Chapter 26: Agony of a Witch

In the Emperor's castle Lilith in her robes was looking down as a carriage of prisoners were being taken inside before walking inside and to a glass portrait of Emperor Belos being kneeled over, she states that he hadn't forgotten what he had promised her and that she will bring her sister.

Most of the audience were tense at this image; even the Boiling Isles resident couldn't help but be freaked out by this. "What is this place; is this the place for this Emperor of your demon world?" Hal asked as Lilith looked his way.

"Once I have taken my rightful place back; I shall take this castle as my own..." King muttered to himself.

"The castle of the enforcer of the Titan's will himself; Emperor Belos. You should be honoured to be able to view his home with your own human eyes." Lilith said shaking her head.

"Looks like a bad guy's lair..." muttered Camila with most of the Boiling Isles residents looking at her in alarm.

"Mrs Noceda... I mean Camila, I know it looks overwhelming but I would watch what you say about Emperor Belos..." Amity whispered to her even if she and others agreed that this was framing the place in the not best light.

"Not like she is wrong; with the robes and masks and the prisoner carriages; all of it screams evil magical cult!" Samantha shouted out loud with nodding along with the other humans and Luz looking back to her with a thumbs up which Samantha hesitatingly nodded at.

"Look at that Lily; even the humans are not buying your bull." laughed Eda angering Lilith.

Kikimora behind her gets Lilith's attention asking why the delay, telling her that the Day of Unity is fast approaching with many others bringing rogue witches to Covens and yet her lady still roams free asking if she is protecting her.

"Aw Lily..." laughed Eda mockingly as Lilith was looking angrier.

"Besides my sister; I can't think of anyone else who aggravates me more than Kiki..." muttered Lilith with a glare to the screen.

"Mam; how about the Golden Guard. you don't seem to get along with him." asked Steve and Lilith shook her head at the reminder of the Emperor's favourite; some upstart brat that is out of the normal chain of command and answers only and directly to the Emperor himself.

"Wait; Day of Unity... What is that?" Willow asked as Lilith was alarmed.

"Nothing for you or anyone else to worry about you pretty little child." Lilith said with a fake smile.

Lilith assures her that she has everything under control clicking her fingers to summon a battalion of Emperor's Coven members. Lilith says that today they capture Eda once and for all as it fades out with her eyes remaining in the dark.

"Sorry Lilith but this does frame you all like a bad guy..." Luz muttered along with reluctant mutters of agreement as Lilith shook her head once more.

The opening is shown.

Hooty is asleep with a sleeping cap on as it zooms out to show Lilith hiding in the bushes with her hood up as she puts her mask up; she calls it good that the infernal house demon is asleep summoning the guards from their hiding spots and weapons ordering them to surround the house.

Luz looked concerned as she was now hugging Hooty close to her chest, "Don't worry about it Luz as Hooty will take care of it." Eda assured her seeing the discomfort as Lilith scoffed.

"This is a direct attack by a squadron of the Emperor's elite; you really think that your house demon could stand a chance when I bet in the previous episodes he only caught me by surprise." Smirked Lilith as Eda shot her a challenging look.

Gus and Willow looked concerned along with Luz.

Hooty then starts going out saying sleep walking and then says sleep hooting as he goes through the ground with Lilith finding him coming up from a new hole behind her.

"Hooty sleep walks?" Luz asked alarmed and Hooty nods happily.

"One time I woke up finding myself on another island and brought back a new demon friend." Hooty happily said as Luz looked towards Eda and King shaking their heads.

"Best that you don't know the details Luz; Hooty's 'friend' caused more damage to the house than my owl self did in that boiling rains episodes." Eda said.

"It took over a week and a half to fix the house..." moaned King.

Hooty greets Lilith playing peek-a-hoot as he head buts her to a tree knocking her out as the guards charges. Hooty says that Eda doesn't like trespassers but he always likes meeting new friends as he charges forward, he hits one of the guards on the head and goes through his hood his face showing with the mask above him. He then puppets the guard to punch down another one before throwing him away and dancing basically knocking back the guards charging towards him. Lilith grabs her staff as she sends a spell at Hooty who looks down distracted by a bug so the spell instead destroys a tree.

"Yes; they are fortunate to be spared unlike the mutineers who were massacred at my boot camp!" King yelled as most were stunned at what they had just seen.

"This is the Emperor's Coven at work..." Amity asked in disbelief.

"So this is the Emperor's elite Lilith..." laughed Eda as Lilith had her mouth open unable to bear the humiliation that she was feeling so she put her face to her hands. The judgemental words coming from the residents of the Boiling Isles made her wish to be talking to the Golden Guard.

The tree comes crashing down and she has to get out of the way before she falls down and Hooty notices the bug was just an old leaf which he finds good too as he eats it.

"Yeah; they are yummy!" Hooty said.

"Hey Mittens; you were able to take on the house demon here and the Emperor's Coven got their butts kicked... Maybe they should be asking you to join and lead them right now..." Edric shouted as Amity was looking down red in the face.

Eda was inside watching with binoculars that she puts away saying Hooty is a thorn in her side but he always dig her way into her heart.

"Aw thanks Eda..." Hooty shouted happily.

"See everyone; Eda is not so bad as she is the Mom of the Owl House!" Luz shouted with everyone looking towards Eda who sighed.

"Thanks for damaging my street cred Luz." Eda muttered unable to hide the smile on her face.

"Don't mention it!" Luz shouted happily as Camila smiled seeing that Eda really was more than she first seems.

Luz looks into a cauldron with a wooden spoon that Eda was controlling by magic thinking it was magic spaghetti, Eda has the spoon smack her hand away saying the 'spaghetti' is actually Witch's Wool that repels powerful spells with every witch worth their salt having a cloak made of this stuff. Luz says that she wants a cloak with Eda taking the cauldron away saying that with the Emperor's goons at their doorstep she needs it for protection since they really stepped up their attacks lately.

"Do you really though because I even the Stormtroopers would find them pitiful and pathetic." Said a sci-fi nerd from the human teens.

"You hear that Lily; they think that dweebs in armored suits who can't hit a target in front of her are better than your precious Coven!" Eda shouted as the humans look at her direction surprised. "What? I go to the theatre sometimes when I go to your human world." Eda explained.

Luz says that she thinks that she finally understands why the Emperor wants her so badly; because he has the hots for her and Eda makes a finger motion before saying no.

"Ah... The mental image is painful... Actually physically painful..." Steve out loud shouted with some looking at Luz asking why she gave her that mental image.

"It's going to take a lot to get me to forgive you for making me think that Luz..." Amity said disgusted before Luz took her hand and put her head in Amity's lap for a second. "Maybe not..." Amity said red in the face.

Eda explained that the Emperor wants control of all wild magic with his Coven system and ordered her capture years ago since she refused to fall in line; Luz says that he won't stop until he got her and Eda tells her not to sound so worried since she is a master escape artist with the only thing that could slow her down is her curse which hasn't bothered her in weeks. Then feathers started appearing on her arms.

"Did you have to jinx it and try to challenge the natural order?" asked a Goth human teen.

Luz is worried as Eda is starting to transform as Luz calls for King to get the elixir now as Eda finds herself in her old childhood room and sees herself sleeping.

There were worried looks amongst the crowd and even Eda looked concerned.

The door opens and there was a figure with holes for eyes, Eda angrily tells the figure that she is tired of this game so why don't the figure show their face as she comes closer.

"You know that I just remembered hours ago that you promised me that we would see who cursed me so is this the episode where we finally get to see who had done it?" Eda shouted out to the direction of Cornholio as Lilith's concerned face at the sight of her sister's cursed form grew to scared.

Cornholio shrugs as Eda said "well I know this must be it because you said this is the second to last episode of this season!"

"You think that it might turn out to be this Emperor and that's why he wants you so badly." Camila suggested as Eda shook her head.

"Unlikely as why would he give such a curse to a Hexside student unless he knew that he was about to lose a talented witch and wanted to hunt me down while i was with a weakness; besides the figure that I have seen in my dreams doesn't quite seem like it would be fine. Too small..." Eda said.

Eda finds herself at her nest with her hand on Luz's face who has pushed an elixir bottle into Eda's mouth. Eda thanks for that but then notices the other empty bottles and Luz points out that her gem on her dress is still dark which Eda hides with her scarf; Luz accuses Eda of hiding that her curse has been getting worse. Eda admits that it takes more elixir to turn her back and more magic to keep it at bay; Luz asks if she dies if she uses her magic up. Eda calls her morbid and explains that she will just kind of turn into the Owl Beast forever a fate much worse than death if you think about it.

"Eda! Why would you joke about something like that! You look like you really need help!" Camila shouted at Eda shocked with Luz, Willow and Gus looking concerned and even Amity was scared for Eda.

"Can it sister as I gave up hope to try and cure it long ago; every option was tried and out." Eda said shaking her head.

"Not every option Edalyn..." Lilith said but Eda put a hand to her direction.

"I don't want to hear it Lily; you sound like a broken record as the humans say!" Eda told her as Lilith gave a sad sigh.

Luz says that she can't let it happen and will find a cure; Eda tells her not to worry as she just has to limit her magic use a little as she uses her fingers to turn her frown into a smile calling her the Luz that she knows. Luz has her smile down close to tears as Eda tells her to just do the parallel arm thing as Luz pulls her into a hug as King joins in with Eda telling her that it's time for school.

"One big happy family!" Hooty cried out loud as Eda moans about more of her street cred being ruined but had a smile on her face.

Eda shows her to the door saying to have a good day closing a door on her with Luz giving suggestions as to keep herself safe as if she was a mother. Eda calls her a good kid so considerate who deserves something nice and she thinks that she knows what as she picks up her cauldron.

"Eda; you said that you needed that!" Luz shouted towards Eda in shock.

"I think even weakened I could handle the Emperor's goons even if they somehow got past Hooty." Eda replied with a smile.

Luz walks slowly walking to school talking about poor Eda wishing that she could help her but then looks through a bush to notice Hooty having a tea party with the defeated guards.

"Did you have to bring all these residents in; including these young impressionable minds! This will be tarnishing the reputation of the mighty Emperor's Coven!" Lilith yelled glaring hatefully at the direction of Cornholio. "What are you writing?" Lilith demanded to Perry who was writing in a notebook.

"Not a note to be near the Owl House once I have found the location so I could interview the guards at a failed attack Ms Clawthorne mam..." Perry said with a scared face.

Luz runs past as there is Lilith getting up from the dirt with a nest on her head picking up her ringing communication mirror; Kikimora answers saying that the Emperor demands her presence in the throne room and then informs her that there is a bird on her head as Lilith notices said demon bird on the nest who says that she is in trouble as Lilith closes the mirror.

"This is official; this is much more humiliating than what happened at the Covention and I hate this episode more than any other! I challenge fate right now to try and give me more reasons to hate this one!" cried Lilith.

"Are you sure that you want to be challenging fate like that mam?" Steve asked as Lilith scoffed.

"Let fate do their worse." Lilith said as Cornholio grinned and then had to pause reality for five minutes just so that he could laugh out loud.

Luz walks up to Willow and Gus outside the entrance of Hexside with Gus asking if she is ready for the field trip of a lifetime to the Emperor's castle. Luz says that she was going to stay behind since she doesn't like how they treat Eda as Gus shows the pamphlet.

"Dweebuses; don't try to talk Luz out of staying behind from what is sure to be a horrible trip to the Emperor's' fortress!" Eda demanded Willow and Gus shaking her head.

Willow says that she will miss the cool stuff like ancient relics including the Green Thumb Gauntlet which can grow whatever you imagine. Gus tells her about the Oracle Sphere which could show the path to be her best self and Luz reads about the Healing Hat made from the magic of the Savage Ages said to cure the deadliest diseases and heal any curse.

"Oh no... Luz will now surely be going to that horrible fortress while wanting to do something for me..." moaned Eda shaking her head. Then she glared harshly at the direction of Gus and Willow who looked nervous as she shouted "you two dweebuses got her to go when before she would have just stayed at Hexside where it was safe!"

"Don't worry Eda; I am sure that I won't get into trouble..." Luz assured her as Camila, Eda and Amity shared a sigh at the same time.

"Please don't outright lie that like that Luz..." Camila muttered.

Bump tells the students all aboard as Gus and Willow and Luz thinks it over as she picks the pamphlet up saying that Eda has done so much for her and now she will do something for Eda.

"Kid... If there was a time for you not to be your normal goody good self then this is it where you will be getting yourself into trouble for me!" cried Eda with a big moan.

Lilith was wondering if Luz gets caught then she could be used as leverage against Eda; hopefully she would not have to get too hurt...

The flying winged carriage flies with Bump telling the students no roughhousing.

"You are chaperoning a field trip? The Principal?" Hal asked as Bump shook her head.

"Well you try having to find willing chaperones from your staff when your strapped for cash having to keep paying to fix your school along with having staff members willing to outright quit over donuts!" Bump retorted.

Luz is looking through her plans for the Healing Hat Heist which is sneak into castle, steal Healing Hat and lift curse.

"I am certain that it's only due to pure dumb luck that you haven't gotten yourself killed with such complicated masterful plans as that." Lilith said sarcastically as there were accusatory stares at her. "Tell me I'm wrong!" Lilith snapped.

"Please be careful Luz as I don't think I could handle the wrath of the Emperor if you do something to his castle..." Bump sighed pleadingly.

Willow tells Luz that they are getting close to the castle which was built by Belos as a symbol of unity; explaining that before he came into power they were all doing magic wrong and taught them that the only way to respect what the Titan gave them was to join a Coven.

"You know I actually do pity you brainwashed sheep more than anything." Eda said with her arms folded.

"Ms Eda; while I understand that you don't have it easy due to choosing to rebel the Coven System as a wild witch, I won't have you insulting our daughter like that!" Gilbert snapped out loud as Eda shook her head.

"You could do without throwing terms like 'brainwashed' around Eda." Bump told him as Hal scoffed.

"Coming from the Principal who literally brainwashes students for detention!" Hal pointed out loud.

"He has got you there Princy B!" laughed Eda as Bump glared at Luz's direction for coming up with that nickname.

Willow says that it's a shame that Amity couldn't make it since she would love the trip as it cuts to Amity on her bed with her leg in a cast growing and with her arms folded. She looks at her Emperor's Coven recruitment poster on her wall and tells it to shut up.

"Aw Amity; you got hurt because of a game that was my idea..." moaned Luz pulling Amity into an embrace.

"It's fine Luz..." Amity said with a smile and her cheeks red as Camila was giggling at the display.

"If you get hurt like that Mittens; we will be sure to play hooky to take care of you!" shouted Emira as Amity didn't have it in her to react to that.

Luz asks Willow if she thinks that the Belos guy is powerful as Willow giggles explaining that no offense to Eda but the Emperor is the most skilled witch that ever lived who could even talk to the Titan.

"Agree to disagree and we only really have his word on it that he does talk to the Titan!" Eda said as most of the Boiling Isles resident looked at her as if she said something sacrilegious.

The carriage ended with Bump explaining that the Emperor's assistant will be their tour guide and asks that they please don't regret him taking them there as Kikimora is waiting at the gates as the bridge is opened.

"Poor young minds... Stuck with her." Lilith muttered to herself.

Kikimora welcomes them saying that soon they will be a part of a Coven and some out of a lucky few will be there in the mighty Emperor's Coven with the students excited. Kikimora calls them the future of the Isles and her job is to teach it's path. There were saluting guards inside as Kikimora explains that today the Isles are a place of peace and prosperity but it wasn't always the case up until 50 years ago witches and demons practiced wild magic during what they call the Savage Ages.

"She misspoke; she was supposed to say the Good Ol Days!" Eda shouted throughout a megaphone.

"Edalyn please; the humans and younger students here could learn a thing or two... Where did you get that thing?" Lilith asked noticing the megaphone as Eda pointed to Cornholio.

"Making it a bit more fun until we get to the juicy bit of the episode." Cornholio explained with a grin.

"I now remember your old history teacher Eda just gave up on trying to teach your class this particular subject as you kept interrupting it as well! Happy to learn about everything before but when it comes to the topic of how the Emperor came to power and beyond..." Bump muttered as Eda smirked his ay.

Luz notices a vent as Kikimora says that the witches had access to corrupt magic and knowledge which dishonoured the Titan until the great Emperor ascended to the throne and taught witches how to use magic properly.

"How does this not sound like a cult?" asked a human teen as Lilith glared at the direction of the humans.

"The Savage Ages are no joke; you wouldn't want to be about in those times!" Lilith said.

"Lily; I have read about the past in the human world and let's just say that they will happily take being in the Boiling Isles 'Savage Ages' than any of the dark past in their human world. In fact would you believe the humans got themselves into 2 world wars which weren't that far apart from eachother." Eda told her shocking the Boiling Isles residents and the humans looked uneasy.

Kikimora says the next stop is the Emperor's personal collection of relics with Willow and Gus noticing that Luz was trying to open the vent as Luz nervously joins the rest of the tour saying that she loves herself a properly ventilated castle.

"Okay mental note: better cover stories for a future lesson." Eda told Luz shaking her head.

Kikimora shows them the inside of the relics room as Gus marvels at the Orb, Willow at the Gauntlet and Luz notices the Healing Hat. Kikimora tells them to come along as Gus drags her away.

Luz's loved ones brief a sigh of relief for the moment as it seemed that Luz was safe for now.

Kikimora tells the tour group that the Emperor's Coven requires members with sophistication, elegance and grace as the door opens and in comes Lilith grumbling spitting out feathers of the bird on the nest who disappears her staff. Luz hides as the students step back.

"Yes as you can see from the witch who the Emperor handpicked to lead his personal Coven!" laughed Eda as Lilith grunted.

Kikimora tells them to make way for Lilith who are excited to see the leader of the Coven; Kikimora tells them that if she is not mistaken she is on her way to see the Emperor himself and suggests that they all wish her luck as they do so with Lilith's cheeks reddening.

"I hate her! I hate her! I hate her! I hate her!" Lilith was screaming repeatedly in her head as her cheeks were red.

Lilith thanks them and wishes them good luck with puberty as Kikimora has the students follow her but Luz is in her hiding spot as Lilith was making her way with Luz following her sneakily.

"Be careful Luz!" thought Camila, Eda, Amity, King, Hooty, Willow and Gus in their heads.

Lilith reaches the throne room looking back as Luz was hiding; Lilith opens the door and goes through to the throne room as Luz goes to the door and looks through the keyhole. There was Belos at his throne with his head to his hand as there was a beating heart above his throne.

The residents were muttering about getting to see the Emperor in his throne room as the humans were creeped out. "Is that a giant heart?" Camila asked hesitatingly.

Lilith comes closer and kneels saying that she is at his service as Belos tells him just a moment as he was breathing, a guard takes a Palisman from a plate offered by a guard and rips it open to pour into his eyes.

"I don't care what you say; that is a bad guy if I have ever seen one!" shouted a human nerd as the humans were terrified and even the Boiling Isles residents were creeped out with Steve, Bump and Eda touching their own Palismans protectively.

"Nothing to be worried about... Just something that the dear Emperor has to do to live with a condition that he has..." Lilith said trying to reassure them knowing how bad this looked.

Luz steps back covering her eyes and walking away after Belos says that's better; Belos asks how was the hunt for the Owl Lady since he had heard that she had attempted a raid this morning; Lilith says yes but Belos finishes saying unsuccessful as it was obvious enough and reminds her that it had been over a month since she had promised to bring her the Owl Lady and asks where she is. Lilith said that if she just has more time; Belos says that he is getting bored of her excuses but not to worry since she will be given the time that she needs. He tells her to join the Owl Lady by twilight, she will join the Emperor's Coven and in return he will heal her little curse.

"Yes, because he totally looks like a guy that can be trusted to keep his word..." said a human teen sarcastically as there were muttering with the Boiling Isles residents.

"I have started to like humans more than I already did." Smirked Eda as Lilith was tired of arguing against the humans. Still she was nervous since it seemed that the Emperor's finite patience was now thin...

Belos says that if she fails then she will be stripped of her rank and banished from the Coven and reminds her that she knows what happens to Covenless witches as it cuts to a portrait before of the Savage Ages witches looking up at Belos as screaming could be heard.

Lilith gulped as the audience were becoming tense; "I am kind of feeling sorry for her now..." muttered Luz. Amity looked afraid as well; she was terrified about the fact that she was starting to have second thoughts of joining the Emperor's Coven since it seemed that the Emperor didn't like failure that much.

Lilith gets up saying that she understands and will not fail as she turns and leaves.

At the Owl House; Eda was knitting from the Witches Wool on the couch where King was taking a nap. She says that something tells her that Luz is going to like having a cape and King wakes up saying that he thought that she was making cake and Eda asked if he thought she was knitting a cake. King says that if there is no cake then he has to get to work leaving.

There were giggles as Eda giggles at the thought of King working and King was muttering about no cake.

There was crashing as he said to look at the two being generous to the kid and at first he thought that they were going to eat her but now he only thinks about that sometimes as a framed picture falls down.

"Wow King; you are such a kidder! Joking about wanting to eat me!" laughed Luz as King was laughing hesitatingly with harsh glares from Luz's friends and Amity who made a finger throat motion to him.

Eda picks up the picture saying that she changed the field of this house; she always had a good heart but was impatient and always bit off more than she could chew as Luz was eating tentacles in a Finish or Die competition.

"Luz!" Camila shouted in concern and a little anger as Luz was looking sheepish.

"Don't worry Camila; that competition isn't until a week so Luz hasn't done it yet and judging by your reaction I don't think she will now." Amity assured her as Camila calmed down.

Eda says that despite all that she thinks that she is finally growing up.

Camila couldn't help but agree with that.

Luz looks down at the students going back to the carriage but notices herself who turns around and then feels a tap to see Willow and Gus there with Gus using illusion magic.

Willow and Gus hears their parents pleading with them to be careful with disapproving stares.

Willow shows off Luz's notebook with her Healing Hat Heist plan and Luz says that she got her as she takes the notebook trying to explain and Willow tells her that no matter what she can't steal the hat. Gus says that she can borrow it as Willow moans that she wanted to say that; they learned about Eda's curse from her notes and are totally going to help her as Luz thanks them.

"True friendship like there; being with you as you plan a stupid stunt that is sure to go wrong." Eda said shaking her head trying and failing not the smile.

"At least you waited until after the trip was over..." Bump muttered.

Luz says that she knows exactly what to do and time for a heist; heist music plays as they hide behind a bush pony that a passing guard pets, they go through the halls as they are together using a uniform and waves at a guard on duty and high fives them leaving the guard confused, Luz looks at the vent from before and uses a glyph to melt it away, Gus uses an illusion of Kikimora to distract the guard in front of the door to the relics room and then sent them away then doing the worm dance as Willow and Luz looks at Gus messing about.

Lilith couldn't help but laugh at this.

"There is no way that they should have managed to get through that ridiculous plan but it somehow worked; not really an elite guard are they?" Camila said.

"She... Has a point you have to admit mam; this episode is not exactly our best showing." Steve told Lilith relucantly with Lilith unable to argue.

Then they are in the relics room as Luz goes to the Healing Hat takes it feeling the magic growing as Gus takes the Orb as an illusion of Gus appears to whispers to him that he is always his best self and then comforts Gus as he is crying.

Gus was doing the same as Eda scoffed saying "some powerful relic that was..."

Willow tries the Gauntlet which creates a wooden bicep before putting it back; Luz says to get the Hat to Eda before anyone notices that it's gone. Then they hear a voice with Luz saying that they need to go now as the room is now on lockdown.

Luz, Willow and Gus were becoming tense along with their family and loved ones. "Sorry I got you guys into another mess again..." Luz said apologetically but Gus and Willow shook their heads.

Willow uses the gauntlet to create ah hulking tree figure to attack against the locked down door. Lilith is walking past the same glass portrait from the beginning of the episode with telling herself to think since she gave her entire life to the Coven so she can't lose it; Lilith tells herself to think wondering what is Eda's weakness as she bangs against the wall with her fist hearing a sound before noticing the door burst open. Luz goes to the hole but Lilith is pointing her staff at her before pulling her hood down calling her Eda's human pet and calls it perfect.

"Excuse me Lilith; can you please speak out loud what you just called her because I don't think I quite caught it sister!" Eda shouted out loud with Camila glaring furiously at Lilith's direction.

"If you do anything to my Mija; I won't be responsible for my actions..." Camila warned her before giving some other threats in Spanish as Lilith was feeling scared.

She knew that after all this failure and the Emperor's ultimatum; she would become desperate but hopes that she will go easy on the human. After getting a glimpse of what the human girl's life was like back in her home realm and all that she had been through.

Luz tells her to stay away because if she touches them then Eda will come after her so fast as Lilith goes to her magically fast smirking saying that's the plan.

Lilith now had the Park husbands and Perry glaring warningly at her.

Willow tells Luz to run as she uses the gauntlet to create a wooden fist to grab at Lilith's staff before she pulls her away leaving her down. Gus tells her wrong move as with his illusion self it's two against one as Lilith simply pokes the illusion Gus making it disappear and he is thrown to the podium housing the Orb near where Willow is.

"Don't fret; I don't think I seriously wanted to hurt them... I am sure they will be just fine..." Lilith tried to placate the looks coming her way from the family and friends of the two.

Lilith tries to use magic to take the Hat from Luz saying that it doesn't belong to her as Luz fights back but it lands torn with Lilith destroying it. Luz says that she needed it heal her sister as Lilith grabs her saying the relics are useless and tells Willow and Gus to deliver her staff to Eda if they want to see their friend again. They ride on the staff flying away as Willow calls for Luz.

"I promise that it will be just fine and I just realise how this looks... Please, not you too..." Lilith said noticing that Amity was now glaring harshly at her as well as she was fighting with Camila in trying to embrace Luz protectively.

Hooty opens the door to the Owl House saying that he spies with his little eye something coming this way; Eda is excited thinking that it's Luz as King had a cake ready as he says that he is not the only one who knows dark magic showing his Cutie Cakes Instamix.

"Aww King; I love you guys." Luz told King with a smile after managing to get out of the grips of both her mother and girlfriend.

"Don't go thinking thoughts about me being sweet now..." King said with his arms folded.

King goes inside the open cake saying to be gentle; the door is banged and Eda answers it with the cloak tied up with a bow before seeing Willow and Gus looking worried. Willow says that they have bad news as Lilith spots the glowing staff.

"If you are squeamish then I suggest that you look away for the rest of this." Warned Eda with a death glare to her gulping sister.

Lilith is waiting outside the castle as up above the castle the Emperor is waiting but then in a yellow magical blast is Eda appearing with a glare holding her staff. Lilith smirks but then Lilith's own staff is sent flying into the castle walls as she greets Eda saying that she sees that she got her invitation to a witches duel as there is yellow blast coming this way. Eda charges forward with Lilith dodged and summoning her staff.

"Looks like this is going to be just like a fight from Dragonclaw Z!" remarked a human teen as the audience were now tense.

Eda demands to know where is Luz with Lilith telling her easy now as Eda stops as she is close to where her sister is; she says the human is safe as Luz is shown in a blue magical bubble. Lilith says that she can have her back if she does what she says in renouncing her wild ways and join the Emperor's Coven since he could heal her curse and Eda tells her not to believe everything the bonehead tells her. He doesn't want to heal her; he wants to control her and Lilith readies her staff saying that she will take her in by force.

"Eda sister; I know this looks bad but someday we will look back on this and have a good laugh..." Lilith said trying to lighten the mood but Eda puts up a hand to silence her.

"I would be careful about what you say because trust me; the big mouth of yours is going to get you into a lot more trouble soon and it's best that you don't make it worse before it does so." Cornholio whispered into her ear after having suddenly appear an then disappeared back to his spot with Lilith gulping as to what could it mean.

Eda lands on the ground saying that she always looked down on her since she is wild but fortunately that just made her work more harder than her as she puts her staff on the ground creating a yellow blast of a giant form resembling Hooty.

There were deep awes of this show of magical power.

She charges forward and sends Lilith flying as the guards are watching from the windows as Eda tries to attack her after flying to her but she disappears and appears behind her to attack but she isn't there and suddenly at great speed Eda kicks her back. Luz looks up as she only sees yellow and blue lights attacking eachother.

"Yep definitely Dragonclaw Z vibes here... Ow..." muttered the teen human from before as he was being pinched on the arm warning not to talk over this as this was getting exciting.

A blast from Lilith sends Luz's bubble rolling with Eda going to the ground magically moving the planks to move her about and prevent her from falling off the ledge.

The death glares returned to Lilith who gulped once more as Luz was now being held protectively again.

Lilith lands on the ground with the bubble with Luz in it behind her with Eda firing magic from her staff at Lilith, Lilith is now covered with black Hooty resembling golems with bright eyes as she grips her staff with her eyes close. Eda twirls her staff sending a magical blast at Lilith as Lilith moves the bubble in front of her causing Eda to move out of the way.

"I am not going to lie mam... That was a dirty trick and I kind of want to switch seats for the moment to be away from you." Steve told Lilith who felt the glares returning with full force with it looking like Camila and Amity looking like they were using all their self control not to lunge out and attack her.

Eda is tiring out telling Lilith to stop hiding behind Luz calling her a coward, Lilith smirks as she is tired as well saying that it's sad to see her slowing down and asks if it's the curse as Eda's gem has the black moving about.

There were great concern for Eda here.

Luz is worried banging against the bubble as Eda says that maybe it's the curse but how pathetic Lilith is that she can't best her at her worst as she twirls her staff an there is magical circles sending blasts at Lilith.

Lilith glared at Eda who was smirking with her as there were more than a few cheers for Eda at her declaration.

The Hooty golems pushes Luz away as Lilith creates a blue shield to protect herself; Luz looks on but notices a horned declaration. The shield holds against the blasts as Lilith said that maybe she is stronger than her but that only made her work smarter; she became sharp, crafty and Eda calls her a lap dog for a tyrant. Luz is banging the bubble against the horn trying to pop the bubble before it does so.

There was only a few small sighs of relief from Luz's loved ones.

Lilith's shield is breaking as she said that Eda always thought that she was better than her that she could never beat her at anything. Eda shouts that she is better than her. Lilith then shouts asking why was she so easy to curse before covering her mouth realising what she had just said.

Silence.

That was all that there was as Cornholio had the screen paused as they all took that in for a minute before the mutterings started. Eda's face was frozen in place and it a few moments for her to move her lips. "No... That can't be... It can't..." Eda muttered her voice filled with denial as she slowly went to the direction of her sister in her seat.

Lilith was shrinking in her seat from the mutters and stares as she muttered "Edalyn... Please, I can explain..."

"Lilith! Please say that it isn't so... Eda's curse first manifested after she forfeited the scheduled duel between you two for the vacant spot in the Emperor's Coven. Did you want to join the Coven that badly?" Bump asked incredulously and it looked like he was in shock and denial as well.

Eda took that in as she forced her face back to the screen.

Eda was taken aback as she imagines herself sleeping in her room as a Hexside student as her door opens and the shadow figure was there as it forms a young Lilith glaring.

There were gasps as they recognised Lilith from the picture from the past episode; Eda's look of denial turned to slow anger. "So it was you... All these years... You cursed me and almost ruined my life... Just so you could work towards being the Emperor's lap dog..." Eda said as she slowly walked up and suddenly all the assembled audience members ran to the back wanting to be as far away from this as possible. Luz, Camila and Amity stayed in their seats on the front row as they looked behind them. Camila and Amity had smirks on their faces as they wanted to see this.

"Sorry mam but you are on your own on this one; good luck with your sister." Steve told Lilith running from his seat as Lilith remained as Eda at great speed was in front of Lilith glaring thunderously at her.

"I had already decided that I would forfeit the duel before going to bed that night; I knew how much being in that Coven meant to you and I had started making plans to celebrate you joining... I slept dreaming about what you will be doing as a big shot; while you were sneaking into my home to curse me your own sister... Tell me... Was it worth it Lily?" Eda snapped saying the nickname through gritted teeth as Lilith tried to think of something to say to placate her.

Eda was readying her staff but then there was Cornholio appearing between them facing Eda; "Believe me Eda, I really want to let you have your fun right now but you do remember what I did tell you before I agreed to bring your sister in?" Cornholio asked as Eda grunted as she relucantly went back to her seat much to many moans of disappointment. Cornholio snapped his fingers and suddenly everyone was back in their seats.

"Just when it was getting good..." Camila muttered.

Luz is on the ground looking on with Lilith saying that she has the power to remove it if she will just let her explain; Eda's shock turns to anger as she charges forward destroying the shield and sending her back. Luz shouts at her to stop reminding her of her magic as Lilith takes Luz telling her that the orb was for her own protecting as she sends her falling off the bridge with Luz yelling.

Everyone heard a thud as Camila had jumped out of her seat to lunge Lilith's direction only to hit an invisible forcefield. "Sorry, please leaving killing her for lately." Cornholio said looking apologetic.

Luz got out of the grip that Amity had put her in to help her mother get up and into her seat. Lilith turned to look at Steve who had chosen to get out of his seat and was now standing at the end of the row of the seats with his arms folded.

Eda magically catches her and Luz shouts at her to stop before she runs out of magic as Eda is struggling, Eda tells her that it's her power and before she showed up she spent her whole life wasting it. Lilith smirks as she gets a magic claw trying to push Luz down to the spikes.

"That's it! The recruitment poster on my wall with her image on it! I want it now!" Amity shouts at Cornholio's direction sounding as she did as she was first shouting at Luz before pulling her out of the Abomination cauldron when they first met face to face so to speak. Cornholio nodded as it appeared in Amity's hands as she ripped it in half and kept doing so before tossing the remains away like confetti.

Camila looked disappointed before Cornholio returned it to normal and Amity gave it to her so that she could do the same. Lilith looked this way wisely deciding to stay silent.

Luz tells her no as the Owl Beast eyes are filling Eda's as she tells Luz that she is going away and she doesn't know if she can bounce back this time and tells her to watch over King and remember to feed Hooty. Luz pleads with her no as Eda thanks Luz for being in her life as there was a yellow magical blast. She yells as Owlbert flies off and Lilith is sent back. Luz falls but is caught by yellow magic as Owlbert picks her up and flies. Luz goes to Eda who is knocked out but then she transforms into her Owl Beast form.

Camila was like a blur as she ran to Eda and pulled her into an embrace, "the parallel arm thing... Okay sure, why not..." Eda sighed with a smile as she returned it as Camila let go giving Eda a smile as she returned to her seat.

Eda is in magical blue chains and pulled away from Luz as Lilith tells her to come along so they could let the healing begin, Belos is seen walking away. Luz lunges at Lilith calling her a monster but she is pushed back told to leave taking Owlbert saying that Eda is finally with her real family as she uses her staff to close the ledge telling her to go back to her world since this one is their's.

"THE TITAN DAMN NERVE OF YOU LILITH!" Eda shouted out loud back on her feat glaring thunderously at Lilith's direction. "That human as you call her is more family to me than you ever will be now! Consider yourself dead to me! I will go as far as say that the human guy that I briefly married in Vegas is a hundred times more family than you are!" Eda shouted at Lilith finishing it off with a one finger salute that she learned in the human world before going back to her seat.

Wanting to think about literally anything else she wondered what Stanford was doing now; she bet if he had any siblings he wouldn't have issues like this...

Luz slowly walks back to the Owl House with Hooty greeting her after waking up as Luz silently says hi to him and enters; the room is dark and she notices the cake and the cloak with banners and balloons as King gets out who then asks where is Eda.

Eda then found herself being hugged by King as well which she returned.

Luz has tears in her eyes as she goes to her knees as King comforts her and Hooty comes closer.

TO BE CONTINUED

The credits show the outside of the castle.

Luz found herself embraced by her mother and girlfriend again with Hooty joining in the embrace with tears in his eyes. Eda sighed as she stood up picking up King as she walked over to join in the embrace Cornholio coughed to get everyone's attention as he was in front of the screen again.

"Well wasn't that something folks? Well normally after such a shocking episode I would give you all a break to recover before continuing but there is only one episode left of this season so let's say that we all go full steam ahead and just soldier on? You will have time to reflect afterwards and don't worry Boscha; as long as you still behave yourself for this finale I haven't forgotten about you." Cornholio suggested and there were mutters of agreements.

King, Eda, Amity and Camila returned to their seats as Luz was wiping away tears in her eyes thinking about what happened to Eda because of her.

Steve went to move his seat away to the spot where he was standing and Lilith felt the stares and glares coming her way again. Well Eda was now where she was belong; her curse will be lifted, she will join her in the Coven finally, once everyone calms down she will apologise to the human girl and reassure them all that no matter how it looked she would never intend to have her seriously hurt or killed by her.

There was nowhere to go but up in this finale...