I recently realized that Luz having too much versatility with the glyphs book would deny all her achievements and wouldn't have her experiment as much, so the book will only have a few spells and the idea that glyphs can be mixed together. Those spells don't include the spells Luz creates later on like the invisibility glyph.

This way, Luz's achievements and development still exist.

Enjoy

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"Okay" said Emira after taking a deep breath "Luz is at the emperor's castle trying to STEAL A RELIC so she could heal a curse the owl lady has."

Odwin nodded slowly, sitting on the floor of Amity's room.

"She'll be okay, right?" Asked Amity worriedly

"Of course. She'll be fine." Said Odwin reassuringly. He knew Luz was already powerful and with his glyph book, which despite not having many spells, is enough so she shouldn't lose to anything under Lilith even with Skara in the equation.

"C'mon, Am, she's tougher than that. Don't forget you and her beat grom of all things." Added Emira cheerfully

"I'm still worried." Said Amity dejectedly "this is emperor's castle we're talking about."

"Well, it's not like we can just bust in there like we own the place" said Edric calmly, earning odd looks from his siblings "what? Did i say something weird?" He said in confusion.

"It's still SO weird seeing you be the voice of reason." Said Amity shivering at situation

"Cryptic wise old man words doing their magic" said Edric with a wink and some finger guns

"Not sure that's how it works, Ed" said Odwin with a disgusted look "anyway, all we can do is just wait and hope everything turns out alright."

Amity sighed and stared at the ceiling.

"Maybe you're right. Everything is-

Aaaaa

"-not fine!"

"The owl lady is to be petrified at sundown!" The emperor's assistant, Kikimora, announced on the crystal ball

"This is not good, right?" Asked Edric as he stared at the crystal ball.

"No, Ed, it is not" said Emira staring wide eyed at the crystal ball

"How did this happen?" Asked Amity with a frown as she held the crystal ball.

Odwin only frowned as he couldn't come up with a way to answer this question without making things more complicated. Though, that reaction further agitated Amity. But knowing that she couldn't do anything she forced herself to calm down and watch with a stoic look.

The Blights all sat in Amity's room and waited with bated breath for some news.

They didn't expect it to come in the shape of a gray haired girl jumping through one of their windows.

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"This is bad" Odwin whispered to himself as he hid from Skara under Amity's bed.

"Look, i just wanna talk to him." Said Skara sounding desperate

"Well, he's sorta-" Emira tried to help Odwin hide before Skara cut her off.

"i-i didn't mean to hurt his feelings! It was an accident!" Continued Skara tearing up a little

"Uhm, what?" Asked Edric in confusion.

"I don't care if he hates me because of what happened with Grom, but right-"

"Whoa, slow down, we don't even know exactly what happened." Said Emira raising a brow

"Well...Grom showed Odwin me making fun of him for having a crush on me and i couldn't say anything and now he hates me because he thinks I hate me...i mean him" Skara said dejectedly before slumping with her back to a wall "ugh"

Emira seeing this as an opportunity smiled mischievously and sat next to Skara "tell me about it."

Ed quickly picked up on what Emira was trying to do and sat next to her. Amity, on the other hand, stopped caring since she knew that she couldn't do anything to stop this.

"Like, how was i supposed to react to learning that my crush has a crush on me in the form of an evil me?! I just stopd there and stared like an idiot while he, like an idiot, thought i would hate him because of it." Skara ranted tiredly "but that's not why I'm here. It's fine if he hates me now, but i need his help on what to do with the whole petrification thing."

"What do you mean?" Amity inquired curiously

"C'mon, you know Luz is gonna try to bust the place. But i don't know what i should do! It's way too risky to just go and start firing at coven scouts like- you know, actually, that might not be a bad idea."

Odwin, upon hearing the last sentence, got out from his hiding spot immediately and yelled "No!" Surprising everyone in the room.

"Oh...you were here the whole time...and you heard everything." Said Skara in realization "can i bury myself in your yard?"

"...uhh *cough, look, we can work this whole thing out later." Said Odwin trying to push the day he'd have to talk about his feelings further "we have another problem right now."

"Boo!" Emira let out jokingly

Skara nodded in acknowledgement, agreeing to talking about the whole crush thing later as Odwin glared at his older sister.

Odwin took a deep breath and spoke "It wouldn't be a good idea to attack the castle with Luz. I know it sounds cruel, but we're not in a place where we can act as freely as her." He said calmly, knowing what's going to happen beforehand.

Amity had a grim look on her face as the room descended into silence.

Odwin didn't want to just sit down, but the risk of going out and fighting Belos outweighed the possibility meaningless reward.

But it was at that moment Odwin had an idea.

"BUT!" Said Odwin, gaining everyone's attention "there's one thing we can do."

"What is it?" Asked Amity curiously

Odwin didn't reply and instead turned to his older siblings.

"Ed, Em, it's time we put your mischief experience to the test."

Ed and Em smiled knowing that this might end up being fun.

Meanwhile, Odwin knew he shouldn't interfere too openly or else he'd endanger his family and friends.

But that did not mean he couldn't make this ceremony as terrible an experience for Belos and his coven as possible.

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The plan was simple: the citizens of the boiling isles did not want to see Eda petrified, that was a fact.

Taking advantage of this, Ed and Em are to rile the crowd up at the right moment. Skara's job was to give their illusions power and depth.

Odwin was to block Belos's possible omniscience around the area should he try to find out who they were while playing a role similar to Skara's.

Amity's job was lookout using one of Odwin's crystal balls (mostly because they didn't want to leave her out of the plan).

And so, with everything ready, the Blights and Skara got into place and waited.

"And in a shocking turn of events, head coven leader Lilith is now in the holding cage escorted by what appears to be a deranged cat" said Perry Porter, the reporter and Gus's father, live for everyone to hear.

"Oof, this is escalating fast" said Edric, who was wearing a cloak to his his face, as he stared at Eda in her beast form inside the cage

"Yeah, let's hope Odwin's signal appears soon." Replied Emira wearing a cloak to his her face before noticing Luz's friends with the reporter. "Is that-"

"What's happening to Eda isn't right. She might not always follow the rules, but she hasn't done anything worthy of a petrification!" Said Willow after taking the microphone from Gus's father.

Ed and Em smiled as the people of Bonesborough began reciting their encounters with Eda and how she helped them and soon Willow spoke, prompting them to get ready to work.

"The emperor should let Eda go!"

"Let Eda go!" Gus chanted and everyone followed.

Edric began drawing the magic circle, believing it was time, but before he could finish Odwin caught him by the arm.

"Not yet" said Odwin hiding his face with a cloak "if we do it now, everyone would look like barbarians. Just wait a few seconds."

Skara, who was next to Odwin, nodded as well as Ed and Em. They all waited until Eda was hit with the petrification beam and then they began.

Edric created a faux civilian whose face was partially hidden to justify no one knowing them as per Odwin's request.

Then, Skara pulled out a violin and fired one blast at a random EC scout near the petrification statue while Emira changed the noise and shape to make it look like a fireball.

Together, it gave the illusion of an unknown witch who attacked in frustration by the unjust petrification who yelled "Let the owl lady go!" Angrily

And just like Gus demonstrated a minute ago, all people need to act is one piece to make them fall like dominos.

Immediately, chaos ensued. Things were being thrown left and right. Someone even managed to nail Kikimora with a brick they took off the ground.

"We did our job, let's go." Said Odwin as he began leaving

"Oh C'mon, Odwin. Can't we stay a little longer?" Asked Emira cheerfully, enjoying the chaos they caused together.

"Yeah." Added Edric

"No, we can't be here for too long. I'll give you a crystal ball on the way, let's go." Said Odwin with a frown

Ed and Em whined, but still agreed with Odwin and they all left the conformatorium.

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"I still can't believe we caused all of that" said Edric happily as he watched the event unfold on a crystal ball.

"Wait, is that Luz?" Asked Emira as she saw Eda take off with Luz, Lilith and King on her back.

"Looks like she made it out just fine" said Skara with a smile before turning to Odwin "uhm Odwin, about the whole grom thing-"

"I thought we agreed to talk about it later." Said Odwin, hinting that he REALLY wasn't prepared to talk about it at the moment.

"I-i know. I just wanted to say thank you for not hating me after the whole thing."

"Eh, it's fine. It was all because i acted a little too dramatic. If I'd waited a little longer, this situation wouldn't have happened."

"Yeah, for a mind reader, you're pretty bad at reading the room" Emira interrupted cheerfully, causing Odwin to frown

"I won't deny that" added Skara with a smile

"Har har, anyone else want to agree?" Asked Odwin sarcastically

"Ooh, me! Me!" Answered Edric happily

It wasn't long before the four started laughing together and went back home.

All in all, it wasn't a bad day.

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