Archive of Our Own

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Days have past since their battle against Lilith at the Covenation. While Eda quickly shook off their encounter with Lilith, Sora couldn’t shake the feeling that something was wrong between the two sisters. He knew asking Eda would lead to nowhere, so he tried to keep his worries hidden as best he could. Luz continued to create light glyphs, more passionate than ever, thanks to her talk with Amity. She walked down the stairs with multiple light glyphs in her hand and walked up to the trio, which were still sleeping on the couch at the time. She activated some light glyphs, creating multiple balls of light that floated above them. The trio stayed asleep as more balls of light floated over them as Luz in front of the side of the chair. When the trio eventually woke up, those were the first things they saw. They looked around and saw Luz, waving at them and smiling.

“Morning, you three!” Luz happily greeted them. 

“Morning, Luz!” The trio greeted as they got off the couch.

“These didn’t wake you up, did they?” Luz asked, slightly nervous.

“No, they didn’t at all.” Goofy reassured her, even though the room got much brighter with them around.

“It was actually really nice to wake up and see them above my head.” Donald said as he looked back up at the ceiling.

“It reminded me of the starry nights back on Destiny Island…” Sora said in fascination as he reached up to grab one of the balls of light, accidentally popping it in the process.

“Do you… do you three also think I’ll be a true witch as well?” Luz asked nervously, staring up at the balls of light.

“Of course we do! You’re already making spells! You’ll be a great witch in no time!” Goofy said happily.

“Eda told us about your worry, and she’s right. There’s more than one way to be a witch. You can’t let how they view what a witch is discourage you.” Donald agreed.

“Eda’s right: you’ve gotta be your own witch. I mean, I’m a self-taught Keyblade wielder, and the way I fight is completely different from everyone else I know. You’ll find out what works best for you, and you can’t let anyone try to convince you that you’re doing it wrong.” Sora said as he placed his hand on Luz’s shoulder.

“Thanks. It always helps to hear your constant support.” Luz smiled.

They heard footsteps coming from the stairs, and turned around to see Eda walking into the room with King lying on her shoulder.

“You seriously still on about that?” Eda asked as she ruffled Luz’s hair. “Remember, you’re my apprentice. I’ll make sure you’re a great and powerful witch, regardless of what those loser Coven members think.”

“Yeah! I’ll teach you all about summoning powerful demons that are under your control, and then those fools will rue the day they doubted you!” King laughed maniacally, but ended up being really cute. Everyone else began to laugh as well.

“See, Luz, we’ve got your back. Now stop thinking about what you should be and start thinking about what you can be.” Eda said happily.

“Um… Eda… about being your apprentice…” Sora said nervously, but what cut off when Eda sighed heavily.

“Alright, alright, fine. A promise is a promise. I guess the time has finally come…” Eda dreaded. “But you’re gonna have to wait until I’ve had my apple blood.”

“Yeah, I’m starving! The King of Demons demands his feast!” King shouted. Eda simply flicked his nose. “Sorry… please make breakfast…” He apologized.

“Oh, another magical battle! I can’t wait to see what spells you two do!” Luz said eagerly.

“I mean, it’s not going to be a fight, it’s just some training.” Sora pointed out.

“So? It’s still awesome to see you two do more magic! Who knows, maybe I’ll get inspired by your spells!” Luz said.

They made their way to the kitchen and began eating. Eda sat on the table as she drank from her mug, while everyone else actually sat in the chairs and ate the food. To everyone’s shock, the trio actually ate a meal! They admitted that it was better than they expected and even thought about eating more often. Luz, King, and Eda stared at the trio, absolutely baffled by their remarks, but shrugged it off so long as they began to act slightly more normal.

Once they finished eating, they made their way outside to begin Sora’s training. As usual, Eda rounded the corner first, giving her time to snap her fingers and change her clothes. Once outside, Luz, King, Donald, and Goofy sat in front of Hooty, eager to watch the battle unfold, while Eda and Sora stood across from each other in front of the spectators. Eda reached out her arm to call for her staff, which eventually shot out of Hooty’s mouth as he opened it for the staff to fly though.

“Alright, kid, what’re we gonna start with?” Eda asked as she caught her staff.

“Uh…” Sora stared blankly at his hand. “I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure what to do. I just feel… weaker. I don’t even know where to begin…”

“Seriously?! You continuously irritate me about wanting to train, then have the audacity to not come up with a training plan when we finally do?!” Eda shouted.

“I… I really should’ve thought this through… I’m sorry for wasting your time…” Sora apologized as he looked down at the ground, ashamed.

Eda looked at Sora’s disappointment and began to feel bad. “Look, this is definitely your fault, but I know that was a bit too far.” She admitted.

“So… what do we do about it now?” Sora asked, afraid of being rejected.

“Well, you clearly don’t know what you need help with. But at the same time you’ve got an audience and desperately need help learning what you need to work on…” Eda contemplated. She finally sighed and looked at Sora. “Alright, how about this: just this once, go all out against me. That way, you’ll have a better understanding of what you need to work on and can actually make a plan for if we continue this mess of a training.” She offered.

“That sounds like a good plan…” Sora agreed. “But… I also don’t want to hurt you in the process.”

“Trust me, kid, you won’t hurt me at all.” Eda reassured him. “So, what do ya think?”

“Well, if you’re okay with it, then I am as well!” Sora agreed as he summoned his Keyblade.

“Just hurry up and get to the bloodshed!” King shouted, getting impatient.

“Another epic fight between witches!!” Luz shouted giddily. “Y ahora, las dos brujas se enfrentan con todas sus fuerzas. ¡Que empiece la batalla!” Everyone stared at Luz, completely unaware of what she just said, but she simply smiled and motioned them to begin fighting. Eda and Sora shrugged and got into their fighting stance, ready for their no-holds barred battle.

Sora started by twirling his Keyblade and casting Fire at Eda, but she simply batted it back at him with her staff like it was a baseball. Sora dodged out of the way and cast Blizzard towards her, creating an ice trail behind the spell which he hopped on with Flowmotion. Eda drew a magic circle in front of her and a pillar of fire shot out, easily melting the Blizzard spell and its ice trail. Sora quickly cast Aero underneath the ice trail, launching him into the air just before the fire pillar consumed him. He began skydiving towards Eda, who twirled her staff in front of her and created a barrier. The two of them clashed and Sora struggled to break through the barrier. Once again, Owlbert flew off of Eda’s staff and tried to attack Sora, but he did a kickflip off of the barrier. Owlbert continued to try and peck at Sora, but because he didn’t want to hurt him, he cast Magnet off to the side. The pull wasn’t strong enough to affect Eda, but it was able to pull Owlbert off to the side, leaving him spinning in the air harmlessly. Sora then cast multiple Thunders, causing lightning bolts to strike Eda from above. However, Eda simply dispelled her barrier and raised her staff above her, which intercepted the lightning bolts and surged in her staff. She then spun it around making another circle and stuck her staff through it, and the lightning surged out of her staff, combined and amplified by other lightning from the spell circle. Sora cast Reflect around him, but the spell was so powerful that the barrier began to crack and break. Sora rolled just as the barrier was destroyed, barely dodging the powerful lightning bolts.

Eda slammed her staff on the ground, causing multiple spikes to rise all over the place. Sora just barely dodged them as they shot up around him, with one of them appearing inches in front of his face. He took his Keyblade and hooked onto the spike as he began to spin around it, suspended in the air. Eda drew another circle with her staff and slammed it into the ground, this time causing the spikes to blow up one by one. Sora launched himself off the spike, hopping from one spike to the next before it blew up, closing the gap between him and Eda until he had a clear path and headed straight for her. Eda held up her staff to try and block whatever Sora was about to do, but he stopped right in front of her, kicking off the air in front of her and shattering it like glass. Sora flipped in the air and slammed his Keyblade into the ground, causing a small shockwave to burst out around it, but it was fairly slow and Eda simply jumped out of the shockwave’s range. He then charged towards Eda, and the two of them began attacking and blocking with their weapons, but neither of them were able to land any hits on each other. Sora purposefully missed one of his swings and slammed his Keyblade onto the ground, but nothing happened. Confused, he jumped back before Eda could retaliate and concentrated as he held out his Keyblade, but once again nothing ended up happening. Sora looked at his Keyblade, confused and worried about why nothing was happening. Eda drew a circle on the ground and stabbed it with her staff, causing an owl face to extend out of the ground. The face squirmed all over the place to try and ram Sora, but he was able to dodge out of the way. Just as the owl face tried to ram into Sora head-on, he spun his Keyblade in front of himself and charged towards it, quickly cutting across its entire body and stopping right in front of Eda in a heroic pose, startling her. She jumped back and pointed her staff at him, but Sora didn’t move and the owl face was still intact. When he opened his eyes, slash lines made out of light appeared on the owl face and it fell apart in pieces. Sora tried to get back in his fighting stance, but Eda simply smacked him on the head with her staff, knocking him to the ground.

“Ow…” Sora said quietly as he rubbed his head. Luz, King, Donald, and Goofy began to laugh.

“Well, that was almost impressive…” Eda said as she offered her hand to Sora. “But sheesh, you really are flashy. Anyway, got a better idea on what you need to work on?”

“Yeah, that definitely helped.” Sora said as he grabbed Eda’s hand and got off the ground. “I could feel my Flowmotion was slower than normal, my elemental spells are far less powerful than they used to be, and I couldn’t even call forth some of my more powerful spells with my Keyblade. I’ve lost a lot more than I thought…”

“Yeah, you were definitely stuttering a bit during that sparring match.” Eda agreed. “Well, now that you know what you need to work on, you can start thinking of ways to specifically train those individual skills.”

“I think that’s enough training for today. I’ll start thinking of some exercises for later.” Sora admitted as he walked back over to the group.

“We’ll help out with your training as well!” Goofy said happily.

“Maybe we can learn something from them as well.” Donald said, slightly megalomaniac.

“It’ll be so cool to watch both of you do awesome spells together! Maybe I can record them and make a training montage!!” Luz gasped.

“Yeah, can’t wait to see a montage of you failing like that over and over again!” King said maniacally.

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, you’ve got work to do, and I’ve got a game to play.” Eda said as she pulled out a stack of cards from her hair.

“Really? More Hexes Hold’em? You play that way too much…” King sighed.

“We always see you with those cards when we get back from making deliveries.” Donald said.

“What kinda game is this ‘Hexes Hold’em’?” Goofy asked, curiously.

“It’s a game of cards! You know, the paper rectangles that old people think are fun!” Luz noted. “How’s it work?”

“Alright, one game won’t hurt before you start working.” Eda said as they entered the house and sat on the couch. She set up the cards on the table as the group gathered around her. “Which one of you two are ready to lose again?” She asked King and Owlbert. King furiously shook his head, while Owlbert hooted disappointedly and landed on the table opposite of Eda.

“Watch closely, you four. Hexes Hold’em is the most tricky game on the Boiling Isles. Any proper witch knows how to play.” Eda stated. She and Owlbert began drawing cards and placing them on the table. The trio walked back and forth between Eda and Owlbert, looking at the cards in their hands and the cards on the table while trying to understand what was happening, Luz watched the cards eagerly, and King stared at the table unenthusiastically. Once Eda placed the last card on the table, the cards came to life and began fighting each other. Owlbert’s cards began to push back against Eda’s cards, but she wasn’t worried about it. “Now, when it looks like the deck is stacked against you, that’s when you break out the wildcard!” Eda stated as she held up another card from her hand. Suddenly, Owlbert’s cards burst into flames, and “Winner: Eda” appeared out of the ashes.

“Woo, I win! In your adorable owl face!” Eda mocked. Owlbert hooted angrily at Eda.

“Wow, that was actually a really exciting card game!” Luz said, intrigued.

“Trust me, that excitement goes away very quickly…” King said, bored.

“I have absolutely no idea how this game works…” Donald sighed, thoroughly confused.

“Maybe we can ask Miss Eda for the instructions for Hexes Hold’em.” Goofy offered.

“I think I’ll pass. I don’t know why, but I don’t really like playing card games…” Sora admitted.

“Ah, I love the feeling of victory! It feels… fluffy?” Eda questioned. Everyone turned towards Eda, confused by her statement, but stared in horror when she saw that feathers began to grow on her arms.

“Uh, Eda? It’s happening again!” Luz warned.

“What’s happening again?” Eda asked.

“Your curse is returning!” King pointed out. Eda looked at her arms and yelled when she saw her feathers. She quickly grabbed her cards and ran back upstairs as everyone else frantically followed her. She ran into her room, placed her cards on the floor, and unlocked a chest, revealing nothing but empty bottles. “Oh boy… this is terrible. I’m out of elixirs…” Eda sighed as she dropped one of the bottles, shattering it on the ground.

“What?! But… there has to be something we can do to prevent it!” Sora panicked.

“Yeah, last time this happened, you turned into this thing!” Luz agreed as she held up her phone, showing the picture of Owl Eda almost biting them. Sora held up his Gummiphone as well, showing the picture of Sora posing in front of Owl Eda slicing at them with her claws.

“I know I should be repulsed, but that look is fierce! Unlike you, Sora, you just look like an idiot.” Eda complimented herself. Luz and Eda stared at her, both worried and infuriated by her not taking her curse seriously. “You’re right, you’re right, we need to take care of this. We’ll need to head to the market.” She stated.

“Market time! And finally not for work!” Luz cheered happily.

“I’m stealing everything that’s not nailed down!” King happily threatened.

“We’d better hurry. It’ll be even worse if Eda transforms in the middle of a crowd…” Sora worried. They all made their way towards the door, taking some of Eda’s cards as they passed her.

“Before we go, would anyone like to play one more hand of Hexes Hold’em?” Eda offered. She went to grab her cards, but stopped when she couldn’t find them. “Hey, where are my cards?”

Everyone handed over their cards to Owlbert. “Take these and fly ahead. She’ll have to follow us now.” Luz whispered to Owlbert. He took the cards and flew out of the room as Eda realized what was happening.

“Owlbert, you sore loser! Gimme back my cards!!” Eda shouted as she ran after Owlbert. King and the trio followed them as Eda chased Owlbert outside of the house, while Luz grabbed the rest of Eda’s staff. When she exited the house, Eda was flipping through her cards

“Honestly, Owlbert, out of all the times I’ve beaten you, you’ve never been this bad of a sore loser.” Eda scolded. Owlbert hooted angrily at her.

“Eda, please! Take this seriously!” Sora begged.

“If your curse gets out of hand, we won’t know where to get more elixirs! You might get stuck like that forever!” Donald shouted.

“Just put the cards away for once. I don’t wanna get eaten by you again.” King said irritated.

“If you get cursed, you won’t be able to play your game anymore.” Goofy tried to guilt trip her.

“Alright, alright, fine! I get it. Take care of the curse, I know.” Eda sighed as she stuffed the cards back in her hair. Luz walked over and handed Eda the rest of her staff as Owlbert landed back on the end. “Thanks, kid. Now let’s hurry up and get more elixirs. Then, you’re all going down in Hexes Hold’em!” Everyone sighed as they got on the staff and flew into Bonesborough.

They landed in front of a small store called “Mr. Elixir” that was locked up with a metal gate. Luz, King, and the trio walked away from Eda, who seemed to have everything under control now that she wasn’t playing Hexes Hold’em anymore. They sat on a nearby bench and waited for Eda to finish.

 “Hey, open up, Morton!” they could hear Eda shout and bang against the gate.

“Are we sure we can trust this shop? What if it’s not open?” Sora worried.

“Now that Eda’s put down the cards, she’s actually focused on her curse.” King reassured them. “Besides, Morton always delivers, mostly because he’s too afraid to turn her down.

“Why don’t you try watching the crowd to relax? It doesn’t get much better than people watching in the Demon Realm.” Luz suggested.

“People watching? Most of the time, they’re watching us.” Donald admitted.

“Isn’t it a bit rude, staring at people when they’re just minding their own business?” Goofy asked.

“Not if you don’t draw too much attention to yourselves. Who am I kidding, you three’ll do that anyways…” King sighed.

“Just sit back and try to relax. You’ve been very worried recently, so you’ve gotta try and ease up a bit.” Luz insisted.

“I guess we can give it a try…” Sora said. Together, they watched multiple people walk around town. They made comments about some of the people that passed them and laughed among themselves, having fun just watching the strange inhabitants of the world do their daily routines. They occasionally heard Eda yelling and banging on the shutter, which made them laugh even more.

Suddenly, the people in the street scattered to the edge of the roads. The trio leapt off the bench, expecting more Heartless to show up, when a couple ominous soldiers began wheeling a giant creature restrained on a cart. The trio eased up, but King hid behind the trio.

“Whoa, that’s one ominous parade…” Luz gasped as she got off the bench, trying to get Eda’s attention.

“That’s no parade, kid, those are Demon Hunters; dangerous nomads who capture and sell the most powerful beasts.” Eda clarified. The demon tried to break free, but the Hunters electrified it, knocking it out and continued to push the cart. “…And that’ll happen to me if you don’t open up, Morton!” Eda shouted as she continued to bang on the shutter.

“They’ll pay for capturing my loyal subjects…” King said angrily.

“You don’t think they’ve started capturing Heartless and Nobodies, do you?” Sora asked.

Suddenly, the shutters opened up and a young witch appeared inside. “Sorry, Eda. I was up all night poison tasting, and for some reason I don’t feel great…” Morton groaned. Everyone looked at him with disappointment as he held his stomach in pain.

“I’m all outta my juice, pal.” Eda said as she handed him an empty bottle.

“Oh geez… lemme see what I can do.” Morton said as he took the empty bottle and rattled around his shelves. Luz and the trio looked back into the street to continue watching people when they noticed Willow and Gus walking around.

“Hey, there’s Willow and Gus! Looks like they’re doing some shopping as well!” Sora pointed out. Luz and the trio ran up to greet them, but when they got closer, they saw how sad they were.

“Heya friends! Wait… what’s wrong? Who hurt my babies?!” Luz demanded.

“Them…” Willow answered as she pointed down the street. When they looked to see who it was, they saw Amity talking with a bunch of other students they didn’t recognize, but they knew they were trouble if they were associated with Amity. “Amity’s having a moonlight conjuring and invited everyone but us…” Willow explained.

“And what’s worse is she keeps posting about it on her Penstagram account.” Gus said annoyed as he summoned a little scroll. As it unrolled, a picture of Amity and her friends appeared with some text underneath it.

“Penstagram… so this scroll-thing is what the map vendor meant about not needing physical maps!” Donald exclaimed as he pulled out his map.

“Say, this ‘posting’ thing looks like some kinda two-way communication with people!” Goofy pointed out.

“Can’t say I’ve heard of Penstagram, but it does sound an awful lot like Kingstagram…!” Sora said as he pulled out his Gummiphone. “Maybe it’s their version? Do you think every world has one?”

“‘It’s conjuring night. No dorks allowed.’” Luz read. “What a jerk! …What’s a moonlight conjuring?” She suddenly realized.

“You spend the night at someone’s house, telling stories, playing games…” Willow listed.

“Oh, like a slumber party! We have those!” Luz exclaimed, the trio not knowing what she’s referring to.

“Then, you being something to life with moon magic!” Willow finished explaining as she held up a book, describing the ritual of a moon conjuring.

“…Like a weird slumber party!” Luz said, still excited. The trio stared at the book in amazement.

“Moon magic, huh? I’m glad Saïx isn’t here for this.” Sora whispered to Donald and Goofy. The trio laughed amongst themselves.

“Gus and I have never been to one; you need at least three people and —” Willow began explaining.

“I’m three people! Er—we’re three people! And we’re way better than them!” Luz shouted.

“Yeah, and you’ve got the three of us as well! So that’s two three people! Double the magic, right? I’m sure all of us can figure out how to get the moon conjuring to work.” Sora said.

“Ugh, are you seriously trying to make your own moonlight conjuring, Half-a-Witch Willow?” A three-eyed girl scoffed as her group of friends approached, including Amity. “You know that won’t work, only real witches can perform it.”

“Leave her alone; it’s not her fault she was born without talent.” Amity mocked as their group walked away, laughing at the group. Willow growled as the ground began to shake, causing thorns to sprout out of the ground.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa! That’s a bit much!” Sora insisted as he whacked the thorns with his Keyblade, causing it to retreat back into the ground.

“Don’t waste your time getting thorny over them, ‘cause we’re gonna have our own moonlight conjuring!” Luz insisted.

“Are you serious?! This was on my bucket list, after owning a real human bucket!” Gus said as he pulled out a piece of paper and crossed off one of the items on it.

“That’s a really specific thing to want, but I appreciate your enthusiasm!” Luz said. “C’mon, let’s go tell Eda.” Luz and the trio ran back over to Eda, who appeared to be in a heated discussion with Morton.

“Eda, we’re gonna do a moonlight conjuring with Gus and Willow so we can prove Amity wrong, so can we—” Luz began to ask.

“Not tonight, I’m heading out. I need you four to watch the house. I have many precious objects in there.” Eda dismissed them.

“Like me!” King said as he jumped up and down before Eda grabbed him by the back of the neck.

“No, you’re coming with me. I’m gonna need an extra pair of eyes looking out for pickpockets… and an extra pair of hands in case I want to pickpocket!” Eda insisted.

“Yeah, pickpocketing!” King shouted as he high-fived Eda.

“Did you get more elixirs? It’s a bad idea to go out with the curse still looming over you…” Sora asked.

“Unfortunately, Morton’s out, and going out tonight is the only way I can get more elixirs in time…” Eda sighed.

“But why do we have to stay back and guard the house? Isn’t that Hooty’s job?” Luz protested.

“You seriously believe he can guard with those shadowy, wiggly things you bring all over the place?” Eda asked, irritated.

“Okay, you’ve got a point…” Sora admitted.

“Then, maybe they can come to the house and—” Luz suggested.

“No. Besides, conjurings are dumb; sitting in a circle, holding hands. Ugh, it’s like magic for babies.” Eda said as she began to walk away, presumably to practice their pickpocketing for later tonight. Willow and Gus ran up to Luz and the trio, excited to hear their answer.

“So? What did Eda say?!” Willow insisted.

“So… umm…” Luz and the trio hesitated, not wanting to turn down their friends.

“Hey, look!” Gus gasped as he pointed towards the horizon. “The moon’s already begun rising into place! The celestial powers only align once a year!”

“Oh, I can’t believe we finally have enough friends for a moonlight conjuring! Thank you so much!” Willow prematurely thanked them. “So, did Eda say it was okay?”

“Uh… yes. Eda said yes. We can do it at the Owl House… as long as we don’t make a mess or touch anything and never bring up that we did it ever again!” Luz said nervously.

“Yes! We can do it!” Gus shouted.

“You four are the best!” Willow said as she and Gus hugged Luz and the trio.

“We’re gonna do a conjuring! We’re gonna do a conjuring!” Willow and Gus sang as they began to walk away.

“We’re in trouble, aren’t we?” Goofy asked nervously.

“Of course we are…” Donald sighed.

“Well, do you wanna tell them Eda said no?!” Luz panicked.

“Not really…” Sora admitted. “We’re gonna have to lie our way out of this again…”

“Alright, I’m all warmed up for tonight!” King said as he walked back carrying a bunch of snails and other objects in his arms.

“Yeah, it’s time we get back. I’ve got some research to do on the night market if I’m gonna figure out where to get my elixirs.” Eda said with even more snails and objects in her arms. King and Eda shoved everything they stole into her hair. “Let’s get out of here already.” She said as she opened up her staff and got on. Luz, King, and the trio got on as well, and together they flew back to the Owl House.

“Hey, Eda?” Sora asked. “Have you tried making elixirs on your own?”

“Of course I have!” Eda quickly shouted, insulted. “I can’t figure out all the ingredients, and the results were… ugly.” She and King shuttered remembering the terrible results.

“Ingredients, hm…?” Donald pondered. Sora smacked the back of head, knowing exactly what he was thinking.

Once they returned to the Owl House, Eda went rummaging through her books to find any information about the night market, King went through multiple naps all over the house, and Luz and the trio tried to avoid confronting Eda for the rest of the day, which wasn’t very difficult with how distracted she was. Feathers littered the floor as Eda’s curse slowly worsened, making everyone in the house more nervous.

Night fell when Eda found out about where the night market was. She quickly grabbed her cowl, staff, and King, and began to make her way out of the house. “Luz, you’re in charge while I’m out. Make sure Hooty doesn’t get into any trouble.” She explained.

“Hoot hoot! I don’t need a babysitter; I’m a big boy house!” Hooty opened the door/himself to yell at Eda.

“Wait, why is Luz in charge? We’re the ones with magical weapons!” Sora asked, confused. “…No offense, Luz!”

“No, my thoughts exactly!” Luz admitted.

“You three’ve been getting very nosey recently, at least more than usual. I know Luz can’t stop you, but she’s more of the voice-of-reason than any of you three.” Eda shot back

“Well, either way, you can count on us! We’d never betray your hard-earned trust!” Luz laughed nervously as she put her hood on.

“You’re acting suspicious again. You’re doing that thing where you hide in your hoodie.” Eda pointed out, skeptical.

“Meow I’m not.” Luz said, muffled by her hoodie. “Wait, where’s King? I thought he was gonna go with you.” She asked as she took off her hood.

“He’s right here.” Eda said as she opened up her cowl, revealing King asleep in a harness attached to Eda. “His little body just goes weightless when he conks out. Look at this!” She swayed side-to-side, causing King’s unconscious limbs to sway as well.

“Aw, he’s so dangly!” Luz gasped as she played with his unconscious limbs as well.

“Man, King sure can sleep for a long time.” Sora said.

“You’re one to talk...” Donald rolled his eyes.

“Well, so much for pickpocketing tonight.” Goofy pointed out.

“Anyway, really going now.” Eda said as she walked out the door. Luz and the trio followed her out to say goodbye, but stopped when she turned around and faced them again. “And listen, if any of you mess up the house, I will never trust you again.” She threatened. “No pressure! Bye!” She got on her staff and flew off, leaving them in front of the house, terrified.

“Should we really be doing this?” Sora asked, worried.

“Willow and Gus are counting on us; we’ve got to do this.” Luz reassured them and herself. “Okay, coast is clear. You can come out now.” She called out. A nearby bush began to glow and the leaves burst out, revealing Willow and Gus hiding inside of it.

“Ta-da! I’m a sneaky sneakster!” Willow laughed.

“I’ve got leaves in my pants… and I like it!” Gus said.

“Alright then, let’s get this moonlight conjuring started!” Sora exclaimed.

“Company! Hooray! Finally someone to listen to my stories!” Hooty said happily. He began telling a story, but the group ended up ignoring him and just went inside the house.

“Welcome to the living room!” Luz gestured to the room. “We call it that because it’s technically living! Look, you can see the walls breathing!”

“Enchanting!” Willow gasped as she walked up to the wall, watching it pulsate.

“It’s also technically where the three of us live.” Sora said as he pointed to the couch.

“Look at all these human treasures!” Gus shouted as he rummaged around the various human collectables. “And actual humans!” He gasped as he found a skull.

“…How long have we been sleeping with that?” Donald asked, suddenly worried.

“We’ve got snacks, we’ve got music!” Luz gestured to the kitchen and a strange device that played music on disks by scratching them. The song that started playing was actually just scratching and screaming noises.

“We’ve got a bucket!” Gus shouted as he placed a bucket on his head.

“Sounds like another task off your list!” Goofy said happily.

“And best of all, we’ve got actual friends to do the conjuring with! This is so exciting!” Willow said in anticipation.

“So how does this conjuring stuff work?” Luz asked.

“Well first, we find something to animate. Since it’s our first time, we should pick something meaningful, something beautiful.” Willow explained as she looked longingly at a bouquet of flowers.

“Something beautiful… I wish I still had the charm Kairi gave me…” Sora sulked.

“How about this strangely buff little man?” Gus asked, holding a small, muscular figurine. He squeezed it, causing it to say, “I’m half beef, half buff!” The trio couldn’t help but laugh, thinking of Hercules.

“Yes! He’ll work perfectly!” Luz said. The trio nodded in agreement.

“That’s not exactly what I meant by ‘beautiful’…” Willow protested. Gus became disappointed and started to tear up, making Willow feel bad. “Okay, buff boy it is.” She admitted.

“Tonight he shall be risen!” Gus shouted in excitement. Everyone repeated the cheer after him.

“So how do we get started?” Sora asked.

“According to the conjuring books I’ve read, we first place the object we want to animate in the center and all hold hands around it.” Willow explained. They placed the figurine in the center of the room and sat around it, holding each other’s hands. “Next, we close our eyes and say the incantation to make a connection with the doll.” She said.

“Figurine.” Gus corrected, annoyed.

“Moonlight, we call, we sing. Moonlight, take this chance. Moonlight, come tie the string. Moonlight, start the dance!” Willow and Gus began to chant. Luz and the trio had no idea what the chance was and tried to copy what they were saying, but failed miserably. As they chanted, a light blue shockwave bursted out around them, extinguishing all the lights in the room. Once the incantation was finished, they opened their eyes and looked at the figurine.

“Did it work?” Sora asked.

“It should’ve. That’s your cue, little man.” Gus said as he poked the figurine. Suddenly, the entire house began to shake uncontrollably, sending objects flying across the room and scattering the ground on the ground. When the house stopped shaking, Everyone stood back up in pain, wondering what just happened.

“Is that part of the moonlight conjuring?” Goofy rubbed his head.

“What was that?!” Donald shouted.

“Did the entire house just hiccup?!” Luz asked, worried.

“ That’s what you call a hiccup?!” Sora shouted. “What’ll happen if it sneezes?!”

“Little buff guy, what did you do?” Gus asked as he squeezed the figurine again. All the figurine said was, “A real man never takes accountability!”

“No… I think we might’ve animated the house by accident!” Willow guessed.

“The house?!” Luz and the trio panicked. Everyone ran outside, hoping that Willow was wrong, but immediately stopped when they saw the house was in the air. Suddenly, it started to walk on its own, making its way towards the cliff.

“The house really did come to life!” Sora shouted in despair.

“Hooty?! Hooty, you have to stop!!” Luz begged.

“By the power of moonlight, I have risen. Hoot hoot!” Hooty shouted hypnotically, his eyes glowing bright blue.

“He must be in some kind of trance!” Gus guessed. The house ran into some trees, knocking everyone off balance and causing Gus to fall off the edge. Luz and Gus quickly grabbed his hands and caught him.

“Guys, our magic must’ve spread through the house instead of the doll!” Willow shouted.

“Figurine!” Gus clarified again, despite being in a life-threatening situation.

“Hooty, stop!” Luz begged again, but Hooty gave no response.

“Luz! Willow! Take our hands!” Sora and Donald extended their arms to them. Once Luz and Willow grabbed on, Goofy grabbed onto Sora and Donald’s hands, and together they all pulled to get Gus back on solid ground again. However, once they all grabbed each other’s hands, a light blue aura appeared around them and the house stopped moving right at the edge of the cliff, but it began to lightly shake again. They took the opportunity to pull Gus back up and let go of each other’s hands when he was safe, causing the aura to disappear.

“The house actually stopped moving…” Sora said in amazement as he stared off at the sea.

“How’d we manage to do that?” Gus asked, confused.

“Wait, let’s hold hands again.” Luz said. Everyone joined hands again, causing the aura to reappear around them. The house slowly began to back away from the cliff, but it began to shake more vigorously.

“We’re controlling it with the power of friendship! Oh, and the moon.” Willow said.

“I use the power of friendship all the time, but this has never happened before. Pretty sure it’s just the moon this time.” Sora agreed.

“This is amazing! What do we do now?!” Gus exclaimed.

“On the one hand, we should probably stay put.” Luz said, scared of Eda’s threat.

“On the other hand, we’ve got a giant walking house and should totally take it on a joyride!” Gus argued.

Luz looked up at the sun, which was directly above them and slowly began to set, giving them plenty of time. “Okay, we can go out, but we gotta be back before the moon sets or Eda will kill us.” Luz agreed.

They tried to get the house to start moving, but it was standing still and shook uncontrollably. They looked at Hooty to see what was wrong, and his eyes were glowing brighter than ever. Suddenly, the blue in his eyes turned dark and a shockwave of darkness shot out, knocking everyone on the ground again and losing their grips. A large ball of darkness shot out from Hooty and passed over everyone, startling them as it went over the cliff. They looked over the cliff to see what it was, when suddenly the ball of darkness flew back up over the edge, roughly the size of the house. The ball of darkness broke apart as two giant owl wings spread out, detached from its body. Its feathers were bright yellow at the base, brown around the center, and black at the tip. Its feet were shaped like lightning bolts with razor-sharp talons. It had yellow glowing eyes and a protruding beak with a jagged mouth extending out past its beak, with its head detached from its body, which had a giant Heartless symbol on it. It opened its beak and hooted menacingly and flew off past the house, leaving behind a trail of feathers that electrocuted whatever they landed on before vanishing. The group stared at the giant Heartless as it got farther away from them.

“What was that thing?!” Willow and Gus shouted, terrified.

“I didn’t see which symbol it had, but I think that one was a Heartless?” Luz guessed.

“Yeah, but we’ve never seen a Heartless like that one before.” Goofy said.

“But what did it come from? Who’s heart could have made something like that?!” Donald asked, confused.

“We should go after that Heartless. There’s not telling how much damage that thing can cause…” Sora suggested while trying to count the number of electrified trees below.

“Okay, but we need to be careful that it doesn’t destroy the house. We need to make sure it— Hooty?!” Luz gasped once she saw him. Hooty’s face was completely white with his eyes and mouth gone, replaced with the Nobody symbol. Hooty’s legs were also white and his toes were splayed out like the cross on the top of the symbol. “What happened to you?!” Luz cried out.

“Hooty’s been turned into a Nobody!” The trio shouted, completely surprised.

“But how did that happen?! You told us Nobodies are people without hearts!” Gus pointed out.

“No… was that Heartless we just saw Hooty’s Heartless?!” Willow guessed. Everyone stared at the direction the Heartless flew off to in horror.

“But how did we release Hooty’s heart? Sora didn’t do anything with his Keyblade.” Goofy asked, confused.

“Something must’ve gone wrong with the moonlight conjuring!” Donald quacked angrily.

“We have to hunt that Heartless down, or Eda will definitely kill us!” Sora panicked.

Everyone grabbed hands again to gain control of Hooty, but once they did, light began to glow around him. It enveloped him, and once it vanished, Hooty was back to his normal self, with his eyes still glowing light blue. Everyone stared at Hooty, absolutely baffled.

“What the… he’s back to normal now?!” Luz gasped.

“So wait, was the one we just saw not his Heartless then?” Gus asked.

“It happened when we grabbed hands again…” Donald noted.

“Wait… I think I know what it is!” Sora shouted. “The three of us will let go, and you three should hold hands.” Luz, Willow, and Gus agreed and the three of them joined hands as the trio let go. They looked back at Hooty, and he became enveloped in darkness again, and once it vanished, Hooty was a Nobody again, but this time his Nobody symbol was glowing light blue.

“Now he’s back to a Nobody!” Goofy pointed out.

“But he looked normal a second ago!” Willow noted.

“Okay then…” Sora sighed. “So, now you three let go, and we’ll join hands.” Luz, Willow, and Gus let go of each other’s hands as the trio joined hands. Hooty became enveloped in light again, and once it vanished, Hooty was back to his normal self again. However, he quickly began wandering around again.

“Just as I thought!” Sora shouted. “You three are able to control Hooty’s actions, and we’re able to control his powers as a Nobody!” They all joined hands again, and Hooty was under control while looking like himself.

“So wait, he’s still a Nobody even though he looks like himself?” Luz asked.

“You see, there’s more than one kind of Nobody. Those white, slithery ones with the symbols are normal Nobodies. But if a Nobody has a strong enough will, it keeps its original form. It looks like Hooty isn’t strong enough to keep his original form, but can with a combination of us and the moonlight conjuring.” Sora explained.

“He’s still in that weird trance, but at least he looks normal again.” Gus said.

“But doesn’t that mean when the moonlight conjuring is over, he’ll just look like a Nobody again?” Willow asked.

“Which is why we need to hurry and get Hooty’s heart back before Eda returns and steals ours!” Luz panicked.

“But how’re we gonna track down that Heartless? The Boiling Isles is massive and we don’t have much time to find it!” Goofy worried.

“Actually, it made a nice trail for us!” Donald pointed down below where the feathers landed, the ground around it singed. “We can use it to track the Heartless!”

“Then we have no time to lose! Everyone, let’s hunt down that Heartless!” Luz rallied. Everyone joined hands and controlled the house to follow the trail the giant Heartless left behind.

“So what are we gonna call this one, fellers?” Goofy asked.

“Wait… you name these yourself?” Gus exclaimed.

“Well, yeah.” Sora said. “We can’t just run around calling everything ‘The Heartless.’ It makes it really hard to communicate in battle when nothing has a name.”

“Ooh! Ooh! Can I name it? Can I?!” Luz shouted, bouncing up and down. “It’s gotta be something cool! Something mystical… like, The Galvanic Strigidae…!”

“The what?” Goofy mumbled.

“Sure, if I remember that in the next two seconds.” Donald said, for once sounding equally confused.

“Then I’ll just say it over and over until you remember! Galvanic Strigidae! Galvanic Strigidae! GAL-VAN-ICー”

This went on for twenty minutes, while they continued to follow the trail into the nearby forest. However, the trail ended at a clearing with many trees knocked over and singed.

“What the… what happened here?!” Sora shouted, finally ending their frankly insane and chaotic chanting of the name Galvanic Strigidae.

“It looks like there was some sort of struggle here.” Willow noted as she lamented the destroyed trees.

“But a struggle against what? Another Heartless maybe?” Gus guessed.

“But the trail of feathers ends here! Does that mean it lost the struggle?” Donald asked.

“If it did lose, where did its heart go? Maybe it’s somewhere close by.” Goofy said.

“There has to be some other clue nearby, right? It couldn’t have just vanished. We’d better keep looking around here.” Luz suggested. Everyone nodded in agreement and continued looking around.

As they continued their search around the forest, they noticed someone walking around by themself. It was the three-eyed monster girl from earlier.

“Hey, isn’t that Boscha?” Willow asked.

“You’re right! She’s the one who made fun of us.” Gus said.

“I don’t think she’ll know anything about where the Heartless flew off to.” Goody pointed out.

“Not like we want her help anyway.” Donald grumbled.

Boscha turned around and noticed the house, staring at it in confusion. “Looks like she noticed us… What do we do now?” Sora asked.

“I know what to do.” Luz smiled mischievously. “Gus, can you make my voice louder somehow?”

“I sure can!” Gus said as he summoned a megaphone.

“Oh, this is going to be good. She’s not afraid of speaking her mind.” Willow said in anticipation.

“Hey, you! You should stop being so mean to people. You’re kind of a jerk.” Luz shouted through the megaphone. The group laughed at her insults.

“A talking house giving me a lecture? Ew. Whatever, I’ll just TP you like I did with the rest of the neighborhood.” Boscha shrugged off.

“But don’t you see? I’m no ordinary house!” Luz shouted. The trio joined hands and took control of Hooty, charging them closer to Boscha and scaring her off. Everyone laughed as she ran away from the house.

“I’ve never pranked anyone before! And now I have a taste for it…” Gus said deviously.

“I’ll be honest, it felt great getting back at her for making fun of you!” Sora said.

“Hey, why don’t we follow her to Amity’s house and show off our conjuring? That way, we can show them who really has no talent!” Willow suggested.

“Actually, I’m starting to think we should head back.” Luz said timidly as she looked up at the moon, which was beginning to descend.

“Luz is right, we’d better hurry and find the Galvanic Strigidae, or at the very least put the house back where it belongs.” Sora agreed.

Gus summoned his scroll again to check the time when it suddenly glowed and vibrated. “Looks like Amity updated her Penstagram.” He said as he showed the group a new photo of Amity, Boscha, and other friends.

“Shout out to my fellow witches, #HumansCanBiteIt?!” Luz gasped as she read it out loud.

“Unbelievable! What’s their deal with us?!” Sora shouted.

“Let’s show them up!” Luz chanted. Willow and Gus quickly joined in, but the trio were hesitant. “C’mon, don’t you three want to get back at them as well?”

“It would be fun getting back at them for being such jerks.” Donald admitted.

“We’re just worried about Eda returning and finding out what we did to the house.” Goofy said.

“Yeah, she probably wouldn’t be too thrilled about her house disappearing on her.” Gus admitted.

“But we know how to get to Amity’s house, and by controlling Hooty, we can get there in no time.” Willow explained.

“We haven’t found any other clues about where the Galvanic Strigidae flew off to. Maybe we can find some more clues about it in town.” Luz pointed out.

“Well, if it won’t take long, we can hurry and show them up. But we have to keep looking for it afterwards, got it?” Sora asked. Everyone nodded in agreement. “Okay, then let’s go and show them we really are witches!” He cheered. Everyone joined hands and took control of Hooty again, now heading into town.

The town was mostly quiet at night, very few street vendors were around, the streets were mostly clear, save for a handful of people walking around, and thankfully never ran into any guards. They did their best to cause as little property damage as possible, but that didn’t stop the townspeople from running away in fear. They tried to apologize along the way, but they’re pretty sure no one actually heard them. Finally, they reached a large, secluded house with a gate labeled “Blight Manor”.

“Look, Amity’s house!” Willow pointed out.

“Wow, that’s a pretty big house… it might even be bigger than this house.” Luz observed.

“Blight. So she has two names: Amity and Blight. I guess it’s like you, Noceda.” Sora noted.

“Uh, Blight’s just her last name. Her first name is just Amity.” Luz explained.

"… Oh. That’s… a thing, I guess.” Sora apologized in embarrassment.

“Now, it’s time to show them what a real conjuring looks like!” Gus said eagerly.

They made their way closer to Amity’s house, but were stopped when something attached itself to the house, shaking everything and causing the group to let go of each other’s hands.

“What was that?” Willow asked, worried. They looked around to see what caused them to stop moving.

“Some sort of rope is holding us down!” Sora said as he found the rope.

“But what shot the rope, and why did they want to stop us?” Gus asked.

“Uh, is that a giant crossbow?!” Luz asked as she saw it line up in front of them. It fired its arrow, soaring over the house and attaching into the ground, causing another rope to pin down the house. Sora summoned his Keyblade and jumped off the house to try and cut the rope in front of him, but the Demon Hunter from earlier jumped into the air and protected the rope with its own massive sword, catching Sora off guard and knocking him back to the house. The Demon Hunter jumped onto the house, standing in front of the group.

“Knock knock.” The Demon Hunter intimidated them as he brandished his sword in front of the group.

Sora stood back up and tried to slash at the Demon Hunter, but he drew a magic circle, causing his hand to surge with electricity. He blocked Sora with his sword and grabbed onto the Keyblade with his electrified hand, shocking Sora and knocking him unconscious. Donald summoned his staff and cast Fire at the Demon Hunter, but he sliced through it with ease and shocked Donald, knocking him out as well. Goofy summoned his shield and stood in front of Luz, Willow, and Gus, and was able to deflect the Demon Hunter’s electricity away. However, the Demon Hunter simply kicked Goofy’s shield to the side and shocked him, knocking him out as well. The Demon Hunter stared at Luz, Willow, and Gus, who simply raised their hands and surrendered.

“Wise choice.” The Demon Hunter laughed. He put his sword away and dispelled the electricity before pulling out a long piece of rope and tying everyone together. Once restrained, the Demon Hunter threw them into the house and began working with other Demon Hunters to load the house onto a cart and drag it off somewhere.

“What do we do now?!” Luz panicked. “Who knows what’ll happen to Hooty, or even us!”

“Sora? Donald? Goofy? Are you three okay?” Willow asked, worried. They gave no response. “If they were awake, they could cut us free…”

“I know, I’ll bite my way through the rope!” Gus said. He began to chew on the rope, but was hardly making any progress.

“That’ll take too long! There’s gotta be something else we can do to save Hooty! Wait… that’s it, Hooty!” Luz began to kick on the door. “Hooty! Hooty!! You have to wake up and get us outta here!!”

“If you want this to end as you say, three of you must hold hands. That is the only way…” Despite reverting back to his Nobody form, Hooty responded in an eerie voice whispered in the wind and the house rumbled.

“¡Oye, no me hable así! We can’t even reach each other’s hands, tied up like this and with half of us unconscious!” Luz shouted as she continued to kick the door. “Willow, can you help me with Hooty?”

“I’m sorry, Luz. You shouldn’t ask me to help with anything… All I’ve done is gotten us into mess after mess…” Willow sighed. Luz tried to cheer her up, but was interrupted when the house stopped moving, knocking everyone over and squishing the trio onto the ground.

“Ugh… what happened…?” Sora mumbled as he began to wake up along with Donald and Goofy.

“I think the house stopped moving…” Luz guessed.

“I know my stomach hasn’t…” Gus groaned in pain.

The door opened and the Demon Hunter stepped inside. He laughed as he grabbed the group and threw them outside of the house in front of more Demon Hunters, at the edge of another cliff. “Take the house and rip out the demon. We can sell it to restaurants as exotic meat.” The demon Hunter instructed.

“No! Hooty would taste terrible!” Luz shouted.

“They don’t have to know that. It’ll still catch a hefty price.” The Demon Hunter laughed.

“Man, two hauls in one night! We’ll be set for months after this!” The second Demon Hunter cackled.

“Wait, second? What else did you capture?” Luz asked. They looked around to see if they could find what demon they captured, and sure enough, another cart was next to Hooty with a giant owl creature restrained.

“Hooty’s Heartless! It’s here as well!” Sora shouted.

“That’s why there was no trail at the struggle!” Donald realized.

Hooty and his Heartless began to struggle in an attempt to fight and defeat each other, causing the Demon Hunters to lose focus of the group.

“We have to restore Hooty before they destroy each other!” Goofy worried.

“You worms aren’t interfering at all! Throw them over the cliff!” The Demon Hunter leader ordered. Another Demon Hunter laughed as he dragged them closer to the edge of the cliff. The trio tried to summon their weapons and break free, but couldn’t under such tight constraints.

“All righty, kids. Here’s the end of your short little lives.” The Demon Hunter mocked as he continued to push them towards the cliff.

“Waitwaitwait!” Gus pleaded. “Is this really what you wanna be doing with your life? Tossing kids off cliffs?”

“Actually, yes. It's been my dream since I was a boy. I was a strange child.” The Demon Hunter admitted. He laughed as he pushed them off the cliff, the group plummeting towards the rapids down below. Miraculously, their rope was stuck onto a tree root, but it wouldn’t hold them forever.

“If we break free now, we’ll just fall into the water…” Donald noted, even though he would be the only one safe.

“I know you’re great at Flowmotion, Sora, but I don’t think you’re good enough to bring all of us back up.” Goody worried.

“Yeah, but we’ve got another problem. The moon’s setting quickly, and if we don’t hurry, we won’t get Hooty back in time…” Sora said as he stared off in the distance, the moon beginning to approach the horizon.

“Well, if we're not killed now, we will be when Eda finds out about the house…” Luz pointed out.

“Luz, Sora, I'm so sorry… You two just wanted to turn back and fix this mess, but I just had to show off to Amity. The truth is… she and I used to be friends…” Willow admitted.

“What?! You were?!” Luz and the trio gasped in amazement.

“We played together as kids, but when she got her magical powers and I didn't, she stopped hanging out with me…” Willow reminisced.

“I don’t mean to be rude, but is now really the best time?!” Gus interrupted them as the tree branch began to break.

“I just wanted to prove to her that I was a powerful witch too…” Willow confessed.

“It doesn’t matter if you’re a powerful witch or not, you’re still going to be our friends, no matter what!” Sora reassured her.

“Besides, what you said is completely ridiculous! You helped bring a house to life! Amity doesn't know what she's talking about! Next to Eda, you're the most powerful witch I know!” Luz shouted, making Willow blush. “N-no offense, Gus.” She quickly apologized.

“No, not at all. I know what I'm about.” Gus smiled.

“Hey, what about the three of us?!” Sora said, pretending to be offended.

“Okay, okay, you three are the most powerful witches I know from outside the Boiling Isles.” Luz said. The group couldn’t help but laugh, but immediately stopped when the branch continued to break.

“This branch can’t hold us much longer!” Gus began to panic.

Willow looked at the wall and noticed another root sticking out of it just barely out of reach. “If I could just reach that root…” She tried to grab onto it, but couldn’t reach with her hands still restrained. The group began to swing back and forth, causing the branch to break even more, but they managed to get close enough to the root. “Gotcha!” She shouted as she grabbed onto the root, causing it to grow wildly. More roots began to grow out of the wall and even a massive leaf platform, which managed to catch them just as the branch broke, catching them. With barely any room, Sora summoned his Keyblade and cut the rope, freeing everyone.

“Alright, now let’s get Hooty back and defeat that Heartless!” Luz rallied. Everyone cheered as the platform raised them up to the ledge.

As they got closer, they heard the Demon Hunters talking among each other. The last thing they were able to hear was, “They were children, Tom.”

“We may be children, but we're also witches. Powerful ones!” Willow shouted as the group rose from the cliff, catching the Demon Hunters by surprise. Thorns rose from the edge of the cliff and shot out of the ground, entangling the Demon Hunters.

While they were distracted, the group ran over to Hooty, who was frantically trying to attack the Galvanic Strigidae. Once they got back on, Sora climbed up and cut the ropes, freeing Hooty. However, Hooty stood up on his own and his talons twisted and shaped into a giant sword. He swung it at the Galvanic Strigidae, launching it into the nearby trees, cutting its ropes in the process. The Galvanic Strigidae rose out of the trees and hooted menacingly again and flew away from the cliff.

“No! We don’t have enough time to let it get away again!” Sora shouted as he looked back at the moon, which was beginning to disappear behind the horizon.

“Then come on, let’s hunt down that Heartless once and for all, then return the house!” Luz rallied. Everyone joined hands, took control of Hooty, and chased after the Galvanic Strigidae.

They were following behind it for a while, but they were too slow to catch up with it. Its head was turned around 180 degrees and watching the group chase after it. It would occasionally turn its body around as well and cross its wings, launching electric feathers at the group when it spread its wings out again. The group dodged most of the feathers, but some of them got lodged into the ground and parts of the house.

They chased the Galvanic Strigidae into a small market in the middle of the woods. The group did their best to avoid any people and vendors, but the Galvanic Strigidae made it more difficult with its electric feathers. It launched its feathers at Hooty’s feet, and the only way they could dodge it was to step on one of the vendors and destroy it.

“Sorry, mister!” The group quickly apologized as they continued to chase after the Galvanic Strigidae.

They continued to chase after it, but they weren’t gaining on it, and worse they were running out of time. When it seemed like they would be unable to catch up to it, a large pillar of fire bursted out of the ground. Because the Galvanic Strigidae was busy looking at the group, it didn’t see the pillar of fire and flew directly into it, catching its wings on fire and falling on the ground.

“What just happened?!” The group gasped in amazement. They looked around to see what caused that, thinking the Demon Hunters were back, when they saw Eda and King flying on her staff next to the house and landed next to the group. The group stared at them, realizing they’ve been caught.

“Wha— you’re the ones doing this to my house?! What did I tell you about messing with my house?!” Eda barked.

“Why is Hooty walking?! He was terrifying enough before!” King cried out from Eda’s shoulder.

“Look Eda, we’re really sorry for what we did to Hooty, but right now, we have to stop that Heartless before the moon sets!” Luz shouted. Eda looked back at the Heartless and the group, then closed her eyes and sighed.

“Fine, but don’t think you’re getting out of this!” Eda reluctantly agreed. “So, what’re we gonna do?” She asked. Sora and Luz let go of each other’s hands and offered them to Eda and King. She laughed and grabbed onto Luz and King’s hands while King grabbed onto Eda and Sora’s hands, everyone glowing light blue.

The Galvanic Strigidae rose back into the air, the flames extinguished. It opened both its beak and mouth, revealing its sharp fangs and letting out a combination of a hoot and a roar as it began to glow yellow and surged with electricity.

“You’ve tried moonlight power, now it’s time I try friendship power! … That also uses the moon!” Sora said. Everyone looked at him with confusion while Donald and Goofy exchanged nervous glances. Sora closed his eyes and breathed deeply while everyone followed him.

“Do you feel it, the moon’s power?” Sora chanted. Everyone followed his lead as they began to float in the air and glow even brighter.

“The moon shines down!!” Everyone shouted at once. They opened their eyes and their auras changed from a light blue to a dark blue, including Hooty and the entire house, as a shockwave shot out around them. They all stared at the Galvanic Strigidae with determination. It roared in retaliation and charged towards the group, ready to fight.

The Galvanic Strigidae crossed its wings and extended out again, shooting more feathers and aiming for the group this time. Hooty’s limbs changed back into a Nobody’s and twisted one of his talons into a sword again. He swung his leg at the feathers, cutting them apart and causing the electricity to discharge. The Galvanic Strigidae swooped upwards and tried to grab the group with its surging talons. Hooty raised his leg sword in front of the group, forcing the Galvanic Strigidae to grab onto the sword with its talons. Electricity surged throughout his whole body, and even the group could feel it. Hooty thrusted his head outward to twist and shapeshift it into a spear, which he used to swipe stab into the Galvanic Strigidae before throwing it up into the air. It flipped around in the air after being thrown before regaining its balance and floated high above the house.

It spun around in the air, its wings glowing bright yellow as electricity began to get stored, before it threw its detached wings from its body towards the group. The group backed away from the first wing, which caused a giant lightning bolt to strike the wing as soon as it got lodged into the ground and created a shockwave around it. Because they were so close to the wing, the giant lightning bolt knocked Hooty onto the ground. The Galvanic Strigidae then threw its second wing at the hoppled Hooty. They couldn’t get back up in time, so he extended his talons and grabbed onto the first wing, which was no longer charged with electricity, and threw it at the second wing, knocking it to the side. The second wing landed in the woods, far enough away so as to not affect the group. The Galvanic Strigidae began to divebomb the group, but they were able to stand back up and prepared for it to get closer. The Galvanic Strigidae flew up just before it hit the ground, gliding across it trying to take out Hooty’s legs, but they jumped above it. Hooty twisted his legs together and shot them down, striking the Galvanic Strigidae’s back and causing it to slide against the ground.

The Galvanic Strigidae rose back up and roared in rage, calling its wings back to its side. Its wings connected with each other and the tips of its feathers flowed brightly with electricity. It charged at the group, swinging its wings around wildly, causing lightning bolts to shoot out and launching feathers with each swing. They were able to dodge the initial swings and lightning bolts, but the feathers were able to strike Hooty, causing the group to feel more surges of electricity. Desperate to stop the Galvanic Strigidae from launching its feathers with each swing, Hooty shifted and transformed his head into a sword and clashed against its wings. However, the power in its wing blades were far worse than the feathers it shot out, causing everyone great pain. Hooty and the group kneeled down after taking such a powerful surge, his sword head falling limply on the ground. However, they noticed that only the edge of the Galvanic Strigidae’s wings were electrified and the back of them were completely normal.

When it tried to swing again, they dodged its wings and Hooty struck the back of them, breaking them apart and lodging them into the ground, their electricity dissipating. Defenseless, they relentlessly attacked the Galvanic Strigidae, swinging his head sword and transforming his legs into spears to stab at it. In pain, the Galvanic Strigidae called its wings back to its body and surged them with electricity, but they barely glowed at all. It tried attacking with its wings first, but the electricity was so weak that when Hooty swung his face-sword at them, he was barely hurt by the electricity and overpowered it. Hooty slashed upward with his sword face, launching the Galvanic Strigidae into the sky. Hooty jumped into the air after it and stabbed downward with his spear talons, slamming it into the ground. Hooty landed in front of the Galvanic Strigidae, ready and waiting to see what it would do. The Galvanic Strigidae slowly rose back into the air, shaking greatly before its dislocated pieces fell apart onto the ground, lifeless.

The Galvanic Strigidae’s body faded away as a large crystal heart appeared and began to rise into the sky. Sora let go of their hands, summoned his Keyblade, and shot out a beam of light at the heart, stopping it from escaping. The heart soared in front of Hooty and the two of them combined, restoring Hooty back to normal. They looked at the moon and saw that it was almost completely gone. They quickly controlled Hooty back to where the house was before it was too late.

They made it back and set the house back where it was just in time as the moon set. The group stopped glowing and fell onto the ground, exhausted from controlling the house while in a state of rage.

“Did… did we do it…?” Luz panted.

“Ugh… is the world spinning, or is it just me?” Hooty asked. “Just a little house humor! I think…”

“We… we did it! Hooty’s recompleted!” Sora faintly cheered.

“Sorry for everything we’ve done to you…” Luz apologized.

“It’s okay. I’m just glad to be included!” Hooty said.

“You… you’re all so busted!” Eda shouted as she struggled to stand back up. “You held a moonlight conjuring and animated my house!!”

“We betrayed your trust in us… we’re really sorry…” Sora whimpered as he helped Luz strand back up.

“No! Don’t punish any of them!” Willow begged as she stood up and got in front of Luz and the trio. “We’re the ones who pushed them to do the conjuring!”

“If you’re gonna eat me, just do it now!” Gus said timidly as he stood beside Willow.

“Hey, you don’t have to do this for us.” Luz tried to talk them out of defending them.

“We should’ve told you two the truth about Eda not wanting any company or moonlight conjuring.” Sora confessed.

“You mean you went through all the trouble of holding a moonlight conjuring just for us?!” Gus gasped.

“We do have to do this. You’ve done so much for us, it’s only fair for us to help you out.” Willow smiled back at them.

“Then you’re all guilty, so you'll all be punished by cleaning my house top to bottom!” Eda ordered as she picked up King, who was still lying on the ground. She drew a circle in the air, creating multiple cleaning supplies.

“Oh, that could’ve been a lot worse!” Donald sighed. Luz elbowed him to be quiet.

“Well, it’s the least we could do after everything we’ve done.” Goody admitted.

“And one more thing…” Eda said threateningly. The group stared at her, terrified of what she was going to say next. “That was totally amazing, and I'm so joining you for next year's conjuring!” She said happily. The group cheered and high fives each other, proud to hear Eda’s praise. “Now get to work!” She ordered.

Everyone made their way inside the house. Eda and King laid on the couch and rested while the six of them took the cleaning supplies and started fixing the house. It took them a long time, but they eventually finished and the house looked as if nothing had ever happened to it in the first place. The sun was out when they finished, but Willow and Gus were too exhausted to walk back home. Sora offered the couch to sleep on, but when they went downstairs they saw Eda and King asleep on it instead. So instead, everyone decided to sleep in Luz’s room, saying it was like one of the sleepovers she has back home. The trio fell asleep very quickly after a tiring but fun moonlight conjuring with their friends.