The Egg

“GRROOOOAAAHHHHH-!!” Aurora roared out as he reared back to strike at the Titan again. He made contact but the Titan barely budged. The enormous skeleton then slammed against Aurora, causing him to drop down to the ground, hard. The ground trembled when Aurora fell down and the whole Isle shook. The witches were watching the battle go on between the giant beast and the Titan’s skeleton. 

Emperor Belos was having problems fighting two battles at once. He kept the Owl Family at bay while trying to deal with Aurora. 

"Come on, Amity, let 's do this!" Luz said determined, Amity smiled back and got ready to combine a spell. 

"Got it, Luz!" Amity said, Luz got a light glyph and Amity summoned an abomination. Luz slap the light glyph onto the abomination and it turns into a Light Abomination. Amity sent it to go attack Belos. He looked back and saw the new threat and tried to blast it away, but it only absorbed the magic and made itself stronger.

"WHAT!?" Belos yelled furiously. Then the Abomination struck Belos down to the ground. He was breathing hard then the Isle shook again, everyone looked up and saw the Titan was in the same state as Belos.

"Hey guys, the Titan and Emperor Belos are somehow connected!" Gus said, everyone smiled and readied their spells to give it all they got.

"Ok fellows, let’s make this bonehead pay for messing with the wrong family!" Eda said, they all nod and cast their spell at Belos. 

Belos saw all the spells incoming, so he used the Titan’s hand to protect himself. Then a deep roar echoed as the Titan got pounced. Aurora leaped onto the skeletal Titan and slammed him down.

Belos try to shove Aurora off of the Titan but both of his tails grab onto the arms and hold it down. His two top hands are on it’s shoulders and his legs pin down by Aurora’s own hindlegs. The Titan thrash around, trying to break free from him. He hiss at the Titan and bit down onto its head, holding it in place.

"NO!" Belos yelled, then a fire spell hit his right shoulder and he was in pain.

Belos look at the Titan, knowing it can't get free so he focuses on the group, waiting for an opening. Aurora jerks his head around, trying to rip its head off but to no avail. Aurora's left tail uncoiled around its arm to pull at its jaw, trying to pry it open. 

Belos saw this and motioned the Titan to grab at Aurora's left tusk and pull him off. Aurora stumbles a bit and the Titan pulls his left tusk again. He roared in pain and was forced down by the Titan.

"Aurora!" Amity yelled, Luz protected her from one of Belos’ attacks.

"Amity what wro-" Luz asks but is cut off by the sight of Aurora being held down.

Luz was shocked by this, thinking of a way to sever the tie between Belos and the Titan. She looked at the Titan and saw its beating heart, getting an idea.

"Amity, do you think if the Titan is brought back to life, it’ll sever the tie with Belos?" Luz asks, Amity looks at Luz and thinks.

"Maybe, but what are you thinking about doing?" Amity asks, Luz looks at Amity and places her hand on her chest. 

Amity realizes what she means, then looks at the Titan again. Luz bolt towards Aurora with Amity in tow. Belos notice they’re missing and cast a tracking spell. Luz and Amity got to Aurora after a few minutes and saw his condition. He was growling and trying to break free from his bounds, then he noticed his mom near him. He purrs looking at them, they wave at him; suddenly the tracking spell got to them. They know they don’t have much time left until Belos caught them.

"Aurora, remember how you brought me back?" Luz asks, Aurora growls to confirm. 

"If we sever the tie Belos have with the Titan he’ll be weakened, and the Titan won't be attacking as well." Amity said, Aurora smiled at this and focused. 

He wriggles some more to get free, but the Titan is still holding his left tusk. He focused onto his left tusk, and saw it’s hand was too close to his mom and the bracelet; he snapped at this. All of Aurora’s spikes turn midnight black, eyes turn darkened with red slits, and a glow around his mouth and chest appear. 

He pushes the Titan off of him and roars at it. The Titan stumbled back and fell over onto his back. Before it can get up, Aurora pounce onto it again but the Titan punches him. He flinches but then grabs its arms with his tails again and slams them down. The force of the impact cracked the Isles a bit, and he made sure the Titan won't get free again.

Belos felt the shockwave and looked, he saw the Titan pinned again but Aurora looked beyond mad. He thought he could wait for an opening and strike until then he focused back to the group.

"You know it’s useless, why bother delaying the inevitable?" Belos said coldly, everyone stood up and smirked at him.

"Because bonehead, we’re a family." Eda said.

"We may not be perfect," Lilith added.

"Or always agree," Bump said.

"But if you mess with one of us," Edric and Ermia said.

"You mess with all of us!" Everyone said at once, with pride.

Belos step back and look at the group, all the orbs that’s in their chest are softly glowing. Luz and Amity ran back and were happy.

"Edaaaa!" Luz yelled, Eda looked at Luz and raised a brow.

"What’s up, kiddos?" Eda asked.

"Aurora has a way to sever the tie between Belos and the Titan!" Amity said.

Belos face dropped into fear and looked at the Titan, it was still bound and all of Aurora’s spikes were glowing like mad. Then a loud cracking noise echoed around them. They looked and saw what it was, and it shocked them to the core.

Aurora is using his other pair of hands to pry open the Titan’s ribcage. Belos try to get to them but Eda prevents him from doing that. Belos try to get past but to no avail, while Aurora’s spikes are glowing brighter and brighter, then a boom resounded through the Isles. They all looked up and saw the sky was filled with colors, the same colors that were glowing on Aurora's spikes. Luz smiles and looks at Amity, then she hugs her. Amity was speechless; she never saw this much pure, raw magic being spread out.

They looked at Aurora and saw him looking towards the Titan’s heart, then he lunged forward and bit onto it. That’s when all his spikes turn bright green, pink and blue. They watch as the giant’s heart is engulfed by Aurora’s magic, the Titans crimson eyes fading away. The Titan’s skeleton fell limp, Aurora let go and pulled away from it. They watched everything being rebuilt again, then Belos dropped to the ground, breathing hard.

"What have you done?!" Belos fumes, Luz walks to Belos and crouches down.

"We took your power away and brought peace, that’s what we did." Luz said calmly, Belos lunged at Luz to pin her down. Everyone rushed to help but stopped, when they saw a giant jaw grips onto Belos. 

Aurora lifts the tyrant up high into the air. 

"I will wipe you and everyone who ever opposes me out, just you wait, Titan’s Spawn!" Belos threatens him, he chuffs at that, then tosses him high into the air. All of Aurora’s spikes glow black and he shoots a black fire ball at Belos.

He was disintegrated when it hit, the only thing remaining of him was half his mask that landed beside the Owl Family. Everyone celebrates but then gets tired for some reason. They look and see that the Boiling Isles is fading again, everyone drops and only Luz and Aurora is still up. Luz rushes to check if they are ok. Aurora panics, looking at his downed family, then he got an idea.

Aurora walked to the Grom tree, the tree of Luz and Amity’s love and his own magic. He pulls it out, roots and all, and walks to the center of the Isle. He places it down and looks at the Owl house’s direction and smiles sadly. Shrinking back to his normal look and size, he closed his eyes and let his magic flow to all his spikes, then the Grom tree opened up to form a tree hollow.

He walked inside the hollow space and lay down, head facing towards the opening, his tail curling around himself. The roots slowly start to coil around Aurora and his spikes. Then Aurora let his magic be taken by the tree, replenishing the Isle with it. After a moment, the Isle’s colors came back, and the Owl Family woke up, looking around.

"Ugh... what happened?" Eda asked.

"I think the Isle magic was gone, but... it's coming back?" Lilith said.

Everyone looked around and saw Luz hugging her girlfriend, relieved. But someone’s missing, someone important. They all notice a beam of light in the center of the Isle and an enormous tree is growing rapidly. Amity and Luz look and gasps. It was the Grom tree, looking more vibrant than ever, but why was it growing? Luz looked around and noticed Aurora was missing, her heart sank.

"Where’s Aurora?" Gus asks, everyone looks around then hears a low rumble. Amity and Luz were up in an instant, bolting towards the Grom tree.

When they got there, their eyes widened, Aurora’s color looking faded and his magic was being absorbed. Amity and Luz rush to Aurora and get onto their knees.

"Aurora, what are you doing!?" Luz asks, Aurora slowly stretches his left hand to his mom and they grab it. Amity drew a spell circle to cut the roots off of Aurora but he shook his head and growled. Amity was more confused, then it hit her.

"Aurora no! We can find another way to restore the magic of the Isles." Amity said, eyes glossy, Luz's own eyes widen, looking at Aurora. They tighten their hold on Aurora.

He took his hand back slowly and raised it up into the air. He brings it down onto his left tusk, snapping it off. He picked it up and handed it to his moms. They shook their heads and held his arm.

"Aurora no, we just got you back yesterday, we can't lose you after we just got you back!" Luz said with tears running down her cheeks.

"Aurora please, we can find another way, just- please, not like this!" Amity begged while crying. 

Aurora shakes his head and his color becomes more and more faded, his breathing turns shallow. He placed his tusk down and held his left hand out again. Amity and Luz took it and held it tight. Aurora opened his mouth with a sad smile.

"I….I. L...lo...love...yo...you…. Mo...moms, tha….thank…..yo...you." Aurora said, closing his eyes for the final time, his breathing slowly stopped and his hand fell limp.

Amity and Luz heart broke, they lost Aurora, finally broke down and cried for their loss. Then a warm sensation appears and they look back up with teary eyes.

They saw all of Aurora’s magic, all 15 of them floating and dancing around in the air. Then they merge into a 14-pointed star, with the black magic holding them together. The tree wraps around it, forming a heart and the magic pulses through it like a heartbeat. They looked at the heart and felt that Aurora was still alive, like the young Titan was just sleeping.

"...We love you Aurora, thank you, for being our son ." Luz and Amity said, they both placed a kiss on their son's forehead. They stood up and took a step back, turned around and saw the whole Owl Family in tears, then the Isle shifts. They look and see the resurrected Titan moving around, he groans and sits up. He saw the tree and kneel down infront of it. 

His light blue eyes widen at his child's body, shrinking down to Aurora’s size, looking at him. He places his hand on his son's head, tears running down his face as well. He turns around and sees Luz and Amity staring at him. Standing back up, he went up and hugged them both.

"Thank you for bringing my son to this world, thank you." the Titan said, choked up. They both hugged him back. They all miss Aurora, but he is still here; not physically but spiritually, keeping the Isle alive.

-8 years later-

Luz and Amity had become the Empresses of the Isles. They tore down the old coven systems,  but kept the practices up so witches can find people with similar interests. The Clawthorne sisters are second-in-charge of the Isle, while Luz and Amity are away. Starlight and his pack are working with Wrath, keeping the Isle safer...also he loved the pups too much. 

Willow and Boscha got married and started a flower shop and gear store, the latter having to learn being less of a jerk over the years. The Twins and their lovers got married as well, enjoying their life. The Titan likes living in the town, helping witches to learn new spells and is also a teacher at Hexside. Bump is now a member of the Isle’s council and still the principal. Camilia has officially started to live in the magic realm as well.

"That's what happened so far, Aurora. We all miss you so much and we wish you were here." Luz said smiling.

"And today it's a special day, we are getting married!" Amity said, hugging Luz back. 

"We love you son, hope we can be a family again, Aurora." Both said together.

They walk back to town, away from the Tree, which is now called the Aurora Tree. They got back to town and got ready for their wedding. Amity holds her brother's arm, ready for her special day. Edric led Amity to Luz and held their hands, and waited. After they say their vows and kiss, the group erupts into cheers. 

Then the Isle started to shake, the ground splitting open towards Luz and Amity. It cracks around them, making a heart and glowing multi-colored from it’s depths. They were confused about what happened, then they all noticed the tree isn't as glowing as it usually is.

"Aurora!" Luz and Amity yelled rushing to the tree. When they got there, their heart dropped. Aurora's body and his heart is missing. They see the damaged roots, like it was torn up from the inside and the trail leaving the tree. Someone or something took Aurora's body and his heart, and they're gonna find who did it no matter what.

(At the Blight manor their was a pulse of pure magic who was it)

Author rabidtime

Editor tol_critter