The moment she arrived in the Noceda house, Octavia found it much more pleasant than LA. The warm interior wrapped her up in a hug of nostalgia as memories of running around with a human child rushed through her mind.
"Oh they're here." Octavia's train of thought was cut off by the hazily familiar voice of Luz's mom, as the both of them were waiting in the kitchen.
"Luz!" Octavia cried out as her eyes met the human's.
"Octavia!" Luz ran up to the owl Demon "Whoa…" she gasped as she took in how the little owl, that she remembered being a bit shorter than her, now towered over the human just like her father "Is everyone in Hell so tall!?"
Octavia chuckled to herself "I don't know, is everyone on Earth so short?" she sarcastically asked back, knowing the answer to both is yes.
"It's so lovely to finally meet you." Camila said as walked over, a warm if uneasy smile on her face.
"We've actually met before, when Luz was six." Octavia said, continuing as she saw the confusion on Camila's face, "I was invisible."
"Oh, okay." Camila accepted the answer.
"You also almost sat on me." The owl Demon bluntly added.
All the color instantly drained from Camila's face "¡Ay dios mío!, I am so sorry!" the poor woman hastily apologized as Octavia struggled not to burst out into laughter.
"I was kidding! Sorry sorry!" she managed to get out through her laughter.
"Octavia! You shouldn't joke about something like that." Stolas lightly scowled; an effort not helped by his struggle to hold back his own laughter.
As the group all had a small laugh at Camila's expense, Octavia took note of a purple-haired girl alongside the two humans.
Evidently, Luz spotted the teen Demon's confused stare "This is Amity Blight." she proudly presented "My Awesome Witch Girlfriend."
"Witch?" Octavia questioned, noticing Amity's pointed ears.
"Now that I think about it, you never did fully explain that, Luz." Stolas noted.
"Oh right, I got stuck in an alternate universe called the Demon Realm where Witches come from." Luz quickly summarized.
Stolas stroked his chin in thought "I think I recall reading about something like that." the Owl Demon made a mental note to review his library later.
"Oh, look at the time." Camila noted, "You all should get ready to go."
"Right," Stolas said as he pulled his grimoire out "Octavia just hold still for a second."
"Hold on Dad, I've got it." And with that, Octavia's eyes flashed blue and a blinding light covered her.
Not even a second later, the light disappeared to reveal Octavia now in a human; feathers replaced with peach skin that matched her father's disguise, iris and sclera having swapped to give her magenta eyes, and razor talons traded for slender fingers.
"Octavia, you look amazing." Luz praised "Right Stolas?"
The owl prince's hands were a blur as they clapped "Excellent work my dear Owlet!" Stolas said as joyful tears streamed down his cheeks.
"Thanks, I've been practicing." Octavia made a mental note to thank Loona later.
Repeating his daughter, Stolas put on his disguise as well, and the group gathered their things together. Stolas noticed Camila putting some plastic baggies filled with snacks into a purse "What are those?" the Owl Demon questioned.
"Snacks for the movie."
Stolas raised an eyebrow "Don't they usually sell snacks at the theatre?"
Camila's only response was to let out a laugh.
"Come on let's go." Luz cried out, already halfway out the door.
Camila handed the purse to Stolas and waved off the group "Have fun!"
"We will!" Luz called back as the group headed down the road.
After a few minutes of walking, Luz decided to break the silence "What do you think of Gravesfield?"
Octavia took a quick glance of the surrounding area "It's nice." the teenage Demon answered, "Better than that LA place I ended up in a while ago."
Luz flinched, as if she had been told about someone getting mugged, "I'm so sorry that happened."
"So, what's the movie?" Octavia asked, wanting to change the subject.
Luckily, Luz was more than happy to oblige "It's the latest Good Witch Azura movie!" she happily explained, "It's based on the Golden Table."
"Oh, that's my favorite one." Octavia said.
Luz's eyes lit up "You kept reading Azura!" she happily cried out.
"Of course, my best friend introduced it to me after all."
Octavia almost regretted saying that, as she swore Luz hurt herself smiling that much.
The rest of the walk proved uneventful and soon the group arrived at the theater, a small but decently sized line standing outside of the box office.
"Wow." Amity said in awe "I didn't realize Azura was this popular in the human realm."
"It's helps that it's read by more than just one person here." Luz explained "Also I think a lot of them are here just because it's the last movie Brennon Ragers acted in before he died." she added in a more cynical tone.
"Oh…"
"Now girls, such things like that aren't important." Stolas reassured as he walked over to join the line, "Let's just enjoy the film."
And with renewed enthusiasm, the girls followed.
Back at the Stolas's Palace, the prince's servants were greeted by the loud grunting of a certain Imp's monthly 'stealthful' entry, and as per usual they all pretended they didn't hear him.
"Alright Bird Boy I'm here!" Blitzø called out as he finally pulled himself onto the balcony and entered the Master Bedroom. "Do whatever the fuck you do with this book and let's get to-" the Imp's yelling was brought to a halt as he saw the only other occupant of the room, that being no one, "…fucking? Where the hell is he?"
Conducting a quick search of the room, in case Stolas had learned of some new hiding-based foreplay he had wanted to try, Blitzø found not even a single stray feather of the Owl Demon's.
Finally, the Imp pulled out his phone and quickly dialed Stolas's number "You better have a good answer for this." Blitzø muttered to himself. After a few moments, with Blitzø being somewhat concerned as the prince usually didn't take so long to answer, the line finally picked up.
"Oh uh, Hello Blitzy." The Owl Demon tried and naturally failed to hide how giddy he had gotten from seeing who was calling "To what do I owe this pleasure."
"Can it with the formalities, I only called so you can explain to me why you aren't in your bedroom!" Blitzø shouted, raising his free arm and spinning in place to emphasize the point, not that Stolas could see that.
There was a notable pause, and a small part of the Imp was worried he may have upset Stolas, but that was quickly dashed away as the prince finally responded with "Are you in my bedroom?"
"Uh yeah, I'm in your damn room ready to fuck your ass off." Blitzø bluntly stated.
"Fuck my ass off…?" the Owl Demon muttered to himself "Oh OH! Tonight's the full moon!?" he gasped with pure sincerity. "Oh, I'm sorry Blitzø I had completely forgotten. You see Luz had invited Octavia and me to this movie-" Stolas paused as Blitzø could hear a female voice say something in the background "Oh Luz, it's just Blitzy nothing important."
For some reason, Blitzø found himself frowning at that, "Sorry I can't chat for long, so you can consider yourself free for the night." The frown tightened, but the Imp still didn't understand why "You are welcome to stay the night in one of the guest rooms if you like."
"Uh no… no thanks I think I'll just leave." Blitzø awkwardly answered.
"All right then." Stolas said, with just a hint of disappointment in his voice, "I do hope to see you again soon Blitzy."
"Yeah uh, you too." Blitzø quickly responded, hanging up just as fast before Stolas could say anything else.
The Imp sat in silence for a few moments, before departing the palace the same way he had entered.