Witch magic
Luz POV:
The two of us stayed a little after the sun set, both of us becoming entranced by the stars that slowly appeared in the sky. Everything was calm, the air around us almost frozen in time. I gave Amity's shoulder a squeeze, watching as she brought her hands up to rub her eyes.
I couldn't help but chuckle. "C'mon Ammy, it's too early to be tired. The sun's just set! Besides, you've been in show's that have run later." She mumbled something, carefully nuzzling closer to me.
"But it's all so relaxing..." She told me, her voice now loud enough for me to hear. I let out a little chuckle, swiping at some of the light spells to put them out. Amity picked her head up off my shoulder, watching me put out the spells for a moment.
"If that's the case, we should get going then. Don't want you to fall asleep then fall out of the tree." Carefully standing up, I wiped away the last few spells that remained, our only light now coming from the moon.
"Good idea." Amity said, staring out at the moon for a moment. I held out a hand to help her up, which she gladly took. Pulling her up on her feet, I gave her a quick kiss on the forehead, making her smile. Then, she drew out a spell that would slowly float us down to the ground.
We barely stepped off the branch and started floating down, and in front of me I watched as a few petals floated down with us. "Y'know... we're kinda like the petals right now." I said, clasping my hands behind my back.
"Yeah." Amity said, her eyes following the petals as well. My brain suddenly lit up with an idea, a small smirk rising to my lips.
"And you know what petals do while they float to the ground?" I asked the witch, watching as she turned her head to face me. Her eyebrows bunched together in confusion for a moment as she tilted her head.
"They what?" She asked back, a slight bit of hesitance in her voice. I put on a big smile, grabbing her by both the hands, taking her by a bit of surprise.
"They dance!" I exclaimed, making the witch squeak. She quickly shook her head, her ears pinned down. "C'mon Amity!"
"Luz, I'm gonna lose focus and we'll fall!" She hissed, sticking to a stiff position so that I wouldn't be able to move her. "Besides, even if I could stay focused, we wouldn't have enough time for a dance."
"We'd have enough time for a waltz!" I argued, making Amity smile and softly shake her head. Not long after, I could feel my feet gently touch the floor.
Amity was quick to take my hand in her's, almost taking me by surprise. "Whatever you say you dork. Now c'mon, let's get going to the owl house, being out this close to the woods won't end well if we're unlucky."
"True." I mumbled, giving her hand a squeeze before we started heading towards the direction of the owl house. "Lucky for us though, the owl house isn't too far from here!" Amity nodded her head, giving my hand a squeeze back.
We hadn't walked too far from the tree when both of us froze, a rustling sound from the bushes making us stop in our tracks. I turned towards Amity, who's ears were pinned down as she glanced back towards the bushes. "Luz, we gotta go. Now."
I held up a hand, motioning for her to be quiet. Slowly reaching for my notebook in my back pocket, pulling it out and bringing it in front of me. I was quick to scribble out a fire glyph, tearing the paper out of the notebook before passing the rest of the papers to Amity.
Moving a little closer to the bush, Amity instantly grabbed my wrist, pulling me back. "Luz back up!" She hissed at me, her voice no louder than a whisper. I carefully pulled my hand away, tapping the spell to activate it.
"I'm not gonna go into it, I'm just gonna toss this then back up." I told her, watching as she shook her head. "If anything jumps out, we'll both run."
"We both have magic." Amity said, making me nod my head.
"And you shouldn't be using much of your magic." I said back, turning back towards the bush. Then, with the quick flick of my hand, I tossed the glyph into the bush.
A yelp came from the plant, sounding a lot less like some kind of creature and more like a person, the bush falling still. My eyebrows bunched together at the sound, but as I got closer to investigate, Amity grabbed my shoulder, roughly pulling me back.
"I swear you act on impulse..." She hissed, starting to pull me away. "Let's hope you killed whatever was in there, because if you didn't, it's probably pissed."
"That didn't sound like a creature though?" I said, making the witch slightly roll her eyes.
"Skinwalkers exist you know? It could've easily picked up one of our voices to mimic." She told me. I raised a hand to argue, but quickly lowered it when I realized she was probably right. "Now, I don't know about you, but I'd prefer to make it to the owl house in one piece."
Turning, I continued to stare at the bush for a moment, noticing how it still wasn't moving. There wasn't any smoke coming from it, which helped away the bit of worry that it might accidentally catch on fire. I knew there was still a small chance that it could, but it seemed pretty unlikely.
"Shouldn't we check it and make sure the bush won't light on fire? It's really close to the tree, and if it sparked up a fire..." I started, making Amity sigh a bit. She drew a small spell circle, then I could hear the splash of water behind us.
"It's not gonna light on fire now." She said simply, then continued to drag me along. "Now, since that's out of the way..." Amity let go of my wrist, then grabbed me by the hand, intertwining our fingers. "What do you wanna talk about now?"
I thought about my answer for a moment, wracking my brain for something interesting to talk about. Then, I gasped as I gave her hand a squeeze. "Have you read the seventh Azura book yet?"
The witch blinked a few times, then did a half and half symbol with her hand. "I'm about halfway right now... I think." She let out a nervous chuckle, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Where'd you leave off? We can talk about the parts you've already read! It'll be like the old book club days!" Amity chuckled, giving me a bit of a shove as we continued to walk.
"We really should do one of those again, for old times sake. Besides, I've still got access to that hideout in the library." Now it was my turn to chuckle, making the youngest Blight perk up.
"I doubt we'd get much reading done though. One of us would be too busy snuggling up against the other." A bit of a blush rose to Amity's face, her ears slightly wiggling up and down. I chuckled again, giving the Blight a bit of a shrug. "If I'm being one hundred percent honest, it'd probably be me trying to snuggle up against you instead of reading."
"You must doubt me then Noceda." She said with a nervous smile, rubbing the back of her neck.
"Never said I doubted you Blight, I'm just saying I'm clingy." I told her with a bit of a laugh. "But we're getting off track here! Where'd you leave off in the book?" Amity's ears twitched, her nose scrunching up in concentration.
She snapped her fingers together a few times. "I'm pretty sure I left off at the part where Hecate was fighting against that snake guy." I paused, wracking over the scenes in my head.
"Wait... was she fighting him with magic?" I asked, trying not to say anything that would spoil the book. Amity quickly shook her head.
"No, I'm at the second fight. The one where her magic was disabled. I had to stop reading before the battle really started though, since Emira needed something." I couldn't help but let out a loud gasp, instantly clasping my free hand over my mouth to stop the tumble of words that wanted to flow out.
Amity looked over at me, raising an eyebrow at my reaction. I hesitated for a moment, not moving my hand away from my mouth. After a minute or so, I finally turned to the witch. "You've gotta read the rest of that battle, pronto."
The witch blinked a few times, then sighed. "Something important happens, doesn't it?" I slowly nodded my head.
"Super important." I muttered before quickly shaking my head. "But before I accidentally spoil anything, I wanna hear what theories you have!" Amity's eyes lit up, her ears slightly moving up.
She was quick to dive into some of her theories, the two of us quickly starting to gush about what we thought. Even though the walk to the owl house wasn't that long of a walk, it felt like a lot longer because of how fun the conversation was.
"And then the fact that Azura just rushed in there to save Hecate with no hesitation?" Amity shook her head a few times, giving my hand a squeeze. "I'd be lying if I said I wasn't holding my breath."
"Me too!" I exclaimed, glancing up ahead to see we weren't very far from the owl house now. Movement came from the door, one that Amity noticed before letting out a loud sigh. That caught the tube owl's attention, making him stretch over to us.
"Hey you two!" Hooty greeted, making Amity slump down a bit.
"Hiya Hooty!" I greeted back, still walking towards the house. Amity gave the owl a look, quickly darting her eyes away when Hooty turned to her. "Eda and King are still home, right?" The door owl quickly nodded his head.
"Yep! They've been waiting for you to get back hoot hoot!" I nodded, watching out of the corner of my eye as Amity's ears twitched to the sound of Hooty's voice. She gave my hand a bit of a squeeze, then started to drag me along a little faster, clearly not wanting to talk with the owl for very long.
Hooty opened the door for us when we got close enough, startling Eda. My mentor was quick to relax when she realized it was only the two of us. "Took you two long enough to get back!" She said, stretching her arms over her head.
"We weren't gone for that long." I said, perking up when I heard the familiar patter of paws on the ground. Turning towards the hallway, I spotted King, who's eyes lit up at the sight of us. "Hey there King!"
The demon slowly walked over to us, the stuffed bunny he held in his paw dragging against the ground. He glanced up for a moment, then gagged. "Ugh, you two are being all lovey again." He grumbled, making me roll my eyes.
Taking my hand away from Amity's, I bent down and picked up the demon, pulling him into a tight hug despite his protests. "Sounds like you missed your afternoon nap." I told him, making his eyes slant down in anger.
"Yeah, I did. All thanks to that one over there!" He jabbed a thumb over in Eda's direction, only making her roll her eyes. "After all, it was her bright idea to see if the trash slugs left anything behind."
"You're the only one that could fit in the little cavern ya whiner." Eda said with a wave of her hand. "It's not like you got eaten or anything, and besides, I got you snacks after."
"Those weren't good enough!" King said, making Eda's eyebrows go together.
"Well sorry I wasn't going to buy you the entire stand all because you climbed into one little cavern. You're lucky I got you anything at all, I could've just told you we have snacks at home." King scoffed, sticking out his tongue before stomping off towards the hallway again.
He paused when he reached the doorway, turning back to me. "I'm just gonna go to bed now. Are you coming or what Luz?" His eyes slowly went over to Amity, squinting slightly. "And I guess you since you're probably staying here?"
"Now hold on." Eda's voice caught my attention, taking it off of King. "I promised I'd teach you how to do another spell didn't I?" My eyes widened as I excitedly rubbed my hands together, quickly moving over and taking a seat by Eda's side.
King let out a little growl, mumbling things under his breath as he stomped back over. He moved over by Amity's side, dropping the rabbit and lightly tapping her leg, catching her attention. Then, he motioned for her to sit on the ground.
Amity looked up at the two of us for a moment, then back down at King before she did what he asked. Once she sat down on the floor, King hopped up in her lap, spinning around in a few circles before laying down.
I stared at the two for a moment, noticing how Amity remained tense for a moment before awkwardly placing her hand on King's back. The demon made a little waving motion with his hand and Amity slowly started to run her hand up and down his back.
Taking my gaze off of them, I turned towards Eda, a giant smile on my face. "So, what kind of spell did you decide on? An abomination one? Maybe a healing one?" I pushed, making her roll her eyes.
"Already told you kid, I'll teach you a stronger healing spell later, you don't need to know it right now." Amity let out a little cough, catching Eda's eye for a moment. However, the silver haired witch didn't ask any questions, rather, she just shook her head. "Instead, I've decided to show you a duplication spell."
She picked up a pencil that was lying on the table, holding it out for a moment before drawing a small spell circle. Instantly, a copy of the pencil appeared from a small cloud of smoke, falling onto Eda's lap.
"And as long as you do it right, you should have a full functioning copy in your hands." Eda picked up the pencil in her lap and passed it over to me, then set the other one on the table. "Honestly there isn't much to it."
"Seems simple enough..." I muttered, my eyes widening slightly as a few questions popped in my head. "A few questions though." Eda leaned back on the couch, throwing one arm over the back while the other ran through her hair.
"Which would be?" Her golden eyes looked over towards me as she raised an eyebrow. But, before I could ask a question, I paused when I heard Amity chuckle.
Turning my attention to the other witch in the room, I could see King now lying on his back in her lap, a content look in his eyes as she lightly scratched his stomach.
"How does being a servant to the King of Demons sound to you?" I could hear him ask, making Amity chuckle again. He lifted his head up, blocking my view of his eyes. "I'm being serious! You give some of the best back scratches."
I let out a small gasp, catching the demon's attention. "I thought you said my back scratches were the best!" I said, fake offense dripping in my voice. King scoffed, waving one of his paws at my statement.
"You're a close second." He told me, then suddenly jolted up, giving Amity's arm a light smack. "Now keep going! I might be able to fall asleep if you go on long enough."
"You sure are demanding..." I could hear Amity mumble, only making King laugh.
"I'm the King of Demons! Of course I'm demanding!" He said, closing his eyes. I continued to stare at the two for a moment, then my attention was brought back to Eda when she started snapping her fingers.
"Focus Luz. I don't want to be here all night." She said in a semi serious tone, making me shake my head a few times. "What are those questions you had?" I watched as she twisted off her left hand, flexing the hand a little once it was disconnected from her wrist.
"Okay, first question!" I glanced back at the pencil Eda handed me. "Can you make copies of copies?"
"As long as it's a functional copy, yeah you can." Eda said simply, sticking her hand back in its socket and twisting it on before popping the other off.
I paused for a moment, nodding my head and setting the pencil down next to its original on the table. "Next question then!" My eyes darted to Amity for a moment, seeing the content smile on her face.
"Is this what being a teacher at Hexside feels like?" Eda asked me out of the blue, making Amity perk her head up for a moment. Then, Eda shivered at the thought, her ears twitching.
"Well, technically you are my teacher." I pointed out, making her roll her eyes. She gave me a shove.
"No duh kiddo." A snort escaped her, now instead of shoving me, she pulled me closer so that she could ruffle my hair. "But normally, it doesn't feel this boring."
"Normally, you're teaching me while we're on an adventure or you teach me just because." A smile rose to my lips as I gave her a bit of a nudge. "But, you decided to promise to teach me, and now you're going through with it. Acting like a pretty responsible teacher if you ask me."
Eda gagged, turning away from me and giving me another shove. "Never call me responsible again. You're pushing it when you call me your teacher but responsible? That's just, not a word you should use to describe me and you know it."
"But it's the truth! You can be responsible!" I argued back, watching as she turned and gave me a glare.
"Do you want me to show you how to do this spell or not?" Her voice was deadpan, making me instantly shut up. "Geez I'm gonna need some apple blood after this..." I heard her mumble, then she shook her head. "What was that other question of your's?"
"Can you duplicate other people?" I asked, watching as Eda's ears went down slightly. Then, she chuckled, shaking her head.
"Technically... yes you can." Eda said with a shrug, then she ran a hand through her hair again. "But it takes a bunch of magic, not to mention it's pretty illegal to do."
"Not like you'd care about that!" King suddenly piped up, making Eda snort.
"Never said I did, I just figured it'd be important to bring up." Eda then wrapped an arm around my shoulders. "After all, if I didn't, I know Luz here would eventually try it."
"I mean, she still could try it." King pointed out, Amity softly nodding her head. The tiny demon rolled over so that he was now lying on his stomach, Amity resting a hand on top of his skull. "It's not like there would be any real consequences as long as no one found out."
"You say that now, then get guilty once you go through with it." Amity told the demon, giving his skull a light tap.
"Like you'd know that! Tell me, have you ever cloned someone and then got rid of the body?" King's voice was laced with sarcasm, making the youngest Blight roll her eyes.
"She has a point." Eda said, leaning back on the couch again. "After all, the only way to get rid of the evidence would be to either kill yourself, or well, the clone of yourself, or have someone do it for you. Not really pleasant for anyone either way."
Nodding my head, I turned my gaze back to my mentor. "So, what do you want me to duplicate?" Eda tapped a finger against her chin, then shrugged her shoulders. "Wait, can spells be duplicated?"
"Most can, depends on what it is." Eda said, making me smile. Quickly pulling my notebook out of my pocket, I took a pencil off the table and scribbled out a light glyph.
Tapping on the glyph, the paper crumpled up into a small, bright ball of light. "Would this work?" I asked, watching as Eda's eyes glittered, clearly distracted by the spell. She quickly shook her head, clearing her throat.
"That'll do." She told me. I placed my notebook and the pencil back down on the table, then floated the spell slightly in front of me. "Now, don't you need your rectangle thingy to see the spell? This one you can't exactly see in nature."
"Oh right!" I looked around for my phone, then sighed when I realized it was still upstairs. "Hold on a second..." I quickly got up off of the couch, then darted off towards the hallway, quickly heading upstairs into my room.
I pushed open the door to my room, quickly moving over by my mattress and picking up my phone. Clicking it on, I found that it still had a decent amount of battery.
Going back downstairs, I plopped down on the the couch next to Eda, my phone ready. "Okay, now I'm ready!" Eda smirked, then held her hand out.
"Alright, record this one, then I'll show you again if you want." She reached for my light spell, gently hovering it over the palm of her hand. Then, she slowly drew out the spell, allowing me to record her casting it and duplicating my ball of light.
"Okay great, one's recorded." Out of the corner of my eye I could see Amity stretch her arms over her head, a few of her joints popping in the process. Then she leaned back on the palms of her hands as she stared at the two of us, King curled up in her lap.
"Great." Eda moved the second ball of light aside, then held the other one in front of me. "Now, want me to show you again? How's that one phrase go? Because third times the charm?"
"Technically you're supposed to say that after you try something two other times, but you know what that works too." I said with a smile, making Eda roll her eyes. "Anyways, you mind doing in one more time?"
"Yeesh kid, you're acting like I'm made of magic." Eda joked, giving me a bit of a nudge. "Alright, last time for a minute." She said, holding her hand out. My mentor turned away from me slightly, slowly tracing the spell out with her finger.
Even though I couldn't do magic the same way she did, I focused on her hand and started to mimic her actions, tracing out a pretend circle in the air. I didn't even focus on what my own hand was doing, practically blocking it out of my vision.
By the time she finished completing the circle, my hand had already through a few circular motions, completing three or so fake spells. "And that's how it's done, now you..." She trailed off as she turned to me, her eyes widening in surprise.
To my right I could hear the sound of Amity scrambling to get up, King letting out a yelp as he was forced from Amity's lap. "How is that... Luz how the fuck is that possible?"
"How is what possible?" I asked, stopping my hand in midair as I looked over towards the Blight. She pointed towards me, her eyes wide. I blinked a few times, shooting her a confused look. She motioned towards my hand, slowly bringing my attention back to it.
There, floating in the air, connected to my fingertip was a dark green spell circle, just waiting to be completed.
I almost pulled away in surprise, but instead, I stayed frozen in place. "This is new..." Was all I managed to say, the other's staying silent. "I..." I paused for a moment, then looked between the others. "I'm not the only one seeing this right?"
"I'm the one that pointed it out, what makes you think you're the only one seeing this?!" Amity said, her voice slightly higher pitched.
"Hey well, today's gone like a dream already, me being able to do magic like you would just add onto that! Besides, it shouldn't even be possible for me to do magic like this!" I paused for a moment, thinking it over.
King finally piped up, his voice high pitched. "How are you even able to do that?" I blinked, slowly turning my gaze back down to the spell circle.
"The witch blood..." I muttered softly, out of the corner of my eye I could see Eda perk up a bit. My confusion quickly turned to excitement. "That's why! It's because of the witch blood!" I then turned to Amity, giving her a big smile. "I told you that'd give me witch powers!"
Eda quickly placed a hand on my shoulder, bringing my attention back to her. "That's my girl!" The smile on her face was bright, a chuckle slipping out. "Doing two different kinds of magic! Now, before you accidentally break the spell circle out of excitement, complete it." She told me, making me look back down at the dark green circle.
I went to complete it, then hesitated. "What if it explodes?" Eda snorted, shaking her head a few times.
"It's not gonna explode." She told me, pausing for a moment before she leaned back on the couch, moving out of the way of the circle. "At least it shouldn't explode..."
Amity took a few steps closer, King following close behind her. I could see the confusion painted clear on her face, but she didn't say a word. We were all waiting, all of us wondering what was gonna happen.
Then, I slowly connected the spell together.
The second the spell was connected, a bright flash filled my vision, making all of us yelp. I brought my hands up to my eyes, rubbing them to try to clear the spots out of my vision, leaning back until my back hit the arm of the chair.
Blinking a few times, I managed to clear my vision enough to see what was going on around me. Both of my light spells were gone now and Eda was rubbing one of her eyes, the other was open, her pupil dilated.
King was whining, mumbling things under his breath about how this spell was brighter than the one from this morning. I could hear Amity also say something, watching as she blinked a few times, her ears pinned down.
I continued to try and clear my vision, my mind slowly grasping what just happened. "I just did magic... magic that didn't require me drawing out a glyph..." I shot up straight, looking between the three of them. "One of you please pinch me this has to be a dream."
"I'm not gonna do that..." Amity mumbled, rubbing her eyes a couple of times. King suddenly jumped up on the couch, roughly pinching my arm, making me wince in pain.
"But I will!" He exclaimed, pulling away from me. "So are you still dreaming?" I slowly shook my head, looking down at my hands. King hummed for a moment, rubbing his hand underneath his chin. "Maybe I didn't do it hard enough."
"No you did!" I quickly said, lightly pushing the demon away. "You did! I just don't believe it!" Looking back down at my hands again, I eyed them, then my notebook. "Oh my god I can do two different forms of magic."
I spun around to face Amity, moving so fast I made the witch flinch. "Does this make you some kind of hybrid now?" I could hear King ask me, lightly poking my arm. Amity seemed off in her own head, trying to figure out how this was even possible.
Turning my gaze over to the other witch in the room, I found her still slumped against the couch, one hand against her head while the other rested on the arm of the couch. She blinked once, then slowly turned her gaze over to me.
"Eda I can do two different forms of magic!" I couldn't sit still, struggling to resist the urge to jump out of my seat because King was on my lap. Eda didn't say anything for a moment, then she rubbed her eyes again.
"Either you managed to pull off a really impressive illusion trick, or you somehow just managed to make a spell circle..." She finally said, eyeing me up and down before chuckling. Then, she pulled me into a headlock, running her knuckles over the top of my head. "Look at you! Just full of surprises!"
"How is this even possible?" Amity asked out loud, running a hand through her hair and messing it up. "You need a bile sack to do magic like that, how are you able to do that with only a bit of witch blood?"
I could feel Eda shrug, letting me out of the headlock. "Well don't look to me for an answer. I wasn't in the healing coven, nor would I have payed much attention." She then pointed towards Amity, who froze up slightly. "And I'm assuming you don't have an answer either cause you were in illusions."
"Abominations." Amity corrected as she folded her arms over her chest, mumbling about how her siblings were the one's in the illusions coven. "And if I did have an answer, I would've given it already."
They both turned to me, making me shrug. "Hey they never taught anything about humans, I'm just as lost as you guys." I thought about it for a moment, then something clicked. "Unless..."
"Unless what?" The silver haired witch asked, making me perk up.
"Unless the witch blood somehow gave me one of those bile sack things!" I could see Amity tilt her head in confusion, her eyebrows tightly furrowed together. "No seriously! Think about it!"
"That doesn't make any sense though." Amity said, making me turn to face her.
"Technically!" I started, bouncing one of my legs rapidly up and down. "Technically it does! At least, it kinda does..." I could feel King get off my lap, moving between Eda and I. "After all, it's magic blood! It makes sense for something to happen! Especially since I'm human and not a witch!"
"So instead of killing you, you luckily manage to survive and get a bile sack?" Eda let out a snort, softly shaking her head. "I'm not saying that's not what happened, but still, seems like a rare chance."
"That's the only way I can think it'd work!" I said back, placing a hand against my chest. "That'd explain the chest pain from a few weeks ago too... I'm connecting the dots..."
"You didn't connect anything, but it does explain that..." Amity mumbled, her ears twitching. "And maybe the spell Em used on you fully activated it or something? Or maybe it stabilized it..." She paused for a moment, then shook her head. "But if you did somehow manage to grow a bile sack, it should've killed you! Those things aren't small and I have no idea how packed the human chest cavity is."
Eda suddenly clicked her tongue, catching both of our attention. "Unless it isn't a full bile sack." I tilted my head slightly in confusion, making Eda roll her eyes. "C'mon, Blight here is right, no doubt if you just grew a full sized bile sack, you'd be dead."
"I mean, I'm pretty sure I close to death..." I muttered, making Eda roll her eyes.
"Key word there is 'close'." She told me, squinting slightly. "A full bile sack probably would've put enough pressure against your lung to pop it like a balloon." Eda paused for a moment, then looked back over at me. "Human lungs are in the chest right?"
"Yeah they are." I could hear Amity still mumbling behind me, trying to wrap her head around what had happened.
"Like I was saying, it would've killed you." Eda gave me a quick nudge. "But!" I nearly fell off the couch, holding my arms out to keep my balance. Behind me, I could feel Amity place a hand on my shoulder to keep me in place. "You only nearly died! Which means, it's probably not a full bile sack."
There was a moment of silence, King looking between the two of us. Then, his eyes slanted downward. "That last part made no sense." He said as he turned to Eda, making me nod.
"Well do I look like I know what I'm talking about? I'm no healer." Eda said, folding her arms over her chest. King stood up, hopping down to the ground before stretching out.
"Yeah well, the way you were talking made it sound like you did." He grumbled, turning around to face us.
"So what you're saying is..." Amity started, catching our attention. "Somehow, the witch blood managed to alter Luz's DNA enough to grow a bile sack, but since it's from the blood, it's probably not full size. Is that what you're getting at?"
There was a brief pause, then Eda motioned to Amity, looking down at King. "See? She get's it!" King rolled his eyes, muttering something under his breath before he sighed.
"Only because she knows how to read between the lines." The tiny demon then yawned, stretching his arms over his head. "Weh... I'm gonna go to bed." He gave us all a halfhearted wave, walking over by the bunny he dropped earlier and picking it up to take with him.
"Don't fall asleep in the middle of the mattress!" I called after him, watching him walk towards the hallway for a second before eagerly turning back around. "So, now I can do two different kinds of magic!" I said, trying to solidify it in my head before I froze for a second, then turned to Amity, shooting her a wink. "I mean, technically three different kinds."
A soft squeak could be heard from the teal haired witch, her face quickly becoming dusted with a light pink. Eda looked between the two of us, snorting a few times before ruffling my hair.
"Now, I wanna see what I can do!" I said, the eagerness in my voice clear. However, Eda placed a hand on my shoulder, making me look over at her. She chuckled a few times, softly shaking her head.
"As much as I'd love to see that, it's late." I slumped down, frowning slightly at my mentor.
"Since when did you ever care that it's late?" I asked, making her roll her eyes.
"Since now." Eda gave my shoulder a squeeze, then gave me a light shove. "Besides, not only do we have no clue what your limits are, but you probably have no idea how to activate it, do you?"
I paused for a moment, looking down at my hands before sighing. "I don't know." I mumbled, making Eda chuckle again. "But wouldn't we want to test and figure it out?"
Eda nodded her head, then stood up, popping her fingers. "We are gonna test it. But we'll do that tomorrow, when we can go outside and have less of a risk of being mauled." The silver haired witch popped her neck a few times, letting out a low sigh. "And as much as Hooty is a thorn in my side, I don't wanna risk you accidentally burning him down."
Amity's eyes lit up at the idea of Hooty burning, but she quickly cleared her throat to hide it. "She does have a point." The youngest Blight said, making Eda look over at her before barely rolling her eyes.
The silver haired witch walked over to Amity, ruffling her hair and messing it up. "I know I do." She said before popping her back. "Now, I'm going to bed. You two don't do anything you aren't supposed to."
"We won't!" I called over my shoulder, turning forward. Bringing a hand up, I slowly started to trace circles in the air again, trying to get another spell to activate.
There was a bit of silence, then I could hear Amity move a little closer. She bent down, resting her chin on the top of my head. "Still trying to do it even though Eda said not to?" She asked me.
"Yep!" I said cheerily, tracing out another invisible circle. Sticking out my tongue, I tried to do it again, still getting the same thing. "I don't get how I did it the first time..."
"I don't either..." Amity said and I could hear the tiredness slowly seeping into her voice. I stopped trying to make another spell circle for a moment, moving away slightly from the witch to look at her.
"Tired?" I asked, raising an eyebrow. She shrugged, one of her ears twitching slightly.
"It may not be late, but I'm a little tired yeah..." She reached up to pull her hair out of its ponytail, before running a hand through it a couple of times. "But hey, I'll stay down here if you want to keep trying."
I hesitated for a moment, then scoffed, waving away her statement. "No way! We can go up to bed now, besides, Eda said I could practice tomorrow."
"Are you sure?" I stood up, taking a hold of Amity's hand and gently pulling her along.
"Of course I'm sure! Now, let's go see if I need to kick King off of the middle of the mattress or not." Amity chuckled, following after me.
The two of us went upstairs, quickly pushing open the door to my room. Even in the dim light, I could see King curled up in a ball towards the bottom of my mattress. Letting go of Amity's hand I brought a hand up towards the back of my neck.
"Hopefully you don't mind sharing, cause this is the only other room." I said nervously, making Amity roll her eyes. She gave me a light push.
"What makes you think I'd care? Not like we haven't slept in the same bed before." I nodded my head, slowly moving over towards my duffel bag.
"Still, if you don't want me to sleep next to you, I'll sleep over here by the window." Pulling the flap open, I quickly pulled out two shirts and two pairs of shorts. "Hey Ammy, here, figure you want to change." I tossed a pair of the clothes over to her, making her flinch before catching them.
"Thanks." She mumbled, stepping back towards the door. "I'll be right back then." I gave her a thumbs up, watching as she pulled the door open and stepped out, closing it behind her.
Once she left, I pulled my shirt over my head and slid the new one on, doing the same with the pair of shorts. Tossing my old clothes back by my duffel bag, I moved over towards the mattress and sat down, staring at King for a moment.
His chest slowly rose and fell, silently telling me that he was asleep. A couple of moments passed, then I jumped when I heard a soft knock at my door. "Luz? Can I come in?" Amity's voice came muffled from the other side of the door, turning my gaze up to it.
"You can come it!" I said, wincing at my own volume. Glancing down at King, I let out a sigh of relief when I saw he was still asleep. My door slowly pushed open, Amity stepping into the room before closing it behind her.
My shirt was a little large on her, but it was still comfortable. She looked down at the design on the front, then chuckled. "What even is this thing?" Her golden eyes looked up to meet mine, making me smile.
"Just an old video game from home, we should play it next time you decide to visit Earth." I shot her a toothy smile, making her ears slightly move up and down. She walked over towards me, taking a seat on my left.
I slowly placed my hand over top of hers, making her look over towards me. Then, before she could say anything, I pulled her into a hug and laid down, making her yelp in surprise.
"Did you really have to do that?" She asked me, slightly pushing away from me. I laughed, lightly booping her nose.
"No I didn't have to do it, but I did." Even in the dark light I could see her roll her eyes. She rolled on her side so that she could face me, I did the same thing. "Well, night Ammy."
"Wait..." She stopped me from closing my eyes, making me raise an eyebrow. "Do you mind if I snuggle against you?" My eyes widened slightly, then I shook my head.
"What makes you think I'd mind? C'mere." I said, watching as the witch scooted closer to me. She quickly got into a position that made it so that her head was resting under my chin, her arms slowly snaking around my waist. Resting one arm under our pillow, I wrapped the other around her.
"Just figured I'd ask..." She muttered, her breath hitting my neck and making me shiver. "You're comfortable right?"
"Yeah I am..." I muttered, feeling a blush rising to my cheeks. I could feel the witch melt into my arms, making a smile rise up to my face. "Hey wait Ammy? Question for you."
She hummed, not pulling away from me. At our feet, I could hear King shuffle, then fall still again. "What is it?" Her voice was soft.
"Can I give you another kiss?" Now she pulled away from me, a look of slight surprise on her face. Then, she chuckled, leaning in closer and connecting our lips for a moment before pulling away.
Amity then moved back into her previous position, leaving me wide eyed for a moment. My face burned, but I didn't say anything to show it. Then, I slowly sunk down on to my pillow, gently resting my chin on the top of Amity's head.
The two of us sat in silence for a moment, and for a second I thought Amity had already fallen asleep. Softly, I started to hum a song under my breath, lightly running my hand up and down Amity's arm.
"That's a pretty tune..." I heard her mumble, making me jump in surprise. Her voice was soft, making me assume she was already halfway asleep. "Can you sing it?"
"I..." I paused for a moment, giving her arm a bit of a squeeze. "I mean... I can if you want."
"That'd be nice..." She nuzzled a little closer to my neck, nearly making me freeze up.
"Alright..." I said, pausing for a moment. Then, taking a deep breath, I slowly started to sing.
"I just wanna be in love with you."
I could feel Amity relax a little more in my arms, a content sigh escaping her.
"Woke up today and heard your name once again"
"It's getting harder now to see you as a friend."
Amity gave my waist a little squeeze, making me smile.
"Your pretty face, the way you talk, the way you smile."
"Hey tunnel vision, welcome back, it's been awhile."
I then let out a small chuckled, softly shaking my head. "That's all they lyrics I know." Amity softly nodded her head, giving me another squeeze.
"Your voice is really pretty..." She told me, making my cheeks light up once again.
"Hey, I should be saying that to you. You're the main singer in the band after all!" Amity barely chuckled, nuzzling just a bit closer to me. She still smelt like vanilla and pine, a wave of calm suddenly rushing over me.
"Still... you should sing more often..." She said, making me smile. I kissed the top of her head, feeling a bit of a blush return to my cheeks.
"Buenas noches hermosa." I said softly, resting my chin a little more on the top of her head. She mumbled something in response as my eyes fluttered shut. "What was that Ammy?"
"Buenas noches Luz..." She paused, a warm feeling rising in my chest as the words left her mouth. "Did I say that right?"
"You did..." I said, my voice slightly higher than before.
"Okay, good." She gave me one last squeeze, then let out a long sigh. I mimicked her actions, feeling myself slowly fall asleep with her in my arms.