Luz rummages through a few boxes full of Eda's junk, still wiping tears falling from her face. King rushes into the room with a book in his hand, "Luz! I found something you guys might want to hear! ...Where'd Esper go?"
Luz wipes at her face one last time before answering him, "She's... Still sulking in the backyard. She hasn't stopped beating herself up about Eda since we left..."
...
Meanwhile outside the house, Esper stabs at a tree with her new weapon. She strikes it, one, two, three times...
She stabs it one more time, "Stupid!"
Hooty opened his eyes to peer at the girl, "Um... Esper?"
The girl with the birthmark drags her spear out of the tree, "I can't believe..."
The long owl starts to slip towards her, "Esper?"
The redhead stabs the tree once again, "Eda..."
The owl tube shrieked, "Esper!"
Until she just pulls it out and stops...
Her fists shake before she throws the spear onto the ground, where it bounced. She grabs the tree before flinging her head towards the bark. However, she slowed down and the impact was merely a tap before whispering to herself, "Esperanza Bellatrix Fox, you have to do this! Do... Something..." She looks down at her burned hand, sill stinging from the pain.
Hooty starts to wrap around her, "Esper..." He taps his face next to her own, "Do not worry, Esper, let my voice soothe you... Eda always bounces back! She'll be fine, I just know it!" He turns his head upon feeling the door open, "Luz!"
The mentioned human walked towards her friend, "Esper... I know you're upset..." She looks down at her friend's fist, "But we're going to save Eda."
The redhead looks at her with wide eyes, "We are?"
Luz nods her head, "Of course we are! How's your hand?"
Esper opened her hand to reveal a large burn, only for it to hurt, "Ow! Stupid thing! It freaking stings!"
The brunette puts her hand on her shoulder, "Esper... You need to calm down, you're scaring Hooty..."
The witchling takes the time to stop, "I know... I'm sorry, Luz..." She pats him on the side of his face before he retreated back to his door, "And thank you, Hooty..."
Luz took a deep breath before taking a bandage out of her pocket, "It's okay..." She lets out a small but sad giggle before attaching the bandage to her friend's hand, "Pain pain, go away... And if you don't, go to someone else. There..." She then stood up and offered her hand to the redhead, "Now come on, King has something to show us."
Taking her friend's good hand into her own, she leads Esper to the room full of Eda's junk... Which is where their young demon friend was waiting for them.
King starts reading from the book in his hands, "The Boiling Isles, born from the flesh and bones of a fallen Titan. This original magic was so potent, all life on the Isles evolved to wield magic too. For years, we explored those power freely. Until, a mysterious witch appeared who declared that he, and he alone, could speak to the island. He said that we were using magic all wrong. His teachings took hold, his strength grew and he became... Emperor Belos. Belos said that mixing magic was wrong, that only he had that right. So he created the coven system. And there, our knowledge was restricted, and our potential sealed away. Those who resist are called wild witches and they face harsh punishment. Emperor Belos has since retreated into his castle. There are whispers that say he's planning something big..."
He then looks up at the two girls, "I wonder if catching Eda was part of his big plan. What do you think, Luz? Esper?"
Luz stares at the tag on her cape, which reads: 'To a young witch from her proud mentor EDA.' She then puts on the cape, "I don't care what Belos is up to... Because today, we're saving Eda!"
Esper stands up next to her with a cheer, "Yeah! We are!"
The human opens the door to a room decorated with weapons, followed by both of her friends.
The young demon holds the book in his hands, "What are you guys doing?"
The brunette shakes her head, "This is serious, King. Eda used her power to save us and got caught by Lilith. Now she's the Owl Beast and is being taken before the Emperor! I don't know what he's planning to do with Eda but we're going to rescue her."
King shakes his head, "Haven't you been listening to me? He's the Emperor! He's the most powerful witch alive!"
The redhead folds her arms before rolling her eyes, "Emperor Shmeperor!"
Luz picks up a dagger before putting it back in the box, "Yeah, what she said! King, please try to understand. Eda is in this situation because of me. Because of my stupid choice. I have to make up for it."
Esper frowned at her friend, "Luz, I'm coming too..."
The human lets out a sad sigh, "Esper... I'm sorry you had to pick between me and Eda..."
The witchling shook her head, "Hey, it's okay. I'm not mad at you. I'm... I'm mad at myself for not being strong enough to save the both of you..."
The brunette shook her head before smiling at her, "It's okay... Because we'll find a way to save her!" She holds Esper's good hand before raising it into the air, "Together!"
The redhead cheers with her, "Yeah! Together!"
The young demon frowns at them, "But she's in her Owl Beast form! How will she even recognize you guys?"
The human shakes her head, "I don't know. But we have to try anyway!"
King stomps his foot onto the ground, "Well then, I'm going too!"
Both girls frown at him, "King..."
The skull wearing demon folds his arms, "Me and Eda don't always see eye-to-eye, but I do consider her family. I want her back as much as you guys do!"
Luz nods her head at the two, "Alright. Then we've got no time to lose!" She then runs out of the room.
Esper pumps her fist before picking up her spear, "Yeah! Come on, King! Let's go!" She then rushes to follow her friend.
King begins to follow them before holding up the book, "Nyeh!" He then throws the book on the ground, which opens to the page with the Emperor on it...
...
Now in the Emperor's throne room, focusing on the Titan's beating heart before panning down to the large chair. Eda runs around from Lilith while in her Owl Beast form in the room.
The raven witch chases after her, "Edalyn, stop that this instant!"
The large version of the owl witch tears down a tapestry of Emperor Belos and begins chewing on it.
Lilith uses her magic to form a blue bubble around her sister, "Don't look at me like that! This is for your own good! Emperor Belos will heal you and we'll be in his coven together. Isn't that wonderful?"
Eda blows a raspberry at her sister while still in the bubble.
The raven witch folds her arms and turns away from her, "I will not fall prey to your childish games!" She then sticks her tongue out at Eda.
Suddenly, the door to the throne room opens and six coven guards. The smallest member of the coven is leading them inside.
Kikimora bows and moves away from the door, "All kneel before Emperor Belos!"
Lilith kneels while a pair of glowing blue eyes approach from the darkness, eventually revealing Emperor Belos... The beast version of Eda shrieks and bursts out of the bubble, running towards the tall man.
The raven witch reaches for her sister, "Eda, no!"
Emperor Belos vanishes before she can attack him, appearing behind her and throwing her against a wall by simply lifting his finger. The beast falls to the ground, glowing red ropes appearing to keep her down.
Lilith runs between her sister and the Emperor, "My Lord, I apologize for my sister's rash behavior! She is still in her cursed form. Once you've healed her, as promised, I am sure she will become a useful asset to the coven!"
Emperor Belos summons his mechanical staff and raises it, healing Eda only to the point of allowing her to speak while in her beast form.
The beast version of Eda blinks, her eyes turning from fully black to her normal golden color, "Ouch... Where am I? What is this?" She then frowns, "Aw farts, I got caught!"
The Emperor shakes his head at her, "Edalyn Clawthorne, the infamous Owl Lady, the wild witch of Bonesborough. Mentor of Luz the Human and Esper the Star Touched Witch."
Eda starts to struggle against the chains, "You stay away from them! Or so help me, Titan..."
The man chuckles, "You've got it all wrong. The human is safe, for now. I still would like to meet this Star Touched Witch... I heard they came together. Now why was a witch in the human realm in the first place? I just want the portal they came through."
The owl beast shakes her head, "Tough, 'cause I ain't telling you nothing!"
Emperor Belos stands up straight, "Ugh, pity... Although I suppose I could ask the both of them herself." He then snaps his fingers and the guards run in to drag Eda away.
The owl witch struggles against the guards, "Wait! Don't touch them! Lilith, don't let him hurt them! Lilith!" Her voice gets drowned out while she is dragged away by the scouts.
Lilith walks closer to her boss while playing with her fingers, "Ah, taking her to the healing ceremony?"
The Emperor shakes his head, "I will not be healing her."
The raven witch begins to back away from him, "But, you, promised me..."
Emperor Belos walks closer to her, "Don't be so naïve, Lilith! This is the Titan's will... All wild witches must be dealt with before the Day of Unity!" He stands over her, "You understand, don't you?"
The black haired witch looks down with a sad frown, "Of course..."
The man with the horned mask nods his head, "Good." He begins to walk away, "Oh, one more thing." He snaps his fingers, making Owlbert in his staff form appear in Lilith's hands, "Destroy the Owl Lady's staff. She won't be needing it anymore..."
The tall man leaves the throne room, leaving Lilith staring after him. She looks down at her sister's staff while the doors close...
...
A news broadcast plays on a crystal ball within a bedroom... A tall man with dark brown skin and short black hair holds a microphone in front of his mouth. He is wearing glasses, a golden vest with a nametag, a long sleeved white undershirt, black pants and black boots. He looks at the camera while he starts to speak. "Perry Porter coming to you live from outside the Emperor's Castle. Edalyn Clawthorne, known commonly as 'Eda the Owl Lady', has been captured and has been brought before the Emperor."
Kikimora speaks while being interviewed by the man, For the crime of attacking a coven leader and refusing to join a coven, Edalyn Clawthorne's body shall be petrified in stone! Today, sundown, at the Conformatorium!"
In her room, Amity's eyes widen while she watches the broadcast on a crystal ball. She looks down at her bandaged arm her look of annoyance turning into one of surprise.
Now in Gus's bedroom, the boy sits on his bed while looking at his own crystal ball. His eyes widen
upon hearing the report on the news. He gasps and turns to his scroll, "Willow! Are you watching?"
Willow speaks from her end of the line, "Yes, we have to do something!"
...
Perry shakes his head on the crystal ball, "Today is a grave day for Bonesborough..."
Various demons and witches watching the crystal balls in the street murmur in discussion and walk off, revealing Esper with her spear attached to her back, Luz and King.
The human frowns at the crystal balls, "Please tell me that's not as bad as it sounds..."
The young demon shakes his head while on the redhead's shoulders, "Petrification is only done to the worst criminals, and once the spell is complete, it can't be reversed."
Esper folds her arms, "Yup, that sounds pretty bad!"
The newscast shows several petrified witches in what looks like a graveyard... Before the screen transitions to a picture of Lilith.
Luz glares at the report, "Lilith! She cursed Eda! She captured her own sister! She is the worst!"
The redhead takes the crystal into her hands, "She is! And if I ever see her again!" She tosses the crystal ball onto the ground, shattering it completely. She balls her bandaged hand into a fist.
King pats her on the cheek, "Esper, calm down! We need to think about saving Eda first!"
Esper relaxes her shoulders, "You're right... But how will we get to the Conformatorium in time?"
A guard walks by, whistling to himself. Luz narrows her eyes while looking at the guard with a smile, "I think I have an idea..." She walks closer to the guard, "We'll have to do something so diabolical! So criminally insane! That they'll have to send us to the Conformatorium!"
The freckled witch looks down at the shattered glass, "God plan! I mean, I did technically just commit property damage just now..."
The human shakes her head, "No, not that." She gestures to a sign right next to her with her eyebrows raised.
Esper smiles mischievously back at her, "Oooooh, I get it! Yeah!"
King shouts from the witch's shoulders, "Hey!"
The guard turns his head to the trio, "Hm?"
Luz, Esper and King tap their feet onto some nearby grass directly in front of the sign that says 'DO NOT STEP ON GRASS!' The three shake their heads, "Whaaa?"
The coven guard gasps in shock at the children.
The human nods her head, "Yep." Esper relaxes while King rests in her lap. Doors in front of them close, securing the three in a paddy wagon.
Both girls fist bump, "Perfect plan."
...
Now at the Conformatorium... The paddy wagon passes by a few petrified wild witches, which Esper, Luz and King stare at. The three gasp in shock before spotting two guards bring out a pedestal with Eda's name on it.
The young demon looks between the two girls, "There's not gonna be a new statue going up today! Right, Luz? Esper?"
The redhead nods before patted her friend's shoulder, "Luz?"
The wagon passes a poster of Lilith, which makes the girl growl. The vehicle continues on to enter the Conformatorium's entrance, which has a banner reading 'PETRIFICATION TODAY AT SUNDOWN.' A gate closes behind it while the trio are wheeled inside to the docking station.
A woman guard wearing a mask salutes her boss, "Sir, the Owl Lady's human student has been apprehended!"
Her student, being a younger male, stands up straight, "And we even caught the one that's actually a witch!"
Warden Wrath nods at the both of them, "Very good! Nice to see you two actually do something after failing to catch the Greater Basilisk! Ah, Luz the Human... Esper the Star Touched Witch... How I've waited to see you both again! Now I'll have my revenge and you'll have front row seats to Eda's demise!"
He opens the paddy wagon doors and but is bombarded by branches. He screams while covering his face.
The girl guard turns around, "Huh?"
Luz screams and slams an ice glyph on the ground. A spear of ice pins the younger to the ceiling. Esper swings her staff to hit the older woman guard into the dark hallway with the flat side of her blade.
The giant shoves away the branches and is then captured by several of Luz's ice pillars.
Esper rushes to shove her spear towards the boss's throat, "Where's Eda?!"
Warden Wrath strains his neck away from the blade, "She's in the holding cell in the dungeon!"
Luz quickly walks up to him with King on her shoulder. She holds up a piece of paper and a pencil, "Draw us a map!
...
Outside the Conformatorium, a large audience has gathered... A few students from Hexside join the massive group.
Skara frowns at her friends, "Do you really think Eda deserves a petrification?"
Jasper scratches the back of his head, "I don't know... This is all happening so fast."
Amity ponders for a moment before speaking, "If we know anything about Luz and Esper, they're going to be here trying to save Eda."
Gus jumps up and down, "And we'll be here to save her when they needs us!"
Willow nods her head, "Let's split up and find her!"
Meanwhile, Lilith is actually watching the crowd from a window in the hallway...
Kikimora stomps her foot on the ground when addressing the guards, "Fools! You let BOTH the human and the Star Touched Witch escape?!" She turns to the still restrained warden, "And you drew them a map?!"
The raven witch shakes her head, "Worry not, Kikimora. I shall capture the human and the Star Touched Witch..."
Suddenly, the boy with the golden mask walks into the hallway, "Not so fast, Lilith!"
The dark haired maiden frowns at the door, "Who?"
Kikimora folded her arms, "Ugh... Golden boy, what do you want?"
The boy held his staff proudly, "It's Golden Guard. You both know that." He squared his shoulders, "Emperor Belos has tasked me with collecting the Star Touched Witch for him."
Lilith raises her eyebrows in surprise, "What?!"
The Golden Guard looks at the nails of his gloves, "Yeah... It seems like he doesn't trust you much after all your screw ups. Even if you captured the Owl Lady, you failed to collect the Star Touched One even though she was right there during your fight." He folds his arms before turning to her, "Why DID you let her go like that? You could have easily placed her in a bubble and bring her in."
The raven witch sighs with a shrug, "I... It was a mistake. Fighting with Edalyn drained my magic rather fast, it always has..."
The Golden Guard shrugs his shoulders, "Hmm... Don't worry then, I'll fix your mistake!" He then walks into the dark side of the hallway, not being able to wait for his coworker to follow him.
...
Now in the hallway, two guards are hanging in vines from the ceiling, another can only be seen by his legs with a bruise on his knee, a fourth is holding his hands in front of a fire and a fifth is encased in ice.
Esper, Luz and King walk away from the scene, running to a padlocked set of double doors.
The human looks to their young friend, "King, watch the door!"
The small demon runs to the door and looks through the crowd, "Weh."
Luz steps forward and places an ice glyph on the lock which freezes and breaks it. She and Esper enter the room and the human pulls out a light glyph.
The beast within the chains growls at the pair.
The brunette looks around the room, "Eda?"
Esper's eyes widen when she sees her in the dark, "There she is! Eda!"
The human runs to her, which causes the ball of light to follow. But she bounces off the witch when her wing twitches. The giant beast version of Eda turns at the noise and growls before pouncing at her.
Esper jumps in between them and blocks the Owl Beast's swipe with her spear, "Eda! Calm down, it's us!" Her feet dig into the ground while she tries to push back against the attack.
Luz quickly pulls out a light glyph and activates it, "Yeah, Eda, wait! It's us!"
The woman in her monster form closes her eyes, reopens them to reveal them being gold again, "Luz?" She backs off of the witchling, "Oh no... Oh no, no, no, no, no! W-what are you both doing here?"
Esper rests her spear against her shoulder, "We're here to save you, Eda!"
The human smiles at her mentor, "It's okay, Eda! We got this!" She activates a fire glyph on the chain keeping Eda in place but the flame does nothing.
Eda tries to push the girl with her claw, "Your magic isn't strong enough for this. You need to leave! Now!"
The redhead shakes her head, "Hey! No, here..." She set her spear on the ground before grabbing the chain, "Let me try that!" She points her finger towards the chain and forms a small spell circle. Fire spews out of the shape, the flame shines with a noticeable blue color in the middle of it.
Luz frowns at her, "But... But I can't! It's my fault you needed to save me. It's my fault you got captured."
Esper shakes her head, "And I should have been able to help you back there!"
The large woman moves the chain away from her students, "No. Listen to me. I'm here because of my own actions! I went against Belos's law and for a while I was able to get away with it! But..." She sighs, "Well without magic, I can't do much. I don't regret anything. I lived freely and... I got to meet the both of you."
The human slumps her shoulders, "Eda..."
Eda shakes her head, "But if you both stay here, I won't be able to protect either of you. You both need to leave. Now!"
Luz hugs her mentor, "But we're a family! Us weirdos have to stick together, remember?"
The redhead joins in the hug, "Yeah! That means nobody gets left behind!"
Eda pushes the two off of her before she sticks a claw into her hair, "No, you two have to go!" She pulls out the key for the portal door from the hair and feathers. She activates it which makes the door rise from the floor. It opens while she speaks, revealing the same path that Luz and Esper chased Owlbert down at the beginning of the summer. She lets out a sigh, "You both have a family already. Go back to them. And when you're home..." The large woman looks at the witchling, "You, use your fire magic to destroy the portal door." She places the key around Luz's neck, "I don't know why Belos wants it but we can't take any chances."
Luz looks at the older woman with tears in her eyes before tucking the key under her cloak and pulling her into a hug, "I love you, Eda!"
Esper joins in the hug, "I love you too!"
The beast woman hugs them back with one large arm, "I love you too, kids..."
A siren blares above them while a door in the ceiling opens.
The older lady starts to push them both, "Both of you, get away!"
Eda shoves her girls away while the chain around her neck glows blue and transforms into a cage. The ground beneath Eda begins to rise.
Luz begins to tear up, "No!" She runs forward and grabs a hold of the bottom of Eda's claw, "Not yet!"
The owl woman shakes her head, "I'm sorry..." She pushes Luz off, "Goodbye, kids..."
The human reaches for her from off the platform, "Eda!"
The redhead looks at the rising platform, "Eda!" She grabs onto her friend's shoulders, "Luz..."
The platform completely rises into the ceiling... Luz cries into her hand, kneeling between the door to the human realm and where Eda had been just moments before. Esper tries to comfort her while trying to tug her upwards...
However... The door suddenly opens... And both the head of the Emperor's Coven and the Golden Guard walked through. The boy shook his head, "You thought this little... Cat? Could stop anyone from coming in?"
Lilith clutches the tiny demon in her hand before shaking her head.
King starts to kick at her, "Let me go!"
The Golden Guard suddenly rushes forward and grabs onto the hood of Esper's cape, "Okay, Star Touched Witch. You're coming with me." All of a sudden, he lifts the girl up in the air and tosses her into the hallway. He turns to Lilith with a shake of his head, "Do not mess up this time, Lilith..." He closed the door behind him, leaving the two teenagers to stare each other down in the hall.
Esper waves her hand towards herself, "Fine then! Come on, over here! Unless you're gonna get called away like last time! ¡Sin pelotas!"
The Golden Guard shook his head, "I'm not going to fight you, Star Touched Witch." He shrugged his shoulders, "Even if you probably just insulted me in a language I don't understand." He takes a step closer to her, "Just come with me and we can go about our business..."
Esper folds her arms and raises her eyebrow at the teen, "Oh really? ...Sounds to me like you're scared, Golden Guard!" She smiles cheekily at him.
The boy in the golden mask folded his arms back at her, "Me? Scared? I'm not scared!" He turned to see that the girl had started running down the hallway, "Hey! Get back here!"
He tapped his staff with his foot to suddenly whip himself in front of the girl. He kicked the redhead in the stomach to send her backwards before he spun the staff in his hands, "If you're going to continue to resist, I will have no choice but to use force to bring you to the Emperor."
Esper stood up and spun her spear in her hands, "Now you're talking! Bring it on, Golden Boy!" The cloak flowed behind her while the Abomination flask jiggled against her pants.
Unknown to the two teenagers, a shadow moves across the ceiling with a white smile on it's face. Which is divided, looking like a moon within a circle. The dark blob resembles a child in pajamas decorated with images of the sun on the right side and the moon on the left side. On it's head are two spikes that resemble a pajama hat.
The shadow narrows it's eyes, watching the fight curiously with a smile...
...
Meanwhile, the maiden with black hair shook her head at the girl, "Drat, he was quick to separate us. I'm too late... At least I found you, human."
Luz glares at the older woman, "You... You hurt Eda! You put her in chains! And now, I will take you down!" She yells before jumping at Lilith, activating the various glyphs in her hands. She shoots an orange fireball at the older woman.
The raven witch drops King to block Luz's spell with her staff, "I just wanna talk!"
The human holds a few pieces of paper in the air, "Talk to the glyph, witch!" She slams five plant glyphs to the ground at once, summoning several tendrils to ensnare Lilith.
The older woman breaks through them easily with a spin of her staff, but Luz uses the distraction to jump onto Lilith. She couldn't help but stumble backwards while holding the child upwards, "Ah, stop! What is wrong with you?"
The two walk through the still-open portal door.
King gets up and follows the two of them, "Luz!"
...
The older boy points his staff at the girl, "Okay, Star Touched Witch... I really don't want to hurt you but if you insist on resisting... I have no choice but to fight!" The red bulb on the top of his staff begins to glow before he briefly disappeared.
Esper looks around before he suddenly appears next to her and swings his staff down at her. She blocks his hit with her own spear and she pushes him back. She spins her spear in her hands before tapping the bottom on the floor, summoning an illusion of a giant turtle monster to jump onto the boy. She then forms another circle to create multiple vines to protrude from the ground and fling themselves towards the boy.
The Golden Guard easily causes the illusion to disappear by shooting the creature with a red blast of energy from his staff. He moves his weapon to destroy the vines before they could ensnare his feet. He then disappears and reappears in front of her to hit her with a tackle, sending her to the ground.
The redhead forms a purple circle on the ground she landed on, creating her small star Abomination. She then picks it up and throws it like it was a ninja star.
It spun in the air and struck the Golden Guard's staff before Esper formed another circle to make the Abomination spin back around to slice at his shoulder.
The Golden Guard swung his arm to knock the star out of the air. He then glared at her, "You think you're so clever, don't you?!" He points his staff and shot a blast of red energy at her.
Esper spins around, using her cloak to protect herself from the blast he sent her way. She then forms a circle in the air and flings a fireball at him. The flame in the air shifts into a light blue color before landing onto the guard's cape. He stomped on it when it began to run up the cloth.
The two rush to clash again, both trying to push the other back with their respective weapons.
Suddenly the both of them heard a voice in the air, "Come back here! Now!" It was a man's voice...
The Golden Guard suddenly turns his head towards the sound of the voice behind him, "Uncle? Uncle! What's wrong?!"
He then taps his staff onto the ground, which quickly flings him down the opposite end of the hallway.
Esper squints at his form while he left. She then looks to her Abomination and taps her hand onto the star's own, "I'd say we did pretty well out there, little buddy! Now come on! Let's go find Luz and King!" She forms a purple colored circle into the air before putting the Abomination back into the flask. She then looks to her injured hand before grabbing her spear and kicking off the ground to fly down the hallway.
The mysterious shadow continues to follow after her... Slipping across the ceiling with a single stride.
The girl flies by a few metal bars of cells lining the walls. She looks to her side when she notices a familiar older woman with seaweed green eyes.
She screeches her spear to a halt, "Izmeralda? What are you doing here?"
The older woman cowers when she sees the familiar girl, "Oh, it's you! The Star Touched One!" She grabs the bars again once she sees that the girl did fly away, "I... Admittedly, do not belong to a coven like the witches here on the Isles so they threw me in here. The bars are too strong for my magic to break through..." She looks at her spear, "I see you have unlocked the ability to fly..." She then lets out a sigh, "Please, I beg of you... Free me... I don't want to be turned to stone!"
Esper looks around the room before looking at the switch on the wall. She frowns at her but lifts the switch to the cell, "...Of course. I won't just leave you in here. It... Wouldn't be right."
The older woman smiles down at her, "Thank you so much, child... Maybe I was too harsh on you the last time we saw each other..." Izmeralda looks up behind the girl, where the moving shadow sticks onto the wall. She opens her mouth to speak, only for the small figure to put his hand to his lips.
Esper narrows her eyes at her, "Are you okay? Come on, let's go!" She waves her hand and the shadow mimics her movements silently behind her. Even it's giggles are silent.
The older woman backs away with a scared face, "B-Bye!" She rushes into a full on sprint away from the girl.
The redhead shrugs her shoulders, "...Huh, that was weird. You're surprisingly fast for an old lady! I'll see you again sometime!" She turns around, only to see nothing there. The shadow had jumped back up towards the ceiling, outside of her view.
She then prepares her spear for flight once again. Right before she fully lifts off, the shadow jumps towards her on the wall. It then joins her shadow with a smile on it's face. It flew alongside her on the walls, attached to her shadow, pretending to relax backwards...
...
Luz and Lilith fall off the porch of the old, abandoned house in the human realm. King follows through a second later. The human is the first to recover, looking around at the forest they landed in while the wind blows her cloak and hair. Lilith stands behind her with her hands glowing blue.
The young demon jumps in between the two, "Luz, watch out!" But then he is pulled to the ground by vines summoned by Lilith.
Luz dives out of the way of Lilith's spell and pulls a fire glyph out of her pocket, "Fire!" The glyph disintegrates in her hands and she looks at it, "What?"
The older woman tackles her, "Please, just listen to me!"
The brunette kicks at her stomach, "No way! You deserve to be petrified! Not Eda!"
The black haired witch sighs, "You're right." She backs away from the younger girl, "I deserve to be in Edalyn's place..."
Luz looks up at her with a raised eyebrow, "Why did you do all this?"
Lilith frowns, "When Edalyn and I were younger, we were..." She sits down on the dirty floor, "The best of friends..."
Now within a flashback of a younger Lilith and Eda, wearing Potions-track Hexside uniforms. The young Lilith has fluffy dark red hair rather than dark blue. She is wearing large circular glasses. Eda's hair is still styled the same The two are about preschool age, running through the woods together while laughing. Eda ends up tripping and falling on her face. She then sits up to reveal that her knee is bleeding, which makes her start to cry.
Lilith turns around and kneels in front of her, cupping Eda's face to wipe her tears before putting their foreheads together, "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared!"
The magic flowing through her causes half of Eda's wound transfers to Lilith's own knee. She winces, but both of them grin.
Now, a teenage Eda and Lilith practicing their spins with a mop and a broom respectively. Lilith still has her long, fluffy dark red hair and large glasses.
The adult Lilith speaks over the flashback, "Being in the Emperor's Coven was my dream... I wanted to work alongside the most powerful witch on the Isles and make the world a better place."
The teenage Eda spins the mop easily, while Lilith whacks herself in the head with her broom in an attempt to match her sister.
Lilith continues to talk, "Eda wanted to be with me but there was a problem..."
In the flashback, the girls are now at the Hexside grudgby pitch, where a field day is being held. Teen Eda and Lilith are standing in front of the Emperor's Coven stand. A worker looks at his clipboard before looking at them.
The coven scout shakes his head before addressing the duo, "Only one spot is available... Hmm, you'll both duel tomorrow. The winner will join our ranks."
The adult Lilith speaks, "I knew Edalyn would beat me. She was younger but worked twice as hard. She met me at my level..."
The younger Lilith in the flashback walks away from the stand while Eda reaches out to her. Eventually she is seen wearing a cloak and walking through the Night Market all alone...
The older Lilith talks with shame in her voice, "Emperor Belos always said, 'To be great, you have to make sacrifices.' What would he do in my situation? I found a spell that would take away her powers..."
The teenaged version of herself looks at a scroll with an owl seal on it. Her face goes from nervous to determined, and breaks the seal. An ominous bright red light comes from the scroll...
She then walks to a door opening to Eda's room while she sleeps. The shadowy figure from Eda's dreams becomes Lilith while she steps forward and pulls the hood of her cloak down... She approaches Eda's bed and holds out the cursed scroll. It glows red again, reflecting in Lilith's glasses ominously.
Lilith in the present continues to speak over the flashback, "I thought it would just be for a day..."
Now at the Hexside grudgby pitch again in the flashback... This time the stands are packed, and both the teen versions of Eda and Lilith stand opposite each other. They each raise an arm in a dueling pose, before Lilith runs forward with a yell, a blue flame appearing in her hand.
Eda watches her approach before she shakes her head, "No!"
Lilith skids to a halt and the flame on her hand dies out. She raises her eyebrow in surprise.
Eda folds her arms, "I refuse to battle my sister!" She walks up to the shocked Lilith, "I've decided that covens aren't really my style... Hey, don't forget me when you're a big shot, sis." She punches her sister in the arm with a smile.
The older Lilith speaks in shame, "And when Edalyn walked away..."
The younger Eda in the flashback barely makes it to the edge of the grudgby pitch before she starts yelling in pain... She falls to her hands and knees. Feathers burst from her hand and race up her arm, tearing the seam of her uniform. Brown wings sprout from her back and her ears grow while she covers her face with her new claws... Until she screams in a voice that sounds like both her own and that of a beast, her eyes turn pitch black. The newly transformed Owl Beast looks at the crowd before peering at Lilith with a terrified face. The crowd yells and jeers.
A boy with brown hair and golden eyes leans back in his chair, "What is that?!"
A young girl with green hair and blue eyes makes a disgusted face, "That girl is a monster!"
A rock from an adult in the crowd hits the beast in the forehead. Emperor's Coven members continue to throw rocks at her while the crowd boos, until Beast Eda flares her wings and snarls at them.
Another Hexside student from the crowd shouts at her, "Get out! Go!"
The young beast version of Eda backs away from the crowd before turning around to run.
The young Lilith shouts for her sister, "Edalyn!"
The Emperor's Coven scout who arranged the fight grabs Lilith's arm, "Lilith Clawthrone, we welcome you to the Emperor's Coven!" He holds Teen Lilith's arm up in triumph as the crowd cheers.
Lilith speaks over the flashback one last time, "I made my sacrifice for the Emperor and it was time to receive my reward."
She then sighs in shame, "...I've been pursuing Edalyn because if she joined the Emperor's Coven, Emperor Belos told me he would heal her curse. But he lied to me. I know how to rescue Edalyn but I can't do it alone..." She looks at the younger girl, "You'd do the same for your little witch friend, wouldn't you?"
Luz stands up with a frown, "I would do anything for Esper but... How do I know I can trust you?"
The raven witch appears to think for a second before tracing a large spell circle. Owlbert and the rest of Eda's staff appear in her hands. She holds them both out to Luz.
The human smiles before hugging the tiny owl, "Owlbert! You're okay!"
The Palisman opens his eyes and coos, nuzzling into Luz's cheek.
The human puts him on her shoulder and uses the staff to stand, "All right, Lilith. I don't like your whole..." She points at Lilith and traces a circle with her finger, "...Deal. But..." She smiles at her, "We need your help to save Eda." She holds out the door key.
Lilith stands up with a smile, "Thank you."
The vines around King loosen and he falls to the ground. The small demon peers around himself, "Weh?"
The raven witch nods her head, "Now, lets head back." She then heads for the door with the tiny demon behind her.
Luz starts to follow her but a breeze makes her look back at the Human Realm behind them. A nostalgic, mournful tune plays while she stares at the trees. Lilith walks through the door with a smile.
King notices his friend lingering, "Hey Luz, You... Need a minute?"
The girl shakes her head, "No. I'm coming..." She walks up the steps while King follows the older witch. Luz pauses just before entering, taking one last look at the human realm, before disappearing in the glowing white void. The glow disappears with her, leaving just the broken down house with a closed door.
...
Esper flies around the dark hallways, searching for her friends, "Luz! Eda! King!" All is silent... Until she suddenly feels the back of her cloak be grabbed, "Hey! What's the big idea?!"
"I got you now, Star Touched Witch!"
She is nearly yanked off her spear when she turns to see the woman scout from earlier... Though her hood had been ripped off, revealing her black hair fastened into braids, Esper's eyes widened in realization, "It's you! Aren't you the lady from Glandus High?"
The woman removed her mask to reveal her blue eyes, "It's Yareli... And yes! Thanks for messing up our investigation, redhead!" She tugged on the cloak, "Now, you're coming with me."
The younger male scout ran out from his hiding place, "Uh... Ma'am? Are you sure this is a good idea?" His mask had a large chunk taken out of it, revealing his dark skin and grey eyes.
Yareli nodded her head at her student, "Of course it's a good idea, Victor! We could be promoted for this! Now come here and help me restrain her."
Esper hopped off her spear with a glare for the both of them, "Yeahhhh... About that, I don't think that's happening any time soon!" She formed a magic circle in her hand, summoning a large fireball that was now half orange, half blue. The two colors swirled together in harmony while she threatened to throw the attack right at them.
The male stumbled back from the flame, causing his mask to fully fall off. His face resembled someone rather familiar to Esper...
She floated backwards from the two of them when she spotted his face, "Hey, you look a lot like my friend Jasper!"
Victor looked around before balling his fist, "I... Uh... Well... Tell my brother to stop meddling in our business!"
The redhead's eyes widened in surprise, "I'm sorry what?! Jasper's your brother?! Of course he's gonna wanna meddle then! You're working for THE BAD GUY!"
The older male shook his head at her, "Yeah! And that's why he needs to stop!"
During the ensuing argument, the child within her shadow hovered onto the wall. It slipped up until it looked like it was hunched over Esper, though still flat on the wall. It's smile was wide when it looked at the scouts.
Victor ran behind his mentor before looking at the shadow again, "Woah! What is that?!"
Esper folded her arms, "What's what?"
Yareli puts her hand out in front of her student, "No seriously, this isn't funny! Put that thing away!"
The smallest witch folded her arms, "I have no clue what you're talking about!"
This response only caused the shadow behind her to grow giant. It waved it's arms to form itself to resemble a huge monster, somewhat resembling King. It looked down at the two guards with a large, spiky toothed smile.
This made the two guards' eyes widen before they sprinted down the hallway...
Victor felt his legs move faster at the thought of the monster, "What in the Titan is that?!"
Yareli runs away with her student, "I don't know!" She then turned to look at the girl while still running, "We will see you again!"
Esper raises an eyebrow at this and turns around quickly... Only to find that her shadow appeared to be normal. She shrugged her shoulders before hopping onto her spear and flying down the hallway once again.
The shadow giggled before deciding to stay there, separating itself from the girl's shadow. It still stayed there to giggle before waving to her while she left. It then flew down the opposite side of the hallway with a big smile...
...
Now, several Emperor's Coven guard are drumming a beat outside with the large crowd. They are all formed in two lines on the stage.
Willow moves her eyes throughout the crowd, "I don't see Luz or Esper anywhere!"
Gus's eyes widen in fear, "Do you think they got caught?"
Amity takes a step back, "I hope not!"
An alarm rings through the air and the cage with Eda in it rises onto a towering platform in front of the crowd. She looks around in her Owl Beast form.
All the Hexside children in the class look at the woman in shock.
Perry the reporter speaks while looking at the camera, "Well folks, Eda the Owl Lady has appeared on stage! Which means the petrification process is about to begin..."
Kikimora rises on the platform with the cage and she walks forward. She pushes a lever, making a large, three headed statue rise from the ground. Beast Eda visibly looks nervous while the machine crackles to power.
...
Now, inside of the Conformatorium, Lilith, Luz, and King are passing by towering statues covered in what appear to be meaty tendrils. They stop in front of a small platform.
The raven witch looks up at the platform, "You can take this up to the stage where they're holding Edalyn."
The human nods at her, "Thank you, Lilith. What will you do now?"
Lilith lets out a sigh, "I will stay in the Emperor's Coven... But I will make sure nothing like this ever happen again."
Luz smiles at her, "That's good to hear." She then looks around, "Wait, why are there no guards around?"
A red tendril suddenly wraps itself around Lilith's legs, pulling her down. She screams before she is pulled away from the young teenager.
The brunette tries to reach for her but fails to grab her, "Lilith!"
King screams when he also gets grabbed by a tendril.
Luz briefly grabs a hold of King's hand before "King!"
Both of her companions are dragged up near the ceiling before being suspended on either side of the far wall. Fires ignite below them, flanking a skull-like throne that the Emperor himself is sitting in with his staff in hand.
Emperor Belos shakes his head, "Ah, Lilith... You chose the wrong side."
Lilith and King are pulled upwards into the shadows of the ceiling while they scream.
Luz stares in horror and tries to walk forward, but two red arms pop out of the ground to grab her legs, "No!"
The Emperor moves his finger dismissively, "Ah uh-uh. I'd actually like to have a word with you, human..."
The human child glares at Emperor Belos...
...
Meanwhile, Lilith and King are then forced into Eda's cage by two Emperor's Coven guards. They both land while being forced to kneel. The bars quickly close behind them.
L
ilith looks up before backing away, "...Hello, Edalyn."
The Owl Beast version of Eda glares at her sister, "Lilith..." She begins pacing around the cage, "You hurt Esper! You dragged Luz into his mess! You cursed me! Before anything turns me to stone, I'll tear you apart!" She raises her claw into the air.
King quickly jumps between the two sisters, "No, don't!"
Eda gasps before stopping her claw before she could harm her young friend.
The young demon extends his arms wider, "She was trying to help! She even betrayed the Emperor for you!"
The Owl Lady widens her eyes, "What?"
The raven witch shakes her head, "If I knew something like this would happen, Edalyn, I-" She tries to take Eda's face into her hands but the activation of the petrification machine earns both of their attention. The machine's eyes begin to glow, first yellow, then green.
Within the crowd, Willow and Gus both gasp. They share the same shocked faces that the rest of their friends had.
The plant witch looks around the crowd, "We gotta do something!"
Amity nods while standing next to her, "But what?"
Suddenly, the three hear the reporter from earlier begin to talk, "And in a shocking turn of events... Head Coven Leader Lilith is now in the holding cage. Escorted by what appears to be a deranged cat?"
Gus begins to pulls on his sleeve and pouts.
Perry looks down at the boy, "Augustus? I'm live!"
The illusionist shakes his head, "Dad, you have to stop!"
Willow grabs the microphone by her friend's father's hand, "Yeah! What's happening to Eda isn't right! She might not always follow the rules... But she hasn't done anything worthy of a petrification!"
The former prisoner who had a problem with eating his eyes spoke from the crowd, "She helped me escape jail!"
Morton lets his opinion be known, "She helps me stay in business!"
Principal Bump nods her head while pointing his finger in the air, "She helped me love teaching again! ...After she left."
Willow pumps her fist in the air, "The Emperor should let Eda go!" She begins to walk forward while the crowd starts to follow her.
Gus jumps to the front of the crowd with her, "Let Eda go!"
Amity begins to follow behind the both of them with a nod of her head.
Jasper nods his head before shouting, "Yeah!"
Skara forms a red magic circle to give all of them megaphones before yelling into her own, "Let Eda go!"
The crowd starts to chant behind them, "Let Eda go! Let Eda go! Let Eda go! Let Eda go!"
...
Meanwhile... Back down to the chamber with Luz and Emperor Belos...
The human shouts at the taller man, "Let my friends go or else!"
Owlbert hoots before turning into his staff form. Luz slams the butt of the staff into the floor, rocketing out of the grip of the hands holding her down. She lands with a flip and slams the staff down once again, summoning a row of ice spikes that stops inches away from the Emperor's mask.
Emperor Belos glares at her, "Okay..." He then melts from the throne and reappears behind Luz in a solid mass, "I'll play."
He lifts a finger and flicks it, sending Luz into the base of a towering statue. A crack travels up the statue until it frees the giant two-headed axe, which Luz just barely dodges.
She sends a fireball at some spikes of earth flung towards her. She freezes a giant red hand from Belos in a block of ice. She mounts the staff in order to fly and avoid more earth spikes. She pulls the staff around and aims for Belos, with a few fire glyphs in hand.
The tall king stands immobile a large, green dinosaur like monster appears around him. Luz screams while the giant creature swallows her.
However, the monster explodes a second later and Luz lands on the ground on her feet.
Emperor Belos starts to walk towards her, "What's wrong, human? I thought you wanted to fight."
The shadow of the man passes and Luz turns to face it. More arms grab her legs and arms, pulling her back down to the ground. The human tries to move from the ground but her legs get grabbed again, "Huh? Ah!"
The tall figure appears from the shadows and stalks towards the girl, "Had enough?"
"Oh no you don't!"
Esper's voice is heard from the shadows before her spear suddenly appears besides Emperor Belos's face. Her weapon hits his mask, which causes him to stumble backwards. He covers his face in pain.
The girl lands on the ground before she tries to swing at him again.
He quickly blocks her spear with his staff, "I see the Star Touched Witch finally joins us... Wasn't my Golden Guard supposed to bring you to me?"
The redhead rolls her eyes, "Yeah, looks like you have to train him better."
The man swings his arm around to throw the smaller child off balance. With a snap of his fingers, a red hand grabs Esper's feet to keep her upright, "Hm... It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Star Touched Witch. I swear I only wish to talk, you are the witch born under the full moon after all."
His blue eye peers through his mask, "Hm... I've only seen two witches with the same eyes you have."
Esper narrows her eyes in thought, "Wait... Two?" She knew Izmeralda had the same eye color she had but... Who was the other one?
The Emperor smiles behind his mask while still talking to her, "I wanted to offer you a deal, little witch. You want to find your birth family, don't you?"
The redhead raises an eyebrow at him, "...Yes, I do."
The human behind him shouts, "Esper, don't!"
Emperor Belos speaks over the girl, "The Emperor's Coven has enough resources to aid you in your search..." When he saw the skeptical look in her eyes, he smiled under his mask, "You don't believe me? I can see why. But don't you want to learn what a Star Touched Witch ACTUALLY is? One born during the night under the full moon, where the stars shine brighter than they ever had before. Born with a deep connection to those stars... And to something... Someone... Even greater than that."
He then took a step closer to her, "Believe me now? All I ask is for your undying loyalty in return. What do you say to becoming my 'Star Guard'? You would have unlimited access to all the information we have here in the castle... Your rank would be far beyond that of a normal scout or guard, the people around the Isles would have to listen to you... You would just have to follow my orders." He offers his hand to her, "How does that sound?"
Luz struggles against the red hands keeping her down, "Esper, don't listen to him! He's lying!"
Esper looks between the two before she swings her spear, breaking the red hands, "...No. I'll find my family on my own terms!" She shakes her head while waving her injured hand, "No deal!"
The Emperor shakes his head, "What a disappointment. You will listen to reason soon enough." He then snaps his fingers, which causes more of the red hands to pop out of the ground to tug Esper to the ground.
He turns away from the witchling to address the human, "Have you two had enough yet?"
Luz looks up at him with a smile, "Not even close!" She moves her hand to reveal an ice glyph. She quickly taps it with her finger to activate it.
The ice spike from her glyph stabs Belos's mask, chipping a piece off. Luz looks at the shard before looking back up at Belos.
The Emperor chuckles at her, "Ah, I enjoy your spirits... Youth can be such a wild thing sometimes..." He turns around to reveal a glowing blue eye shining out of the broken half of his mask, "But try that again and things won't end well for the both of you."
The arms retreat off of Luz and Esper. The witchling rushes to grab her spear and readies it in her hands.
Emperor Belos stands up straight again, "Now, I'm just a humble messenger for the Titan... In the grand scheme of things, the Owl Lady's life is inconsequential." He steps directly in front of the two, "But then you showed up. If you want to save your mentor, give me the portal to the human realm."
Luz looks to her childhood friend, "But... That's our home..." She then looks up at the ceiling...
...
Now in the cage where everyone else is trapped in... The petrification machine is completely powered on. A bolt of green energy directs itself to the cage. They all scream. Beast Eda dives in front of Lilith and King, taking the full brunt of the magic blast.
Lilith shouts before attempting to grab her sister, "Edalyn!" The young demon tries to hold her back.
The younger sister screams, now sounding more like the Owl Beast than herself.
...
Back underneath the stage, Emperor Belos shakes his head at the two, "You both probably think we want to invade the human realm but the Titan's will is not so boarish. You'll understand soon... Tick tock, human. The Owl Lady doesn't have much time left..."
The witchling slowly approaches her friend, "Luz... Let's think about this..."
Luz shakes her head at her, "But... Esper, we haven't even found your family yet! What about Janet and Douglas?"
Esper frowns before looking away, "Luz! They'll be fine without me... Remember what Eda said!" She looks back at her with the same frown, "Don't worry about me! I'll be okay!"
But before the redhead could finish her sentence, Eda distantly screeches in pain. Both girls cover their ears upon hearing the sound.
Luz reaches for the ceiling, in the direction where Eda is standing, "No!" She grabs the clasp of her cloak before she starts to cry, a tear runs down her cheek, "Fine!" She reaches under her cloak and activates the portal door, keeping the key out of sight of Belos. She hugs the door in it's briefcase form to her chest, "Lo siento, Mamá." She grabs Owlbert in his staff form and stands, reluctantly walking towards the Emperor while holding out the door, "Here, it's yours."
The younger girl drops to the floor, "Luz..."
Emperor Belos smiles under his mask, "The Titan will be pleased."
He takes the door though Luz's hand lingers, not dropping it until a few seconds after it's completely out of her grasp.
She puts a hand on her friend's back, "Come on, Esper... Let's go..."
Esper stands up in shock, "But..." She looks into her eyes before following her, "Okay, Luz..."
The pair finally steps on the platform that they were brought to Luz pulls the hood of the cloak up before she does the same for Esper, much to the other girl's confusion.
The Emperor waves his hand, "Go on then..." He taps his staff against the ground, making the platform rise, "Go be some heroes."
Luz turns to face him once more, "We may have lost... But so have you!"
The human taps the staff in her hand against the platform. Owlbert's eyes glow before the fire glyphs on the briefcase do the same. They then ignite, making the portal to the human realm explode.
Emperor Belos backs away from the flaming eye of the briefcase, which is the only substantial part of the door that remains. He glares at Luz and Esper through the smoke, who both glare right back at him before the platform carries the two out of the chamber.
The redhead turns to her friend with a shocked smile, "Holy cow, Luz!"
However, now that they are up on the top platform, they can see Eda's legs begin to turn to stone. The girls rush in between the cage and the petrification machine.
Luz grabs a plant glyph and throws it to the base of the machine. Vines burst out of the paper and knock the machine onto it's side, which stops the spell.
The giant version of Eda screeches and falls to the ground... Her body nearly completely stone...
King looks around her body, "W-what do we do?!"
Lilith begins to panic, "The spell wasn't completed! Maybe I can help her fight it!" She puts her hands on Eda's wing.
Kikimora rushes to the cage in an attempt to stop them, "No! What is happening?"
Esper forms a magic circle to summon her new light blue fireball before she walks behind Kikimora, "Free them, now!" Her glare narrows at the older woman.
The tiny assistant shrinks in on herself and traces a golden spell circle. The cage disappears because of her spell and Luz runs to Eda. Esper follows after shoving Kikimora into the guards heading their way.
The human stops in front of her mentor, "Eda! Are you okay?" The redheaded witchling kneels next to her friend, worried for their older friend.
The stone begins to disappear from Eda's body... Her eyes open and she quickly looks around, "As good as I'll ever be!"
More of the Emperor's Coven guards close in on them while holding actual spears and swords. The two students prepare for a fight but Eda flings them and King onto her back.
She flaps her wings, "Let's fly!"
Lilith jumps onto her sister in front of the girls and the demon and Eda takes off. The coven guards start to chuck their spears but none hit their targets. The crowd cheers while Eda flies away.
Kikimora glaring after them until Emperor Belos rises from the platform, his mask still broken. She rushes to her boss's aid, "My liege!"
The Emperor walks to the edge of the roof, "Children of the Isles! The Titan has told me to spare the Owl Lady's life, but in return, her curse will strip away all her powers! Let her monstrous form be a lesson about the dangers of wild magic!"
The Hexside students in the crowd all begin to glare at him while he speaks...
...
Now at the Owl House, Eda suffers from a rough landing in front of Hooty. She collapses before panting heavily. Luz, Esper, Lilith, and King all jump off off her and rush to her side.
The redhead picks her mentor's paw up to hold it, "Eda, don't worry. We're going to do all we can to help you..."
Luz starts to run to the house, "Don't worry, Eda! I'll run and get you some elixir and-"
Lilith walks closer to her sister, which makes the smaller witch move out of her way to stand next to Luz. The older sister shakes her head at the two, "No, human... No amount of elixir can heal her now. Oh, sister." She takes Eda's face into her hands, "I should have done this a long time ago."
She puts their foreheads together, "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared..."
Both Eda and Lilith start to glow blue and float into the air. The gems on their chest glow and Eda returns back to her usual witch form.
Luz and Esper both shield King's eyes from the light and they all turn back to the glowing tornado when it fades...
They see Eda, who is now back to normal, and Lilith land softly onto the ground.
The redhead's mouth stays open in shock.
The human shouts with the same shocked face, "Eda!"
Both older witches turn their heads to reveal that one of each of their eyes has turned gray and Lilith now has a streak of gray hair. The older woman looks at the new streak with a worried look on her face. Eda has a streak of white and her gem is still black. She laughs while all the kids run and hug her.
Esper is the first to stop hugging her, "Are you alright?!"
Luz smiles when she lets the witch go, "Can you still do magic?"
The older woman traces a yellow spell circle in the air, which disintegrates, "Yes, I am completely fine now... Relatively speaking. And that's a no... It'll take some time to get used to this."
Lilith shakes her head, "I feel that I've been weakened as well..."
The brunette smiles at her mentor, "It's okay. I can teach you what I know! And what we don't know! We can all learn together!" She puts a light glyph in Eda's hand. Eda activates it, looking shocked that it worked. The ball of light floats into the night sky.
The redhead jumps up and down, "And besides, I still have my magic! This all sounds so fun!"
Lilith walks closer to the others with a smile while King rests on her shoulders.
Eda ruffling Luz's hair, "Thanks, kid!" She pulls Luz into a quick hug, "I look forward to that." She then ruffles Esper's hair, "And don't think I didn't see that blue fire in your hands earlier! When did your flames change colors like that? Actually, how?"
The witchling flexed her arms to show off her muscles, "I don't know! Maybe I'm just that strong now!" Though her muscles were under her jacket...
The ball of light continues to rise into the air until it gets lost among the stars.
The human girl's voice speaks over the ball of light, "And that's how we escaped from the Emperor."
Now in Luz and Esper's room, where the brunette is laying on her stomach in her sleeping bag. Esper is laying on her side with a smile and King sleeping in her arms.
Luz continues to speak, "Everyone told us he was the most powerful witch alive."
It is revealed that where she is recording a video with her phone. Both girls are in their pajamas.
She smiles at the camera, "But look at this, Mom!" She holds up the chip of Belos's mask, "I chipped off a piece of his mask! I know he's not invincible now..." She then frowns, "It's a strange feeling, having gone through so much and... Not having you here to share it with. And I don't know when or how I'm gonna see you again. And..." She puts her phone down and looks at a picture of her and Camila, she then looks at her friend, "I... I'm sorry, Esper."
Her friend shakes her head, "Luz... It's okay... I'll be fine. It's like you said, we haven't even met my parents yet..." She smiles, though it looks a little strained. Her eyes start to drop before she falls asleep with King in her arms.
Then the ball of light in their room hovering in front of Luz. She picks up the camera to smile at it, "But I will find our way home to you. And to Esper's parents. I promise. Deja una luz puesta para mí. Te quiero!"
The human pokes the ball of light, which puts it out. Several balls of light hovering outside of their window start to float away when it goes dark.
...
Meanwhile... At a staircase in the Emperor's Castle, Emperor Belos is standing in front of it and Kikimora is walking down it.
The small woman kneels next to him, "Sire, those miscreants are still at large! Please, allow me to capture them!"
Emperor Belos shakes his head, "Worry not, Kiki. We'll be keeping an eye on the inhabitants of the Owl House..."
He nods to the boy with the golden mask. He nods back before walking away with his staff in hand.
The man start to turn around, "In the meantime, the Day of Unity is almost upon us..." He fully turns to spot an incredibly large, round, white frame with wings attached to it. It is only partially built. Inside the frame is the broken portal door but being pieced back together by a few scouts.
He smiles underneath his mask, "...And we have much work to do."
On the wall behind Emperor Belos, the same shadow of a figure in pajamas shifts his fingers to resemble various witches... One of Eda, King, Luz and finally, Esper...
