Ottowl Luz

It was morning and Luz was quick to wake up. She stretched her arms and stood up, then looked at her phone and her eyes widened. It was her birthday. Luz got really happy and screamed about today. Suddenly her vision starts to get blurry and her skin itches. She looked down and saw a small patch of fur and feathers. Luz’s eyes widened and she shouted for help, “Eda!”

Eda opens the door to see her apprentice slowly turning into some sort of beast. She kneeled down by Luz and shook her. Luz looked at her, one of her eyes was solid brown while the other is still the same. There are tears in her eyes not because of the pain but from the fear of what’s happening.

“Eda, what’s happening to me?” Luz asked, trembling.

“I don't know kiddo? You got a curse somehow, but why?” Eda said.

Luz's other eye then went solid brown and two big owl wings came out of her back. Her body began to take the shape of an animal. Her hands began to grow talons and her legs changed as well. More fur and feathers grew out, a tail sprouted and her body slowly got longer. Eda took a step back to brace herself for the cursed human to attack.

“King! Get me an elixir, now!” Eda yelled.

Scampers can be heard running up and down the hallway, then they stopped. King enters the room to see Eda standing over a ball of fur and feathers. King quickly gave Eda the elixir then slowly backed up to the door. Eda quickly popped the cork and made Luz drink it but nothing happened. Eda then threw the bottle onto the ground and mumbled under her voice panickily.

“Um, Eda? Where is Luz?” King asked.

“King, that is Luz.” Eda said while pointing to the ball of fur and feathers.

“WHAT!? How did this happen to her!?” King asked.

Before Eda can answer him, Luz starts to move her head and looks around. Her focus fell on Eda and King. She let out a low growl and slowly stood up on all fours. King then ran out of the room, but caught Luz's attention so she chased after the tiny demon. Eda chases after Luz and King to make sure they won't get hurt. They chased each other for an hour until they got to the living room.

Luz managed to corner King behind a pile of junk, while Eda was falling down the stairs to keep up with them. Eda saw Luz slowly crept closer and closer to King. Eda got up and drew a sleep spell at Luz, but she saw the spell and dodged out of the way.

“Did you get her?” King asks while jumping on top of the pile.

That's when the spell then hit King and he passed out fast and hard. Eda smacked her forehead and looked at King, then Luz picked him up by the collar and started to walk towards the stairs. 

“Oh no you don’t!” Eda said, getting in her way.

Luz let out a growl then slowly made her way to the couch. Eda saw an opportunity and tried to snatch King from Luz. Luz saw this and quickly jerked back onto her back legs to dodge Eda and pushed her down. Eda let out a yelp and fell onto the floor. Luz took the chance and quickly went up stairs. Eda let out a sigh of defeat. Her focus landed on the three figures in front of the door. Two the same height and one smaller, and all of them have green hair.

“Whoevers at the door can come in.” Eda said.

“Thanks for letting us in Owl lady.” Amity said.

“Yea thanks, that was a nice show though.” Edric said.

“Yea but what was that creature? Never saw anything like that.” Emira asks.

“Well it's more human than creature.” Eda said.

The twins look at each other with a confused look on their face. Amity’s eyes widened, dropping whatever she was carrying to cover her mouth.

“I-is that creature Luz?” Amity asked nervously.

Eda nodded as she picked herself off the floor and dust herself off. Amity begins to tear up at the thought of losing Luz. The twins hugged their youngest sister to comfort her, then they heard the sound of scratching echoing from the stairs. They all look at the stairs then back at each other, sighing.

“Ok, what is the plan?” Amity asks.

“Well I have two.” Eda said.

“Well, what are they?” Edric asks.

“Yea tell us how we can help.” Emira chimed in.

“Ok, my first plan is to sneak into Luz’s room and use a sleep spell to get King out safely, without hurting Luz.” Eda said.

“Ok, what is your second plan?” The Blights asked.

“We’ll worry about that if this plan fails.” Eda said.

Eda made her way to Luz’s room, Looked through the doorway and found her curled up around King. Eda chuckled then entered the room. When she got closer, Luz's eyes opened and she started to growl. Eda stiffens and starts to draw a spell circle. Luz saw this and opened her wings to cancel out the spell. Eda was shocked, looking at Luz who tucked her wings back and still letting out a low growl. Eda left the room knowing that Luz won’t hurt King, then headed back to the living room where the Blights are waiting.

“Well, did it work?” Edric asks.

“No, she canceled my spell circle and by how she acted she would have killed me if I tried that again.” Eda said jokingly.

“What about King?” Emira asks.

“Oh he’s fine, Luz is curled up around him.” Eda said.

The twins relaxed a little, but Amity is still pacing around to figure out how Luz got cursed.

“Ok time for my second plan, which is to use something as bait.” Eda said.

“Well we know that she likes King but if anyone else or any magic gets by her she’ll get defensive.” Emira said.

“Why don't we use that thing?” Edric pointed to Luz’s otter costume.

“Why do you think that will work Ed?” Emira asks.

“Well it sorta looks like her without the wings.” Edric explained.

“You know what? That can work.” Eda said.

“How? All of us are too big for it. Emira said.

“Maybe we are, but Mittens ain't.” Edric said with a smile on his face.

“Oh right.” Emira said with a smile.

They pick up the costume and walk towards Amity. She notices them walking towards her, looks at what they were holding and her eyes widened.

“Um, Ed? Em? What are you doing?” Amity asks the twins while backing up.

“You know what we’re doing Mittens.” Edric says with a smile.

“We are gonna put this on you and you will get King back from Luz.” Emira says with a smile as well.

“Eda help! This is a crazy idea!” Amity said panicking.

“Hey, in this house if it's crazy? It's allowed. Ok you two, get her.” Eda said with a smile.

The twins quickly grabbed Amity and pulled her in and placed the otter costume on her. Amity was trying hard to get free from her siblings but she failed. Eda was laughing at this the whole time. After about 5 minutes of struggling, the twins finally got Amity into the costume.

“Aww Mittens, you look so cute!” Edric says.

“Yea let me take a photo.” Emira said.

“No-!” Amity was saying before a flash went off.

“Aww look, she’s so flustered.” Emira said while showing Ed.

“Ok as cute as this is, lets save King first and get Luz back to normal.” Eda said while standing.

“Ok what’s the plan then?” Amity asked softly.

“Well you will be like a bait, get as close to Luz as you can, if she starts to growl then stop. If you can grab King without waking her then go. The rest of us will be in my room if Luz decides to chase you, ok?” Eda explained.

They all nodded and headed up the stairs. Amity got in front of the door waiting for the signal. Eda and the twins went to Eda’s room and gave Amity a thumbs up. Amity sighs and opens the door. She didn't even enter the room when Luz started to growl. Amity stood frozen at the doorway as Luz lifted her head up and looked at Amity. Amity waves at Luz, then she heard her starting to coo and her eyes widened. Luz stood on all fours and got into a pouncing position Amity took a step back and looked at Eda and her siblings.

Then Luz pounced at Amity, she barely dodged Luz and took off running.

“THIS WAS A BAD PLAN!” Amity yelled while running away from Luz.

Eda and the twins quickly grabbed King and chased after Luz then heard a loud thump. They looked at each other then quickly rushed to where the sound came from. As they enter the living room their eyes widen at the sight. Amity is stuck in Luz’s grip.

Luz had Amity in her arms, her tail wrapped around her waist to her feet and she was nuzzling into Amity's neck. The twins stopped to look at Amity who was redder than a tomato and then back at each other.

“Well... this is unexpected.” The twins said in unison.

“You tell me.” Amity was able to squeak out.

“Ok so this plan worked too well. At least we got King back.” Eda said.

“Ok now, how are we gonna get Mittens?” Emira asks.

“Like this.” Edric said.

He walks closer to Luz and Amity. Luz began to growl and pulled Amity closer to her. This made Edric stops, took a step back and Luz moved her wing and folded it under Amity and wrapped it around her. Amity was beet red then Luz started to cuddle to Amity even more even purring. Amity yelps at the sudden purring and cuddles.

“Ok so that didn't work.” Edric said.

“You think?” Emira said sarcastically.

“Ok you two, I notice something. Luz is even more cuddly and protective over Amity, why?” Eda asked.

“Maybe it's because of the outfit?” Edric said.

“Maybe it's a combination of two things.” Emira said.

“What do you mean?” Eda asked.

“Well Luz was always hanging around Mittens before this. So maybe because she looks like the same species as her but smells different, she got extra attention.” Emira explained.

“That might explain it.” Eda said.

All three of them then looked back towards Luz but she was missing. They looked around and saw her tail disappear around the corner of the stairs. They sighed and followed them to Luz’s room again, where Luz was now much more closer to Amity than before. Luz's arms wrap around Amity's chest, her head under Amity, nuzzling her. Luz wings folded around Amity and her tail still wraps itself around Amity’s waist down to her legs. Amity was frozen, face fully red and her ears pinned down. Every time she moves, Luz 'grip gets tighter and she gets even closer to her. 

“Please help....” Amity whispers to Eda and her siblings.

They nodded and began to make a spell circle. Luz’s eyes open wide, her wings unfold around Amity. Luz head perked up, snarling at all three of them, then she flapped her wings to cancel the spell circles. They looked at each other then back towards Luz who went back to her cuddling position.

“Ok, what just happened?” Edric asks incredulously.

“Well, it looks like either we need more help or we should just leave them.” Eda said.

They all sigh and look back toward Amity who passed out from the cuteness and Luz is still snuggling to her. The twins left the room and Eda shut the door behind her. After an hour or so, Willow and Gus came over to hang out with Luz. When they got to the owl house they saw Amity’s gift on the table and the twins knocked out on the couch and Eda was having her cup of apple blood.

“Hey miss Eda, how are you?” Willow asked.

“Well other than the small battle me and the Blights had with Luz? Normal.” Eda said as she took a sip of apple blood.

“Battle? Is Amity and Luz ok?” Gus asks.

“Go to her room and see it yourself.” Eda said.

They nodded, placed their gift on the table and made their way to Luz room. When they opened the door a half transform Luz was nuzzling against Amity who was in Luz’s otter outfit. Willow slowly closed the door and they both headed back to the living room.

“Why is Luz half transformed into something and nuzzling against Amity who is in Luz’s otter outfit? Willow asked.

“Well, no clue what happened to Luz, but a while ago she was fully transformed into a beast almost like my own curse but looks more like that outfit. Why Amity is in the outfit? Well she was the bait but it worked too well.” Eda explained.

“Will she be ok?” Gus asks.

“No clue, we gave her an elixir but nothing happened. You said she was half transformed right?” Eda asks Willow.

“Yes, she looks more like Luz, but has fur and feathers over her body, a short tail and small wings.” Willow explained.

“Hmm, it looks like whatever going on up there is slowly turning her back. You two can stay if you want.” Eda asked.

“Oh no, we have to get back to Hexside. We just came here to give Luz her gift before she went to school.” Willow explained.

“Gifts? Why are you three bringing her stuff?” Eda asked.

“You don't know? Today is her birthday.” Gus said.

“Really? That explains why she was so excited and happy this morning.” Eda eyes widened in realization.

“Wait, I might have figured out why Luz turned.” Eda said slamming her hand on the table.

This woke the twins up and they stretched out before listening to the owl lady.

“Luz curse is off, her emotions this morning? She was really happy and excited before she turned. She is calming down right now by nuzzling the Blight and that’s why it's happening.” Eda explained.

Everyone's eyes widen then look at each other. They nodded then starts to chat more about how the human’s curse might work. Then they heard the floorboards creaking. They looked towards the stairs and saw Amity with a half cursed Luz still clinging to her. This made everyone chuckle a little. Amity made her way to the couch and sat down.

“So Mittens, how’s your nap?” Edric teased.

Amity looked at him then looked away and relaxed more. Willow looked at Amity who was blushing whenever Luz nuzzled closer. Luz’s eyes started to open, her eyes back to normal. Luz lifts her head up and looks around with a confused look then looks at Amity who was in her otter outfit. Luz eyes widened then she let go and fell onto the floor. She picked herself up and dusted herself off, then stretched out a bit.

“What did I miss?” Luz asked.

Author rabidtime. 

Editor tol-critter