The ballad of newt and owl: Chapter 1
Luz was annoyed.
After what she had done, after beating belos, stopping the collector, after ALL THAT, she was going back to normal school. And after the halls of hexside school of magic and demonics, it all seemed so… bland. The lockers didn't even try to eat you, detention was safe, the lessons were boring.
"Good to see you back, noceda," mr. Halthers, the boring english teacher who pretended to be happy. She walked into her classroom, prepared for the first day for the next four boring years of the human education system, when she noticed something different.
A girl, sitting in the back of the class, next to her seat.
The most surprising thing was her seat. At the start of the year, she had sat down in a chair and everybody had made an effort to choose the seats not next to her. They had succeeded.
'Don't get your hopes up, Luz,' she thought to herself, 'she hasn't met you before and to be fair, those were the only vacant seats.'
It couldn't be that hard, right? She had befriended people on the isles, (albeit with a few dissection-based bumps) and she could do it again.
She walked to her chair, steeled herself, and prepared to introduce herself.
"Hi, i'm Luz-"
And the girl looked up in fright.
"Aaah!" She shouted, and then stopped. "Oh, you must be Luz." She smiled.
"How did you know?" Asked the former witch.
"The other students told me about you. I'm Marcy, I joined last week."
Luz's face fell. "Oh. Then they probably told you i'm a-"
"Nerd?" She finished. Before Luz could respond, she said, "nah, it's fine. I'm a nerd too." And she gestured to the book she was holding;
It was the good witch Azura.
"I- you-" and she took out of her bag her own copy.
And both of their mouths curled into smiles.
'Anne, sasha,' Marcy thought to herself, 'Andreas,' she added, 'you were right. It's gonna be fine.'
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"So, what other things do you do?" Asked marcy, intrigued.
They were on a bench during recess.
"I write the occasional fanfiction, i read cynthia coven, i play creatures and caverns-"
"Holy frog!" She shouted. "You play CNC?"
"Ehm, yeah. You too?" Asked Luz.
"It's only my single greatest passion! I love CMing! And recently i've come up with some great concepts for a new campaign!"
"I'd love that!" She said. "But did you say 'holy frog'?"
Marcy began sweating. "Uuuhm, yeah. It's an inside joke i have with my old friends, Sasha and Anne."
"Ooookay," Luz said. "Yeah, BTdubs, there's a comic convention in about 2 weeks here in connecticut, and me and a few pals are going. Wanna come?"
Marcy's face lit up.
"Oh my gosh, i have the perfect cosplay!"
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Marcy was in her room, talking to Anne on SkyMe.
"And Luz is all into comics too and we're going to this convention in about a week!"
"That's awesome marce, just… When are you planning to tell them?" Anne asked.
She froze. "What?"
Anne sighed. "Marcy, you can only keep a secret from a friend for so long. I thought you'd have learnt about that. Just… be safe. Love ya, girl." And Anne left the call.
Marcy pondered. It was true, but… what if Luz didn't wanna hang out with her after this?
She'd tell her. At the convention.
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"Mom, i met this new girl called marcy today, and she's awesome! She loves all the same stuff as me!"
Camila smiled. "It's great that you're making friends in the human world, Luz. As much as i love your friends, just having Vee over here isn't gonna cut it. But…"
Luz's face fell. "But what?"
"When are you gonna tell her about the boiling isles?"
"Well…" Luz said, "i know now that keeping secrets isn't gonna end well, but i feel i should wait a bit. Then i'll tell her."
She'd tell her. At the convention.
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The week had passed, and there may have been a bit of a misunderstanding.
Marcy had assumed that she'd be walking to the noceda's to get in their car. Meanwhile, Luz assumed that they'd be picking her up, at her house.
Marcy walked up to the noceda house, dressed in her clothes from amphibia, including her furry boots and mantis-chitin breastplate.
"Heeeey, guys-" and then she realised they weren't there.
"Oh, looks like she's not here."
And she then heard voices in the forest behind the house. "Oh, looks like they're back there. Stay calm, you're about to met luz's friends, too!"
She went into the forest, and saw something amazing.
A pink haired girl, a black haired boy, and a black haired girl, as well as a blonde haired, red eyed boy with scars and a snakelike creature who morphed into… Luz's sister right in front of her eyes??
"Alright, guys, hide your ears. This is our first time going to a big human gathering, and I don't want to mess it up for Luz. We're also meeting her new human friend, so we have to get to her house first-"
"Hi, i'm marcy, what's your name?"
"AAAAAHHHH!"
And marcy got covered in a blast of purple goop, launching her through the glowing door.
"Ohhh, titan…." Said Amity.
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Luz pulled up to Marcy's house.
She knocked on the door. "Anybody home?"
The door opened to a friendly looking man. "Hello, i'm marcy's dad. I haven't seen her for about an hour, so she's probably in her room, doing… whatever she does up there."
"Fanfiction," answered luz.
"Rrright," said mr. Wu, clearly confused, and then gestured her in.
Luz walked up to her room. "Hello? Marcy?"
The door was ajar, so she assumed she could come in.
What she found was amazing.
Beautiful sketches of fantastical plants, lizard-like characters, and herself in some sort of armour.
And on her desk was an open book.
'Testing. Testing. Is this thing on?'
Luz was intrigued. She read on:
'Okay. So hello new journal! You were supposed to be for creatures and caverns and maaaybe the occasional fanfic but now that youre gonna be my real journal i should introduce myself… my name is Marcy Regina Wu, and after opening a magical music box with my friends I have been transported to another world!'
She turned to the front page:
'Marcy's journal: a guide to amphibia'.
"Oh, my titan."
Heyyyy!
Currently experiencing a little bit of writer's block with tower buddies, so while I'm brainstorming ideas, i'll be uploading a bit of this. It's a fanfic i started working on about a month ago and have a few chapters of. Don't worry, i love writing TB (tower buddies, NOT tuberculosis) and it'll be back soon.
Tell me if there's anything you'd change, or if there are any grammar mistakes, and hope you have good day!
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