The Egg

It was early in the morning at the owl house. Luz was just getting up from her sleeping bag. “Morning King! Morning Hooty!”  

“Morning Luz! Hoot hoot!”

As the young witch apprentice gets dressed for the day, she hears a loud boom.

“Um... what was that, Hooty?” she asks, as she waits for Hooty to respond.

“Ooh that boom? It’s just Eda trying a new spell.” 

“What, a new spell!?” Luz exclaimed as she wonders, what spell is Eda trying to learn?

“Well, I’m gonna go and ask her what spell she is trying to learn." As Luz got to the front door, she heard Eda sighing in frustration.

“Edaaa!” Luz yelled as she went outside.

“Oh Luz, you startled me there kiddo!” Eda said as she stopped her spell casting.

“What new spell are you learning, Eda?” she asks, with sparkles in her eyes.

“Spell?” Eda answered. 

“Yes, the spell that made the big boom sound!”

  “Oh kiddo, I'm not learning a new spell, I'm trying to control my curse with a magic seal.” she told Luz

“What was that big boom then, Eda?”

“Oh, that. Well if the magic seal doesn’t work, it will explode after a while, that’s all.”

“What!? Is that dangerous or something?!” Luz said with worried eyes.

“Yes, it is dangerous. But! I'm testing it out on objects with some of my curse on it, so I know which magic seal is safe before I place it on me.”

“Oh, that’s fine then.” she replied with a sigh of relief.

“Just be careful, ok Eda? I'm gonna go explore a little.”

“Ok kiddo, but take this first.”she told Luz, then she whistled. Hooty came from behind Luz and Eda. “Yes~ what do you need, hoot?”

“Hooty, can you give Luz that whistle I made for her?”

“Sure can do!” Then he throws up a small wooden whistle.

“Eww... why did you eat it, Hooty?” as Luz picks it up.

“I don’t really know, hoot!”

“Ok kiddo, if you ever get in trouble or got lost, just blow on the whistle and Hooty will come to get you, got it?”

“Got it, Eda.” Luz replies as she puts the whistle in her pocket.

“Bye Eda, bye Hooty! I will try to be back before night time.” she yelled out as she waved Eda and Hooty goodbye.

“Bye Luz, just be careful out there!” Eda yelled back, waving to Luz as she walked away.

Later, Luz wanders around the market to see if any of her friends want to join her. She wandered and wandered all over the place, but she didn't find any of her friends.

"Hmmm, I wonder where they all are at?"

As she thought of what her friends were doing, she was walking to Hexside without even thinking of it. She saw Principal Bump at the door, closing them for the weekend.

"Hi Principal Bump!" Luz yelled out to him.

"Hello, Luz. How are you today?" the Principal asks.

"I'm doing good. I have a question to ask you."

"What is your question, Luz?"

"Well I'm looking for my friends but I can't find them. Do you know where they are or were?" 

"Hmm... I believe Willow is on a trip with her family, Gus is studying some human tricks, and Amity is at home reading, I believe."

"Oh, I didn't know that. Thanks Principal Bump, have a nice day!" she waved to him while leaving.

"You too, Luz." As he waved back to her.

Luz was lost in her mind while she was wandering the woods. 

‘Hmm, why didn't any of my friends tell me what they are gonna do this weekend? Are they mad at me or did they forget to tell- gah!?’ Luz then trips over something and falls, breaking her train of thought.

"Ouch! Owwwww my leg... what did I trip over?" She then looks up from where she has fallen and sees this weird, medium sized, oval rock.

Luz got up, walked toward the weird rock and touched it.

"Hmm... it's slightly warm and soft. How is it like this, though?"

She then tried to pick up the weird rock. It was heavy but then it slowly got lighter and lighter. She was amazed at how easy it was to lift it, then she placed her ear right on the middle of the rock. Luz was listening closely to it, then she heard a small bu-dum, then she was just in shock!

"This is not a weird rock, it's an egg! And not like any egg I’ve seen before!" she exclaims and studies it carefully.

She then realized it was getting darker and she tried to carry the egg back, but her leg hurts too much. Then she heard a howl in the dark, and loud thumps coming towards her.

"Who’s there! Show yourself!" she yelled out.

A low growling sound was getting closer and closer. Then she remembered the whistle, so she took it out of her pocket and blew on it as hard she could.

No sound came, but the thing got closer than 40 feet away and she saw what it was. It has crystal teeth, a stone body and glowing eyes. She remembers what they are called: Elemental Wolf, extremely rare to encounter.

The stone-made wolf got closer and closer. Luz drew an ice glyph and threw it at the wolf. It bit down on the ice and absorbed it. Luz thought she was done for good this time, but in the distance she heard something coming, and it’s fast.

"Hooooooooot!! Hoot hoot!" Hooty cried out, charging at Luz.

"Hooty! I thought you weren't going to come!" Luz said with tears in her eyes.

"Aww shucks, I heard the whistle a mile away, you need a lift?"

But then the wolf attacked and bit down on Hooty!

"Hooty! are you ok!?"

"I'm fine, let's get you back to the owl house!" Hooty shakes the wolf off and picks up Luz with the egg.

As they headed back to the owl house, the wolf howled and it echoed through the woods.

"Hey Luz, why are you carrying that rock?"

"Oh this is not a rock, it's an egg. I tripped over it and found it."

"Aww ok, I was just curious, hoot hoot!"

Back at the owl house, Eda was pacing back and forth, waiting for Luz and Hooty.

"Luz! Are you ok, tell me truthfully!!" Eda lifts Luz away from Hooty’s back.

"I'm ok Eda, really. Thanks to that whistle and Hooty."

"Oh, thank the titan. You are safe now, but Luz what is with that rock?"

"That's what I ask her as well, hoot."

"It's not a rock, it's an egg. I found it in the woods before an elemental wolf attacked me."

"Wait wait wait, what attack?!"

"Umm, an elemental wolf? Why?"

"Did it bite you or scratch you at all, kiddo?"

"No it didn't, it only bit Hooty."

"Oh, ok ok that's fine. Those wolf bites and scratches can do damage to any living being. Hooty is made from wood like Owlbert, so he should be ok." 

"Ok Eda, I'm gonna head inside to keep the egg warm and to treat my injured leg."

"Ok Luz, take care kiddo." said Eda as Luz walked inside.

Luz headed to the bathroom to get some healing supplies, as well to wash the egg off with warm water. She then headed to her room and made a small blanket nest to keep the egg safe and warm. Luz placed the egg down and heated the covers with a small heating pad. She got in her bed and tuckered up, ready to sleep.

"Night, Eda."

"Night, kiddo."

Then the lights turned off. But little did they know, there was a small army heading towards the owl house in the night, looking for something.

Author rabidtime 

Editor tol-critter