Spyro: Legacy of The Owl House

Ch. 4: The Deadly Witches' Duel

One day later, Spyro decides to tell Hunter and Biacna about what happened during the boiling rains.

"Boiling rains, A curse, spell glyphs, oh my!" Hunter said.

"I know, Hunter. I feel bad about that lady turning into a beast." Bianca said.

"Also, Luz gave us this before we left." Spyro said with Sparx showing the light glyph to them. "It is what she did to make a ball of light appear. She said that you might be able to transfer the magic somehow."

"Maybe." Bianca said as she got the glyph from Sparx. "This magic comes from another world, so this may not work, but let's try anyway." She waved her wand just like she did with the orb and the magic was transferred, this time it headed toward Sparx. He glowed by the magic for a second until it fazed out. "There, now Sparx will be able to flash a burst of light around him. However, this magic is a lot more complicated for the transfer spell so he will be able to use it at the place it was made."

"Which is The Boiling Isles." Spyro said "Oh Well, thanks anyway. Now that we took care of that, Sparx and I need to get going. We're going to ask the dragons from Magic Crafters, Beast Keepers, and Dream Weavers if they know anything about this curse."

"We'll help you out. " Hunter said.

"Good idea, Hunter." Bianca said. "We'll split up to the different worlds so that we can talk to them all more efficiently."

"Ok, let's meet up at Lofty Castle once we're done." Spyro said to them both.

They all split up to the different dragon homeworlds to talk to the dragon elders there. Spyro heads to Dream Weavers, while Hunter and Bianca go to the Beast Makers and Magic Crafters worlds, respectively. Once they finished, they all met up in Lofty Castle.

"Any luck?" Spyro said.

Hunter told Spyro, "They say they'll never hear of this kind of curse, but they'll look up on it to see what they can do."

"Same here." He said to them. "At least we tried. Well, it is time for Sparx and I to head back to the Boiling Isles. Maybe a relic has been seen somewhere."

"Spyro, do you mind if I accompany you? I want to see this Owl Lady myself." Bianca asked him.

"Sure, Bianca. Let's get going! We can get there using the portal that just showed up in the Dream Weavers homeworld." Spyro said.

They head back to the Dream Weavers homeworld. Hunter heads back to Artisans while Spyro, Sparx and Bianca went inside the portal to the Boiling Isles, but what they didn't know is that someone is following them through the portal. It was a black dragon, feminine in appearance, wearing a steel ring on its neck and front legs and have a sharp tail. The dragon jumped into the portal. At the Boiling Isles, The portal opens and Spyro and Bianca come out.

"This place is so surreal." Bianca said as she looked around.

"You'll get used to it." Spyro said. He saw a sign that said, Convention Today, Alchemist Anonymous tomorrow. "Convection, what convection?"

A groan was heard from not far from where they were. They look around and see Luz along with Eda, King, Willow, and Gus who are about to head inside.

"Hey, Luz!" Spyro said with Luz looking to see him as well as Sparx and Bianca.

"You two must be her friends." Bianca said to Willow and Gus.

"Mm-hmm. My name is Willow." Willow said.

"And I'm Gus. Please call me that. It's a nickname from a human." Gus said to her.

"Sure I can do that." Bianca said who was slightly nervous to Gus' reaction. "So why are all of you here?"

"We're here for the annual coven convection!" Willow said while showing the poster to Spyro and Bianca. "Student witches get to see all the types of covens before they are placed in one. There's even a mystery guest this year."

"It's a job fair for young witches!" Luz said.

"Sure, but I didn't expect her to join you." Spyro said as he talked about Eda. He turned to talk to her. "I thought you were wild in terms of magic."

"Well, I am short stuff." Eda said. "There's a reason I never joined a coven. Sure, it's like a fun club for witches, but you're also giving up your magical independence to be part of a crooked system. But, you know, no judgment. In any case, I haven't been to one since we were girls."

"We? Who are you talking about?" Bianca asked.

Luz said to her, "That's the other reason we're here, to uncover Eda's mysterious past!"

"Ok, that's it! I'm leaving this place of broken dreams now." Eda said as she was about to walk off.

"No way, Eda!" Luz said to Eda while running in front of her to stop her from leaving. "You promise to come with us to the convention. If not, I just get out my Azura book and…"

"No! You promised that you won't read it if I brought you here! Eda said, begging Luz not to read her book again. "Fine, i'll join but…" Eda tries and struggles to put her hood up to cover her face. King also helped her out. "…I gotta keep a low profile."

"Is the cowl really necessary?" Luz said while she pushed Eda's hair into her cowl.

"Do any of you think my wanted posters are for petty theft?" Eda said with some things that she stole, took, or stole fell from her cowl.

"Well, it is one part of your wanted status." Spyro said.

"Why that is true, the big whammy is that I disobey the law and refuse to join a coven." Eda as she takes her stolen things back into her cowl. "If I'm seen, I could go to jail…again."

"Maybe this informative event will inspire you to join a coven." Willow said with Eda making a spell circle to cover Willow's face with her cowl.

"Maybe you should think about keeping low as well." Eda said to Spyro

"No way! You may not want to show your face, but I'm not." Spyro said.

"Whatever, it's your funeral." Eda said. "Now let's just get this over with."

"Wait, Eda! Who's that near the entrance?" Luz said who is see someone at the front door.

All of them saw a bear near the entrance. He was wearing a fancy suit and holding a bag of gems. Spyro groans as he knows who he is.

"Aw, Spyro! Nice to see you again. And here of all places!" Moneybags said.

"You know this guy, Spyro?" Luz asked.

"Too well, unfortunately." Spyro said in a gloomy manner.

"You must be the human Spyro have been talking about lately." Moneybags said to Luz. "Luz, isn't it? Well, you should know that I helped Spyro defeat Ripto and The Sorceress."

"Yeah, sure you did." Spyro said sarcastically. "So, why are you here?"

Moneybags said, "Well, Haiku poetry in Spooky Swamp isn't as profitable as I thought, so I came here and struck a deal with the Emperor. He seems quite fond of wild witches too."

"He is fond of them all right, by keeping them in line by taking away their magical independence!" Eda said.

Moneybags continued with, "Say Spyro, You planning going inside aren't you? Well, you won't last long in there, given that so many of the emperor's scouts are there for the main event, but I can convince them to "forget" about you for… ahem…. A small fee."

Spyro sighs and said, "Not again… Ok, fine! How much?"

"100 gems should suffice." Moneybags said with Spyro giving him the amount leaving him with 50 gems. "Yes, precious gems! Ahem, well then, I'll make sure the scouts won't attack you while you stay. Just don't expect the same treatment outside this convection. Be careful, I don't want anything bad happening to my favorite customer." Moneybags ran inside the building.

"He sure knows how to get you to spend your money." Luz said.

"Don't worry about that, Luz. He won't keep those gems forever." Spyro said.

Luz and the others went inside the building. Once they get in, Luz was in awe at what she saw.

"Was I even alive before now?" Luz said in astonishment.

"Those are the main nine covens, but there are hundreds of others you can join."Gus said.

As they walked, Willow started to tell Luz about the many covens, "There's Flower Coven, Artist Coven, Big Dog Coven, Little Cat Coven, Tiniest Cat Coven…" Eda groans as she hears the many covens Willow is saying. "…Also the Grumpy Coven."

"What was that?" Eda said with Willow yelp and she, Luz and Gus running away from her.

"Do you think they have a Sheep Toasting Coven? Not that I want to join, I'm just asking." Spyro said as he quickly followed them.

"Um, excuse me mam, but you look rather familiar." A guy said.

As he looked at Eda's wanted posters, she said, "Uh, no I don't! Distraction spell!" Eda quickly tossed something on the floor, hoping she used the aforementioned spell, but It was a bag of Hex Mix, so nothing happened. She quickly runs away but comes back when she sees the man getting her Hex Mix so she pulls his hood to scoop up the bag on the floor. She ran away again and caught up with the others.

"Ooh, what's that?" Luz said while pointing forward.

"That's the Construction Coven." Willow said. Mason, the Construction Coven's head witch grabbed the pallets of wood and bricks and tossed them in the air. They fell down to construct a small house. "One of the main nine. They use power glyphs to increase their strength. "

He grabs a glyph from under his hat, peels its adhesive and puts it on Tiny Nose. As her pupils shrink, she screams as she gets a power boost.

"I'm the destroyer of worlds!" She said as he tossed Mason in the air and tossed the Convection sign.

"Hey, that's the opposite of construction!" One of the Construction witches said as he and another tries to stop Tiny Nose.

"Yowza-wowza!" Luz said. An Illusion of Luz appeared from behind her and repeated what she said. "Yowza-wha-a-a?"

The illusion goes near to witches and waved at them all then disappears.

"Ah, you've been taken in by the allure of the Illusionist Coven." Gus said. "We like to magic with a hint…" Gus made a spell circle to disappear and then reappear a few feet to the right. "…of showmanship." He bows along with the two Illusionist witches appearing next to him.

"Wow! Acceptance? Comradery? A sense of belonging? Covens sound incredible!" Luz said happily. "This makes me wonder why Eda never joined one."

"There gotta be a reason, otherwise she wouldn't be so keen on staying away from them." Bianca said.

"She's right about that, kiddo." Eda said to Luz. "Watch closely." Eda turned Luz to the Illusion coven's booth and showed a witch about to get his coven sigil. "When you join a coven, all your other magic gets sealed away." The Illusions which placed the sigil on the other witch's wrist, causing white blue lines run from his arms and face, showing that his other forms of magic are now sealed. As the lines face, he turns slightly pale.

"From now on, that kid will only be able to make illusions. Since I never join one, I can make every kind of magic." She said while making a ball of fire and a ball of water. She makes them disappear afterwards. "That's why I'm the most powerful witch on The Boling Isles."

Eda walks ahead with Luz, Willow, Gus, and Bianca flowing. King was about to follow them but was stopped by someone grabbing his shoulder.

"Weh?" King said as a hand grabbed his shoulder.

"The tea leaves foretell that this will lead you to your destiny." A Oracle Hexside student said. She gives a pen that has fortune tellers written on it.

King didn't believe a word and said, "Destiny? Feh! I'm not paying for…"

"It's free-e-e." She said as she slowly walked away in reverse and retreating into the shadows.

"Are you bestowing gifts upon me?" King said, thinking that it's an offering. "Yes! I accept your offering! The King of Demons is back!"

" So King of Demons, you think you are all powerful after getting that?" Spyro said, who was skeptical at what King was saying. Sprax was also doubtful as well.

"Both of you doubt me and my status? Follow me servants and see my newfound power other them!" King said.

"Sure, I need a good laugh." Spyro said as he and Sparx followed King.

Luz and the others made it to a doorway flanked with guards.

"That panel looks popular." Luz said.

Gus gasps as he looks at one of the Coven scouts. "It's the Emperor's Coven! You think they'll sign my forehead?"

"Only one way to find out!" Willow said. They both run to the theater.

Luz was about to follow until she saw Eda staying put. Bianca also remained as she looked at the scouts.

"Aren't you coming, Eda?" Luz asked.

"No way! Of all the covens, they're the worst! I'll wait out here." Eda said.

Luz said, "I get it, Eda. Covens, bad, individualism, good. But I'm still figuring this world out, so I'm going in there and making up my own mind, okay?" She grabbed Bianca's hand. "Let's go in together, Bianca!"

"Wha… Hold on!" Bianca said, surprised that she is being dragged in.

As they both walk in, Eda sees the person who nearly saw her identity talking to a coven guard.

"I just saw her. She's over there." He said. "They both turned to look at Eda. I think that's her." He points to where Eda is and the coven guard look in that direction.

"Uh-oh." Eda said, knowing that her cover is blown. "Luz, wait up!" She ran inside to catch up with them.

Soon after, the black dragon was in the convection building and see the doorway to the theater.

"This look interesting." She said as she walk in.

Inside is a large stadium with an audience chatting with anticipation for the emperor's coven to show itself. Eda made it to Luz and went to sit next to her. Bianca was sitting above them.

"All right, let's see this mess." Eda said.

The lights start to dim as Principal Bump appear from the floor in spirals of green magic and a spotlight illuminates him. He summons a mic and starts to speak.

"Hello, Bonesbourgh! Students ask me all the time, "Principle Bump, what are the heights of magical achievement?" He said.

"Is it this?" Mattolomule said with him making a spell circle which tripled the size of his head. His lost balance and fell on a student next to him.

"I don't think he meant that." Bianca thought to herself.

"Wow, I failed you as a principal." He grabs the mic and continues talking. "It's being selected to join the best of the best. And there is none better than the jewel of the coven system, and the enforcers of his will, The Emperor's Coven." Three coven scouts appeared from the floor.

"Whoa." Luz said. She turns to see her friends and waves. Gus was even able to get one of the coven scouts to sign his forehead, so he and Willow pointed it at Luz.

The black dragon made it inside the theater and saw the Emperor's Coven's scouts.

"Feast your eyes on this elite force. Each member handpicked to help usher in a new age of controlled magic." Bump said while the coven scouts each trace a white spell circle above their heads. They became elements of fire, water and lighting respectfully. All of them combine into a firework that turns into confetti. Luz started to get grabby as she got some of it. The black dragon made it to the stadium and saw the coven scouts.

"When does that "elite force" get here?" Eda said to the demon next to her. She laughed at her joke while the demon moved off.

While the three coven scouts hold the same elements in their hands, Bump said, "Members of The Emperor's Coven have access to all-yes all forms of magic. Ooh! Ahh!" The crowd joined it by also saying, Ooh! Ahh! "But, only the best can ascend these ranks, someday that could be one of you!" Bump points to Amity who squeals happily at the chance of joining The Emperor's Coven.

"Hmm, that green-haired girl looks like she really wants to join them." The black dragon thought to herself as she saw Amity. She turns to see Eda who is laughing at her. "What's up with her?"

The scouts grabbed their capes and disappeared in a flash of white smoke.

Once they leave, Bump said, "And now, I'm pleased to introduce the esteemed leader of this coven and this year's mystery guest. You know her, you love her, Lilith!"

Eda continued laughing until the name ushered from Bump, stopped her laughter and put her in a state of astonishment as she knew who that name was. A bright flash appeared near the ceiling which turned into a raven sitting on a branch. It then flies to the stage and after it causes a light that fills the whole colosseum, Lilith is shown inside it. She lifted her arms which removed her mask and caused the raven to screech, then disappeared. The audience cheered while Eda looked speechless at her.

Luz noticed this while she was clapping and said, "You know her?"

"You could say that." Eda said.

Luz gasped. "Mysterious past!" She said.

"Mysterious indeed." Bianca said.

"Thank you all." Lilith said while casting a spell circle that tosses her cape and mask to Bump. "It wasn't easy for me to rise to the top. I also started at humble beginnings."

"Like me?" Mattholomule said.

Lilith continued talking to the audience, "Now I have the highest honor of enforcing the emperor's will. So be more! The Emperor's Coven awaits you!" She spins, creating the raven illusion once more. It spreads its wings then bursts into a ball of light. Eda continues to glare at her while she poses with her arms out and smirking.

Outside the auditorium, Spyro and Sparx are seen, leaving King behind as they laugh slightly seeing him getting "offerings" from the covens.

"Haha, man is he ever clueless!" Spyro said with Sparx laughing buzzing. They both see Eda and Luz leave the auditorium. "You two won't believe what Bonehead been doing lately."

"Not now. I'm heading back home to wash the con funk off my skin." Eda said to him.

"What? But you can't leave now! Luz said to her. "We haven't even taken the quiz to determine our coven type!" She brings out a magazine out of her pocket, turns the pages to a quiz called, "What Coven Are You In?", and holds it above her head. Without even glancing at the magazine, she casts a laser beam through it and makes a hole and walks off. Luz pulls the magazine towards her to read it.

"Ooh, a punky potionist." She said. Bianca came out next. "Do you want to check your coven type, Bianca?"

"No thanks. I don't think it's for me." Bianca said.

"Suit yourself, but I'm gonna see which coven is for me." Luz said as she read it and walked without looking.

Spyro saw that she was about to walk into Amity who was reading a pamphlet. "Hey, Luz! Look where you're going! You're about to hit…" Luz bumped into Amity..

"Watch where you're…" Amity saw that it was Luz who accidentally bumped into her. "Oh it's you. Willow's…abomination thing." She turned to see Spyro and Sparx and she looked slightly angrier at them. "And then there you, you little purple pest." Spyro and Sparx looked at her dead center after hearing that.

"Uh…hey, Amity." Luz said nervously. "So, funny story. Not an abomination. Sorry for the confusion last week. I'm Luz the Human." She turned her left arm toward Spyro and Sparx. And these two are my friends, "Spyro the Dragon and Sparx the Dragonfly."

Luz offered a handshake but Amity said while smacking her hand away, "Ugh, put that away. You and that dragon are the ones that got me in trouble with Principal Bump and I never get in trouble." She walks off, but Luz follows her.

"Well, to be fair, you were ok with him trying to dissect me, so…"

"Dissected?" Bianca said to Spyro.

"Long story." Spyro said to her.

Amity stopped walking to turn to see Luz. "None of you should even be here! This convection is for witches only." Amity told them.

"Well, I'm learning to be a witch. I'm receiving magic lessons from a powerful witch and a ferocious demon." Luz said.

Amity looks over Luz's shoulders and see King. "Is that your ferocious demon there?" She asked.

Luz turned to see King, decked out in merch and walking toward them while two bakers from the Bakers Coven walked behind him.

Spyro looked back to see him and said, "Ok. that was funny for a minute, but now, this is just sad."

"Cupcakes in my tummy-tum makes the King say yummy-yum!" King said while holding a cupcake.

"So, you'll join the Bakers Coven?" One of the bakers said.

King ate a cupcake in one bite and said while swiping another cupcake. "Hmm…Nope!" He runs off to talk to Luz. "Hey, Luz! Look at all these offerings!" He tripped on his scarf and dropped his cupcake. Luz went over to help him back up. She was about to get his cupcake, but Amity stepped on it which caused King to gasp.

"Oops, that was an accident." Amity said, not showing any remorse for what she did.

Sprax buzzed angry around Amity to tell her he didn't deserve that, but she ignored him and traced a small circle and conjured up some abomination goo which hit Sparx.

"How do you explain that?" Spyro said as he looked to see if his friend was alright.

"My hand slipped." Amity said, making up an excuse for her behavior towards Sparx.

"Why are you being so mean, Amity?" Luz told her.

"Because you, and your pets are giving witches in training a bad name." Amity said while crossing her arms.

"I am not a pet!" King said all while scratching himself with his hind leg.

"Neither are we!" Spyro said with Sparx coming out of the abomination goo.

"He's a very good boy and the King of Demons! And Spyro is a hero back in his realm." Luz said. "I'll tell you what, Amity." She stands up to face Amity who is looking at her fingernails, not even bothering at looking at Luz. "It's one thing to say I can't be a witch…"

"'Cause you can't." She said who finally turned her head to look at Luz.

"…but it's another thing to bully my friends." Luz said, finishing where she left off. "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 gasps after hearing what Luz has just said with the expectation of Spyro and Sparx.

Amity walked closer to Luz's face with her eyes closed. She opened them and said, "I accept. Now then, let's set the terms for this duel, shall we?"

Luz starts off with the terms. "One, if I win, you apologize to King for squashing his cupcake as well as apologize to Sparx for hitting him with abomination goo."

"Good night, sweet child." King said, comforting his stepped on cupcake.

Luz continued, "And two, you admit that humans can be witches too."

"Fine by me." Amity said. "However, if I win, not only do you have to tell the whole convention you're not a witch, you have to stop training forever. To make things more interesting, I'll even allow your lizard to help you in this duel."

"Spyro, are you sure you should do this? Who knows what she'll do." Bianca said.

"Don't worry, Bianca. It will be fine. So, what's in it for us?" Spyro asked.

"How about this? Bump gave this to me instead of extra credit when I exposed all of you." Amity said as she made another spell circle which caused an abomination hand to appear near her. It was holding something bright and white. It's shown as a white sword and shield combo with a dragon on the shield.

"That looks like another of the dragon relics!" Spyro said, surprised to see Amity having one of them, "You'll give it to me if we beat you, right?"

"That's right. But, if you and your human friend lose, you and your band of misfits must leave Boneburgh and never return." Amity said while looking dead on at Spyro and Sparx.

Spyro didn't like how high the stakes were, but he said, "As much as I don't want to bet on being able to go around this town, I need to get that relic back." Spyro turns to see Luz. "Luz, you have to accept this duel."

"Do it, Luz! For my honor!" King said while crushing his squashed cupcake.

"Fine. Let's shake on it." Luz said with her holding out her hand as she got ready to shake hands.

Before Amity shakes her hand, she casts a spell circle around Luz's hand then she shakes hands with her.

"The everlasting oath is sealed." Amity said.

She pulls back her hand and the spell circle fades away.

"That's probably fine." Luz said who was looking at her hand.

"Meet back inside the theater in one hour." Amity said, then she walked away. "Let's see what kind of witch you are." She looks at Spyro to speak to him. "I'm gonna enjoy crushing you the most, dragon." She walks off.

"King, I know Spyro can hold his own, but I-I can also win this right?" Luz said nervously.

King is shown eating his cupcake. He briefly stopped eating to look at Luz and said, "Hmm? Oh, yeah, no." He continued to eat his cupcake.

Luz starts whimpering as her odds at beating Amity are slim, even with Spyro's help.

"Let's go see your teacher for advice." Spyro said to Luz.

Eda tries to sneak out of the convection only to hear the one voice she tries to stay away from.

"Sister?" Lilith said who is signing autographs to several Hexside students. "It's been so long since I've seen you last!" She gave the autograph to Mattholomule. "What are you wearing? You look like some sort of trash collector. Oh, right you are."

"Oh, Lily. I just had to see the leader of the Emperor's Coven in action." She leaned down to talk to the students. "You know, when we were kids, Lilith was so excited to see the Emperor's Coven, she peed a little." Her little joke causes the students to laugh and Lilith to blush while glaring at Eda.

"That-that all for today." Lilith said to the students. She sends them away so that she can talk to Eda alone. "You shouldn't even be here! You're a wanted criminal! Unless…" She gasps and continues talking. "I don't believe it. You're here to join the Emperor's Coven!"

Eda chortles then laughs at what her sister said. "In your dreams." She said with her continuing to laugh afterwards. This causes Lilith to glare at her in annoyance.

Lilith then said, "You think being covenless makes you so much smarter than everyone else, but while you run from the law like a degenerate, I'm mentoring the next generation of powerful witch students into the world."

"Well, I have a student." Eda said. "And I bet she can wipe the floor with any of your prissy little blue bloods."

Lilith stepped close to Eda and said, "It's that a challenge?"

Eda said to her, "Oh, it's a promise."

"Hey!" Spyro said, flying towards Eda and Lilith.

"This isn't the time to talk. Can't you see I'm busy with my sister?" Eda said while moving her hand in front of Lilith.

"This is important! It's about Luz." Spyro said.

"What about her?" She said.

Before Spyro could tell her, Luz appears between Eda and Litilh to tell her about her predicament. "Eda, I need your help! I accidentally challenge Amity to a witch's duel, and I think she's going to kill me all the way dead!" After she finished talking, she slumped to the ground.

Lilith said to her sister, "Hmm, it seems your student has met my strongest protégé." She kneels down to get a good look at Luz. "And look at those ears!" Embarrassed, she covers her ears while blushing. "Is she human?" Lilith laughs a bit. "Where do you even find one of these?" She takes a look at Spyro and Sparx. "And how did you meet this purple scaled dragon and his firefly companion?"

"Sparx is a dragonfly, lady!" Spyro said, correcting her.

Lilith stood up and started to talk to Eda again. "Ok, Edaylin." She traces a spell circle which causes Eda's wanted posters that are scattered throughout the building to burn. "For one day, you won't have to hide from the law, because I want to see how good a teacher you really are." She walks off once she is done.

"Come on, you two. Time to prepare for bloodshed." Eda said while kneeling.

Luz asked Eda, "But whose blood?"

"Anyone's guess." She said.

"I can get ready for the duel myself, thank you very much." Spyro said with him and Sparx heading out.

"Where are you two going?" Luz said.

"To find Bianca. I may need her advice." He said.

As she continued walking, Lilith said to herself, "Knowing Edaylin, She'll most likely cheat to insure her victory. I need to make sure that she loses." As she thinks, she notices the black female dragon who was about to leave the building. "You, dragon." This got her attention as she sees Lilith. "Will you join my protégé in defeating a wild witch and her apprentice?"

"Are you talking about that green haired girl back in the theater?" She asked her.

"Of course that's who I'm talking about." Lilith said.

She thought to herself, "This could be a great way to find one of the dragon relics." She then said to Lilith. "Sure, I'll help her. It sounds like fun!"

"Yes, it will be fun indeed." Lilith said as she walked with the black dragon following her.

Spyro met up with Bianca. As he approached Bianca said, "Spyro, I can't believe you decided to fight her! If you lose this duel, you won't be able to come back to this town."

Spyro said to her, "I don't have a choice in the matter, Bianca. Greenie has one of the relics. We have no idea what she'll do with it if we let her keep it. Besides, I can hold my own against her."

"It's not you I'm worried about. It's your human friend." Bianca said. "She only knows one spell and it isn't gonna help her win."

"True, and knowing a certain teacher, she's probably gonna cheat to make sure that her student wins." Spyro said as he knows Eda will do something deceitful to insure victory.

In a hallway, Eda puts on a sweatband as she starts to train Luz.

"Alright, Luz. Let's start your training." Eda said to Luz who is sitting on a box. "Now, I'm coming at you with a blast of fire. What do you do?" Luz answered by putting up her hoodie and leaned off the box to cower on the floor in a fetal position. "Oh, that's right. I haven't taught you many spells, huh?" Luz shook her head to respond to Eda's question. "Boy, I hope you didn't make an everlasting oath to stop learning magic or anything or you'd be toast."

Luz stood up and said, "Is there a glowing hand thing that happens or…"

"Amity!" Lilith said, which has Luz to turn her head to see them. She also sees the female dragon with them. "I heard you are also facing a dragon during your witch's duels, so I made arrangements for you to have a partner to help you." The dragon showed herself to Amity.

"So, your name's Amity, huh? Nice to meet you! My name is…." The female dragon was interrupted by Amity pointing at her and looking at her menacingly.

"Look, dragon. You may be my partner in wiping the floor with that human, but that doesn't mean that we're friends. You'll do what I say once we're in the witch's duel. Got it?" Amity said with the female nodding yes to her. "Good, now, let me show you what I can do." She made a spell circle on the ground and said, "Abomination, rise." An Abomination appeared with it groaning once it was summoned. It twisted its head and tossed it, hitting a Bakers Coven witch in the face. Tiny Nose grabbed his hand and cucked him followed by more screaming.

"Oh, boy." Eda said.

"Amity has a dragon to help her out now?" Luz said. "Along with her abomination spells, I'm gonna lose for sure! I can't believe I have to stop learning magic and Spyro and his friends are gonna get banished from Bonesbrough."

"Listen to me, Luz." Eda said, which caused Luz to turn her attention to her. "We are not gonna let those snobs win that easily. We are not gonna let them win at all. I got an idea." Her sweatband ends up breaking off her head after she finishes speaking.

One hour later, Luz and Eda are back in the theater as Lilith and Amity are waiting for them.

Lilith starts to talk to the audience, "Beloved citizens, the Emperor's Coven proudly presents an impromptu demonstration of the sort of witch we seek every year. Introducing Amity Blight." The audience cheered for Amity.

"Woo, Amity!" The Hexside student with the foam finger said.

"Versus…" Eda stepped back to proudly show Luz. "…some human girl."

"A human?" A beaked Hexside student said.

"Humans can't do magic." A child Hexside student said.

"She's not Amity." The foam finger student said.

Willow and Gus looked at each other nervously.

"Along with the witch's duel, there will also be a clash between dragons. First up is the human's dragon…" Spyro and Sparx appeared as he flew down and landed near Luz and Eda. The audience just murmured when they appeared.

"Now this is a fine welcome." Spyro said, jokily to Sprax who just buzzed as he looked around the murmuring crowd.

Bianca appeared from behind him and said, "Her reputation is really infecting yours, Spyro."

"Now, for the aid who will be helping my protégé defeat this human. Introducing the dragon, Cynder." Cynder flies down and lands near Amity and Lilith. The crowd starts to cheer again.

"What the? They got a dragon?" Spyro said, shocked to see another dragon on Amity's side.

"Yep, I forgot to tell you about that." Luz said.

Amity starts to talk to Cynder, "Remember, the human is mine, you focus on her teammate."

"Ok, Amity." Cynder said.

"Eda, what am I going to do?" Luz said while grabbing Eda's arms.

"Calm down." Eda said while getting Luz to let go of her. "You see those mounds?" She moves her arm towards the planted mounds. "Get Amity or her teammate to land on one of those and they'll set off my magic traps."

"That's cheating!" Luz tells her.

Eda told her, "Nobody will know. To all eyes up there, it'll look like you're performing magic. Just trust me on this."

Luz starts to feel guilty about this and said, "But, I will know in my heart! Even if I win, I lose."

"That's the spirit!" Eda said.

"This is not going to go well." Bianca said as she looked at Eda and Luz.

The bell rings and screams as the duel begins. As they approached Luz was nervous while Amity was confident in winning. Spyro just looked at Cynder. He never met her so he had no idea what she's capable of. Amity cracked her knuckles as she was going to enjoy beating up Luz to a pulp while Luz just waved at her nervously.

"Abomination…" Amity traces a large spell circle in the ground. "…rise." She creates a gigantic abomination while it groans. Luz whimpers as she sees the towering purple monster.

"Since when can she make them so big?" Spyro said as he couldn't believe Amity can make her abominations massive so fast.

"Whoa." Amity said, surprised at how big her abomination got. "Show me what you got, human!"

"I'm not good under pressure!" Luz said as she ran away.

The abomination twisted its head and threw it at Luz. It misses her as Luz runs but is back against a wall against the abomination as its head quickly grows.

"Things aren't going well for her, Sparx." Spyro said.

"Keep your eyes on me, not her!" Cynder said to him which had him turn to see her. She blew a flame that looked more shadowy in appearance from her mouth. Spyro dodge rolls out of the way and shoots his own flame at her but she flies up to get out of the blast.

"Huh?" Spyro said as he looked up. Cynder swoops down to hit Spyro but he flies himself to evade. "Not bad, but this is far from over."

While they are fighting, Luz is still cornered by the giant abomination and was about to squish her, but as Luz sank to the ground and closed her eyes, the abomination foot landed on Eda's mounds. It looked down and a fire geyser came out of the mound, pushing the abomination back.

Amity was astounded at what just happened so she said, "How did you do that?"

"I, uh, magic?" Luz said while doing jazz hands.

King starts scatting as he enters the theater covered in even more "offerings".

"Things that are free, people are giving offerings to me!" King sang as he got near Willow and Gus. "I love offerings! What did I miss?"

"Luz is in a witch's duel, and Spyro is fighting another dragon!" Willow said.

"Yeah! And they can win it all! Yeah-yeah!" Gus said as he is confident that they will be victorious.

"Weh?" King said as he looked at the duel.

The giant abomination stepped on another mound causing it to release a gust of wind that pushed it and Amity into the air. The abomination fell on its back while Amity landed in a kneeling position.

"I-I saw you that time! You didn't use your hands! What are you getting at?" Amity said as she continues to wonder how Luz is pulling off all of this magic.

"Not dying!" Luz tells her.

Amity then sees Sparx use his light burst to blind Cynder for a brief second which allows Spyro to hit her with his flames.

"Is that even allowed?" Amity said.

"Sprax helps me out so it's fine. Don't be such a sourpuss!" Spyro said.

Amity gets increasingly furious at both Luz and Spyro while her abomination gets up and starts chasing Luz again.

"A duel to the death? Now this I gotta see!" King said as he get near to the action. But stop as he see the Hexside student rooting for Amity.

"Go, Amity!" The foam finger student said.

"Hey, you root for Luz or nobody!" King said he was about to run toward the student. He was stopped by getting caught in his own scarf once more which caused him to fall. Luz is still running from the abomination who stepped on another mound which set off an explosion.

"Eek, ow, weh!" King said as he tumbles down and loses some of his stuff.

As she saw the abomination falling down again, Cynder said, "Why is that keep happening? Hmmm."

"How are you doing that?" Amity said as she walked towards Luz. Cynder immediately flies in front of Amity. "What the?" She said in shock. She then looked at her in a mean and serious tone. "Move aside."

"Amity, please! You mustn't step any closer!" Cynder said.

"Why? What happens if I step closer?" She said with a threatening tone in her voice.

Cynder explained with, "I just have a bad feeling about this…"

King screamed and fell directly on the mound. Spikes burst, lifting King up while remaining unharmed.

"Mmm? I'm okay!" He said.

"Spikes?" Luz said to Eda.

"Seriously?" Spyro said with Eda giving two thumbs up to both of them.

Bianca just nodded no to her.

"I knew it! You were cheating!" Amity shouted while pointing at Luz.

"Amity, no!" Luz said trying to say that this wasn't supposed to happen.

Lilith touched one of the spikes which caused it to crumble. "Oh, Eda, I do believe this means you lose!" She said with Eda grumbling at her.

Luz tries to explain to Amity. "Listen, Amity. It wasn't my idea to cheat. And what I found out, I tried to stop it but-"

"Who could believe anything you say?" Amity said when she walked away afterwards.

Eda notices a power glyph on Amity and says to Lilith, "Wait a second, miss protege. She lifted the back of Amity's hair which revealed the glyph."

"Hey, what are you-" Amity said before getting cut off by Eda ripping off the glyph. This caused the abomination to shrink back down with the exception of its head which crushed it.

"A power glyph from the Construction Coven." Eda said while showing the glyph to everyone in the audience.

The crowd gasps at this.

"I mean, I knew it." The Oracle student said.

"She cheated." Willow said to Gus,

"Naw, I don't think she was the one who cheated. It was mostly likely her who did it. Spyro said as he looked at Lilith.

Lilith then said to Spyro, "Look here, I only did it because I knew she would cheat!"

Eda said as she knew Lilith was talking about her, "Ah-ha! Yes-yes-yes-yes-yes! You cheated. Perfect prissy Lilith cheated. Hot dang, I love convections! Welcome down to my level, Lily!" She started to do a mocking victory dance.

"But… I didn't know!" Amity said while rubbing the back of her neck.

She didn't want to confront Luz after this embarrassment so she ran off.

"Amity, wait!" Luz said.

"Luz! Help me!" King said. She freed him from the spikes but his shirt was torn apart in the process. "My offerings!"

"You'll get more offerings, King." She said while patting his head. She heads off to find Amity.

"Hey, wait for me!" King said as he followed her.

Cynder saw all of them leave the theater and said, "We have to cut our fight short. I got to check to see if Amity is alright.: She left the theater though the exit.

"Hey, wait a minute!" Spyro said. He sighs then starts to talk to Sparx. "How do we end up into these messes pal?" With Sparx just buzzing at his question. They both head out of the theater to find them.

Bianca was about to follow, but she looked back to see Eda who is still taunting Lilith who is getting increasingly irritated by her sister's behavior.

"Knock it off. You're making a scene." Lilith said, telling her sister to cease her tomfoolery.

"You cheated. Where's the Rhyming Coven? What rhymes with cheated?" Eda said who still wants to keep this up.

"Stop acting like a child!" Lilith shouted.

Eda didn't listen to Lilith and decided to keep poking fun at her. "You were defeated, don't get heated, get your stank face treated!"

"Rhyme one more thing. I DARE YOU!" Lilith said, giving her sister a last warning.

"Seriously, you need to stop taunting her now. She's serious about this." Bianca said.

"It's ok. I'm done." Eda said to Bianca, but she turned to look at Lilith and said to her, "Because my rhymes are depleted!"

"Oh no. This isn't going to be good." Bianca said.

That was the last straw for Lilith, so she screamed and shouted, "That's it!" then brings out her staff and spins it around then hits Eda using the staff's energy. She passed through the spikes and hit a wall which caused the audience to gasp. When the blue smoke cloud clears out, Eda is shown splayed against the wall.

"There she is." Eda said while smirking. Eda summons her own staff and spins it like Lilith, but it ends up flying out of her hand and clattering on the ground. She picks it back up and fires a burst of energy at Lililth who is trying to send it back with her own magic.

"Witch's duel!" The foam finger student said.

Due to their magic blasts being evenly matched, both of them explode in a white light.

Outside the theater, Luz ran out of the theather's entrance to find Amity. Instead, she sees Cynder in front of her.

"Hey, do you know where Amity is?" She asked her.

"She's over there." Cynder said. "She's not taking the embarrassment lighty, though."

Luz looked to see Amity sulking in a corner next to the bathrooms.

"Amity…" Luz said as she walked towards her. "I'm sorry."

"Ugh, seriously? Both of you, just leave me alone!" Amity said.

Luz said to her, "I didn't mean to embarrass you again."

"That's all you do! First at school, and now this! And another dragon was also the cause of all this!"

"Yeah, but…" Luz said.

Amity stands up and gets closer to Luz. "You made me look like a fool in front of the Emperor's Coven! My future! You think it's so easy to be a witch! I've been working my whole life to get to the top! You lost! You cheated! Say it! Say you're not a witch!"

While looking at the ground, Luz said, "I'm not a witch." She keels and brings out a notepad and then draws the light glyph on it. She taps it causing it to become a ball of light from which she cups in her hand. She smiled at it then showed it to Amity. "But, I'm training hard to be one."

Amity is surprised at how Luz was able to do magic. Cynder couldn't believe it either.

Back at the theater, Eda's and Lilith's duel continued. Lilith blocks her sister's magic blast by spinning her staff then pushes her hand forward to use her own magic blast. Eda took a few steps back and drew a spell circle on the ground. By lifting her hand, the spell circle grew a pillar that split Lilith's attack. It bends, showing its owl face while doing a low hoot. Lilith stares at it then teleports out of the way from it. Some stray magic almost hit the audience and it causes them to run away. Lilith notices four owl faces appearing from the large pillar as Eda is drawing more spell circles on the opposite side. Lilith teleports around to dodge the owl beaks while destroying one of them. She teleports up into the air with the remaining three following her. She tosses her staff clocked with blue magic at Eda all while destroying the remaining three heads. Eda smirks and twirls her staff which creates a shield for protection. The staff made a direct hit on her shield with Lilith teleports to grab her staff as she tries to pierce through the shield. Eda counts to smirk, even when her shield cracks. Then, the staff eyes glow as Owlbert flies out of Eda's staff and towards Lilith's face and starts pulling her hair.

"Ow, ow, ow-ow-ow-ow-ow. Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!" Lilith said as her hair was getting pulled by Owlbert.

"That is such a dirty trick." Bianca said. "Spyro was right about her."

"Say goodnight, sister." Eda said as she spun her staff and smacked its but on the pillair. It created a large owl pillar near Lilith.

Owlbert flies off while the owl pillar, while doing a deep hoot, captures Lilith in its beak. Eda smiles while seeing Owlbert landing back to her staff. When she looked back at the owl pillar, she saw there was a hole covered in blue flame on its side. Lilith managed to escape.

"Huh? Where did she…" Bianca stops talking as she sees Lilith teleport behind Eda.

"Enough of this." Lilith said with her hand filled with blue fire magic

Eda gasps as she was hit by Lilith's attack and thrown into a wall and leaving a crater. Lilith smiles as she spins her staff with blue flames for a final blow until…

"Stop!" Bianca said with Lilth stop spinning her staff with the blue flames disappearing.

"Stay out of this. This doesn't concern you." Lilith said to her.

"But, you two should be fighting in the first place! What about your sister's curse?" Bianca said.

"Lily, the curse…" Eda said, which caused Lilith to look at her. "Look at me. Look at my face. The curse is getting worse and I can't keep up with it. I don't know how much time I have left."

As she approached Eda, Lilith said to her, "I'll admit, I was surprised when I first saw you today."

"I just had to see my sister for possibly the last time." Eda said.

"Eda, I…" Lilith was cut short by getting hit in the face by a Hex Mix bag. She stares at it as it falls to the ground.

"It's been fun, but let's call it a draw!" Eda said with Lilith gasping as she looked at her running away.

Once Eda left, Lilith growled angrily while looking at Bianca.

"Well, would you look at that! It's about time for me to go!" Bianca said as she ran away.

"Argh!" Lilith said in frustration.

Back outside the theater, Spyro caught up with them.

"Hey!" Spyro said to Cynder. "What did we miss?"

"Look over there and see for yourself." Cynder said as she continued looking at Luz and Amity. Spyro and Sparx join to see what they are doing.

Amity turns away from seeing the ball of light and says, "That's nothing. A child can do a light spell." Amity's words caused Luz's expression to turn from surprised to gloomy. She closes the ball of light to extinguish it then grabs her notepad. "But…" Amity turns to look at Luz again. "I never seen it cast like that."

"It doesn't come naturally to me like it does for you, so I had to improvise." Luz said with her showing her notepad.

Amity sighs then traces a spell circle. She drags Luz's hand inside it with their arms starting to glow briefly followed by the circle disappearing.

"The oath is unbound." Amity said. She lets go of Luz's hand, stands up and starts to walk off but not before Luz asks her about the oath.

"Did it work? Can I still learn magic? Is Spyro still able to go around Bonesbrough?" Luz asked.

"Humans have no magic ability…" she turns to look at Luz briefly. "…but I doubt that will stop you." She looks at Spyro and traces a spell circle which causes an abomination arm holding the relic to appear. It places the relic in front of him. "As for you, you still be able to go around the town, just don't get in my way." She then looked at Cynder for a second then closed her eyes as she walked off. Luz stands as she sees her walking away.

"Not that that's over, why are you in this realm anyway?" Spyro asked Cynder.

"I heard of the missing dragon relics so I went here to find one, but it looks like you beat me to it." Cynder said.

"At least Greenie didn't keep it for herself." Spyro said.

"I don't think Amity is all that bad, just misguided." Cynder said. "Time for me to go. I have to think about all this." She heads out of the building.

"Luz!" King said who has finally caught up. "You left me!"

"Yeah, sorry about that. Your legs are just so tiny." Luz said to him. "Should we get you more offerings?"

King said, "Naw, that stuff just weighed me down, but I got something for you, Luz. And it's the best thing, because it's free, comes from my heart, and I always have more than I need."

Luz gasped and said to him, "Is it love?"

"Ugh! No!" He got something from behind his back and said, "Tote bags!" He puts it on Luz's arm. "And they have so many uses." He jumped in the tote bag for a ride. "Away, fair chariot! Away!" Luz just pats King's head afterwards.

"Of course." Spyro said. Bianca showed up next. "What took you so long to catch up?"

"Another duel took place after you left and you won't believe the ones who fought." Bianca said.

"We got to go." Eda said who finally caught up

"How did you get away from Lilith?" Luz said.

"Let's just say she had a real snack attack." Eda laughs and snorts. "Wait, I got a better one."

"Looks like I found out who they were." Spyro said.

"Eda…" Luz said with Eda stop walking to turn to see her. "Do you think I'll ever be a true witch?"

"What? I don't know. What's a true witch? These suckers?" Eda said as she pointed to two demons near the exit. "According to them, that means being in a coven, but I never joined one and I'm better than all of them combined. You gotta be your own witch."

Luz smiled and said, "My own witch."

Eda said, "Now, let's get out of here before my sister realizes I tied her pointy shoes together." A loud scream from Lilith was heard from the distance. "And that's our cue." She pushes Luz towards the exit.

"Sister? Now that's a mysterious past payoff." Luz said in satisfaction.

"Oh, you think that's all the mystery I got?" Eda said. "Just wait until you hear about my parents."

Luz gasps and then said, "What? You got parents?! I need to know more!"

"You very much don't." King said.

Spyro was in thought after seeing Cynder. Bianca saw him and said, "You still thinking about that other dragon?"

"Yeah, she might be an ally since she also wants to find the relics." Spyro said with Sprax buzzing as he wondered about Cynder as well.

"We can talk about this once we head back to the dragon realms. We need to get this relic back where it belongs." Bianca said.

"Fair point, let's go." Spyro said. They leave the building and through the portal back to the Dragon Realms.

After the witches duel affair, Lilith heads to a dressing room and trips on the laces that Eda tied together when she wasn't looking. She got back up by a using the counter next to her,

"You make it so hard to help you, Edalyn." Lilith said in frustration.

The compact mirror on the counter opens up and shows the insignia of the Emperor Coven, named Kikimora. Lilith gasps when she sees her.

"Lilith, I see you let The Owl Lady get the best of your temper. Just remember what Emperor Belos had promised you." Kikimora said.

She thought about the thing the Emperor says he'll do once she catches Eda, the promise that he will heal her sister's curse.

She nodded and said, "I will capture her ma'm. You have my word."

"Very good." Kikimora said. She fades from the mirror which then shows Eda's reflection.

"Your days are numbered, Edalyn." Lilith said.


Editor Notes: Surprised to see Cynder? I thought adding a version of her in the classic series would be interesting and it worked out much better that I thought. Sorry about the long wait and lack of consistency for more chapters, but a chapter for this story takes much longer than normal.