Forgery
Camilla was just finishing up doing the dishes from lunch when Luz rushed into the room holding a piece of paper in her outstretched hand.
“Mom! Willow got her first paycheck! She’s going to cash it tomorrow before forwarding you some of it as rent.”
Camilla just smiled at that. “That is great news Mija, but Willow doesn’t have to do that. I am taking care of them because they are your friends and they are trapped with no way home, not because I want to take there- “She then stops mid-sentence when a thought struck her.
“Wait a minute, how did she get a job in the first place without any documentation?”
Luz just smiled before going to a nearby closet and pulling out a shoe box labeled ‘Willow.’ “We forged all the proper documentation with magic! It really wasn’t that hard with a illusionist and a library assistant working together.”
Inside the shoe box were a birth certificate, a social security card, a passport, and a few other important papers.
“We have them set up for all of them. Even Vee.”
Luz then snaped her fingers as she remembered something. “Oh, by the way. Vee’s current backstory is that she is my half-sister from that crazy honeymoon night you had with dad that had the two of you waking up in a hotel room with 3 other people and a lama wearing clown make-up and wig.”
Camilla then dropped the shoe box in shock at that. “¡QUÉ! ¿CÓMO SUPISTE ESO?” She then shook her head before continuing. “What, no. I’ll deal with that later. The more important thing is that this is illegal and going to fall apart very soon.”
“No, it won’t mama.”
“Yes, it will Luz. You can’t just forge documents like this. They have records in government offices. Soon people will notice that these documents don’t line up with what is in the system and then we will have the police and FBI after us and your friends!”
Luz just smiled at that. “Don’t worry, we just broke into a the relevant government offices and changed the records.”
Camilla just froze in place for a few seconds before chuckling. “Hahaha, that’s a good one Mija. For a second there it sounded like you broke into a government facility to change their records. But that would be even more illegal than what you did here, so I know that you didn’t do that.”
Luz then began to look a little nervous at that. “Actually, we did, Gus’s illusions and Hunter’s teleporting made it really easy, and adding Amity’s abominations and Willow plants was just overkill.”
Camilla just sat down at the counter and started to stare into the distance like her life was flashing before her eyes. “A few months ago, the worst you did was cause trouble unintendedly at school. Now you are committing Breaking and Entering, Identity fraud, Forgery, and altering government records.”
Luz just patted her on the back. “Don’t worry mom, I did much worst in the Boiling Isles.”
Camilla just turned to her. “DON’T WORRY! You doing worse things in the Isles is the perfect thing to worry about!”
She then grabbed both of Luz’s hands and held them between her own. “Just please promise me that you and your friends won’t be committing any more felonies.”
Luz then started to glance back and forth rapidly. “Um, about that?”
Camilla just gave her a look.
“If we ignore the felony of harboring 5 illegal aliens we are already doing, I might have already committed and am currently committing multiple others right now.”
Camilla let go of Luz’s hands. “Mija?”
“Yes Mama?”
“What crimes have you been committing wince you got home that I haven’t noticed?”