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Camila Noceda, one of the greatest Waterbender healers of all time, was outside, using her waterbending to water the plants.

"Mija, are you coming?" Camila asked.

Luz came outside with a bag slung over her shoulder. She wasn't very happy, but this was the only option. Now, her mother is a Waterbender and her father was a non bender, so naturally you would assume that Luz is a Waterbender, right? Wrong, she's a Firebender, at least, that was the first element she learned. That's right, this simple fourteen year old girl is the most powerful person in the world. Camila walked over and kissed Luz's head.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Camila said.

"Mami, why do I have to do this? People don't need the Avatar anymore."

"Mija, you know you need to master all the elements. You're a Firebending prodigy, but you need to learn Airbending, Waterbending, and Earthbending."

"But I already know the basics of each element and several sub bending styles." Luz said, "Besides, I won't be able to see or contact you for years."

"I know this will be hard, but it has to be done." Camila said, "I have to go to work, your bus will arrive soon. I'll miss you, Mija."

Camila got into her car and left, sending one last glance at Luz. Luz waited until her mom was gone before running back to her room. She put her phone, clothes, and the book she convinced her mom she threw away into her bag. She wasn't going to follow some hundred thousand year old rule when no one needs her. She ran out of the back door and into the woods. When she was running, she tripped over a root and the contents of her bag fell out. Luz looked at the root and stood up. She threw a fist and a stream of blue fire came out and burned the root. She turned back to her stuff and packed it back up.

"Where's my book?"

She looked around and saw an Owl with a big sack of trash... and her book. The Owl flew away.

"Hey, come back here!"

Luz chased after the Owl and ran through the door of an old abandoned house.

"Stop running away you slippery… little… wow."

Luz looked at the creepy stuff and picked up a creepy doll lizard thing.

"Where am I?"

"Finally, you're back!" A mysterious person said.

Luz raised her fist; just in case something happens. She put two fingers up, prepared to send Lightning at someone. She looked out of the tent and saw a woman screw the owl onto a stick.

"Now let's see what you brought back."

She tossed a few expensive things, calling them "Junk". She pulled out Luz's book and looked at it for a quick second.

"And this... will make good kindling." She said, putting over a lit candle.

Luz panicked and hoped her Airbendng was good enough for this. She shot a stream of air at the flame and it went out.

"What the?" The lady said.

She looked at the tent and walked towards it. She peeled back the curtain and saw Luz in a FireBending stance. Eda looked at the girl and noticed something.

"You're a Human."

Luz kept her stance while looking at her book in the woman's hands.

"What of it?" Luz said, "You don't want to fight me, I just want my book back."

Eda looked at the book in her hand and smiled.

"Hmm, so, you want this thing? Well, I'll give it to you-" Luz moved to get it, but Eda held Luz back with a hand while holding the book up, "Only, if you help me with something."

Luz looked at the woman and sighed.

"Fine, what do you need me to do?"

Before Eda could answer, the table behind her had was broken by a hand.

"Eda the Owl Lady, you are under arrest for Misuse of Magic and Demonic Misdemeanors. And you-" He said, pointing at Luz, "You're also Under Arrest, for fraternizing with a criminal!"

Luz didn't look impressed. She only wanted to get her book back and now she was being threatened with prison. She only been here for two minutes and she already doesn't trust the government here if this is how their police operate.

"Okay, okay." Eda said, "Let me just grab my stuff."

She wacked the guard with her staff and used magic to pick up all of her stuff.

"Follow me, Human." Eda said, running through the market.

Luz really began to wonder if her book was worth this.

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Eda landed outside of a building. She explained that this place was the Boiling Isles, a place full of witches, demons, and magic. She would be more surprised that a world like her book actually exists, if it wasn't for the fact that she can shoot lightning from her finger's. Not much surprised her.

"Okay, so what do you need my help with?" Luz asked.

"That will be explained more inside. Follow me."

Eda walked up to the door, where Luz met the single most despicable creature of all time.

"Hoot, Hoot! Password please!"

Eda pressed her fingers into Hooty's eyes.

"We got no time for this Hooty. Let us in."

"You never want to have any fun! Ouch! Hoot!"

He... it, opened its mouth and they walked inside.

"Well, Human, welcome to… the Owl House!"

Era snapped her fingers and brooms started to move them selves and the ceiling started to light up.

"Wow, this place is amazing!" Luz said.

"It's were I hide from the pressures of modern life, also the cops, also ex-boyfriends."

"Do you live here by yourself?"

Luz felt the ground start to shake and instantly put up a Firebender stance.

"Who dares intrude upon me?! The king of demon?!"

Luz dropped her stance and ran over to him.

"¡Ay, que lindo! Eda, he's so cute! Who's a widdle guy? Who's a widdle guy? Is it you? Is it you?"

"I don't know who your little guy is! Eda, who is this monster!?"

"Oh, this is a Human that found her way through the portal. She's here to help us with our little, problem."

"Oh, hooray!"

"Wait, what kind of problem?" Luz asked.

"Just... let me explain. King was once a mighty king of demons, until his Crown of Power was stolen, and he became... this."

"You mean this little bundle of joy?" Luz said, holding onto King.

"The crown is being held by the evil Warden Wrath and locked away behind a magical force field that only a human can break through." Eda said, "We need you to get through that force field, and if you do, I'll give you your book back."

"So, I don't really have much of a choice." Luz said, "Fine, so where do we find this place?"

"Oh, don't worry about that. We already know where it is. All that we need is you… Human. What was you name? You never told me."

"Oh, I'm Avat… I'm Luz. Just Luz the Human."

"Alright." Eda said, "Let's go."

She picked Luz up and carried her out the door.

"S-s-so, where is this place we're going?"

"Somewhere fun!" Eda said.

Luz definitely had a different definition of "Fun" than Eda. She was looking at a prison that held the crown.

"So, it's in there?" Luz asked.

Luz at first thought it would be easy if she just blasted her way in there. Honestly, who in the world would mess with the Avatar, but she wasn't sure that would be the best idea.

"Yep. It's simple, I distract the guards while you and King go up to that tower and-"

"That tower? Up there? How do you expect us to reach that?" Luz asked.

She hasn't mastered Airbending, so she can't fly and her Firebending only can give her a small boost to make it over gaps and stuff like that.

"Leave that to me." Eda said.

She made a Spell Circle and a platform below them started to lift them up.

"See you at the top!" Eda said, flying away on her staff.

Luz waited for the window to be in reach and she jumped into the prison.

"Hey." A girl said, "How'd you get out of your cell?"

"I'm not a prisoner, even if I was, they can't keep me in." Luz said.

"I shouldn't be one. I didn't even do anything; all I do is write fanfiction of food falling in love." She said pulling a book out, "I like food, I like love. Just let me write about it!"

"I was put in here because I like to eat my own eyes." Another said, eating an eye.

"And then there's her." The fanfic prisoner said.

""We are agents of fwee expwession! They will never siwence us!"

"If you can't tell, she's into conspiracy theories."

"The world is a simuwation! We are but pwaythings for a higher being!"

"T-t-these aren't crimes. You didn't do anything, wrong!" Luz said, "I'm getting you out of here!"

The second Luz touched the lever, she heard movement.

"It's the Warden! Hide!" The Fanfic prisoner said.

Luz and King dove into a cell that was free and closed the gate. The door was slammed open and the Warden walked in.

"I can hear you. What are you freaks talking about?" He looks at a wanted poster of Eda that fell off the wall when he busted the door, "Ah, Eda the Owl Lady, you may be free for now, but it's only a matter of time before I capture you!"

He slammed his hand, which morphed into a hammer, into the gate. He starts to look at Luz when the conspiracy prisoner started to speak.

"Fight against the oppwessor! We will wesist! We will conquer! We will never be afwaid of you, you old cweep!"

Warden Wrath walks over to her cell and opens it. She stares at the opening door.

"Hooway! I'm fwee!"

Warden Wrath grabs Tiny Nose, his fist fitting around her entire body. He holds her up and points at the other two prisoners.

"Let this be a lesson to all of you. There's no place in society for you if you can't fit in."

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The Warden left and Luz got out of the cell.

"Kid, you have to get out of here." The Fanfic prisoner said, "Enjoy freedom for us."

Luz felt bad about not being able to help, but she doesn't plan on being the Avatar anymore, so she doesn't plan on Bending anymore. She made it past the Warden's Office and was walking towards the door that had the contraband behind it.

"Hey, I just saw the Warden, he was hurting some small creature." Eda said, appearing next to Luz, "Hey, kid, what's wrong?"

"I think it's wrong how people are just being locked up for being themselves. If I had the power to cha-"

Luz stopped herself when she realized, she does have the power to change this. Eda didn't seem to notice Luz cut herself off as she focused on King acting power hungry. She followed him into the door and Luz followed suit. When she started to pay attention, she noticed that King was headbutting the force field.

"You don't need to do that; we have a Human. Remember?" Eda said.

"Oh, yeah." King said, a little dazed from banging his skull multiple times.

Luz placed her hand against the barrier, she found very little resistance. She walked through and saw a massive pile of junk. She looked at the top of the pile and saw something familiar.

"Is that?"

She climbed to the top of the pile and it took everything she had to not burn this piece of cardboard in her hands. She walked out of the pile and tossed King his crown. He placed it on and grabbed a stuff bunny that would be his "Minion".

"That doesn't give him anything, does it?" Luz asked, clearly annoyed.

"No." Eda said, "Look at us, Luz. Between King and I, we have next to nothing. The only thing we have is each other, so if that dumb crown is important to him, it's important to me. Besides, us weirdo's have to stick together."

Luz thought about it for a minute, she was kind of a weirdo in her world, being the only person that can bend every element, you don't get to be involved in any activities with an unfair advantage, and she doesn't make friends with many non bender's as they're jealous about her being that powerful. Luz was taken out of her thoughts when Eda's head landed in her hands. Luz, naturally, screamed.

"Ow! Oh, I hate when that happens."

Luz, naturally, screamed again.

"Eda, are you okay?"

"Yeah, this happens when you get older." Eda said.

Luz didn't know how to respond. She had several weird things in her world, but limbs falling off, not part of it. She looked up and saw the Warden, crushing King's crown.

"I knew if I stole your pets' little toy, you'd have no choice but to come here for me to capture you." Wrath said, "You have nowhere to run now."

He grabbed Eda's head from Luz.

"Hey, let go of her!" Luz said.

"Quiet!" He said, grabbing Luz with his other hand, "You weak human, you don't belong here."

He threw Luz against the wall and she landed with a thud. She looked around and saw a brick that fell out of the wall when she hit it. She looked at Eda being grabbed by her hair and got a plan in her head. She discreetly used her Earthbending and launched the brick into his head. He dropped Eda's head and she looked at Luz.

"Nice throw!" Eda said.

'Oh, if you only knew.' Luz thought.

She ran over and picked up Eda's head, King, and Eda's staff. Eda's body got on with the rest of them and Luz tried to take off... she didn't know how.

"How do you work this thing?" Luz said.

Eda rolled her eyes.

"Gun it magic stick!"

The staff flew off and Luz flipped the switches of the cells, allowing the prisoners to escape. They made it out of the prison, but the Warden managed to hit the staff and they were knocked to the ground. Eda reattached her head and pulled the key out of her hair.

"Luz, take this and get back to the Human World."

Eda placed Luz on the staff and slapped the back of it, causing it to carry Luz into the sky. She hung on very tightly, she didn't want to be reincarnated yet. She noticed the prisoners hiding and went over to them.

"Why aren't you guys escaping?"

"The Warden will catch us, he always does." The Fanfic Prisoner said, "Besides, we won't be able to make it to the exit before he beats that witch."

Luz got an idea.

"What if I managed to keep him distracted?" Luz said.

This got the prisoner's attention.

"You would do that? That's suicide for a Human." The Eyeball Prisoner said.

"Why would you help us?" The Fanfic Prisoner asked.

"Because, it's my job to keep balance." Luz said, "And no one deserves to be punished for being themselves."

Luz flew back towards the Warden, who had Eda and King cornered.

"Hey, Warden!" Luz said.

Everyone looked at her.

"You came back?" Wrath asked, "That will be a mistake."

He breathed fire at her and King and Eda looked horrified. Luz tossed the staff away from the fire and put her hands up. Wrath stopped and looked at the wall of fire, glad that the Human was gone.

"Luz... no." Eda said.

"How does it feel, knowing that she died because of you?" Wrath said.

He morphed his hand into a hammer and raised it above Eda. Before he could crush her, he was hit in the head with a large rock. He looked over and saw Luz, with rocks floating a couple inches above her hand.

"Miss me?" She asked, sending the rest of the rocks at him.

He was hit and growled. He breathed more fire at her, which she used her Firebending to catch. When she caught it, the fire turned blue and she fired it back at him. He was knocked back and she fired off three more blast of blue fire, and one bolt of Lightning. All of them hit him in different places, mainly the torso. She ran at him and jumped up and made a spin kick, with fire following. Wrath was sent to the ground, landing on his back with a groan emitting from him. He started getting up and Luz stomped her foot on the ground. His lower body was encased in rock and he looked at Luz.

"Who are you?!" He demanded.

"I am Avatar Luz, Firebender Prodigy, keeper of Balance!" She looked away for a second, "Now eat this sucker!"

Luz used her Earthbending and hit him with a rock pillar, sending him flying back into the prison. Luz looked back at Eda.

"I guess I have some explaining to do?"

"Yes, you do, but let's get out of here before anyone else comes by trying to kill us."

They flew back to the Owl House and they walked inside.

"Okay, spill, what was all of that, with the rocks and the fire?" Eda asked, "I thought you were a human."

"I am a Human. In my world, people are able to bend Fire, Earth, Water, or Air. Then there is me, the most powerful person in my world. I am the Avatar, the only person that can control all four. Every time I die, I get reincarnated and have to relearn the elements and... you aren't paying attention, are you?"

"I stopped paying attention when you said die." Eda said, handing Luz her book, "Here you go. I promised I'd return it. Now, to get you back home."

Eda opened the portal and Luz looked at it.

"No."

"What?" Eda asked, "If you're this powerful person, shouldn't you go back and, I don't know, be powerful."

"No one needs the Avatar anymore. The world has found itself in a state of perpetual piece and co-operation. I'm obsolete there, but from the looks of it, I may be needed here."

"What are you saying?" Eda asked.

"I want to stay here. Maybe I can bring balance to this place." Luz said, "And maybe I could even learn magic while I'm at it."

"Kid, Humans can't do magic." Eda said.

"This world doesn't seem to understand what Humans are capable of." Luz retorted, "Besides, I'll never know if I don't try."

King tugged at Eda's dress.

"Let her stay, she can make us snacks."

"Alright, you can stay, but you're going to help me with my work." Eda said.

Luz hugged her, much to Eda's confusion.

"What is this? What are you doing?"

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'So, I ran away for this?' Luz thought.

The day before she got to fight against a weird puppet demon... thing. Today... well, it's sunny, at least.

"Well, Luz," Eda said, elbowing the teenager excitedly as Luz looked on in disgust. "Did you ever think you would see something as breathtaking as this?" The three of them were standing in front of some sort of giant rotting slug carcass with trash spilling out of it. Luz shook her head slowly.

"I… don't think I want to do this." But Eda wasn't listening to her.

"There's nothing more inspiring than the Trash Slug. It makes a home, a life from what others have thrown to the wayside… until BOOM! It gets blasted by a wave and croaks from all the salt. And we get to sell this stuff to customers! Now, don't leave me waiting." She held out a pickaxe to Luz.

"Please don't make me. This is the grossest thing I've ever seen." Luz shuddered and King scoffed.

"Oh, come on, Luz! It's not every day you get to go to the dump and pick apart a garbage carcass," he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm. He went and spread a blanket on the ground.

"Eh, nuts to you both." Eda said as she swung her pickaxe at the creature's eye, making it shatter into a million pieces.

"So, Eda." Luz said, "I was thinking, why don't we work on me learning magic or practice my bending?"

"Sounds like that boring school stuff." Eda said.

"School? Like magic school!?"

"Yeah, that boring place that removes creativity and teaches a corrupt system." Eda said, "Look at me, I never finished school and I'm fine!"

"Eda, you're collecting garbage. Not exactly everyone's dream job." Luz said, "As much fun as this looks, I think I'll take my leave."

"Fine, go practice your little Firebending." Eda said, "More treasure for me."

Luz walked into the woods, finding a small item that she put in her pocket. What she may need it later. She was looking for a clearing that wouldn't result in a forest fire. She walked for a while until she stumbled upon a girl with a large pot in a wheelbarrow, that was stuck in a deep hole.

"Hey, you need a hand?" Luz asked.

The girl looked up and saw Luz. She walked over to Luz and focused on Luz's ears.

"Y-y-you're, Human?"

Luz covered her ears and looked at the witch.

"W-w-what? No, it's just... magic?"

"I know about Illusion spells, that's not one."

Luz lowered her hands.

"Fine, I'm a Human."

"A Human in the Boiling Isles! This is amazing, how did you get here?! What's your name?! What-"

She was cut off when she heard another wheelbarrow stop behind her. She quickly pulled Luz's hood over her head to hide Luz's ears. Luz saw a girl on top of a cauldron, reading a book. She closed the book and hopped off the large pot.

"Willow! You were so unnoticeable; I almost ran into you!"

"Hi, Amity." Willow said.

Amity looked passed Willow and noticed Luz.

"Oh, look at that, you made a friend! Willow, I'm so proud of you!" Amity said, "I hope you know this, but hanging out with Half a Witch is a social killer."

Amity jumped back onto her cauldron and it started rolling again. Luz noticed Willow getting angry. Her eyes started to glow green and vines erupted from the ground. Luz smacked one away and shook Willow enough to get her out of this.

"S-s-sorry about that." Willow said.

"Are you kidding, that was awesome!" Luz said.

"Thanks, but I'm not supposed to be doing Plant Magic. I'm in the Abomination Track, but I hate it."

"Well, I don't know how I can help with that, but I can help you get this to your school."

"Thanks... I don't think I ever got your name."

"Oh, I'm Luz. Luz Noceda."

Luz helped Willow move her Cauldron to school, where the Principal was waiting outside.

"Ah, Miss Park, I was wondering what was taking you so long."

"Sorry, Principal Bump, my cart got stuck." Willow said.

"Well, at least you managed to get here." Principal Bump looked at Luz, "And who might you be?"

"She's Luz." Willow said, "You won't believe this, but she's a Human."

"A Human you say?" He rubbed his chin, "Miss Park, please get to class. Miss Human, please follow me."

Luz and Willow shared a look but went their respective ways. Luz sat in front of the Principal's Desk, feeling like she's in trouble at school all over again.

"Now, Luz, was it?"

"Yes, Sir."

"No need to be that formal, please, call me Principal Bump." He grabbed a book and held it out towards her, "When I was your age, I found a book from the Human Realm. What I found out about Humans... I've always wondered if it was true."

Luz took the book and opened it. She gasped when she saw it. It was a book from after the Hundred Year War, telling the history of it.

"This book has been missing for almost three hundred years." Luz said, "Do you have any idea how valuable this is?! It's the last known book about the Hundred Year War! Every other book was destroyed in the second world war."

"So, this book talks about this special power called Bending. Is that true?" Bump asked.

"Yes. People from the Human world are capable of bending one of the four elements."

"And are you able to command one as well?"

Luz smiled.

"Do you have somewhere I can show you?"

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Luz followed Bump to a small wooded area with a lake. Luz looked around and smiled.

"This place is perfect." Luz said, "You should probably back up a little."

Bump backed up and Luz let out a small breath. She put her hand out and started to move the water. She suddenly made a sharp move to the sky and froze the water, creating an ice pillar. Opposite to the water, she sent a large blast of fire, being careful not to light the ground on fire. She moved her attention to her left and sent a strong stomp to at the ground, causing large pillars of rock to rise from the ground. She then made a sharp turn and blast a small gust of air at Bump, making him take a small step back.

"Amazing." Bump said.

Luz wasn't done yet. She made fist with two fingers out. She sent a bolt of Lightning towards the sky and then started to bend the sand around the lake. She calmed down and took a few breaths. She turned to look at Principal Bump.

"So, as you can see, that book hold some incredible truth." Luz said.

"I'm impressed, I've read this book so many times, but seeing it with my own eyes, it's... incredible." Bump said, "So, I'm assuming you are the... Avatar?"

"That would be correct." Luz said.

Bump rubbed his chin for a minute.

"Follow me back to the school. I have to discuss something with you."

Luz complied and followed him back to the school. At the school, Willow was putting books in her locker. A pink hand slammed against the locker next to her.

"Hey, Half-A-Witch."

"Hi, Boscha."

"So, I heard you got a D- in class, you finally made it past an F. I'm so proud of you!" Boscha said in a mocking tone.

"What do you want?" Willow asked.

"I figured, Amity, Skara, and I should... 'Tutor' you. You know, because we're such nice people."

Boscha grabbed Willow's cowl and pressed her against the lockers. Willow sent a pleading look at Amity, hoping to appeal to the old friendship they used to have.

"Boscha, leave her alone." Amity said, "It's not her fault she was born without talent."

"Come on Amity, look at her, she's practically begging for it."

What they didn't know, there was someone sneaking into the Abomination Track and put something in each cauldron. They watched as the goo started to fall out of the cauldrons and rise from the floor. They quickly made a teleportation spell and left. In the Principal's office, Bump watched as Luz signed a few papers.

"Now all you need is a guardian's signature and you'll be enrolled next semester." Bump said, "Although, I'm not sure if Edalyn will actually let this happen."

"Wait, how did-"

"I've known Edalyn since she was a student here." Bump said, "Even back then she had a portal to the Human Realm. That's the only place you could've come from."

"How old are you?"

"Old enough."

"Well, regardless, I think I could figure out a way for her to sign this."

Before either of them could speak, there was screaming coming from the hall. They ran out to see what was happening and saw students running from a large monster made from Abominations. Bump moved Luz behind him.

"Abomination, Halt!" He said.

The monster looked at him and hit him out of the way. The monster looked at Luz and tried to crush her. She rolled out of the way and checked to see if someone was watching. When she didn't see anyone, she sent a blast of fire at it. It back away and she was about to blast it again when she was tackled out of the way. She looked up and saw Willow.

"Are you okay?!" Willow asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine." Luz said, "What happened?"

"Someone messed with the Abominations. It became sentient and no one is able to take it down. I was about to be bullied when it broke out and caused a panic." Willow said, "I was almost crushed by it, when I was pushed out of the way by... Amity."

"Willow!"

Luz and Willow looked as a boy ran up to them.

"Willow! What's going o- A Human!?"

"Gus, we can focus on this later, there is clearly a bigger problem going on!" Willow said.

The Abomination tried to crush Willow and Gus, but was hit in the head by a lightning bolt. They looked at Luz as she blew the smoke off her fingers. The Abomination ran away and Luz chased after it. She couldn't let anyone get hurt because of it. She saw it grab someone and tried to get its attention.

"Hey, over here!" Luz said.

It turned to look at her and she got a better look at who it grabbed. Luz quickly used her Firebending, discreetly, to get a jump boost and grabbed Amity from the monster's arm. She jumped down and landed on the ground. Amity shoved her away.

"Get off of me!" Amity said, before noticing her ears, "A Human!? I was just saved by a Human! Do you have any idea what will happen when everyone finds out about this!?"

Amity ran away from Luz before Luz could say anything. Luz turned her attention back to the monster. So far, lightning hasn't done anything except make it stop for a few seconds, there wasn't any water so she couldn't freeze it, she doubted air could do anything, she was sure the using earth would destroy the foundations, so the only thing left, was fire. She sent a blast of fire at it which proved to be... worthless. Its head was destroyed, but it reshaped in seconds. Luz reached into her pockets and prayed that there was something that could help. She pulled out the seed she had and remembered what Willow did earlier. She ran past the Abomination and made her way back to Willow.

"Willow, I need you!" Luz said.

She handed Willow the seed and Willow seemed to understand what she needed. The Abomination came into view and Willow focused on the seed. The seed turned into massive vines that wrapped around the Abomination. The Abomination was crushed and became a puddle.

"Incredible." Bump said, "Miss Luz, I think you should go and get Eda to sign those papers, while I speak to Miss Park. I am canceling school for the rest of the day, while I figure out what exactly caused this."

Luz started to leave, with Gus closely behind her.

"So, you're a Human?! What's the Human World like? What's-"

"How about we start off with something simple." Luz said, "My name is Luz."

"My name is Agustus, I'm Willow's friend."

"I knew an Agustus in the Human Realm, we called him Gus. I'll call you Gus as well."

"Wow, my first human nickname." Gus said, "What was with that lightning you shot from your fingers?"

"I... let's wait for Willow to come back. I'd much rather explain it once."

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Explaining to Gus and Willow how Bending and being the Avatar was actually easier than she thought. Basically, the second they saw Luz give a small demonstration of her Bending, they understood that everything people think about Humans is wrong. But that was a couple days ago, right now, she was getting a demon lesson from King. Normally she would be happy to do that, but there were several things on her mind. One, how was she going to get Eda to sign the papers the Bump gave her. Two, how to learn magic. Finally, three, how to further her bending.

"Luz, are you paying attention?" King asked.

"Huh? Oh, yeah, totally." Luz said, "So... what were you saying?"

King sighed and pointed at the board.

"I was talking about this!" He said, smacking his pointer at a picture, "The Snaggleback! The most feared Demon in the Isles!"

"The most dangerous?" Luz said, tilting her head.

"Well, there is one Demon that's more dangerous, but they've been extinct for nearly a thousand years." King said, getting very dark and cryptic, "So there's no point in talking about it! Now, let's talk about the fluffiest demon on the Boiling Isles... Me!"

King laid on his back and Luz rubbed his stomach. He sat up when thunder started to ring through the air.

"Huh, looks like it's going to rain."

Luz got excited, not only because she loves feeling rain on her skin, but because this could be a good way to practice her Waterbending.

"Luz, wait!"

It was too late. Luz was already outside.

"Ah, I love the rain." She saw a flower, "I bet you do too."

The flower was hit by a rain drop and burnt.

"What?!"

It started to rain more and Luz got hit with several drops before she used her Waterbending to make the rain fall around her, instead of on her. Soon Eda started to run to the door.

"Boiling Rain! Everyone get inside, now!"

Eda didn't seem to notice Luz Bending the rain and grabbed her arm. She pulled Luz inside and she landed awkwardly.

"There, lucky you didn't get hurt."

Luz, still laying with her limbs in several directions, responds.

"Yep, not hurt."

Next thing Luz knew, she saw darkness. She saw images flash in her mind. Images like fire and magic crossing, a large heart, her falling off a bridge, an egg, a book, and a hand holding the earth. The last image was of a gold colored mask. Luz shot up and started breathing heavily.

"Oh, good, you're awake!" King said.

Luz held her head and groaned.

"What happened?" She asked.

"This thing landed on your head and knocked you out." King said, pointing at an old, heavy book, "Eda put up a protection spell on the house and is passed out in her room."

Luz walked over and picked up the book. It was covered in a thick layer of dust, probably hasn't been touched in almost a decade.

"When she tossed me in here, I must have bumped the wall or something and knocked it off the shelf."

"Eh, who cares, let's finish the lesson!" King said.

"I feel like I should give it back before she-"

Luz was cut off when there was the sound of glass shattering. Luz ran up to Eda's room and saw her window was broken and a golden liquid on the ground, surrounded by glass from a broken bottle. She ran to the nest and saw Eda missing. The lights went out and she heard screaming.

"Luz!" King yelled.

Luz ran back downstairs and saw King cower as a shadowy creature standing over Hooty's knock over... Body? Door? Whatever he is. It carved its claws into Hooty and then bolted. Luz and King ran over and Luz opened one of Hooty's eyes.

"Hooty? Hooty, speak to me." Luz said.

"Or don't, it's finally quiet." King said.

There was a screech and they ran outside, making sure to stay in the barrier, and looked around for the creature.

"It must've gone into the rain, how could it survive that?" Luz asked, "What was it?"

"It must've been a Snaggleback! They feed during the rain, it must've seen us in the house and... why do you still have that book!?"

"King, focus!"

"Right, anyway, the Snaggleback feeds during the rain, they become immune to it after they reach the age of five. It must've seen us in the house and thinks we're easy prey!"

Luz put the book in her bag and put her hands out.

"Well, it will be in for a surprise when it sees me." Luz said.

She used her Waterbending to pick up water on the ground and used the Water Whip to smash a flower pot. She looked at King.

"That thing must've gotten Eda, I won't let it hurt anyone else. Let's go demon hunting."

She walked inside and King followed her.

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Luz and King walked through the halls, looking for the creature. Luz held two fingers up, prepared to send Lightning at it. They made it into Eda's room and looked around.

"Okay, I don't see it." Luz said, "Let's spread out and look for something that can help us locate and/or beat it."

They looked around and saw broken glass, claw marks, and-

"King, I found something." Luz said, "Looks like our Snaggleback stepped on a few glass shards."

King looked at what she was talking about and saw blood on the ground.

"Anything I should know about Snaggleback blood? I don't want to find out the hard way if it can do something like…take my Bending away or something."

"I'll go get my demon book!"

King ran out of the room and Luz looked at the small puddle of blood. She saw a small ripple in the blood and thought back to when she watched Jurassic Park. She felt something behind her and immediately away from it. She sent a gust of air at it. She may have been angry at it for... making Eda disappear, but she didn't want to kill something. She managed to get a few feet away and only saw glowing eyes.

"I-I-I'm warning you. I-I-I can control all four elements!"

All of Luz's courage quickly disappeared when the creature growled at her, revealing its massive teeth.

"I... I think I just wet myself."

Luz sprinted passed the creature as it clawed at her, ripping her shoe off in the process. Luz managed to get out and used her Airbending to run incredibly fast. She ran into a room and closed the door behind her.

"O-o-okay, I think I'm... I think I'm safe." She said

Luz started to catch her breath, while thinking about what to do.

"Well, I guess Eda won't be signing those papers anytime soon."

She heard something in the hall, reached a hand out, and pulled King inside.

"Luz! I was so worried, I thought the Snaggleback got you."

"It tried, lost my shoe in the process. Oh, you found it."

Luz took her shoe and was about to put it back on when King saw something stuck on her foot.

"What's this?"

He pulled it off her foot and looked at it.

"I must have stepped on it when I was running away."

King looked at it and read it aloud.

"An elixir a day, keeps the curse at bay."

"Curse?"

King thought about it for a second.

"Wasn't there a broken bottle and glowing potion on the ground?"

"Yeah, why?"

"Luz, I was wrong, that's no Snaggleback, that creature is-"

The door was busted down and Luz finally saw the creatures face.

"Eda!?"

Eda raised her hand and was about to claw Luz and King, when Luz's phone fell and her camera flash went off. Eda was temporarily blinded and Luz looked around. She pulled the water out of the plant vases and froze Eda's feet. When Eda was restrained, Luz and King ran and jumped over a small wall. Eda got her vision back and broke the ice with ease. She started to sniff around and almost discovered them, when Luz used her Earthbending to launch a brick away from them. Eda went after it and Luz and King looked at each other.

"Did you see her eyes? They were like, wahh. What happened to her?"

"If I had to take a guess, she's cursed. At least, that's what I can guess from that tag I found on your foot."

"What do we do?" Luz said, before realizing something, "Let's finish the lesson."

"What?"

"Eda's turned into some kind of demon, we need someone with a lot of knowledge on demons. Who better than the best teacher in the world?"

Luz smiled at him and King grabs a leaf.

"Okay, Let's see. She was bigger, covered in feathers, and had giant black eyes. Demons with black eyes are usually sensitive to light. That's it. Light! Luz, use your human wonder rectangle!"

"I can't, the flash broke when it fell."

"Well, what about your Firebending?"

"King, Eda is acting like a wild animal, I can't risk hurt her or... worse."

Luz realized she still had her bag with her and started to look through it, looking for something to help. She pulled out the book and looked at it.

"Luz, what are you doing with that useless thing?"

"This book isn't useless, it could help us."

She blew the dust off of it and started to read the title.

"Ancient... Magic. This book is about magic!"

Luz started to look through it and saw different symbols on each page.

"This book is pretty damaged, but I can see a few of these symbols."

Luz grabbed King's pen and a leaf. She drew a symbol on the leaf and then accidently tapped it. The leaf collapsed on itself and formed a small ball of light. Luz was amazed at the ball of light.

"It's... beautiful." Luz said, "Oh my, gosh. I just did magic. I just did magic! I told you that book would be useful!"

Eda screeched and they ducked.

"That small all of light isn't going to help us!"

Luz looked at the light and smiled.

"I have an idea."

Luz stood on a ladder, waiting for her moment. She heard running and saw Eda slide on the ice she made. Luz tossed a blanket onto Eda.

"Sorry, Eda, but this is for your own good!"

Luz finished drawing the glyph and slammed her hand against it. Eda was blinded and passed out. When she woke up, she was in her nest, and back to her normal form.

"What the- what happened? Ugh, my mouth tastes like road kill."

Eda threw up and the real Snaggleback was vomited out.

"I'm... just going to lay here for a minute."

She looked at her hand.

"I thought I was out of elixir?"

"You were." King said.

Eda looked at King.

"King? What happ-"

"Shh, look."

Eda looked at where King was pointing. She saw Luz in the corner, with several balls of light flying above her.

"Woah, how is she doing that?"

"She found something in that book that fell on her." King said.

Luz got up and walked over to Eda.

"How're you feeling Eda?"

"Honestly, horrible. I don't understand how I changed back."

"I healed you." Luz said, "It's a sub-bending style for Waterbending. It's not a permanent solution, but it... managed to heal you."

"You okay, Kid?" Eda asked.

"I'm... I'm fine. Healing something like that just took a lot out of me. Adding to that, the adrenaline has run out. I expect an explanation later, but right now... I'm... I'm going to go to sleep."

"Yeah, go rest, you did good Kid." Eda said, "The Avatar and a witch, all in one. Not bad."

Chapter Text

Luz was reading her book at Eda's stand, much to Eda's annoyance.

"Kid, why do you have to read that here? You'll drive away all of our customers." Eda said.

"Uh, Eda, what customers?" Luz asked, "We're the only stand."

"This is a bad omen. Something bad must be happening."

Suddenly, Gus and Willow run up to the stand.

"Luz, something great is happening!" Gus said.

"It's the annual Covention. Students get to see all the Covens before they get placed in one."

"So... it's a job fair." Luz said.

"With magic." Gus said.

Luz figured, if her friends wanted her to go, she would go.

"Eda, I'm going with my friends to the Coven. You coming?"

"Please, you want me to go there? That place is just a bunch of propaganda for a corrupt system."

Willow looked at Eda, which didn't go unnoticed.

"But, you know, no judgement from me." Eda said, "Anyway, I haven't been to one since we were girls."

"We?" Luz asked.

"You didn't hear anything!" Eda said.

"I forget what you said, if you go with us to the Covention."

"Nope! Never!"

"There's bound to be something to steal there." Luz said.

Eda stood outside of the Covention Center with annoyance.

"I should've just gone home."

"Calm down Eda, this could be fun." Luz said.

"Yeah, yeah, fun and games, now somebody help me get my hair in this hood."

King and Luz tried to force the mane of gray into Eda's hood.

"Eda, is this really necessary?" Luz asked.

Eda simply pointed to a wanted poster of her. Luz rolled her eyes and went in with Willow and Gus. Willow explained each Coven to Luz as she looked at the nine flags hung up.

"Those are the main nine, but there are hundreds you can join."

Luz looked around and saw something.

"What's that?"

"Oh, that's the Construction Coven, part of the main nine. They use power glyphs to increase their strength."

"Wow! This place is incredible!" She said, "What's this?"

This time, it was Gus' turn to show her his knowledge. He explained the Illusion Coven to her as Eda was avoiding being noticed. King looked up at her.

"So, why did you come here if you hate this?"

"Because... I don't trust her to be alone. With the power she possesses, someone may try and use her power."

In a dark corner behind Eda, a dark figure watched the young Avatar.

"Soon, Avatar. You don't know how important you are."

With Luz, Willow, and Gus; Gus was explaining how Illusions worked.

"And that's how Illusion's work. They are clearly the best form of magic." Gus said.

"Wow. This place is truly amazing!"

"Not so fast Luz. Watch this." Eda said, pointing at an Illusion student, "See that patch? That blocks off his magic. From now on, the only thing he'll be able to do is create Illusions."

"So, he can't do anything except that? That doesn't seem... balanced." Luz said.

Before Eda could say anything else, Willow and Gus got Luz's attention.

"Luz, it's the Emperor's Coven!" Gus said.

"Let's go inside and watch!" Willow said.

"Think they'll sign my forehead?

"Only one way to find out."

Luz was about to go in when she saw something. She went over there and saw Amity speaking with a black haired woman.

"We shall talk about your magic more later Amity, for now, go and enjoy the demonstration." Lilith looked and saw Luz, "Who is this?"

Amity looked and saw Luz.

"What are you doing here?!" Amity said, "This is for real witches only!"

"Nice to see you, too. You still haven't thanked me for saving you a couple days ago."

"The only thing you did, was cause more problems for me!"

Lilith got between them.

"Amity, let me handle this." Lilith said, "So, Human, what are you doing here, and how do you know my star pupil?"

"Well, I came here today because my friends wanted to see it, and I know Amity because I saved her life at Hexside a couple days ago." Luz said.

"Well, I guess I should thank you for saving Amity, but I mostly mean, what are you doing in this world?"

"Well, there was this owl that stole my book and then there was this portal-"

"Edalyn." Lilith mumbled.

"You... know Eda?"

"Well, I was present at her birth." Lilith said, "I am Lilith Clawthorne, Edalyn's older sister."

"Speaking of, hey Lily, why are you talking with my Kid?" Eda said.

"Hello Edalyn, I haven't seen you since I was over to your house during Slither Fest, last winter."

"Yeah, yeah, we can talk about that later, why is Luz talking with you? You aren't trying to bring her to your side are you?"

"Edalyn, please, I have more dignity than that. Everyone knows Human's don't belong in the Emperor's Coven, they're powerless."

"Hey, I'm not powerless." Luz said.

"Really? Then you wouldn't mind having a Witch's Duel?" Amity said.

"Gladly." Luz said, "If I win, you admit that I am just as good as any witch."

"And when I win, you admit that you aren't a real witch and have to stop trying to learn magic."

Luz thought about it for a minute.

"Deal."

Luz held out her hand and Amity made a spell circle around her wrist.

"Deal."

Amity walked away, with a small limp. Luz walked the other direction.

"Well, Edalyn, this should be interesting." Lilith said, "Hopefully you are a good teacher."

"Keep that up, and you won't be getting a birthday present next week." Eda said.

Later, after the demonstration, Luz and Amity are in the arena, ready for their duel. Lilith introduced them.

"Beloved citizens, the Emperor's Coven proudly presents an impromptu demonstration of the sort of witch we seek every year. Introducing Amity Blight." Lilith said.

"Woo, Amity!" a fan said.

"Versus... some human girl."

Luz listened to the comments of the crowd, some ranging from "A human" to "Humans can't do magic" and even some were "She's not Amity". Luz smirked, she's only been here a week and a half but she found out that the witches here had no Idea what humankind is really like.

"It's not too late to ask for a cheat or two." Eda said.

"I'm not powerless, Eda, I can do this."

"You're pretty confident."

"I know that I can do this. I am a prodigy after all."

She was going to show them what Humans can really do. The bell rang and the crowd started cheering. Amity made a spell circle and an Abomination rose from the ground. Amity looked surprised at the size of it, being that it was almost four times the height it was earlier.

"Show me what you got, Human!" Amity said.

Luz put up a hand and raised two fingers.

"Gladly."

Luz dodged the Abomination's strike and spun around. Sparks started appearing on her fingers. She spun around and shot a bolt of Lightning just to the right of Amity. Amity fell to the ground as the bolt made contact with the wall. Amity, as well as everyone, looked at Luz with surprise. They've always thought Human were weak, that they were powerless, they never knew Humans could command the elements. Luz stood straight up and blew the smoke on her fingers away.

"Show me what you got, Blight!"

"A-A-Abomination, crush!"

The Abomination tried to slam its massive hand on Luz, when she rolled out of the way and sent a stream of blue fire at the goo monster's head. Luz put her hands on the ground and smiled. The floor was made of rock. Luz stomped one leg on the ground and a large rock floated in the air. Luz punched it and it went flying into the Abomination, sending goo all over the ground. Luz turned her attention to Amity and sent a large blast of air at her. Amity was sent to the ground and she growled in anger. She summoned several medium sized Abomination's that surrounded Luz. Luz blasted one with her blue fire, sent a rock spire through another one, and sends a large gust of air at one that knocked it over and made a purple splatter on the ground. She sends a Lightning bolt at another Abomination and smiled as it melted into a purple puddle. Luz looked at Amity and smiled. She quickly brought her arms up in front of her face while simultaneously slamming her foot on the ground. Amity was soon covered to the shoulders in a rock barrier.

"Ready to give up?" Luz asked.

Amity stared at her for a second before lowering her head.

"I give."

Luz lowered the rock and Amity ran out of the arena.

"Amity, wait."

Luz ran after her as Eda taunted Lilith. Luz found Amity sitting in a dark corner, crying.

"Amity-"

"Go away."

"I'm sorry I-"

Amity stood up and got in Luz's face.

"You don't get it do you?! You embarrassed me in front of the Emperor's Coven, my future! They don't take in losers and I just gave up!" Amity slid down the wall, "Do you have any idea what it's like to have a hundred expectations people set on you?"

Luz looked down and slid down the wall.

"Yes, I do."

The pair stayed quite for a second.

"What was that? With the fire and the rocks?" Amity asked.

"In my world, people are able to control one of four elements. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. We call it Bending."

"Then how did you do multiple?"

"I'm special. You see, I'm the Avatar, a person able to bend all four elements. Every time I die, I get reincarnated and have to learn all the elements again. There's a lot more to it, but that's basically the gist. I'm supposed to keep the world balanced between good and evil. Problem is, no one needs the Avatar anymore, so... I ran away."

Amity made a spell circle and pulled Luz's wrist in in it.

"There, the oath is unbound."

Luz looked at Amity.

"So... I don't have to stop learning magic?"

"No, you don't... do you even know magic?"

Luz pulled out a note pad and drew a light glyph. She pressed it and the glyph activated. Luz held the ball of light and showed it to Amity.

"I know I'm not a witch, but I'm training hard to be one."

Amity got up and started to walk away when Luz saw something.

"Wait, is that... an undercut?" Luz said, "Oh and there's something on your neck, too."

Amity reached and grabbed the thing off her neck.

"A power glyph?" Amity said, "Lilith... Lilith made me cheat."

Amity looked upset and Luz grabbed the glyph.

"Hey, no one needs to know about this." Luz burns the glyph, "It can be our little secret."

Amity rubbed the back of her neck.

"T-t-thanks."

Luz noticed Amity limp again and grabbed her hand.

"What happened to your leg?"

"I... I fell down the stairs."

"Do you have any water on you?"

"Uh, well, I can summon it. Why?"

"Show me where you're injured."

Amity raised her leggings and Luz saw the large dark bruises on her leg. It went all the way from her ankle to her thigh. Amity made a spell circle and Luz started to bend the water. She surrounded her hands with it and pressed them against Amity's leg. Her hands started glowing and after a few seconds, Amity was healed. Amity lowered her pant leg and quickly stood up.

"Thanks." She said quietly.

Amity quickly walked away and Luz thought about it for a minute. Her mother was the greatest Healer in the world, possibly even in this world, so Luz knew that wound wasn't from a simple fall down the stairs, unless that staircase had arms and a metal beam. She was snapped out of her thoughts when Eda and King came running by.

"Come on, Luz! We're going home!"

"What did you do now?"

"I'll tell you later! Let's go before my sister finds out about the Frost Lizard I snuck into her dress!"

Chapter Text

"Luz, you take my books back to the library while I make money." Luz said, very annoyed, "Yeah, I hope that baby vomits on you, Eda."

Luz carried the massive stack of books to the library, thankfully, Earthbending has given her a decent amount of muscle. Got to be strong in order to move rock. She made it inside the library and the books started flying towards the front desk.

"Late. Late. Late. Coffee, grass, and bloodstains? These are Eda's aren't they?"

"Yeah, it was... a wild night."

The librarian sighed.

"I'll add it to her tab. By the way, we're closing early for the Wailing Star Meteor Shower." He said, pointing to the poster behind him.

"What's that?"

"You're in a library. Read a book."

Luz slowly walked away.

"I guess not all Librarians care about hospitality."

Luz walked around for a little bit, seeing a bunch of floating books, the "Demon Decibel System", and even saw people using crystal balls like a computer from the Human Realm.

"Wow, this place is so cool." Luz said.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Luz panicked for a second.

"Ah, pretend to be a book!" She hid in the self before hearing children laughing, "Wait, what?"

She moved over to the kids section and saw Amity, reading to kids.

"Amity? I haven't seen her since the Covention last week. I wonder how she's feeling."

Amity read more, not realizing Luz was there.

"'We're your friends and we wanna help,' said the Tin Boy with a yelp. Otabin smiled and paced the floor. 'I've never had real friends before.'"

"Amity reads to kids?" Luz said, "She looks so happy."

"'Then we'll be your first,' the Chicken Witch clucked. Otabin couldn't believe his luck. So, Bookmaker Otabin surrounded by friends, bound a book of friendship and that's the end."

Amity closed the book and smiled. The kids started to giggle and thank Amity for reading. One ran up to her as she puts a few books away.

"Goodbye, Miss Amity. Thank you."

"Thank you, Braxus, see you next time."

Braxus runs with the other kids and Amity turned and saw Luz.

"Oh, uh, it's... you." Amity said, "W-w-what are you doing here?"

"Oh, I came to return some of Eda's books." Luz said, "I didn't know you read to kids. It looks like-"

"Listen... I... I wanted to apologize for what happened last week." Amity said, "I was out of line and... you are... you're just as good as any other witch."

"Amity, you don't need to-"

"I do need to. I made a massive mistake last week and I was angry. After you saved me, word got out and... well, what happened after that doesn't matter. I'm sorry."

"Amity, you don't need to apologize. It's in the past and it's time to move past it."

Amity rubbed her arm.

"T-t-thanks."

"So, are we friends?"

"Uh, I wouldn't go that far, I've only known you for little over a week." Amity said.

"Would you like to be friends?"

"Maybe, I... I haven't had real friends in a long time. I don't even remember what having a true friend feels like."

"Well, if you do want a friend, I'll be here waiting." Luz said.

"D-d-do you mean, right here, in this spot? Because I'm going to have to read to kids again soon and that's... kind of my 'me time', so could you... leave?"

"Oh, yeah sure. I'll... see you later."

Luz started to walk away when she heard a voice.

"So, you're that human we've been hearing so much about."

She looked over and saw a boy and girl with green hair, leaning against the shelves.

"Who are you?"

"We're well wishers on a mission." The boy said.

"A noble quest." The girl said.

"Observe." The boy said, "Hey Mittens! Mom said stop forgetting your lunch."

He held out a pink bunny lunch bag that looks like it belongs to a child. Amity came up to him and took the bag.

"Does she ever wonder why I always 'forget' this thing? Look at it! It's humiliating!"

"Well, Mittens, we all have to deal with embarrassing things." the girl said.

"Can you two just leave?" Amity asked, clearly annoyed.

"Fine, come on Human." The boy said.

They walk away and Luz was about to follow when Amity grabbed her arm and pulled her close.

"Hey, I know we aren't really friends yet, but can you keep an eye on them?" Amity asked, "Try and keep them in line and make sure they don't do something stupid or dangerous... or both."

"Don't worry Mittens, you can count on me!" Luz said, giving a small salute.

"Don't call me that."

"Hey, Human! You coming?!"

Luz looked at Amity.

"I'll keep them in line." Luz said.

She ran after them, leaving Amity behind, looking nervous.

Chapter Text

"So you are that Human that can control the elements. We've heard a lot about you." the boy said.

"I'm Emira, and this is Edric. We're Amity's older siblings. We heard about you beating her with ease in a Witch's Duel last week. Not bad, she must have been really embarrassed."

"That wasn't my attention. I was just trying to win and prove something." Luz said.

"Well, whatever you did, Mittens hasn't been acting herself. You definitely did something to her." Edric said.

"I... is it a good kind of something?" Luz asked, "I didn't mean to cause her any pain."

"Eh, don't worry about Mittens, let's go have some fun." Emira said.

They pulled her along and caused some problems in the library. From erasing the word "Non" in Non-fiction, causing a Librarian to panic. They used magic to switch the books, causing the Librarian to panic again. Finally, Edric blew dust into the Demon Decibel System and it spit up cards. Safe to say... they were kicked out.

"Leave it to Mittens to ruin the fun." Edric said.

"You're pretty cool, Cutie." Emira said, making Luz blush.

"Yeah, why don't you help us out tonight? We heard that the Wailing Star unlocks special magic. We're going to sneak in and see if it's true." Edric said.

"Yeah, if you want to help, meet us back here at midnight." Emira said, "See you later, Cutie."

They left and Luz looked around.

"What are they planning?"

Luz turned around and saw Amity.

"Oh, hey. I don't know what they're planning, they just said something about special magic that the Wailing Star unlocks. They said to meet up at midnight."

"Please keep them out of trouble. They would never go to the library unless they wanted to cause trouble."

"Don't worry, I'll make sure they don't cause problems." Luz said putting a hand over her heart, "Avatar's Honor!"

Later, Luz waited for them in front of the library, trying to make a cool waiting pose when Emira spoke up.

"Keep going, this is fun to watch." She said.

"You ready to do this, Human?" Edric asked.

"Y-y-yeah, I want to see this magic." Luz said.

They walked up to the door and looked at the lock.

"It says it's closed, but I'm allergic to the rules." Edric said.

"And dairy." Emira said, handing a paper to Edric.

"Wow, just expose me." He said.

He put the paper up to the lock and it grew, allowing them inside. They stood in the lobby and looked around.

"Wow, standing in a dark room, you guys sure know how to party." Luz said.

"Check it out! The Wailing Star!" Edric said. (BTW, how did he see that before it passed them?)

The star passed them and... nothing happened. They looked around, a little disappointed. Luz walked over to the shelf.

"Wait, the books are all glowy!"

Luz grabbed a book and She opens the book. Almost immediately, something screeches as the birds in the book come to life. They fly around the lobby.

"Wow!" Emira said, "I can't believe it!"

"Wow. The Wailing Star magicked the books to life." Edric said.

Luz, still watching the birds, closes the book. The birds disappear. The three of them share a look, and then grins. They start to mess around at a magazine rack and Edric opens "Regal Couture," which dresses him and Emira in fancy clothing. A peacock flies out of it. Luz grabs "Witch Wares Weekly" and gets a giant sword, among other things. Luz yelps as she falls over. They started messing with graphic novels and when they opened it...nothing.

"Nothing happened." Luz said.

Her words appear in a dialogue bubble. They all gasp when it appears and the twins taking steps back.

"Wow!" They said

That also comes out in a word bubble. Both pop when Luz closes the book, a "THUMP" sound bubble appearing as she does. Later, Luz holding "Snowballs, a History." She looks around a corner and sees Edric, holding the same book. She opens it and pelts him with snowballs. She started laughing until Emira was behind her and opened her own snowball book. Edric ran from Emira as Luz hid in the kids section.

"Is this the book that Amity was reading earlier?" She asked a loud to herself, "Otabin."

She opened the book and a small Otabin came out of it. Luz smiled and started reading. After a minute, she finished her small skimming.

"Otabin spend his days alone amongst the many books he'd sewn. With needle and thread, the pages he mend. But all the while, he longed for a friend."

Otabin looked up.

"Friend?"

"Hey Luz, check out what we found!" Edric said.

They opened a book and a duck came out.

"Aw, it's a cute little ducky!"

Emira started to draw on the book and the duck grew legs. She closed the book and smirked.

"There, now he's extra cute." Emira said, "Want to see what we can do with this book of extinct demons?"

Before Luz could answer, they opened it and a large bi-pedal rat monster appeared.

"This is a... Fear Monger." Emira said, looking it over, "Not that scary."

"Let's make those claws longer." Edric said.

"And let's make their teeth have venom!"

Before they could draw on it. The Fear Monger charged at them. Luz used her Airbending to blow the book out of their hands and then used her Lighting to knock the demon away. The book closed the second it hit the ground and the Fear Monger disappeared.

"Woah, it's one thing hearing about it, it's another thing seeing it in person." Emira said, "Come on. We have something to show you."

Edric looked at the Otabin book and smirked.

"I'll be there in a second. I'm going to... put the demon book back."

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After Edric... put the book back. He caught up with Luz and Emira. They brought her to the romance section.

"W-w-wow, they romance section, totally lame. U-u-unless you guys are into it." She said, starting to crush on them.

"I think I like... this one." Edric said.

He pulled a book titled, "The Lone Witch and the Secret Room". A secret door opened and Luz walked in.

"Woah, this is so cool."

"Yeah, Mittens thinks her little hideout is a secret." Edric said.

"We found out about this place years ago." Emira said.

"Wait, this is Amity's hideout?" Luz asked, "What are we doing in here?"

"We're going to get Amity's diary." Edric said, "She's been getting us into trouble a lot lately, so we're going to post her diary all over the school as revenge."

"Doesn't that sound fun?" Emira asked, "Imagine how embarrassed she'll be!"

"B-b-but... this is taking it too far." Luz said.

"Come on, it'll be funny." Emira said, trying to convince her, "Come on, Cutie, it's not that bad."

Emira puts her hands on Luz's shoulders and Luz looked at her. Luz grabbed one of Emira's wrist and threw her over her shoulder, sending her into the shelf. Edric took one step to help Emira and Luz sent a gust of wind at him. It was enough to send him back into the wall. Luz looked angry.

"That is enough. Small pranks are one thing, but doing something like this? Invading someone's private thoughts? You two should be ashamed of yourselves!"

"C-c-come on, it's not that bad." Emira said.

"Not that bad? Not that bad?! Do you have any idea what something like this could do?!" Luz yelled, "Back in the Human World, I knew someone who committed suicide because of something like this! Do you want that to happen to Amity! Do you want to bury your little sister?!"

"L-L-Luz, we-"

"Get out!" Luz yelled.

The candle on the desk lights and melted from the massive thing of blue fire that ignited. They quickly left and the fire went away, leaving a small scorch mark and puddle of wax on the desk. Luz calmed down and started to take a few deep breaths, remembering her old Firebending training. She calmed down for a few seconds.

"Hey."

Luz turned around and saw Amity.

"Amity? L-l-look, I know what this looks like, but I-"

"I know, I heard the entire thing." She walked over and pulled her diary out from her books, "I thought I could hide this here and it would be safe. Guess I was wrong."

Luz looked over and saw some of the books on Amity's shelf.

"You like the Good Witch Azura?!"

"You've heard of it?" Amity asked.

"Heard of it? I love it!" Luz said, Luz pulled out her copy of the book, "I carry it with me everywhere!"

"I-I-I thought I was the only one that likes it." Amity said.

"So did I." Luz said.

Amity put her diary in her bag and walked to the entrance of her hideout. She looked behind her at Luz, looking like she was still deciding on what to say.

"Do... do you want to... hang out?" Amity asked.

Luz got a wide smile.

"Yeah, what do you want to do?"

"Well, let's get out of here first, then we can decide."

They started to walk to the exit of the library when they heard a growl.

"Luz, please tell me that was your stomach."

"I wish it was."

They felt the ground shake and looked behind them.

"Otabin?"

Luz saw the massive monster Otabin and saw the book attached to him.

"Amity, I'm going to kill your brother."

Otabin got closer to them and started rhyming.

"With claws and fangs and breaking bones, I found a friend to make my own."

He grabbed Amity and started to run away with her. Luz shot Lightning at him but it was too late, as he was already around the corner. Luz ran after them and prayed that she could get there before it was too late. In the kid's section, there was a massive book that Amity was pressed against.

"Why are you doing this?! I've read you since I was a kid, this isn't you! This is because of my dumb brother!" Amity screamed.

"But friends are what I've always sought. And now a friend my claws have caught."

He started to sew her arm into the book and it turned into a 2d drawing. Amity started to try and pull her arm out.

"No! Let me go!"

Otabin touched, a much smaller needle to Amity's mouth.

"Struggle and try you might, but you will be quiet by the end of the night."

He put the needle through Amity's skin, somehow not drawing blood, and managed to sew her mouth shut. Otabin continued to sew her body into the book.

"Amity!"

Amity looked at Luz with tear filled eyes. Luz looked at Otabin, angrily.

"Let go of her!"

Otabin grabbed his needle and charged at her. Luz jumped over it, using her Firebending to gain a boost. Luz landed and sent a gust of Air at Otabin. He easily brushed it off and grabbed her. The only problem was, he grabbed her in a way where her arms were free. She blasted a thing of fire at him and he growled. He threw her on the otherside of the room, hitting the shelves and landing on the ground with a thud, motionless. Amity wanted to scream for Luz, but she couldn't with her mouth sewn shut.

"Mmhp! MMHP!"

Amity struggled as Otabin continued to sew her into the book. He just needed to sew her head and she would be trapped. Amity noticed Luz start to get up and keep facing the wall. Otabin noticed it to and put one foot towards her. That was enough to make her turn around, revealing her glowing eyes. She instantly turned around and blasted fire at Otabin. She switched between fire and air, both hurting and knocking him back. Amity watched this, noticing how Luz moved like a completely different person. Luz shot another thing of fire, this time, aiming at the book. It was sent up in flames and Otabin disappeared. The book disappeared, letting Amity go and removing the stitches from her mouth. Luz looked at her and Amity saw those glowing eyes. It was like she was possessed.

"L-L-Luz?"

Luz's eyes stopped glowing and Luz looked at Amity, completely horrified.

"A-A-Amity, I-I-I..."

Luz quickly ran away from her. Amity started to chase after her. She found Luz by the entrance, crying.

"Luz?" No response, "Luz, what was that?"

Amity sat next to Luz.

"Luz, what was that?"

Luz wiped a few tears away.

"I-I-It was... it was my... it was my Avatar State."

"What?"

"It's a defense mechanism. When it's activated, I have the knowledge of all the past Avatars. I... I hate it." Luz said.

"Why?"

"I first learned that I was the Avatar when I was about eleven. I found out when the Avatar State activated in order to... it was a terrible night."

Amity grabbed Luz's hand.

"Luz, are you afraid that I'll be afraid of you?"

Luz nodded.

"Luz, I won't leave you because your powerful. You're my friend."

Luz looked at her.

"Friend? You... you want to be friends?"

"Yes."

Luz hugged Amity, calming down a little.

"I'm sorry about the book." Luz said.

"It's fine, the library has four more copies of it."

"Thanks, Amity." Luz said, getting up, "We should probably go clean up."

Luz and Amity cleaned up the mess and Luz accidently kicked a book. She picked it up and looked it over.

"This is the demon book."

She put it in her bag and they started to walk out.

"Thanks again, Amity. Could you... not tell anyone?"

"Sure, Luz. See you later."

"Wait, because I kinda led to you almost being stuck in a book. Why don't you borrow this?"

Luz held out her Azura book.

"A-a-are you sure?"

"You didn't seem to have the fifth one."

Amity smiled and took it. She waved goodbye and they went their separate ways. Luz wanted to get back to the Owl House, not only because she was tired, but also because she... felt something when she touched the book. Something weird.

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Luz was walking around the market, waiting for Eda to get her elixir because she was too damn busy playing a card game. She spotted Willow and Gus walking towards her and decided to have a small conversation with them.

"Hey, guys!" Luz called, running towards them, "How's it going?"

"It's... going." Willow said, "Tonight is a special night, but we can't participate."

"Why? What's tonight?" Luz asked.

"Tonight, the moon will be in perfect place for a Moon Light Conjuring." Gus said.

"What's a Moon Light Conjuring?" Luz asked.

"It's something that happens once a year. You stay at someone's house, tell stories, play games-"

"It's like a slumber party!" Luz said.

"You also bring something to life with the power of the moon." Willow said.

"It's a slumber party with magic!" Luz said, "So why can't you participate?"

"You need three people. There's no way anyone would-"

"Oh, my Titan! Amity, you know her?!"

"Can you introduce us to her? Please!"

Luz looked over and saw Amity with a girl with three eyes wearing a yellow uniform, a girl with glasses wearing a blue uniform, and a girl with black and greyish hair wearing a red uniform.

"Ugh, fine."

Amity looks at Luz and waves her over. Luz walked over with confusion on her face. Amity introduced her to the others.

"Luz, this is Skara, Boscha, and Kat. They were at the Covention and were amazed by your Bending." Amity said, "Guys, this is Luz, the Avatar. Master of the four elements."

The three eyed girl walked up with a wide smile.

"Hi, I'm Boscha. I saw what you did at the Covention and I wanted to say it was amazing!"

"We were wondering, do you... want to do a Moonlight Conjuring with us tonight?" Skara asked.

Luz thought about it for a minute and smirked.

"Sorry, but I'm doing a conjuring with Gus and Willow." Luz said, loud enough for Gus and Willow to here, "You're more than welcome to join us if you want."

"U-u-us? You want us to join you?" Skara asked, "Boscha, can we join them?!"

Luz had a hard time not laughing, Skara was like an energetic puppy.

Boscha looked like she was on the fence. Amity also looked like she didn't think that was a good idea. Boscha looked at Skara's pleading eyes and caved.

"Okay, we'll do the conjuring with you and... them." Boscha said, "But we'll need a new location, because Amity's parents won't let them in their manor. They may let you in when they see your power, but they definitely won't let those two in."

Luz thought about it for a second.

"Well, what about where I live?" Luz recommended.

"Where do you live?" Kat asked.

"The Owl House."

"Wait, the Owl House? You mean the place the Owl Lady lives?" Boscha asked.

"Yep, meet me there tonight."

"We will, Luz, we just have to go pick up another friend." Amity said, "Come on guys."

They started to leave, not before Skara and Bsocha bowed to Luz like she was some kind of God.

"I can't believe you are on a first name basis with the Avatar!" Boscha said as they walked away.

Luz spun on her heel and walked back to Gus and Willow. So that's what it feels like to have fans. Willow and Gus looked shocked.

"Luz, w-w-what did you just do?" Willow asked.

"I got you two to participate in a Moonlight Conjuring. You're welcome." Luz said.

"Luz, you don't understand, those aren't just kids, they're bullies." Gus said, "How do you and Amity even know each other. The only time I've seen you two together was the Covention."

"Well, last week we were in the library, there was this monster, we both almost died. Anyway, we're friends now."

Willow looked unconvinced, which Luz noticed.

"Hey, don't worry. I will make sure everyone is on their best behavior tonight." Luz said, putting her hands on Willow's shoulders, "You can trust me. You do trust me, right?"

Willow smiled.

"I trust you."

"Now then, I just have to tell Eda what we're doing and we'll be all set."

Luz walked over to Eda and King.

"Hey, Owl Mama, my friends and I are going to host a Moon Light Conjuring tonight, hope that's cool."

"Not tonight, Kid, I have to go out and I need you to watch the house." Eda said, "And you, King, are coming with me."

"Why do I have to go?" King asked.

"Because, I need an extra pair of eyes in case of pickpockets or an extra pair of hands in case I want to pickpocket."

The two look at each other before shouting "Pickpocket" happily.

"W-w-well, what if we just-"

"Nope, sorry kid, but I don't want any trouble tonight. Don't forget that you're still in trouble for zapping Hooty with Lightning."

"It was an accident." Luz said, "You don't just sneak up on someone when they're taking a shower."

"Regardless, Moon Light Conjuring's are for babies. Lily and I did it once when we were kids and the only thing we did was possess a toothbrush. They're just stupid."

Eda walked away and Luz went over to her friends.

"Alright, we can do it at the Owl House, but we have to do it in secret, can either of you tell the other's that?"

"I have Skara's number." Gus said, earning weird looks, "What? We're in the Flag Club together."

Luz looked up and saw the moon.

"You guys didn't tell me it was a full moon!" Luz said.

"Yeah, why does it matter?" Willow asked.

"My Waterbending is at its strongest during a Full Moon. It gives me some pretty cool strength." Luz said, "Anyway, I'll see you guys tonight."

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Luz tapped her foot. She was waiting for Eda and King to leave so her friends and... whatever Boscha and her gang count as, can come out of hiding.

"Alright, listen Luz, King and I will probably be gone the rest of the night. I need this elixir or... well, you've seen what happens." Eda said.

"Wait, how come you don't just let me use my Waterbending? It's a full moon and my Waterbending will be at its strongest."

"Look, I appreciate the offer, but remember how exhausted you were last time you did that? I can't have something like that happening very often, it could be bad for your health. Besides, you're not always going to be here, so in the event that my curse acts up again while you're out, I need to get more elixirs."

"Okay then, I won't keep you, better get going."

Eda stared at her suspiciously.

"You're hiding something. You're doing that thing where you hide in your hoodie."

"Meow, I'm not." Luz removed her hood, "Uh, where's King?"

"He's right here." Eda said, opening her cloak, showing the out cold demon, "His little body just conks right out when he's weightless. Look at this."

Eda moves around, letting King just dangle.

"Aw, he's so dangly." Luz said, playing with King's feet.

Eda walked outside and was about to go, before she turned around and looked at Luz.

"One last thing. If anything happens to my house, I will never trust you again." She said sternly, "No pressure!"

Eda flew away on her staff and Luz bounced on her heels for a second.

"I'm... sure everything will be fine." Luz said, "She's gone!"

"Release!" Willow said.

The leaves they were using to hide, disappeared and her and Gus stood up.

"I'm a sneaky, sneaker!" Willow said, cheerfully.

"I have leaves in my pants, and I like it!" Gus said.

Behind Luz; Boscha, Skara, Amity, Kat, and Amelia came out of the bushes. Amity walked up to Luz and introduced Amelia.

"Luz, this is Amelia, she's one of my friends. She's in the Plant Track... for some reason."

"I like plants, okay?" Amelia said.

"How many times have you been close to being eaten by one this week?"

Amelia rubbed her arm and looked away.

"Thirteen times." Amelia said, "But besides that. Hi, Avatar. I was at the Covention, and saw what you did. I'm a big fan. C-c-can I see your Bending?"

"Yeah, Luz, you said your Waterbending was at its strongest during the full moon." Willow said.

"Well, I guess I could show you guys something." Luz said, walking over to the cliff edge.

Luz let out a breath and put her hands near the ground. She looked back at them with a smile and quickly raised her hands. A giant wall of water rose and they group was amazed. Luz moved her hands and sent to the water back out to sea. She looked at them and smiled widely.

"So, can we get on with the conjuring?" Luz asked.

Luz walked up to the door and ignored Hooty.

"Welcome to the Living Room." Luz said, "We call it that because it's technically living. The walls are breathing."

Willow and Skara walked up to the wall.

"Enchanting." Willow said.

Amity looked around.

"So, this is the Owl House?" Amity asked.

"Yep!"

"And you... sleep here?"

"When the night creatures allow me to." Luz said, before walking over to Willow, "So, how do we do this?"

"Well-"

"Why don't you ask someone who is good at magic?" Boscha asked in a snarky tone.

Willow looked down and Luz got annoyed.

"Listen here, everyone will be on their best behavior. We're all going to be nice to each other and be friends." She put two fingers up and pointed them at Boscha, "Got it?"

Boscha, knowing exactly what she can do with those, just nodded. Luz put her fingers down and smiled.

"Good. Willow, keep explaining."

"Thank you. First, we need something to animate. Since it's our first one, we should pick something... beautiful." Willow said, looking at a plant that Amelia was amazed with.

Gus knocks the plant out of the way and holds up an action figure.

"Like this beefy little dude?" He asked.

"I like it." Luz said.

"If the Avatar likes it, then I like it." Boscha said.

Willow knew she wasn't going to get anyone on her side, maybe Amelia, but other than that, no one.

"Fine. Let's get started."

They put it on the ground and hold hands.

"Okay, from what I've read, we hold hands and speak an incantation. It should allow us to animate the doll."

"Figurine." Gus mumbled.

They close their eyes and start to say the incantation.

"Moonlight, we call, we sing. Moonlight take this chance. Moonlight come tie the string. Moonlight start the dance!"

Meanwhile, Luz was... trying her best.

"Moonlight tie... string... and I don't know the words!"

The house started shaking and a blue light emitted from the group. They open their eyes and look at the toy.

"Did it work?" Luz asked.

"I... don't know." Skara said.

The house started shaking again they all fell down from it.

"W-w-what's going on?" Kat asked.

Luz ran to the door and opened it.

"Uh, guys, do all houses have legs here?"

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The others ran out and saw the house had legs.

"No, this isn't normal." Boscha said.

The house started walking and it caused them to fall on the floor/ground. Luz got up and saw they were getting close to a cliff. Luz quickly tried to snap Hooty out of it.

"Hooty! Wake up!"

"By the power of moonlight, I have risen. Hoot hoot."

Boscha lightly pushed Luz out of the way.

"Stop this instant, you damn demon!" Boscha said.

Hooty continued to move and Boscha kicked him.

"I hate you!"

Luz had to grab Boscha's hand in order to get her away from Hooty. That's when she noticed it, their hands were glowing.

"Guys! Hold hands!" Luz said.

"Why?!" Willow asked.

"Just do it!"

They each held each other's hands and they all started glowing. Hooty stopped and they looked.

"When we hold hands, we can control him." Luz said.

"It must be the power of friendship." Willow said, getting a few looks, "Or... the power of the moon."

"So, what do we do with this?" Skara asked.

"I have an idea." Amity said.

Amity's friends saw the look in her eyes and knew what she was going to do.

"Amity, are you sure we should bring this to your parents' house?" Kat asked.

"Yes." Amity said.

Luz looked at the moon and started to get worried, but wanted this night to be fun, so that everyone could get along.

"O-okay, but we should hurry." Luz said, "Lead the way, Amity."

Amity took control and the house started to move. They walked through a town and caused panic for the people that lived there. Some took pictures, some hid, some... called the Demon Hunter's. The main Demon Hunter picked up the phone and listened to the person on the other end.

"A demon house you say?" He said, then they describbed the kids, "A Human? A few witches. One with pink skin and three eyes?"

He pulled out a picture.

"Is the pink one wearing a uniform?" He asked, "What Track? Potions you say? We'll be right there."

He hung up and went to gather the rest of his hunters. With the teens, they made it to Blight Manor.

"Wow, you live there?" Luz asked.

"Yes, I do." Amity said.

"Why did you want to bring us here." Willow asked, suspiciously.

Amity looked at her.

"I have my reasons." Amity said.

They walk towards the gate when Luz notices something.

"Amity, are your parents' fans of weird art?"

"No, why?"

"So, that giant crossbow isn't a lawn ornament?" Luz asked, pointing at the crossbow.

The Head Demon Hunter motioned for them to fire.

"Fire!"

They release the arrow and it went over the house, causing Hooty to crouch down, allowing another arrow to go over again. The Demon Hunters went towards the house. Luz tried to use her Bending to do something, but the Hunters were faster. They tied her hands up as well as the others. They tied them together and tossed them into the house while they loaded the house up. For some reason, they tied up Boscha separately and tossed her in. They tried to escape and Luz even tried to get Hooty to help.

"Hooty, you have to snap out of it!"

"If you want this to end as you say, you must hold hands, it's the only way." Hooty said.

Luz kicked the door.

"Oye, no me hables así." Luz said, "Can anyone think of a way out of this?"

"Why don't you ask Amity?" Willow said, "It was her idea to go joy riding."

"Really? You're going to do this now?!" Amity asked.

"Every time I get close to you, you manage to cause me problems."

"You could've stopped me at any time!" Amity said, "You just had to let go of Amelia and Skara's hands!"

"I don't even know why you wanted to go there!" Willow said.

"ENOUGH!" Luz screamed, "Can you two stop arguing for one minute and work on getting us out of here!?"

Luz's anger dissipated when they stopped moving.

"Did the house stop?" Gus asked.

The door opened and a Demon Hunter pulled them out. They dropped Boscha off next to the head Demon Hunter. He grabbed Boscha by the hair and forced her to look at him.

"I've been waiting for this day." He said, "Kill the kids, we can sell the demon as exotic meat."

"No! Hooty would taste terrible!" Luz said.

"I'm a refined taste." Hooty said.

"Enough talking, throw the kids off the cliff."

They were getting pushed closer to the cliff. Boscha saw this and tried to get out of the ropes. She was hit by a backhand and knocked down.

"Don't even try it." the Head Hunter said.

They got closer to the cliff and Luz was trying to get her hands free so she could use her bending.

'Come on, Avatar State, why do you never want to activate when I need you.'

They were shoved off the cliff. Boscha watched with horror as her friends, the Avatar, and Willow and Gus, are shoved to certain death. Boscha snapped.

"You shouldn't have done that."

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Boscha's eyes turned red and her teeth got sharp. Claws replaced her nails and a low growl coming out of her throat. She ripped the ropes and stood up. She launched herself at the Demon Hunters. Over the side of the cliff, the teens were being held up by a large root (About twice as large as it was in the show, got to account for the extra bodies). Amity heard growls and looked at Skara.

"Skara, do you hear that?" Amity asked.

Skara listened and her face dropped. Boscha needed help, and there was nothing she could do.

"This is bad." Skara said, "We have to help her."

"Well, how do we get out of this?" Luz asked, "I'm open to suggestions."

The root started to break under the weight.

"Luz, I'm sorry." Amity said, "This was my idea."

"Why did you even want to go to your house?" Luz asked.

"It's involves something that happened almost ten years ago." Amity said, "Willow and I were friends but my parents didn't want me to be friends with someone like her, who was weak in their eyes."

"What?" Luz asked, "You two were friends?"

Amity didn't respond as Willow started talking.

"What do you mean your parents didn't want you to be friends with me?"

"Willow, do you really think I would just throw away our friendship? I didn't have a choice. My parents threatened to keep you from getting into Hexside."

"That's why you forced me to leave your birthday party." Willow realized.

"Willow, I never wanted to end our friendship, but I could never forgive myself if I was the reason you weren't accepted into Hexside." Amity said, "I'm sorry, Willow. You were never too weak to be my friend, I was too weak to be yours."

Willow looked down. She just assumed that Amity was a bully, but... she was actually trying to help her? Willow noticed something. A vine hanging out of the cliff side.

"Amity, we'll be finishing this conversation later." Willow carefully managed to get her arm free, "Just... a little... more."

Willow grabbed the vine and her eyes started glowing. The Head Demon Hunter grabbed Boscha by her hair, which had come undone from its bun. He held a knife to her neck and made a small stream of blood come out.

"It's nothing personal, it's just business." He said.

"You and I both know that's not true." Boscha growled.

"This is all your father's fault, if he didn't marry that damn monstrosity, then we wouldn't be having this problem." He said.

He tossed Boscha on the ground and he stepped on the back of her neck.

"You are... the WORST Uncle ever!" Boscha said.

"Don't worry, you'll see those kids again soon."

A shadow covered him and he turned around.

"We maybe kids, but we're also witches." The vine cut the ropes, "Powerful ones."

Luz jumped over them and used her leg to shoot fire at them. Willow and Amelia used plant magic to wrap several of them up. Amity used her Abominations to keep a few away from Amelia and Willow. Gus used his Illusions to create multiple clones of everyone, confusing the Demon Hunters. Kat and Skara kind of just hit them, their magic really wasn't good in battle. Luz was using her bending, using Air, Earth, and, obviously, Fire. Soon enough, there was only one. The Head Demon Hunter. Everyone put a finger, two fingers in Luz's case, and were about to blast him with everything they got. They stopped when they saw Boscha being held with a knife against her throat.

"One move and I slit her throat." He said.

"Again, you are the worst uncle ever." Boscha said.

"Put your fingers down or else." He presses the knife against Boscha's neck, "Her head will, quite literally, lose her head."

They put their fingers down and he smirked. He quickly tossed Boscha on the round and was about to stab her in the head. Everyone put their fingers up, but only one of them was fast enough. He was a couple inches from plunging the knife into the back of her head, when his hand stopped. Everyone looked at Luz, who had her hands out and seemed to be controlling him, moving her hands with extreme precision, controlling him with each flick of her wrist.

"W-w-what's going on?!" He demanded, "What is this!?"

"The most powerful form of Bending." Luz said.

Luz made him walk over to a tree and then dropped the bending. She stomped the ground and he was encased in a rock cocoon up to his neck. Everyone ran back into the house and closed the door. Luz fell to her knees and started to cry.

"I... I just... No... oh, Agni no."

Luz felt her hand get grabbed and they started to move the house back to its original position. Luz sat on the couch and put her head in her hands. Skara handed Boscha a blue liquid and she drank it, her features returning to normal. Boscha walked over to Luz.

"What was that?"

"That... that was... Bloodbending. A horrible form of Waterbending that I know." Luz said.

"Well... thanks." Boscha said, "If it wasn't for you... I would've died."

Luz kept crying and Boscha just went back to drinking her potion.

"And what was that, Boscha?" Willow asked.

"I... the truth is... I'm... only a half witch." She said, "My dad married a demon, my mom, and my uncle can't stand that. I have to drink this potion to keep this form."

After a few minutes, Luz seemed to get better... until Eda closed the door.

"You are so busted." Eda said, "You held a moonlight conjuring."

"I did."

"You animated my house. My house!"

"Do you know what I'm going to do?" Eda said, angrily.

"W-w-what?"

'Well, here we go. Time to be reincarnated.'

"I... am so joining you for next year's conjuring!" Eda said, "That was absolutely amazing! You destroyed the stand of a guy trying to turn me in! It was great!"

"So... we aren't in trouble?" Kat asked.

Eda looked at her and shook her head.

"No, you all are in trouble." Eda summoned cleaning products, "You're cleaning this house, from top to bottom."

They all started cleaning and Luz looked at them.

"Sorry, you guys got in trouble."

"Are you kidding? That was way better than we could've done at Amity's house." Skara said.

"Yeah, that was amazing Avatar." Kat said.

"We can't wait to see what other cool things that happen around you!" Boscha said.

Later, Amity was the last to leave the Owl House. On her way home, she heard someone.

"Hey."

Amity turned around and saw Willow, leaning against a tree.

"W-W-Willow? I thought you went home."

"I need to talk to you."

Willow walked over to her and Amity started to fear the worse.

"Amity... thank you." Willow said, "I wish you told me earlier, but I'm glad I eventually found the truth."

"So... are we friends again?"

"No... no we aren't." Amity looked down and Willow grabbed her hand, "But... it's a start."

Amity smiled and went on her way, looking at her hand.

"A start? I can live with that."

Chapter Text

Luz was looking through the Demon book she got in the library. She doesn't know why, but she felt a connection to it, when she told Eda, she just said it was probably just her being sleep deprived. She would've believed it too, if it wasn't for a page about one certain Demon. It went over something about it... its eggs. Exactly like the egg she saw in her dream when during the boiling rain storm.

"It couldn't be, right? This is a book about EXTINCT demons."

Luz's door was opened by King.

"Hey, Luz? Are you still mad?"

Luz didn't forget about the Body Swap incident the day prior. King with Bending is a recipe for disaster.

"King, you used my body, and my Bending. You started a small fire. What were you thinking?" Luz heard a beep and looked at the time, "I have to go help Gus with something."

Luz got up and started to walk downstairs.

"Hey, Kid? Come here for a second." Eda said.

Luz walked over to the kitchen and saw Eda at the table.

"Yeah, Eda?"

"Kid, care to explain what these are?" Eda asked.

She slid the forms for Hexside at Luz.

"W-w-well, you remember when I said I stopped an Abomination monster a couple weeks ago?" Luz asked.

"Yes."

"Well, I... thought about enrolling." Luz said.

"Kid, why would you want to do that? You have that book and I can teach you anything you need to know."

"One, that book is heavily damaged and has dozens of glyph designs missing. Two, I've been here almost a month, and you haven't taught me anything! If I want to learn, I clearly need to learn it myself!"

Luz walked to the door and opened it. She walked out of the house and slammed the door. Eda looked at the papers and rolled her eyes.

"Like I would ever let Luz go there."

Eda felt something in her by denying Luz the chance to go to Hexside. For the first time in her life, she felt... guilt.

"N-n-no, I won't let her go." Eda told herself, "It's better that way... right?"

Luz stomped her way to Hexside. Why wouldn't Eda just let her go to Hexside and learn magic? Pretty soon, she found Gus and her mood got better.

"Gus, what's the reason you asked me to show up?"

"Well, there really isn't a problem, apart from this new kid in the H.A.S." He said, "I just wanted a real Human to come in and talk."

"Oh, okay."

They walked towards Hexside, unaware someone was watching them. Gus started to show her around, as last time she was there, it didn't end well.

"This right here is the Plant Track Homeroom." Gus said.

Luz looked through the window and saw Willow and Amelia. Willow noticed Luz and waved. A plant bit down on Amelia and Willow had to go over and... tickle the plant. It let go of Amelia and she gave Willow a small thumbs up.

"Yeah, it can be a little difficult from what Willow told me. That's apparently the third time she had to help Amelia." Gus said.

They walked a little farther and Gus stopped her.

"Oh, I want to show you where I spend my time." He opened the door to a room with four people in it, "The Illusion Track Homeroom."

Luz looked in and saw the Twins, a teacher, and a nervous student. The teacher evaluates three students' illusions. Emira doubles the length of her legs. Edric changes his face, outfit, and hair style. The third student is shaking as they draw their spell circle and accidentally remove their facial features. The teacher makes her own spell circle and fixes the student, allowing them to breath.

"Well, Illusions sound... hard." Luz said.

"They get easy after a while." Gus said, "Like that."

Gus pointed at a room on the other side of the hall, which had... Gus in it.

"Wow, what's going on?" Luz asked.

"That's one of my Illusions. They take notes for me when I'm not around."

The Illusion picked up a paper that said, "I'm not paying attention".

"But sometimes they don't do what they're told."

Luz dragged him away before he did something stupid. On his way by, he made a cut motion at his neck.

"Okay, well, let's go show the Human Appreciation Society a real Human."

Outside, the person watching them opened a mirror.

"What are your orders, Sir?"

"Release the monster. I don't want the Avatar in this dimension. I want her gone."

"Gone from the Boiling Isles, or gone, gone?"

"Whichever comes first. If she dies, then it was an 'unfortunate' accident."

"Got it."

The person closed the mirror and walked back into the tree line. Gus and Luz walked up to the door that the H.A.S meetings took place in.

"You ready?" Gus asked.

"Born ready."

Gus grabbed the door handle. In the Principal's office, Bump heard the door open and close, someone walk up to the desk, and then slam their hand on it.

"Hey, Bump." Eda said, "Miss me?"

Chapter Text

Bump looked at Eda.

"Edalyn, what a... pleasant surprise. What can I do for you?"

"I'm here to enroll my apprentice into Hexside. You got a pen?"

Bump stood up and walked over to a cabinet. He pulled out a file and slammed it in front of her.

"If you signed it and had her bring it in, I would've just accepted it. But seeing as you're here." He looked at her, "I'll accept her into Hexside, if you clean up all the messes you made."

Eda looked at the massive stack of papers in front of her. It would've been so easy to just walk out and forget it, but she thought about it. Luz has already done so much for her, she had to make it up to her.

"Bring it."

Bump smiled. In another part of the school, Gus entered the room with the H.A.S inside.

"It seems the President has arrived. Ready for your last day?" A Construction Track kid named Mattholomule said.

"I don't think so." Gus said, "Ladies and Gentleman, let me introduce you to the Isles resident Human... Avatar Luz!"

Luz walked in and the students, except Matt, were amazed.

"You're friends with the Avatar?!" A Healer named Bo asked.

"The things she's taught me about humans is incredible." Gus said, "I'll let you take it from here, Luz."

"Thank you, Gus." Luz said, "In the Human Realm, Humans are capable of using one of the four elements. Fire, Air, Water, or Earth. I was born a Firebender and it's my best element. Any questions?"

A Bard student that resembled a goat put his hand up.

"What do you mean you were born a Firebender?"

"You see, you don't learn you're the Avatar until your sixteen. I was a special case and found out around 10 or 11. I accidently Waterbent, and Firebenders aren't known for using their opposite Element."

Luz wasn't comfortable telling people the real story. The only person that knows the real story is her mom. The only reason her mom knows is because she was there. In another part of the school, Eda was dealing with her... many problems she caused. She removed her Hexed Graffiti, the Ghost from the locker room, and she was currently carrying a bag full of her purple Hexes.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Eda asked.

"Very much, yes." Bump said, "I'm actually quite impressed. You're doing all this just for a girl you met less than a month ago?"

"That girl is special. You have no idea what I'll do for her."

Bump smiled. Even though he had his problems with Eda, he knew she had a big heart. He handed her a broom and Eda's face put up a forced smile. Outside, the person orders his men to move the cage closer to the school.

"We have to make this look like an accident." He said, "If we don't, we're as good as dead."

They waited for the signal.

"Now!"

They opened the cage and the beast ran towards the school. In the H.A.S Meeting, Luz was going over what items they had were used for.

"That's a paperclip, it's used to hold papers together, but it can be used to make art."

Luz was about move on to the next item, when the ground started shaking.

"This... this is normal for schools here, right?"

There was screaming in the hall and a massive snake type creature. It burst through the door and large frills came out as it hissed. It shot venom from its massive fangs. The group hid behind Luz as she looked at the door frame.

"Everyone go, now! I'll distract it!"

Luz hits it in the eye with fire as the members ran through the small gap between the bottom of the frill and the floor. Luz waited until they were all out before hitting it with a lightning strike and sliding between the frill and floor. The Snake monster tried to get out, but its frills managed to get it stuck.

"Okay my fire and lightning only seem to distract it. Its scales must be fire proof." Luz said.

"What is going on!?" Bump asked.

"Kid, what did you do?"

"Eda? I didn't do this, and what are you doing here?"

"I'm getting you enrolled. The real question-"

The snake monster broke free and looked at the group.

"A Taka?" Bump said, "But they're supposed to be extinct."

The Taka shot more venom, but Luz used her Earthbending to make a rock wall between them.

"What do we do?!" Luz asked.

"I am unsure." Bump said, "It has hard scales, the only place the it can be hurt is the area behind it's frills."

Luz looked around, there had to be somewhere it can be trapped. That's when she saw it.

"We can trap it in the detention room!"

Bump thought about it for a quick second. It could work.

"Agustus, you and your little... club, need to get the students out of there. Edalyn and I will distract it." He turned to Eda, "Are you ready to do something good for the school for a change?"

Eda smiled.

"Let's go mess with a demon."

The Taka broke through the wall and Bump and Eda hit it with several spells. It went to attack them, but they were able to dodge it. Gus and the others were getting the students out of the detention room while Luz was getting ready to follow her plan.

"Is everyone out?" Luz asked.

"Yes." Gus replied.

"Alright. Get away from here."

Luz ran up and hit it with fire, getting its attention.

"Hey! Over here!"

The Taka shot venom at her and she avoided it. She started running towards the room. She used her Airbending and blew the doors open. She ran in and saw the giant pit with tentacles and... are those teeth?

"This... is terrifying."

It was one thing being told about it, it was another seeing it. Luz jumped over the pit, right as the Taka showed up. She used her Firebending to give herself a boost. She landed on the other side and kicked the wall, sending a rock pillar towards it. It hit the Taka in the head and sent it down into the pit. Luz used her Earthbending to send the pillar onto its neck, right behind the frills. The speed of the pillar, and the way it was positioned, led to it going through its neck, killing it. Luz ran out of the room.

"You okay, Kid?" Eda asked.

"Yeah, I think so."

"Everyone, please leave the building." Bump said, "I need to alert the Coven about this."

He walked over to Luz.

"I will be seeing you next semester." He said.

Maybe one day he would tell Eda that he would've accepted Luz into Hexside without her doing all that work.

"Come on, Kid. Let's go home, mama needs a nap."

In another part of the Isles, Kikimora walked up to the throne.

"Sir, I have a message from Principal Bump. There was an attack at Hexside."

Belos stood up.

"They're getting bold. Send some guards to assess the damage and help clean up." Belos said, "And begin preperations for the Day of Unity."

"But we don't have everything we need yet."

"I don't care, they are getting more aggressive."

"And... what of the Human Girl."

"Have the Golden Guard watch her." He said, "The Avatar needs to be protected."

Chapter Text

Luz paced back and forth in the living room. She has spent hours looking through her demon book. She can't understand why, but... she feels connected to one demon. The problem is, most of the pages about it are missing.

"Kid, you've been staring at that thing for hours. What are you looking for?" Eda asked.

"I can't explain it Eda, but I feel something on this certain page. I want to know more about it, but the pages are missing. The only thing I learn about is its eggs."

"Eh, who cares about some eggs. Let's talk about the best way to scam someone."

Luz closed her book and stood up.

"Hey, where are you going?" Eda asked.

"I'm going to the library. Maybe they have something that can help me."

Luz walked out of the door and started to walk to Bonesborough. She was passing a few markets with people and their kids.

"Mom, that's her." A kid said.

"It's the Avatar." An adult said.

"You think she'll give me an autograph?"

Luz smirked, she's become the most popular people on the Isles. She began to move a little faster to the library. She went in and walked over to the demon section.

"Well, at least they're forward." Luz said.

She grabbed several books about demons, both living and extinct.

"Okay, let's see if I can find something about the demon these eggs belong to."

"Death Glider. Let's see, does it lay eggs?" She asked, looking through the pages, "There has been egg shells near it's known nesting ground, but other than that, not much is known about them or their mating and breeding."

Luz looked at the picture of the egg shell.

"No, these eggs were black. The ones I'm looking for are an off white color with gray specks. Let's see... Taka. Isn't that what Bump called the snake creature that attacked the school? Let's see... no, those eggs are soft like the snakes in the Human Realm, what I'm looking for is similar to an ostrich egg."

Luz flipped the page and looked at the next demon.

"Hell Hound... these have live births, so that's not helpful."

Luz looked through the books for three hours.

"Death Glider, Fear Monger, Hell Hound, Taka, Styll, Sixx, Sharpshot, Extinguished Phoenix, Blood Lizard, Demonic Change Worm, Shadow Wolves, Spectre, Hell Raptors, Lava Gator, and several other demons... some of them lay eggs, some of them give live birth, some... I want to erase from my mind. The ones that do lay eggs, they don't even resemble these eggs." Luz closed the book and put her book back in her bag, "How am I going to figure this out?"

"Sounds like a problem." A voice said.

The owner of the voice sat on the opposite side of the table and Luz looked up.

"Boscha?"

"If only you knew someone that had first hand experience with demons. Perhaps a certain hybrid, whose mother has a whole library full of demonic books almost as old as the Isles."

"You could just ask if I want to come over to your house." Luz said.

"Am I that obvious?" Boscha asked.

"Well, if you can help me, then I'll gladly except."

"Great!" Boscha said, excitedly.

Boscha pulled Luz out of the library and all the way to her house.

"This is your house? It's huge!" Luz said.

"Yeah, my family is rich." Boscha said.

Boscha dragged Luz into the mansion.

"I'm home!"

A person that Luz assumed was Boscha's father came in.

"Hello, darling."

"Hi, daddy. Where's mom?" Boscha asked.

"She's at work, and I'm also off to work." He noticed Luz, "Who is this? A new friend?"

"This is the girl I was talking about. She's the Avatar." Boscha said, "She has questions about demons. I'm taking her to the manor library because mom has a collection of demon knowledge."

"Alright, dear." He kissed Boscha's third eye, "Remember to drink your potion, we don't want your tail coming out and breaking another vase."

"Okay, daddy."

He left and Luz looked at Boscha.

"You have a tail?"

"Please don't ask me about that." Boscha said, "To the library."

Boscha led Luz to the library.

"Wow, this place is amazing!" Luz said, "So where do we start?"

"First, you show me what you were looking for."

Luz took out the book and flipped through the pages.

"I'm trying to find out what demon lays these eggs."

Boscha took the book and looked at them.

"I think I've seen these eggs in a book when I was a kid." She handed the book back to Luz, "Hold on a second."

Boscha jumped on a wall and started walking up it.

"You can walk on walls!?"

"One of my many abilities." Boscha said, "Let's see. Got it!"

Boscha jumped down and handed Luz the book. She opened it and saw... more damaged pages.

"Why is this book damaged to?!"

"What?!" Boscha took the book and looked at it, "Something's going on here. This book was fine not that long ago."

"Boscha, is there anyone that wants those pages?"

"I don't know, but I do know that I have to tell my parents about this. If someone managed to get in here without us knowing, then that means they could sneak in and kill us."

"Boscha, is there anyone else that could help me."

"There... there is one person that may help."

"Who?"

"The... the Bat Queen. But let's just say, she isn't a big fan of my family."

Chapter Text

Luz looked at Boscha with confusion.

"Why does the Bat Queen have a problem with your family?"

"It kind of started with my grandfather. He cut down a part of the woods to make a factory and it was the Bat Queen's home, so she isn't too keen on my family."

"Well, she's the only one that can help me, so are you coming with me or not?" Luz asked.

"You, the Avatar, are asking me to go on an adventure with you?" Boscha asked, "Excuse me one minute."

Boscha left the room and Luz heard a faint cheer from another room. Luz couldn't help but smile at how excited Boscha was. Boscha came back in, her potion in one hand and a covered bird cage in the other.

"What's that?" Luz asked.

"Something that needs a good home." Boscha said, "Come on, I know the way."

Luz followed Boscha and they found a large area full of bones.

"That's a lot of bones." Luz said, "Uh, Miss Bat Queen? Are you here?"

From a distance, Golden Guard watched them. He pulled out a mirror and opened it.

"The Avatar has met up with the Triplet daughter and they're going to the Bat Queen. Should I intervein?"

"No, until the Avatar is in immediate danger, just procced to watch her. This could be a great way to see how the Avatar can handle this."

"Understood."

Golden Guard put the mirror away. He disappeared into the trees. Luz looked at Boscha as they got closer.

"So, what are the odds that this goes wrong?"

Boscha was about say something when a loud roar echoed in the forest. Boscha dropped her potion. She looked at the shattered bottle on the ground and then looked at Luz.

"Very likely." Boscha said.

Luz went to look at what that noise was and saw Demon Hunter's attacking a demon. Luz needed to get Boscha away from them.

"So, I think we should- Boscha, you're growing scales."

Boscha touched her cheek, where a small patch of pink scales replaced her skin, and her eyes widened.

"I don't have my potion anymore; we need to go!"

The two started to move faster until they were at the start of the Bat Queen's home. They looked nervous. They heard something coming towards them and Luz got ready to Firebend. The thing that was coming... was the Bat Queen's babies. Luz put her hands down and started laughing as they flew around her head. Luz looked up and saw the Bat Queen.

"Just who I was looking for. Glad to see your babies seem fine."

"Wish I had time to talk." Bat Queen said, "Demon Hunter looking for my home."

Bat Queen looked at Boscha.

"I know you." Bat Queen said, "Your family cause me great pain."

"I'm not like my family." Boscha said, "And I can prove it. I'll get the Demon Hunters away from your home."

Boscha put the cage down.

"I've heard legends about you. You protect Palisman, right?" Boscha pulled the sheet off, "Well, I know one that needs protecting."

The cage had a crab palisman.

"I found her injured, outside of my house." Boscha said, "I've been trying to keep her safe to the best of my ability."

Boscha and Luz went to the demon hunters and waited.

"You'll be alright?" Luz asked.

"As long as I don't use to many of my powers, I should have a good grip on my demon side."

Boscha brought out her claws and looked at Luz.

"Let's go."

Boscha sprinted out and tackled one. Lu ran out and used her Earthbending to trap their legs. Boscha grabbed the main one and looked at them with her sharp teeth exposed.

"Leave and never come back." Boscha said.

"You think we're scared of you?" He asked.

"Maybe not, but that's because you don't know me." Boscha said.

She swiped at his face and cut off skin. She continued to do so until they were dead. Luz and the other Demon Hunters looked horrified. Luz let them go and they all ran away.

"B-B-Boscha?"

Boscha looked at Luz and growled.

"Oh no." Luz said, "Boscha, it's me, the Avatar, your friend."

Boscha walked over to her on all fours. Luz put her hands out.

"Boscha, don't make me hurt you." Luz put two fingers out, "Fine."

Luz shot Lightning right next to her and used the distraction to run. Luz knew it wouldn't take long for Boscha to catch up. Boscha managed to tackle her and raised her claws. She was stopped when the crab palisman got in the way. Boscha stared at the palisman, seemingly recognizing her."

A blue potion was shoved in her mouth by the Bat Queen and she returned to normal. Boscha passed out and when she woke up, she saw Luz looking through a book.

"Boscha, I just learned so much!" Luz said, "The Bat Queen has a book that isn't damaged! I'm going to go through it when I get home! I also found out that she was a Palisman! That's why she cares about them so much!"

Boscha gets up and saw the Bat Queen.

"You are different from your family. You showed that you care about life."

"But... I killed that man."

"And you saved others from death by his hands." Bat Queen said, "You want me to protect the Palisman, but I think she found her home."

Boscha looked over and saw a staff, with the Crab palisman on it.

"Her name is Maya, you and her are together." She said, "Take care of her."

Elsewhere, a man walked up to someone with pages in his hands.

"Sir, I brought all the pages of this demon. I took them from every known book on the Isles."

The man grabbed the pages and smirked.

"Excellent. Now we can find this demon."

Chapter Text

Luz hasn't gotten her face out of the book for almost a week. She has learned more about this demon than she ever thought.

"King, did you know that a Protector demon is able to switch it's eating habits from carnivore to herbivore when prey becomes scarce?"

"Hey, less talky, more scratchy." King said, "I don't even know why you care about that so much, those have been extinct for centuries."

"Not according to Boscha's mom." Luz said.

When Boscha and Luz got back to Boscha's home, Luz saw Boscha's mom. She was tall, had pink scales, a tail, wings, massive claws and looked more like a living pink gargoyle more than a person. She smiled when she saw Boscha and started speaking in some demonic language, which Boscha seemed to speak fluently as she responded and hugged her mom. Boscha's mom saw Luz and smiled, allowing Luz to see her massive teeth. She turned into her mortal form and walked over to Luz.

"You must be Avatar Luz." She said, "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Luz was surprised when she saw the demon become a pale skinned, brown haired woman with glasses.

"H-h-hi."

"Mom, I think you scared her. She isn't used to seeing a nine foot tall demon." Boscha said, "There's something we need to talk about."

"Oh, does it have to do with you having a staff?"

Boscha held her staff behind her back.

"No, but I will start to brag about that later." Boscha said, "Someone broke in here."

"What?"

"They stole the pages from one of the demon books."

Her smile faded.

"What? What pages?"

"The Protector." Luz said, looking through her book.

"I don't know why someone wants that, but this can't be good." She said, "Boscha, I need you to help me."

"You got it mom." Boscha said.

"Wait, what is so special about a Protector Demon that someone would go through all the trouble?"

"I don't know, but I have to help them."

"I thought they went extinct?" Luz said.

"Not true, I had one when I kid." Boshca's mom said, "They should be alive still."

"What does she know about demons." King said, "There hasn't been one sighting for a long, long time. Now back to scratches!"

The door opened and Eda came in, all happy because it was "Human Treasure Day" aka, Eda collecting garbage. King and Eda immediately dived into the pile but Luz focused on her book.

"Kid, you aren't even in school yet and you're already face down in that book." Eda said, "Come on, Kid, the trash is getting cold."

"Oh, I forgot about going to school." Luz said, "Soon I'll learn about magic, hang out with my friends, maybe even have classes with Amity... Amity! Oh, cramity, I was supposed to meet her to get my Azura book back!"

Luz ran out the door and all the way to BonesBorough. She was looking through the market when she found her.

"Amity, Luz is here!"

"Hi, Luz!"

Luz fell down in surprise by the twins.

"Emira, Edric, leave her alone." She helps up Luz, "Sorry about that, they insisted on coming for some reason."

"Because we wuv you baby sister."

Emira hugged Amity's head and squeezed her cheeks, which caused Amity to shove her off.

"They've been extra protective ever since the library incident."

"Good." Luz said, "Otherwise I would show them what happens when I don't hold back."

The twins backed off a little and paled.

"Well, anyway, here's your book." Amity said, "By the way, how have you been since I last saw you?"

"Eh, I've been busy. I'm trying to find a certain demon, look for an ice glyph, and I'm getting nervous with being enrolled in Hexside."

"You what?"

"That's right, soon we'll be classmates." Luz said.

"So, you know at least two spells?"

"What?"

"You need to know two spells in the placement exam in order to be in my class."

"Huh, well, that's no problem, I can just get a little help from Eda."

"Why do you need to know an ice spell?" Edric asked.

"It could help with my Waterbending. I can't summon water like I can with fire, I'm constantly standing on some kind of rock, and I have air all around me. But Water? I need the physical thing in order to bend it. With the Ice glyph, I could have an infinite water source." Luz said, "I'll see you later."

Luz walked back to the Owl House, reading her book along the way.

"A Protector Demon is capable of living in a variety of environments, despite being a cold blooded reptile type demon, it can live in the hottest deserts to the coldest tundra and everywhere in between. Swamps, forest, plains, coastal regions, it is the most adaptable demon in history. Able to evolve to fit its current conditions in less than a day." Luz read, "Wow, this demon is absolutely amazing."

Luz closed her book and entered the Owl House.

"Eda, I'm back."

"I'm in the kitchen." Eda said.

Luz walked into the kitchen and saw Eda with a pot, vegetables, and her severed hand holding a book.

"Hey, what's cooking, good looking?"

"One, never say that again. Two, I'm trying to get these veggies to cook themselves." Eda poured a potion on them, "Alright, in the pot."

The vegetables ran away in fear.

"Why do I always think that's going to work?"

"So, I was wondering if you know where I could find an ice glyph." Luz said.

"I would guess the Knee, but I don't have time for that today, Kid. I have a guest coming over for dinner."

They heard a knock on the door.

"Can you get that Luz?"

Luz went to the door and opened it. On the other side... was Lilith.

"Miss Clawthorne?"

"Hello, young Avatar." Lilith said, "Is Edalyn home?"

"She's in the kitchen."

Lilith walked to the kitchen.

"Hey, Lily, I wasn't expecting you until tonight."

"Unfortunately, we'll have to postpone dinner. I need your help."

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Lilith and Eda, with Luz, flew towards the Knee.

"So, what exactly are we up against?" Eda asked.

"There isn't much that the Coven knows, but there has been magic even older than the Savage Age. Not to mention that we've recovered bodies, both of witches and animals." Lilith said.

"All you had to say was they murdered a few people." Eda said, "Well, Luz, looks like you might have a chance to find that glyph."

"I still think you should've left her at home." Lilith said, "It's extremely dangerous to bring a child on this mission."

"This 'Child' is the Avatar. You know, the most popular person on the Isles, Master of the Four Elements? Bringing her to a place full of water is going to help both of us."

"Plus, I could look for this demon."

"Luz, that demon has been dead for a long time." Eda said, "You are way too obsessed with it."

"I have to agree with Edalyn. Even if it was alive, I highly doubt a cold blooded demon would be in frozen wasteland." Lilith said.

"For your information, a Protector Demon, is able to change its blood from cold blooded to warm blooded in a frozen environment."

"Lily, don't get her started on that demon book of hers." Eda said.

They landed on the Knee and got off the staffs. Luz wanted to get started, but Eda grabbed her by her hood.

"Not so fast, Kid. You aren't ready for the cold."

"Edalyn is correct, it gets quiet cold here."

Eda and Lilith made a spell circle, resulting in the three of them being covered in winter clothes.

"There, now we're ready for the cold." Eda said.

They began to walk up to top.

"The earliest witches came to the Knee to develop their magic, drawn to its natural power."

Eda motions to the ruins which Luz found beautiful.

"Wow, this is just like the old ruins in the North Pole." Luz said.

"With that being said, it is also quite dangerous." Lilith said, motioning to the creature biting a log, "The Slitherbeast."

"It looks a little small." Eda said.

"Very true, only a little shorter than us, Edalyn. I would say this was one of last year's newborns."

"Newborn?"

"Yes, they stay with their parents until for a year before going out on their own." Lilith said, "While not as dangerous as an adult, it still could cause life threatening injuries, so it's best to stay away."

Lilith and Eda brought Luz away from it. They brought her to the ruins.

"Now, if you want to find that glyph while Lily and I work on this." Eda said, "We'll be right back."

Luz looked around the ruins while Lilith and Eda discussed a plan. Luz got distracted when she heard something moving in the bushes. She began to walk towards it and was about to move it.

"Look out!"

Luz quickly stomped the ground and a rock wall blocked the fire spell.

"Sorry!"

Luz lowered the wall and saw the Blight family.

"Amity, what are you doing here?" Luz asked.

"I'm training to beat Emira's high score on the practice exam." Amity said.

"Oh, Mittens, that's never going to happen." Emira said.

"She still has to use a training wand." Edric said.

Luz had a deadpan expression. Before they knew it, Emira and Edric were encased in ice up to their necks.

"So, want to practice?" Luz asked.

"Sure."

The two start to walk away.

"Uh... you're going to let us out, right?" Emira called out.

With Eda and Lilith, they were looking at a destroyed campsite.

"We've seen this symbol everywhere these attacks have taken place." Lilith said, "The Emperor seems worried, but no one in the Coven knows what it is."

"Has he, I don't know, said anything about it!?"

"No, he keeps talking about how the 'time has come' and 'they're coming' but that means nothing to the rest of us."

"I've never seen a symbol like this before. It definitely doesn't originate from here, maybe... no, there's no way." Eda said.

"What? What is it?"

"Maybe, if no one knows about this symbol on the Isles, is because... it's not from the Isles."

"Are... are you suggesting... this symbol... is from the Human Realm?"

"There's a lot of things no one here knows about the Human Realm, this might be something bad from there. The fact that the Emperor is worried, means something powerful is coming."

"But... Edalyn, if the Emperor knows... what this symbol is... that would mean-"

"He's from the Human World."

Amity was knocked back by Luz's Waterbending. Amity used her wand and made a fire spell. Luz caught the magenta flame and held it in her hand. It turned blue and she shot it back at Amity, who dodged it and found herself trapped in ice.

"Well, it looks like I win." Luz said.

"How are you so good?" Amity asked, "You can take two completely different elements and make them work together perfectly."

Luz used her bending and melted the ice.

"Well, Fire and Water are opposing elements, I was a unique case though. I was born as a Firebender and have a natural talent for it. I'm a prodigy at it, which is why I can shoot lighting and have blue fire. Waterbending should be my worst Element, but because my mom is the best Waterbender in the world, a master of the highest degree. She spent most of her life learning from every master there is. She's a modern day Katara." Luz said, "I learned almost all the Waterbending I know from her."

"Even that... Bloodbending, thing?"

Luz's mood changed.

"No."

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Lilith and Eda were looking through a few books from the Human Realm that Eda had. The only thing they've learned is that this symbol was seen prior to 1912 and shortly after 1923, but none of the books went that far back. The only thing they've learned is that certain animals are now extinct.

"What in the Titan is a Polar Bear Dog, or a Flying Bison? Oh, the Human Realm had dragons too." Eda said.

"And just like here, they seem to be extinct." Lilith said, "Still nothing on this symbol."

"There's something at play here." Eda said, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think you should call in the Coven."

"Even if I did, there isn't any way they could help. The top Coven Leaders are having a hard time with trying to understand these attacks."

They heard something in the woods and held their staffs.

"Let's get back to the Kid." Eda said.

"Agreed."

The two took of sprinting as they were being watched. Luz and Amity went back to the twins.

"Are you going to play nice, now?" Luz asked.

"Yes, please get us out of this!" Emira said.

Luz melted the ice and the twins walked away.

"You're really good at getting them to stop pranking and being annoying." Amity said.

"They're good people, they just need some tough love to bring them out." Luz said.

"More like frozen out." Edric mumbles, stomping his legs to regain feeling.

"What was that?" Luz asked.

"NOTHING." Edric said, jolting up like a soldier.

Eda and Lilith returned to the group with their staffs still at the ready.

"Hey, where did you three come from?" Eda asked.

"We came here to train for the entrance exam." Amity said.

"Kids, I think it's time we leave." Lilith said, "There is something going on and it can be dangerous for you to be here."

"Why? What's going on?" Emira asked.

"We're uncertain as of right now, but whatever it is, it's dangerous." Lilith said.

"Show me." Luz said.

"What?" Eda asked.

"Show me what's going on."

"Avatar, this isn't something-"

Lilith was cut off by Luz putting a hand up.

"I'm the Avatar, which means it's my job to keep peace and balance. If someone or something is causing chaos, it is my mission to stop them." Luz said.

Lilith and Eda knew there was no way to stop her, so they brought her to the campsite.

"As you can see, this place is destroyed." Lilith said, "Ever place these attacks have taken place, there's this symbol."

Lilith pointed to the symbol and Luz looked at it.

"I've... I've seen this before." Luz said, "But... not, me, me."

"What is that supposed to mean?" Lilith asked.

"Oh, great. You did it, Lily, she's going to talk about the Avatar backstory." Eda said.

"I'm not that bad!" Eda glared at Luz, "Fine, I'll give her the condensed version. Whenever the Avatar dies, they get reincarnated. I might've seen this in a past life."

"Is there any way you could access those memories?"

"I could, but I need a place that is very spiritual and peaceful."

"Well, we are on something like that." Eda said, "The knee is filled with spiritual power and magic, maybe you could do something to get that memory out."

"Do you really think that could work?" Lilith asked.

"Maybe, the earliest witches came here because of its spiritual and magical power, so she could do it if she connects with the Isles."

"Maybe, but there-"

They heard a scream and instantly panicked.

"That was Amity!" Luz said.

They ran back and saw Amity being held by her neck, with the twins encased in rock. The person spun Amity's wand in his hand.

"Not bad little witch." He used his thumb to snap her wand, "But not good enough."

"Let her go!" Luz yelled.

Luz used her waterbending to pick up and melt the snow. She used a water whip to hit the person making him drop Amity. Lilith and Eda begin to make their spell circles, only to feel something hit their arms, making them go limp. Eda and Lilith looked and saw more people, who then hit their other arm and legs, making them unable to perform magic or move. Luz was so focused on the person that attack Amity and the Twins that she didn't notice.

"Who are you?" Luz demanded.

"A little early for that, Avatar." He said, "But, I can give you a clue."

He stomped on the ground and a rock floated in air. Luz's eyes widened.

"An Earthbender?"

The man hit the rock and it went flying at Luz. Luz put her arms out and split the rock in half. She was about to use her Waterbending to freeze his feet to the ground, but her arm was hit and went limp by one of the many people.

"Chi Blocking!?"

Luz used her other arm to bend the snow up and try and temporarily blind her assailants. It didn't work as they easily Chi Blocked her other arm and then her legs, followed with the rest of her body. She fell towards the ground only for the Earthbender to use his bending to send a large rock pier to hit Luz in the face, completely breaking Luz's jaw and sending her to the ground, almost unconscious.

"Chi Block the other three. We'll take them with us."

"What about the Avatar?"

"Leave her. The beasts here won't get another chance at a meal like this."

They left with everyone, Luz could only look on with blurry vision and unresponsive limbs. Her broken jaw led to blood beginning to stain the snow and would begin to attract animals. A few minutes later, a Slitherbeast walked up to Luz, ready to eat her. It was about to open its mouth to grab her, when a four legged, nine foot long, demon with short white hair ran out of the tree line and pounced on it. Attaching to it with its large claws. It used its claws to cut through the Slitherbeast's skin, sending large amounts of blood on the ground. It climbed on to the top and used its large, curved, serrated teeth to bite down and started to shake its head, shredding the thick skin. The Slitherbeast roared in pain and tried to get it off. The demon moved its front limbs to grasp onto the neck before biting down again and dragging it to the ground. It extended its claws to their full eight inch length and dragged them across the neck of the Slitherbeast, killing it instantly. The demon began to eat the corpse, making its fur turn pink and its black skinned muzzle to get stained red from the blood. After it ate a good portion of the corpse, it went over to Luz, who was fully unconscious, and grabbed the collar of her coat with its teeth. It began to pull her away from the corpse and any other creatures that might try and attack her.

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Luz groaned as she started to wake up. She looked around and found herself in a cave. She rubbed her jaw and realized something.

"I'm... healed?" She said, "My mom taught me everything I know about healing and medical problems, there is no way I should be even able to talk."

Luz heard something and looked behind her.

"I-I-It's you." She said, "A Protector."

Luz got up and walked over to the carnivorous demon.

"You have adapted to the cold. You have hair instead of scales, you're most likely warm blooded instead of cold blooded. Amazing." She said, "Did... did you heal me?"

The demon licked a wound on Luz, which caused a small cut to heal.

"Every one of your species has a special power, yours must be able to heal." Luz placed a hand on the demons head, "Thank you."

Luz looked at the back of the cave and saw something. She walked over and saw two smashed eggs, with two underdeveloped babies.

"You're... you're the female." She said, "Protectors mate for life, where's your mate?"

The demon looked down, which caused Luz to know what happened. Luz started to get angry.

"Did it have to do something with those people that kidnapped my friends?" Luz asked, "I have to go stop them. Will you help me?"

The Protector walked to the back of the cave and used its tail to swipe snow off of something. Luz saw one last egg, hidden from everything.

"I understand. Protect your egg, I'll go fight them and make sure they never hurt one of you again."

Luz ran out of the cave and made it to the place they were taken from. Luz found foot prints and was about to follow them, when she stopped.

"They beat me with ease." Luz sat in the snow, "How can I beat them? They have Chi Blockers, bending, and a large group. I have weak Airbending, subpar Earthbending, and they most likely have kept any water away. That only leaves my Firebending."

Luz laid down in the snow and looked at the night sky. She watched the stars when something caught her attention.

"Is that... a light glyph? But... what does that mean?"

A snowflake landed on her hand and she saw a pattern. She used her finger and redrew it in the snow. She tapped it and a small pillar of ice rose from the ground.

"I don't know who these people are, but I know that they have the people I care about." Luz stood up, "I'm coming for you."

Luz ran after the footsteps, not stopping until she made it to a fairly abnormal building.

"This definitely doesn't belong here." Luz put her hand against it, "Damn, I'm not a Metalbender."

Luz pulled out a small note pad she had and started drawing on them. After she got enough of them, she looked at the door.

"Time to do this the old fashioned way." She said.

Inside the building, a group of men were studying vials of blood.

"With this we are one step closer to success." One said, "Caine will be pleased."

Amity was slamming her shoulder against the cage, which caused one of them to walk over to the cage.

"It looks like someone still has some fight in them." A man said, "Do we still have that demon's venom?"

"Yes, what do you want to do with it?" Another asked.

"Grab her and bring her out, we're going to see what happens when you inject it into someone."

"There are two different kinds, which one?"

"Surprise me."

They brought over a needle and took Amity out of the cage. Amity struggled against the man's grip.

"Oh, don't worry, there's only a high chance you'll die."

He was about to inject her, when a large dent formed on the door. The entire group stayed still, afraid of what was doing that. Another dent formed, then it got quiet for a second. A large boulder was sent through the door and Luz ran in, sending fire at several of them. The person holding Amity pulled her closer and put the needle against her neck. Luz stared at him.

"Let her go!" Luz said.

"The way I see it, if I let her go, you can take me down, so I don't think I will." He said, "You use fire, you burn her. You can't use Earthbending because we're surrounded by metal. Air would do nothing. And you don't have any water."

Luz held up a few glyphs.

"That's what you think."

Luz slammed the glyphs on the ground, creating several small ice pillars. She used her Waterbending and melted the ice. She performed a water whip and hit the man in the head, making him let go of Amity and the needle. Several more men surround Luz.

"Amity, get them out, I'll handle this!" Luz said.

Amity ran to the cage and Luz started to fight off the others.

"So, you want to fight with the Avatar, huh?" Luz got into her Firebending stance, "Then bring it on."

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Luz watched as they also got into a stance.

'Air, Fire, Water, Earth' Luz noticed, 'They're all benders.'

Luz placed several Ice Glyphs behind her and making an ice wall, blocking the Airbender's attack. She used her Waterbending to melt the ice and hit the Firebender with a large amount of water. Luz stomped her foot and the rock she used to break the door slammed against the Airbender. She put two fingers up and smirked at the Waterbender.

"Your turn." She said.

Luz quickly hit the Waterbender with Lightning. She looked at the Earthbender.

"One on one." She said.

The Earthbender slammed his hands on the ground and bent the metal floor. Luz paled.

"Oh, you can Metalbend." Luz said.

"What, the Avatar isn't able to?" He asked, with an evil smirk.

Luz glared at him.

"No, but I can do this!"

Luz shot blue fire at him, which he avoided by making a wall of metal. At the cage, Amity was trying to pick the lock. Eda tried her best to tell her how, but this wasn't like any lock she had seen.

"Wait, Edalyn, I've seen that lock before." Lilith said, "It was in one of your books from earlier. That's a Firebender lock!"

"So pretty much, we can't get out without Luz." Eda said.

"Not necessarily." Emira said, "What if we trick the lock."

"How?"

"Simple, Amity knows a fire spell." Edric said.

"But... I can't do it without the wand and the wand was destroyed." Amity said.

"Amity, look at me." Emira said, "You can do it. You're strong, you're powerful, you are the best witch I've ever known. I believe in you."

"So do I." Edric said, "We may not have shown it, but we are proud to be your siblings. I don't know what we did to deserve a sister as cool as you."

Amity felt herself smile, something that has been so foreign to her.

"Okay."

She made a spell circle and focused on the pink flame in her hands. She moved it over to lock.

"Come on, come on!" Amity said, "Please work."

After a minute, it was unlocked.

"Yes!"

"That's our little sister." Emira said.

Amity began to open the cage when she felt something pierce her neck. Luz was getting beaten by the Earthbender. She decided to switch up her strategy. She blasted a continuous shot of fire at the metal wall he was hiding behind.

"You think the fire will melt it? Pathetic."

"I'm not trying to melt it." Luz said.

The man's hands began to heat up and he screamed in pain from the searing metal he was touching. Luz slid an Ice Glyph at him and he was hit by an ice pillar, knocking him out. She smiled until she saw the leader, holding a needle in Amity's neck.

"A demon with two different venoms. Let's see if which one is this." He said, "Maybe it's the kind that will give you a, slow, painful death. Or maybe it's the other one, the one that we have no idea what it is capable of."

He pulled the needle out and shoved Amity onto the floor, knocking her out. Eda and Lilith got enraged by that and charged at him. He managed to use the metal floor and locked their feet in place with his bending. Luz looked at Amity's body on the floor and got angry. She charged at him and punched him. Luz sent a blast of fire at him, which he easily dodged.

"It seems I struck a nerve. Does she mean something to you?" He asked, "Come on, go crazy on me, go into your Avatar State, use some incredible Bending on me... Bloodbend me."

Luz's eyes widened at that. She's only done that twice in her life, one back home and one back during the conjuring... she was being watched. The Earthbending leader smirked and used her distraction to his advantage.

"Surprised? Not yet." He said.

He made a spell circle and hit Luz with a spell. Luz landed on the ground with a thud. He got on top of her and smirked, making sure to keep Luz's hands held down so she can't use bending.

"I thought the Avatar was supposed to be powerful."

"How are you able to bend and use magic!?" Luz demanded.

"Wouldn't you like to know."

Luz looked around for something when she saw something outside.

"Do you know what that demon was named?" Luz asked.

"No and I don't care." He said.

"They're called a Protector, do you know why they're named that?" Luz asked, "It's because they will always protect someone in need."

The man heard something coming and looked in time to see the Protector pounce on him. She bit down on his neck and started tearing flesh as he screamed. Luz got up and ran over to Eda and the others.

"Eda, can you get out?"

"I might know a spell, but it could take a few minutes." Eda said, "Go focus on Minty."

Luz moved over to Amity, who was starting to wake up.

"L-L-Luz?"

"I'm here Amity. Are you feeling okay?"

"I... I think so." Amity said.

"Can you move?"

Amity raised a hand.

"Good, that means you got the venom that will result in you dying, otherwise you would be paralyzed right now. Still, we should get you to a Healer. There's no telling what might happen with that going through your veins."

"What do we do about that?" Eda asked, pointing at the Protector.

"Let me deal with that, just get her medical attention. This is something that needs professional help."

Eda and the twins focus on Amity, Luz focused on the demon, Lilith... found something. Later, at the castle, Lilith kneeled in front of the Emperor.

"My Emperor, the mission was a success, I discovered and eliminated the people responsible."

"Very good, Lilith." Belos looked at her, "Something troubles you?"

"The people responsible, they... they had both magic and abilities similar to the Avatar."

Under his mask, Belos paled.

"This is troubling news. Is there anything that can help find out who is responsible?"

"I... I found something with a possible name." Lilith said, holding out the item.

Belos took it and looked at the name.

"C. Whittebane"

Belos nearly dropped the item as memories flashed in his head.

"Stop this madness, Caine!"

"You're too late, Philip! A new age is about to begin!"

"My Emperor, is something wrong?" Lilith asked.

"I... I... I'll be in my quarters. There are to be no interruptions!"

Belos quickly walked to his room and locked the door behind him.

"It can't be." Belos leaned over his desk, barely able to stand, "Caine can't be back, he can't be."

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Luz watched the large demon wrap her tail around the nest of blankets holding her egg. Luz closed the door and walked away. She went downstairs and opened her demon book.

"Let's see what the book says about reproduction cycles." She said, looking through the book, "The egg changes color from dark blue or black to white or off white with grey speckles depending from where it is in development. When it is in the whitish color, then it is close to hatching. So, the egg could hatch any day now."

"Luz, you coming?" Eda asked, "We have to do your entrance exam if you want to be accepted into Hexside."

"I forgot about that."

Luz put the book away and sprinted out the door. Eda chuckled and closed the door behind her.

"This girl is really something else."

They flew to Hexside, Luz getting more nervous.

"Is it normal to feel this nervous?" Luz asked.

"Kid, relax, you know two spells, the principal likes you, and you saved the school... twice. You'll do fine."

They land in front of the school and went in. They passed by a certain green haired witch and Luz couldn't help but start a conversation.

"Amity, hi!"

"Hi, Luz." Amity said, "Are you here to do the entrance exam?"

"Yep, how did you do?"

"I beat Emira's score by three points." Amity said, before holding her stomach and groaning.

"Are you okay?"

"I... I'm fine. I'm sure I just ate some undercooked food." Amity said, holding her stomach, "I have to go."

Amity quickly walked away. Luz was about to follow her, but Eda grabbed her arm.

"No time for Minty. We're trying to get you enroll into school."

"But... Amity could be hurt."

"We'll deal with that later." Eda said, "Kid, I've seen her, she's strong. She'll be fine."

Luz looked at the direction Amity went in.

"Are you sure?"

"More than sure, she's a strong kid." Eda said.

Eda and Luz walked into the school. In another part of the Isles, Belos sat in the throne as he waited. It didn't take long until Golden Guard showed up.

"You called, Uncle?"

"Yes, I did. As the Golden Guard, our relationship is merely professional, but as your Uncle and legal guardian, it is my job to keep you safe." Belos stood up, "You are no longer ordered to watch the Avatar."

"What?"

"I have discovered who is causing this chaos and have deemed it too dangerous for you to be involved in."

"Uncle, you can't be serious. Do you think I can't handle hard missions?" Hunter asked, "Is it because I can't do magic?"

Belos stayed quiet. Hunter got annoyed.

"Uncle, I don't need magic to be powerful, I have my staff, I am trained, I can handle this."

"It's not that, Hunter." Belos said.

"Then what is it!?"

"The person doing this is insane." Belos said, "He has an army, he has power, he will not hesitate to kill you."

"That sounds like every other person you've fought!"

"Damn it, Hunter, just listen! He isn't just some random person! He is the only person I'm afraid of! He's the only person that has come close to killing me! He's the person that cursed me!"

"Who is it!?"

"Your father!"

The room got quiet, tension so thick you could cut it with a knife. Hunter took a step back in shock.

"W-w-what?"

Belos turned his head and closed his eyes, though you couldn't see it behind his mask, just in order to avoid looking at Hunter. Hunter got tired of the silence and broke it.

"You told me my father died fighting a wild witch!" Hunter said.

"I lied." Belos said, "I didn't want you to know the truth."

"What is the truth!"

"Your father didn't want you! He wanted to kill you, okay!" Belos said, "I had to take you and get you far away from him!"

Hunter closed his fist and his hands started to shake.

"You... lied to me... MY ENTIRE LIFE!"

"Hunter-"

"What else have you lied about!? What about my mother, did he kill her too, or did you!? You made me think my father was someone that fought to save me! What else did you lie about!?"

Hunter turned around and stomped to the door.

"Hunter. Hunter! Stop this instant." He didn't stop, "As your Emperor, I command you to stop!"

Belos placed a hand on Hunter's shoulder, which caused Hunter to turn around and swipe his arm at Belos, causing a strong stream of fire to follow. Belos backed up to avoid the fire, but fell down because of the surprise attack. Hunter reached up and pulled off his mask and unclipped his cloak. He let the cloak fall.

"Maybe Golden Guard will listen to Emperor Belos." He threw the mask at Belos, "But I'm not the Golden Guard."

He walked out the door, slamming it behind him. Belos got up and picked the mask up. He closed his eyes and heard Caine's voice from the last time they fought.

"What's the matter, Philip, afraid to hit your older brother?"

Belos let out a sigh.

"I'm not the same passive person I was all those years ago. I'm not afraid to kill you, Caine."

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Hunter put his stuff in a small bag and slung it over his shoulder. He opened his window and jumped out. He waited a couple seconds before placing his feet against the wall and used it to launch himself towards the ground at an angle that allowed him to roll when he hit the ground. He rolled into a kneeling position and looked at the castle.

"I'll show you I can take him."

He took off, running to the South. At the Owl House, Luz and Eda returned from Hexside.

"I'm really impressed, Kid." Eda said.

"It was nothing." Luz said.

"Luz, you just scored the all time highest score on the entrance exam. The previous score has been around for almost forty years. You're a natural."

Luz smiled.

"Thanks Eda."

"Well you should get to bed, you have a busy day tomorrow." Eda said, "Baby's first day at school. I can't wait to hear about all the destruction you make!"

"Eda, I won't make any destruction… on my first day."

"Alright, up to bed."

Luz smirked and walked upstairs. In the Castle, Belos felt like he had given Hunter enough time to calm down, it has been almost two hours after all. He lightly tapped the door.

"Hunter?"

Nothing.

"Hunter, I just wish to talk."

Still nothing. Belos opened the door and walked it.

"Hunter, I need to-"

Belos saw some stuff missing and the window open. He quickly ran out of the room and over to where Lilith usually is during the evening. He burst into the room and found Lilith beating the rest of the guards at poker.

"And that is a Royal Flush." Lilith said, laying her cards down and taking the large pile of cash, "Eight games in a row."

"Lilith."

Everyone froze and kneeled at the presence of the Emperor.

"Emperor Belos, what do you need?" Lilith asked.

"Golden Guard has left the castle without permission. I fear he's trying to attack an old enemy of mine."

"Certainly this person can't be that bad." Lilith said, "Who could possibly pose a threat to you, you're the most powerful witch on the Isles?"

Belos' eyes started glowing and he leaned down to look at her in the eyes.

"This is the only person that has ever come close to killing me."

Lilith gave a small nod and started to work.

"Everyone, scour the Boiling Isles. He couldn't have gotten far." Lilith said.

"And if he is injured by any of you, you will be punished to the fullest extent of my anger." Belos said.

By this point, Hunter was already half way to BonesBorough. It would take at least half a day for the guards to get there. He looked around the woods a little before stepping on something, causing it to crunch beneath his foot. He looked down and saw a bone. He heard something behind him and quickly turned around. He looked and saw nothing.

"I'm just imagining things." He said.

He heard it again, this time from the side of him.

"I regret leaving my staff at the castle."

He heard the rustling a third time coming from the front of him. He looked around and saw... a cardinal. He looked at it in curiosity and it flew into his hand. He noticed something about it.

"You're a palisman." He wanted to be afraid of it, but couldn't, "My uncle said that magic like you is dangerous, but he also lied to me about my whole life, who knows what else he lied about."

Hunter sat on the ground, allowing the palisman to sit on her shoulder.

"Do you know what it's like to feel alone, without a family, just doing anything that make you feel like you belong?" He asked.

"Yes."

The new voice made Hunter jump. He turned and saw the owner of said voice.

"Bat Queen." Hunter said.

Hunter knew a small bit about the Bat Queen. The main point is, if the Coven leaves her alone, she'll leave them alone. He knew that Belos would do everything in his power to avoid her home.

"I-I-I'm sorry for disturbing your peace, Bat Queen." He said, "I'll leave immediately."

"No, no. Stay. It is dangerous to be alone at night." Bat Queen said, "Creatures roam these woods at night."

Bat Queen got him up and started to usher him into her nest.

"Creatures?"

"Some far more deadly than a witch. Some... witches with more power than they can handle."

In another part of the Isles, a man walked up to a large cage.

"You want your freedom? You want to feed?" He asked the inhabitant, "Then I have a solution that will help us both."

The creature in the cage moved forward, revealing to be a Greater Basilisk. The Basilisk chuckled.

"I'm listening." She said.

The man smiled and explained his plan. He left after she agreed and a group of people showed up.

"Sir, we're sorry that we failed at the Knee. We thought the venom would've killed the Blight girl." One said.

"Do not worry, the pieces are falling into place. Everyone has a roll and Miss Blight will soon learn hers." He said.

In Blight Manor, Amity was turning in bed, sweating profusely. She shot up in bed and held her chest.

"The... the nightmares. They're getting worse." Amity held her stomach in pain and bit back a groan, "W-w-what's happening to me?"

Chapter Text

Luz woke up and got ready for her first day at school. She ran downstairs and found Eda, getting her usual intake of morning alcohol.

"Good morning, Eda! Do you remember what day it is?"

"Hard to forget, it's the day I get you out of my hair for a few hours." Eda said, giving a small chuckle, "You ready, Kid?"

"I was reincarnated ready!" Luz said.

Luz ran out the door and Eda followed. Eda smiled and got on her staff. In another part of the Isles, Hunter woke up and looked around, while rubbing his eyes. The cardinal palisman stayed by his side the entire night.

"He likes you." Bat Queen said, scaring Hunter by sneaking up on him.

"W-w-what?"

"A Palisman is a companion for life. They find those that share a like mind. You and Rascal want to feel love, you both want to feel wanted." She said, "You two were meant to be together. You were meant to be an extension of each other."

Hunter looked down.

"I can't, even if I wanted too. If-"

"If your uncle finds out, then he will be in trouble. I know what the Emperor does to Palisman."

Hunter looked surprised.

"Y-y-you know that-"

"You are the Emperor's Nephew? Yes, but I can tell that you are different than him. I sense great things in you. You will go on an adventure that will show you who you truly are."

Rascal turned into a staff and Hunter grabbed it.

"So, I can do magic with this? Real magic?"

Bat Queen nodded. Hunter bowed to Bat Queen.

"Thank you."

"Don't thank me, I did nothing, it was all you." Bat Queen said, "Now you must go. Your journey is about to begin."

Hunter got up, staff in hand, and walked towards town. At Hexside, Luz was entering the Principal's office.

"Hey, Principal Bump, I'm here for my first day!" Luz said.

"Good. Now, I received a call that an inspector is coming to observe the school. If they approve of what they see, we'll receive funding, which is much needed with all the attacks lately." He said, "Now, I have some work to do before they arrive, so I would like you to pick a Track now."

"I wish I could pick all of them." Luz said.

"Unfortunately, that is against the rules."

"I know." Luz said, before letting out a sigh, "Healing. My mom is the greatest Waterbender Healer in the world and she taught me everything I know. I can heal almost as good as any witch."

"Very well." Bump said, making a spell circle.

Luz's uniform turned dark blue and she smiled.

"Now, get to class and stay out of trouble. I can't have anything bad happen that will make the inspector fail us."

Luz mock saluted.

"You got it."

Luz got up and went to her Healing Class, where she saw a familiar face. Kat motioned for Luz to come over and sit next to her. Luz happily accepted the non-verbal invitation. In another part of the Isles, Caine was getting ready to attack the school. He didn't care about the kids there, so long as the Basilisk killed the Avatar, he didn't care what she did.

"Sir, are you sure it would be wise to go to the place you're about to release a monster on?" A member asked, "What if you get attacked by Coven guards?"

Caine chuckled.

"I have both magic and bending. I am the greatest Firebender to ever live." Caine said, before getting very serious, "I earned that title by working for it, for almost four hundred years. If they want to mess with me, they'll end up just like my brother. Beaten, broken, defeated... and he became Emperor, pathetic... let's move!"

In Hexside, Luz had a training dummy that simulated real injuries. She had several small water jugs and moved her hands. The water slowly came up from the jugs and surrounded Luz's hands. She placed her hands on the dummy's chest, where an "Injury" was present. The water glowed and the injury healed. The teacher came over and looked at Luz's work.

"Well, done, but that's a given. Can we expect anything less from the Avatar, herself?" The teacher said.

The bell screamed and the classes were let out. Luz was checking her schedule when she saw an Oracle Orb.

"Huh, someone must've dropped it. I better return it." Luz said.

She picked it up and looked at it for a second. She heard someone clear their throat and turned around. She saw an annoyed looking Principal Bump. It was at this moment, Luz knew... she fucked up (I had to throw a meme in, it was too perfect). Outside, Caine watched from the tree line.

"So, how do I look?" The Basilisk asked.

Caine looked over to her. She looked just like an official Coven Inspector.

"Perfect. Just wait a few minutes, the principal is expecting you in about ten minutes." Caine said, "Now remember, you can attack everyone you want, but the Avatar is the one that must die."

Chapter Text

Caine watched as the Basilisk walked up the stairs to meet Principal Bump.

"Ah, inspector, I am glad to see you arrived safely. There are so many things to show you. I even have a demonstration for each Track." Bump said.

"Sounds wonderful. I even hear you have the Avatar enrolled here, is that true?"

Bump had a blank expression.

"We shall talk about the Avatar later, right now, I want to show you how the up and coming witches are doing."

The Basilisk followed Bump inside, much to Caine's delight.

"This we be a very fun day." He said.

He felt someone pop up behind him and hit him in the back. Caine stumble forward and turned around.

"Well, if this isn't a surprised." Caine said.

Hunter gripped his staff tight in his hands. Caine stood up and looked at him.

"The Infamous Golden Guard, himself. This is a good day, I can prove that I am stronger than anyone of the Coven."

Caine used basic Firebending strikes on Hunter, which he dodged with help from his staff. Caine smiled, which made Hunter confused.

"What's so amusing?" Hunter asked.

"You are. You think I don't know about your inability to do magic?" He asked, "Why don't I show you what a real witch can do."

Caine made an orange spell circle and used a powerful light spell to make a blast of light hit Hunter, temporarily blinding him. Caine ran at him and hit Hunter hard in the stomach. Hunter hunched over and tried to get the air back in his lungs. Before Hunter could do anything, he was hit three time hard punches to the jaw. Caine grabbed Hunter by the head and jumped up, hitting Hunter with his knee, breaking Hunter's nose with ease. Hunter bit back a scream as his nose made a loud crunch. Caine let go and Hunter fell on his back. Caine smiled at him.

"You have some skill, I won't lie, but you have no magic, no way to fight back."

Hunter got up and spun his staff.

"If you think I'm done yet, then you're just as dumb as you look." Hunter said.

Hunter used his staff and teleported behind Caine. He hit Caine with his staff, sending him a few feet forward. Caine turned around and sent a powerful Firebending strike at him. Hunter teleported out of the way and hit him with a hard kick to the side. When Caine tried to attack him again, Hunter pulled the same teleporting trick, this time, teleporting into the sky. He used his staff to gain a speed boost and hit Caine with his staff. Caine was knocked to the ground and got on a knee. He breathed heavily before growling.

"That's it, I'm done playing around!" Caine said.

He rushed at Hunter so fast, that Hunter barely had time to blink. He delivered several strong punches to Hunter's stomach, before hitting him across the jaw three times. He hit Hunter in the eye, which knocked him to the ground. Hunter tried to get up, only to get a strong kick to the ribs. Hunter laid on the ground, groaning from four broken ribs, a broken jaw, broken nose, and a black eye. He coughed up blood. A lot of blood. He reached out to his staff, only for Caine to step on his hand.

"You remind me a lot of your mother." Caine said, "Weak. Pathetic. Worthless. Maybe, if she got rid of you, she would still be alive."

He began to walk away. Hunter felt something snap and gained enough strength to get up. He shot his arm out and a strong blast of fire was aimed at the back of Caine's head. Caine avoided it and turned back to Hunter, still having the same stupid smirk that Hunter wanted to hit off.

"Now, that's more like it." Caine said, "Come on, Son, show daddy what you can really do."

Hunter ran at him and tried to hit him with fire. Caine easily dodged the strikes and didn't land a single hit on Hunter. He watched, waited for Hunter to get tired. Hunter was starting to feel pain creep up on him, adrenalin only going so far. Hunter's movement became sloppy and his Firebending became weak. This is what Caine needed. He watched as Hunter tried to use his Firebending to hit Caine's head. Caine dodged it and grabbed Hunter's arm. He struck it several times and Hunter's arm went limp. He gave Hunter one last punch, this time, knocking him to the ground.

"Not bad, but your dear old dad has had a long time to master this." Caine said.

He began to move his arms, generating Lightning and aimed at Hunter's head. Before he could blast him, Rascal started to attack his head, causing him to send the lightning just above Hunter, and hitting a tree. He began to smack the bird palisman in attempt to get rid of it, when an invisible force knocked him far away. He only knew one person that could do something like that.

"Hello, Philip." Caine said, getting up, "What, no hug for your older brother?"

"Shut up." Belos said.

Caine shot Lightning at Belos and he just melted into the ground, reemerging behind him. Belos placed a hand on Caine's shoulder, turned him around, and then punched him.

"That was for what you did to my Nephew." Belos said.

Caine growled and started to Firebend at Belos. Belos was able to dodge easily for someone of his side. Managing to flip and dodge each blast of fire.

"Typical." Caine said, "Avoid and dodge."

Caine used his Firebending to gain a powerful boost. He used the boost to hit Belos with a strong kick to the head, breaking off Belos mask. Belos looked up at him and looked angry.

"You want to see me fight? Fine." Belos stood up, "I'll show you why I have my arrow tattoo."

Belos moved his arms and sent a massive gust of wind at Caine, sending him flying back. Caine barely had a chance to look up before the Airbending Master sent more wind at him. Caine was knocked back with each one. He looked at Belos and saw him ready to perform a spell.

"You got stronger." Caine said, "I look forward to our rematch."

Caine teleported out and Belos went to Hunter. He picked him up and knew immediately that he needed to get him back to the castle. He looked at Hexside and saw the Avatar and her friends come out, with multiple track uniforms. On a normal day, he would have a chat with Bump, but he lost the ability to care right now. Besides, it was unlikely they would join Caine.

"I don't even care at this point." He said, noticing something, "A Palisman?"

Belos picked the staff up and looked at it.

"I know exactly what to do with you." He said, teleporting back to the castle.

Eda landed outside and looked at Luz.

"Something wrong, Kid?"

"I... I saw something." Luz said, "I saw that symbol again. This time... I saw a vision."

Eda paled.

"Let's get home. We can discuss this more there."

Chapter Text

Eda groaned as she removed a bunch of white hair from her dress.

"Luz, that demon of yours is shedding everywhere!" Eda said, to no response, "What is that girl doing?"

Eda walked up the stairs and into Luz's room.

"Luz?"

Eda opened the door and saw Luz, sitting on the ground, with her legs crossed.

"Uh, Luz? What are you doing?"

"Shh!" Luz said, "I'm trying to focus."

"On what exactly?"

"I'm trying to connect with my past lives, maybe they could help me."

"Luz, if it's about that symbol, don't try and put everything you have into trying to find out what it is."

"Eda, I have-"

"No, Kid, you don't have to do this."

"Yes, I do. It is my mission, and it has been since the beginning of the Avatar." Luz said, "I've been reincarnated about 185 times (Don't know if that's accurate but the only thing I could find was that Korra was the 183 Avatar) But I only remember two of them. I'm hoping one of them could help."

"Kid, you really should focus on something else. Why not feed your demon, that might help."

"I don't know, she's probably more focused on her egg."

"Luz, you're the only one she'll allow near that thing."

"Fine." Luz got up and walked to the room, "Alright, you ready for dinner?"

Luz entered the room and was met with a surprise.

"The egg hatched!"

Luz picked up the small white hatchling and spun around. The mother came over and Luz set the baby down. The mom picked it up by the back of its neck like a kitten. Luz looked at it and smiled. She pulled her demon book.

"Well, according to this, a newly hatched Protector will always have white scales and its real scale color/colors will come in after the first two months."

Luz put her book back and walked backwards towards the door. The book says that it's important for the parents and hatchlings to bond, seeing as most packs are made up of large families. As she was walking backwards, she bumped into the wall and a book fell in front of her.

"Well, at least it wasn't on my head this time." Luz said.

Luz looked at the open book and grabbed it.

"This is from the human realm." She said, starting to look through it, "Wait, this is the symbol… the Red Lotus?"

Luz held her head in pain as memories flashed through her mind. Luz began to panic, she knew this is bad. In Blight Manor, a Healer was checking up on Amity. Odalia and Alador noticed that she's been in pain and her heartbeat has been slow. It wasn't that they cared about her, it was just that they were already having a strike at the factory and it was gaining a lot of bad publicity, if something happened to Amity, it could get an investigation started and that would definitely land them in prison. The Healer looked over her and found the problem.

"I've seen this before." He injected Amity with a needle and she fell asleep, "I will order more of these and have them shipped to you. Just give her a shot every couple of days and she should be fine in about… six weeks."

The Healer left and pulled out a small crystal ball.

"It is done."

"Good, everything is going to plan." Caine said, "Let's hope the Blights are dumb enough to not realize that she's actually getting injected with more demon venom."

Amity tossed in bed and held her stomach. She started to make growling noises and dragged her nails over the bed frame, making large cuts in the wood. In another part of the Isles, in the Emperor's Castle, Hunter began to walk up. He groaned in pain and sat up. He felt multiple healing glyphs on him. Annoying but at least his jaw didn't hurt as much anymore.

"Hunter."

Hunter turned and saw Belos in the doorway. Hunter looked away.

"Hunter, please look at me. I have a lot to say."

"Why should I listen to you?"

"Because what I'm about to tell you is the truth." Belos said, "Plus, I brought you, a little friend."

Belos held Hunter's staff and Hunter saw something on Rascal. An Emperor's Coven symbol.

"I figured that I won't always be there to protect you, so maybe he can." Belos said.

Rascal flew over and landed on Hunter's bed. Hunter smiled at him before looking at Belos. Belos sat down next to Hunter's bed.

"Hunter, what I'm about to tell you, means that you could be in danger. No one can know about this. Are you sure you want to know this?"

Hunter thought about it before coming to an answer.

"Yes."

"It all started over 400 years ago."

Chapter Text

Two people, a man and a woman, held hands while looking at the sunset. The woman, an Airbending master, named Iya and the man, Lee, a Dishonored Noble from the Fire Nation.

"My father gave up everything, power, riches, everything, just so he could be with the woman he loved." Belos said, "At the time, a Firebender and an Airbender getting together was seen as taboo in the Fire Nation, but he would rather be disgraced than be alone."

The two shared a kiss. Another time, the two stood in front of an altar.

"He left his home and was welcomed in by the Northern Air Temple. They lived together peacefully."

The two share a kiss for their new lives as husband and wife. The Airbenders clap in joy for the new couple. Later, Lee showed off is Firebending to the Airbending Masters.

"Quite impressive. We've never seen a Firebender before." One of the Masters said, "Perhaps you being here will be a learning experience for all."

Lee bowed to the Masters. A few years later, Lee was with Iya, holding his newborn son.

"What should we name him?" Iya asked.

"The only name I think is fitting is the name of the only member of my family that was nice to me. Caine." Lee said.

"Caine Wittibane, I like it." Iya said, "I can't wait to see what Bending you use."

"Caine became a quick learner. When he began to show Firebending, father decided to teach him from a young age."

Caine, almost five by this time, threw a punch with fire coming out. He did that three more time before jumping and performing a kick, also with fire coming out. He was trying to distract himself while his mother and father were focused on something else.

"Caine."

Caine looked behind him and saw Lee.

"Father."

"Come on, there's someone I want you to meet."

Lee led Caine to a room where Iya was waiting, holding something. Iya smiled and motioned for Caine to come over.

"I want you to meet Philip, you new brother."

Iya handed Philip over for Caine to hold.

"That day, we became brothers... we became best friends."

"Then, what happened?" Hunter asked.

"I'm getting to that." Belos said, "It all started a few days before the most important day of my life."

An 18 year old Phillip was leaning against a wall.

"Hey, Phil, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, Caine."

"Come on little brother, you can't hide anything from me." Caine said, "Do I have to do this the hard way?"

"We aren't allowed to duel in the temple."

"Then let's go outside and do this." Caine said.

"We don't need to do that."

"Then tell me what the problem is."

"I'm... nervous." Philip said, "Mother is one of the most beloved and powerful Airbending Masters of all time."

"And you're about to become one of the youngest Airbending Masters of all time." Caine said, "So are you worried about getting your head shaved? I mean, your blonde hair is incredibly rare so I wouldn't be surprised."

"No, I'm woried that I'll let mother and father down." Philip said.

Caine looked at his brother.

"Are you serious? Philip, you could never let them down. They love you."

"I'm not sure Caine."

"Philip, you are an Airbending prodigy, they know there is nothing you would do to let them down." Caine put a hand on Philip's shoulder, "And that goes double for me. You're my brother, and I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Thanks Caine."

"Anytime, now, are you ready to get your tattoos?"

"I hope."

A few days later, Philip walked to the masters and kneeled.

"Philip Wittebane, we welcome you, as a new Airbending Master."

Philip lowered his hood, revealing his new arrow tattoo. He looked and saw his parents smiling and his brother nodding at him.

"That sounds nice. What happened?" Hunter asked.

"A few days later, something that resulted in Caine and I being on our own. It still haunts me to this day, not being able to save them." Belos said.

The ground was shaking and Airbenders were trying to get to safety. It was an Earthquake, something that was uncommon at the temple, but not impossible. Caine and Philip were running with their parents to the pathway to escape when Iya tripped.

"Mom!"

Lee went to get her up, when they looked up and saw part of the temple falling.

"Caine, Philip run!" Lee said as he covered Iya.

Caine and Philip were running to help when the falling debre landed on their parents. The brothers felt their hearts break as their parents were killed in front of them. Caine grabbed Philip's wrist.

"We have to go!"

"We ran into the woods, we were possitive we would die. I didn't care, without our parents, I didn't have the will to go on. That's when it happened."

"What happened?"

"We found ourselves in a world unlike any other."

Chapter Text

Caine and Philip look at the camp fire they have, the events of the day still fresh in their minds.

"They're gone." Philip said, "They're really gone."

Caine leaned against a tree, trying to process it. It just seemed so... sudden, painful, horrid. There were a thousand words he could use to describe what happened.

"Caine?"

Caine realized that Philip was talking to him.

"What?"

"What are we going to do?"

"I... don't know." Caine said, "I don't know what to do."

"I think I can help."

The brothers look and saw a person with a cloak on. Caine got up and got into a Firebending stance while Philip got into an Airbending stance.

"Who are you?" Caine demanded.

"I am a simple man, with power far stronger than yours." The mysterious man said.

Philip held his stance but was interested in what this person meant by power stronger than their bending. Caine, being the hot headed person he is, shot fire at him. The man made a red circle and the fire was gone. The man made another circle and the fire was sent back at them. They dodged it and looked at the man.

"Like I said, I have power that I far greater than your bending." He said, "And I can give it to you as well. If you wish."

Caine and Philip looked at each other, both curious as to what he meant.

"What are you talking about?" Philip asked.

"I come from a place where magic originates, it has seeped into several different worlds but it begun in my home realm."

"And what realm is that?" Caine asked, remaining very suspicious.

"I come from a place called the Boiling Isles. Home to witches, demons, and everything in between." He said.

"And who are you?" Philip asked.

"Many call me the Magic Whisperer, but I don't really like that." He said, "But regardless, I am here to offer you the ability to perform magic."

Caine and Philip looked at each other, both confused but also tempted. They knew there was no reason to stay now that their parents were gone.

"This... Boiling Isles, what is it like?" Caine asked.

"It is a place where magic exists, where people are free from rules, where you can be whoever you want." The man said.

Caine and Philip began to talk to each other.

"What do you think?" Caine asked.

"What do we have to lose?" Philip asked.

"Nothing, but what are the odds they're telling the truth?"

"Did you not see that thing he did with the circle?"

"It could be a trick."

"Well, what is he going to do against a Firebender and Airbending master?"

"We don't know how dangerous this man is, it could be a trap."

"What else do we do Caine? We lost our parents, our home was practically destroyed, we have nowhere to go. What else is there? Besides, this could be an adventure of a life time, remember when father would tell us about his time traveling the world?"

"You really want to do this?"

"I do."

"Then I'll be with you, every step of the way."

"You're a good brother Caine."

The brothers walked up to the man.

"We're tempted by your offer. However, we would like to hear more before making our decision." Caine said.

"You two seem to be intelligent." The man said, "Perhaps you are the ones I've been searching for."

"What do you mean?"

"There is a legend, where a great savoir, capable of commanding forces beyond magic, will come and save my realm from a great evil. I believe one of you may be the one."

"Well, if one of us is, then we won't do it unless the other comes too." Caine said, putting an arm around his younger brother's shoulder, "Brother's stick together."

Philip smiled.

"And I wouldn't want to do this without my brother." Philip said.

"Little did we know, one of us was a part of the legend, just not in the way they thought." Belos said.

"What do you mean?" Hunter asked.

"He tried to stop some horrible thing from destroying his realm, little did he know, he caused it."

The man made a spell circle and a portal opened.

"Come, we have much to discuss and I must give you two a few basics before I can give you the ability to do magic, just to see if you can actually handle it."

The man went through and the two brothers walked through the portal. They arrived on the Isles and saw found themselves on the Knee. The looked at the skull in the distance with awe.

"Welcome to the Boiling Isles, made from the decaying corpse of a fallen Titan." The man said, "We have much to do before you earn magic."

"Firstly I believe we should exchange names." Philip said, "I am Philip Wittebane."

"And I am Caine Wittebane." Caine said, "And you are?"

"I am Horace. Horace Clawthorne."

Chapter Text

The brothers looked at the large lake in front of them. They both knew that this was it, months of training all came down to this moment. Bending and Magic, it all seemed so... weird, almost unnatural.

"Are you ready, Philip?" Caine asked.

"No, but I never was going to be ready."

"Now remember, this lake has an ancient and powerful thing in them, known as Titan's Blood. It's what gives this lake it's power to give magic to non-magic users." Horace said, "Now, you need to remember, you must be completely submerged in order for it to work. It will only be a minute for us but for you, it will be the longest moments of your life."

"What will we see?" Philip asked.

"Your biggest mistakes, sins of your past. Only those with a strong mind and even stronger will can handle this. Are you two ready?"

Philip and Caine look at each other. If they were to prevent some great danger, then they won't hesitate to try their hardest to stop it.

"We are." Philip said, "I'll go first."

Philip walked into the lake and, after a few seconds, he found himself to a point where he couldn't reach the bottom with his feet. He took a breath and submerged his head into the water. He closed his eyes and when they opened, he found himself back at the temple.

"What the- was it all just a dream?"

"Philip."

He turned around and saw the bodies of his parents.

"Why, son, why did you fail us?" Lee asked.

"I... I didn't."

"You could've saved us if you were faster." Iya said, "You let us die!"

"N-n-no, I didn't... I didn't let you die." Philip said.

Philip closed his eyes and tried to drown out the voices.

"I was close to slipping, then I got help from an old memory." Belos said.

"Are you really going to let that get to you?"

Philip opened his eyes and saw Caine. He remembered this, it was months ago when the Masters told him that he would become a master, something that was making him incredibly nervous. Becoming a master was an honor, but it also meant that you had this powerful.

"Philip, you are way better than those arrow heads and if anyone has a problem, they can come talk to me." Caine said, "No one messes with my brother."

Philip got up as the memory went away. He looked at the corpses and glared.

"You are not my parents. They would never act like this." Philip said.

"You failed us son."

"My parents would've rather died than want their children get hurt in their place."

The corpses stopped talking and Philip looked at them.

"As long as I have my brother, we will be fine, that's all my parents would want."

Philip opened his eyes and realized he was in water. He swam up and took in a deep breath. He swam to the edge of it and got out.

"Make a circle with your finger." Horace said.

Philip did as he was told and made a circle with his finger. A red glow followed his finger and he and Caine watched in amazement.

"You know have Airbending and magic." Horace said.

"Pretty impressive, Little Brother." Caine said, "My turn."

Caine walked into the water and submerged his head. Philip waited for him to come out. Caine slowly came out of the water and looked at Philip.

"Caine?"

Caine shot fire at him, which Philip barely avoided. Caine got out of the lake and smiled.

"I have to say, I'm glad we came here." Caine said.

Caine made a spell circle and the Philip was hit by a strong spell that sent him at the wall.

"This magic is powerful, wish I had it sooner." Caine said, turning his attention to Horace, "I should thank you, but I can't leave any... loose ends."

He shot fire at Horace's chest and watched him fall. He walked over and stepped on Horace's neck.

"Like I said, I can't leave any loose ends."

He shoved his hand through Horace's chest. He walked out of the cave and away from the lake. He has much to do in such little time. Philip got up and ran over to Horace.

"P-p-please, make sure... he doesn't hurt... my family."

Horace handed him a picture and Philip took it.

"I will." Philip said, bowing his head.

Horace took a final breath and went limp. Philip stood up and left the cave, he was going to stop Caine, if it was the last thing he did.

"It took almost a decade before I faced Caine again. It didn't end well." Belos said, "He easily beat me and then placed a curse on me."

"What happened after that?" Hunter asked.

"I stopped his plan, but learned something. He needs to return to the lake every century in order to stay alive, just like how palisman hold off my curse and keep me alive." Belos said, "I knew I had to stop that, so when I went on a long journey, using my Air Nomad knowledge to meditate until I reached peace, it was then that I was able to speak with the Titan. He taught me how to unite magic and slow him down. When I managed to become Emperor, I knew I had to stop him from accessing the lake, so I keep it guarded everyday, by a special task force. He's coming back, by the end of the summer."

"Where is this place?" Hunter asked.

Belos looked at him.

"Eclipse Lake."

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Hunter looked at Belos.

"So, he needs to go to Eclipse Lake this year?" He asked.

"Yes, but this one is different." Belos said.

"What do you mean?"

"I've done a little research. I found out that there is a special event this year, something that will give him power that would be stronger than the Titan." Belos said, "It's why I created the Day of Unity."

"You created it?"

"Hunter, the Day of Unity is just a name for the day the event will be on. I'm hoping that I will be able to stop him before he enters the lake and begins the process. I just need one thing in order to stop him."

"What is it?" Hunter asked, "I'll go get it for you."

"No, you are staying here until you are better." Belos said, sternly, "You're the only true family I have left. I can't lose you."

"Then what do you need?"

"I need... the Owl Lady's portal." He said, "I made it when I was young, I was just trying to get back home. Caine stole and spent almost a century bringing Benders into this world, giving them magic the same way we got it. I managed to get it back and bury it. It would seem the Owl Lady managed to find it."

"Is that why you want her arrested so badly?"

"Only partially. I simply want to make sure she isn't aligned with Caine." Belos said, "Hunter, the reason I restrict magic was so that Caine would get limited support. He used to gain so much support from wild witches, that I had to do something to stop it. The reason I want her brought in, is to question her to see if she's aligned with Caine."

"Well, I don't think you need to worry about that." Hunter said, "From what I saw while watching the Avatar, the Owl Lady would rather die than let something happen to the Avatar. If she was working with Caine, she would've handed over the Avatar by now."

"Regardless, I need the portal door, and I doubt she would hand it over willingly."

"If only you had a certain someone that might be able to get her to help." Hunter said, "Maybe a dark haired woman with a white raven palisman, one with cyan eyes with the last name Clawthorne?"

"What are you suggesting?"

Hunter nearly facepalmed, but realized that would probably hurt a lot.

"I'm suggesting you get Lilith to get the portal."

"What? Are you crazy?!"

"I think that's a resounding yes." Hunter said, gesturing to the room he was in.

"I told her that if her sister was brought in and joined a Coven that I would heal Edalyn, but I also said that she wouldn't have to capture her own sister." Belos said, "She'll refuse that."

"Just say that you need the portal and will give it back when you're done."

"Hunter, you're not making this easy."

Belos got up and walked to the door. He noticed that Rascal had hopped onto his shoulder. He gently picked the cardinal up and placed him next to Hunter. He left the room and began to think how he'll manage to do this. At the Owl House, Luz was pulling a large dead mammal up the stairs. She dragged it into her demon's room and dropped it.

"Oh, Alejandra, dinner time."

The demon got off her blanket nest and walked over. Most of her fur has left, leaving a large amount of black scales in its place. She bit down on the corpse and started to pull pieces off. Luz walked over to the hatchling and pulled a covered bowl out of her bag.

"And I made sure to get you something as well." Luz said, "I read that you can't eat from a corpse until your permanent teeth are in at the age of three."

Luz uncovered the bowl and got out a pair of tweezers.

"I read that hatchling will eat bugs, berries, grass, and small chunks of soft meat. So, I gathered a bunch of tall grass, a couple flowers, a few berries around the house, some worms and grubs, and I cut some of the meat off the corpse."

She grabbed some of it with the tweezers and held it out for the hatchling. The Hatchling took it happily and managed to eat almost the entire bowl. There was a knock on the door and Luz went over to it. She opened it and smiled.

"Hello, Boscha."

"Hello, Avatar, I heard you wanted to make sure the hatchling is doing fine?" Boscha asked.

"Yes, I know Alejandra can take care of herself, I just want to make sure the baby is okay."

"I see you named her, and she... responds to that?"

"Yeah, why?"

"That means she trust you. She recognizes you a part of her 'Pack' and will do anything to protect you." Boscha said, "Now, show me the baby."

Luz led the way. Alejandra growled at Boscha, clearly recognizing the scent of another powerful demon. Luz put her hand up and Alejandra stopped.

"Incredible, I've never seen a demon so... domesticated in such a short time." Boscha said, "Now, for the baby."

Boscha looks at small scaley demon.

"Looks pretty good in terms of movement, seems to be gaining a pound a day, eating good." Boscha picked the hatchling up and looked it over, "Well, it's a boy. His claws seem to be coming in too. You're doing pretty good at raising him."

"Oh, it's nothing." Luz said.

"Nonsense, you're-"

Boscha sniffed the air, as did the two demons.

"What is it?" Luz asked.

"I don't know, it smells like... another demon." She sniffed again, "Far away from here. I would keep an eye out though."

"Another demon? A good one or a bad one?"

"I can't tell, but it smells powerful. It smells like it's around Bonesborough."

"Maybe I should warn the others." Luz said, "Amity isn't feeling well, she could be an easy target."

"Don't worry about Amity, nothing gets into that manor without the Blights knowing."

"I still hope she's okay."

At Blight Manor, Odalia walked into Amity's room. She gave Amity another shot before leaning close to her daughter.

"I hope you enjoy being sick while it lasts, the second you are better, you have a lot of work to do to make up for what you missed."

Amity stayed quiet.

"You should speak when your mother is talking to you, you ungrateful brat." Odalia said, pulling Amity out of bed, "Maybe you forgot your place? Let me remind you where you belong."

Odalia tried to kick Amity, but Amity grabbed her leg. A low growl came from her throat and she looked at Odalia, revealing red eyes. Amity stood up and dropped Odalia's leg. She grabbed Odalia's neck and held her against the wall.

"M-M-Mittens, w-w-what has gotten into you?!"

Amity leaned close to her mother's ear and spoke in a chilling tone.

"Maybe you forgot your place? Let me remind you where you belong."

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Luz was excited, it was her first official day at school. She hopes this isn't like her last first day where she had to fight a Basilisk.

"You excited Kid?" Eda asked, putting food in front of Luz.

"Yep! This time, I won't have to fight a giant monster." Luz said.

"Kid, it's the Demon Realm, fighting things like that are just another Tuesday." Eda said, noticing the crystal ball flashing "By the way, I think your friends are trying to call you."

Luz noticed the flashing crystal ball and tapped it. Gus and Willow's faces popped up and Luz smiled.

"Willow, Gus! Hi!" Luz said, "Are you excited for school?"

"Luz, it's not like it's our first time going to school." Willow said.

"Well, it is for me, I'm excited to have a full day this time!" Luz said.

Luz saw King begin to struggled and climb the table. Alejandra moved her head under him and boosted King up.

"Luz, good news, I have a way to make our comedy hour even better!" King said.

"No, not the comedy hour." Eda said.

King put a paper towel roll on his nose.

"I've been working with props! Oh dear, I've gotten a tube stuck on my nose! Will I ever eat again?" He slams a piece of bread on his face, "Looks like I'm toast!

Luz and King laugh while Eda groans.

"It just goes on like this for an hour!"

"Heyo, dough boy, quit loafing around!" Luz said.

"Why don't you bake me?"

Luz and King continue to laugh, Eda on the verge of a mental breakdown. The crystal ball buzzes with an alarm and flashes red. The time, 8:00, flashes below Willow and Gus.

"School time! See you guys in class!"

"Bye!" Willow said.

"See you there!" Gus said.

Luz hung up and kissed King's skull. She ran over and hugged Eda.

"I'll be back later!"

Luz ran out the door and ran to the school, where she found her friends standing outside it.

"Hey guys, what's-" Luz noticed the large amount of yellow tape on the front door, "What happened here?"

Principal Bump walked onto the steps with a megaphone.

"Attention students, school is canceled today due to an infestation of Pixies." Bump said, "We don't know where they came from, but we will remove them as soon as possible."

Boscha looked nervous and started to walk backwards before turning and sprinting away. Luz, Willow, and Gus just looked at each other.

"You know, I was at Boscha's house about a week ago, and I think I saw a pixie." Luz said.

"That doesn't surprise me." Willow said, "So, I guess we have the day off from school then."

Luz turned around and walked away. She made it back to the Owl House and opened the kitchen door.

"Hey, you're back early. Did Bump finally take my advice and shorten the school day?" Eda asked.

"Hexside has an infestation of Pixies. So, schools been cancelled."

Before Luz could continue, King came in and climbed onto Luz's head.

"I didn't miss you at all." King said.

"Did I... miss something?" Luz asked.

"Oh, we were just having a conversation about him missing you when you're gone."

Luz reached up and grabbed King.

"Oh, did my little Boo Boo Buddy miss me?" She asked in a baby voice.

Luz proceeded to give him several kissed to the skull. Hooty came in and... regurgitated the mail. Eda picked it up and looked at it.

"Junk, Junk, Junk, Death Hex." Eda tossed the Hex into the trash and it blew up, "Oh, there's a carnival in town."

"Really?!" Luz asked, "Can we go!?"

"Well, you two can." Eda said, "I... got a new job."

"Really? You got a job?" Luz asked, tilting her head.

"Hey, I'm not that lazy." Eda said, "Anyway, you two go have fun."

Eda started pushing Luz and King towards the door. She closed the door and looked at her Crystal Ball. A news report had come on.

"This just in, the Leader of the Emperor's Coven, Lilith Clawthorne, has been reported missing. The Emperor has offered a large amount of money for anyone that has information the leads to her rescue."

Eda looked at the crystal ball for a second before turning it off. In another part of the Isles, Lilith started to wake up. She doesn't remember what happened, all she knows, is that someone came up from behind her and injected her with something that knocked her out.

"I see you're awake." A voice said.

Lilith looked around and saw a person standing on the other side of the cell.

"Who are you?" Lilith asked, her eyes not fully open.

"The name... is Caine."

"Y-y-you're the person that the Emperor is trying to stop." Lilith said, "When I get out of here the Emperor will learn about this place and stop you!"

"Who's saying you will get out?" Caine asked, "I hope you enjoy your stay, in the meantime, I will leave you with my newest... employee. You might know them."

He walked away, revealing a person standing behind him. They were in a black dress with a black hood and silver mask. They took the mask off and Lilith recognized them instantly.

"Edalyn?"

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Luz and King made it to the Carnival and looked excited.

"Oh, this is going to be cool!" Luz said, "Carnivals in the Human Realm I've been to are less than ideal."

"What does that mean?" King asked.

"They were put together in ten minutes and very... unsafe."

The two walked around until they ran into someone.

"Skara, over here!" Luz said.

Skara noticed them and walked over.

"Avatar! Hi!" Skara said, "What are you doing here?"

"Oh, King and I wanted to come because school is cancelled, what about you?"

"Eh, decided that it could be fun, I don't get to go out by myself much." Skara said, "My parents don't want me to get hurt... it's also why I'm in the Bard Track."

"What?"

Skara looked away.

"It's nothing... I was... my parents don't want Boscha around the house." Skara said, "Anyway, do you guys want to walk around and see what's around?"

"Sure." Luz said, not wanting to push the topic, "I wonder how Eda's doing at her new job."

Lilith fell to the ground with blood coming out of her nose.

"How's that feel, Lily?" Eda asked, cracking her knuckles.

Lilith started to get up but Eda gave her a hard kick to the ribs. Lilith fell on her back and coughed up blood. Eda stepped on Lilith's hand and started to grind her heel into Lilith's hand, causing blood to come out. Lilith screamed in pain and Eda punched her in the jaw.

"Prisoners aren't allowed to speak." Eda said.

Eda positioned herself so that she was straddling Lilith. She held Lilith's hands to the ground.

"Why are you doing this, Edalyn!? We've always been close, we share everything, even a birthday!" Lilith said.

Eda gave Lilith a hard right to the jaw, followed by another, then another. Eventually, after about ten more punches, Lilith's jaw was all but shattered. Blood flowed out of her mouth and started pooling on the floor. Eda smirked.

"I'll be back." Eda said, "Just so you don't try anything."

Eda grabbed Lilith's right hand, the one she makes the most of her spells with, and broke her hand with a simple twist of her hand. Lilith wanted to scream, but the pain of her jaw made it too painful. She felt her eyes get heavy and her vision got dark. At the Carnival, Luz, King, and Skara found a prize stand.

"Luz, what are those things?" King asked.

Luz looked at what he was pointing at.

"Those are friendship bracelets." Luz said, "You keep one and give one to a friend so you each have a matching bracelet that symbolizes your life long friendship."

"Luz, I want them, get them for your king!"

Luz turned to the attendant.

"How much for the friendship bracelets?" Luz asked.

"A million tickets."

'Wow, those small pieces of metal are more tickets than the Atari I got from Chuck E Cheese.' Luz thought.

"So, we have to play games to get tickets?" Luz asked, "Okay then, game on. You in Skara?"

"Absolutely." Skara said, "I love carnival games."

"Oh man, Eda's going to miss out on some fun."

Lilith felt freezing water hit her and woke up in a panic. She saw Eda holding a bucket.

"Good, you're awake." Eda threw the metal bucket at Lilith's head, hitting her, "I have something special planned for you."

She tied Lilith's hands together and then did the same with her legs. She pulled out a knife and smiled at her.

"Sorry, Lily, but I can't let your dress dampen the blow."

Eda used the knife and cut Lilith's dress off. She dragged Lilith out of the cage and stuck her bindings onto a hook, suspending her above the ground. Eda grabbed a whip and smiled.

"This will be fun."

Eda hit Lilith's unprotected back with the whip, making Lilith grunt in pain. Eda did it again, and again, and again, eventually making Lilith silently cry. Lilith's upper back bled with the whip hitting her shoulder blade. Eda walked over and dragged the knife against Lilith's side, drawing a small line of blood until she used it to make an X near Lilith's stomach.

"Got to remember that spot." Eda said, looking at Lilith's eyes, "Oh, Lily, you look upset. Good."

Eda shoved the knife into Lilith's shoulder and ignored her cries as she got Lilith off the hook. Dropping her on to the floor, breaking one of Lilith's ribs in the process.

"Oh, that sounds like it hurt." Eda said, before grabbing Lilith by the hair.

She started to drag Lilith by the hair back into the cage. She grabbed the knife and twisted it in Lilith shoulder. She pulled the knife out and walked to the cage door. Lilith dragged her body to the door and put her good hand between the door and cage wall. She used her remaining energy to say one word.

"W-w-why?"

Eda glared at her, anger boiling in her eyes.

"After Caine told me what you did to me, this is the least you deserve... this is what you get for cursing me!"

Eda slammed the door on Lilith's hand, breaking bones from the impact. Eda locked the door and stormed out of the room as Lilith finally let out a painful scream.

"By the way, I hope you enjoy freezing to death!" Eda said.

Lilith realized that she still had freezing water on her and the room is already cold. It didn't take long for her to start shivering.

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Luz, Skara, and King walked around the Carnival.

"So, which games give the most tickets?" Luz asked.

"I don't know, I guess we'll have to play all of them." Skara said.

Luz looked at her and kept thinking about what she was talking about earlier.

"Hey, Skara, about earlier what were you-"

"No. Don't bring that up." Skara said.

Luz didn't like having other divulge their private life, but the way it seemed to eat at Skara made her want to at least talk to her about it, see if she could help. Luz was about to open her mouth and say something, but Skara walked faster to avoid having that conversation. Luz just sighed and walked after her with King. In another part of the Isles, Lilith was tied to a chair while Eda looked over her... tools.

"Hm, what to use? Hey, Lily, you've tortured someone, right? What would you recommend?" Eda asked.

Lilith quietly glared Eda, but was to weak and tired from the beating and the possible hypothermia.

"Oh, this looks like it'll get information out of you." Eda said, "Let's try it."

Eda grabbed the crowbar and swung it at Lilith's ribs. Lilith screamed in pain as her already damaged ribs were hit by a hard piece of metal. Lilith started to suck in air, trying to keep breathing. Eda grabbed her by the hair and smiled.

"So, want to tell me what the Emperor has planned? We both know he wants Caine and needs a plan to stop him." Eda said, waiting for an answer.

Eda got irritated and swung the crowbar at Lilith's head, knocking her out and making her head bleed.

"I'll be back when you wake up."

Eda walked out of the room and up to Caine.

"Well maybe she'll talk after her little... nap." Eda said.

"Good." Caine said, "I just got word from my spy."

"Your spy?" Eda asked.

"Yes he's the one that set up the carnival. He said that he's following the Avatar and he has a trap set up for her. The hope is that she'll be trapped and be brought here, but if she is killed, that is also acceptable."

At the carnival Luz noticed Skara looking upset. King on the other hand was happy as he was carrying a large pile of tickets.

"Alright King, I think that's enough for the friendship bracelets." Luz said, "Why don't you go wait for us by the prize counter?"

"Okay!" King said.

King walked away and Luz looked at Skara.

"Okay, something is bothering you." Luz said, "Is it about earlier?"

Skara looked away.

"Skara, what is it?"

Skara let out a sigh.

"I told you about how my parents don't want me to get hurt, but I never told you why." Skara said, "When Boscha and I were kids, we were playing, doing normal kid stuff... that's when her demonic powers awakened. She lost control and... almost killed me."

Luz's jaw almost dropped. Skara continued.

"After that, my parents decided that I would follow in my mom's footsteps and join the Bard Track." Skara took a deep breath, "I wanted to be a Beast Keeper, but they thought they were too dangerous for me."

"So, that's why they're over protective of you?"

Skara nodded.

"Skara, I've seen you, you're a strong witch, you can handle anything that's thrown at you."

"You really think so?"

"I know so."

Skara smiled until something sharp hit her in the neck. She grabbed whatever it was that hit her in the neck and looked at it. It was a dart. Luz noticed this and turned around to find whoever did that, but was hit with a dart as well. Her vision got blurry. The last thing she was a person walking up to them. Luz's began to wonder why her Avatar State never activated when she needs it. Her vision became nothing but black. The man put his hand on his amulet.

"I have them."

"Good." Caine said, "You have full control on the fate of her little friend, but try and keep the Avatar alive."

"You have my word."

"Very well. Contact me when the job is done, Dark Guard."

The Dark Guard looked at his victims, mainly Luz.

"I've come for my revenge." He took off his mask, revealing a large scar over his eye, "I won't stop until I get my revenge."

He put the mask back on and grabbed them, pulling them into a tent. In another part of the Isles, Caine watched as Eda was waterboarding Lilith. Eda put the water bucket down and removed the cloth from Lilith's face.

"You ready to talk yet?" Eda asked.

Lilith stayed silent.

"This has gone on long enough." Caine said, "We have the Avatar captured, it's too late for the Emperor to stop us... Kill her."

Eda pulled out a knife and straddled Lilith. She held the knife in the air and plunged it down onto the x mark she made before. Lilith screamed in pain as Caine looked on. After a while her screaming stopped. Caine walked over and put his fingers on Lilith neck, looking for a pulse.

"Dispose of her corpse, Edalyn." He said.

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Luz didn't know how long she was out, but when she woke up, she was in a dark room. She barely saw more than a few feet away, but she was able to see Skara, laying limply on the floor. Luz attempted to get up, but found out she was tied to a chair. She pulled her wrist against the bindings, but they were tightly tied.

"No use, Avatar, I made sure you couldn't get out of those until I want you to." Dark Guard said.

"Who are you? What do you want with me!?"

"If you think I'm going to go on a monologue so have time to escape, you're dead wrong. All I will say is that you are a threat to a great plan and we can't have that, can we?"

"What about my other question?" Luz said, glaring at him, "Who are you?"

"I was there at your beginning and I'll be there at your end." He said.

Luz tried to think about it, when she was revealed to be the Avatar, a lot of people came over to see if it was true. What did she do to one of them?

"So, you're from the Human World?"

"Oh, look who finally caught up." He said, "Now, why don't I wake up your friend and have a little fun."

He gagged Luz so she couldn't speak and he went to the Bard. He woke her up by kicking her in the ribs. Skara yelped in pain and opened her eyes.

"Good, now that you're up I can start the fun." He said.

He grabbed Skara by the hair and dragged her into the darkness. Luz let out a muffled scream, but it did nothing. He dragged her to a cage and threw her inside. He laughed as walked back to Luz. He turned on the light and Skara realized she was surrounded by dangerous animals.

"I'm so glad you could help feed my... pets."

Skara backed up against the cage door as the beasts slowly moved in on her. Luz pulled her arms in attempt to free herself. This person was smart and used a knot that prevented her from moving her hands, which prevents her from using her bending. Luz wishes Eda was here, she could help.

'What is Eda even doing at that job!?'

Eda walked to a cliff and dropped Lilith's corpse on the ground. Eda reached into her hair and pulled out a bottle with a black potion in it. She took the cork out and forced the potion down the corpses throat. She threw the bottle away and tied a paper to her sister's arm.

"See you later, Lily."

Eda kicked Lilith's body off the cliff. Eda waited until she heard Lilith hit the bottom. Eda walked away, leaving Lilith at the bottom of the cliff. Luz was looking for a way out of this, when she got an idea. Instead of working on the rope, she should work on the gag. She started using her tongue to move the gag out of her mouth. She managed to get it out enough for her to open her mouth. Airbending might be her worst type of Bending, but she still could use a little of it. She let out a massive breath that sent her flying into a wall, breaking the chair. Luz got up and pulled the gag off and untying the rope.

"Hey, let her go!" Luz said.

Luz ran at the Dark Guard and used her Firebending to blast Lightning at him. He avoided it and charged at Luz. Luz used her Earthbending to make a rock wall that prevented him from reaching her. She stomped on the ground and a large rock spire shot her over the wall. She flipped in the air and sent fire at him from her foot. He avoided it, which is what Luz wanted. She landed and used Airbending to blast him into a wall while he's getting up. He was knocked to the ground and laid there. Luz ran over to the cage and saw something. Skara had her hand out. She was standing her ground against them.

"I'm not afraid of you." Skara said, "I am a Beast Keeper. You will listen to me."

Luz watched with curiosity. Skara told her about wanting to be a Beast Keeper but she didn't realize that she was a powerful one. Skara put her hand on a Manticore's head and it stopped growling. Skara reached down and scratched its chin. The Manticore started purring and licked her.

"It seems... that you have that covered." Luz said.

"I wanted to be a Beast Keeper, so I trained for it." Skara said.

Luz used Earthbending to send a large rock at the lock. It broke and Luz turned her attention back to the Dark Guard. He started to get up and saw Luz approaching him. He had one last trick up his sleeve.

"How's the scar?"

Luz stopped and became pale.

"W-w-what?"

"I assume it healed by now." He said, "As much fun as it's been, I have to say... Adiós."

He threw a smoke bomb down and disappeared. Luz rubbed her back, right where a scar was. She got it right before she learned she was the Avatar, just ten minutes before. Only one person put it there.

"D-d-dad?"

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"Edalyn, I need your help."

"Relax, Lily, we just got back from the Knee."

"This I serious... I need you to join this group, by any means necessary."

Lilith opened her eyes and started breathing heavily. She calmed down a little and sat up. She rubbed her head.

"I hate revival potions." She muttered.

Lilith untied the paper from her arm and looked at it. It was a map to the nearest town, along with the location of the place she was being held in.

"According to this map, the closest town is located in Lock Jaw County, which means I'm near the skull." Lilith looked around, "I would say I'm at Eye Socket Caverns, which means if I follow Tooth Decay path, I could get there by nightfall."

Lilith looked at the map and saw an X where Eda left her a bag of supplies. She definitely needs to grab it before she left. Lilith went to the cave Eda marked on the map. Lilith found a bag of supplies, clothes, a cloak, and even her staff. She also found a note.

"To Lily, I got you some of your stuff from that old house of yours, and you call my house a shed, that thing is small." Lilith read, "Anyway, I managed to get you a day's worth of food and water. Hope it's enough."

Lilith got the clothes on, which consisted of an old tattered dress and a shirt with a drained battery symbol on it. Lilith put the cloak on and put the hood up.

"I can't allow anyone to know it's me." She said, looking at her staff, "Sorry, but I need to send you home."

Lilith made her staff disappear and she put the bag over her shoulder. She started walking down the path. She walked for what felt like hours, which probably was the case, by the time she stopped to rest. She leaned against a tree and let the shade cool her off. She pulled out the map and made a guess that she was, at least, at the county border.

"Alright, that means I'm about two miles from the nearest town. If I remember correctly, there should be a Coven Guard Barracks there."

Lilith opened the canteen and took a long swig from it, letting the cool water rejuvenate her exhausted body. She screwed the tap back on and put it in the bag. She got up and went back to walking. At the Owl House, Eda returned and opened the door. She saw Luz on the couch.

"Hey, Kid, did you and King have a good day?" Eda asked.

King was holding his friendship bracelet in the other room while Luz looked pale, almost like she saw a ghost, which could happen seeing as weirder things have happened. Hell, just today she had to kill her sister. Luz looked up at Eda with a vacant look in her eyes.

"I-I-I... I need to go!" Luz said, running up the stairs.

"Geez, you work as a double agent for one day and you miss all the fun."

In the bathroom, Luz was pacing back and forth. Her dad was working with... someone. This entire thing was bringing back memories from... that night. Unpleasant memories. Luz rubbed her back, right where her scar was. She leaned over the sink and closed her eyes. It didn't stop the tears from falling though, much to Luz's disappointment.

"Why him... why?"

Luz stayed in the bathroom until her tears ran out. Near the skull, Lilith had finally made it into town. It wasn't that big, only consisting of less than a thousand people. The only reason Belos was interested in this town was it was close to the teeth. The Enamel Mines hold vital resources that are used in Coven armor and several other important items the Coven uses. Belos pays well for it, which makes the town one of the richest on the Isles. Lilith walked to the Barracks and found a couple of guards.

"Sorry, ma'am only official Coven-"

"Save your breath, Geoffrey." Lilith said.

"Miss Clawthorne? The Coven has been looking everywhere for you."

"I will gladly explain inside." Lilith said, "I also need a way to reach the castle."

"This can all be discussed in the morning. We need to have you checked out by a Healer." Geoffrey said, "We shall send a message to the Emperor immediately."

"Tell him to keep this quiet, I've learned things that cannot be discussed in the open." Lilith said, "As far as my captors are concerned, I'm dead."

"Very well, come, let's get you to a Healer."

Lilith was too tired to argue, who knew that being revied would take so much energy out of her.

"Okay, lead the way." Lilith said.

Lilith was led inside and brought to a Healer. An hour later, Belos received a letter from the Barracks in Lock Jaw County.

"What is it, Uncle?"

"Lilith has been found." Belos said, "She has information and wishes to keep everything quiet until she returns tomorrow. In the meantime, you should go to sleep, I wish to have you practice your Firebending tomorrow."

"Yes, Uncle."

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Willow and Amity went to the Owl House. Luz wasn't answering their calls and they were getting worried. They tried to get others to come over, but they were busy. Boscha was shedding her skin... a common thing for her kind of demon, Gus was working on his paper for Journalist class, Amelia and Kat were practicing for Grudgby season in a couple weeks, and Skara was getting paperwork ready to dual track Beast Keeping and Bard.

"She's fine, right?" Amity asked, "She's just going through some kind of... Avatar thing. That's got to be it."

"You seem to be very protective of her, Amity." Willow said with a smirk, "Is it possible that you... like her?"

"W-w-what!?" Amity said, "No! N-n-no, I don't know what you're talking about. I'm straight."

"You're as straight as a curly fry."

Amity blushed and started to walk faster, proving Willow right. They make it to the Owl House and Hooty greeted them, which startled Amity.

"Hello!"

Amity screamed and punched him, sending him right back into the door.

"Woah, when did you get so strong?" Willow asked.

Amity put her hands to her sides.

"It's a... side effect of my medicine." Amity said, confused by her sudden strength.

The door opened and Eda was on the other side.

"Oh, you're Luz's little friends. Maybe you can help a little better."

Eda moved aside and let them in. They found Luz pacing back and forth in the living room, speaking that language she told them was called Spanish.

"Uh, Luz?" Willow asked.

Luz looked at Willow and both Willow and Amity saw Luz's eyes, both bloodshot and with dark bags under them.

"Luz, how much sleep did you get last night?" Willow asked.

"I-I-I didn't, I was too worried." She said, before going back to pacing.

Eda looked at Willow and Amity.

"She's been like this all morning." Eda said, "Every time I ask her about what's wrong, she starts mumbling something along the lines of 'It can't be him'. Whatever that means."

"There has to be something we can do to help." Amity said.

"There might be." Eda said, "But it's highly illegal-"

"Since when did you care about the law?" Willow asked.

"Way to ruin my joke, Glasses." Eda said, "Anyway, I can send you two in her mind to see what the problem is."

"Are you sure that's not a little extreme?" Amity asked.

"Listen, I have something to do later, and I can't leave Luz like this. If you can find out what has her so distressed, maybe you can find a way to help her."

Amity and Willow looked at each other.

"I... I guess we might not have a choice." Willow said, "We'll do it."

"Great!"

Eda made a spell circle and aimed it at Luz. The spell hit Luz and she fell on the ground face first.

"Oh, my bad." Eda said, picking Luz up and putting her on the couch, "Alright, here, ring this bell when you figure this whole thing out and I'll bring you back. Oh, and watch out for her inner Luz, she might help."

Eda sent them into Luz's mind.

"Or she might try and obliterate you, I'm not sure how Human minds work." Eda said, "I'm sure it'll be fine."

Eda went to the kitchen to get a nice cup of alcohol. On the other side of the Isles, in the Emperor's Castle, Belos is watching over Hunter.

"Again." Belos said.

Hunter wiped sweat off his head and got back into a stance. He put his right arm out, making a strong blast of fire come out. He then moved his left arm out and another blast of fire came out. He ran and jumped. He moved his body around and made an arch of fire come out. Hunter landed, but stumbled and fell on his back. Belos looked at him. There was a lot of work to do for him to even stand a chance against someone with his Firebending.

"Well, this seems to be an interesting development."

Belos and Hunter looked at the door and saw Lilith standing there.

"I see you arrived." Belos said, "You said you had to speak to me about something."

"Indeed." Lilith said, "I have learned of a place that Caine is in, at least temporarily."

"How did you do that without dying?" Hunter asked.

"I did die." Lilith said, "Thankfully I was expecting too. You see, after learning that there was something going on at the Knee, I asked a very big favor from Edalyn. She found a way to join this group and has become a spy for us. I told her to not hold back when it came to torture, anything she was told to do, I told her to do it. In the event that she was to kill me, we made a few Revival potions."

"Those were outlawed long ago, along with the rest of Necromancy." Belos said.

"But without one, I wouldn't be able to give you this information." She said.

"I'll give you that." Belos said, "Let's go somewhere privately and talk."

"Agreed."

In Luz's mind, Willow and Amity landed in what looked like a temple.

"So, this is her mind, huh?" Amity asked.

"I think I heard something about the mind being modeled after something that's close to the person." Willow said.

Amity and Willow started walking until Amity stopped and held her stomach. She started to groan which got Willow's attention.

"Are you okay?"

"Y-y-yeah, just a side effect." Amity said, "Let's get going."

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At the Emperor's Castle, Lilith finished explaining the situation to Belos.

"So, he's hiding on the skull?" Belos asked, "We'll move on him immediately."

"No." Lilith said.

"What?"

"Firstly, they believe I'm dead, so if they find out I'm still alive, then on top of that, they will find out that Edalyn is a double agent. Secondly, the Golden Guard is still learning about his Bending, which I am going to ask about more at a later date. Lastly, you said he almost killed you before, you can't possibly think you'll be capable of even fighting him, let alone capturing him."

"You don't understand, Lilith. This is too important."

"Why?" Lilith asked.

"You don't need to know."

"The hell I don't. I have sacrificed so much for you. I have received scars all over my body, I have spent countless hours awake at night trying to capture the most dangerous criminals on the Isles, I have risked my life more than a thousand times for this Coven! So don't you dare say I don't need to know!" Lilith said, getting red from anger, "I was literally just murdered to get this information, so I think I can be let in on why this is important!"

"Because it's a family matter and you aren't family." Belos said, "I wouldn't even be in this situation if it wasn't for your family."

Belos walked away and slammed the door behind him.

"That went better than expected." Hunter said.

"What did he mean about my family?" Lilith asked.

"Does the name Horace ring any bells?"

"You mean Horace Clawthorne? The only witch capable of creating portals?" Lilith asked.

"Yep, apparently, he brought the Emperor and his brother here about four hundred years ago." Hunter said, "He gave them the ability to do magic and then Caine went mad and killed Horace. So, yeah, your family kind of fucked up."

Lilith looked at the door, is that really true? If so, why did Belos allow the Clawthorne family to continue? Belos walked into his room and slammed his hands on a desk.

"Who does that bitch think she is? To demand I tell her about this family matter. I am the Emperor, I don't have to listen to anyone, I don't have to tell anyone."

Belos opened the desk and pulled out a picture. Whenever life gets too hard, he looks at it. It reminds him of a simpler time, a time before chaos and before he had magic. It was a picture he got from his memory's; him, Caine and Horace. Many would call him crazy, but Belos truly considered the Clawthorne a father figure after... after he lost his parents. They knew each other for a short time, but it was enough that there was a true family type bond between them.

"I could've saved you." Belos said, "I could've been the person you thought I could be. Philip died that day, but Belos was born. I use the power you gave me to keep him from destroying this world. I'm not going to fail you again, your family is safe, I'm keeping my promise until the day I die."

Belos felt tears run down his face and wiped them away. He put the photo back in his desk and sat in the chair.

"There's a battle coming, one that will determine the fate of the Isles forever." Belos said, looking out a window at the Skull, "I hope you're ready for it."

At the Skull, Caine was staring in the direction of the castle, he smirked knowing that his little brother was doing the same thing.

"I'm ready, Brother, but you won't when I get power that will rival the Avatar." Caine said, "Time to start getting the final ingredients."

In Luz's mind, Willow and Amity were walking until they found a room of statues in different stances with a different element attached to each statue.

"Wow, what is this place?" Willow asked.

"I don't know? Who are these people?" Amity asked, "Look at this one."

Amity pointed to a statue of a person that was dresses in Airbending attire and holding a staff. He was in an Airbending stance with air moving around him. Amity looked at the plaque on the statue base.

"Avatar Aang." Amity said, "This must have been previous Avatars."

Willow walked over a little and saw another statue.

"Well, I found Luz."

Amity walked over to Willow and saw Luz's statue, in a Firebending Stance with her signature blue fire in her hands.

"Wow." Amity said, blushing, "And I thought she couldn't get any hotter."

Amity thought she didn't say that out loud, but she did and Willow heard it.

"Come on, let's go." Willow said, "We need to figure out her problem."

The two walked out of the room. When they closed the door, Statue Luz's eyes started glowing.

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Amity and Willow looked around, unaware of what they were looking for.

"So, what are we supposed to do?" Willow asked, "Amity?"

Amity was leaning against some kind of pillar, holding her stomach.

"Amity?"

"I-I-I'm okay!" Amity said, with fake cheer, "L-l-let's get to work."

"Amity, you know you can tell me if something is wrong."

"I'm fine."

"Amity-"

"I said... I'm... FINE!"

Willow backed up a bit. Since when has Amity been able to growl? Amity shook her head and held her chest.

"Let's... let's just go do this."

Amity walked past Willow and over to what looked like a photo. Amity reached out to touch it and her hand went through it.

"Wow, Willow, check this out."

Willow walked over and looked at the picture.

"These must be Luz's memories. Maybe we can use them to find out what the problem is!"

"Okay, so, this happened the other day, right?"

"Yes."

"Then let's find the most recent memory." Amity said.

Amity and Willow went through the corridor and find memories from the last couple of days.

"Let's see, any one of these could be it." Willow said, "Wait, I remember talking to Skara about the carnival from the other day, something must've happened during it."

"That's a good place to start" Amity said, "That one looks like it could be it."

The two started to watch the memory, unaware of the danger they're about to be in. Belos sat in his room, he can't think about how this day could get worse.

"Milord, I come bearing news." Kikimora said.

"What is it?"

"Well, someone... broke into a Sancturary and stole sap from a Palistrom Tree."

Belos let out a breath and his eyes started glowing.

"Leave."

Kikimora bowed and walked out of the room. Belos stood up and walked to the window. Caine is out there, he knows where his base is, one of them at least. He can attack right now... but he hasn't. He knew there was only one way to do this.

"Guards! Tell Lilith to meet me in the Throne Room in one Hour!"

In another part of the Isles, Caine laid his ingredients on a table.

"Venom from a Protector Demon, Sap from a Palistrom Tree, now there is just one more ingredient." He said, looking at two guards, "You, go find the final ingredient. You... go find out what my brother did with the portal, I've spent centuries looking for it."

"Of course, Master Caine."

The two walked out of the room.

"Do you really think he'll be able to find it?" Dark Guard asked.

"Allow me to worry about that, you should be focusing on keeping your daughter out of the way." Caine said.

"Do you really believe that Blight girl will be of use?"

"When the venom is fully in her, she will become nothing more than a feral beast. One that I intent to unleash on my brother and whatever group he uses to try and stop me." Caine moved to the window, "Besides, you have no room to judge my plan, who was it that broke you out of prison? Leave me to my thoughts."

Dark Guard bowed and walked out of the room.

"Your time is coming to an end, Brother. Just a few more weeks and I will be unstoppable."

In Luz's mind, Amity and Willow just finished the memory.

"Okay, so, this her dad is in the Isles." Amity said.

"She clearly is afraid of him, there has to be a reason for that." Willow said, "Maybe one of the memories will show us why."

"Good idea, now where do we start?"

"I would say we start when she was young, near the beginning of her memories."

"That's going to take some time." Amity said.

"Then we should get started. Come on." Willow said.

Willow started walking, when a bolt of Lightning hit the wall next to her. Amity and Willow turned around and saw Luz's statue, with two finger's pointed towards them.

"Willow, isn't that the statue from the room?"

"Yes."

"Why is it attacking us?"

"Wait, that must be the Inner Luz! It has to be made to protect Luz's mind!"

"Well right now, it's trying to kill us." Amity said.

The statue stomped on the ground and sent a rock spike towards them. Amity and Willow ran out of the way.

"We need to hide!" Willow said.

"Where!?"

Willow looked around and saw a large memory.

"There!"

Amity and Willow ran from Inner Luz, who was beginning to shoot fire at them.

"Come on, hurry!"

Amity and Willow jumped into the memory. The two started panting, tired of running.

"Are... are we safe?" Willow asked.

"I think... I think so."

They heard glass shatter and a scream. Amity and Willow looked at each other. They both nodded and went to the sound. They saw a man holding a knife with blood on it. On the ground, was a young girl with a long cut on her back.

"That must be Luz's dad, which means... that's Luz!" Amity said, pointing at the girl, "This must be the memory of why she's afraid of her dad."

They watched as Luz's dad was hit by a whip of water.

"Get the hell away from her."

Amity and Willow looked at Camila, who was winding her water up for another strike.

"Well, dear, it seems that we find ourselves at an interesting-"

"Shut up!"

Camila used her bending and launched water at him. She turned them into icicles. He dodged them and tackled Camila.

"That's the thing about Waterbenders, if you run out of water, you're just as weak as nonbenders." He raised the knife, "So long, Camila."

He was about to stab her through the heart when he was hit from behind by water. They both looked and saw Luz, looking down, with a ball of water above her hand.

"Is she... Waterbending?" Camila said.

Luz's head snapped up, revealing glowing eyes.

"No... no it can't be." He said.

The moon came out from behind the clouds and Luz dropped the water. She put her hands out, letting the Avatar State take over and let the previous Avatar take control. Her dad lost control over his body and moved with her hand movements. Camila looked on in disbelief.

"Bloodbending?" She said, "She's... she's the Avatar."

She knew the previous Avatar was able to Bloodbend, only using it as a last resort, He must be controlling Luz to stop her dad from hurting her. Camila turned on the sink and used the water to lock his hands in ice. Luz stumbled and fell to the ground as the Avatar State wore off. Amity and Willow quickly left the memory, knowing how to help her, they were ready to leave.

"That's why she doesn't like the Avatar State." Amity said.

"And how she can Bloodbend. That must've been when she learned she was the Avatar."

The completely forgot about Inner Luz, so when they found her trying to get them, they panicked.

"Ring the bell! Ring the bell!" Willow said.

Amity rang the bell and they were taken out of Luz's mind.

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Luz began to wake up and saw Willow and Amity looking at her. Luz looked away from them, afraid of how they'd act knowing this information.

"I'm... I'm sorry you guys had to see that." Luz said, knowing they were in her mind, "I saw you guys in my mind, and I know you went into... that memory. You must be horrified by what you saw."

"Luz, I've seen Boscha eat a rotten corpse when I seven, seeing something you had no control over isn't that big of a deal. You also did it to save your mom, how could either of us be angry or upset at you for saving someone?" Amity asked.

"She's right Luz." Willow said, "You saved someone, if you feel like a monster for doing something like that, just imagine what would happen if you didn't save her."

Luz looked up at them.

"The day I learned I was the Avatar was the worst day of my life." Luz admitted, "I actually didn't remember that for a while, so when I woke up and had the ability to Waterbend, I freaked out. It only got worse when my mom told me that I... I... I-"

"Bloodbended?" Willow said.

"Yeah, that." Luz said.

Willow put her hands on Luz's shoulders.

"Luz, if your dad even tries to hurt you, we will stand by you and make sure he doesn't get his hands on you." Willow said.

"You don't have to risk your life for me." Luz said.

"Luz, you've done so much for us." Amity said, "Willow and I are becoming friends again, Boscha and her gang have been fangirling over you so much they haven't been bullying people, and I... I can't imagine my life without a friend like you."

Willow looked at Amity, knowing that Amity was trying to say something else, but she was glad Amity managed to say something. Willow and Amity sat on each side of Luz.

"Nothing will ever hurt you as long as we're by your side." Willow said.

Luz looked at the both of them and smiled.

"Thank you... both of you."

"After everything you've done, it's the least you deserve." Amity said.

Luz hugged them and they hugged them back. At the Emperor's castle, Lilith entered the throne room.

"You called, my Emperor?"

"Yes." Belos said, "After some... thinking, I have decided that... you deserve to know what's going on."

"Any particular reason?"

"I remembered a promise I made around four hundred years ago. I promised Horace that I would keep your family safe, and attacking immediately would not only reveal you're alive, but also put your sister in danger." He said, "Now, do you have a plan?"

Lilith smiled.

"In fact, I do." Lilith said, "Send guards up near the Eye Socket Caverns, claiming to be looking for me. They'll find a false body and begin to look around, which is where they find the building, I was in. All of this must be done in complete silence and must be discrete. I will let Edalyn know about the plan tonight and she will help distract the other members there."

"And how will she do that?"

"She's the most wanted criminal on the Boiling Isles, she became his right hand just by joining. From what I was told, he's only there when there's a prisoner that needs to be interrogated. I was told that he demands to be present at all interrogations." Lilith said, "Getting back to my main point, Edalyn has the full run of the place. All of them need to listen to her, or she is allowed to kill anyone that doesn't listen."

"Very well, I shall follow your lead on this." Belos said, "Now get comfortable, I'm about to tell you the story of my past, it's a long story."

In another part of the Isles, Willow and Amity were walking back to their homes.

"You were right." Amity said.

"About what?" Willow asked.

"About me liking Luz. She's done so much for me, when she didn't have too, when I tried to make her leave me alone. She's such a selfless person and I get these... thoughts when I'm around her. She makes me feel things that I don't know how to express."

"Well, Grom is coming up, maybe you could ask her."

"I'll... think about that." Amity said, "I just don't know how."

"I'm sure you'll think of something."

Amity and Willow separated and went in the direction of their own homes. Amity walked to her front door, where her parents were waiting. They looked afraid of her. Alador had claw marks on the left side of his face. Odalia was missing an eye, had claw marks on the side of her neck, and she was missing a hand.

"Mother, Father." Amity said, walking past them.

The two of them just looked in different directions, while Amity went up to her room.

"How am I going to ask Luz to Grom?"

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Only a few days after their trip into Luz's mind, Amity was finished writing her Grom-posal to Luz. Now comes the big question, how was she going to gain the courage to give it to her? Grom was only two days away and she really needs to give it to her.

"How do I do it? I'm already sweating just at the thought of it." Amity said, before holding her head, "I hope I don't black out again."

Lately, she's been having these moments where she black outs and when she comes too, something is destroyed and damaged. She was so focused on what's been going on with her, that she got startled when Boscha called her.

"Amity! Amity! Amity!" Boscha said, "You'll never believe what happened when I shed my skin!"

"Boscha, I'm in the middle of some-"

"My wings are coming in! This is the greatest day ever!" Boscha said, "Soon I'll be taking to the sky and flying around! I can't wait!"

"Is that all you wanted to tell me?" Amity deadpanned.

"No, I wanted to know how your Grom hunt is going. Find anyone interesting to go with yet?"

"Well, I'm trying to ask... Luz."

"Luz? Luz Noceda? The Avatar herself?"

"No, the other Luz in Hexside." Amity said, "Of course I'm talking about the Avatar. I mean, why wouldn't I want to go with someone so brave, smart, beautiful... sweet... what were we talking about again?"

"Awe, my favorite little lesbian has a crush."

Amity blushed.

"Shut up." Amity said.

Boscha laughed.

"Just ask her, what's the worst thing that will Happen? Is she going to say no? Will she break your heart? She's not like that, you're just worrying."

Amity hung up and turned back to her note.

"What am I going to do? What if she does what Boscha said?"

Amity dropped her head on her desk, afraid of what Luz might do. What if she rejects her? What if she rips the note!? Fear began to override her gayness.

"I'm hopeless."

At the Owl House, Luz was outside, with her eyes closed. She let out short breath before opening her eyes. In front of her was a metal box.

"Alright, I can do this." Luz said, "Focus on the Earth in it and-"

Luz threw a punch at it... and felt pain shoot through her hand.

"AHHH! Son of Agni that hurt!" Luz said, putting her hand in a jug of water and let her Waterbending heal her hand, "Why can't I do this? I'm good with Earthbending, so why can't I Metalbend?"

Luz sat on the box and put her head on her hands.

"Why is this so difficult? I can shoot lightning, control someone's body, but I can't control metal? Why can't I do this?"

"Maybe you should take a break."

Luz turned and saw a face she hasn't seen in a while.

"Ms. Clawthorne!?"

"Shh, keep it down, I'm legally dead." Lilith said, "I have to give something to Edalyn."

"I'll give it to her." Luz said.

Luz decided there was a reason she was legally dead, and decided that it was best not to ask.

"Good." Lilith handed Luz a letter, before realizing something, "By the way, I was wondering if you could show me a little bending."

"Sure, you might want to stand back." Luz said.

Luz brought up her leg and preformed a kick, creating an arch of blue fire. She then threw a few punches, creating more fire. Lilith watched with interest. Luz then turned and pointed her fingers to the sky. Lightning came out of her fingers and flashed in the sky.

"Impressive. I assume you must be powerful to use blue fire?"

"I'm a prodigy." Luz said, "I have a good grasp on Earth and I'm really good with Water, but I never had an Airbending teacher so I'm not really good at it."

Lilith thought about it for a second, this could be a beneficial thing for everyone. She needs to tell the Emperor.

"Thank you for the help, Miss Avatar."

"You're Welcome, Ms. Clawthorne."

"Please, call me Lilith."

"In that case, you can just call me, Luz."

"Very well... Luz, I trust you will keep me being alive a secret?"

"Of course."

Lilith left and Luz went back to trying to Metalbend. When Eda got back an hour later, she found Luz with her hand in a jar of water.

"Still working on this, Kid?"

"I don't think I'll even be a Metalbender."

"You'll get it eventually." Eda said, "You're a strong girl."

"Thanks, Eda, by the way, Lilith came over with a message."

"What?" Eda asked, taking the letter, "Let's see."

Eda read through it and smirked.

"What is it?"

"Nothing to worry about, Kid. Just go up to your room and relax, if what I think is coming up at school, you may want all your energy." Eda said.

Luz just went with it and went upstairs. Eda smiled as she looked back at the note.

"Damn, Lily, I think I like this plan."

In another part of the Isles, Luz's father was preparing his plan. He could already tell, Grom was going to be an interesting night.

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The next day, Luz was walking to school with Gus and Willow, excited for School.

"I'm so excited for school. I can't wait for a normal day where nothing is trying to kill me, or attack me, or even just trying to hurt-"

Luz was tackled by a very happy half demon.

"Hi, Avatar!" Boscha said.

"Hi, Boscha." Luz said, "Any particular reason you just tackled me?"

"I had to show you the new powers I have now." Boscha said.

Boscha stood up and put her arms up. On her side, two more arms grew from her body, giving her a total of four arms.

"What do you think?" Boscha asked, waving all four arms.

"That's... interesting." Luz said.

"That's not all!" Boscha said, turning around and lifting her shirt.

Luz noticed two dark pink growths on Boscha's back.

"Uh, what are those?"

"They're my wings! My wings are coming in and I'm really excited!" Boscha said, lowering her shirt, "Soon I'll be able to fly without needing a staff!"

"Wow, Boscha, you would really do Maya dirty like that?" Luz asked, messing with her.

"I would never hurt Maya, she's too pure for this world." Boscha said, "Anyway, I'll see you in class. Can't wait for tomorrow."

Boscha walked away leaving Luz confused. They made it to Hexside.

"So, what was Boscha talking about?" Luz asked.

"That's right, you've never been here for the social event of the season." Willow said.

"Get ready, for your very first-"

Gus was cut off when paramedics rushed past him. Luz was confused as this somehow went from being some kind of medical emergency to a Beast Keeping student asking Skara to Grom.

"So, is there some weird magical version of Prom?" Luz asked.

"It's called Grom." Willow said, "It's a night involving music, dancing, friends, a horrifying monster that has to be beaten or the entirety of the Boiling Isles could be destroyed."

"Uh, go back to that last one." Luz said.

Before Willow could say something, Luz was bumped into from behind. Luz turned around and saw Amity. Amity growled at her before realizing it was Luz.

"Oh, Luz... and co. Sorry about that."

"No problem. Here's your note." Amity quickly ripped it from Luz's grasp, "Wow, you've got some quick grabbers."

"Sorry, it's just... private." Amity said.

The loud speaker started up and Principal Bump's voice rang through it.

"Attention Students, as you know, Grom is tomorrow night, which means it is time for me to announce who will be this year's Grom Royalty."

The students talked nervously, wondering who will be picked this year.

"This year's highest honor, goes to..."

At the Emperor's castle, Belos was listening to Lilith's report.

"Blue fire, you say?" Belos said.

"Yes, along with Lightning." Lilith said, "It was so incredible. I've seen her do it before, but never up close."

"While I agree, she could become a Firebending teacher, with your sister as the Avatar's mentor, the chances of her trusting me are slim to none." Belos said.

"I might have a way." Lilith said, "I learned something about her while I was delivering the note."

"What is it?"

"She never had an Airbending teacher." Lilith said, "From what you told me, that arrow tattoo means you're an Airbending master. The way I see it, you can help her master Airbending in exchange for teaching Golden Guard Firebending."

"And you think this would work?"

"Maybe, maybe not, but it's like you said, the days getting closer, we need all the help we can get." Lilith said.

"I suppose you're right." Belos said, "Although, I still think she'll be very hesitant to help. Leave, Lilith, I need to think about how to approach this."

Lilith bowed and walked out of the room.

"I might just have an idea."

Later that day, Luz returned to the Owl House.

"Hey, Eda, I'm back, and I have some questions." Luz said.

She didn't hear a response, but she did hear Eda say "Ow". She peaked into Eda's room and saw her and King trying to fit a suit.

"Careful with those pins." Eda said.

"Why am I doing this, I don't even wear clothes!" King said.

"Hey, sweet duds Owl Lady, what's the occasion?" Luz asked.

"I'm chaperoning Grom tonight."

"Uh... you?"

"Yeah, what's that matter?"

"It's nothing, it's just... you're the most wanted criminal on the Boiling Isles, why not pick someone else?"

"That's what I was wondering too, but then something weird happened."

"What?"

"My bounty and wanted level... it was removed." Eda said, "I'm no longer a criminal."

"Why? What did you do to get on the good side of the Coven?"

"I don't know, Lily must've done something." Eda said, "Anyway, King was helping me get a suit ready."

"Okay, what about you, King? Do you have any plans?"

"Gus asked me to Co-MC the fight, we're going to turn this blood bath into a fun bath."

"Blood bath, huh?" Luz said, rubbing the back of her head.

"Oh, have they announced the Victim yet?" Eda asked.

"Y-y-yeah... it's me."

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Eda looked at Luz, clearly seeing the worry in her. Eda kneeled down and looked at Luz.

"Hey, don't worry, you're brave, strong, and, if I'm being honest, I think Grom should be afraid of you instead."

"Yeah, thanks, Eda." Luz said, "I... I'm going to go for a walk."

Luz walked away from them, Eda looking upset at how nervous Luz was. Eda looked in the mirror, trying to understand how to help Luz.

"Hey, are you okay?" King asked.

"Not really, Luz will be having a hard time with this, Grom is dangerous and I don't want her to get hurt."

"Awe, look at you act all motherly." King said.

Eda picked him up by the scruff of his neck and dropped him on the floor. Outside, Luz was walking in the woods trying to clear her head. She doesn't know why this is so hard for her, it shouldn't be that bad, she's already fought more dangerous things then some simple monster.

"Maybe it's because of what Willow and Amity told me?"

Earlier, at the School, Willow and Amity were showing Luz Grometheus.

"That's what I have to fight? It doesn't look that bad."

"Looks can be deceiving." Willow said, "Grom is the most dangerous creature on the Boiling Isles."

"What?"

"It's the reason no one ever looks forward to being the Grom Royalty. Grom is capable of shapeshifting into your worst fear, if you fail to beat Grom, the entire Isles will have to battle their worst fear." Amity said.

Luz swallowed a lump that formed in her throat. She doesn't know if she can face her fear, she wasn't able to face it before, and she definitely couldn't face it now.

"I'm sure you'll be good." Willow said, "You're the Avatar, Master of the Four elements, you'll be fine."

"Yeah... I'll be fine." Luz said, staring at Grom.

Luz sat on a stump and drew in the mud with a stick. This was going to be hard, she may not show it, but she's had several fears as of late, all of them she has pushed out of her mind until today. Tomorrow night, they would come out, and she doesn't think she'll be able to beat them all. She let out a sigh and looked at the dirt.

"What am I going to do?" She asked out loud, "I wish I was fearless, like Amity. She's strong, fearless, powerful... pretty."

Luz blushed a little at the thought of Amity, realizing she's never had a feeling like this before.

"What's going on with me? Why does thinking about Amity make me feel all nervous and sweaty?" Luz asked, before realizing, "Oh my god... I like Amity."

Luz got a big smiled at the thought, why wouldn't she like Amity, she was the coolest girl she knew. Her smile started to fade when she realized something else.

"Who am I kidding? Why would Amity like me?" Luz asked, "She's way too cool to like me."

At Blight Manor, Amity looked at her note. She could've given it to Luz, but she was too cowardly to. Also, because Luz was chosen to be Grom Queen.

"She's really cute when she's scared." Amity said before shaking her head, "No, bad lesbian, now is not the time."

Amity got up from her desk and laid on her bed. Luz is going to need her tomorrow, and she had to give her note to Luz tomorrow.

"I'm going to do it."

(She ain't going to do it.)

The next day, Luz was getting ready for Grom, trying to see what would be good for fighting, dancing, and most importantly, looking good.

"Hey, Kid, you good?" Eda asked.

"Yeah, I just have to face my worst fear, I'm just peachy." Luz said, "What am I going to do Eda?"

"Be strong." Eda said, "That's what I did when I was Grom Queen. When I fought Grom, I thought it was the hardest thing I ever had to do, but I did it."

"I think I'm just going to focus on my outfit. Unfortunately, nothing I have is really meant for fighting like this."

Eda thought for a minute before snapping her fingers.

"I got it." Eda said, "I have an entire room of old clothes from the Human Realm, I'm sure you could find something there. Come on, I'll show you."

Luz got up and followed Eda. Eda led her to a door and opening it. Inside, Luz saw hundreds of outfits from the Human Realm, some modern, some old. Luz walked in and looked at some of them. She went through the piles before she found something she likes.

"Eda, when did you get this?"

"Oh, that old thing? I stole, I mean, borrowed from a big building in the Human Realm."

"Wait, that was you that robbed the museum!?" Luz asked.

"I wouldn't say robbed, it's more like... borrowed without permission." Eda said, "If you need, I have an old sewing machine to help fit it."

Luz looked at the outfit and smiled, this was perfect.

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It was night time, and Grom was in full swing. Students were dancing and talking, genuinely having fun... then there's Amity. She was outside the gym, looking at the pink paper in her hand. She ran her thumb over it, feeling her nerves start to act up again.

"Well, how do I look?"

Amity looked up and saw Luz, wearing an outfit Amity's never seen before. It was dark red, except for the black and gold colored tunic, and what looked like tight boots, but were actually shoes and kick guards.

"You look... nice. Strange, but nice." Amity said, "What is it?"

"It's an outfit from the Fire Nation, it's a little bit old, rarely anyone wears them anymore, but they are used for Fire Bending training." Luz explained, "Seeing as I'm a Firebender, I might as well wear something I'm comfortable."

"You're a strong girl, Luz. I could never do something like this." Amity said.

"Please, you're way stronger than I am." Luz said, "You're getting soft, Blight."

Amity chuckled.

"In your dreams." Amity said.

Amity reaching into her pocket for her note.

'It's now or never.' Amity thought.

"Luz, there's something I wanted to tell you. Something really important."

"What is it?"

"Luz, will-"

"Now introducing, the one, the only, your Grom Queen, Avatar Luz!" Gus said, getting the night fight started.

"That's my cue, what was it you wanted to tell me?" Luz asked.

Amity swallowed a lump in her throat.

"I-I-I wanted to say... good luck." Amity said, "I hope you show Grom who's boss."

"Thanks, Amity." Luz said.

Luz turned to go into the gym, causing Amity to look down, upset. Luz walked into the gym and into the pit. She didn't need a weapon, she had everything she needed. Behind her, Grom formed from the ground. Grom raised a tendril and tried to slam it on Luz. Luz rolled out of the way and shot a blast of fire from her hand. The crowd cheered as Grom retreated temporarily. Luz got to her feet and waited. If Grom could shapeshift into her worst fear, then she just won't let it get close enough to find her fear. Grom rose in front of her and tried to hit her with the tendril again, trying to touch her head to see her worst fear. Luz used her Earthbending to make a wall of rock that prevented it from touching her. Luz hit the wall with her foot, sending it at Grom. The wall collided with Grom and broke from the impact. Luz used the distraction to send a blast of fire at it again. Luz threw a punch, sending fire at Grom, then another fist, this one sending rocks at it, she then threw a kick, with a stream of fire coming out of her foot, hitting Grom and sending it backwards. Grom couldn't handle the fire and melted into the floor.

"I guess Grom can't take the heat." Luz said, "Where are you Grom?"

Grom reformed behind Luz and Luz rolled away, leaving behind a little present for Grom. An Ice Glyph. An ice spike rose from it and stabbed Grom. Luz turned around and melted the ice. She held the water above her and aimed it at Grom, unleashing a large amount of water that sent Grom back. Grom started moving back towards Luz, which made her smirk.

"Here's a little bit of advice, Grom... never swim during an electrical storm."

Luz started to move her hands, generating sparks. She waited for her moment, feeling the rush flow through her body, then she pointed. She smiled as her lightning bolt hit the soaking wet Grom. Grom let out a scream of pure pain and melted into the ground. Luz waited, not too sure if Grom would have another attack or not. Luz felt something on her head and took it off to reveal a tiara.

"Ladies and gentlemen, put it up for your Grom Queen, Avatar Luz!" Gus said.

Luz let out a sigh of relief, she wasn't going to need to face her fear tonight. Luz walked up the stairs and was greeted by her friends.

"Luz, that was amazing!" Willow said, "Grom didn't even touch you!"

"I'm just glad that I didn't have to face my fear." Luz said, "I wouldn't be brave enough for that."

Luz saw Amity at the other side of the gym, looking at the note. Luz walked over to her.

"Hey, Amity, there's... there's something I wanted to tell you." Luz said.

"Oh, well, there's been something I wanted to ask you as well." Amity said, looking at the note.

"In that case, why don't you go first?" Luz asked.

"Really? Okay, well... Luz, I wanted to give-"

Amity was cut off as an explosion blew a hole in the roof. The building shook and several people were injured, almost everyone was knocked down, being close to the blast. Luz started to crawl on the ground, trying desperately to get to her feet. She stopped when the sound of clapping rang through the room.

"Well done, Luz, I expect nothing less from my daughter." Luz's dad said, "Men, you know the plan."

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The men that were with her dad started to go around the gym, looking at the injured students. Her dad kneeled down next to her and smiled.

"I already know what you're thinking, but I can assure you, we aren't here for you." He said, "You see, I've been wondering on how to truly break you, to truly beat you, that's when I got an idea... take everything you care about, rip it from you, and destroy it."

He stood up and kicked her in the head, sending her back to the ground. He grabbed her by the hair and smirked.

"Think about it, all these people dead while you watch, nothing you can do to stop it." He threw Luz on the ground, her head bouncing off the floor, "Alright, immobilize her, and wait for her to wake up, I have to... pick up a few things before leaving."

He walked over to Eda and reached into her hair. He pulled out the key and smiled.

"You would think he would look into who's working for him. He may not have, but I did. I know you get Human Realm items, so I knew you had to have a way there." He said, "Just one more thing."

He got up and started walking to the next thing he needed to grab. When Luz woke up, she saw that she was being held up by two of her dad's henchmen. She looked around and saw that her dad was gone. Another one of her dad's men walked up to her.

"So, you're the Avatar? How disappointing." He said, "I was hoping that we could have a bit more fun, it's not as fun to kill a child... that being said, torturing you by killing each of these students, one by one, it's almost as good as killing you."

He walked over to the unconscious students and looked between them.

"Now, who to pick?" He wondered.

"N-n-no." Luz said weakly.

He turned around and walked over to Luz. He punched her in the stomach and the other two dropped her. Luz fell to the floor, where he kicked her in the stomach.

"It seems that someone is starting to get her feeling back." He looked at the two that were holding her, "Chi Block her again."

They started to chi block Luz, sending her back to the ground. They grabbed her by her hair and forced her to look up. The man walked over to Eda and grabbed her.

"You want to play games? Fine, the first to die is your mentor." He said, "She thought we didn't know her little plan? We were just keeping her close to keep an eye on her."

He pressed a knife against her chest. He looked at Luz, taunting her to do something. Luz watched with tears starting to form.

"No... please." Luz said, weakly.

Eda started to open her eyes and saw what was going on. Eda grabbed the knife and started to fight against the man holding her. Eda hit the man in the face, not getting all of the hit, still being a little dizzy.

"You incompetent wench!" He said, kicking Eda in the leg, sending her to the ground, "I don't know why Master Caine let you go on with your little spy trick for so long!"

Eda stood up and summoned her staff. She charged at him and hit him with her staff. She made a spell circle and sent a yellow beam at him. He was knocked back by her blast and growled. He got up and stomped on the ground, causing a large rock spire to form. Eda barely dodged it and used her staff hit the spire and knock it back at him. He got annoyed and looked at the chi blockers.

"Let go of the Avatar! She isn't going anywhere!"

They dropped Luz, who still couldn't move, and went to go chi block Eda. Eda was too fast, using her staff to teleport past them and try and get to Luz. Eda kneeled next to Luz and tried to get her up.

"Don't worry Kid, I'll get you out of here." Eda said.

"No, get everyone else out!" Luz said, "They don't want to kill me!"

"I'm not going to-"

Eda was cut off by a large pain going through her chest. She looked down and saw a knife going through her chest and gem.

"Eda!" Luz screamed.

Eda had tears roll down her face, not from pain, but because she won't be able to see Luz become the witch she knows she can be.

"I'll... I'll be fine Luz." Eda said, knowing that was a lie, "Thank you, Luz... for being... in my life."

Eda closed her eyes for the last time. The man started laughing and dropped Eda's body, before he looked at the rest of their captives.

"Who next?" He heard something and noticed Luz getting up, "Chi Blockers! Put her down!"

They ran at Luz and hit her Chi Points, but Luz stayed standing, looking at the ground. Her fear, her one true fear, the thing she was afraid of Grom exploiting... losing someone she cares about because of her father, that was what she feared, and that is what just happened. He had them kill Eda, he is responsible for Eda's death... HE KILLED EDA! Luz clenched her hands and looked up, revealing glowing eyes.

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Luz held her arms out before turning and shooting fire at them. They rolled out of the way and looked at her.

"We need back up!" The Earthbender said.

The Chi Blockers ran out the gym to get other members to help, leaving the Earthbender by himself. Luz turned her attention to him. Her glowing, emotionless eyes sending a chill down his spine. He used his Earthbending to make a wall to block off Luz. He let out a sigh of relief before a fist punched through it and grabbed him. Luz pulled him through the rock wall and then slammed him against it. Luz dropped him and then pointed her fingers at him. She started to generate Lightning when the sound of movement caught her attention. More benders entered the gym and Luz turned her attention to them. Two Firebenders shot fire at her, which is when she used her own bending to catch it and form a circle of blue fire on the ground around her. Luz used Airbending to increase the fire size, before blasting it towards each of the Red Lotus members. The Earthbender ran at Luz, trying to get a hit in, when she used Lightning to hit the floor in front of him, sending him to the ground easily. Luz walked over to him and was about to do something that would hurt, but she had to dodge a Lightning bolt from the Firebenders. Luz stomped on the ground and formed a rock wall, which wasn't up long as the Earthbender took it down, allowing Luz to get hit with Lightning. She was sent into the wall and was knocked out of the Avatar State. Luz groaned from exhaustion and pain.

"End of the line Avatar." the Earthbender said, "Kill her."

The two Firebenders lined up and started to generate Lightning. Luz stood up and let out a breath. Two bolts came towards her and she held both her arms out. The felt the lightning hit her hands and she felt power rush through her. The other benders watched in shock as she moved her arms and redirected both bolts the same time. Luz pointed her hands at them and redirected them back at the Firebenders. Luz fell to her knees after redirecting both bolts. Her energy was completely gone. She wasn't on her knees for long as she was kicked to the ground. She looked up and saw the Earthbender standing over her with a large rock from under the gym floor.

"Well, that was a nice attempt. I truly have to give you credit, you're stronger than I thought." The Earthbender said, as he raised the large rock over her, "I almost feel bad about this. Any last words?"

Luz felt tired, but the thought of being crushed made her get a second wind. Luz looked at him and smirked. She was the apprentice of Eda the Owl Lady, one thing that she picked up from her teacher? playing fair is for losers.

"I almost feel bad about this." Luz said.

She threw her leg out and delivered a swift kick to his pebbles. He lost focus and dropped the rock, letting Luz get the advantage to use her bending and take the rock. Luz flexed her fingers and crushed the rock into dozens of smaller ones. She used her Earthbending to launch them at the benders. With the distracted, she used her Firebending and covered the ground in fire, separating them from her and the other students. Luz ran and jumped over the flames, kicking one of them in the process. Luz used her basic Airbending to use powerful blast of wind to knock them back.

"You won't hurt anyone else in here." Luz said, "I will make sure of that to my dying breath."

"Ask and you shall receive." the Earthbender said, "Kill her!"

The other benders lined up and were about to hit her with so much power, that even the Avatar State couldn't handle it. Luz closed her eyes and got into a Firebending stance. If she was going to die, then she would die fighting. The benders unleashed on her, covering her with rock, water, air, and water, leaving behind a large smoke cloud.

"Let the smoke clear, we'll see what's left of her after that." The Earthbender said.

The smoke started to clear and they saw a figure standing there, only it wasn't the Avatar. They started to back up in fear as he started to move forward.

"I don't know what you think you're doing, but attacking a school is beyond disgusting. Harming innocent children? You have been judged by the Titan, and he deems you guilty." Belos said, "He has sentenced you... to death."

Belos pointed his staff at them and blasted them with it. Not even their ashes remained when he was done. Luz, on the brink of exhaustion, got up and looked around. She wanted to make sure everyone was safe, but that's when she noticed.

"W-w-where's... Where's Amity?"

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The next day was a... sad one to say the least, not only was Amity missing, but it was the first day Luz had go through without Eda. Lilith tried a revival potion, but it had no effect on her. Lilith said that Eda was hit inbetween the heart and Bile Sac, even the strongest magic can't bring someone back from that. It was the only thing that was on the news that morning.

"We can now confirm that Edalyn Clawthorne, was murdered last night." Perry Porter said, "It came as a shock to everyone when the Emperor's Coven announced that her crimes have been pardoned and she was a free woman. Now, it has been confirmed that she was chaperoning Hexside's yearly event known as Grom, where she died protecting the students, including the Grom Queen, the Avatar herself."

Luz knocked the Crystal Ball off the table, no longer wanting to hear about this. She felt responsible for Eda's death AND Amity's disappeance. They attacked only to mess with her, all because of her dad and whoever he's working with.

"If only I was faster." Luz said, "I might've been able to do something."

Luz sat on the couch when she heard a knock on the door. Luz got up and walked over to it. She opened it and saw Lilith on the other side.

"Hello, Luz." Lilith said, sadly.

"Hello, Lilith." Luz said, equally sad.

"I... I brought you something." Lilith said, "Something that Edalyn... something Edalyn would've wanted you to have."

Luz allowed Lilith inside, it was truly a sureal moment for Lilith. She's never been in here without Eda, and now that she's... gone.

"They say you never know what you've had until its gone. Now that Edalyn is gone, I truly regret that I never spent more time with her." Lilith said, running a hand over the framed wanted poster, "When she made her staff, she said she would give it to her daughter... The Emperor's Coven brought everything on her body when they took her to a morgue. I spoke with the Emperor, and he agrees... Eda's staff deserves to go to her daughter."

Lilith summonded the staff and handed it to Luz. Luz took it and looked at Lilith with a confused look.

"Even you had to see how much Eda cared for you." Lilith said, "You are the closest thing to a daughter she had, so it only makes sense that you get her staff."

Luz's grip tightened on the staff, not wanting to let it go. Lilith summoned something and handed it to Luz. It was a small gold colored card with the Emperor Coven's seal on it. Luz looked at it with confusion.

"The Emperor wants to speak with you, he... you are going to try and fight who is responsible, and don't even lie about not going to, I see that look in your eyes. Show this to the guards at the castle gate and they'll let you in to meet the Emperor." Lilith said, "I know how you probably feel about him, but trust me, the Emperor wants to help you."

"You're right, I am going to try and attack the guy responsible, and you're right that I don't trust the Emperor." Luz said, looking down, "But... he saved my life, that's enough for me to think about it, at least."

"That's all I ask." Lilith said, "Now, if you exscuse me... I have to go tell my parents. They only arrived back home from a trip this morning and they may not know about this yet."

Lilith got on her staff and flew away. Luz closed the door and sat back on the couch. Luz set the staff on the coffee table and looked at it. It wasn't long before Luz started to cry.

"It's all my fault, if I never came to this place, she would still be alive!" Luz said.

Luz was crying until she felt something grab her leg. She looked down and saw King hugging her leg.

"Don't be sad, Luz, you're going to make me sad." King said.

Luz rubbed King's skull. It was nice that she had someone with her still. Luz heard another knock on the door and got up to answer it. To her surprise, she saw Willow on the other side.

"Luz, I wanted to see how you're feeling." Willow said.

"I... not great. Eda's... gone, and Amity is missing." Luz said, "She's missing, which means I'll never get the chance to-"

"Let me guess, you like her, don't you?" Willow asked.

Luz looked surprised by that.

"H-h-how did you know about that?"

Willow handed something to Luz.

"You might want that."

Willow walked away, leaving Luz to look at the note, realizing that it was Amity's note. Luz opened it and read it, her eyes widdened as she read it. She closed her eyes and folded the note back up. She knew what she had to do. At the Emperor's Castle, Belos heard the Throne Room doors open behind him.

"I heard you wanted to talk."

Belos turned around and saw Luz. He smiled under his mask.

"Come in, we have much to discuss."

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Luz sat and listened to Belos, hanging on every word. She closed her eyes at the end.

"So, it seems like both our families have caused problems for this land." Luz said.

"Which means it's time for us to step up and end this." Belos said, "And you can help."

"How? If you didn't notice, I wasn't able to fight off a group of normal benders." Luz said, "I'm not a good Avatar."

"That was different, you were alone last time." Belos reached up and took off his mask.

"Still, I'm still bad at Airbending. So, I'm not the master of the four elements." Luz said.

"I... might've left somethings out of my explanation." Belos said, turning around.

Luz looked up and saw a blue arrow tattoo on his head.

"You're-"

"I can teach you Airbending, but I have a request." Belos said, "My Nephew, is a Firebender. As you can see, there aren't exactly any teachers here. But then I learned that you have blue fire. Something only powerful benders are capable of."

"You want me to teach him firebending and in return, you'll teach me airbending." Luz said, "Am I getting this right?"

"Correct." Belos said, "Do we have a deal?"

"From what you said, we only have two to three weeks before he tries to activate... whatever it is he's doing." Luz said, "I don't have a choice, I need to stop them... we have a deal."

"I'm glad, I'll go get your new Pupil." He said, leaving the room.

Luz sat on the ground, feeling upset that Eda isn't here to help.

"If only I was faster." Luz said, "I could have saved you. I'm sorry, Eda."

In another part of the Isles, Lilith was arriving at the Owl House after speaking with her parents. They were absolutely heartbroken by the news, and Lilith couldn't blame them. She was also feeling the pain of losing Eda, but she didn't have time to grieve, not until she got a one on one meeting with Caine so she can beat the royal shit out of him. She needs her anger and grief as motivation, only then can she properly grieve.

"Hello!" Hooty said.

"Hello... Bird thing." Lilith said, "Is Luz here?"

"No, she went to see the Emperor." He said, "I can let you in to wait for her."

Lilith, seeing as it was getting late, decided to go inside rather than fly her staff back home.

"That would be lovely. Thank you."

Hooty opened the door and Lilith looked around. Eda had always had a large amount of items, both witch and human alike, which littered her living room. Lilith grabbed one of them, a vase that Eda got from one of Owlbert's Human world trips. Eda always said that she puts important stuff in it, just in case something happened. Lilith looked in and saw two letters in it, one addressed to Luz, and one addressed to Lilith. Lilith took them and went over to the couch, where she opened the one that was addressed to her.

Dear Lily,

If you're reading this, then that means one of two things. Either I got compromised in the spy business I was doing, or my smoking caught up with me. Regardless, at the time of writing this, I'm about to start my first day as your little spy, which means I'm about to kick the shit out of you, yay! If something goes wrong, I need you to promise me something, you need to watch over Luz. I don't believe in "Chosen One" stuff, but I can say without a doubt, that girl is meant for something, and it will change the Isles. Take care of her, I'll wait for you in the Realm of the Dead.

Sincerely, Eda Clawthorne.

P.S it was me that replaced your shampoo with neon pink hair dye when we were kids.

Lilith wiped a tear out of her eye as she finished reading. She was willing to ignore the last comment, mostly because it was either Eda or her parents, and her parents were out of town.

"Oh, Edalyn, I never should've had you do this, you might still be alive." Lilith said, looking at the other letter.

She didn't know how long Luz would be gone, but Lilith would be here, waiting to give Luz the last words of her motherly figure. Lilith looked at the window, seeing the moon start rising. She still had to say one last thing, her final promise to her sister.

"Edalyn, I promise that I will look after Luz. She is basically my niece, which means I will do whatever it takes to keep her safe." Lilith said, "We'll meet again, and I look forward to it. I miss you sister, and I'm sorry about everything I've done."

Lilith thought, maybe if she didn't curse Eda and just accepted a loss at the hands of her sister during the duel, this wouldn't happen.

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Luz let out a breath before she shot her fist out, sending fire out, she sent another fist out, launching more fire, then she ran and jumped. In the air, she spun and did a wide kick in the air, creating an arch of fire. She landed and but her fist in her hand and bowed.

"Your turn." Luz said.

Hunter looked at that, surprised at the natural ability of Luz. He got into a stance as well and threw a punch, making a small thing of fire shoot out. He repeated it with his other hand, getting the same result as before. He went for a kick and made his own arch of fire. He stumbled a little on the landing. Luz noticed this and might have an idea of what's wrong.

"Which leg is your stronger leg?"

"My right leg, why?"

"Use that leg on the landing, use your left leg to Firebend." Luz said, "Firebending is equal in each limb, so use your weaker leg to firebend and use your stronger leg to land. Try it again."

Hunter got back into the stance and did it again, only this time, when he landed, he used his right leg to catch himself, allowing him more control over his landing, which prevented him from falling or stumbling. Luz clapped.

"Yeah, now you're getting it!" Luz said.

"Yeah, I am." Hunter said, "But I don't know if basics will be able to stop him."

Luz thought about it, and he was right. Hunter was older than she was, but had next to no bending experience, while their enemy was a strong Firebender and had several more powerful Firebenders.

"That's a good point, which is why I'm going to teach you something every Firebender should know." Luz said, "How to redirect Lightning."

Luz put her fingers up and started moving her arms. Sparks began to generate, and Luz shot Lightning from her fingers. Hunter watched in awe from it, he's never actually seen Lightning generation before. It was powerful, dangerous, yet awe inspiring at the same time.

"Wow, Lightning seems-"

"Dangerous?" Luz asked, "It is, which is why it is one of the highest forms of Firebending. Now, there is a technique to redirect it, which is based off Waterbending."

Luz started to show him the technique and he began to copy.

"With this, you use your opponent's energy against them. Let the Lightning connect with your fingers, let it flow up your arm, into your stomach. The stomach is called the Sea of Chi, where all energy of the body is found. When you make it to the stomach you lead it up and out of the other arm." Luz said, "You always should be careful, because if you hit your heart, you will die."

"I never knew that this could be so in depth." Hunter said.

"Humanity has a history with stuff like this, confusing and in depth." Luz said, "The person that invented this technique was one of the few people that could truly connect to the spirit world and learn from other cultures. His name was Iroh, and he is my personal hero. I hope to become as great as he was."

When Luz was done for the day, she got on Eda's... on her staff and flew away. She landed outside of the Owl House and walked inside, it was probably almost one in the morning when she got back, so it wasn't surprising to see Lilith asleep on the couch. Don't get Luz wrong, it was surprising to see Lilith here, it just wasn't surprising to see Lilith sleeping this late. Luz grabbed a blanket and put it over Lilith, it would be wrong to wake someone who's probably been having just as bad of a day as Luz has been having. Luz went back to her closet and got in her sleeping bag, King sleeping on it waiting for her. Luz closed her eyes and went to sleep, hoping that tomorrow would be easier on her. At the castle, Belos looked out the window. He felt at ease now that Hunter was learning more about his bending, but that didn't mean anything compared to what this enemy was capable of. He wishes he was faster, then the Owl Lady would still be alive, and they would have another ally in this battle. Not to mention that the Avatar would be a lot happier and not in her current state.

"I don't know where you are, but I know you will be defeated." Belos said, "I don't know what you're doing, but I will find the Blight Girl and crush you with my hands."

In another part of the Isles, Caine smiled evilly as he watched the girl laying on the floor. Who knew she could be so stubborn. He crouched down and grabbed her by the hair.

"So, are you done trying to fight back?" Caine asked.

Amity, who had suffered from several broken ribs, a broken arm, blood falling out of her nose, mouth, and eyes, two missing teeth, and a black eye, glared at him. She spit blood at him, which made him growl. He slammed her head on the ground, breaking her nose, then kicked her in the ribs, causing her to cry in pain.

"I've had enough of your attitude, bitch." He said, shooting fire at her hand.

Amity screamed as her arm was burned. Caine walked towards a table, with nearly a dozen needles filled with demon venom.

"Don't worry, you'll heal soon." He said, grabbing one and walking back towards her, "And I'll have my new weapon."

He forcefully jabbed the needle into Amity's neck, making her scream in pain. He grabbed her by the hair again and started to pull her to the table.

"Don't worry... we still have eleven more to go."

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Luz woke up the next morning and went downstairs, where she saw Lilith was awake.

"Luz, I'm glad I was able to catch up with you." Lilith said, "I wanted to speak to you last night, but... well, seeing as I woke up with a blanket, I can only assume that I feel asleep before you got back."

"Yeah, I noticed that you were here." Luz said, "Is there a reason you visited?"

"Well, Edalyn always told me that if something happened to her, I should always check the vase on the shelf. I checked and found two envelopes. One addressed to me and the other one addressed to you." Lilith handed Luz the envelope, "I already opened mine, so here's yours."

Luz took it and looked at it. She was very tempted to just put it down and forget about it. The fear of what might be in this is horrifying, but she pushed those thoughts aside and opened the envelope. She pulled out the letter, the first of several papers in there.

Dear Lu- oh fuck it, I'm not being formal two times in a row. Hey Kid.

Well, if you're reading this, then I done bit the dust. Now, I know you'll probably start to get a little cold and distant, let me tell you right now... stop that. Don't get sad over my death, it was bound to happen, no matter how powerful magic is, it can't extend a life. Now sit down and be quiet because I have a lot to tell you. To start, congratulations, you own a house now. I had the Owl House transferred over to you for when, well this. I also included my life savings, that should last you a few years. Damn, I was rich. Anyway, there was something important I wanted you to know. I never believed in prophecies or chosen ones or anything like that. That all happened because of an ancestor of mine, named Horace, who tried to save the Isles by trying find the people that the "Prophecy" talks about. It killed him. So yeah, I don't believe in that stuff, but then I met you. The prophecy talks about people who can control the Elements, but also have the ability to do natural magic. I mean, you're the only person I know that can bend all four, and I guess your glyphs count as natural magic... listen kid, I don't know how this stuff is supposed to work, but I'm confident that you're the person that this prophecy is talking about. I know you'll do great things Kid, and I know you'll be a better witch than I am. Keep being wild Kid, I love ya.

Sincerely,

A Proud mentor and even prouder, adoptive, parent.

Luz felt tears run down her face as she reached into the envelope and pulled out the deed to the Owl House, signed over to her, as well as a key to an old trunk in Eda's room. Luz felt the tears get wiped away and looked up to see Lilith, with her hands on Luz's cheeks and using her thumbs to wipe the tears away.

"I know you miss Edalyn, but I also know she wouldn't want you to feel responsible." Lilith said, "So why don't we get to the Castle and do whatever it takes to bring the true people responsible to justice?"

"I... I would like that." Luz said.

Lilith brought Luz outside and they got on her staff, where they took off towards the castle.

'I'll avenge you, Eda, I promise.' Luz thought, 'They will pay.'

In another part of the Isles, several members of the Red Lotus were looking at a cage that was mostly covered in shadows.

"You're positive that this... experiment of yours will work?" One said.

"I am more sure about her than anything else." Caine said, "I put her through all the proper tests and she passed every one of them."

"I refuse to believe that something like this... beast could be of use." Another one said.

Caine put an arm around the man's shoulder.

"Well, if you want a demonstration of her ferocity, I will give you a demonstration." Caine said.

He opened the cage and threw the man in there. He slammed the cage door closed and locked it. The man started to panic as he heard growling. He looked up and saw glowing eyes looking at him. The beast fell from the top of the cage and sunk her claws into him, causing him to scream. She started to bite his throat and didn't stop until his screams stopped. She started to rip flesh from him and Caine smiled.

"Good job, Amity." Caine said, "Now, anyone else want to question my pet?"

None of them said a thing, afraid they would end the same as their friend.

"Good. Now, let's talk to get to business."

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Over the next few days, Luz was teaching Hunter with a new fire in her eyes. She needed to take Caine down and the only way that'll work is if everyone of them is at their top shape. Luz was making progress with him. With the right teacher, anyone can learn fast.

"Alright." Luz said, stomping on the ground and creating several targets, "I want you to try and attack each one of these targets with your firebending."

Hunter nodded and Luz started to move the targets. Hunter turned around and shot a blast of fire at the first target that moved at him. Luz crumbled it to make it seem like it was defeated. Luz made the next one move towards him, and Hunter raised his leg, sending a kick that resulted in a powerful blast of fire at it. Luz, noticing that her pupil was doing pretty good, so she raised the stakes. She sent two targets at him, which made him have to dodge by rolling out of the way. He retaliated by sending his leg out one way and sending his arm another. Both resulted in fire blasting the targets. Hunter looked around and noticed that all the targets are gone.

"Was that good?" He asked.

"Well, you missed one." Luz said.

"Where?"

Luz looked at him and got into her firebending stance.

"Right here."

Before Hunter could do anything, Luz shot a fireball at him. He dodged it and sent his own fire at her. Luz easily dodged it and decided to test him more, by using all elements. Luz noticed that she was beginning to work up a sweat, natural when you're running around near fire, so she used her waterbending and launched her sweat at him. Hunter did his best to dodge, but got hit in the side of the face.

"You need to focus, Hunter." Luz said, "Not everyone is a firebender. You need to be ready from all kinds of attacks!"

Luz then used her Earthbending to make several rock spikes. Hunter dodged each one, using his firebending to give himself a boost. In the air, he spins and slams his foot on the ground. It was going to hit Luz, but she rolled out of the way just in time. Hunter's foot landed with a small thing of fire surrounding it. Luz smiled.

"You're the same person that could barely make sparks a few days ago?"

"I had a good teacher." Hunter said.

"You've learned a lot." Luz started to generate Lightning, "But you didn't learn everything."

Luz shot Lightning at him. Hunter stood his ground, looking like he was going to try and redirect it, before realizing that he never has actually been on this side of lightning before. He got nervous and rolled out of the way. Luz used her earthbending to cover his hands as he rolled away, giving her the opportunity to run over and put her fingers against his head, as if she was about to blast lightning into him.

"Always be alert." Luz said.

Luz removed the rocks and let him stand up.

"I don't think I'll ever be as good as you." Hunter said.

"Well, I've been doing this for a long time. You've only been doing this for a few days, naturally you're going to be behind someone like me, but at least now you can defend yourself."

"Well, that was quite a battle."

They both looked over and saw Lilith.

"How long have you been standing there?" Luz asked.

"I showed up a few minutes ago, I was told that the Emperor wants to see you Luz, but I noticed your dual and decided to check it out for a little bit." Lilith said, "With that over, I can now say that the Emperor wants to see you, Luz."

Luz nodded and started to walk towards the Emperor's Throne Room. She entered and walked up to the Throne.

"You wanted to see me, Emperor Belos?"

"Indeed." Belos said standing up off the throne, "It's only been a few days and Hunter's firebending has already improved tenfold."

"I was just doing what I'm supposed to do." Luz said.

"You have, which means it's time for me to uphold my end of the deal." Belos said, removing his mask, "It's time for you to start learning Airbending."

Luz was excited, she was finally going to be able to do more than the basics. Before they could start though, Belos has a question for Luz.

"Avatar, the days are becoming numbered, is there anyone you know that could possibly help with this? His army is dangerous and the Coven Guards may not be enough." Belos said.

Luz thought about it for a second. She did know a few people. Two powerful plant witches, an expert illusionist, a half demon potion master, a great Bard/Beast Keeper, and one of the best Healers on the Isles.

"Yeah, I might know a few people."

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The next few weeks have passed very fast. Between training Hunter on Firebending, or learning more advanced Airbending, or getting her friends to help, Luz's time was packed from sunrise to sunset. She stood in front of the Emperor.

"Tomorrow is the day he will have to go to Eclipse Lake." Belos said, "I hope you are ready for this, Avatar."

"I am, and you can just call me Luz."

Belos smiled.

"Then you may call me, Philip." Belos said.

In another part of the Isles, Caine was getting ready for tomorrow. He had everything he needed, demon venom, Titan's Blood, Palistrom Sap, the portal for his army to conquer the Human World after taking over the Demon Realm. Everything he needed was right here. He was mixing the Titan's Blood, Demon Venom, and Sap together when some of his men walked up to him.

"Everything is ready for tomorrow." One said, "But there is one small problem."

"What kind of problem?" Caine asked.

"The entrance to the Lake is completely surrounded by the Emperor's Coven, and it's locked behind a four feet thick metal door." The other one said.

"That's just a trivial problem, with my new weapon I'll be able to get past them with ease." Caine said, "Move out tonight, we don't have a moment to lose."

They bowed and walked out of the room. He began to finish the mixture and put it in a vial. He held it up to the light and smiled. This was going to be the thing that allows him to have his immense power. He walked over to the cage and placed a hand on the bar.

"Are you ready my pet?" He asked.

In the shadow, two pure red eyes were all that was visible, before several more smaller eyes opened. A growl was heard and he smiled more.

"Good, you'll get to eat soon." He said, before walking away, "Time to get ready."

Later, at the Emperor's Castle, Luz and her team of Skara, Amelia, Boscha, Gus, Kat, and Willow stood in the Throne Room. Belos looked at the group.

"Well, if the Avatar trust you, then I do as well." He said, "But please note, this is the most dangerous moment of your lives, there is no shame in backing out."

Willow stepped forward.

"If Luz needs us, then we will help, it's the least we can do for all the stuff she's done for us."

Boscha stepped forward.

"She saved me when my Uncle tried to kill me."

Gus stepped forward.

"She helped me when the H.A.S was attacked by a Taka."

Skara stepped forward.

"She helped me become the Beast Keeper I wanted to be."

Each of them gave reasons why they were willing to die if it meant helping Luz, making Luz feel her heart swell. She was a nobody in the Human Realm, despite being the Avatar, so having people that not only liked her, but were willing to die for her, made her feel... welcomed. Belos smiled behind his mask, this group of kids reminded him of him and Caine, standing side by side, having each other's back. If only things could've been different.

"Very well, we'll head out in the morning." Belos said.

The next day at dawn, Belos and Luz and the group moved out. They already heard about how he was seen around the area of Eclipse Lake so they sent the Coven the night before to intercept him.

"You realize this is going to be a war, right?" Luz asked.

"Knowing my brother, I wouldn't expect anything less." Belos said.

They came upon a group of injured Coven Guards. Kat instantly ran over and started checking on them.

"They'll live, but only if they get Healing immediately." Kat said.

"Okay, stay here and help them." Luz said, "The rest of us will continue."

Belos immediately knew what was going to happen.

"Caine is going to try and break us up." Belos said, "The closer we get to him, the harder the opponents will be."

"Well as long as a few of us manage to get to him, then we can do this." Luz said.

"You're a little too optimistic." Hunter said.

"It's all I have left." Luz said.

They continued walked towards the lake, less than a mile from the cave entrance, when the next problem arrived. A pack of Slitherbeast. Skara pushed through the group.

"Leave this to me." She said, summoning a Violin, "I've been mixing my Beast Keeping and Bard magic and have been waiting for something like this."

She placed the bow against the strings and started to play a song. The Slitherbeasts seemed to be entranced by the song.

"You guys keep going, I'll lead the Slitherbeasts away." Skara said, still playing the song.

Skara led them away while the rest of the group continued on.

"Alright, it's clear that we should be prepared for anything." Willow said.

Just as she said that, they heard a growl. They watched a shadow on the wall as their next challenge approached. Boscha sniffed the air and knew the problem.

"I smell a demon." She said.

A pale hand, with black veins and sharp claws, clawed the boulder it was coming from the side of. It turned the corner and they saw their next challenge.

"Amity."

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Luz felt a range of emotions. Anger, sadness, horror, fear, everyone was going through her at that very moment. Before her stood Amity, the girl that she loves, turned into some demonic monster. Black horns came out of her head, she had nearly a dozen small red eyes on her head, not including her normal eyes, her teeth were sharp, and black veins stood out on her, more than usual, pale skin.

"W-w-what did they do to her!" Luz said.

Boscha moved ahead of her.

"Avatar, you need to go. This is something that can slow you down and we can't afford that." Boscha said.

"I can't just leave you alone!" Luz said.

"Trust me." Boscha said.

Boscha raised her arms, and her other two arms grew. On each side of her, Willow and Amelia walked up.

"You aren't going to do this alone." Willow said.

"We'll keep others from getting involved." Amelia said.

The trio walked up to Amity.

"Sorry, Amity, but I have more experience with being a demon that you do." Boscha said, before looking back at Luz, "Go! We got this!"

Luz, Hunter, and Belos ran off, heading to the entrance to the cave.

"We need to hurry, he can't be allowed enough time to succeed!" Belos said, as they found the entrance, "No... he... he activated safety doors."

"What does that mean?" Luz asked.

"It means he managed to get in there and get to the key operators before they could seal the entrance off." Hunter said, "It also means-"

"We're unable to get through." Belos said, "These doors are magic resistant and are strong enough to block any weapon made here."

Luz looked around, looking for anything that could be of use, when she got an idea.

"I might be able to help." She said.

She walked up to the doors, closed her eyes, and ran her hands over them. No matter where she was, metal has something in common everywhere... it comes from the ore, which is in the ground, which means... it has earth in it.

'It's now or never, Luz, you can do it.' She thought, 'Focus on the fine earth left in it, find it, bend it. Think about how you normally bend earth, think about everyone that will die if you don't, think... about... Eda.'

Luz opened her eyes and threw her hands at point where the two doors meet. She started breathing heavier than before, when she realized... her fingers went through... she metal bent. She moves her hands in more and makes a hole big enough to fit them. She looked at her hands and smiled, she was a metal bender. They went through the hole and found themselves in an area with many small puddles and caverns.

"Come on, I know where the lake is." Belos said.

As they ran, Boscha and Amity were in a test of strength. Amity was surprisingly stronger in terms of strength, but Boscha had a secret weapon. Amity forced her to her knees.

"Not bad." Boscha said, "But I'm done going easy on you."

Boscha looked around and saw Amelia and Willow in the middle of a fight against Caines men. Boscha looked down and then looked up with red eyes. Blood started to fall as a red line formed from Boscha's lower lip to the bottom of her chin. Boscha opened her new split jaw mouth, showing the dozens of sharp teeth, and her long black tounge. Boscha's bones started snapping and reforming. She grew to ten feet tall, she grew a tail out of her lower back, her legs changed to form a digitigrade lower leg, her arms grew spikes from the elbow, She grew large horns out of her head, her claws became long and sharp, her wings popped out of her back, and pink scales formed over her entire body. It took all her strength to avoid losing control, she's never used her full form before and it was hard to keep focus. She ran at Amity and tackled her. She used her upper arms to hold Amity down, while using her other arms to impale Amity with her claws. Amity spit venom at Boscha's eyes, giving Amity a perfect distraction to pull Boscha's claws out of her chest. Amity swung her hand at Boscha's face and her claws hit Boscha's third eye, causing Boscha great pain and annoyance. It would take a week to grow a new one!

"Fine then, bitch." Boscha said, "Let's see how you like it!"

Boscha tackled Amity and started to bite and claw her eyes, blinding her. Boscha grabbed Amity by the throat and lifted her up. Boscha used her other arms to throw Amity into a boulder, leaving an Amity sized indent. Boscha ran at the boulder and punched Amity, sending her through it and breaking the boulder.

"Come on, you wanted to mess with me, then why not finish it!?"

Amity got up, unable to see because Boscha completely destroyed her eyes. Amity had to use her hearing in order to know where Boscha was. She avoided Boscha's latest strike and reacted by delivering a powerful kick to Boscha's side. Inside the cave, Luz, Belos, and Hunter arrived at Eclipse Lake.

"Caine, give yourself up!" Belos said.

"It's too late Philip, the time has finally arrived!" Caine said, holding out the syringe with the combination.

He was about to inject himself with it, when Luz sent a bolt of Lightning at it, knocking it out of his hand. He growled at Luz.

"Fine, I have some time to play." He said, "And I'm going to enjoy killing you."

"Try it." Luz said, "It's three on one."

"Are you sure about that?"

Luz looked to her side and pointed her aim at her dad.

"Wow, is that how you treat your father?" He asked.

"Shut up!"

Luz used her firebending at shot at him. He dodged each one as Luz got angry. Everytime she saw him, disaster follows, first he tried to kill her, then he tried to kill her mom, then he helped get Eda killed. This time... he was going to be the one that gets killed!

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As Luz fought her dad, Belos and Hunter had their own family reunion. Belos used his Airbending to blast a large thing of wind at him. Caine dodged it with ease and retaliated with a blast of fire. Belos dodged it and the siblings glared at each other.

"It's nice to know you have lost your edge in old age." Caine said.

"Coming from my OLDER brother." Belos said.

Caine snarled.

"Enough talk Philip, it's time we-"

Caine was cut off when Hunter hit him with a fire blast. Caine stumbled back before looking at Hunter.

"So, you've come to me so I can finish you off, once and for all." Caine said.

"No, I've come to stop you." Hunter said.

"Please, you're magicless, your firebending is subpar." Caine said, "You can't beat me."

Hunter got into a Firebending stance and motioned for him to bring it. Caine used his firebending to shoot fire at Hunter. Hunter put his hands out and split it in two.

"I've learned a lot since I last was face to face with you." Hunter said.

Belos and Hunter began to charge at Caine. Meanwhile, outside of the cave, Boscha and Amity were in a deadlock.

"I am really getting tired of you." Boscha said.

Amity snapped at Boscha, trying her best to bite her. Boscha held her down with her upper arms, while using her lower arms to constantly throw fists at Amity. She raised all four of her arms and gave Amity a massive quadruple Axe Handle strike to Amity's head. It finally took her out. Boscha collapsed to the side of Amity and returned to her normal form.

"Where am I?"

Boscha looked and saw Amity, seemingly in control of herself again.

"You're on the knee." Boscha said, "Long story short, we're trying to stop the end of the world."

Boscha watched Amity get up and saw her eyes start to regenerate.

"That is not fair! My eyes take a week to regrow!" Boscha said.

Amity looked at Boscha and saw something.

"Boscha, you're clothes are ripped."

"As long as it covers the important parts, I couldn't give a damn." Boscha said, getting up, "Let's get the others and go help the Avatar."

Inside the caves, Luz shot fire at her dad, who dodged. He knew exactly how to beat her. By getting under her skin, making her mad, it allows him too easily overpower her.

"When I get done here, I'm going straight to your mother, and I'm going to take my time with her." He said.

Luz blasts a big thing of air at him, sending him back into the cave wall. She used her earthbending to try and get him stuck to the wall, but he rolled out of the way. Luz used her firebending to try and burn him, but he managed to get up to her and punch her in the jaw. Luz was sent to the ground and he pulled out a knife. He grabbed her by the neck and smiled.

"It's been fun, but I'm tired of you." He said putting the knife near her throat, "Any last words?"

Luz didn't get a chance when her dad heard a growl and was tackled. Luz rubbed her neck and looked at what dealt with her dad. It turns out, her... "pet" demon, Alejandra. She followed Luz and waited for the right moment to strike. Next to Luz, the baby rubbed against Luz's arm.

"You're to pure." Luz said, rubbing the baby's back.

Someone tried to sneak up behind Luz, but the baby blast blue fire at him. Luz noticed it and was about to use her earthbending, but the baby beat her too it. Seeing the baby use two elements, she had to kneel down and look at him.

"You're... just like me." Luz said with a smile.

On the other side of the cave, Belos and Hunter were battling Caine. While Belos was a powerful Airbender, it didn't do much to stop Caine, and while Hunter was a firebender, he wasn't nearly as powerful as Caine. Caine blasted fire at Hunter, sending him to the ground, before turning his attention to Belos.

"Well, Philip, we've played this game for four hundred years, I think it's time we finally get a winner." Caine said.

"Finally, something we can agree on." Belos said, gripping his staff.

Belos charged at him, trying to use his staff to hit him. Caine easily dodged him and punched him in the side, breaking a rib. Belos hissed in pain as Caine smiled.

"You always were bad when it came to strength." Caine said.

Caine delivered several other punches to Belos stomach, then delivered a strong punch to his head, breaking the mask in two. Caine grabbed Belos and held him close.

"What's wrong? Is it the curse?" Caine asked.

He grabbed Belos by the neck and slammed him on the ground. Caine walked back over to the needle and grabbed it. He put it in his pocket and looked at Belos. He started to generate lightning and shot it at him. Belos closed his eyes, knowing this won't end well. Belos heard screaming and opened his eyes, seeing Hunter take the Lightning bolt. Hunter used all his focus, but managed to aim his hand at Caine, firing the bolt back. Caine barely moved out of the way and looked at Hunter in shock. Hunter was exhausted from that, it took everything out of him.

"It would seem that you learned more than I thought." Caine said, "But you still aren't strong enough to take me."

"Maybe not, but I'm not alone." Hunter said.

Caine looked behind him and saw Luz's friends.

"Give up, brother." Belos said, "It's over."

"It's never over." Caine said, looking around.

He noticed Luz getting ready to blast him with lightning, but he managed to get behind her and put an arm around her neck.

"Stay back!" He said, "Try anything and I snap her neck!"

He began to move backwards into the lake, knowing they wouldn't attack if her friend was in danger. Luz looked at the ground and saw that they were about to approach deep part of the lake. She knew what she was about to do could kill her, but it's her duty to keep the balance, no matter what. She continued to generate Lightning and shot the water, electrifying it and both of them. They both screamed as they felt the voltage rush through them. They fell backwards into the deep part of the lake, leaving everyone stunned and unsure of what to do. They waited, with baited breaths, after a second... a hand rose from the water.

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They all watched... as Caine rose from the water. In his hand, the syringe, which was now empty. He opened his eyes, and they were red.

"This power, I can feel it rushing through my veins." He said, "And the only person that can do anything about it... is gone."

"Caine... w-w-what... what have you done?" Belos asked.

"Isn't obvious, Philip? I've ushered in a new age!"

Caine unleashed his firebending, the black fire burned like the sun. Whatever happened to him, he is now far stronger than anyone else... but that won't stop them from trying to stop him. Belos spun his staff and charged at him. Caine smirked and stood there. Belos swung the staff and Caine held his hand up. He formed a fist and Belos couldn't move.

"Like I said, a New Age has come, which means it's time to get rid of you."

He punched Belos in the chest and sent him flying to the cave wall, making him hit the cave and make him grunt in pain. Willow and Amelia ran in to attack him, making him laugh. He stomped a foot on the ground, making the ground shake and knocking them down.

"Your pathetic magic means nothing now, you can't even get close enough to use it."

"Then maybe something a little more powerful than magic could work."

Caine turned around and saw Boscha and Amity. The two half demons growled at him before running and trying to tackle him. He dodged them and grabbed them by the neck. He raised them up and slammed them on the ground.

"You fools, I am stronger than any abilities you may have!" Caine said, "The only person capable of stopping me, is the Avatar, and she is dead!"

Belos got up and used his staff as a crutch.

"As long as I'm still standing... I'm the Emperor." he said, "Which means the only way you're going to usher in a 'new age' is to make sure I can't get back up."

"Trust me, I have no problem in doing that." Caine said.

Caine shot fire at him, hitting him and making him fall down and groan. Belos started to get back up and chuckled.

"I thought you could've fought better after getting all that power." Belos said, "Still as weak as when we were kids."

Caine growled and charged at him. Meanwhile, Luz's unconscious body was being dragged, but not in the Boiling Isles. Luz began to move, noticing that she was not in the Boiling Isles, but rather-

"I'm in the Spirit World?" Luz asked, "I've never been able to go to the Spirit World, how did I get here?"

"Perhaps you are here for a reason."

Luz turned to face the new voice, unable to believe her eyes. The person the voice belonged to, was the one person she always wanted to meet.

"Iroh."

"It's wonderful to meet you, Avatar Luz." Iroh said, "I've been wanting to speak with you for a long time and we have little time in order to."

Luz looked at the ground and hugged herself, tears began to fall.

"I'm a horrible Avatar." Luz said, "People have been hurt because of me. No matter what I do, I... I wasn't meant to be the Avatar."

"And why do you say that? Because you are unable to save a handful of people? Avatar Aang was unable to save his entire race, he disappeared when the world went to war, and yet, he is still one of the most beloved Avatar's to live."

"Yeah, well, he never learned some evil form of bending." Luz said.

"Bending is not good, nor evil, it is a neutral form. How it's used is dependent on who has the power to wield it." Iroh said, "There is no evil bending, just evil benders. You must never claim to use evil bending, but realize how each form is important to you, it makes you who you are."

"He's right, Kid."

Luz turned and looked at the owner of the other voice.

"Eda?"

"No matter how much you hate it, this bending makes you who you are." Eda kneeled down and put her hands on Luz's shoulders, "And who you are, is the smartest, bravest, most pure hearted person I've ever had the privilege of knowing. I already said this in my letter, but I know you're the person meant to fulfill the Isles legend. You're destined for great things and beating the absolute shit out of that asshole is a great way to start it."

Luz felt another hand on her shoulder and looked up to see Iroh.

"You are capable of something that no Avatar has ever done. You've used magic and Bending, but there is one thing you need to let go of." He said, "You need to stop being afraid of your greatest strength. You need to use your Avatar State."

"I don't think I can." Luz said.

"Yes, you can." Eda said, "You are strong and there's a lot of people that need you right now."

Luz looked at the ground, staying quiet, before she clenched her fist. It was time to end this, and it would be by her hands!

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Hunter hit the ground with a grunt. He had a large cut on his head, with blood coming out of it and his nose. Bruises had started to form on his face. He managed to get to a knee, breathing heavily, before turning around and throwing a ball of fire at Caine. Caine dodged the fire with ease.

"Not bad." Caine said, "Now why don't I show you what I am capable of now that I have this power."

Caine moved his hands and shot Lightning at him, far more than Hunter could redirect. He rolled out of the way of the immediate danger but was close enough to the strike that he was sent forward by the blast. He hit his head on the rock and his vision became blurred. He saw a fuzzy image of Caine walking towards him. He holds a hand out and makes black fire. He aims at Hunter's head.

"Goodbye... Son."

Hunter glared but was too exhausted to move. Caine didn't get to kill Hunter, as Belos tackled Caine, making the fire hit the ground away from Hunter. Caine shoved Belos off and looked at his brother. Belos was breathing heavily, was bruised, bleeding, and most of all... he was pissed. Caine smirked as he looked at the rotten flash going across his face.

"How's the curse holding up, Philip?" Caine asked.

"Shut up." Belos said.

Belos used his airbending and blasted it at Caine. Caine fought against the strong wind and laughed.

"Such a nice summer breeze!" Caine said, "I thought you were stronger than that!"

Belos growled and ran at Caine. Caine had to admit, he didn't expect the man who was trained to be a pacifist, to run at him and start throwing powerful punches. Belos threw a strong punch to Caine's stomach, then another, soon it was just rapid and quick punches, all for Caine's stomach, making him hunch over. Belos threw a strong punch that hit Caine in the side of the head, then he gave Caine an uppercut, finally he threw a punch that hit Caine in the nose. Caine stumbled back and reached up to his nose. He pulled his hand back and saw blood. He closed his eyes and put his hand down. He opened his eyes and smiled at his brother.

"I didn't know you had it in you." Caine said, "Little Philip managed to make me bleed."

Caine put a hand out and fired magic at Belos. Belos was knocked to the ground and Caine smiled.

"You'll never beat me, Philip." Caine said.

Caine was about to attack Belos, when plants wrapped around him. He looked and saw Willow and Amelia, using their most powerful spells to keep him from moving. Caine began to try and fight back against the plants, when he was attacked by Amity and Boscha. The two demons let the claws out and started to claw at him. Amity sliced at his stomach while Boscha went for the face. Boscha's claws swiped his face, which led to blood covering her claws. Meanwhile, Amity dragged her claws across his chest and stomach, a certain killing blow for those that are normal witches. Caine, however, wasn't a normal witch anymore. He healed and broke free. He grabbed Boscha and Amity by their necks and lifted them off the ground. He threw them against Willow and Amelia, taking all of them out of the fight. He was about to attack, when Luz's pet demon, which is a statement Luz never imagined would come true, bit down on his arm. He tried to shake Alejandra off, but her species had the strongest bite force of any creature in this dimension. He used his other arm to grab her snout and pull her mouth from his arm. He tossed her to the ground before grabbing her tail and throwing her to the other side of the cave.

"None of you are strong enough to stop me! You will never have the power to beat me!"

He was hit by a large blast of water from behind. He turned around and saw Luz, standing in the lake.

"What about me?" Luz asked, "I think I have that kind of power."

Before Caine could even respond, Luz used her waterbending and had a water vortex around her, raising her into the air, which gave her the opportunity to use it, allowing her to go to the ground and use the water to hit Caine. He was knocked away and growled. He charged at Luz, but she dodged and used her airbending to give herself a boost away from him. Luz landed on the other side of the lake and used Lightning to blast the water, electrifying the lake and preventing him from getting across it.

"What are you going to do?" Luz asked, "Can't swim across the lake."

Caine closed his fist, which made Luz started floating in the air. Caine swung his arm, which made Luz go back to the other side of the lake and slammed against the cave wall. Luz began to get up, when Caine kicked her in the head. He got on the ground and started to choke her.

"You tiresome brat!" He screamed, "I am done with you! I'll be glad when you're dead!"

Luz's vision began fading and her body was losing oxygen. Luz didn't realize how powerful he actually was until now. Everyone else was out, and she knew no help was coming. As Luz's vision went black, she heard one last thing.

"Don't worry, you'll see your teacher again soon."

Luz's eyes closed... then opened again, glowing. She stomped her foot on the ground and sent a rock tower into Caine's head, knocking Caine away, and allowing Luz to stand up. Luz blast air at him, knocking him back towards the cave wall. Caine ran at her, only to hit a rock wall that Luz made. Luz threw a punch through the wall, at the same time having the rock cover her arm. Luz had the rest of the rocks cover her other arm and threw a few powerful punches, not hesitating to try and break a few... or all of his bones. She delivered a powerful punch to his head, which knocked him back. Luz let the rocks fall and decided to hold up her hands, showing her palms. Caine ran at her, ready to kill her, when Luz decided to show off her secret weapon. You see, Luz had a couple of glyphs in her pocket, and apparently the lake has different affects if you bring something magic in it with you. Luz's hands had a yellow glow on them, and a yellow light glyph appeared in her palm, making her have both natural magic and bending. Luz slammed her hands together, making a bright light that blinded Caine. Caine rubbed his eyes, trying to regain his vision. When he did, he saw Luz's iconic blue fire heading for him. He was hit by it and knocked to the ground.

"It's time to end this." Luz said, with a hint of other voices in hers.

Luz put her hands up and started to use her waterbending. She was in the Avatar State, which means she can do one thing she normally couldn't... Bloodbend. She put Caine to the ground. He tried to fight it, but Luz wasn't having it. She did more that blood bend, she kept his hands and legs covered in stone, used fire to burn his body, used light to keep him from seeing, nothing worked. She knew there was something she had to do but didn't want too. She used all her forms of bending, need each of them for this. She had rock spires go through his heart and several other organs, she had water surround his head, she had air blow so hard it started to peel his skin off, and she used fire to burn him. After a minute, Luz finally let him drop, and left the Avatar state. Luz fell to the ground and started breathing heavily.

"I... I did it Eda. I got justice for you." Luz said, before passing out.

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Luz woke up and looked around, she was in her house, which is a statement that still shocks her. She got up and cracked her back.

"Alright, my house which means I need to get a bed." Luz said, "This nest isn't helping."

Luz fully awakened when she realized... her ribs were beyond broken.

"Oh, that's... that hurts." Luz said, her voice reaching a new octave she never reached before.

Luz went to the bathroom and decided to use her waterbending to heal herself. She filled the tub and got in. She soaked and let her waterbending do all the work. After she was done, she got out and got dressed again. Luz walked down the stairs when she heard a knock on the door. She opened the door and saw Lilith.

"Hi, Lilith." Luz said, "What can I do for you?"

"I see you're up." Lilith said, "I was just here to see how you've been; you were sleeping for almost two days. Usually, King opens the door, but it seems he's unavailable."

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure he's sleeping." Luz said.

"Anyway, now that you're awake, the Emperor wants to see you." Lilith said, "I can give you a ride to the castle if you want."

"That would be great, but why does he want to see me?"

"He didn't say." Lilith said, "All I know is that he said to bring you to him as soon as you woke up."

Luz got on the staff and Lilith flew towards the castle. Luz couldn't help but wonder what Philip wanted to see her for. They landed and got off the staff. As they walked in, all the guards bowed to Luz.

"A lot of people see you as a hero." Lilith said, "Many of them feel indebted to you."

"There's no need for that, I was just doing the right thing." Luz said.

Luz and Lilith walked into the Throne Room and saw Belos.

"I see you're awake." Belos said, "I wanted to thank you for all you've done for the Isles."

"That isn't necessary." Luz said.

"But it is, you just stopped my brother from conquering two dimensions." Belos said, "I have something to show you."

Belos lead Luz to a balcony, which let Luz look out to the side of the castle, where a statue of her was being made.

"To honor all you've done, we're going to place that in the heart of Bonesborough." Belos said, "Now, I recommend you step away from the ledge before you get knocked off it."

Luz did so but was confused.

"Why would I-"

Luz was tackled by Alejandra and her hatchling. She licked Luz, making her laugh. Luz got up and scratched her chin.

"Yeah, I missed you too." Luz said.

The baby climbed up Luz and sat on her shoulder, rubbing against her cheek. Luz laughed and pet him. Luz looked at the doorway and saw her friends.

"Hey guys." Luz said.

They ran and hugged her.

"We were very worried for you!" Willow said.

"Well, I'm still here." Luz said, "Nothing is taking me away."

Luz noticed Amity and it was... awkward.

"Hey." Luz said.

"Hi." Amity said.

Willow, being the good friend she is, pulled everyone, including the Emperor, away from Luz and Amity. It was silent for a little while, with the two looking away from each other.

"So... are you still... part demon?" Luz asked.

"Uh... yeah, it's been gestating in my blood for a bit of time. Boscha's trying to figure out how to fix it, but... it's taking a while."

Luz leaned against the railing.

"So, anything I miss since I passed out?" Luz asked.

"Well, there's a couple things that happened." Amity said, "Biggest thing, is that there are still some of Caine's men are still out there causing problems. Emperor Belos is hunting them down, but they're scattered and hard to find."

"Don't worry, I'm up and ready to go, I'll find them." Luz said, looking at the work on her statue, "You know, I always wanted to be a great Avatar, but no one in the Human World cared, the need for the Avatar went away. I ran away to avoid needing to become the Avatar. I guess I just needed to find the place that needed me the most."

"Well, I'm glad you ran away." Amity said, walking over to the railing and looking out, "You've done so much to help this world, I don't want to think about what would happen if you never came here."

Luz reached out and grabbed Amity's hand.

"Yes."

Amity looked confused.

"What?"

"Your note... my answer is yes." Luz said.

Amity blushed and looked at Luz. Luz moved away from the railing and looked at Amity. Amity did the same and the two just looked at each other, giving an amused chuckle or grin. The two moved close and kissed, finally getting the one thing they wanted more than anything. Luz finally had what she wanted. She could finally say, with actual pride, that she was... Avatar Luz.