Owl House Season 2 Episode 5 – Through the Looking Glass Ruins
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Luke attempts to win Amity's heart in the library while looking for the diary belonging to the human Gwen told him about. As for Gus who needs a confidence boost after having doubts about his own magic joins Mattholomule and some Glandus students on a quest Through the Looking Glass Ruins. Will Luke succeed in finding the diary and winning over the girl he recently just realized he has a crush on? Will Gus overcome his doubts and discover his strength? Let's find out!
In the currently darkened halls of Hexside, Gus is sat against some lockers looking utterly dejected as he has his face buried in his arms and legs. Luke walks up to him, gravely concerned.
Luke: Hey, Gus. You okay, man?
Gus: I-I messed up bad, Luke! Willow just needed help with this pixie problem, right? So, I thought, "oh! I'll lure them away with an illusion." But then...
Luke: That angered the pixies, and they attacked Willow. I heard. I just spoke to her in the
infirmary.
Gus: I moved up two grades. What's the point of being good at this if I can't do anything good with it?
Luke: Don't let it get to you man. It was an honest mistake. Luke smiles. Besides, this is Willow we're talking about. She's as tough as nails. I'm sure you guys will feel better by tomorrow.
The next day, Gus is feeling anything but better. He lays on the floor of his bedroom groaning in frustration.
Owl House Season 2A Intro
The eye of the old portal door opens, engulfed in flames.
Luke drops down with Rebellion and a Glyph Gun, giving his gun a spin and swung his sword as it opens, releasing electricity while he grins.
Eda slides in from her right, spinning her Owl Staff and swinging to release energy. King pops up from her.
Willow emerges and lifts her arms as her eyes glow, summoning huge vines behind.
Gus comes in with a book, summoning two illusions of himself striking poses besides him.
Amity twirls in from her right and with a grin her hands glow with purple energy, summoning Abomination goo.
Lilith slides in from the left, spinning her Raven Staff and swinging to release energy like Eda did. Hooty pops out from her clock backpack.
The Golden Guard flash steps from the left with his Artificial staff which glows with energy. It disappears for him to draw and swing Yamato, striking a pose and releasing a blade of energy.
A Boiling Isle mural appears, three windows flipping to briefly reveal Qrow, Darius and Eberwolf. The windows flip to reveal Qrow in his Devil Form, Darius in his Abomination form and Eberwolf in his Beast form.
Belos appears striking a powerful pose, his castle behind him as lightning strikes
Luke rode on Eda's staff like a surfboard, zooming past Bonesborough, flying past Tinella Nosa, sharing a high-five with Gus, Willow being beside him with a plant releasing vines and evading guards that chase him down. Eda and King join in on the fun and they have blast taking to the skies…until they hang on for dear life as a massive monstrous worm-like monster, mouth wide open, lunges at them as they scream in horror.
Then the scene changes back to the Owl House, where it's night-time, and stars twinkle in the sky as the trio are on the roof and looking up into the sky, Eda holding her staff beside her, Luke holding Rebellion downward and King riding his shoulder. Luke opens a hand, sending a ball of light floating into the sky where it bursts to release a blinding flash.
The title card appears:
Owl House: Son of Sparda
Gus continues laying on his floor in depression. His crystal ball rings but he ignores it, not bothering to answer. It shows a prerecorded message of King.
King: I'm not reading this.
Gus: Come on, King. Please?
King: Ugh! Fine. Is that a six-footed pig or a floating appendage? Why, no! Gus, wearing a cape, hops on screen, striking a pose. It's Gus the Illusion Master. Please leave a message.
The video turns to Willow, her arm in a cast and several bandages on her face. Gus turns to smile, relieved to see Willow on her feet again.
Willow: Hey, Gus. Thanks for sending me all those "Get well soon" illusions but, uh...
Three tiny illusions of Gus jump onto her shoulders and head. Gus becomes guilt-ridden to see they're annoying her.
Illusion Gus 1: Willow! How are you feeling? Do you have a fever?
Illusion Gus 2: Willow, you want me to sing for you? Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi...
Illusion Gus 3: Willow, is this helping?
Willow: Can you please take them back?
Gus groans in embarrassment as his crystal ball shuts off. He rolls onto his stomach and traces a spell circle, summoning his illusions in front of him.
Illusion Gus 1: Where's Willow?
Illusion Gus 2: Why are we here?
Illusion Gus 3: Did we do bad?
Gus blows the illusions away and hears someone knocking on the front door.
Gus opens it to find Luke acting very strange.
Luke: He raises his fists. Gustopher! He finger guns. Gusteban! He leans on the doorframe. Augustabeth! Any of those working for you?
Gus: Gus deadpans. You need my library card to visit Amity, don't you?
Luke: Luke chuckles nervously. What makes you say that?
Gus: Because you're in love with Amity.
Luke: Luke blushes wildly. What? Noooo! He laughs and sweats. W-what gave you that idea?
Gus: Luke, you can cut the act. Willow and I both know you've had a crush on Amity ever since she saved you at the factory and she's had a crush on you since Grom.
Luke: Wait, she does!? You know!?
Gus: You kidding? Everyone at school knows.
Luke: Luke becomes redder. Wait, what?
Gus: You don't do a good job of hiding it. You've absentmindedly been drawing a heart in your notebook reading LA, you sometimes draw pictures of you and Amity dating instead of Glyphs and you've slept in class a couple times dreaming and talking out loud about asking her out on a date.
Luke's eyes are shrunk as his face becomes completely red from hearing everyone at school knows about his crush on Amity and embarrassed over the things he does absentmindedly.
Luke: I really haven't been doing a good job of hiding that, huh? Gus shakes his head. Okay, I admit I want to see Amity and possibly win her heart. But I was also hoping to do a little bit of… He wraps an arm around Gus. Research. Walk with me amigo.
A couple minutes later, Luke and Gus are walking through the streets of Bonesborough. Luke doesn't notice how dejected Gus is looking.
Luke: So, Eda's mom told me I'm not the first human to have lived in Bonesborough. Apparently, some other dude came here hundreds of years ago. If that's true, there might be some info on how he got here and if he ever got back to Human Realm in the library!
Gus: Yeah, okay. Looking through old newspapers is about all I'm good for anyway.
The two of them stop on a bridge as Luke finally sees how depressed and unenthusiastic Gus is.
Luke: Okay, spill it, Gustonimo. Are you okay?
They both walk over to the bridge railing, resting their arms on it.
Luke: You still bummed out about Willow? Come on, you've gotta stop beating yourself up over it, man. You were just trying to help. Willow knows it.
Gus: But it wasn't even helpful. And it's not just that. I-I've just been thinking. What if it's time for me to explore different kinds of magic?
Luke: You wanna switch tracks at school? But then you'll have to start from scratch. Dude, I'm all for trying new things, but what's wrong with illusions? I mean, sure, they're not exactly combat orientated and are mainly for show but they're awesome.
Gus: Illusions are just so...you know-
On the street below, Animal Control tries and fails to subdue a Slitherbeast. Braxas walks in with a balloon.
Braxas: Yay! He stops when he sees the Slitherbeast. Huh?
The Slitherbeast charges towards Braxas only for two boys wearing uniforms from a different school to jump in front of him. The dark-skinned witch conjures up a slick of abomination goo that causes the Slitherbeast to slip, then the demon boy creates a net of vines that launches it back. After it lands, a girl leaps over it and uses construction magic to slam the ground and trap the Slitherbeast in stone. The girl got up brushing her head and giving her team the thumbs up.
Girl: Good work guys!
Boy: Yeah!
Demon Boy: Alright!
Gus gasps in sheer amazement at what he's witnessed while Luke gives an impressed whistle.
Luke: Not bad. Those are some skilled witches.
Warden Wrath: Son, are you okay?
Braxas: Yes, Daddy. Thank you, mysterious heroes!
Girl: The students walk away. Stay safe out there!
Luke: Wait! Warden Wrath is Braxas' dad!? Luke turns his head to see Gus has vanished. Gus?
Gus has stopped in front of the students, admiring them all.
Gus: Wow! Just wow! Plants. Abomination. Construction. You guys took down that Slitherbeast like it was nothing.
Girl: Nah, it wasn't that easy.
Boy: Yeah, looked like you had a real hard time out there.
Gus: You're Glandus students, right? I go to Hexside. Name's Gus.
Girl: Nice to meet ya. She gestures to the demon boy. This is Angmar. Then the dark-skinned boy. Gavin.
Gavin: He does finger guns. Hey!
Girl: And I'm-
Mattholomule: BRIA!
Gus' rival, Mattholomule ran up, panting. Like Gus, Mattholomule has undergone a growth spurt and is almost as tall as he is. His casual clothes were a grey long sleeve shirt that extended to gloves with a hood, beige tunic with a fur belt, white tunic and long brown rain boots.
Mattholomule: I would've helped, but like, there was this other baby in danger. You probably couldn't see.
Gus: Mattholomule?
Mattholomule: Augustus?! Back off, twerp! This operation is Glandus kids only.
Bria: Hey, Matty, it's all cool. Did you get the map?
Mattholomule: Mattholomule brings out a scroll and walks over. Yes! And I only had to endure 35 noogies from my older brother.
Bria: Bria opens it up. Nice work!
Gus: Well, uh…I can see you guys are busy, so-
Bria: Wait. She shows the map. Have you ever heard of the Galdorstones?
Gavin: They're powerful relics. Many witches and demons have sought them.
Angmar: But they've all returned empty-handed, haunted by its guardian. Until us!
Bria: We heard some coven scouts talking about them, but it'll be rough going. You said you're a Hexside student, right? We could use the extra strength.
Gus: That sounds awesome, but I can't. I promised a friend I'd help him with something today.
As if on cue, Luke appears out of nowhere from the wall between Gus and the Glandus students, surprising them, having used an Invisibility Glyph and taking big breaths.
All: Whoa!
Luke ran over to Gus catching his breath.
Luke: Gus, you ran away so fast, but I didn't wanna interrupt so... He composes himself and looks to Mattholomule. Mattholomule?
Mattholomule: Luke!? Back off, human! This is a Glandus operation.
Luke: Dude, you go to Hexside with us.
Mattholomule: He points his finger at Luke. Former Glandus students count!
Luke glares back, grabbing Mattholomule's finger and bends it back, causing him to drop down, crying out in pain from feeling his finger bone cracking.
Luke: Keep your distance from me, rat, before I break your finger. You're still on thin ice with me.
Bria: Bria held up her hands. Hey, hey! It's alright! No need to break any fingers. Matty wasn't gonna cause any trouble. Right, Matty?
Mattholomule: Right! I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Please let me go.
Luke releases Mattholomule and he got up, rubbing his finger in pain.
Luke: You got lucky. FYI, I'm still pissed off with that little Detention Pit stunt you tried to pull a month ago.
Mattholomule: Yes sir.
Bria: You're the famous human who can turn into a devil right? We've heard all about you.
Luke: That's me, alright. He thumbs himself. Luke Noceda. Future Ultimate Witch-Warrior and Hero of the Conformatorium Raid.
Gus: No one's calling you that.
Luke slaps the back of Gus' head, and he rubs it, a little annoyed until the goggle-headed boy smiles at his friend.
Luke: Anyhow, Gus, I heard your conversation with these guys, and I think you should go. It'll help take your mind off things. I can handle the library stuff on my own.
Mattholomule: Well, he can't. Gus is just an illusionist. He'll only hold us back.
Luke: Luke has his arms wrapped around Gus. Hah! Shows what you know, pal. My buddy, Gus is a regular super witch!
Gus becomes flustered and terrified of the lie Luke has just made to make him look good.
Gus: Luke! He turns and drags him aside, whispering. I see what you're doing, and it's really cool of you, but I don't actually know any spells besides illusions.
Luke: Is that all? No problemo. He hands him 6 Glyph Spells, one of each element. Come on, amigo. You know I'm all about proving jerks wrong. Plus, it's another chance to bring that little twerp, Matty over there down a peg or two.
After some consideration, Gus smiles in acceptance, earning a nod from Luke.
Luke: Quick rundown: He points at each Glyph. Light, Electric, Ice, Fire, Water and Plant.
Gus nods, then brought out his library card which Luke takes while the prodigy takes the Glyphs, hiding them in his tunic before confidently stepping up to the Glandus students.
Gus: Alright. I'm in. Where do we find these Galdorstones?
Bria: We're journeying to the Looking Glass Ruins in the Forearm Forest!
Gus and the Glandus students are stood on a hill overlooking a massive forest covered in some fog. Mattholomule gives Gus a teasing look.
Mattholomule: What's wrong, Augustus? Scared?
Bria: Gus was about to retort until Bria spoke. We all are. Who knows what awaits us out there? But we all got each other's back, right?
Gus: Bria winks and Gus blushes, a little flustered. Yeah, um—Yeah! Yeah, alright, let's go!
Gus charges into the forest, followed by the Bria, Gavin, Angmar and lastly, the enthusiastic Mattholomule.
At the Bonesborough Library, Luke is at a desk with a crystal ball. He types "human" into the crystal ball's search bar, finding an article about Eda using paddleballs that were mistaken for weapons. No one was a fan of the paddleballs that day.
Luke: "Mystery vendor floods market with dangerous human goods." Classic Eda.
He slides to another article showing Azure books washed up on the beach.
Luke: "Human Literature washes up on shore." Explains why this place has Azure books.
The next article shows the case of a movie with very low ratings.
Luke: ""Planet of the Humans. Total Flop in the box office." Luke snickers. Oh my god, their depictions of humans must've been terrible.
He slides to another article., the oldest one there is.
Luke: "Human resident Philip Wittebane donates personal diary to library." Luke gasps. Bingo, baby! This must be it!
Luke (with a book in hand) takes a peek through the Kid's Corner, watching Amity (with her hair down) talk to one of the baby class kids, who is holding her hairband captive. Amity's leggings have gone from magenta to red.
Amity: Come on. Give it back.
Kid: No!
Amity: Amity sighs. If you give me back my hairband, I'll read you whatever book you want tomorrow.
Kid: The kid gasps happily and hands the hairband back. Finally! I can learn how to summon the dark lord!
After the kid runs off, Amity stood and ties her hair up. Luke stares in complete adoration as he blushes at the sight of her beauty.
Luke: "So, beautiful. How could I not have been crushing on her sooner…"
He was unaware of the Blight twins behind him. Edric was carrying his sister on his back.
Edric & Emira: Hey, Luke.
Luke: He yelps then chuckles to see it was the twins. Oh. Hey, Ed. Hey, Em. Picking up Amity?
Emira: Nah, looks like you got that covered.
Edric: She hops off Edric's back. I'm looking for skincare tips. I have a date tonight.
Emira: Yeah, he needs all the help he can get, after he accidentally texted a poem to her mom.
Edric: Edric becomes embarrassed. Please don't tell people that.
Luke snickers a little until a bat pops up behind Edric, landing on his shoulder.
Luke: Hey, is that your palisman, Ed?
Edric: Ed strokes his bat. Who? This little guy. Nah, this is my pet bat. I got him from the Knee. You know, after you took down the Slitherbeast?
Emira: Emira crosses her arms. Behind my back, I might add.
Edric: Yeah, yeah.
Before anything else was said, a big butterfly with two stubby arms, a colourful pair of wings, ears and tail emerges behind Edric, landing on his shoulder. He nuzzles it with his finger.
Edric: THIS is my palisman, Lenny. Len for short.
Luke: Cool! A butterfly palisman. Normally I'd be surprised to see a butterfly as huge as that but it's the Boiling Isles, so…you know. He looks to Emira. What about you Em? You have a palisman too?
Emira: I sure do. Though she's less of a butterfly and more of a moth.
Appearing from behind Emira was brown moth with six legs, three leaves sticking out its head and a large pair of wings. Emira held up her hand, allowing the moth to land on it.
Emira: Meet my palisman, Tammy. Emira strokes Tammy, causing her to nuzzle against her owner's face. She's my adorable little partner in crime.
Edric: I thought I was your partner in crime.
Emira: Emira frowns. No, you're more or less my sidekick.
Edric: Edric frowns back. Pretty sure, it's the other way around.
Luke: Sibling squabble aside, those are some cute palismen you've got there.
Edric & Emira: Thanks Luke.
Lenny and Tammy flew over to Luke, the butterfly landed on Luke's finger after he held it up and the moth nuzzles against his face.
Edric: Guess they were flattered. Lenny and Tammy like you.
Emira: Aww! That's so cute! For a guy who couldn't make friends in his own world, you sure are good at making connections.
Luke: It's a gift. I didn't know you two were into insects.
Emira: Why not. Some insects are pretty adorable.
Edric: What's your favourite animal, Luke?
Luke: Wolves and dogs. Does Amity have a favourite animal?
Edric and Emira were about to respond, but grin upon noticing something Luke hasn't yet much to his confusion.
Luke: What are you staring at?
Amity speaks up from behind.
Amity: Are they bothering you again?
Luke: Huh! Luke turns around steadily blushing, and Lenny and Tammy are prompted to fly back to their owners. Amity, hi! W-what are you doing here!? I mean, of course you're here, I mean you work here! And…uh…no, they weren't bothering me, I just came here to see you and…uh…here you are.
Luke nervously chuckles as Amity also blushes from that. Before, Luke was always able to make eye contact with Amity like he does with everyone else, but ever since fully realizing his feelings for the youngest Blight, it's hard to speak with her without getting flustered. The same goes for her. Now both are struggling to make eye contact and that's making things awkward.
In just a few seconds, Edric and Emira gasp, put two and two together and share mischievous grins. Emira touches her brother's face.
Emira: Edric, your face, it's exploding with horrific pustules!
Edric: Oh, no. He becomes genuinely worried. Wait, is it really?
Emira: We have to fix it before your date, or you'll get dumped!
Edric: She pushes him. What?! I will?!
Emira: Ugh! Come on, Ed.
Emira drags Edric away, annoyed with her brother's paranoia as their palismen and Batrix follow them. Now the two are alone, still blushing, Amity crosses her arms and Luke clutches his book.
Luke: Uh…I see you changed your leggings.
Amity: Um…yeah, I thought a change of colour would be nice.
Luke: Well, it looks good on you.
Amity: Oh…uh…thank you.
Luke and Amity turn redder, but the former finally musters the courage to make proper eye contact and get down to business.
Luke: I was kinda hoping if you could help me find this book? He hands his notebook with drawings of the door, portal key and the diary. I've been doing some digging and hundreds of years ago, there was a human living in Bonesborough.
Amity: What?! Luke, you're not first human here?!
Luke: Yeah, I know. It's crazy. The dude's name is Philip Wittabane. And he donated his diary to this library. This guy must've got back to the Human Realm somehow. He may have wrote down all his research into his diary.
Amity: And this might tell you how to travel between realms, right?
Luke: Bingo! That lame camp I was meant to go to back in my world is over. My mom either thinks I'm dead or missing. I've gotta get back to her ASAP!
Amity: Well, something this old would be kept in…the Forbidden Stacks.
The duo is now stood in front of towering doors reading "The Forbidden Stacks." A mouse with a skull face runs past them and under the door.
Amity: Only Malphas, the master librarian, is allowed in here.
Luke becomes disheartened upon hearing that. As much as he needs the diary, he doesn't want to risk getting his crush in trouble, especially when he wants to win her heart.
Luke: No te preocupes. Todo va a salir bien. Like my mom always said. He chuckles, looking away. I'm sure I can find another way.
Amity: Amity just smiles. Hey, wait. I never said I wasn't gonna help. She presents her staff card. My staff card should be able to open those doors.
Luke: Amity, are you sure you wanna do this? You're risking a lot for me. I don't want to get you in any trouble.
Amity: It's no trouble at all, really. You're my friend, Luke. And this is what friends do for each other, right?
Luke: Yeah…friends…just friends…
Amity: Amity becomes a little sheepish. I mean…I wouldn't mind being more than just friends.
Luke: Wait? What was that?
Amity covers her mouth, realizing what she just said and waves her hands in denial though Luke knows what it was. Both of them become red.
Amity: Uh…! Nothing! It's nothing! Pretend I didn't say anything! It was nothing important!
She clears her throat as she turns her head away and Luke rubs the back of his head for a bit, both blushing beet red.
Amity: Listen, Luke. As glad as I am to help you, once we're inside, you have to listen to everything I say. If we're caught, I could lose my job.
Luke grabs her hand with both of his.
Luke: You won't lose your job. I promise.
They both look at their hands and blush, realizing the romantic position they're in. Luke immediately retracts his hands as Amity turns around.
Amity: Well, let's not waste any time.
She walked up to the door, putting the card to the lock. The door glowed briefly before it opened. They glanced at each other and went in, the doors closing behind them.
We go to the forest where the Glandus kids and Gus are walking. Bria slices through vines with her sword.
Bria: This will be a breeze once we get the Galdorstones.
Gus: What can the Galdorstones actually do?
Mattholomule: If you're holding one, every spell you cast gets a big power boost!
Angmar: I can grow an entire forest, and make my own butterfly sanctuary!
Gavin: I can create the biggest Abomination ever! Gavin gets bitter. I bet Dad will pay attention to that.
Gus: Whoa.
Mattholomule: Sorry. Doesn't do squat for illusions. Can't enhance what's not actually there.
Gus: Pfft. I know that.
He pushes Mattholomule. He pushes back. The two rivals get into a slap fight.
Bria: Hold up, guys. They stop. We've come to our first challenge.
They looked up ahead to see a large patch of thorned brambles. Mattholomule thought this was the perfect time for Gus to show off his 'skills', otherwise known as embarrass him so he could go home.
Mattholomule: Show us what you got, Augustus. What did the human call you? "A super witch"?
Bria: That's a great idea! Go on, Gus. I know you can do it.
Gus nervously steps forward, pulling out a Fire Glyph. Good thing Luke told him which Glyph is which.
Gus: Well, here goes. He drew a big spell circle. Fireball!
He tapped the Glyph, holding it in his hands and ejecting a large fireball at the brambles, making a path for them. Everyone except Mattholomule cheered as Gavin and Angmar ran past Gus.
Bria: Wow, Gus!
All: Woo-hoo!
Gus looks up, amazed at what he did and a proud Bria holds his shoulders from behind before running off.
Bria: I knew it was a good idea to bring you!
Mattholomule walks up, suspicious.
Mattholomule: I don't know what's going on, but I've got my eyes on you.
Soon after, Gus follows them, continuing the quest to find the Galderstones.
Meanwhile, Luke and Amity were walking through the Forbidden Shacks which had low lighting and creepy statues as they continued walking.
Luke: How much further do we have to go?
Amity: Actually, we're here.
Luke and Amity stop to look down below a hall of flying books much to the human boy's amazement.
Luke: Whoa!
Hands made out of light were organizing the flying books, and there was a big staircase as well.
Luke: What are we waiting for!? Let's get lookin'!
Amity: Wait!
Amity quickly pulls Luke down just as a large figure in a cloak (most likely Malphas) enters from a doorway. He looked up and saw nothing before turning around and leaving. Luke and Amity go red when they realize how close they are to each other and roll away.
Luke: Amity, what the hell was that?
Amity: Not what. Who. That was Malphas.
Luke: Crap. He's here. Well, I'm just gonna try keep my mouth shut from now on.
Amity: Malphas is actually the one who gave me my job and my own study room. He's usually nice, but if we're caught, he'd feed us to the book worms.
Luke: I know in this crazy world that means unholy, blood-sucking snake monster, but in the Human Realm… that's just a term/nickname for book loving nerds…like you.
Amity chuckles, lightly punching Luke's shoulder.
Amity: You cute little dork.
Luke: You…think I'm cute?
The two of them blush, turning away a little. Amity quickly changes the subject.
Amity: You know, the human world sounds odd.
Luke: Maybe it would be less odd if I showed you around someday…just like I promised. Remember?
Amity flinches upon turning her head to see Luke lift up his pinkie, causing her to remember the promise Luke made when she saw the Human World for the first time.
(Flashback)
Luke and Amity are gazing the human world in front of the old house after Lilith goes into the portal door. The two held hands.
Amity: You know…I've only been here for a couple minutes and…your world is really beautiful.
Luke: Luke smiles with her. Yeah. It sure is. And this is just one small part of it. My world may not be magical, but it's pretty amazing.
Amity: Amity blushes a little. Maybe, you could show me around someday. I'd like to get to know your world better.
Luke: Luke turns to Amity. I'd be happy to. It's a promise. Pinkie swear.
Luke holds up his pinkie and Amity, a little hesitant, does the same. The two connect their pinkies together, sharing another warm smile as Amity blushes.
(End of Flashback)
Amity looks at her pinkie for a few moments before holding it up with a smile.
Amity: Yeah. I remember.
They share a warm smile, gazing into each other's eyes before blushing and turning their heads.
Luke: Uh…look, Amity, I appreciate what you're doing for me but maybe we should turn back. I don't wanna push you.
Amity: We're getting that diary.
She grabs Luke's hand and drags him deeper into the library.
(Timeskip)
Meanwhile, things are going well for Gus in the forest as he and the Glandus students get closer to the ruins. He used an Electric Glyph to electrocute a monster into unconsciousness, a Water Glyph to scare hundreds of tiny bugs, an Ice Glyph to form a bridge for them to get across a trench, a Light Glyph to light their way through the darker parts of the forest and a Plant Glyph to save (and humiliate) Mattholomule from a large snake.
Eventually the group arrive at the ruins where they find the Looking Glass Ruins. It consists of a bunch of statues holding the Galderstones. Bria takes one and her Construction Magic became greatly enhanced, proving the legends of the stones to be true.
However, Gus wasn't as enthusiastic after learning the Looking Glass Ruins is actually a graveyard for Master Illusionists who most likely created the Galderstones and had been protecting them for years. When Gus tells everyone, only Mattolomule is surprised while the rest don't care. It's at that moment Gus realizes Bria's true colours when she shows that she's okay with disrespecting these illusionists, calling illusions high-def party tricks which he takes to offence.
The argument is interrupted when a terrifying mystical dragon monster appears, prompting them all to hide. Gus is sent to fight back but realizes too late that he's used all the Glyphs Luke had given him, leaving Gus to fight off the creature without the help of powerful Glyph Spells.
Back at the library, Amity and Luke walked into the "Donations: Deadwardian Era, 1600s" section. Two mice ran by as they started searching. Luke stepped back, covering his mouth as a spectral hand put a book back on the shelf. Amity was about to take a book, flinching in alarm as it turned into dust completely.
Luke took one and blew off the dust, gasping as she saw Philip Wittebane's name on the upper right corner.
Luke: Jackpot…!
He waved over Amity and when she saw it, the two quietly celebrated by giggling in excitement.
Luke & Amity: Shh, shh, shh!
After shushing themselves, Luke opened it up...only to find that one of the skull-mice had completely eaten through the pages much to their shock and dismay. This was Luke's only clue back home and this thing completely ate it, causing Luke to burst.
Luke: YOU LITTLE RAT!
Luke's voice echoes through the halls, causing a bunch of mice to run away as a bell rings. Luke and Amity are frozen with fear, the former realizing he just screwed up.
Luke: Uh oh…
Malphas ominously rises behind Luke and Amity as they nervously glance up.
Malphas: Amity?
The duo are stood before Malphas who isn't as intimidating as he appeared, he was just a bird-like demon. But that didn't mean he wasn't stern as he was talking to Amity.
Malphas: I'm just like super disappointed in you. Like, I can't even process these feelings right now. Gosh, it's so hard for me to say this, but like, you're fired.
Amity tenses as Malphas waved a finger and took away her staff card. He then went back inside, the doors slamming shut behind him, leaving Luke and Amity all alone in silence with the former filled with guilt over what he's just done.
Luke: Oh man… Amity, I am so-
Amity: Not right now, Luke. Luke can hear Amity tearing up, her voice breaking. Everything's changed since you came here. Being around you, it makes me do stupid things and I wish it didn't.
She becomes surprised to see Luke also tearing up, close to crying.
Luke: It's okay. I, uh… He sniffles before gazing at his crush. I do stupid things around you too, Ams.
Amity: Amity gasps; touched but still hurt. I think I need to go home.
Luke could only watch as a saddened Amity takes her leave, causing him to cover his eyes, struggling to hold back his tears. He dramatically fell on his back, trying not to sob.
Luke: Oh man…I blew it. I'm a total screw-up!
After a few seconds of moping, Luke stood back up, slicking his hair back with a look of determination, his tears gone.
Luke: Nada funcionará a menos que lo haga funcionar.
He squares his shoulders and walks back into the library. He kicks the door open, stomping towards desk where the receptionist is. He glumly looks up from the book he's reading.
Receptionist: Excuse me, but you're-
He cries out in shock when Luke tugs him by the collar, bringing him right to his face, slowly unleashing his Devil Trigger, his eyes having gone black and intimidating the receptionist with his distorted voice.
Luke: Where…is…Malphas?
The receptionist whimpers in fear, pointing to the Forbidden Shacks door. Luke shoves off the receptionist, gritting his teeth and growling like a beast as his hair turns blue and he rolls up his sleeves. He began stomping towards the door, each step he's making as he slowly transforms causes some slight shaking in the building. He stops at the door, banging against it to grab Malphas' attention only to be met with no response.
Luke gives an animalistic growl of rage. The huge door is kicked down, letting out a gush of wind as Luke is revealed to have fully transformed into Devil Luke.
Luke: MALPHAS!
Meanwhile, at the Looking Glass Ruins, Gus is forced to face the guardian alone. It breathes fire that knocks him over behind another statue. Gus quickly takes cover behind the statue as the guardian roars, an idea forming in the young witch's head.
Gus: It'll just be an illusion, but maybe I can scare him away.
Gus came out of hiding, drawing a spell circle. He created an illusion of another dragon, but it disappeared. Gus sweated nervously...and then oddly, the first dragon flickered and then disappeared as well, revealing an old man with a broken sigil symbol on his clothes.
Keeper: Oh-ho! I am the keeper of the Looking Glass Graveyard, and it has been a very long time since I've had a visitor! He came over hugging a very confused Gus for a bit. And to think it'd be another illusionist! He laughed a little. Though I don't remember them being so small. Gus narrowed his eyes, glaring at him. Don't give me that face, an illusionist has always kept watch over the Galdorstones, we gain no powers from them, so we're the least likely to use them for evil. Probably.
Gus: Well, we gotta get out of here. Now.
Bria: So… They look to see Bria climbing up a statue, having come out of hiding. The big bad guardian and the super witch are just a couple useless illusionists. She giggles. Today just keeps getting better.
Gavin and Angmar spun their spell circles and an abomination appeared between the two illusionists, holding onto them. Then a large vine trapped them, Bria smirking and Gus giving her a glare.
They could only watch as Bria grabs a Galderstone from the statue, causing more to drop. Mattholomule, Angmar and Gavin each take one, but when the former takes time to look at his stone, Angmar smugly snatches it.
Mattholomule: Hey!
Bria: You're playing by Glandus rules, Matty. You can have anything you want if you're strong enough to take it.
Bria, Gavin and Angmar all laugh, causing Mattholomule to look down, remembering why he left Glandus in the first place. He glances back at his Hexside classmate and while Bria's group was distracted, he walks over to Gus with a regretful look.
Mattholomule: Hey… I didn't know she was gonna do this.
Bria: Matty, we need you to hold our stuff!
Mattholomule: He crosses his arms, ignoring her. This is exactly how it was at Glandus. Always Bria's stooge.
Gus: Better a stooge than a clown. Bria was right, illusions are nothing but high-def party tricks.
Mattholomule: Yeah, I used to think that too. He creates a saw made of rock and begins cutting the vines. But then I met some dork who used his powers to save me from a man-eating detention pit. He cuts apart the vines, freeing Gus and the Keeper. All I'm saying is, if a dumb illusion can save a jerk like me, maybe it's not as useless as you think.
Gus smiles gratefully. This is the first selfless thing Mattholomule has ever done.
Gus: Thanks, Mattholomule. It's time to teach those jerks a lesson!
Keeper: I agree. I'll call the hounds.
Mattholomule: Whoa.
Gus: Gus crosses his arms with a smirk. With all due respect, sir, I'd like to try something a little more... creative.
(Timeskip)
Bria and her group continued playing with the Galdorstones and disrespecting the graveyard, contemplating what they should do with the stones. That was until a mist had enveloped them all, Angmar is lured away by a pretty butterfly and Gavin is lured out by his "dad" much to Bria's frustration as she's left alone. She knows this is the work of Gus.
Bria: Come out, illusionist! I'm not dumb enough to fall for these tricks.
The world around her turns black, a shadowy figure in the shape of Gus runs around her. She slammed down her hand, creating a pillar that made everything around her turn back to normal.
Bria: That's right. Who's strong now!? I never needed those losers anyway. She picks up the sack of Galdorstones, holding it over her shoulders. More for me.
She was about to leave when fog rolled in. She glanced behind her to see that all the statues began to bleed from the eyes and mouth. One of them started crawling over to her and she dropped the bag, laughing it off.
Bria: Haha, cute. She draws spell circle, which does nothing. Huh? She tries again but it fails. Why isn't my magic working?!
She looked at her hands to see that they were turning into stone, and she screamed a little. Bria looked terrified as the rocks crumbled away. The statue reached out to her and she stepped back, the entire world around her turning blood red.
Bria: What's going on? No, no. This is all just an illusion. She nervously chuckles. It can't actually hurt me. It can't even touch me!
And yet the statue grabbed her leg and she gasped. She looked up to see that the face was in the likeness of her face beginning to bleed. She screamed, getting her leg back and not noticing her hands were fine. She ran towards the exit.
Bria: Cursed! This place is cursed!
She ran off screaming. She then disappeared into the smoke, the statue that grabbed her returning to normal to reveal an exhausted Gus.
Gus: Man, that took a lot of concentration.
The illusion laid over the entire graveyard disappears, revealing several rock pillars Bria had conjured that broke a lot of statues. Mattholomule and the Keeper come out of hiding, walking over to Gus.
Keeper: Laying an illusion over the whole graveyard to make it seem like the stones weren't working, very clever. Keep honing your powers of observation, child, and there's no limit to what you'll be able to do.
Gus: There are some limits. I wish I could repair all the damage they did.
Mattholomule: Um... maybe I can help?
A short time later, the boys were able to repair the statues, though not nearly to their former glory, but the Keeper was more than satisfied.
Keeper: Thank you for defending the Looking Glass Graveyard, witchlings. The Keeper looks to Gus. And as for you, I have a gift I'd like to give you, fellow illusionist.
The Keeper traces a spell circle, and a sword handle appears in his hand. He offers it up to Gus and he takes it. He and Mattholomule look at it in confusion.
Gus: What's this thing?
Keeper: Send your magic through it and you'll see.
Gus and Mattholomule exchange confused looks before shrugging. Gus concentrates hard, sending his magic through the handle, resulting in a dark blue blade of light surrounded by white aura surging out of the hilt, causing Gus and Mattholomule to yelp in surprise.
Gus: Wow…
Mattholomule: Whoa! Sick!
Gus: This sword rocks!
Suddenly, Gus feels a strange sensation. The sword glows slightly brighter, sending down energy that travels down Gus' arms and into his body. His eyes turn black…devil black…for a brief moment as a result before reverting to normal.
Gus: That was weird.
Mattholomule: What was that just now?
Gus: I have no idea.
Keeper: This sword was made by the first keeper of the Looking Glass Graveyard. Believe it or not, he wasn't just an illusionist. He was a devil.
Gus: The first keeper of the Looking Glass Graveyard was a devil!?
Keeper: Yes. He was an extremely powerful warrior and a genius with illusions. He used the power of the Galderstones to forge this sword and imbued it with his blood, Devil's Blood, a powerful source of magic. He named it the Galdor Saber.
Mattholomule: He made this thing out of his own blood? Freaky.
Gus: Are you sure you wanna just give this to me?
Keeper: I'm more than sure. After what I've seen from you today young one, I think you more than have the right to wield this weapon. Use it well.
Gus: Gus can't help but smile in excitement. Thank you, sir! I can't wait to tell Luke!
Keeper: Today was rather too close for comfort. Perhaps it's time I hid this place for good.
Gus: But…there's so much history here!
Mattholomule: What if we came over on the weekend to help build your defenses?
Keeper: This was more than satisfying. I would like that very much. You're both welcome to come whenever you please.
He makes finger guns and takes his leave as Gus and Mattholomule wave goodbye to him.
Mattholomule: He is definitely a ghost.
Gus: So, does that mean we're like... friends now?
Mattholomule: Mattholomule flinches a little. I... don't know.
The two of them begin leaving the graveyard and exchange playful banter.
Mattholomule: Squirt.
Mattholomule playfully shoves Gus and chuckles.
Gus: Jerk.
Gus playfully shoves Mattholomule and chuckles.
From the looks of things, it seems these two rivals have just become friends after all. And Gus has earned his very own weapon from this adventure of his.
Meanwhile, at Blight Manor Amity is sadly sat in her room getting her hair brushed by Emira while Edric admires himself in the mirror. Lenny was next to Edric, holding some spray and Tammy was flapping next to Emira, holding some tools for her owner to take.
Amity: Ever since Luke came here things, have just gotten confusing. I'm thinking things I've never thought before. I'm feeling things I never used to feel!
Emira: Is that so bad? You weren't happy before. They deadpan at Edric. Ed, don't pick, you'll make it worse.
Edric: Too late.
Amity just sighs. With a smile, Emira pats her hair.
Emira: Hey, your roots are growing out. Do you wanna dye your hair again?
Emira holds up a bottle of green hair dye. Amity grabs a strand of her hair contemplatively as she had something else in mind.
A short time later, Luke is walking up to the front door of Blight Manor.
Amity is sat in front of her siblings after her hair got cut and dyed, Emira holding a pair of scissors. The palismen are on the shoulders of their respective owners.
Amity: So, how's it look?
Edric: Looks like you're about to get in big trouble with Mom. Emira lightly slaps his arm. Ow.
Emira: I think it looks great. But, yeah, maybe don't tell her I helped.
Knocking comes from the door.
Amity went to open it up and is surprised to see Luke with her staff card looking messy and dishevelled.
Luke: Lo siento! Lo siento, Lo siento! I'm sorry for everything! I understand if you never wanna speak to me again and-
Luke flinches in surprise, finally noticing Amity's new hair style and colour: it's lilac, she no longer has it tied up and has bangs.
Luke: Your hair…it's different.
Amity: Oh yeah. Mom always liked it green. I thought I could use a change...
Luke: Uh…well, it looks really pretty on you.
Amity: Um…thank you. That's sweet.
Luke and Amity both turn red once again until Amity notices her employee ID and takes it back.
Amity: Uh…how'd you get this back? And, what happened?
Luke: Luke shakes a vine off his arm. Well, to convince Malphas to hire you again, I had to go through some trials. And categorize some man-eating books… and tame something called a paper dragon? That guy was not fun. He notices Edric and Emira, waving to them. Oh, hey, guys.
Amity: Hm?
She turns around. The twins duck around the corner. Amity sighs and goes outside, closing the door behind her. She notices the mouse hanging onto Luke's leg.
Amity: Oh, looks like you made a new friend.
Angered to see the mouse, Luke shakes and scares it off his leg.
Luke: Hey! You little rat! You're the one who ate the diary!
He jumps after it, hitting the ground and catching it in his hand with a hateful look as it struggles to escape.
Luke: I hate you.
Amity giggles, helping Luke.
Amity: Wait. This is an echo mouse. Luke hands it to Amity. It consumes knowledge through writing and can play back anything it eats. We dealt with them a lot at work. Watch.
Amity nuzzled it on the head, and it glowed, giving off a bright light on the door, as if it was a projector.
Philip Wittebane: My journey through the Demon Realm is far from over. But today I humbly donate my journal to the ages. Entry one: May 21st... I think. My name is Philip Wittebane, and I found myself in a world so horrid, yet so fantastic, few minds could have dreamt it. If only those at home could see what I have, and perhaps they shall. For the more I learn about this realm, the more I am certain I can harness its strange powers to return home. Today I begin recording my journey to create a portal back to the Human Realm.
The projection stops and Luke takes the Echo Mouse, letting it stand on his left arm and smiles at it, liking his chances of getting home once again.
Luke: Well, how about that. It's your lucky day little guy. Guess you'll be staying home with me. Who knows, maybe we'll become good friends.
Luke kept smiling kindly at the mouse as the wind gently blows his hair around. Amity stares between Luke and the damaged ID in her hand. It's burned, but she appreciates what Luke did to get her her job back, causing her to smile before looking back to the boy she loves.
Amity: Don't worry, you always have a way of sneaking into people's hearts.
Amity does something that shocks both of them. She kisses Luke deeply on the cheek. Luke turns to her, widening his eyes in shock, and the twins had watched from the window.
Edric: Bold move, sister.
Luke and Amity make eye contact, the human boy gasping softly as his eyes glimmer with hope. Amity blushes furiously, realizing what she just did and steps away.
Amity: Uh…okay, good to see you! Farewell forever! She walks inside, muttering to herself. Why did I do that?! Why'd I do that?! Why'd I do that?! Why'd I do that?!
After Amity walked inside Luke stood still for a couple seconds facing the door Amity went in before falling on his back after fully processing it all. He just received his first kiss. And it felt so good. Now he knows he has a shot of winning Amity's heart.
Luke: Jackpot…
Sometime later, Luke is sat down on the library steps, waiting for Gus while playing on his phone with the Echo Mouse riding his shoulder.
Gus: Luke! Hey, Luke!
Luke got up to see Gus running over to him and gives a wave, one hand in his pocket.
Luke: Yo! Gustonimo! Gus stops in front of him. How'd the quest go?
Gus: It went great! I gained some self-confidence and got a reward out of it too! Check this out!
He presents the Galdor Saber and ignites the blade, much to Luke's awe as Gus swung the sword around.
Luke: Whoa! That is one cool sword! It looks powerful! How'd you get it!?
Gus: Gus deactivates the blade. It is a LONG story. Though, to be honest I don't know a lot about sword fighting. I figured since you're good with a sword you could maybe help me learn.
Luke: Luke brought out Rebellion. Sure, I can teach you a thing or two about sword fighting. We can be Sword Buddies.
Gus gasps and chants with Luke.
Luke & Gus: Sword Buddies! Sword Buddies! Sword Buddies!
They bump their weapons together before laughing and walking off towards the sunset.
Luke: Let's go see how Willow's doing before calling it a night.
Gus: Good idea. By the way, what happened to you? Did you find what you were looking for in the library? And…why's there a mouse on your shoulder?
Luke: Also, a LONG story.
Gus: Amity just kissed you, didn't she?
Luke: Yeah, she just kissed me.
References
The Glador Saber – Basically a dark blue version of the Dark Saber from Star Wars.
Looks like these two adventures weren't a total disaster. Luke has acquired Philip's Diary…the information being inside a mouse now but it's better than nothing. Gus has gained some new self-confidence and his own weapon. Even better, Luke has taken another step in winning Amity's heart. Will he succeed in both his goals of getting home and the battle for love? The answers are soon to come.
Up next, Palisman Adoption Day has arrived. A group of Hexside students are about to receive their witch's staff…except for Luke who's struggling to know what his future will be. His inner conflict is interrupted when the Golden Guard tries to kidnap the Palismen. It's up to Luke to save these innocent creatures before they become Belos' next meal.
Owl House Season 2 Episode 6 – Hunting Palisman
Many thanks to EezySeven for the Glador Saber
And Alejindio for the iconic kiss scene artwork.
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