Hey, guys! Welcome to my new Owl House story and I hope that you guys will enjoy the chapter...anyway, I don't own anything, except for my OC'S.
NOW LET'S GET ON WITH THE STORY!
"Oof!" A young teenage girl grunted while falling through the air as she was about to crash against the ground when suddenly a young man wearing a robe swoops in and caught her mid-air as they landed on the ground, and he places her down gently.
The young girl is a medium-size 14-year-old beautiful Witch with tan skin, long teal-colored hair, gray/greenish eyes, and a dark beauty mark below her left eye. Her outfit consisted of a white top with flared half-sleeves surmounted by a purple yoke decorated with a yellow star over a dark grey long skirt, dark grey leggings, and black boots. On her head, she wears a floppy, white, pointed, broad-brimmed hat surrounded by a gold coronet. She also carries a white staff with a huge blue crystal at the top. Her name is Azura.
The young warlock is a tall, handsome, 14-year-old Warlock with emerald green eyes, Caucasian skin, long white hair tied up into a ponytail, a muscular built, and a chiseled chin. His outfit consisted of a long blue robe with gold accents and small stars on them, a pointy blue hat with stars on them, and carries a long wooden staff with a dragon head on it. His name is Draconem.
"Are you okay, Azura?" Draconem asked worriedly as Azura smiled at him.
"I'm okay, Draconem." She says before growing serious as she and Draconem saw a giant, purple snake-like monster named Gildersnake glaring at them with his glowing yellow eyes.
"Foolish, children! I could swallow you both whole!" Gildersnake says with a terrifying hiss, but the duo wasn't afraid as they smirked at him.
"Don't underestimate us, just because we're children, Gildersnake." Draconem says while crossing his arms as Azura nodded firmly
"That's right because we are the warriors of peace! The Good Witch Azura and the Good Warlock Draconem!" Azura says determinedly as she and Draconem suddenly crouched down, and slammed their staffs together, merging them into a huge wooden staff as they grabbed it and aimed towards the giant snake's mouth.
"Now, eat this, sucker!" Azura and Draconem yelled as they fired a giant fireball that raced towards the terrified-looking snake monster.
"No! My only weakness...dying!" Gildersnake yelled as the giant fireball collided against his body, and a big explosion occurred.
"...and that's the end." A young teenage girl says cheerfully while sitting in a principal office with another teenager, two adults, and the principal as she and the teenager were holding a couple of dolls resembling Azura and Draconme and the young girl had a small snake wrapped around her neck.
The young girl is a 14-year-old Dominican-American with tan skin, dark brown hair, and hazel-brown eyes. Her outfit consisted of a pair of ebony earrings, a white/indigo hoddie with cat ears attached to the hood, a gray top underneath, high-waisted gray jean shorts, dark gray leggings, and a pair of white slip-on shoes. Her name is Luz Noceda.
The teenager is a short, 15-year-old boy with icy blue eyes, Caucasian skin, and long black hair. His outfit consisted of a grey hoodie with dragon horns attached to the hood, a red T-shirt with a green dragon design on it underneath, ripped blue jeans, and converse shoes. His name is Charles Russo.
The adult is a 36-year-old Dominican-American with tan skin, dark brown hair kept up in a bun, and light brown eyes. Her outfit consisted of a Health Care uniform with thick red-framed glasses and has stud earrings on both of her ears. Her name is Camila Noceda, Luz's mother.
The other adult is a 42-year-old man with green eyes, Caucasian skin, and short, spikey black hair. His outfit consisted of a purple T-shirt with black jeans and brown shoes. His name is David Russo, Charles's uncle.
The principal is not that important to the story, so let's move on.
"The end to what?" Camila asked, referring to what Luz was saying as the young teenager smiled at her.
"Our book report. I think we really knocked it out of the park, eh, Charles?" Luz asked while nudging Charles's side as he nodded before flinching as he noticed the adults glaring at the duo.
"Guys, your book report is the reason why you both are in trouble," David says with a tired sigh as Luz tilted her head confusedly.
"What do you mean about that?" Luz asked as she then heard screaming in the background, and turned around to see multiple students running around panickily with snakes biting their heads. "Oh, that's where the backup snakes were."
"I told you using real snakes was a bad idea. We should've used fake ones." Charles chided as Luz smiled.
"But that wouldn't have been as fun," Luz says as Camilia coughed, getting their attention as she kneels down and holds up a firecracker.
"And what were you going to do with this?"
"...That was for the Act Three closer." Luz and Charles said sheepishly as the principal gave the parents a disbelief look, and they smiled at him sheepishly before turning to their children as they gave him stern looks.
"Mija, Charles, we love your creativity, but it's getting out of hand," Camila says as David nods.
"Yeah, and this isn't the first time that your imaginations got you both in trouble. Do you two remember the time you both tried out for the school play?" David asked while crossing his arms as the teenagers flinched.
~[Flashback 1]~
We then see Luz and Charles trying out for the part of Romeo and Juliet in their school play...but they were taken their roles a little too seriously.
"Juliet! No!" Charles yelled while running across the stage while wearing a Romeo costume as he kneels down to a 'dead' Luz, who was wearing a Juliet costume. "I have no reason to live anymore!" Charles screamed as he chugged down a vial of deadly poison, Hawaii punch, and pretended to choke. Spooking the heck out of the other students as Charles ran around the stage while gagging dramatically as he took a deep breath, and his eyes rolled to the back of his head as he fell down on the stage, and 'died'.
"Ugh, Romeo?" Luz asked while waking up as she saw Charles laying on the floor with his eyes closed, and gasped in horror as she crawled over to him. "Romeo, no! I was only faking my death to see you, I didn't mean for this to happen, my love!" Luz cried out while hugging Charles 'dead corpse' close to her body, causing Charles to blush slightly as Luz began crying. "Oh, my Romeo, I'm so sorry!" She sobbed before noticing Romeo's wooden dagger laid on the floor as Luz's eyes narrow in determination.
"I will see you in Heaven, my love!" Luz yelled as she stabbed herself with Romeo's dagger and ripped open her shirt as her 'guts' spilled out. Everyone in the theater room screamed in horror as they ran out of the room, and Luz opens her eyes as she looks around. "Huh, you were right. The fake guts were a little too much."
"Told you," Charles mumbled beside her.
~[End of Flashback 1]~
"Or what about your little science project?" Camila asked as Luz and Charles shuddered at the memory.
~[Flashback 2]~
We then see Luz and Charles standing in front of their science class as they were presenting their new science project, which was a fake hybrid between a pigeon and a squirrel, to the class.
"Now for the final anatomically correct touch...spider breath!" Luz says while opening the chimera's beak as it spewed out hundreds of spiders that crawled around Luz and Charles's bodies as their classmates screamed in fear.
"Don't worry, the spiders are harmless! We made sure of that!" Luz says reassuringly as Charles nodded before noticing something odd about the spiders as he looked at one closely, and his face paled.
"L-Luz, what kind of spiders did you get?" Charles asked frighteningly as Luz raised an eyebrow.
"The rose hair tarantula, the most friendly and docile spiders around, why?" Luz asked as Charles pointed his trembling hand at one of the spiders.
"Then why do they have crimson red markings like the ones Black Widows have?" He asked as Luz blinks at him, and looks down at the many spiders crawling around her as she noticed that nearly all of them were Black Widows.
"...AAAAAHHHH!"
~[End of Flashback 2]~
"Or the time you tried out for the cheerleading squad?" Camila asked Luz, who groaned at the memory.
"And the time you tried out for the football team?" David asked Charles, who winced at the memory.
~[Flashback 3]~
We then see Luz standing in the school gym while wearing a cheerleader outfit as she was participating in the school cheerleading tryouts. After watching a girl doing a perfect backflip, it was finally Luz's turn as everyone glanced over at the Dominican-American girl, who grinned at them as she tossed away her pom-poms.
"You think that's an impressive trick? Take a look at this." Luz says as she pulled back her eyelids, much to the disgust of everyone around them as she grins at them. A few minutes later, Luz was tossed out of the gym as she landed on the ground, and the cheerleaders promptly shut the doors closed. "I wonder if Charles is having better luck than I am," Luz says before yelping as a group of football players ran past her while screaming in fear as a distraught Charles appeared. "What happened to you?"
"Well, remember that fake vampire head you gave me for my birthday?" Charles asked as she nodded. "Well, I may have pulled a little prank that went a little too far."
"Yeah, my thing didn't go so well either. Do you think we'll get in trouble?" Luz asked just as the principal appeared as he glared at them, and they flinched.
"You just had to jinx us?" Charles asked, annoyed as Luz shrugs sheepishly before yelping as she and Charles were dragged over to the principal's office.
~[End of Flashback 3]~
"Kids, we all love that you express yourselves, but if you two can't learn to separate fantasy from reality, then you two may need to spend your summer here," Camila says while pulling out a pamphlet of a summer camp named, Reality Check.
"What!? A summer camp?!" Charles asked in horror as he turned to his uncle for help, only to frown as his uncle shakes his head.
"I talked about it with Camilia, and I think it's a good idea that you and Luz go to this summer camp," David says as Charles was about to protest but promptly shuts up as David continues. "Now, I know you don't like sudden changes, thanks to your condition, but you have to go. It's for the best." David says as Charles groans before smiling as Luz wrapped her arm around his shoulder.
"Ah, don't worry, Charles. You will not be alone, I will be there for you every step in the way." Luz says, causing Charles to smile as Luz turned to the adults. "And, don't worry, Mom, Mr. Russo, we won't let you down. No more weirdness!" Luz exclaimed just as the snake suddenly sprang into life as he leaped towards the principal and began biting him as he screamed in terror. "...That doesn't count, right?" Luz asked sheepishly as the adults shake their heads exasperatedly, and Charles rushed in to help the principal. A few hours later, we see Luz and Charles standing in front of Luz's home with their parents as they were waiting for the bus to show up.
"Uncle David, isn't there any way out of this?" Charles asked, still not wanting to go to summer camp as David sighed and went down to his nephew's eye level as he gave him a stern, yet loving look.
"Charles, I know that this is a big change for you, but just think all of the great things that you learn in Camp Reality Check. Heck, you may even learn how to socialize better with people and make new friends." David says cheerfully as Charles still looks doubtful, causing David to sigh as he rested his hand on his shoulder. "Just promise me that you will try your best and at least try out the camp for me? If you don't like it, you can return anytime you want." He says reassuringly as Charles sighed, but nodded as his uncle ruffles his hair. "Atta boy," David says with a smile as Charles smiled back and turned his head to see Luz talking with her mother.
"Oh, my baby!" Camila says while hugging her daughter as she gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Now, don't worry. Summer Camp is only going to be for three months. You'll be so busy balancing checkbooks and learning to appreciate public radio, the time will fly by!"
"But Mom, I don't like any of that stuff. I like editing anime clips to music and reading fantasy books with convoluted backstories." Luz says while showing her mom her Azura and Draconme fantasy book as Camilia frowns.
"Mija, your fantasy world is holding you back. Do you have any friends?" Camila asked as Luz opens her mouth. "Who isn't Charles?" She asked as Luz closes her mouth with a pout. "See what I mean? Summer Camp is a chance to make some friends, but you have to try. Can you do that?" Camila says as Luz frowns sadly, but nods.
"Yes, Mom," Luz says as she walked over to a nearby trash bin and, with a heavy sigh, dumped her book on it.
"You're making the right choice," Camila says to Luz before hearing her phone vibrate as she pulls it out. "Oh, I got to go to work." She says before walking over to Luz as she kisses her cheek repeatedly. "Your bus is coming soon. Text me when you get there." Camila says before walking away with David as both adults waved goodbye at their children.
"Bye, Charles! Look after Luz!"
"Bye, Luz! Look after Charles! Cuidansen muchos niños! Espero que te vaya bien el viaje!" Camila yelled out the last part in her native language before she and David disappeared from sight.
"Bye, Mom!" Luz yelled as she waved at her mother.
"Bye, Uncle David!" Charles shouted before turning to Luz as he raised an eyebrow at her.
"You're going to get your book back, right?"
"Heck yeah, now help me find it," Luz says as Charles nodded, and they ran over to the trash bin as they rummaged through it, but couldn't find the book.
"Where is it? Where is it?" Luz asked frantically before hearing a weird sound in front of them as the kids poked their heads out and were surprised to see an owl carrying Luz's book in a bag filled with other junk on his beak. "Tiny trash thief!" Luz shouted as the owl turned around and clumsily flew into the forest near Luz's house as the young girl narrowed her eyes in anger. "Get back here, you little thief!" Luz yelled while chasing after the owl as she entered the forest.
"Luz! Wait!" Charles shouted as he chased after Luz, and managed to keep up with her as they ran across the forest before arriving at a small abandoned house placed in the middle of the woods as the owl flew in through the door. The kids were a bit spook about the house, but then Luz steeled her nerves as she tightened her fists and ran into the house. "Luz, stop!" Charles yelled as he ran in after her, and they both entered the house as the door closed behind them, and the whole house was covered in a yellow glow before dying down. The kids didn't notice the glow as they were still chasing after the owl, who had somehow opened a door with a huge eye on it as they followed after him.
"Stop adorably flying away, you-Huh?" Luz says before stopping as she noticed that she was inside of a tent filled with all sorts of weird items. "Whoa, and I thought me and Charles had a lot of weird stuff. But this is impressive." Luz says while admiring a weird doll with a coat hanger stuck to his head as it has a fake lizard body attached to it.
"Luz, there you are!" Charles says, running into the tent as he glared at her sternly. "You can't just run into a house like that-wait, where are we?" Charles says while appearing behind Luz as he looks around in awe. "Whoa, and I thought we had a lot of weird stuff, but this is next level," Charles says as Luz smiled.
"That's what I said!" Luz says just as the doll suddenly sprung into the life, and tried to bite Luz, who yelped as Charles reacted quickly and bashed it away with a nearby fake leg.
"Finally, you're back." A woman's voice rang out, causing the teenagers to flinch as they dropped down to the floor, and crawled over to the front of the tent as Luz pulled back the flaps, and the duo was surprised to see a tall, white-skinned woman inspecting the bag that the owl was carrying with a disinterested look on her face.
The woman is a 35-year-old, tall, slender, Witch with ivory skin, pointy ears, maroon lips, a single golden fang, orange claw-like nails, an oval amber gem on her sternum, and golden eyes. She also has long, thick, untamed white hair and is layered with two tones of grey. Her outfit consisted of a sleeveless two-tone maroon dress with a ripped-like hem design, two orange spherical earrings, an amber spherical ring, grey leggings, and marron high-heeled boots. And, she also carries a long brown staff. Her name is Eda Clawthorne.
"Now, let's see what we've got here," Eda says as she held out her staff, and the owl perched on it as it turned into a statue. Eda tightened the owl into her staff as the children gasped in wonder and Eda began rummaging through her bag.
"Garbage," Eda says as she pulls out a smartphone and throws it away. "Garbage," Eda says as she pulls out a ring with a huge diamond on it, and tossed it away. "Garbage," Eda says as she pulls out the Holy Grail, and promptly poured the contents into the ground as she tossed it away. "What's this?" Eda asked herself as she pulled out a small vial filled with some kind of purple liquid as she noticed that there was a note attached to it, and opens it as she reads it. "Cure to the Coronavirus...what the hell is a Coronavirus? Meh." Eda says boredly while tossing the vial away as she rummages through the bag again, and gasped. "Now this..." Eda says as she pulls out...a pair of goofy glasses with fake eyeballs and puts them on as she smirked. "This will make me rich! And this..." Eda says as she pulls out Luz's book, causing the duo to gasp as Eda stared at the book unimpressively. "Oh, that'll make good kindling," Eda says as she was about to burn the book with a nearby candle, but stopped as Luz suddenly stormed out of the tent, and ran over to the startled witch.
"Excuse me, sorry, it's mine, thank you!" Luz says rapidly as she grabbed the book from out of Eda's hands, and ran back into the tent as she grabbed Charles's hand. "Quick, let's get out of here!"
"You don't have to tell me twice!" Charles says as they turned around and were about to run out of the door, but stopped as it was promptly closed and disappeared from sight. "Oh, that's not good," Charles says meekly as he and Luz turned around, and trembled in fear as they saw Eda glaring at them through her goofy glasses.
"You brats aren't going anywhere," Eda says while taking off her stupid glasses as she got a good look at the kids, and raised an eyebrow at Charles. "Huh, why does that kid looks so familiar?" Eda thought to herself as the kids yelped, and Charles thought quickly as he raised the flaps of the tent, and he and Luz then proceeded to escape through it as they ran a few feet away from the tent before stopping as they gasped at the sight before them. What lays before them is something right out of their fantasy books as they saw a small village with a castle looking over it, and all kinds of magical beings and monsters were seen walking around the village.
"Oh, no, no, no, no! What's going on, Charles?" Luz says while hugging Charles in fear as he did the same.
"I have no idea, Luz, but this is freaking me out!" Charles says just as a small cute purple fairy flies in as the teenagers slightly calmed down at the sight of it.
"Oh, hello, little fairy. Are you going to tell me this is all a fantastical dream were having...at the same time?" Luz asked hopefully as the fairy smiled at them before smiling evilly as she opened her mouth, exposing all of her sharp teeth.
"Give me your skins!" The fairy shouted cutely as Luz screamed in fear, and Charles quickly reacted as he kicked the fairy down the cliff.
"Where are we?! Did we die!? Are we in Heaven...or Hell?" Luz asked nervously as Charles was about to speak up, but screamed as Eda suddenly appears behind them, and grabbed the kids by their hoodies as she glared at the frightened children.
"You wish," Eda says as she dragged them over to a pair of small chairs, and tossed them into it as they hugged each other in fear.
"We're so sorry! We just wanted my book back! If you're gonna eat my skin, just make it quick! Just do it now!" Luz says while closing her eyes as she raised her hand.
"No! Eat mine!" Charles screamed while holding Luz protectively as Eda eyed the cowering kids oddly.
"Eat you? Why would I eat...a potential customers?" Eda says cheerfully while showing off her stand with a sign that says 'Human Collectibles' as the teens slowly blinked in disbelief. "Can I offer you a human foot filled with holes?" Eda asked while showing Luz a pair of green crocks before turning to Charles. "Or maybe offer you a bar of candy for your little girlfriend?" Eda suggested while pulling out a deodorant for men as the teenagers blushed heavily.
"She's not my girlfriend/He's not my boyfriend!" Luz and Charles said in embarrassment as Eda rolled her eyes with an amused grin.
"Sure, whatever you say. Anyway, can I offer you lovebirds this black shadow box that reflects only sadness?" Eda says while showing them a portable small TV as the teens blinked before laughing as Eda raised an eyebrow. "What's so funny?" Eda asked, slightly annoyed as Luz and Charles stood up, and walked over to her.
"That's not all it can do. Charles, give me a hand with the TV."
"On it." Charles says as he grabbed the TV from Eda's hands while Luz grabs some nearby batteries from a small bowl marked 'Human Candy' as she then placed the batteries into the TV and Charles, turned it on as the TV sprang into life and showed a man exercising as dance music rang out.
"Huh?"
"What's that?"
"The sound, its so...alluring!"
"I'll pay 40 snails for the screaming box!"
"I'll give you a hundred!"
"Can I eat the tiny person inside?" Numerous monsters said as they crowded around Eda's stand and threw hundreds of dollars at her face, causing her to slowly grin as she turned to the smiling teenagers.
"What did you say your names were?" Eda asked as the teens beamed.
"I'm Luz. Luz Noceda."
"And I'm Charles. Charles Russo." Charles says as Eda raised an eyebrow at him.
"Charles Russo...I swear I've heard that name before, but I'm drawing a blank." Eda thought to herself before shrugging as she begins collecting all of the money from her customers.
"Well, Luz, Charles, that was a pretty clever thing you did...for a couple of humans," Eda says as Luz and Charles tilted their heads confusedly.
"That's kind of a weird thing for another human to say," Luz says as Eda grinned and showed off her pointy ears.
"Oh, dear child, I'm not like you at all," Eda says before leaping into her table as she raised her hands dramatically. "I'm Eda the Owl Lady, the most powerful Witch on the Boiling Isles!" Eda exclaimed as Luz gasped in wonder while Charles's eyes widen in shock.
"A Witch?" Luz and Charles asked in unison as Eda smirked, and nodded.
"I am respected, feared-"
"Busted!
"Ah, shit." Eda cursed as she, and the teens turned around and saw one of the Boiling Isle Guards glaring at her as he smashed her TV to bits.
"Run! It's a guard!" One of the monsters screamed as they all ran away in fear, leaving behind Eda and the teens with the guard as he marched over to the ivory-skinned witch.
"Eda the Owl Lady, you are wanted for misuse of magic and demonic misdemeanors!" Guard#1 shouted while showing a wanted poster of her and some weird dog thing as Eda scoffed.
"Whoa! Witch criminal!" Luz says with stars in her eyes as Charles grabbed her and pulled her down as they watched the confrontation unfold.
"You are hereby ordered to come with me to the Conformatorium!" Guard#1 says while grabbing her arm as she rolled her eyes.
"Would you guys quit following me around? I haven't done squat!" Eda says while pushing him off as she crossed her arms.
"And you two are coming too..." Guard#1 says while grabbing a startled Luz and Charles as Eda narrowed her eyes at the guard. "...for fraternizing with a criminal." He says as the kids panicked.
"W-What?! That's not cool!" Luz yelled as Charles squirmed in his grasp, and glared at the guard as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a pepper spray as he aimed it at the guard's face.
"Eat this, sucker!" Charles shouted as he pressed the trigger and sprayed the guard's eyes as he screamed in pain.
"Aaah! Spicy eyes!" The guard yelled while letting go of the kids as he held his face in pain before grunting as Eda suddenly appeared and knocked him down to the floor with her staff as she then turned to Charles, and smirked.
"Nice one, kiddo." Eda complimented as Luz gave her a friend a congratulative pat in the back, and Charles smiled as he rubs his neck shyly. "Now if you excuse me," Eda says as she raised her hand and suddenly her stand glowed bright yellow as it levitated off the ground. "Whoops. Can't forget this." Eda says as she pulls out a key with an eye on it from her hair and pressed the eye as a briefcase with an eyeball flew in, and Eda swallowed up her stand into a small green bag as she picked it up. "Follow me, humans!" Eda screamed before running off as the others followed after her.
"This is crazy!" Luz yelled as she and Charles were barely able to catch up with the surprisingly fast Eda. "If we die here, our parents are going to kill us!"
"I honestly don't know which is a worse fate," Charles says nervously as Eda laughed.
"Ha! I won't let them hurt you, kids!" Eda says reassuringly as the kids smiled. "A pair of humans like you are much more valuable to me alive than dead!" Eda says as Charles sweatdropped.
"Well, that's reassuring," Charles says with an annoyed tone as Luz raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"Wait, what's that supposed to-," Luz says, but Eda didn't let her finish as she threw her staff in the air, and grabbed on to the kids as she then leaped towards the staff and landed on it.
"Whoo-hoo!" Eda cheered as they took off into the air just as Guard#1 appeared, stumbling his way through the village as he was still affected by the pepper spray.
"You won't get away with this, Owl Lady!" Guard#1 screamed into the heavens as he tried to reach out to grab them blindly, only to touch air as he screams in frustration. "WHEN THE HELL IS THIS STUPID SPICY SPELL SUPPOSED TO WEAR OFF!?" He screamed as he ran around madly. Meanwhile, with the gang, we see them soaring across the sky via Eda's staff as the witch looks down, and smiled in amusement as she saw Luz and Charles hugging each other in fear with their eyes closed.
"You can open your eyes now humans," Eda says as the teens slowly opened their eyes and yelped as they realized that they were flying hundreds of feet in the air.
"Okay, so we're in a world filled with flying staffs, crazy monsters, and you're a witch criminal?" Charles asked Eda, who nodded as he smiled. "If this was a dream, I'd be disappointed when I wake up." He says as Eda laughed.
"Sorry to spoil your little bubble, honey, but this is as real as you can get! Welcome to the Boiling Isles!" Eda says while raising her hands in the air dramatically as Luz and Charles soak up the environment before them. "Every myth you humans have is caused by a little of our world leaking into yours," Eda explains as a griffin, who looks exactly like the science project Luz and Charles made, shows up and screeches as Luz smiled.
"A griffin!" She exclaimed as the griffin screeches again and barfed out a colony of spiders. "See? I told you they spew out spiders, and you didn't believe me." Luz says to Charles with a smug tone as he playfully rolled his eyes and turned to Eda.
"So, everything the human race had made up is real?" Charles asked curiously as she nodded.
"Oh, yeah, totally. Griffins, gargoyles, vampires, werewolves, dragons, giraffes-"
"Giraffes? But they're from our world." Charles says as Eda shakes her head.
"No, we had banished them to your world because they are a bunch of freaks," Eda says with a sneer as she suddenly dives them down, and landed in the middle of a forest as Eda jumped off her staff, and accidentally detached her hand as the kids freaked out. "Oops. That happens sometimes." Eda says, more annoyed than horrified of having her arms detached as she grabs her hand and attaches it back to her body as the kids recover from the sudden scare.
"Well, I can safely say that me and my friend had enough adventure for today. This is clearly not the PG fantasy world we've always dreamed about." Luz says as Charles nods.
"Yeah, so you can take us home now?" Charles asked as she smiled.
"Sure..." Eda says as the kids beamed. "...but only after you two help me first." She says with a cackle as Luz and Charles glared at her, and she winked at them teasingly. "Now, come along, humans," Eda says before turning around as she begins to walk away.
"Hey, wait! You forgot your bag!" Charles says while pointing the green bag in front of him as Eda nonchalantly used her magic to levitate the bag over to her.
"Whoa." Luz and Charles said in unison as they turned to look at each other and grinned as they followed after the Owl Lady. After a few minutes of walking, the gang had arrived at a small house with an owl plastered on the door as they walked up to it while dodging a laughing owl that flew past them as they arrived at the perch.
"Aren't you worried about those guards finding us?" Luz asked worriedly as Eda waved off her concerns.
"Nope. My house has a state-of-the-art defense system." Eda says before turning to the door as the owl sprang to life, and begins talking.
"Hoot-hoot! Password, please-Aah!" The Owl Door says before yelping in pain as Eda stabbed his eyes with her fingers.
"We got no time for this, Hooty. Just open the damn door." Eda says as Hooty glared at her.
"All right, all right! Geez! You never want to have any fun! Ow! Hoot!" Hooty says as he opens his mouth and it expanded it as he opened the door, and the gang walked through as Hooty closes his mouth with a burp.
"Humans, welcome to..." Eda says before pausing a bit as she snaps her fingers. "...the Owl House..." Eda says before pausing again as the house light up to show off its interior as the kids gasped in wonder. "...where I hide away from the pressures of modern life...also the cops...and also ex-boyfriends." Eda says with a chuckle as Luz and Charles explore her house.
"This place is beautiful," Luz says as Charles nodded numbly, and turned to Eda.
"Do you live here all alone?" Charles asked just as thudding footsteps were heard as the kids panicked while Eda rolled her eyes.
"Actually, I have a roommate," Eda says blankly.
"Who dares intrude upon, I..." A deep demonic voice rang out, spooking the heck out of the kids as they turned to the doorway and saw a large shadow slowly making its way to the door. Luz hugs Charles tightly, causing him to blush madly as the thing crept closer to the doorway to reveal...a small dog-like creature appearing in front of them as he looks like he just got out of the shower. "...the king of demons?" He asked in a normal voice as he squeezed his rubber duck, and the teenagers slowly blinked at him in surprise.
The small being is a canine-like creature with mostly dark grey fur, although his torso and the tip of his tail are covered in light grey fur. He has pink eyes with yellow sclera, three fingers, and two toes (Excluding his thumbs) that look like white claws. His outfit consisted of a red collar with a yellow tag and a dog-like skull with horns with one of them being broken. And since he got out of the shower, he had a couple of light blue towels with duck-like designs on them wrapped around his head and torso. His name is King.
"Well, that was anti-climatic," Charles says with a sweatdrop as Luz gasped and lets go of her friend as she stared at King with hearts in her eyes, and a blush.
"!Ay, que lindo!" Luz exclaimed in her native language as she rushed over and grabbed King as she brought him into a hug. "Eda, he's so cute! Who's a widdle guy? Who's a widdle guy? Is it you? Is it you?" Luz asked King with a baby-like voice as he panics and tries to escape from her grasp.
"No! I don't know who your little guy is!" King exclaimed, scared/confused about the situation as she snuggles against his cheek, and coed. "Eda, who is this monster?" Kind asked Eda, who was amused with seeing her roommate squirm as she walks forwards and grabbed Luz as she pried the human off of the small demon.
"This is Luz," Eda says while gesturing at Luz, who was trying her best to reach King and hug him to death as Eda then gestured over to Charles. "And that is Charles. They're both human, and they're both here to help us with our little...situation." Eda says while putting Luz down as both teens looked confused about what she said.
"Oh! hooray!" King cheered, but the teens shake their heads as they turned to Eda.
"Wait, wait, wait, I don't like the sound of this 'situation'," Luz says as Charles nodded, and glared at Eda suspiciously.
"Yeah, what are you planning?" He asked as Eda smirked.
"You two don't have to worry your little heads about it, just let me explain," Eda says as she held out her hand, and created a swirling yellow circle that showed the surprised teens a couple of visions. "King was once a mighty King of Demons until his crown of power was stolen, alongside a friend of mines magic carpet and sword and King became...well, that," Eda says while pointing at King, who was once again being hugged by Luz.
"You mean this little bundle of joy?" Luz says while snuggling an annoyed King's cheek as Charles coughed.
"Luz, can you please pay attention here?" He asked as she nodded, and put a relief-looking King down as they turned back to Eda.
"The crown is being held by the evil Warden Wrath and locked away behind a magical force field that only a human can breakthrough, humans like you," Eda says before turning off her magic circle as she smiled at the kids. "If you help us retrieve King's, and my friend's things, we'll send you two back to your realm. So whaddya say? Plus, who could say no to this cute little face?" Eda says while picking up King, who squirmed in her grasp.
"No! Please don't encourage her!" King says as Eda then promptly dropped him to the floor.
"So, will you help us?" Eda asked the kids, who gave her unsure looks.
"Well, seeing as we're trapped in a magical realm with you being the only one able to transport us home, we kind of have no other choice, but to join you, right?" Charles asked with a deadpanned look as Eda nodded with a smile.
"Yep, you catch on pretty quick, now let's go," Eda says while grabbing Luz and Charles like they weighed nothing and walked out of her house. "We've got no time to lose."
"Soon, Mr. Ducky, we shall drink the fear of those who mocked us!" King says to his rubber ducky before tossing it away as he followed after Eda.
"Where are we going?" Luz asked.
"Somewhere fun," Eda answered vaguely as she closes the door behind her.
"The Conformatorium!" Eda announced while hiding behind a wall with King and the scared kids as they were standing in front of a huge building near the outskirts of the village. "A place for those considered 'unsuitable' for society," Eda says while rolling her eyes as Luz spotted another one of Eda's wanted posters.
"Whoa. These guys really have the hots for you."
"Yeah, but who doesn't?" Eda asked arrogantly while winking at the kids as they stared back at her, deadpanned. "But, we were never caught because we're too slippery." She says as King nodded while perched on Luz's head.
"Try to catch me when I'm covered in grease. I'm a squirmy little fella." He says before jumping out of Luz's head as King landed on the ground and pointed at the building.
"You and the kid will sneak up to the top of the tower, where they're holding my crown."
"And my dear friend's stuff, remember?" Eda asks while glaring at him as he waved her off.
"Yeah, sure," King says as Charles turned to Eda curiously.
"That reminds me, who is your friend exactly?" Charles asked, causing Eda to freeze up as she glared at him.
"None of your damn business!" Eda shouted, spooking Charles as her gaze soften. "Ah, sorry for scaring you kid, it's just that...she died a couple of years ago, and it's a sore subject for me," Eda says with a solemn look on her face as Charles nod understandably.
"It's okay, I understand how you feel. My Mom died when giving birth to me, and my Dad died in battle." Charles says sadly as he looks down, and Eda gave him a sympathetic look as she placed her hand on his shoulder comfortably.
"Sorry for your loss kid," Eda says before shaking her head as she clapped her hands. "Alright, enough mushy talk, let's get this train rolling," Eda says before walking over to Luz, who was too distracted with King to hear their conversation as Charles followed after the white-skinned witch. "Humans, you two will enter the Conformatorium while I will make sure to keep the Warden distracted," Eda says as Luz turns to her, and gasped in excitement.
"Will we need disguises?"
"Uh..." Eda says while looking away unsurely as Luz beams.
"I will take that as a yes. I've been waiting to use this." Luz says as she puts on her hood, and showed off her cat ears. "Meow, meow. Now, you try Charles." Luz suggested as Charles puts on his hood, showing off his horns as Eda and King stared at the teenagers awkwardly.
"...It's hideous." King says, breaking the silence as Charles glared at him, and slapped him as he yelped, and Eda smiled.
"Oh, you'll fit right in," Eda says before slamming her staff on the ground as she created a circular, yellow platform below Charles and the others as she smirked. "Hang on tight," Eda says as she mentally raised the platform and watched in satisfaction as King and the Teens were sent flying to the top of the Conformatorium as the platform disappeared, and they screamed as Charles grabbed on to a nearby window, and Luz and King held on to him tightly. "Meet you guys later!" Eda hollered before flying off with staff as Charles grunted, struggling to pull him and his friends up as Luz thought quickly and climbed up his body as she landed inside the building, and King did the same.
"Oh, thanks for helping me guys. Really appreciate it." Charles says sarcastically as Luz quickly went to help her friend and pulled him inside. "Uncle David was right, I do need to exercise more," Charles says to himself as King laughed at him.
"Ha, ha, you're weak!" King says as Charles glared at him, and slapped him again while Luz ignored the boy's antics as she looks around the building in awe.
"Hey, cat lady, dragon boy. How did you two get out of your cell?" A female voice asked, bringing the trio's attention as they turned around to see a woman with pointy ears smirking at them. The pointy-eared girl is a 25-year-old non-human creature with dark skin, a slim built, black hair pulled back into a ponytail, and small fangs. Her outfit consisted of a purple shirt/dress which bares her shoulders and covers all of her upper arms and about half of her forearms, and she also wears a golden band around her neck. Her name is Fanfic Prisoner.
"Oh, no, no, no, I'm not a cat, and my friend is not a dragon," Luz says as she and Charles took off their hoods.
"And we're also not criminals, I might add," Charles says as King smirked at him while perched on Luz's shoulder.
"Not yet, but stick around with us, and you will. You're hanging with the right crowd." King says as the teens rolled their eyes, and Fanfic Prisoner scoffed.
"Neither are we, sweethearts, the stupid Warden likes to lock up people who don't fit in. Like, I write fanfics of food falling in love." Fanfic Prisoner says while showing them a book with pictures of food falling in love, and doing other things which caused an embarrassed Charles to cover a blushing Luz's eyes. "I like food, I like love...just let me write about it, dammit!" She yelled while kicking the wall in frustration.
"Man, good thing Vgn isn't in this universe, or else he will get arrested in a heartbeat," Charles says as Luz and King blinks at him in confusion.
"Who's Vgn?" Luz asked.
"Oh, no, one important," Charles says ominously, and before they can ask what he meant by that, another prisoner spoke up. The prisoner is a 24-year-old monster with light blue skin, light blue eyes with orange sclera, pointy ears, and wears a pair of red pants with no shoes. But the most interesting part about him was that his head was covered with eyes. His name is Eye-eating prisoner.
"I'm here because I like eating my own eyes." Eye-eating prisoner says before taking out one of his eyes as he gulps it down, and spawns another eye.
"We are agents of free expression! They will never silence us!" Another monster yelled out as the gang eyed her confusedly. The monster is a 20-year-old small round creature with large blueish eyes, a rather prominent nose, and reddish hair. She's practically just a head with no body as she had tiny limbs coming out of her head. Her name is Conspiracy Prisoner.
"Yeah, she's really big into conspiracy theories." Fanfic Prisoner explained to the confused gang.
"Our world is fanfic! Everything you know its a lie! He doesn't even exist in the show. He's an OC created by a guy named, Vgn Golley!" Conspiracy Prisoner yelled while pointing at Charles, who was sweating bullets as Luz raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"There's that name again. Who is that guy?" Luz asked as King shrugs.
"Don't know, but if he writes fanfic, then it means that he has no life whatsoever-Ow!" King says before feeling an invisible force kick him in the butt as he looks around. "Who did that!?"
"Wait. These aren't crimes. None of you actually did anything wrong." Luz says before pausing as she pulled out Eda's wanted poster and stared at it. "You're all just a bunch of weirdos...like me and Charles," Luz says softly as Charles placed a hand on her shoulder, and was about to say something when suddenly the ground started shaking as they heard incoming footsteps.
"It's Warden Wrath! Hide!" Fanfic Prisoner yelled as Luz thought quickly and pulled Charles into an open cell as she closed it.
"Good thinking." Charles praised as Luz smiled, and nodded just as the doors were flung open, and Warden Wrath stepped out. Warden Wrath is a 40-year-old humanoid creature with a large muscular built, and his outfit consisted of a hood and a mask with yellow button-like lenses, resembling a medieval doctor. Underneath that, he wears a white sleeveless tunic with brass buttons, a brass badge, a leather belt with a brass buckle, and black trousers tucked into dark purple shoes.
"I can hear you." Warden Wrath says ominously, causing Luz to whimper in fear as Charles held on to her protectively. "Just what are you fools whispering about?" Warden Wrath asked while taking a step forwards as he felt something under his feet, and looks down as he saw Eda's wanted poster which Luz accidentally dropped, and tightened his fist in anger. "Ah, the Owl Lady." Warden Wrath says with a snarl as he raises his fist, and it formed into a hammer as he then slammed it against the jail cell near the kids, nearly causing them to scream in fright as the warden crushed Eda's wanted poster with his foot. "I'll get my hands on her soon enough."
"Fight against the oppressor! We will resist! We will conquer!" Conspiracy Prisoner yelled as Warden Wrath slowly turned to her and walked up to her as the small monster glared at her. "We will never be afraid of you, you old creep!" She yelled as Warden Wrath stared at her blankly before opening her jail cell as the small monster smiled. "Hooray! I'm free!" Conspiracy Prisoner says before yelping as Warden Wrath grabbed her and squeezed the life out of her as her muffled pained screams were heard.
"Let this be a lesson to all of you. There's no place in society for you if you can't fit in." He says before walking away with a struggling Conspiracy Monster as he locked the door behind him. After the warden left, the gang had come out of their hiding spot as Luz and Charles turned to the prisoners and rushed over to free them.
"Don't worry. We can get you out." Luz says while trying to open Fanfic Prisoner's jail cell while Charles did the same with Eye-eating Prisoner. "I...can't...budge this thing!" Luz yells, failing to pull down to lever as she was too weak to do it herself. "Charles! Help me out here!" Luz says as Charles nodded, failing as well to open Eye-eating Prisoner, and rushed over to help Luz as they both pulled down the lever, but even with their combined strength, they failed to do so as they cursed in frustration.
"No! Curse our weak nerd arms!" Luz and Charles said in unison as Fanfic Prisoner sighed softly, and gave them a calm smile.
"Just get out of here while you can, kids. Enjoy freedom for us, and continue nurturing your love with each other." Fanfic Prisoner says passionately as the teens blushed.
"We're not in love with each other!" They yelled as she smirked knowingly.
"Sure, you are." She says as they glared at her for a few seconds before sighing sadly as they walked out of the prison hold, and walked through the hallway just as Eda shows up as she flew beside the sad teens.
"Hey, I just checked. The warden is distracted tormenting some tiny creature. He won't be coming around here anytime soon." Eda says with a smirk before frowning as Lucy and Charles walked past her without saying a word, and reached a door marked, 'CONTRABAND'.
"My crown! It's close! I can sense its power!" King says while rushing over to the door and trying to open it but failed as Eda smiled and walked up to the quiet teens.
"Aw, he gets so cute when he's thirsty for power."
"It's not fair that they're all in here, they just want to be themselves," Luz says, acting serious for once as Charles nodded.
"Yeah, what's so wrong with that. I thought creativity was a good thing, why is it so frowned upon so much?" Charles asked Eda, who didn't know what to say to the teens as they heard a grunt and saw King opening the door as he runs in, and Eda sighs as she turned to the teens.
"Come on, let's go help him before he hurts himself."
"Ow!" King says from inside the room.
"Too late," Eda says amusedly as she and the others entered the room, and saw King ramming his into a giant magical force-field that held all kinds of mystical objects, and other random junk. "Stop hurting yourself, you dingus. We have a couple of humans with us, remember?" Eda reminded him as King blinks.
"Oh, yeah," King says as Luz and Charles glanced at each other, and nodded as the Dominican-American girl took a deep breath, and entered the force-field first.
"Go ahead, don't be shy," Eda says to Charles while waving her hand as he nodded, and stuck his hand into the force field, only to yelp as he pulled back his hand. "What's wrong?" Eda asked worriedly/confusedly/impatiently as Charles rubs his hand, and giggled.
"It tickled, you didn't tell me that the force-field will tickle me," Charles says to Eda confused as the young witch blinks in surprise.
"It's not supposed to tickle-I mean, yeah, it will tickle a bit, but you can power through it. Go on, champ."
"Okay, I will try." Charles says before taking a deep breath as he walks through the portal while giggling as King looked up at Eda.
"I thought humans who enter that force-field won't feel anything, what gives?" He asked as she shrugs.
"Don't know, but there's something odd about that boy, and he looks so familiar," Eda says while rubbing her chin in thought as she stared at the force-field suspiciously.
"What took you so long?" Luz asked Charles just as he appeared from the force field as he was still giggling.
"Oh, I got delayed a bit, that's all," Charles says before blinking as he saw mountains of random junk littered around them, and Luz groans.
"Aw, man! It's going to take forever to find the King's Crown and Eda's other stuff." Luz complains as Charles sighs.
"Come on, complaining is not going to help us find what we want faster. Let's start looking." Charles says as Luz groans again, but nods as they started looking around. While they were looking around the mountain of junk, Charles suddenly stopped moving as he looked up at a tall mountain of junk curiously.
"Charles, what's up?" Luz asked, noticing how quiet her friend got as she saw him staring at something with a transfixed look on his face.
"I don't know, but I can sense that there is something up there," Charles says before leaping onto the mountain of junk as he started climbing it.
"Hey! Where are you going?" Luz asked as Charles ignored her and continued climbing up the mountain, but then stopped as Charles touched a smooth and curvy hilt.
"Hey, Luz! I think I found something!" Charles screamed as he grabbed the hilt and pulled the unknown object out as he and Luz were surprised to see him holding a long sword with a hilt that resembled a dragon's tooth, and was wrapped around with a white cloth.
"Whoa!" Charles and Luz said in awe before Charles noticed something weird about the white cloth as he noticed it seemed to be moving slightly.
"What the-Ahh!" Charles says confused before screaming in surprise as the cloth suddenly sprang into the life and unwrapped itself from the sword as it floated in the air, revealing itself to be a white magic carpet with four golden tussles, and had a big golden symbol of a dragon stitched on it.
"Charles!" Luz yelled worriedly, noticing that Charles was about to fall off as she was about to run over to catch him when suddenly the carpet flew in and caught Charles mid-air as he slowly sets him down next to a surprised Luz. "Oh, well, thank you, I guess." She says to the carpet, who suddenly grew scared as it flew away from the teens and hid behind a giant chest.
"Ugh, what happened?" Charles asked while slowly standing up from the floor as Luz helped him up.
"Well, you found that weird sword, and almost fell off because you were spooked by that magic carpet over there," Luz says while gesturing to the sword that Charles was holding, and the trembling magic carpet. Charles nodded as he inspected the sword, and his eyes widen as he turned to Luz.
"Luz, remember what Eda said earlier? About finding a sword and a magic carpet belonging to a friend of hers?" He asked as she nodded before her eyes widen as she realized what he means. "Exactly, I think we just found them," Charles says as he admired the sword a bit before putting it away as he turned to the scared magic carpet, and walked towards him as he flinched. "Hey, hey, there's no need to be scared." He says reassuringly as Luz nods.
"Yeah, we won't hurt you, little fella." Luz says with a smile as magic carpet shyly peeks his 'head' from the chest and slowly walks out of from his hiding place as he 'eyed' them warily.
"There you go, why don't you fly over to us?" Charles asked, encouraging as the magic carpet seemed to stare at him for a bit, and suddenly grew excited as he flew over to him, and wrapped around his body, as if giving him a big hug.
"Aww! He likes you...you are a 'he', right?" Luz asked magic carpet, who was still hugging Charles as he raised one of his tussles, and it formed into a hand as he gave her a thumbs up.
"Ha, ha, appreciate the hug, but you can let go now, buddy," Charles says with a smile before noticing a name stitched onto his body as he reads it. "Volatus...is that your name?" Charles asked as the magic carpet unwrapped himself from Charles's body, and 'nodded' as the teens smiled. "Well, it's nice to meet you, Volatus. My name is Charles Russo." Charles says as Volatus seems to flinch at the sound of his name but otherwise didn't do anything as Luz popped up.
"And I'm Luz Noceda." Luz says, introducing herself as Volatus beamed and flew over to her as he 'kissed' her hand. "Oh, what a gentleman," Luz says with a giggle. "So, Volatus, what are you doing here inside this force-field? Were you trapped here by the warden?" Luz asked as Volatus grew sad, and 'nodded' as the teens gave him sympathetic looks.
"Wow, Volantus, that sounds terrible," Charles says before getting an idea as he smiled. "Hey, how about you go with us? We can get you through the force-field because we're humans." He says as Volantus beamed and flew in the air in happiness as Charles and Luz watched him with small smiles on their faces.
"But first, we need your help. We were sent here by the Witch Eda and her roommate King. We were helping them find you, this sword, and King's crown. Do you know where the crown is?" Luz asked while gesturing the sword that Charles was holding as Volantus suddenly stopped flying, and 'nodded' as he told them to wait. Nodding, Luz and Charles waited patiently as Volatus flew off and returned back while holding a Burger King Crown as Luz, and Charles stared at it in disbelief.
"Is that a...Burger King Crown?" Luz asked, mildly confused as Charles turned to Volatus.
"Volatus, are you sure this is King's crown?" He asked as Volantus 'nodded' and showed them the back of the ground with King's name badly written on it.
"You've got to be kidding me," Luz says exasperated as Charles shakes his head, and grabs the crown.
"Come on, Luz. Let's get out of here and find out what's going on." Charles says as she nodded, and they made their way to the force field as the boy turned to the magic carpet. "Wrap around my neck, and hold on tight." He says as Volantus gave him a thumbs-up, and wrapped it around his neck as he hung by it like a cape. The kids then took a deep breath as they walked through the portal with Charles feeling ticklish again as they made it to the other side.
"My crown!" King yelled happily while running over to the trio as Charles handed him the crown. "Yes! Yes! I can feel my powers returning!" King says before looking around as he spotted a toy stuffed rabbit, and walked over to it. "You there, Nightmare critter, I shall call you Francois, and you shall be a minion in my arm of darkness!" King says while grabbing the toy as he laughed evilly. Eda smiled at her friend before yelping in surprise as Volatus suddenly flew out of Charles's shoulders and wrapped around her as she giggled.
"Volatus! Good to see you again, you stupid rug!" Eda says playfully while rubbing Volatus as she turned to the teens, and gasped as she saw the sword that Charles was holding. "My goodness," Eda says as she used her magic to levitate the sword over to her and grabbed it as she inspected it closely. "I can't believe that you guys had managed to find Volatus and Steal Bite. I got to say I'm impressed." Eda says while staring at the sword, rather intensively as the kids coughed, getting her attention as Luz pointed at a laughing King.
"That crown doesn't give him any powers, does it?"
"Uh, no," Eda says as the teens frown at her, causing her to sigh heavily as she turned to the teens. "Oh, look at us, kids. King and I don't have much in this world. We can only have each other, so if that dumb crown is important to him, then it's important to me too." Eda says before smiling softly as Volatus flew around her before flying back over to the teens as he levitated above their heads. "And Volatus was my friend's faithful companion, so if he's important to her, then he's important to me too...even if he is a pain in the butt at times." Eda says playfully as Volantus 'glared' at her.
"And what about the sword?" Luz asked Eda, who smiled fondly as she stared down at the sword.
"It belongs to her as well, she was really good with this thing. Unfortunately, the warden snatched up Steelbite and Volantus after..." Eda says before trailing off as she looked up at the sky with an emotionless face, causing Luz and Charles to frown worriedly as she composed herself and shakes her head as she smiled at the teens. "Anyway, I owe you guys, so let's get out of here before the warden finds us and loses his head."
"Too late." Warden Wrath says, suddenly appearing behind Eda as he raised his hand, and it formed into a scythe as he then decapitated her, and send her head flying over to Luz, who caught her head as she screamed.
"Ow! Oh, I hate it what that happens." Eda says with an annoyed look as Luz screamed again and tossed her over to Charles, who screamed as Eda rolled her eyes. "Oh, stop being babies, you two. You act like if this is the first time you've seen a talking head." Eda says as Luz rushed over to them.
"Eda! Are you okay?" She asked as Eda turned to Charles.
"Shake my head, 'Yes', for me, dear," Eda says as Charles stared at her oddly, but did what she requested. "Yeah, I'm alright, kids. This just happens when you get older."
"Does it?" Luz and Charles asked curiously, calming down a bit as the warden walked up to them.
"Finally, I have you cornered, Eda the Owl Lady." He says with a grin as Eda grinned back at him.
"Oh, hey, Warden, you mind giving me and the kids a headstart while we find my body?" Eda joked as the kids chuckled. "Yeah, don't get ahead of yourself just because you decapitated me." Eda says as the kids laughed again, and the warden felt his eye twitched in annoyance.
"One more! One More!" The kids chanted as Eda smiled.
"Alright, alright, give me a second to think," Eda says before thinking carefully as she then smiled and turned to the warden. "Hey, warden! Stop playing head games and tell me what you want!" Eda joked as she and the kids laughed before shutting up as an annoyed warden stalked up to them while swiping King's crown on the way.
"Hey!" King yelled angrily as he runs up to the warden, and leaped up to grab his crown, but failed as he was too short.
"Funny, Owl Lady. Joke all you want, but I finally have you exactly where I want you. My guards could never get you, but I eventually knew that you will come running here to get your friends' precious possessions. Stealing your dog's toy was just the final nail in the coffin." Warden Wrath says before crushing the Burguer King crown as King's eyes widen in horror.
"No! My power!" King yelled before sobbing as the group glared at the warden.
"What do you want with me, Warden?" Eda asked, no longer in the mood for games. "I've never actually broken any of your stupid laws...in front of you," Eda says as the teens blinked in surprise at what she said.
"I want you...to go out with me." Warden Wrath says seriously while pulling out a bouquet of flowers as everyone stared at him in shock.
"What?" Eda asked.
"What?" Luz asked.
"What?" Charles asked.
"What?" King asked.
"Go, boss!" Guard#1 shouted as Guard#2 gave the warden a thumbs up.
"You've always eluded our capture. You've always been the one who got away. I found that...alluring." Warden Wrath says with a seductive tone as the teenagers' groan in disgust.
"I hate everything you're saying right now," Luz says with a freaked-out expression.
"Can you go back to sending us to prison, please?" Charles pleaded.
"You stay out of this!" Warden Wrath shouted while forming his hands into tendrils as he ensnared the teenagers and lifted them up in the air as they dropped Eda's head. "So how about it, Owl Lady? The most powerful witch of the Boiling Isles and the feared Warden Wrath. We'd be the strongest power couple ever! I mean, it's not like you can say no right now." He says while pointing at the struggling children as Eda looked at them, and then saw the guards trapping King as she sighs.
"Alright, warden, you win. I'd just like to say something first." She says as he nodded and waited for what she had to say. "Come closer," Eda says as he leans a little closer. "No. Just come a little bit closer." She says as the warden leans her head close to his face. "Yeah, that's good," Eda says before delivering a headbutt to his face as Warden Wrath screamed in pain and lets her go as well as the teens. "Now, Volatus!" Eda yelled at the magic carpet, who was hiding behind the magic force field ever since the warden showed up as he flew over to her and caught the teenagers and Eda as they flew above the warden's head.
"Impudent wrench!" Warden Wrath shouted angrily as Eda rolled her eyes and glared down at him.
"Get over it. You had your guards stalk me, and then you cut off my head! I'm not going out with you." Eda says before leaning her head over to Luz's side. "Plus, I heard that he doesn't last long if you catch my drift," Eda says with a wink as Luz blushed heavily, and the warden blushed in embarrassment/anger.
"If you don't accept my offer, then I have no choice but to-"
"Hi-yah!" Luz screamed while leaping out of Volatus as she dropped kicked the warden to the floor, and noticed Eda's staff on the floor as she grabbed it and used it to smack away the warden.
"Nice!" Eda says with a chuckle as Charles smiled before noticing Guards#1 and #2 approaching Luz as he narrowed his eyes and gripped Steel Bite tightly as he leaped of Volatus and let out a battle cry as he sliced the guards, causing them to scream in pain as Luz then knocked them away with Eda's staff.
"Double nice!" Eda says as the guard holding King rushed over to attack the teens when suddenly Eda's headless body appeared and tripped him as he fell down and let go of King as Eda's body grabbed him.
"Okay, we're going now. Volatus!" Charles yelled as the magic carpet quickly flew down and picked up the teens as they flew by Eda's body and grabbed her along the way as they flew off.
"Owl Lady!" Warden Wrath shouted while standing up from the floor as he recovered from Luz's attack and glared at the fleeing group. "I won't let you get away again!" Warden Wrath shouted as he transformed his hands into tentacles and then chased after the group, who flew into the Prison Hold as Luz and Charles spotted the levers and then looked at Eda's body as an idea popped into their heads.
"Eda! Lend us your hands!" They shouted as Eda nodded, and mentally commanded her body to place her hands over theirs as the teens then used the added strength to pull up the levers, freeing all of the prisoners as they flew out of the room, and burst through the door as they flew through the air. The gang cheered at first before yelping in surprise as Warden Wrath appears out of nowhere and landed on top of them as Volatus lost his balance and they all fell on the ground.
"Oh, my bones!" King yelped in pain as Eda finally reattaches her head back into her body, and then proceeded to help the kids as she lifted them up to their feet.
"Luz, Charles," Eda says, using their names for the first time as she pulled her Eye-Key from her hair and handed it over to Luz. "Go back to the Human World," Eda says before running off to fight the warden as they watched her go in shock.
"What about you guys?" Luz asked worriedly as she watched Eda dodge Warden Wrath's attacks before responding by dropping down and delivering a double kangaroo kick that sends him flying away.
"If you think this guy is bad, you shoulda seen her last boyfriend," King says with a laugh as Eda turned to him with a glare.
"Not my boyfriend! Now, go, go!" Eda says as she grabbed the teens and threw them on top of Volatus, who was unsure of leaving Eda and King behind, but one stern look from her caused him to sigh as he flew off.
Eda watched them go somberly before turning to glare at the warden as he took off his mask, revealing his face to be only a mouth as he spits fire at her, which she easily evaded by conjuring a magic portal that transported the fireball back at him as it collided against him and send him flying to a wall as he crashed through it. Luz, Charles, and Volatus watched with worry as Warden Wrath jumped out of the hole he made, and formed both his hands into axes as he charged at the young witch, not noticing his prisoners peeking through the hole curiously, but not moving an inch as the teens raised an eyebrow at that.
"Volatus, take us down," Charles says as the magic carpet followed his orders and flew them down to the prisoners as they jumped off and ran over to them.
"Why are you guys just standing there? This is your chance to escape!" Luz says as the prisoners looked unsure.
"The warden will catch us. He always does." Eye-eating Prisoner says somberly as Fanfic Prisoner nodded sadly.
"We belong here."
"Self-doubt is a prison you can never escape from." Conspiracy Prisoner says as the other prisoners muttered in agreement, and Charles frowned as he placed his hands on his hips.
"Look, guys, me and Luz understand how you feel. We have different ways of looking at things. Especially me, thanks to my condition, but our perspective of the world is what makes us special! If you lose that, then you will be just like every other boring and unimaginative person around." Charles ranted as the prisoners looked moved by what he said.
"Why are you guys helping us?" Fanfic Prisoner says, voicing what everybody was thinking as Luz smirked.
"Because you guys are just like us! Weird, but creative people! And nobody should be punished for who they are!" Luz shouted as the prisoners cheered and watched as Luz and Charles mounted on Volatus, and levitated in the air.
"Now..." Luz and Charles said in unison as they put on their hoods and grinned. "...let's get him!" They shouted as everyone cheered again, and charged towards the warden.
"Ugh!" Eda grunted while being punched to a wall as a screaming King was thrown at her and she caught him as they both glared at the grinning warden.
"No more running away, Owl Lady. Today I capture you once and for all!" Warden Wrath shouted while raising his axes as King whimpered and hugged Eda tightly as the young witch glared at the warden defiantly, and was about to attack him, but then-
"Go, go, go!" Luz and Charles chanted while leading the charge as the prisoners let out a battle cry and tackled the startled warden to the ground as Eda and King blinked in shock.
"Luz? Charles?"
"I eat my own eyes!" Eye-eating Prisoner shouted as he continued using his immense strength to push the surprised warden backwards.
"I think the world as a triangle!" Conspiracy Prisoner shouted while appearing behind the warden as she trips him, and the monster fells down as Fanfic Prisoner jumped on his chest and grabbed his tentacle-like arms.
"And I practice the ancient art of fanfiction!" She yelled while tying up his arms as Warden Wrath struggled to escape before spotting Luz and Charles floating above the prisoners as he glared at them.
"You! You caused this! You will both pay!" Warden Wrath shouted in anger as he unwrapped his arms and pushed off the prisoners as he roars at them. Thinking quickly, Luz pulls out her firecracker from her hoodie, and then chucked it over to the warden who caught it with his mouth as the firecracker went off, and caused him to cough madly as small fireworks went off inside of his mouth.
While Warden Wrath was still coughing, Charles took the chance to run over to him as he pulled out Steel Bite, which glowed bright red as there seem to be runes engraved on the blade. Not noticing the light show that the sword was putting on, Charles charged over at the warden bravely as he swung his sword, only for the warden to block it as he formed his hand into a sword. Both parties glared at each other as they jumped back, only to charge again as Charles bends down, and slashed his leg, causing Warden Wrath to screech in pain as he then angrily swung his blade at the teen's blade, and Charles was barely able to block it as he struggled to push him off.
"Wow! I didn't know that the kid was good with a sword!" Fanfic Prisoner says in shock/awe as Luz stared at her friend in disbelief.
"I didn't know either," Luz says as Eda stared at Charles in shock.
"He's using the sword's magic, but only one able to fully utilize its magic was Fiorella, and even though he is a human! Who the hell is this kid?" Eda asked herself mentally as she watched Charles push the warden back, and then charge at him as the warden glared at him and then joined his hands together to form a giant tennis racket as he whacked Charles away.
"Charles!" Luz screamed worriedly before narrowing her eyes as she turned to Volatus. "Volatus, give me a lift!" Luz ordered as the magic carpet 'nodded' and let Luz mount him as they flew over to Charles, and the warden. "Yoink!" Luz says while grabbing a surprised Eda's staff as they flew over to the boys, and Luz used Eda's staff to trip up the warden.
"Ugh!" Warden Wrath grunted as he fell on the floor, and growled in annoyance as Luz flew over to Charles, and landed beside him while clutching Eda's staff tightly as Volatus flew over to Charles, and wrapped around his neck as the wind flapping him in the air, like a cape. "You two! Who the hell do you think you two are?" He asked as the teens grinned and puffed out of their chests dramatically.
"Don't underestimate us, just because we're children, Warden Wrath," Charles says as Luz nodded.
"That's right for we're Luz and Charles, the human warriors of peace," Luz says before she and Charles suddenly charged over at the warden as they raised their respective weapons in the air.
"Now, eat this, sucker!" They shouted as Luz swung the staff, and it collided with the warden's chin as she surprisingly sends him flying into the air. Charles then leaped up and flew through the air thanks to Volantus' interference as he gripped his sword tightly, and let out a battle cry as he swung his sword at the scared warden, and cut off his head.
"Ugh! Ow!" Warden Wrath grunted out while landing on the floor as his head bounced across the ground before stopping as his body landed beside him. "This isn't over! I will have my revenge!" Warden Wrath yelled to the teens just as he saw his headless body standing up and ran around like a wild chicken as he sweatdropped. "But, it might take a while-Aah!" He says before screaming as King suddenly appears and kicked his head into the building.
"That's for destroying my crown!" King shouted while shaking his fist in the air angrily as the prisoner cheered, and Charles landed beside Luz as Eda walked up to them.
"Nice job, kids," Eda says while grabbing her staff from Luz's hands as the kids beamed at her praise.
"Thanks," Luz says as Charles inspected his sword.
"This is an awesome sword, Eda. Your friend was really lucky to have it." Charles says as Eda stared at him silently before gasping as she saw a vision of Charles being replaced by a woman who looks oddly similar to him as she smiled softly.
"Well, you can keep it, kiddo," Eda says as everybody stared at her in shock.
"Really, Eda? I mean, this was your late friend's weapon." Charles says as Eda nods and ruffles his hair.
"You were pretty good with it back there, kid. Besides, my friend wanted to pass her sword down to someone else anyway. You can even have Volantus as well, I mean he has grown rather fond of you." Eda says while gesturing at the magic carpet, which was flying around Charles happily as the boy nodded, and beamed as he and Luz inspected his new sword.
"Why did you give him Fiorella's magic carpet and sword? And to a random human nonetheless." King says to Eda in confusion while perching on her shoulder as the kids were too distracted to listen to their conversation.
"Oh, my little furry friend, our friend Charles is not exactly who he seems," Eda says, confusing King even more as Eda rolled her eyes and whispered into his ear as his eyes widen.
"Oh, wow, is he really-"
"Shh!" Eda shushed him before composing herself as she walked over to the teens. "Well, kids, it's been fun, but let's bounce before any more monster fall in love with me." She says before turning to Luz. "You're lucky, kid, you already have a cute boyfriend around, so you don't have to worry about all the other boys chasing you around," Eda says as the teens blushed.
"We are not a couple!" They shouted as Eda snorted in amusement.
"Sure, keep telling yourselves that," Eda says while turning around to walk away as an embarrassed Luz and Charles followed after her with Volatus flying above them cheerfully, enjoying his new freedom and new friends.
"Well, a deal's a deal," Eda says as she and the others arrived at the Owl House with Volatus flying around her house in excitement as he seems to be happy to be back at home. "Let's get you two home," Eda says while snapping her fingers as the Eye-Key that Luz was holding flew out of her hands and landed in Eda's hands as she pressed the eye, and the Eye-Door appeared. Luz and Charles stared at the door mystically as the Dominican-American girl turns to King, and noticed how sad he looks as she frowns and walked over to him.
"Before we go, I wanted to give you this," Luz says while rummaging through her pockets as she pulled out a small toy golden crown and handed it over to a shocked King. "I know it's not the same, but...a king shouldn't be without a crown," Luz says with a smile as King smiled slightly and grabs the crown as he puts it on.
"This shall suffice," King says before spotting a house plant as he pointed at it. "You there, plant! You are now under my command!" King yelled while marching over to it as Luz watched him go in amusement, and Charles smiled at her.
"That was a good thing you did," Charles says, causing Luz to smile with a blush as Eda smiled at the kids before remembering something as she pulled out Luz's book from her dress.
"Don't forget this," Eda says as Luz smiled and grabbed the book as she and Charles slowly made their way to the world, but stopped as Luz stared at the door doubtfully, and Charles noticed this as he smiled lightly.
"Let me guess you don't want to leave, right?" Charles asked while whispering to her ear as she nodded. "And you want to stay here for a while and not got to some boring camp?" Charles asked as she nodded again and gave him a pleading look as he looks away, and thought carefully before smiling as he turned to her and nodded as she beams.
"Eda, King, we have made a decision," Charles says while he and Luz turned to the duo, who raised an eyebrow at them.
"Huh? What's going on?" Eda asked confusedly as the teens stepped forward.
"Okay, we know that you got your head cut off, we nearly died a few times and started a prison riot, but this was the most we've ever had in our entire life!" Luz says, surprising the duo as Charles rubs his neck nervously.
"We don't exactly fit at home, and you don't fit in here either, so we thought that if we stay here, we could, uh, not fit in together, I guess," Charles says as Luz nodded with a determined look.
"Yeah, we don't want to go to summer camp!" Luz says as Eda chuckled.
"What's summer camp? What are we talking about here?" Eda asked, not following along as the teens grinned at her.
"We want to stay and become magic users like you, Azura, and Draconme. I want to be a witch!" Luz says firmly.
"And I want to be a Warlock!" Charles says as Eda laughed in disbelief.
"What? Hate to spoil your bubbles, kids, but humans can't become Witches nor Warlocks. It's just impossible."
"Have any tried?" Charles asked curiously as Eda opens her mouth and promptly closed it as the teens smirked. "Then we will be the first ones to try."
"Yeah, if you teach us how to use magic, we will do anything you want," Luz says as Charles nods.
"Yeah, wait, what?" Charles asked as King suddenly popped up.
"Let them stay! They could make us snacks and clean for us." King says, causing Eda to smirk widely as Luz continued smiling while Charles gulped.
"Well, I could use a hand or two to help me around the house," Eda says to herself before nodding as she turned to the teens. "Humans, you have convinced me. I'll teach you how to be a Witch, and I will teach you how to be a Warlock." Eda says to both kids, respectively, as they beamed. "But you two have to work for me before you do any spells and don't be disappointed if you can't learn any spells. I never taught any humans how to use magic before, so try not to get your hopes up too much." Eda says as they nodded, and rushed over to hug her, and King.
"Too tight! Too tight!" King grunted out from their grip.
"What's going on?" Eda asked, mildly uncomfortable as the teens continued hugging them. After escaping from their hug, Eda had led the teens to a door as she opens it, and the teens saw a room big enough to accommodate the both of them as Eda raised her hand and conjured a couple of beds and a giant red sheet that divided the room.
"There, some beds for you two, and a giant sheet to give you two some privacy," Eda says as Luz looks around her new room in awe while Charles wasn't really impressed, but didn't say anything to not be rude. "We don't have a lot of room in this house, so you two have to share, and I don't want to see any funny business here. I do not want to live in a house with teenage parents." Eda says sternly, causing the teens to blush madly as Eda then walked away before they could retort and close the door behind them.
"Well, let's get changed," Luz says to Charles, who nodded as they walked over to their sides of the room, and made sure that the sheet concealed them as they changed into their nightwear. Charles's nightwear consisted of a white shirt with black sweatpants and no shoes, while Luz's nightwear consisted of a grey sleeveless top, purple shorts with an orange moon and star stickers, and white/indigo socks.
"Whoa!" Luz says while jumping onto her bed as she jumped into the air before landing with a smile as she noticed Charles writing something in a book. "What are you doing, Charles?" She asked as he beamed.
"Oh, well, while I was changing, I thought that our experiences in our new home will make for a killer fantasy adventure book, so from now on, I'm writing everything that we experience in the Boiling Isles." Charles rambled as Luz smiled.
"Oh, that sounds awesome! I'm doing that too." Luz says as Charles nodded before hearing their phones vibrate as they pulled out their phones, and smiled as they saw their parents checking in on them. After writing a response of how much they're going to love summer camp, the teens hid their phones as they were about to go to sleep until they heard their door opening as King, and Volatus poked their heads in.
"Uh, Volatus says that after spending a decade in the Conformatorium, he can't sleep well, so we were wondering if we could sleep with you guys?" King asked with an embarrassed look on his face as Luz and Charles nodded, and motioned them to get on their beds.
The duo beamed as King rushed over to Luz and jumped on her bed as he slept near her feet while Volatus flew in and landed on top of Charles, acting as his blanket. The Witch and Warlock-in-training smiled softly and closed their eyes as they all went to sleep, not noticing a black eagle staring at them through a window as he flapped his wings, and took off as he flew across the night.
And done! I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and I can't wait to write the next one.
Anyway, as always, I will catch you all later.