I come back to bring you guys a new chapter, this one has a few musical tracks, remember to check my profile to get the links. Hope you enjoy.
It was a late morning in the town of Bonesborough, The Owl House gang were busy setting up Eda's Human Collectibles stand. The elderly witch was inside the tent checking her inventory while Hunter, on top of a ladder, finished tying down a pennant banner overhead. King was jumping on the table as he tried to grab one of the flags above him.
"Oye. Stop jumping on the table before you hurt yourself, King." Hunter warned.
"The King of Demons does what he desires!" He retorted before continuing to jump, but it wasn't long until he tripped on himself. "Weh!" He yelled as he fell off the table. "Stupid flag!"
"It's been a little slow around here, but I've got just the thing to attract customers." Luz said as she walked in front of the tent carrying a large wooden sign.
"What's that, Luz?" Hunter asked.
"You'll see. Can you set up that ladder for me?" She asked. Hunter got down and moved it over to where Luz was standing. She climbed to the top and placed the wooden sign, which said "Eda the Owl Lady's" and had several light glyphs engraved around the edges, above the "Human Collectibles" sign. She tapped it, activating the glyphs and causing a light illusion of a winking Eda to appear. "And who doesn't like their name in lights?" She said as she climbed down as King and Hunter joined her. "Is it too subtle?" She asked the two.
"Does subtle mean ugly?" Boscha's mocking voice asked as the group turned around to see her, Skara, and an Oracle track student, who had the appearance of a scarecrow, standing near the table.
"Hi, Boscha! Hexsidians! See anything you like?" Luz asked.
"Ew! No. I'm just here to take an ironic Penstagram next to your weird flashing trash sign." Boscha said as she summoned her scroll and took several duck face selfies, with Luz grimacing and Hunter flipping off the camera. Though this didn't bother the three-eyed witch.
"Do you always have to be this annoying?" Hunter mocked.
"And do you always have to act so grumpy? Though considering the weirdos you hang out with, I would be too." She shot back.
"You're not funny, Boscha." Luz said.
"What are you going to do? Spit your human venom on me?" She mocked.
"You have venom? Quick, Luz, start melting faces!" King said,
"Even if I could, it's not worth it. You wouldn't understand how to handle teens like her." She knelt down as she talked to him. King grabbed her hood.
"No, I'll show you what to do." He said be jumping on the table. "You will tremble before me!" He yelled out. Boscha's group stood in silence for a moment as they stared at King.
"Oh, he's so cute!" Boscha cooed before hugging him and taking a selfie.
"Weh!" King said as he pushed himself away from her face as she snapped a photo, with the selfie showing the two in a beauty and flower crown filter.
"How much? I have to own him." She said before King freed himself and jumped back onto the table.
"You couldn't afford me, sister." He said with a sassy finger wag, causing the Hexside students to fawn at him. "That's the incorrect reaction!" He yelled out in frustration. The conversation caught the attention of Eda, as she popped her nose out to sniff the air.
"I smell an easy mark." She said to herself before jumping in front of Boscha and her posse. "Hey, kid! Can I offer you the latest fashions from…" She said as she transformed herself wearing a brown ushanka hat, heart shaped sunglasses, a red leather jacket with a black shirt saying '100% Dad' underneath, blue fish gloves while holding a golf club, a purple skirt, and green baggy pants with black horizontal zigzag lines. "The Human Realm?" She finished.
"Yeah, no." Boscha said as she and her group left the stand laughing.
"Welp, I hate her." Eda said as she returned back to her regular dress.
"Yeah, teens can be sour, but I'm a little sweetie. Look what I made you!" Luz said as she pointed at her sign.
"Luz!" Eda said as she reached up and took it down.
"Did I spell something wrong? Or did I spell something right?" She said.
"Stop that." The elderly witch said as she deactivated the sign before throwing it away. "You may be forgetting something, Luz. I'm kinda… on the run! Remember?" She said sternly as she held up a copy of her wanted poster. "Every guard in town would be at my doorstep if I had my name in lights." She said.
"Considering how frequently you set up shop here, I'm surprised they haven't caught you yet." Hunter quipped.
"Well, I don't see anyone right now. Maybe you're just being paranoid. You're a powerful witch. Why hide when you can "poof" all your problems away with magic?" Luz argued.
"What does Luz know about problems, anyway? All she and her brother have is dumb teen drama! She doesn't understand how hard some of us have it." King said.
"You're pampered all day like a dang baby. How hard is that life?" Hunter pointed out.
"You're the one to talk, Hunter. Your life would be enjoyable since you can go out and socialize. It'd be more fun than being treated as a baby like King." Eda argued.
"Excuse me, I don't know if any of you guys realized, but I'm not a baby!" King retorted.
"Then why are you screaming like one?" Hunter smirked.
"My life is a living nightmare!" King screamed.
"Well, there's only one thing to do when friends can't see eye-to-eye." Eda said as she rubbed her hands together.
"Hug each other till we pass out?" Luz asked as she hugged both King and Hunter.
"Agree to disagree?" Hunter asked.
"Fight to the death!" King suggested.
"Pfft, no. Body swap!" Eda said gleefully. The feeling wasn't mutual as the rest stared at her in confusion.
"...Are you sure you don't shoot venom?" King asked Luz.
"I love a good body swap. It's like demonic possession with the ones you love." Eda said.
"I wouldn't put the words 'possession' and 'love' in the same sentence." Hunter said.
"We can do that? That's possible? Oh, this is just like my favorite early 2000s movie! Freaky Friday." Luz said as she held up a VHS box of the movie, showing a teenage girl wearing her mother's clothes and the mom wearing her daughter's clothes. "But maybe we should think about this for a second." Luz said.
"Yeah, I agree." Hunter chipped in. "A decision like this should not be taken lightly considering the dangers-"
"Body swap!" Eda yelled as she spun her staff over head.
"Oooh." Luz said.
"And here we go." Hunter groaned. A beam of yellow light covered the group before exploding in a puff of smoke.
"Did it work? I need a mirror." Luz's voice cried out, However, Eda's body ran out the smoke and into a large body mirror. "Found one." She grunted as she slid down, wiping her makeup on it. She stood up and looked at herself, gasping in surprise. "Oh, my gosh. It worked! I'm so old," She said as she caressed her new face, but contained her eyes and thick upper lip, before flicking her new ears. "And pointy." Her attention was brought to King, as he walked up in Luz's body whose hair was combed back and shaggy along with King's yellow eyes and right fang sticking out of the mouth. "Hot dog! It's me!" She cheerfully said.
"Yeah, it is. I'm the human now. Bow before my massive, meaty hands!" King declared to the mirror.
"Step aside you two!" Hunter's voice yelled out as King's body walked in front of the mirror. Aside from Hunter's magenta eyes, there were very little changes made from the body swap. "Huh, you're not as dirty as I expected you to be King, this might not be so bad after all." Hunter said as he inspected his new body.
"Awww, you're now my cute hermanito." Luz cooed as she picked up and cuddled her now little brother.
"Way to go in proving me wrong, Luz." He grumbled.
"Wait, so that means…" She began to say.
"Ahem."
All three turned to the sound of Eda, who was still inside the smoke cloud. However it began to dissipate, revealing Hunter's body doing a pose, along with having her gold eyes, pointed black eyeliner, and gold fang with a glossy bottom lip. "How do I look?" Eda asked as she made the blond teen's body do another pose as the three stared at her.
"...I'm experiencing some… very confusing emotions right now, and I don't know how to handle it." Hunter said as he continued to stare at his feminized face before freeing himself from his sister's grasp.
"All right, here's the deal. Whoever can prove their new body has the easiest life gets out of house cleaning duty. And you know what that means." She said as she narrowed her eyes.
Back at the Owl House, Hooty was giggling manically as he rolled around and played in a large mud puddle, getting it on both himself and on the house.
The four shuddered and groaned in disgust at the idea of cleaning the mysterious house demon.
"Won't be me. Life as a teen is a tyrant's dream!" King said before he turned to Luz. "By the end of the day, I'll be ruling over your feeble demographic." He declared.
"Well, I've got magic. Eda, don't be too mad when your inventory's gone and the guards are none the wiser." Luz smugly said as she unknowingly drew a spell circle, causing a magic beam to shoot out and knock her to the floor. "Aaahh."
"Ha! Now that's funny." Hunter said before walking away. "If you need me, I'll be getting pampered on a vacation fit for a king. Hehe." He said, chuckling at his pun.
"My life's not a joke!" King yelled out. "But yours is. Bap." He said to Luz as he poked her nose before running off laughing.
"Well, good luck to you three. I'm off to relive my best days as a teen once more. Later." Eda said before walking away in the opposite direction from Hunter and King.
Hunter's Daycare Disaster
(Parry Music - Look Lively)
The blond teen now turned canine walked down a busy street filled with vendors and residents. He looked around and saw a few of them greet him as he passed by.
"Look at that little baby!"
"He's adorable."
"His eyes are pretty."
"Such a cute little fuzzball."
"Thank you, thank you. Have a good day." Hunter replied. 'I don't know why King was so fed up with this treatment, this is literally the dream life. I'm gonna win this bet easily.' He thought to himself.
(End at 0:20)
"Stop right there!" A rough voice yelled out. Hunter froze and turned around, finding an Emperor's Guard Corporal with a four-headed dog looking at him.
"It's one of those Emperor's Guards." He said quietly as the corporal walked up to him, with the dog growling once it sniffed Hunter.
"Thought you could get away with it, didn't you?" He said.
"W-wait, you know who I am?" Hunter asked in confusion. He feared that he might have been put on a criminal list due to his and Luz's antics at Hexside and at the library.
"Of course, I do. You're…" The corporal began to say before putting his hands up to his mask. "the cutest little angel I've ever seen! Who wants a lolly?" He cooed as he presented Hunter a red lollipop.
"Wow. Thanks mister." He said as he took it. The guard dog walked up to him and whimpered. "Sorry buddy, but this one's mine. Later." He said before walking away. "Ha ha. Being King is a walk in the park. I'm gonna win this bet for sure." He said before he noticed a shadow covering him. "Weh?" He stopped and looked up, seeing two elderly ladies, each wearing sleeveless hot pink collared shirts on top of a pastel pink and blue striped long-sleeved top, all below a yellow apron, light blue tights, and light brown flats. One was a tall blonde witch with heart shaped earrings and the other was a short tubby witch with a hair net and glasses.
"Oh Dottie, look at this lost little dumpling. Come to mama Roselle." The tall blonde woman said as she picked up Hunter.
"¡Oye! ¡Suéltame vieja loca!" Hunter yelled as he struggled to free himself from the woman's hands.
"You poor baby. You've been out in the wild for so long, you're speaking gibberish." Roselle said as she cradled him in her arms.
"It's not gibberish, it's Span-" Hunter began to correct her before Roselle scratched his tummy with her finger. "Whoa. Is this what tummy scratches feel like? I welcome it." He said as he relaxed. "Okay miss, take me away." Hunter and the two elderly witches walked into an alleyway before approaching a small house named Kitty Café, where a large eye demon with tentacle arms was painting words on the front window. The trio entered the café, where various patrons were taking care of small adorable demons as pets.
"Welcome to our kitty café. This is our little safe haven for cherubs like you." Roselle explained.
"So this is basically a place for crazy old cat ladies… or in this case, witches." Hunter said as Roselle began to walk across the cafe.
"You see, precious cargo like you should be taken care of. All you should have to worry about is how many belly rubs you want or how much tasty num-nums you're gonna eat." She said as she placed him in a crib.
"Given my time so far here in the Isles, I'm rightfully questioning whether this whole thing might be nefarious. But I can't argue with num-nums." Hunter said as he took a cupcake that Dottie was holding for him.
"This place is a safe place. A place clean from the outside world. And those teenagers who filthen it." Roselle said the last part with a tinge of venom in her voice as she pointed to a cat sign saying "No Teens A-Meow-ed". "You have a good nap, my dearest. And welcome... to your new home." She said as she and Dottie walked through the employees door. Hunter tossed the treat aside as he made himself comfortable.
"Man, being adorable is the life. Time for a nap." He said as he laid down. However, a shadow passed over him as a low meow alerted him. He carefully peeked over the crib, where a gray cat wearing a purple suit and green bowtie popped up in front of him.
"Leave this place!" He yelled as he hopped onto the crib, causing Hunter to gasp. "Danger is near. Get out of here while you have the chance." He warned as he grabbed him by his collar.
"Get off me!" Hunter said as he pushed the cat off the crib. "What harm could those two ladies possibly do anyway, Bowtie?"
"Baby demon! We have a surprise for you!" Roselle called out from the employee room, catching their attention. She and Dottie walked out, causing Bowtie to meow and run away. "A gift for our new, cutest demon." She said as she pulled out a small bumblebee costume, to the stunned shock of Hunter.
"...Okay, I'm out. I can handle being coddled like a baby but novelty costumes are where I draw the line. Peace." He said as he hopped off the crib and began to walk towards the door. Roselle and Dottie stood there in disappointment before the former spoke.
"Dottie, please help our little angel get changed." She commanded as Dottie let out a roar and hopped on several pieces of furniture with surprising agility before jumping in front of Hunter. "Oh, no, sweetie. You can't survive out there without us." She said as Hunter turned to look at her.
"Lady, you might be old but I'm not afraid to throw hands to defend myself." He said as he readied his paws, only to realize that he was in King's body. "Oh damn, I forgot I was King." He groaned.
"No, baby. You're a cutie patootie." Roselle said as she reached out to grab him. Thinking quickly, Hunter ran between her legs and towards the employee's room.
"Not today, witch." He said.
"No!" She cried as Dottie let out a shriek before the two gave chase. They weren't fast enough as Hunter ran into the room before closing it and propping a chair against the door. "Let us in this instant! It is not time for you to be there." Roselle yelled as she banged on the door to get it to open.
"Leave me alone, bruja loca!" Hunter yelled out before turning around. He stopped and stood in shock as he saw dozens of small creatures upon several shelves, sitting in rocking chairs with all of them grinning ominously and drooling as they stared into nothingness. "This vacation just took an alarming, back‐alley turn." Hunter said as he walked to take a closer look. He waved his hand in front of one, but the creature didn't react.
"Tasty num-nums." It said in a zombie like trance.
"Ew. What did they do to you?" Hunter asked.
"Don't bother." Bowtie said, catching Hunter by surprise as he let out a shout. "Their minds are tragically gone. They've been coddled so long, they forgot how to live on their own. Their brains turned to mush." He explained.
"Geez, I thought I liked being babied. But I feel so small and helpless, like some sort of... baby. But that won't happen to us, right?" Hunter said as he turned to look at Bowtie, who was now playing with a ball of yard like a normal cat. He looked at him with a mindless expression as he gurgled. "I failed you, Bowtie. Perdóname." Hunter said somberly.
"Meow. Meow." Bowtie said as he rolled on his face to the floor. Hunter's grieving was short lived as he heard pounding at the door. He looked up to see Roselle burst through using a growling Dottie as a battery ram.
"Protect me Bowtie." He said and he quickly grabbed the cat and threw him at Roselle. Bowtie meowed as he flew and landed at the witch's face. Roselle struggled to get him off her as Dottie tried to help her. Hunter noticed sunlight shining through a hole next to the exit door, bringing him hope. "Libertad." He gasped as he quickly ran towards it. Once he was close, he dove through it but ran into the front window. He rubbed his head and realized what happened. He turned around and saw both Roselle and Dottie staring at him maliciously, much to his worry.
"Oh, wonderful! Now everyone can see our best-est baby… forever." Roselle smiled wickedly as she held up the bee costume.
"¡Auxilio!" Hunter cried out as he turned and banged on the window in hopes of anyone coming to his rescue, but no one did.
King's Brush with Death
(Parry Music - Funny Guy (Start at 0:26))
Meanwhile in a street in Bonesborough, King was jumping to grab a flag above him. Thanks to him being in Luz's body, he managed to get it.
(End at 0:32)
"Weh! Not so high and mighty anymore." He said before throwing it to the ground. "I feel so alive!" King declared as he did a victory pose on one leg before losing balance and falling into a trashcan. He struggled to get out as a water balloon hit the ground next to him. He finally managed to free himself as several monster tentacles emerged from the water puddle, frightening him as he retreated to a safe distance. "Oh, no! The flag, it seeks revenge." He said as he ducked as the tentacles swung wildly at him. He heard distant laughter from behind and turned to see Skara and a male potions student on a nearby cliff overlooking the town with a bag next to them. The latter threw another water balloon onto the town, causing another group of tentacles to sprout and grab a poor resident.
"Help me! I'm a delicate man." He said as the tentacles waved him around.
"Teenagers." King said as an idea came to him. He quickly ran over to the cliff and began to climb it. Once he was at the top, he laid low on the ground as he watched the two Hexside students from behind.
"Hey, take this, society!" The potions student said as he reached into the bag and pulled out another water balloon. Unfortunately, he held it too tightly over his head and popped it, soaking him and the ground he stood on. "Oh, no." He said as a large tentacle sprouted and grabbed him. He yelled as Skara watched in worry, not noticing King as he crawled to the front curtain entrance of a shack nearby named "Treasure Shack". He quickly sniffed under the entrance before peeking his head in. Inside was Boscha and Ameila on their Penstagram Scrolls while the Oracle student was flying upside down with winged boots trying to do a sit up.
"Just give up." Boscha said, tired of hearing him struggle.
"I swear, I can do a sit-up. I'm just having a bad day." The Oracle student replied as he continued, but with no avail.
"Sure, you can. Hey Amelia, come over here." Boscha said as Amelia joined her in taking a posing picture in front of him.
"I'll show Luz how to rule over these doofuses." King said as he opened the curtain. "Greetings!" He said before noticing that he was crouching and stood up. "Er, Greetings! Bow before your king of humans." He said as everyone looked at him in surprise. The Oracle student fell to the ground before sitting back up.
"Hey, nobody tells me what to do." He said.
"Shut it, Jack." Boscha said.
"Sorry Boscha." He said as she got up and walked towards King.
"New post: Loser human thinks she can hang out in our sacred Treasure Shack. Spoiler alert: She can't." Boscha mocked as she typed it on her scroll to post. She was joined by Jack, who was flying overhead.
"Yeah, get out of here, Goody Two-Shoes." Jack mocked, but King just smirked.
"Goody Two-Shoes, huh?" He said as he snatched his flying boots, causing Jack to fall, before putting them on and flying out of the shack. He snatched the water balloon bag as Skara was tending to the Potions student. "Hey, impressionable youths!" He called out, catching everyone's attention. "Under my command, you could learn how to do some real damage. Nyeh!" He said as he swung the bag around before throwing it onto Bonesborough. It splashed in the center of the town and a gigantic group of tentacles appeared, frightening the residents. "All hail, your new teen king." King said as he turned around to the group.
"I didn't like her telling me what to do before, but now, I love it." Jack said as the rest of the group cheered, aside from Boscha, who sneered at King.
"Who wants to revolt with me today?" King said as he signaled the group to join him.
"Yay! You're the coolest." Skara said as she carried the Potion student and used her flying boots to join King.
"I love it!" Amelia said as she flew up.
"We love you now." Jack said before realizing that King took his boots. "Uh, I'll catch up." He said.
"I got you." Amelia said as she returned to carry him.
"Hold up. I did not give you permission to leave! Come Back!" Boscha yelled as she watched her group fly away.
"All right, you acne-encrusted hormone buckets. Let's go let out some teen angst!" King said as he dove down into the town with the rest following suit. For the next hour, the group caused mischief around the town: Jack shuffled the facial features of two witches waiting at a bus stop, making them both scream. A third lowers a newspaper to show that their face is already shuffled, confusing the group. Jack decided to shuffle their face to a normal one, causing them to scream as the teens laughed. Later, Amelia takes off the letters "S" and the "STO" from a sign saying "SELF STORAGE". She and the others hide behind a booth as a group of small elves approach the sign now reading "ELF RAGE".
"Yeah, this sign gets it!" One said as he ripped off his shirt with the rest following his lead. "Come on lads, let the elf uprising begin!" He yelled as the elves charged into a market plaza to wreak havoc. King and his group laughed as the elves began to trash the place, causing several Emperor's Guards to run towards the plaza to restore order. Finally, King dialed a number onto a crow phone as the teens giggled.
"Guys, be quiet." He said as the crow cawed. At the Owl House, a phone began to ring, causing Hooty to answer.
"Hoot House. Hooty Hooting." He said. King then tossed his crow phone into a megaphone, which amplified the sound. "Oh, wow. I've been waiting for someone to call all day, and now, it's finally happened! We can talk for hours, and hours, and hours, and hours…" Hooty repeated as his words began to drive the residents mad as they cried and covered their ears. The group walked together as they laughed at the chaos they caused.
"I don't know what Luz is talking about. This life is a breeze." King said before he noticed Boscha blocking his way.
"Enough! I don't know why they can't remember what a weirdo loser you are, but I'm gonna help them remember." Boscha said.
"Ooh, I'm so scared. She still thinks she has power over you guys." King taunted as he looked at the others, who had concerned looks on their faces. "Guys?" He said.
"Luz, I challenge you to a race... around Dead Man's Curve." Boscha said as she pointed to a winding road held up with bones next to a mountain. Lightning struck it, knocking a chunk of it off and causing everyone, but Boscha, to gasp. "And we'll be racing on those. Giant rat worms." She finished as she pointed towards two rat worms, one had a menacing face with a large scar across his face and the other… looked a bit slow, judging by its zoned out stare.
"You don't have to do this, you know. We know humans are, like, super fragile." Skara said in an effort to comfort King, but unknowingly insulted him.
"Don't baby me!" He said in frustration as he walked up to the three-eyed witch. "Boscha, I accept your strange teenaged, coming-of-age challenge thing." He said, causing her to smile.
Later on, the group was at the top of the mountain. Boscha, now wearing a pair of flying boots, was sitting on her scar faced rat worm as she waited for King, who was pushing his rat worm to the starting point. Once he did, he grunted as he climbed on top while Amelia hovered above with an onion ring.
"On your mark…" She said as Boscha smirked at King. "Get set…" She continued as she placed the snack near her mouth as King gulped nervously. Amelia bit it, causing Boscha's rat worm to immediately take off while King's worm sat still.
"Let's go!" King said as he tried to budge it to move, but growled as it continued its deadpan stare. "Worm minion, I said go!" He said as he turned around and smacked its tail. The rat worm let out a screech as it suddenly took off, catching King by surprise. "Stop! I said stop!" He screamed as he held onto the rat worm for dear life as it rolled down the road recklessly. Boscha made some swift turns around two sharp corners while King bounced off them like a ping pong ball. However, he managed to catch up to Boscha, much to her surprise.
"Oh. This is how the cool kids ride. Super backwards. On purpose." King said. Boscha growled at him before looking ahead with a gasp and stopping. King watched as he took the lead. "Yes! Say bye-bye to your popularity, Boscha." He taunted.
"Bye-bye." She said with a mocking wave and a smirk. This behavior caused King to turn around and see a caution sign with blinking worms, warning of a large section missing ahead. He yelped and tried to stop his rat worm, but it was too late. He plowed into the caution sign and plummeted onto the Treasure Shack, breaking their fall but destroying it in the process. The rest of the teens looked overhead from the road as they watched King stumble out of the rubble.
"Ow." He groaned.
"Not the Treasure Shack!" Skara said.
"I don't know how to process this. Someone tell me what to do!" Jack said as he looked around for any sort of guidance. Seeing her chance, Boscha quickly took command.
"Get her!" She said as she flew down towards King, with the others following suit.
"Weh!" King said as he turned around and saw Boscha and her group flying towards him. He gasped and quickly ran away. He slid down the hill before getting on all fours and ran through the town.
"Get back here, human! You're gonna pay for what you did!" Boscha yelled out as the teens continued their chase.
"Luz was right. I can't handle the complexities of teenage life. I just want my body back." King cried out before tripping on a paint can in front of a building.
"I think I saw her go this way." He heard Boscha yell out from around a corner. King quickly got up and ran through the door, closing it just as Boscha's group flew past the building. He sighed in relief, but was interrupted as the lights inside turned on, revealing him to be in the Kitty Café with Roselle.
"Dottie! A teen has come to steal our little babies!" She cried out as she grabbed a broom and began to swing it at King, who dodged her attacks.
"No, wait! I am a little baby!" King tried to explain as he continued to avoid her.
"No, you're not. You're a rotten teen! But when we finish with you, you'll be calling for your mother." Roselle said as she pulled out a pair of knitting needles and used her fangs to sharpen them.
"Lady, I just want my body back." King pleaded.
"You can have it." He heard Hunter say. He turned around and saw him lying on his side wearing a bumblebee costume and holding a lollipop. "Your life is pretty terrible. But, hey, it'll probably be over soon." Hunter said with a hint of sarcasm as the two looked and saw Dottie approach King with a bag before putting it on his head and subduing him. Hunter watched on as he licked his lollipop. "You know, I probably could've done something. But if I have to suffer, so does he." He commented.
Eda's Orchestra
(Jimi Hendrix - Foxey Lady (Start at 0:09))
After leaving her stand to Luz, Eda walked over to a nearby clothing stand and snatched a pair of aviator sunglasses before strutting down a random street. Several bystanders noticed and watched as she continued.
"How's everyone doing? Lovely day to take a stroll through town, am I right?" She said as she made finger gun gestures to them. She waved them goodbye as she walked over to a fruit stand and took an apple as the stand clerk was looking away. She took a bite before tossing it in the air and catching it, continuing this action until taking another bite and throwing it into a nearby trash bin. "How ya doing ladies?" She said to a group of female Hexside students as they looked at her walking away. "Walking out in public and not a single guard or scout in sight. This is gonna be easy." She said before spotting a group of teens nearby. "Oh, those guys look like fun." She said as she walked over to them.
"Good afternoon, fellow teens. Ready for a wild time out in the town?" She said as she made finger gun gestures at them.
(End at 0:39(Record scratch))
"...Uh, who are you?" one of them asked, who was weirded out by her.
"Suddenly the mood here is all ruined." Another said.
"Come on guys, let's go somewhere else." The leader said as the group left, leaving Eda stunned at what happened.
"Huh, I guess I might be a little rusty. Oh well, I'm too cool for those guys anyway." She said before walking away to find new people to be with. "Hey there, wanna go and grab something to eat?" She asked a teenage girl nearby.
"Leave me alone, you weirdo." She replied before walking away. Eda frowned before walking towards another male Hexside student who was studying.
"Hey you, bookworm. Interested in chatting or… uh, whatever you teens are doing nowadays? She asked. The student looked at her for a bit before closing his book and walking away, causing Eda to groan. "Not even the nerd outcasts would hang out with me. Am I so out of touch?" She asked herself. "No. It's the children who are wrong. Oh well, time to visit the one place I know I'm welcome." She said as she took off her glasses and walked to the pub. On her way there, she noticed a male storekeeper carrying a box of musical instruments towards a dumpster. She walked towards him just as he was about to throw it inside. "Hey you, whatcha doing throwing that box away?"
"Oh, these are just some junk I found in the back. I'm not a musical guy so I have no use for these." The storekeeper explained.
"So you're just going to trash them like that?" Eda asked.
"Well, what else do I do with them?" He said.
"I'll take them. I could sell these and make a quick snail or two." She said.
"Whatever, as long as they no longer take up space in my store, it's yours kid." He said as he gave the box to Eda before going back inside his store. Eda walked over and sat on a bench as she looked through the box.
"Let's see, a drum, a trumpet, a music triangle, and a flute. The last two might get me some spare change but the drum and trumpet will bring me some serious snails." Eda said. However, she noticed that there was another instrument at the bottom of the box. Curious, she removed the others and gasped at what she saw. "No way, a Bell Cittern!" She exclaimed as she pulled it out of the box. "Wow, it's been a while since I've seen one of these." She said as she held it in her hands. Her excitement turned into a somber mood as she took a trip down memory lane, remembering a dear friend who she had a falling out with many years ago. She looked at her hands, remembering that she was in Hunter's body and noticed how young-looking they were compared to her own body's hands before sighing. "To be young again." She whispered to herself before playing a tune with the bell cittern.
(Pantagruel - The Punckes Delight (Start at 0:19))
Her performance caught the attention of a few residents as they stood to enjoy the music.
"Good showing kid, keep at it." One said as they put a couple of snail coins in the box.
"What a lovely little melody." An elderly woman said as she dumped a small bag.
"Take my snails." Another said as they threw their purse in the box before the group left.
(End at 0:41)
"Wow, all of that for a simple performance." Eda said as she looked over her monetary earnings. "Idea." She said as she put the instrument back into the box before carrying it over to a public fountain square. She took out the bell cittern and began to play.
(Passemeze d' Anvers, Valerius 1626 - Renaissance Cittern (Start at 0:03))
The soft melody echoed throughout the square, catching the attention of several witches and demons. A crowd of spectators began to form as Eda continued her performance. She took notice of her new cheering audience and kicked the box to the front of them as she continued to play, where several deposited their good share of snail coins. Eda smiled at the amount of tips she was making thanks to her performance.
"Hey kid, can you play any of these other instruments here? I'll pay you extra." A spectator said as he pulled out a large coin bag.
(End at 0:33)
"Well, let me ask you a question. Are any of you ready for a good ol' jig?" She said as she grabbed the violin and began.
(Craig Duncan - The Kesh Jig/The Monaghan/Morrison's Jig)
The crowd cheered and began to dance thanks to her upbeat melody, with Eda herself doing a little leg dance to encourage them along with getting more tips.
"More! We want more!" A spectator said. Eda put down the violin, got the flute and began to play it.
(End at 0:16)
(Flute Music)
Everyone cheered as she played a fast tune, earning her more tips as a result much to her delight.
"Play this next!" Another spectator said as they grabbed the trumpet and tossed it to her. Eda quickly caught it and began.
(End at 0:16)
(Tine Thing Helseth - Libertango (Start at 3:12))
The crowd roared once more as she played an impressively fast trumpet solo, earning her a large sum of snail coins from everyone to show their appreciation.
(End at 3:24)
(Edward Freytag - Accentuate Drum Solo (Start at 0:30))
However, her performance was cut short as a drum sounded out. Everyone stopped and turned to see a squad of Emperor's Coven guards, with one playing the drum, standing behind them.
(End at 0:42)
"Run!" One spectator cried out as the beat stopped. Everyone scattered as Eda tried to escape with her new fortune, but it was having difficulty doing so thanks to its heavy weight.
"Gotcha kid!" A corporal ranked guard said as he detained her.
"Hey! What gives?! I didn't do anything illegal… this time!" She argued.
"Your little show has been declared unlawful for being an unauthorized public performance." The guard explained as he placed Eda in handcuffs.
"What?! That's a load of horse- Hey! Careful!" She cried out as she felt the guard tighten the cuffs around her wrists.
"Hey corporal, do we bring these back to the station?" A private asked as he held up the box of instruments and bags of tips.
"Yes. We can use that as evidence for this kid's crime." He responded.
"You guys have no idea who you're messing with." Eda said as she tried to summon a spell circle, only to realize she was in Hunter's body once nothing happened. "Oh yeah, I forgot he can't do magic." She whispered to herself.
"Let's go." The corporal said as the squad of Coven guards began to take Eda to the station.
Luz's Deal in Heels
Shortly after everyone left, Luz got ready to sell the various Human Realm items in an effort to win the bet. However, she had to sit down in a chair as Eda's heel boots made it a bit awkward for her to stand given that she had no experience in that kind of footwear. But she wasn't going to let that stop her from winning the bet as she stood up.
"Whew! Okay, let's try this again. And strut, strut, strut." Luz said as she walked step by step. Unfortunately, she tripped on herself and fell forward to a large box with a lamp on it, knocking it off as she grunted. "How does Eda wear these all day?" She said before spotting the broken lamp on the floor. "Oh, no. What have my heels done? Wait a second. I'm a ding-dang witch! I have magic now!" She said as she made a spell circle in an effort to fix it, but made a magic blast that knocked her behind the table stand. "Boy, Eda is powerful." She said as she grunted before extending out her hand and causing another blast of magic to shoot out. "Ahh, not again!" She yelled as it pushed her away.
Later, Luz put a pair of oven mitts on her hands, but made holes so that her index fingers poked out. She took a deep breath as she regained her confidence. "Okay, let's try this one more time." She said as she made a spell circle over the lamp. It glowed for a bit before a puff of smoke appeared. Luz coughed as she fanned it away, revealing the lamp to not only be fixed but having beefy human legs, wearing a larger lampshade as a skirt, and two tails with a brown and red lamp head. "I made magic with my hands!" She gasped as she hopped with excitement.
"Ooh, so unnecessarily extravagant." A random bystander said as he inspected it. "I'll take it."
"Zippo swappo. Sold to the savvy shopper" Luz said as she drew a spell circle, causing the lamp to walk. The customer smiled in delight as he tossed Luz a snail coin before following the lamp. "Okay, magic hands, let's see what else we can magically magic." She said as she snapped her fingers, creating a puff of smoke and causing a neon sign and spotlights to appear to give the stand an extravagant flair.
(Parry Music - High Spirits)
"Step right up and feast your eyes on the marvels of the human realm!" Luz said as she put on a top hat with Eda's name on it. A crowd began to form as they were curious to see what the new shop had to offer.
"Oh, what is this?"
"Where did the other stand go?"
"Your lights are too bright, and I forgot what I came here for." One customer said.
"Was it for laughter?" Luz said as she levitated a feather duster to tickle him, causing him to laugh.
"Joy! So painful. I'll take two for my enemies." He said as he gave her a small bag of snails. Luz continued to gain popularity as she fulfilled her customers' needs. First she drew a face on a centaur's blank head, who's actual face was on his chest. He shed a tear of joy before giving Luz a large bag of coins. Another customer was trying to block out the sun from his head, so she gave him a fedora with a large brim and feather. The customer cheered as they gave her 4 small coin bags. A mother pushed her baby carriage to the stand as she asked Luz on what to do to calm her wailing baby. Luz drew a spell circle, causing a giant pacifier to appear on the baby's mouth and calming it down. Satisfied, the mother pulled out her purse and dumped all her coins onto the table before leaving.
"Thank you! Come again! There's a little something for everyone. Take it from me, Eda, the Boiling Isles' gift to magic." Luz said.
(End at 0:45)
"Is that right? You're the famous Eda the Owl Lady?" A mysterious large figure in a hooded cloak asked.
"That depends. Are you a fan…" She said as she pulled out a bouquet of sentient flowers. "Of magic?"
"No, but I am a fan of…" The figure said as he removed his cloak, revealing himself to be a Coven Guard sergeant. "The law!"
"Oh, no!" The flowers said as they immediately wilted while Luz looked at the guard in shock. A Coven Guard corporal appeared and cuffed her.
"We were finally able to catch you in the act. All thanks to this little light show of yours." The corporal said. Luz nervously looked at them before she spoke.
"Gentlemen, whaddya say we forget this whole thing ever happened? Amnesia spell!" She said as she quickly did a spell circle in front of the corporal's face, only for a giant pacifier to appear instead. The guard narrowed his eyes as he sucked on it. "Haven't quite got the hang of this yet." She awkwardly smiled as the guards took her away.
At the Bonesborough Police Precinct, Luz stood gloomy in front of a height chart holding a prisoner number card as a camera monster took a photo. It coughed it up as he grabbed and inspected the photo.
"Hm. This is some of my best work. Really captures the shame." The monster said as Luz sadly moaned. Meanwhile, a Coven Scout private took Owlbert to a cell and locked him in it.
"Yeah, you're going away for a long time, you filthy criminal." The private chuckled as the palisman hooted nervously.
"Owlbert! This is all a big mistake." Luz said as she was brought to an interrogation room. "You're gonna laugh when I explain."
Meanwhile in a hallway, a group of Coven scouts were talking amongst themselves when they noticed a looming shadow pass over them. They stopped and turned to look, only to gasp at the person walking by.
"It can't be." One said
"Is it really her?" Another asked.
"Oh no. This is not good." The last scout said as they watched. The figure walked behind the two guards, revealing to be Lilith thanks to the reflection on the one way mirror.
"Hey corporal, you gotta take that thing out before someone sees you." The sergeant said.
"I like it, sarge. Calms the nerves." The corporal responded as both of them finally took notice of Lilith, with him spitting out the pacifier as the two stood at attention.
"Madame Lilith, to what do we owe this honor?" The sergeant said.
"Word reached me that you captured my sister and have one of her students in your custody. I'll take it from here." She responded.
"But Madame, her and the kid are going straight to the Conformatorium. I have the order right here." The sergeant explained as he pulled out a signed order to show Lilith. In response, she drew a spell circle to burn the paper.
"The orders have changed. Bring me the boy and let me in." She said coldly.
"Look, guys, you got the wrong Eda." Luz said to the guards interrogating her before Lilith walked in.
"Hello, Edalyn." Lilith said,
"Oh, thank goodness! A familiar face. You're Eda's sister, right? Is it Libby? No. Limby…" Luz said as she tried to remember her name.
"Your show of affection is touching. Do you know why you're here?" Lilith asked.
"Well, as I was telling the guard, this is just a classic Freaky Friday mix-up." Luz said, only for Lilith to summon a scroll and unfurl it, revealing to be a long list that drooped over the table and onto the floor.
"Sister, the charges against you are long and many. Operating a stand without a permit, owning a hocus without a pocus…" She began to read off.
"Yeah, I think that list goes on for a while." Luz said in slight shock.
"Not only that, but one of your students has been arrested. Bring him in." Lilith called out as the door opened and a guard pushed Eda inside, much to the shock of Luz. She took a seat next to her as Lilith continued. "These charges are serious and the young boy will now have a criminal record thanks to you. There's no more running away, Edalyn."
"I know. I realize now that I can't just "poof" my problems away." Luz said as she looked at Eda.
"But we can. Oh, you getting caught was clearly a cry for help." Lilith said in a lighter tone as she grabbed Luz's shoulders. "Join the Emperor's Coven, like we dreamed about when we were girls." She said.
"Wait, Eda wanted to be in the Emperor's Coven?" Luz asked in shock as she turned to look at a surprised Eda.
"It's a long story, kid." Eda said.
"Don't be afraid, sister. Soon, you won't be a danger to those around you and your students will get a better future." Lilith said as she summoned rings of light that bound both Luz and Eda to their chairs. "Bring out the branding glove." she ordered.
"The what now?" Luz said in confusion.
"Oh no." Eda said with worry. A guard puts on a glove with an Emperor's Coven sigil on the palm, which glowed red as he approached Luz.
"Wait, you're making a mistake!" Luz panicked as she struggled to break free as the guard drew closer. "I'm not a danger to anyone!" She cried out as she unknowingly drew a large spell circle. "Uh-oh." She said once she realized what she did. A large explosion blew a large hole in the station's wall to the outside, but also knocked everyone to the floor. Luz got up and coughed. "Eda! Eda! Where are you?!" She looked around.
"I'm here! Help me up!" Eda said as she began to emerge from the rubble. Luz ran to assist her and checked to make sure she wasn't hurt.
"Owlbert, come to me!" Luz called out. The palisman hooted and broke through his holding cell before smacking himself onto Luz's face. "Huh? Ah!" She grunted as she fell to the floor before getting back up. "Sorry, buddy. Your life is more complicated than I thought, Eda." She said.
"Gee, ya think?" Eda said as the group ran through the hole in the wall and onto the street. Lilith stood up and growled as she saw them flee.
"After her!" She cried out as several Coven guards and their dog got up to give chase.
"Okay, if I were Eda, Eda is Hunter, and Hunter is King, where would I be? Ah! This thing's so confusing." Luz cried out as she and Eda tried to find the other two throughout the town. Luz took a quick glance behind her and saw that Lilith and a group of Coven guards were gaining on them. The group took a sharp turn around a building in an effort to lose them. They heard a series of knocks and turned to see that they were at the Kitty Café, where King and Hunter pounded at the window.
"Luz! Eda! Over here!" Hunter said.
"Help us!" King said, wearing a Kitty Café shirt.
"Guys!" Luz said as she ran towards the building. Inside, Roselle and Dottie were having a conversation.
"Oh, look, Dottie. It's not kidnapping if they entered our store. Just think of it as good customer service." Roselle said. Her attention was drawn to a lamp as it glowed brightly before transforming into a similar lamp Luz did earlier. "Why did our lamp get unnecessarily extravagant?" She said before noticing Luz and Eda helping Hunter and King escape.
"Bye." Hunter said.
"Go, go, go!" Luz cried out as they ran, causing Roselle to gasp.
"After them!" She shouted as Dottie shrieked as she pulled out a large net before giving chase.
"What weird stuff did you get my body into?" Luz asked King, only to run into Lilith and her Coven group.
"There they are." Lilith said.
"I have the same question for you two." Hunter said as the group turned around, only to see Boscha and the other Hexside students hover above them.
"Got you now human." Boscha said.
"Dang! I forgot about them." King said.
"All right. Did everybody learn a valuable lesson about experiencing each other's hardships?" Eda asked.
"Yep." The three responded.
"Good, let's end this nightmare." She said as she took her staff. "Body swap!" She said as she reversed the spell, allowing everyone to return to their original bodies. Hunter was now wearing the incredibly small bee costume, Luz had the oven mitts in her hands, King was wearing the oversized shirt, and Eda had the handcuffs on her wrists.
"My body! My glorious little body!" King said as he removed the shirt, Luz took off the mitts, the bee costume tore itself apart from Hunter's body, and Eda used a spell to break the cuffs.
"Sister. Time and again I've offered you my help, yet you foolishly run back to your worthless life and risk ruining the promising future of your two students. I'm tired of trying, Edalyn. Your days of running are over!" Lilith said as her guards readied themselves for a potential fight.
"...Any ideas on how to get out of this mess?" Hunter asked as he looked around at the various groups surrounding them.
"Don't worry, I got this. Body swap!" Eda said as she summoned a beam of magic with her staff and blasted it at the groups around them. Everyone stood still as the smoke dissipated, Lilith's voice was the first to break the silence.
"Eda, you rotten sister!" Her voice cried out from the guard dog. "Switch me back! Ah! Woof." She barked.
"What's happening? Who the heck are you?" The voice of a Coven guard cried out from Roselle's body.
"I'm a Coven guard, wise mouth." The other guard responded from Dottie's body.
"No, you're not. I am!" The previous guard retorted.
"You get outta my body, you galoot!" The voice of Roselle yelled out from Jack's body as she made a dive towards her own body.
"Fight!" "Dottie" cried out as he pulled out the net, only to stop at the sound of bones cracking. "Ow. My knees." The scene devolved into chaos as everyone screamed and fought each other in order to get back to their proper bodies. The Owl House group watched on as the situation escalated with the guards pulling out their weapons and the Hexside teens throwing a water balloon, summoning a pair of monster tentacles.
"Time to go now." Eda said as she grabbed the others and flew away on her staff. Lilith's body growled before getting on all fours and letting out a howl.
"Boy, that escalated quickly." Hunter said.
"Are they gonna be okay?" King asked.
"Eh, give it a couple hours. It should wear off by then, I think?" Eda responded with a shaky hand gesture.
"Eda, I just wanna say that things can be more complicated than you think. But with you guys, it all feels a little less mixed up." Luz said.
"Aw, that's sweet, kid. Now, let's never speak of this again." Eda said.
"Especially the part about you being in my body, Eda." Hunter said.
"So, wait. Who is going to clean Hooty? It's getting... dire." Luz said.
"Guys? Today's my monthly cleaning. Hoot, hoot. I'm 20% mucus, but don't let that stop you. C'mon, I have so many hard-to-reach spots that need swabbing!" Hooty called out as he and the house were covered in large amounts of mud.
"Maybe if we all work together we could-" Luz began.
"Not it!" King and Eda said.
"Aw, man." Luz grumbled.
"Come on, Eda. She needs some help in order to clean up the house." Hunter argued.
"You know, you're right, Hunter. Which is why you'll be one to help her." Eda said.
"What?! Aw, man." He groaned as the elderly witch chuckled as the group continued to fly home.
Not gonna lie, I had fun writing this chapter, especially because Hunter was involved in the mix. Though I heard that this episode isn't a fan favorite among the fandom, but I didn't have it in me to skip it.
Anyways onto the reviews.
Mando Whisky & KevinAguirre8481: No. Hunter will not go to Grom with Emira. It's nothing serious, just Emira toying with Hunter since he has very little experience with girls that aren't Luz.
Also, I forgot to mention that this past July marked 1 year since I published My Brother Hunter. I would like to say thank you for reading, really surprised that my fic has gained a small following here.
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