"I can't believe it! you two are in so much trouble!" Yelled Odalia angrily "skipping classes for so long! I can't believe such an embarrassment! Have you ever seen Amity doing something like this? Odwin wouldn't miss a class for a broken leg, literally. His pet is more responsible than you."

Edric and Emira stared at the ground nervously as their mother scolded them, they couldn't do anything else despite how much they hated to hear their mother praise their siblings

They didn't want to make it worse, so they just waited for their punishment

Right now, Odalia was scolding Edric and Emira for skipping classes...a lot...a lot

How she got this information? Well...

"You're lucky your siblings told about this before i found out on my own, or else you would've been in much more trouble"

The twins' blood boiled as they heard that. Their siblings, they're already their parents' favourites and now they're messing with their lives

How dare they!

"You two will be taking double the classes to make up for the lost time. Odwin gave me a list of everything you missed and you're grounded until you're all caught up."

"B-but-"

"Don't talk back to me"

""Yes, mom"" said Ed and Em in a rather angry tone

Odalia only had to glare at the twins before they fixed their tone

""Yes, mom"" said Ed and Em in an obedient tone before going to their room

"Good, now go to your room. I'll decided the rest of your punishment later"

And with that, Edric and Emira went to their room with their fists clenched in anger and frustration

And once they made it into their room, they shut the door quickly

"I can't believe those two ratted us out!" Said Edric angrily "even giving Mom an exact list of all the classes we missed."

"This has Odwin written all over it" said Emira as she clenched her fists in anger. She looked through the window to see her younger siblings heading to the library with their pet "i bet he's even faking that broken leg. Look! He's walking normally right now!"

Edric walked to the window and watched with his twin

"Odwin, are you sure about this?" Asked Amity worriedly as she stared at Odwin

Odwin, whose leg was still broken and in a cast, was walking normally like nothing ever happened

"Don't worry, Amity. The abomination crutch is working just fine" said Odwin cheerfully as he pressed his foot against the ground repeatedly before showing Amity the abomination goo that ran from the back of his knee to under his foot "and I've reinforced the cast with more abomination magic. All the pressure is falling unto the abominations; so as long as nothing hits my leg too hard and i don't run, I'm fine"

"I'm still not fine with this." Said Amity worriedly

"Relax, Minerva will kill anything small enough for me to ignore and i can deal with the big stuff" said Odwin with a reassuring smile as Minerva held a dead bird in her tail

The purple four winged eagle chirped as if saying "i got it" before eating the dead bird in her tail

"Good girl" said Odwin happily as he pet Minerva who was perched on his shoulder

Ed and Em stared at the interaction with large frowns on their faces

"The great and incredible Odwin, mom and dad's favorite" said Emira, disgust clear in her voice

"They even gave him a pet!" Said Edric as he frowned in frustration

The two then turned to Amity

"And perfect prissy little Amity, always following the rules, always nagging at us like she's our boss" said Emira frowning

The two then saw Odwin take a glance at them before turning to Amity again, causing Ed and Em to scowl

"Those two need to learn not to mess with us" said Edric as a smile slowly crept unto his face

"And i think i have an idea on how we could teach them" said Emira with a smile on her face

The two came up with a plan

_-_-_

"'What do you think you're doing! We're you're friends and we wanna help' said the tin boy with a yelp" Said Amity, narrating the story "Otabin smiled and paced the floor 'I've never had real friends before'"

As Amity read the story for the children, Odwin, who had his broken leg resting on a stool, animated it on his crystal ball

"'Then we'll be your first' the chicken witch clucked. Otabin couldn't believe his luck; so bookmaker Otabin, surrounded by friends bound a book of friendship...and that's the end"

The children cheered and clapped as Odwin's crystal ball showed "the end", and by this time Odwin was very much aware of the two spying on them

It was Luz the human and Skara the bard genius

Odwin heard their thoughts, but didn't do anything; he merely gave Luz a glance with a neutral smile. A small "i know you're there" so to speak

But he didn't do anything for Skara, he didn't want to do this conversation. Her thoughts weren't a very good sign. I mean, "scary" isn't something you'd call a friend

"Thank you, Mister Odwin. Hope your leg gets better soon" said Braxas happily as Minerva, who was sitting on Braxas's head flew to Odwin's shoulder

Then Braxas hugged Amity's leg and spoke "Goodbye Miss Amity, thank you"

Seeing that all the kids were gone, Odwin decided to call out the ones watching him and his sister...but

"You!" Yelled Amity angrily as she saw Luz

Amity saw Luz before Odwin could say a thing

"Heyyy, Amity" said Luz with a nervous smile "so, reading to kids, huh? Looks like you have a soft side after all"

"It's for extra credit" Amity quickly cut Luz off before turning to Odwin "how long has she been here?"

"Not very long" said Odwin as he used abomination magic to make a stick to stand up before turning it into the hidden support crutch he had before

"Oh, it's you" said Luz in surprise as she turned to Odwin

"Yes, i don't believe we formally met though. Name's Odwin Blight" said Odwin with a smile "and you're Luz Noceda"

"Yeah, about that. How did you know my name?" Asked Luz as she held her breath "...you know, back at Hexside?"

Odwin went silent, he only said her name to look all cool and mysterious. He didn't expect her to still care about it

"Oh, i know lots of things" said Odwin with a smile that slowly became a frown as he heard Skara's thoughts "like the importance of privacy; isn't that right, Skara?"

"How long did you know i was there?" Asked Skara as she came out of her hiding place with a frown on her face, she had a mini guitar on her

"The whole time" deadpanned Odwin "you're not very good at hiding"

"And are you faking your broken leg?" Asked Skara as she narrowed her eyes

"That's what you're worried about? No, it's just this hidden abomination crutch i have that helps me walk" said Odwin calmly as he showed Skara and Luz the abomination goo on and under his cast "but i don't think it's nice to look at, so i hide it. Can you please leave now?"

"I can leave whenever i want" said Skara with a scowl on her face, staring Odwin right in the eyes

Luz however, cheerfully bent down and touched the abomination goo that was helping Odwin walk, inspecting it

Minerva, who was watching quietly, decided to stop Luz from touching it. She swiftly flew towards Luz's finger that was touching the goo and pecked it, causing Luz to let go and stare at the bird

"You have a pet-" Luz asked before Amity cut her off

"No, you leave!" Amity told Luz angrily "you don't see me coming to the owl shack and bother you while you...fry up owls! Okay, i don't exactly know what you do there, but every time you get close to me i get in trouble, so leave!"

Odwin watched Luz leave dejectedly, before turning to Skara

"Look, Skara. I respect you" said Odwin, confusing Skara "I get you hate me, for some reason I'm not looking into; I never come to you challenging you for no reason or attacking you for just being in the same room as you, and I got in trouble with my parents because of your pointless hatred when i didn't do anything to you; so please, leave"

Skara thought about his words...she started remembering the reason she hated him...it was an incredibly dumb reason, embarrassing to even admit...and things changed...so maybe she should just...let go and forget about it

"I...uhh *sigh* you're right. I made a mistake." said Skara as she stared at the floor before turning away and leaving "I'm sorry"

Odwin always refrained from peeking into others' minds unless he needed to, it was out of respect for privacy; So the confusion on his face when Skara apologized was as genuine as it gets. Even Minerva chirped in confusion at his confusion

"I was gonna ask you if i did well with the speech" said Odwin in confusion "but did she just apologize?"

"She did" said Amity with a neutral look on her face "but now that that's over, I'll put the books back where they belong and we can go to our hideout where you would stop endangering your leg by walking. So please sit somewhere"

Odwin stared at his twin with a tired look before slowly heading towards a chair

But then...they heard it

"Hey, Bun-bun! Mittens!" The twins heard their older brother's voice

The two groaned as they heard that. If Edric is here, Emira is here and if the two are here then trouble is here, especially since Luz and Skara heard the nicknames

Odwin and Amity walked towards their older siblings angrily. Odwin glared at Skara who was trying not to laugh at the name "Bun-bun"

"Mom told us bring you the lunch you forgot" said Edric "and stop being mean to your friends"

"Not our friends" said Amity angrily as she snatched the bunny themed bag

"You gave us our lunch, you can leave now" said Odwin with a scowl with Minerva on his shoulder ready to peck someone

"Ouch" said Emira sarcastically as she crossed her arms "I'm hurt"

"C'mon, Odwin. Let's go" said Amity as she glared at her older siblings "they're not worth the time"

Odwin just silently followed his sister into the children's section

"Ugh, if only i didn't forget lunch" said Amity in frustration "then those two wouldn't be here"

"It's okay, everyone forgets things" said Odwin softly

Amity sighed before turning to Minerva

"Minerva, could you please watch those four and tell the staff if they do anything crazy?" Asked Amity calmly

Minerva nodded

And with that, Minerva went on a spying mission

_-_-_

Minerva sat near a librarian and used her ability to spy on the four

Edric, Emira and Luz were messing around and causing chaos

Skara however...was lighter on the chaos

She caused a few small here and there, but didn't do anything too big

Minerva didn't have to wait long to call the librarians

And in the end, Luz and the twins were kicked out while Skara was on thin ice for now

_-_-_

It was nighttime

Odwin and Amity were going to the library together to see the magical event that was caused by the wailing star

It was easy to get in, Malphas gave them a key and told them to have fun

"So, what are you gonna do with the whole 'all books become real' thing?" Asked Odwin curiously with a smile as he and Amity roamed the library

"Maybe some Azura books. Meeting the characters from my favorite book would be incredible" said Amity happily before turning to Odwin

"You have the same thought process as Minerva" said Odwin as he got a glare from said eagle "what, I'm not saying it's a bad thing. I'm just saying it's overused"

"Well, what are you gonna do then?" Asked Amity with a cheeky smile

Just as Odwin was about to answer, the three heard a noise. It was weird, the library was supposed to be empty at this time

Odwin partially knew what was going on. He knew it was Ed and Em, but he didn't remember what they were doing from the show

So he decided to head there quickly

And oh was he angry

He saw pages of Amity's diary spread across the floor

He saw Luz holding his glyph book while trying to put Amity's diary together and he saw Skara holding his bard magic book

But worst of all, other than those two books, the illusion magic book that was in Emira's hand and the oracle magic book that was hidden in a special place, Ed and Em destroyed the rest of his books

He was burning with anger...literally

Everyone stepped back as Odwin left the floor scorched

But Odwin himself to stop...repeating the words his mother told him

'It's just a pointless hobby'

They weren't words of encouragement or anything, but they helped him cool down

"You two are so lucky you're in a library" said Odwin angrily

Amity finally arrived and quickly realized the situation

"You! I can't believe you two! You're the worst!" Said Amity angrily before turning to Luz and Skara "and you!"

Luz nervously tried to reply, but only a garbled mess came out as she dropped the glyph book

"I didn't- i-" said Skara

"I spent a lot of time thinking about what you are" said Amity as she glared at the two "but now i know. You're bullies."

She then went after Odwin with her diar in tow

"Odwin, are you okay?" Asked Amity in a strained voice

"Yeah, i just gotta take a breather" said Odwin tiredly as he sat on the floor

Amity just sighed and sat with him

The two then heard voices calling for them. The two recognized the voices as Luz and Skara. This was confirmed when the two came into sight a few seconds later

"What do you want?!" Snapped Amity angrily "haven't you already done enough!"

"We're sorry" pleaded Luz "we didn't mean to-"

Luz was cut off by two loud roars. Odwin heard the word "friends" ring in his mind

It was Otabin and the tin boy from the children's book, but they were monstrous

Tin boy, who had axes for hands, separated the group

Luz and Amity were together against Otabin while Skara and Odwin were stuck with Tin boy

"Minerva! Help Amity and Luz!" Said Odwin before he attacked Tin boy

At first he and Skara tried to attack, but their attacks did nothing to the metal body of Tin boy, so they decided to run and think of a plan

"Can't you run faster?!" Said Skara hurriedly

"I have a broken leg, be thankful i can walk" Odwin glared at her with a frown "good thing it's slow"

"So how do we beat that thing?" Asked Skara in a serious tone

Odwin took a good look at tin boy before noticing something. Tin boy had a piece of paper inside his chest, on it was a drawing of the tin man that was vandalised to look monstrous with a text bubble next to it

"My...arm...our...armour...is...inbes...no...indestructible?" Said Odwin using magic to be able to read the text before realizing what he just said "did they really have to write that?"

"What's going on?" Asked Skara

"It's indestructible. The paper that it came from says so" said Odwin tiredly

"Well, why don't we just destroy the paper?" Asked Skara "that seems like a good plan"

"The paper is inside the thing, what you said isn't a plan, it's a stupid suggestion" said Odwin angrily

"Hey!" Exclaimed Skara

"Now you know how it feels. Why did you start this whole hating me thing anyway? What did i do to you?" Asked Odwin scowling

After a few seconds of silence, Skara decided to answer

"...because i wanted to be your friend" answered Skara quietly

"What?" Asked Odwin in confusion

Skara then started talking about the dumb reason she hated Odwin. A few small insults from one dumb birthday party as kids, they made Skara want to beat Odwin, that wish turned into a semi obsession that changed her life

"That's...really stupid" said Odwin bluntly

"I know" said Skara with a downcast expression as she covered her face in embarrassment

"Makes me glad i heard it from you and didn't just read your mind for it" said Odwin with a smile

"Wait, read my mind?" Skara's ears perked

"Yeah, how did you think i find people so easily?"

Skara's entire flushed in realization. Her thoughts were being heard? Everything? He heard it all?

"Don't worry, i didn't listen unto anything too personal. I respect privacy"

"Thanks" said Skara quietly as she covered her face in embarrassment

Suddenly, an axe fell on the floor near Odwin, destroying it.

"It's here!" Said Odwin in a serious tone "stop it's movements! I'll try to burn the paper"

"I'll try" said Skara as she started playing her small guitar with her hands

The tunes were able to control some of the tin boy's movements, causing him to fall to the ground

Odwin tried to fire some spirits through the creature's eyes. But the creature blocked with it's axe hand

"I'm on it!" Said Skara as she started playing again, fighting against the tin boy's movements, slowly but surely removing the hand

The tin boy used his other hand to attack Odwin, managing to slash his cast

"So thankful that axe was so sharp" said Odwin who barely felt the cut on his cast

Odwin then let out a continuous stream of fire at the tin boy, Skara continued playing, hoping to let a small bit of fire inside

And they did it, a small wisp of flames burned the paper

And it was done

_-_-_

After the whole situation, Skara apologized for everything she'd done and promised to do anything to make up for it

Which was to help fill Odwin's bard magic book that was pretty empty compared to the other books

And with Luz, she was now friends with Amity

And thankfully she didn't peek into the glyph book as it was still in the hideout

He didn't want Luz to suddenly miss events because she was too prepared

All in all, Odwin and Amity had an awful yet not so awful day

But now, it was to go home to see Ed and Em

_-_-_

Me tired

Toodles.