"𝘖𝘬𝘢𝘺.... 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘵–"
Eda mumbled to herself, sweating slightly while stacking the glyphs into a card pyramid, cheering when she had completed it.

"GLYPH PYRAMID!!" 

"And... what are you expecting this glyph pyramid to do?" King pointed his tail at the structure, slightly skeptical of what it could do.

"It's supposed to prove that I'm the superior witch," Eda folded her hands behind her head. "Watch and learn."

She slammed all the cards down, the glyphs igniting before exploding, lighting on blue fire as Eda groaned.

"Ack! Okay, let's think..." She placed a hand on her chin as she theorised.

"Bile sacks have different spell phlegm slushing around together, so why can't I mix these up too?!" 

"But those are disgusting liquids," King looked at the witch, before pointing to the glyphs. "These are symbols from the isles. Maybe there's a different way to combine them."

Eda hummed, before hearing a familiar obnoxious voice from outside, yelling out.

"HOOTLY MOOTLY!"

Eda walked towards a stained glass window, squinting out as she saw Lilith holding a piece of paper with a glyph diagram on it, the witch folding the paper into quarters before pressing the paper, turning it into a crown as she placed it on Hooty's head.

Eda glared down, jealous as she saw her sister perform more tricks, Lilith slapping two glyphs together making ice popsicles, Hooty 'oo'-ing as he bit out of one. 

Lilith twirled around, before bending down and tapping on a piece of paper, as it transformed into an ice statue version of Hooty with a swan's body, the demon freaking out in excitement while he laughed.

"I bet even Eda couldn't do that! Wow!"

Eda's surprised look dropped as she glared while growling. King sitting on the couch as he rolled his eyes.

"Maybe if you just learned the basics like Lilith said–"

"I don't have time for basics!" She stomped on the table before sitting on the couch. "I'm onto something and I'll prove it."

She cracked her knuckles, pulling out a notepad and pencil from her hair before drawing, King watching her in curiosity.

•

Three banned posters were stuck on the front doors, although they weren't flattering mugshots of the three students who stood around looking in determination.

"Operation: Change Bump's mind, let's go!"

The three ran off, carrying out their plans, executing the first, Georgia wishing them luck before sneaking back into class.

Bump sat in his office, looking down at a year book sadly, flipping through the images of the students he had most recently banished. The principal shut his eyes before hearing a knock on the window, walking over to see a basket being hung by a plant.

Within it were a couple of papers, the first saying 'To our favourite principal!!' with a sad dog sticker saying 'Please un-expel us?'

On the next sheet was a hand-drawn image of him, Bump then looking into the basket to see a pink-coloured abomination with horns, an eye leaking down as the man crying out in horror, flipping the basket as the abomination fell on the heads of the student's below.

Plan B was then in action as three teachers walked towards the school, then halting when they saw Bump frowning, the same three teachers behind him, glaring at the imposters. Bump then drew a circle with his finger, the illusion 'poof-ing' into clouds as it revealed Luz, Gus and Willow.

The trio walked backwards while smiling nervously, not wanting any trouble as Bump turned around, glancing at them sadly with tears in his eyes.

The next plan then required Eda's staff, the three rushing away from the Owl House as they borrowed Owlbert, flying towards Hexide, before Bump appeared on the roof with a crossbow, aiming it at the students before they flew backwards, hoping not to get hurt.

Once they were gone, Bump started sobbing, crying before he covered his eyes.

"Life is just so dull without them!"

The school doors were then shut for the last time of the day, Gus looking at it with wide eyes and a frown.

"This is hopeless! Nothing's working!"

He turned to his friends as the others looked down sadly as well, Luz soon encouraging them to not loose hope.

"Don't worry guys, as long as we stick together, we'll think of something."

The trio then heard the cawing of a crow, a crow with speaker holes on it's abdomen then landed on Willow's head, the girl's eyes widening.

"Oh no..." She mumbled to herself.

"Willow Park, did you get expelled?" 

Willow heard her father's voice through the speaker, Willow covering her ears in fear.

"This is Perry Porter with breaking news." Another crow landed on Gus' head, the voice of Gus' father ringing out as the crow picked up Gus by his hood, flapping it's wings as the boy began to float slightly, Gus begging for mercy as he grabbed Luz's arms.

"In light of recent events, Augustus will be grounded for no less than a year."

"Just one?" The crow began to do the same with Willow, picking her by her hood as she protested. "Willow's grounded for three at least!"

The two friends began calling out to their friend, asking for help as they were lifted higher into the sky, Luz reaching out for them before giving up and looking upon them sadly.

Just then, the collapsing of book could be heard from behind her, Amity struggling to hold all her books as Luz turned around, the two noticing one another.

"I'm uh... I'm sorry. I was a coward in there. But my mum–" Amity apologised, holding all her books as Luz walked towards the witch, interrupting the mint-haired witch before she could say more.

"Hey, I get it. You're scared of her, but I'm not. And I need you to take me to her. She seemed open on talking things through."

"No... no, Luz, you don't have to do that."

"Yes, I do." Luz bent down, picking up one of Amity's books, on one knee before she held the books towards the girl, smiling slightly.

"Willow and Gus don't deserve this. So.. will you help me please?"

"I-I..." Amity stuttered, unsure of what to do before she looked down. "I can't."

The school bell than rang out, interrupting the moment, Amity looking from the corner of her eye before taking her books from her crush gently, Luz frowning slightly.

"I have to go..."

Amity walked away, Luz still on one knee before she got up, walking away until she stepped on a piece of paper, the girl lifting her foot as she picked it up to get a closer look, noticing it was the business card that Odalia had passed her.

She slipped the card around, seeing the address as she made up her mind.

•

Smiling proudly to herself, Eda had placed a bunch of glyphs together on the table, a pile of crumped pieces of paper by her side while King placed his bunny plush on the table, frowning at the witch.

"Eda... What the heck is that supposed to be?" King pointed at the cards, Eda soon responding with a proud smile.

"I call it, the super glyph!"

On the paper was a merged image of all four glyphs, King then rolling his eyes.

"More like a stupid glyph."

"Just you wait, this'll be a killer combo." The witch grinned, lifting her finger to tap the paper. "Lesser glyphs will shrink in fear."

She then tapped the paper, the glyph then turning into an ice cube, Eda smiling as she cried out a 'HAH!' pointing a finger in King's face.

"It didn't blow up!"

The ice cube then began to spark, transforming into a strangely shaped ice dome with spikes coming out, slightly larger than before, Eda and King surprised as they watched it change.

"Uh... is it supposed to do that?"

The ice then changed once more, becoming larger as it burst, Eda and King jumping off the couch as everything the ice touched became trapped inside it, the ice bursting once more, taking up half of the living room.

"Uh... huh."

•

Luz walked up the stairs to the Blight manor, picking a bunch of flower's from the bush just outside the manor's front doors before she knocked, the door creaking open to reveal an abomination.

"Hello Mrs. Blight, I–"

The abomination grunting as Luz let out a small 'ooh', the abomination walking her into the living room as she 'ooh'-ed once more in fascination.

"This place smells a lot better than the Owl House." Luz exclaimed to the abomination, placing a handle on a door handle, before the abomination grunted again, Luz then messing with its face.

"And... boop!" The girl announced, making the abomination's face into a cute cat-like one before it sagged back down due to it's muddy-like features.

"Haha, well, at least I tried."

The girl then opened the door, walking down the stairs as she called out a 'hello?', walking further down before an abomination's hand was flying her way, hitting the wall as she let out an 'eep', her eyes wide as the limb slid down the wall, Odalia smiling as she drank her tea, Alador messing around with the abomination.

"Oh, don't mind him, dear. He's getting ready for our big demonstration tonight." She called out to her husband in a sing-song voice. "It's looking good hon!"

Alador grunted, struggling to pull an organ out, Odalia smiling his way as it snapped.

"I'm here to appeal to your hearts, Blights." Luz walked towards Odalia, the woman smiling wryly.

"That's sweet, but... let's get to the deal." Odalia kept her position, sitting on the table as Luz frowned angrily.

"We have a rather important presentation tonight, showing off some new products." 

"Like... Abominations?" Luz asked as Alador passed by, an abomination's head in his hands. 

"Something like that." Odalia placed a finger on the rim of her teacup. "Normally, Amity helps us with these things, but she's busy catching up on schoolwork." 

"I get it. I'll help you show off your weird abomination gunk if you promise to let me and my friends back into school." Luz begged, her eyes pleading as Odalia smirked down at her.

"Don't worry, human. A Blight always upholds their end of the deal."

She shut her eyes, smiling at Luz too sweetly. "Now, you might want to go get ready because we have a–"

"Odalia! Alador!" Another voice interrupted, as a familiar figure walked down the stairs, Odalia smiling as she walked over to the other person.

"Are you both here?"

"Georgia! Dear! Perfect timing." Odalia placed a hand on the girl's shoulder. "I was just welcoming our newest recruit!"

"Luz?" Georgia's eyes widened in disbelief, knowing that the presentation were way too dangerous for a human.

"Georgia? What are you doing here?"

"Georgia here has been of great use, helping us with things that our abominations couldn't handle as well as she could, and has been helping around with the presentations. You on the other hand, will be having a much easier task."

Luz hummed unsurely at the last part of Odalia's sentence before Odalia turned to Georgia.

"I was just telling our special guest here to get ready because we have a long night ahead of us, folks!"

The setting then transitioned to the stage as Luz stood on it awkwardly, all sorts of abominations and machinery behind her as Odalia presented while smiling widely, the crowd cheering.

"Welcome back to Blight Industries!" 

Luz chuckled nervously before her smiled dropped and that was when she realised, she was in deep trouble.

Georgia pat the back of her friends back, smiling sympathetically before whispering in her ear, "Please be careful. Amity wouldn't want you hurt."

The Latina grinned nervously before blushing slightly, Georgia walking off the stage as she glared slightly at Odalia, Luz deciding to make some small talk with Alador, as only they were left on the stage.

"So Alador," Luz smiled up nervously at Amity's father, the male looking down at her pitifully. "What would you say is the specialty of Blight Industries?"

"We make a variety of abomination-based accessories for home security."

"Oh, that sounds pretty safe."

"But, we specialised in weaponry." The abominations and him then walked off stage, Alador warning the girl. "You might want to duck."

"Huh?!"

An abomination like substance was shot in Luz's way, sticking the girl to the wall, Luz spitting some out of her mouth.

Smoke was trailing out a canon-like weapon in Odalia's hands, the woman soon turning to the crowd with a smirk.

"Yes! Our sticky launcher can peacefully subdue any foe, and if peaceful isn't your thing," Odalia flipped a switch on the launcher, the settings changing as green flames were emitted, Luz wiping the sticky substance off her face as she gasped in fear at the flames in front of her.

•

"Mum? I'm ready for the show tonight." Amity called out, pulling the hoodie of her uniform off as she dropped it on the ground, looking around for her mother.

She then noticed a note, hanging over the fireplace, picking it off as she read it.

"We found a replacement?"

An abomination stood behind her with a feather duster, dusting her hair before she turned around, asking the abomination.

"Did anybody besides Georgie come to the house today?"

The feather duster then lowered, the cat-like face appearing as Amity grunted in slight frustration, realising the culprit behind this.

•

"To make sure you're getting a top-notch education, we're quitting our jobs to homeschool you." Willow's dad placed books on the table, the girl looking at the pile sadly.

"And, we'll spend all our free time having fun as a family." Her other dad spoke, smiling as she looked down. She didn't mind the family time, but she realised she had begun to miss her friends dearly.

"See you at first light for a test on the uh..." Willow's first dad squinted at the book title. "Life-cycle of the common swamp toad." 

He placed the book back on the pile before shutting the girl's room door, a mini apparition of Gus appearing on her book pile as she snapped out of her sadness.

"Willow!" It called out, the girl gasping slightly as it pointed to the window. "Hey! Willow!"

The girl walked towards her window, lifting it before her second dad appeared through the door.

"Hey, Willow, uh–"

He looked at the small apparition of Gus, his eyes then trailing to her as she had her hands on her window, the man smiling before he placed a finger on his lips, shushing slightly as he shut the door.

Willow smiled before pushing her window open, looking down to see Amity and Gus, the illusion student motioning his fingers in a wheel to make sure the illusion was still there.

"Luz is in trouble!" Amity whisper-yelled towards the girl, Gus grunting as he opened his eyes in annoyance.

"Again."

•

Luz's cries were heard from the entrance as abomination guards surrounded it, the trio waiting outside the gate as they formed a plan.

"Okay, I can use the root system underground to tunnel our way in." Willow looked at the entrance before Amity brushed her idea off.

"That'll take too long, we should just rush at the guards at the door." Amity punched her palm, before Gus disagreed, placing a finger on his cheek in thought.

"No no no, I'll distract them with illusions of beautiful lady guards."

"This isn't a cartoon form the forties, Gus!" Willow interjected. "We need a better plan!"

"This could work!" Gus protested before Amity added in her own suggestion. 

"We should just bust our way through!"

"You're stunting my growth as an artist!"

The three then began to yell at each other, all wanting to follow their own plans before they were interrupted by a male's voice.

"Here's an idea," The three turned to the voice. "Why don't you just walk through the front?"

Three cloaks were tossed their way as Amity smiled softly at her siblings, slightly surprised at their help.

"Ed, Em... you're helping?"

"Of course!" Emira answered, placing her hands on her hips. "Just... don't tell mum."

The three put the cloaks on, walking off before signs saying 'Hex me!' were placed on their backs, the twins chuckling before the signs were thrown back in Ed's face, Emira looking at him with wide eyes before turning to Amity, who grumbled as she did pointed two fingers at her siblings.

The trio rushed in, seeing the crowd cheering wildly, an abomination shooting arrows in Luz's direction, the girl doing her best to dodge the chaos as she pulled an ice glyph out, the arrow piercing through it as it exploded, a hand appearing as it grabbed the girl, aiming the crossbow as Luz braced herself for the pain.

"Thank you, thank you." Odalia announced, the abomination walking off while Luz was still in the hand's grasp. "And they said we couldn't make crossbows more fun."

She clapped her hands together, the giant hand that was holding Luz releasing her. 

"Next, we are very excited to show you our last product from this line!"

Luz sighed in relief, smiling. 

"Thank goodness... only one more to go."

"My husband has been toiling away to bring you..."

She stepped aside, the ground rumbling as the stage split open, Luz scrambling away as she cried out, revealing the final abomination.

"The abomoton 2.0!"

Amity gasped, pulling her hood off while Willow tried to hold the girl back, but her and Gus were then held back by the abomination guards.

Georgia looked wearily at the abomination before turning to Alador, the male looking at the presentation in curiosity.

"Alador... are you sure this is safe for Luz?"

"I–"

The male was cut off by his wife's voice, the woman now smiling  towards the crowd.

"It's bigger, it's better! The abomaton 2.0 is the perfect soldier, it won't rest until its enemy is completely eliminated!"

She then walked off the stage, Luz chuckling nervously as she talked to the abomination.

"You're a big boy aren't cha?"

The abomination wasted no time, turning it's hands into weaponry as Luz's eyes widened in fear, Georgia leaping onto the stage before Odalia held the girl back by grabbing her ankle, Georgia slamming onto the stage floor as she hissed at the pain, her chin now bleeding slightly.

"Odalia! Let me go! I need to help Luz!"

"Georgia dear, the human needs to sort this out herself... you don't want to be involved in this mess as well... do you?"

"I don't care, I need to help my friend."

The girl ripped her ankle out, rushing over to help before an abomination grabbed her arm, the girl grunting. The girl drew a circle with her finger trying to tear the abomination apart before it was grabbed by the creature.

"Crap..." The girl muttered to herself.

"You left me no choice, dear." Odalia walked towards the girl. "This is for your own good."

Just then a 'thud' from behind them was heard, Odalia's head snapping in the direction of the sound as she realised it was Luz.

"Okay! It's super strong! I think the crowd gets it!" Luz smiled nervously as Alador faced his wife.

"She's right, Odalia."

"Didn't you hear me?" Odalia smiled smugly, Georgia glaring at the witch. "It won't rest until it's enemy is completely eliminated!"

Luz's eyes were widened as she was yanked away, Georgia calling out the girl's name as she struggled, before noticing Amity on the beams above.

The girl then used all her strength, pulling her arm free as she split