"I know, i hate it too" said Odwin staring at his mother take pictures of pages from his journal through the orb with a scowl on his face "I need to find a new safe place for my stuff, but at the moment, do you want me to help you with your school work? I did waste a lot of your time after all"

Hearing that, Amity calmed down and looked at her twin with a small smile

"That'd be great"

The two then entered the house again and headed towards Amity's room

"The way Hexside teaches magic is boring, you feel me Amity?" Asked Odwin in a fake serious voice while narrowing his eyes "I mean, there's no originality, no passion! Nothing!"

Amity giggled at her twins words

"Yeah, but what are you gonna do" said Amity happily as they finally made it to her room, she continued as she opened the door "It's not like we can_...what?"

"Emira?" Said Odwin

Odwin and Amity stared inside Amity's room, their big sister, Emira, was standing in the middle of the room

"What are you doing here?" Asked Amity in shock

"Uhh" Emira trailed off after hearing Amity's question

"Found it!" Said Edric popping out from under Amity's bed with a book in his hands "Now we can read_"

"Ed" said Emira pointing at Amity and Odwin

"Oh"

"...is that my diary?" Asked Amity in shock staring at the book in Edric's hands

"Uhh"

Odwin grit his teeth in anger, glaring at the older twins, he tried to be good with them since they become better siblings later

But they really make him regret it

"GET OUT! NOW!" Yelled Odwin angrily

The elder twins shrugged before leaving without any care, leaving the diary behind

Amity wordlessly walked to her bed and curled up in ball

"Ugh! I can't believe those two!" Said Odwin angrily before noticing Amity's silence "Amity, are you okay?"

"I hate it here" Said Amity on the verge of crying

"Amity?"

"WHY DO WE HAVE TO HIDE OR PROTECT EVERYTHING WE OWN IN THIS CURSED HOUSE?! EVEN OUR HAIR AND EYES!" Yelled Amity descending into fully crying "I DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE ANYMORE!"

"Amity" said Odwin trying not to cry as well

"WE CAN'T EVEN STOP THEM!" Yelled Amity tears flowing out of her like a waterfall "THEY'LL JUST TRY AGAIN UNTIL THEY WIN!"

"I HATE IT HERE TOO!" Yelled Odwin as he started to cry as well, making Amity go silent and stare at him

Odwin approached his twin, crying

"*sniff* I know it's bad, but *sniff* please don't cry, okay?" Said Odwin trying to stop crying "we'll find a way out of this *sniff*...we will, trust me"

"*sniff* was that oracle magic or...just talk?" Said Amity trying to stop crying

"It wasn't magic, but what do we lose by trying?"

Amity went silent, drying her eyes from the tears, then she stared her twin in the eyes

"I'll dig us cave if we have to" said Odwin before going silent for a few seconds "you know, now that i think about it, it's weird i never thought of doing that"

"A cave doesn't sound very comfortable" said Amity with a small giggle before she tightly hugged her brother "But thanks Odwin, you're the best"

Odwin went silent for a second before smiling, then he happily returned the hug

"Thanks Amity"

_-_-_

Amity and Odwin's search for a hideout began at dawn

Their first stop, a forest

"*gasp* We can build a secret shack!" said Odwin excitedly "or a treehouse*

"Yeah, but do you even know how to build them, because i don't" said Amity raising a brow

"We have magic, Amity, i think we'll be just fine-" said Odwin before a worm-like figure appeared next to them

The twins slowly backed away in fear as the creature got vloser and closer

"HELLO!"

Odwin gasped as he remembered that voice, his face changed from waryness into childish excitement and delight

"Oh my gosh! He's so adorable!" He said as he immediately jumped on the creature "Can i be your friend?"

"*gasp* I'm adorable? And friend?" Said the creature and Odwin nodded, the creature paused slack-jawed at Odwin's reaction "I HAVE A NEW FRIEND!"

"Odwin?" Asked Amity in confusion "What is that thing?"

"My name is Hooty! And *gasp* dowanna be my friend too?" Asked Hooty excitedly

"Ehh, no" Said Amity cringing at the sight of Hooty "Odwin, i am not having our hideout next to that thing"

"But whyyyyyy?"

"Yeah, we can tell stories and have fun for hours and hours" said Hooty poking Amity with his beak "and hours"

Amity immediately took a grumpy Odwin away from Hooty using an abomination

"No! My friend!" Said Hooty crying

"I'll send letters! i promise!"

Hooty was Odwin's favorite character in the show, so he would never miss the chance to be pen pals with him

And after Amity pulled Odwin away, they headed towards their next stop

_-_-_

Amity and Odwin's second stop, was a cave

"Maybe this isn't so bad" said Amity inspecting the cave

"I never thought you'd actually consider the cave" said Odwin smiling as he and Amity headed further into the cave

"It's better than nothing" said Amity calmly "and that annoying bird-tube"

Odwin frowned at her comment but shrugged it off, everyone has their character preferences

Once the twins made it deep into the cave, Odwin's head was flooded with too many thoughts from his mind reading, forcing him to shut it off

"Odwin" said Amity pointing at the large number of eyes staring at them in the darkness

"Nope"

The twin turned around and walked away carefully, trying to ignore whatever they saw

_-_-_

"Ugh, nothing, You'd think we'd be able to at least find one good hideout" said Amity in a low voice

The two were now sitting at a table in the library hoping to find a book that'd give them a lead to their desired hideout

"I know, i even tried to dig a cave. i will never be able to forget what i saw back there" said Odwin shivering as he recalled the memory

"Maybe we can make secret cabinets in our rooms' walls" said Amity face planting into a table "okay, I'm running out of ideas"

"*sigh* Me too" said Odwin "I think we could try what you just said th_"

Odwin was cut off the sound of children's laughter, the twins looked towards it's source

And found...well...children. they were running around the library, laughing and screaming, there was also a librarian trying to catch them only to fail miserably

"Should we...help him?" Asked Odwin pointing at the librarian

"Might as well, not like we have any good ideas to try" said Amity getting up from her seat

Odwin shrugged before drawing an ash purple colored magic circle, out of it flew something akin to fireworks

Odwin made sure it was silent, but bright enough to gain the attention of all the children

Soon, all the children swarmed the twins

Then, it was story time

_-_-_

"And that's the end" said the twins in union as Amity closed a book in her hands and Odwin turned off his crystal ball

Amity and Odwin gave the children a show, Amity with reading and Odwin with animation that included subtitles

And the children loved it

"Thank you, i don't know what i would've done without you" said the librarian who was supposed to take care of the kids

"It's okay, it wasn't hard,...but i think it's about time we get going" said Amity calmly trying not to sound upset

"Right" said Odwin hiding how upset he was "let's go"

But as the twins turned around to leave, someone spoke

"Not. So. Fast"

Odwin and Amity turned to the owner of the voice, it was a large bipedal winged demon sitting on a giant floating book

Amity and Odwin gulped at the sight of the large intimidating figure, then they spoke

"I'm Malphas, the master librarian" said Malphas in a menacing voice "...and i wish to hire you here at the library!"

The last part came out so casually that it utterly confused the twins

"I want you to continue doing what you did today if possible" said Malphas smiling "the children are hard to handle and you pulled it off flawlessly. So? Do you accept?"

Amity and Odwin looked at each other then looked at Malphas

"...we're sorry, but we're not looking for a job" said Amity politely

"We just came here to look through the books for a place to have as our hideout" said Odwin politely "...it's a long story"

"Hmm" Malphas contemplated with a hand on his chin before turning around "Follow me, i think i have a place you might like"

The twins looked at each other and shrugged before following Malphas

And after a short while, they made it to the romance section

Amity was confused by the location while Odwin stared at the bookshelves

He felt like he knew this place, Odwin didn't remember many details from the show, but he remembered a good amount of key points

But when Malphas opened the secret room behind the book shelves, Odwin instantly remembered the place

It was the place Amity used as a hideout in the show

And it was now theirs

"So, do you like it?" Asked Malphas

""Yes!""

_-_-_

Now this is the end of the chapter but know this

Odwin didn't forget to send Hooty a letter

And

Odalia was horrified when she didn't find Odwin's journals in his room

Amity and Odwin watched in delight as their mom recked Odwin's room for any clue of the books only to have to clean it again to not raise any suspicions

The twins saved that clip

They feared and hated their mom, so to them, that clip

Was absolutely priceless

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