That one chapter with Lumity, (Or sisterly feels)
“Hey Eda! I think I managed to figure out a hybrid glyph!” Luz Noceda called out, as she walked into the kitchen.
She looked up from her glyph upon hearing no answer, and found Eda was not in this room.
Huh, guess I’ll try the living room?
She peeked her head in, “Hey Ed- Oh! Heya Lilith.”
Lilith Clawthorne sat on the couch, her back ramrod straight and her face pulled into a tight grimace.
Though her expression betrayed her presence, breaking into a kind smile.
“Hello human.” The witch replied tenderly.
The ‘Pet’ part was dropped immediately once she arrived at the Owl house, and Luz found out that it was almost impossible for Lilith to call her by her name.
Strangely, it wasn’t to be mean, quite the opposite. Lilith did try, surprisingly very hard. And she had hear her title Emit from her lips every once and a while. But it was like once a name was locked into her brain, it stuck their.
It was a odd quirk, which Luz could respect. She herself had more then plenty. But she was touched at the way the former coven leader had changed the pronunciation.
Instead of Bitter and Cruel, Lilith said ‘Human’ as if it was the highest honor, care and appreciation curling around the edges.
“I was just looking for Eda!” The witch in training commented, taking a quick look around the room, “Welp! Guess she’s not here!”
The older sister cocked her head to the side, “Try outside, I think I heard the demon tube talking to someone.”
Luz nodded with a smile, “Noted!”
She spun on her heel walking towards the front, and was just out of sight when footsteps pounded down the stairs.
“Lily.” Eda addressed kindly.
“Oh Edalyn! Luz was just looking for you, ugh, I sent her outside! I thought you were talking to that evil spawn!”
“Pffft!” She heard Edas classic snort, “Hootys not evil! Just a infinite pain in my side!”
“Our side.” Lilith corrected with a growl.
Luz turned back, Intent on showing her adoptive mentor her findings.
And she was about too! Honest!
But then, right before she could have been seen, she recognized the drop in communication.
Curiously she stared into the room, spyin-WATCHING on the two adults.
Eda gazed at Lilith with a searching gaze, until realization hit her, rolling in her lips.
“Oh! Lily! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to interrupt your morning stims!”
Luz blanched.
Stims? What were those?
She knew what they meant in the human world, but had no idea what they meant hear.
Liliths stony expression flickered, before breaking into a extremely forced smile.
“Oh sister, I don’t do that anymore!”
“What?” Eda questioned, almost offended, “What do you mean you don’t?”
“Um, well...”
“HOOT HOOT! LUUUUUZ! YOUR LITTLE GREEN FRIEND IS HERE! AW WERE BECOMING THE BEST OF FRIENDS!”
Everyone flinched at Hootys loud proclamation.
“Huh, their was someone at the door.” Lilith whispered quietly.
Luz quickly tiptoed a few meters away.
“COMING!” She shouted, as if she wasn’t just eavesdropping on a private convo.
“HOOT! YOU BETTER HURRY! SHE SEEMS TO WANT TO TALK TO ME FOREVER AND I DONT THINK SHE HAS MUCH TIME FOR YOU!”
She heard an odd fwap, then-
“-OH ILL SHOW YOU A HOOT!”
“Amity, AMITY NO!” Luz screamed, the sound of punching quickly ensuing.
She burst out the door and blindly grabbed for whatever could. Thankful latching onto the back of Amity’s tunic. Quickly wrapping her arm around the girls slender waist, Luz pulled fiercely.
Heh, turns out she didn’t have weak need arms anymore.
The green haired girl let go, her arms still clawing forward at Hootys quivering form.
“Aye! mi dulce! Calm Mi dulce! Calm.” She whispered softly into her pointed ear.
After a few seconds, Amity had calmed down, and lay limp in her arms. Cheeks blushing in what Luz assumed was embarrassment.
She hoisted the girl back onto her feet, shooting her a reassuring smile.
“Come on Amity, theirs something I want you to see.”
The both entered the Owl House,
Luz made sure to be far away from the entranceway when she shouted.
“ME AND AMITY ARE JUST GONNA COOK SOMETHING. YA KNOW. IN THE KITCHEN. FAR AWAY FROM THE LIVING ROOM”
They were met from a unenthusiastic “Ok?”
Immediately after, Luz motioned for Amity for be quiet and to follow her, she did with a understandable amount of confusion.
“Theirs something I’m trying to understand, please play along Mi Dulce.”
Amity blushes, but nodded.
The two tiptoed forward, pressing their sides against the wall while peeling around the corner.
Eda seemed to be mad at Lilith. Luz hoped they didn’t have another argument.
“What do you mean you don’t stim anymore?” The younger witch questioned.
Luz turned to amity.
“What does stimming mean in the boiling isles.” She whispered.
Amity shrugged, “Same in the human world I guess. When someone who has autism needs needs to release some type of emotion.”
The Latina nodded absentmindedly.
“Wait, does that mean-“
“-I mean exactly what I say Edalyn! And I don’t need you prying into it.” Lilith Retorted harshly.
Eda looked surprised, her eyebrows raising. Then she got an indigenous look in her eyes.
“Well, little miss ‘I don’t stim’, why don’t you say my name.”
Lilith scrunched her face in annoyance, “I already did, Edalyn.”
This caused a smirk to appear, “No dear sister, Call me Eda.”
“Ha-what?!” The curly haired witch gasped, “I’ve never called you that!”
“Exactly!” Luz’s mentor crowed, “If you don’t need to stim then echolalia is nothing!”
The two students watched in bewilderment, jaw dropped. As Lilith both tried and struggled to obey the simple command.
“E-..E... ugh, EDALYN! It’s always been Edalyn and I will always say Edalyn! Happy?!” She snapped. Looking away in embarrassment.
“Actually no, no I’m not.” Eda frowned, coming to sit next to Lilith.
“Lily, it’s me. You can tell me this. Why are you refusing this?”
A heavy blush splayed across the older sisters cheeks.
“I have to.”
“What do you mean?”
Lilith sighed, “When I joined the emperor’s coven, what I didn’t know was how Ableist the Emperor was. It wasn’t like Mother and Father, their was no ‘quiet hands’”
Luz gasped, and clasped a hand over her mouth, looking at amity in shock.
Quiet hands?? That was something in the human world too. Something only Autistic-phobic people did to their kids to stop them from stimming.
They quickly turned back.
Eda was nodding coaxingly, trying to get Lilith to continue.
“It wasn’t like home. Their was another person in the Emperors coven like me. Ash I think his name was. He had the urge to stim in the presence of my lor-uh, the emperor. It wasn’t even much. Just a simple wrist flick. But mere seconds later he was nothing but a pile of, well, Ash.”
It was Edas turn to gasp this time, “Oh lily.”
She placed a hand on the small of Liliths back. Patiently waiting.
Lilith seemed to struggle with her words now, becoming more and more distressed.
“I-I knew I couldn’t reveal myself. S-so I didn’t. I forced myself to stop. Even though it hurt. Even if it felt like I was ripping away my self expression. It was the way of the Titan apparently. And I had to obey.”
She stopped speaking, and everyone knew she would not be continuing.
Eda looked solemn by the confession, and just pulled her older sister into her shoulder, allowing her arms to wrap around Liliths shaking form.
Before Luz could stop herself, her legs had moved forwards, barely aware of Amity’s arm reaching out in panic.
She stood before the two Clawthornes, very aware of how mortified Lilith looked.
“I-um....I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop on a private conversation,” she apologized, Eda only looked a little mad, which was good, “I just wanted to say that I don’t care if your autistic Lilith, and um, well.
FUCK the emperor.”
Amity looked shocked as she stepped next to her, same as Lilith. While Eda just grinned like a proud mom.
“That’s my girl!” She cheered.
Amity raised a hand, “while I’m not, as um, expressive as Luz, I do agree. As well. Ahem, about the emperor. And about Lilith.”
Lilith seemed to smile appreciatively, “Thank you human, My dear.” She nodded towards the each respectively.
Amity blushed lightly. And a made a little nod towards the two.
“Yes My dear, it’s all right.” The witch approved.
Luz was momentarily confused, until Amity ran over and snuggled under Liliths arm.
After basking in the moment for a sec, she looked at Eda eagerly who nodded as well.
“Get over here kiddo. Do the parallel arm thing.
She eagerly replied. Hugging her slim waist tightly.
In the end, Luz was glad she listened in on their conversation, for it gave her an understanding on not just Lilith, but everyone as a family.