The angel of the owl house

The reference was lost on Belos though, who burned the leaves aimed at him, while his flesh abomination was continuously shredded and regenerated. Once all her surviving leaves had been embedded into the monster's body, Luz revealed her final trick; the fire glyph had been placed onto each leaf along with the light glyph, so with a snap of her fingers, the leaves all ignited into a fist sized ball of flame. There were so many leaves embedded into the creature that it quickly went up in an inferno and burned too quickly and intensely to regenerate, reducing it to ash in a matter of seconds.

Belos snarled at the sight of this and shot a petrification spell at Luz herself, telling himself that so long as she wasn't totally turned to stone, he'd be able to restore her later and hopefully salvage his plan to redeem her. Seeing as even her barrier would turn to stone if it touched that spell, Luz instead used plant magic to produce more leaves to absorb the spell, then flew up high.

"Time for a big finish!" she declared, drawing four massive spell circles around herself using Corvanc. The circle to her left became the ice glyph, the circle to her right became the fire glyph, the circle beneath her became the plant glyph, and the one above her became the light glyph. Luz then connected the four in one gigantic spell circle, which began to shine with all the elemental magic Luz could muster. When she activated this combo circle, each glyph began to rapid fire its element down on Belos; arrows of light, icicles, fireballs, and sparrow seeds all bombarded him non-stop, forcing him to defend himself with a barrier.

While this was keeping Belos busy, Luz channelled some of the elemental power into herself. She used ice magic to coat herself in icy armour, then added light magic to her wings to make them giant blades of light, before rocketing herself at Belos by using fire magic as a booster. Lastly, she focused plant magic into a green ball of magic in her hand, which she brandished as she flew at Belos.

What happened next happened so fast that almost no one watching was able to make sense of it at first. Luz's elemental barrage eventually broke Belos' barrier as she knew it would, and he immediately blasted at Luz with his red lightning. Her icy armour absorbed the spell and was shattered, while Luz's fire boosters ensured she hit Belos before he could put up another barrier. However her aim wasn't to kill Belos, so she instead merely clipped him with her light wings, and slammed the ball of green magic into the ground to the side of the Emperor.

A monumental green flash of light covered the entire Conformatorium, and when it faded, everyone gaped as they saw what Luz's plant magic had done. The Conformatorium was absolutely covered in plant life. Every square inch of the ground was coated in grass and flowers, while the walls were coated in vines and ivy, and trees had forced their way out of the stonework. Even the inside of the prison was effected, with every cell now a miniature garden. Luz's ultimate plant spell had effectively destroyed the Conformatorium; not by reducing it to rubble, but by making sure it could never again be used as a prison. It was simply too overtaken by vegetation, to the point it would be easier to level the place and reconstruct it rather than try to reverse what Luz had done.

And, to add insult to injury, when Luz had clipped Belos with her wings, she had sliced off a chunk of his mask. The entire upper right side of the mask, including the eye hole and the long antler, now lay on the ground beside Belos.

Luz panted with exertion as everyone tried to register the enormity of what she'd just pulled off.

"I told you to let my family go, Belos! You should have listened!" Luz said, looking at the part of the man's face that she'd exposed. She could see a regular, dull blue eye and some greying ash blond hair, as well as what looked like the top of a rotten, mottled green scar, which matched the look of his wings.

Belos' one visible eye narrowed on Luz hatefully, before he suddenly groaned with pain. To Luz's horror, his body began to rapidly melt and swell in places, and green ooze slowly began to leak out from his robes and the gaps in his gauntlets. It looked like he was struggling to hold himself together, making Luz back off in anticipation of whatever would happen next. However instead of attacking her or something, Belos used his bizarre melting teleportation spell to disappear from the courtyard and reappear up on the viewing platform with the Coven Heads. His Golden Guard and Silver Sentinel were by his side in an instant, supporting his body as he limped into the Conformatorium. Once the Emperor had disappeared into the building, Kikimora (nursing a bruise from where she'd been knocked off the scaffold) screamed out to the Emperor's Coven.

"The Emperor has been left sickened by wild magic and the corruption he's been trying to remove from the angel! Do not allow his sacrifice for us be in vain! Seize the angel and destroy the rebels!"

The majority of scouts and guards roared out in agreement and began brandishing their spells and spears again, while the Coven Heads also began summoning up their magic. Luz's family, friends, and the CATTs all scowled and prepared for a fight, but Luz herself had a better idea. Her duel with Belos hadn't ended conclusively, but she'd still achieved her goal and shown the Boiling Isles that the so-called Emperor was not invincible. She grabbed the chunk of his mask that she'd broken off, then flew back into the sky and began making her wings glow.

"You all want to keep fighting, then I'll give you the fight you want!" she screamed, creating a light ball in her hands that quickly grew into a massive orb of light above her head. She began to condense it down into a tight, almost white dwarf star-like sphere within her hands, and the Coven members panicked as they threw up shields and barriers to defend themselves from what they were sure would be a devastating attack. Many even fled into the Conformatorium building itself, or scrambled down the hole Luz had left in the courtyard. However instead of firing this "blast" down on the Emperor's Coven, Luz suddenly screamed out;

"ROOST!"

In an instant, every one of the Rebels but Eda and Lilith knew what was about to happen (even the escaping inmates, thanks to Katya and Steve's team telling them while busting them out), and they quickly closed their eyes. Raine, riding on Owl Beast Eda's back, quickly leaned down to cover her eyes, while Hooty wrapped himself around the top of Lilith's head to blind her too. Luz then released the light, but not as a blast; instead she released her control over it and allowed the hyper-condensed ball to rapidly expand in an impossibly bright flash, temporarily blinding everyone who hadn't closed their eyes. There were shrieks and screams as everyone from scouts to Coven Heads clutched their eyes, giving the CATTs a chance to escape. They fled through the open gates, left impossible to close thanks to Luz's plants, or took to the air and flew away, all heading in the direction of Bonesborough. Luz flew over to Eda and the others and urged them on, before making sure everyone else on their side had escaped.

Once Luz was sure she was sure the last of the rebels still at the Conformatorium, she grinned and yelled to the Covens; "We are the Covens Against the Throne! Champions of freedom! We'll never bow down to tyranny! The Titan is on our side, remember that!"

With those final defiant words, Luz looped through the air and flew away, heading back home. Her mission was a complete success; Eda was saved, Belos had been shown to be vulnerable, and she had bonded with her fourth glyph and ascended to the rank of Arch-Angel. Luz couldn't ask for more than that!

It took almost five minutes after Luz and the CATTs were gone for the Coven members to regain their vision and restore some semblance of order. Terra Snapdragon was practically spitting fire, as were several of the other Coven Heads, while the others were focused on making sure the CATTs really had all gone and not left anyone behind they could interrogate. Unfortunately for them, every single member had escaped successfully, and even taken all the prisoners with them. The only people remaining in the Conformatorium were the Coven Heads, members of the Emperor's Coven, the news crews, and about half the audience, most of whom were from towns and cities far from Bonesborough.

"Well isn't this a fine mess." Darius commented dryly. "Never knew Raine had it in them…"

"Should we pursue in the airships?" Adrien asked, looking eager for some revenge after his clothes had been ruffled by one of the Bat Queen's beasts.

"That would be pointless. I have foreseen that endeavour; the angel's vines have spread even to the airships and carts. Pursuing them would be folly." Osran said cryptically.

True enough, the Coven Heads looked up to see that the airships guarding the skies had been caught in tree branches and vines from Luz's plant spell, binding them in place.

"If I ever see that little weed every again, I'll drown them in pesticides!" Terra snapped furiously. "And I'm going to pluck that little angel brat! Who does she think the Emperor is going to task with cleaning this place up!? Me, that's who!"

Before Terra could continue on her tirade, the Emperor suddenly returned. He was wearing a new mask and looked completely unfazed, even though the clenching of his fists showed his true anger. With his loyal shadows at his side and his bizarre fit now over, Belos raised his staff and fired off a small bolt of red magic, ensuring everyone still in the Conformatorium (particularly the news crews) were focused on him.

"Children of the Isles; the Titan has ordered that the Owl Lady and her cohorts be spared for the time being. He weeps for the corruption of his young angelic servant, even after he granted her a newly ascended form in hopes of swaying her back to his side. The Titan hopes his mercy will lift the darkness that has clouded young Luz's eyes. However the Owl Lady will not go without punishment for her sins; her magic has been stripped away by the curse that the Titan himself inflicted, and she will remain trapped in her monstrous form! Let it be a warning to all who defy the will of the Titan and practice wild magic!"

His words were broadcast to the isles, and he knew it would be enough to convince many of the sheep. He had instilled too much fear in both himself and in wild magic for the Isles to rise up in open rebellion against him after one slip up. Still, his rage at what the Owl Lady and her allies had done would not be abated until he had their heads.

Belos turned on his heel and marched back into the Conformatorium, his shadows at his side.

"Luz Noceda… like it or not, you WILL do your duty. The Almighty has ways of dealing with fallen angels, and I will bring you to redemption even if I have to drag you, kicking and screaming!"

[Meanwhile]

Luz arrived back at the Owl House alongside her family and friends. Eda, King, Raine, and Lilith touched down beside her and watched as she undid her protections on the house itself; removing the barriers and illusions. They then watched in horror as an eager Hooty returned himself to the door, making them all shudder.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that…" Luz murmured, her family nodding beside her.

"I've had him for decades, and I'm not used to him!" Eda joked.

Luz and King giggled, while Lilith just looked mildly disturbed and Raine took the whole thing in stride. It was a much needed moment of peace, especially after the harrowing experience they'd all just gone through. They were soon joined by Amity, Willow, and Gus, flying in on Amity's staff, as well as the founding members of the CATTs; Katya, Amber, and Derwin, who'd brought along Rasiel, Steve, Skara, and Matt.

"Guys!" Luz cheered, immediately getting swept up into a hug by her Hexside friends. "Thank you so much for all your help!"

"I think you did all the real work! You broke the Emperor's mask!" Amity grinned, pointing at Luz's trophy before pulling her into a kiss that left them both breathless.

"That was amazing, Luz! You're an Arch-Angel now!" Willow beamed, hugging the girl.

"And you cured petrification! Hey, since that Panacea Mirror is supposed to absorb a condition and then give you the power to permanently cure it, do you think you'll be able to free all the other witches that Belos had petrified over the years?" Gus asked.

That idea made everyone's mouths hang open; "C-Could I do that? I needed the Titan's help to make the mirror strong enough to free Eda…" Luz said, unsure.

Rasiel nodded; "You should be able to. If the mirror cures something, then the user permanently gains the power to cure that same thing. It's a powerful item, hence why it was so hard to make and why it needs two angels, a lot of magic, and can only be used by a person once. If we can get you to the other petrified victims, then we can free them."

The CATTs exchanged eager looks, already planning how they would do that. Steve saw this and chimed in; "You might want to put that idea on hold for a few weeks; security at the Conformatorium is going to be insane and no doubt the Emperor's Coven is already closing the holes in their defences that we exploited."

"Yeah. Besides, the CATTs are already pretty busy with Bonesborough." Matt said, agreeing with his big brother.

Luz and her family blinked; "What's happening in Bonesborough?" Raine asked.

"The whole town is rebelling!" Skara cheered.

"WHAT!?"

"It's true." Derwin said, "As we were flying in, escorting the freed prisoners and the rest of the CATTs, we were attacked by the remaining members of the Bonesborough branch of the Emperor's Coven. We had enough people that it wouldn't have been a tough fight, but the citizens of Bonesborough banded together and threw the Emperor's Coven out of town!"

Katya nodded with a big grin; "They all saw what happened at the Conformatorium on the news, or heard about it from their family members there. They think that the Emperor has been lying all this time about the Titan's will! I mean, everyone saw the Titan grant Luz's prayer to save Eda, and then saw her become an Arch-Angel. Plus your family has got a pretty good reputation in Bonesborough, and seeing as Luz is a "Noceda-Clawthorne" now, her own good reputation has helped."

"Which means Bonesborough is now the Boiling Isles' first Free Town!" Amber chirped; "The CATTs drove off the Emperor's Coven and are now taking over as the town's defenders. The Bat Queen also left some of her beasties with our members from the Beast-Keeping Coven and then flew off home. She said she was sorry she couldn't stay and help more, but she had to check on her babies."

Luz stood there, stunned; "I can't believe it… We really won! Maybe not the whole war, but we definitely won the first battle!"

She and her friends and family embraced and celebrated their victory, already making plans for a big party in Bonesborough itself to commemorate the location. However Lilith raised a point.

"Today may have gone well, but the Emperor won't let this defiance slide. He'll stop at nothing to destroy Eda, get the portal, and control Luz. Next time won't be so easy." Lilith said grimly.

Eda nodded; "Lilith has a point, and thanks to this stupid curse…" she looked down at her Owl Beast body; "… I'm virtually powerless. No amount of Elixir is gonna be enough to undo this."

"Can we make a new Panacea Mirror?" Lilith asked.

Rasiel and Luz shook their heads as the former answered; "A Panacea Mirror can only be made and used by an angel ONCE. Luz can never again make, nor use another one. The essence of the first mirror has blended with her magic, forever preventing her from making a second. I could still donate my blood to the creation of a new one, but we'd need another angel to give their blood too. Plus, since only an angel's magic can create one, we'd need that angel to also make the mirror, as I'm magicless without my wings."

"My Mami might be willing to help, but even if I went home now and convinced her immediately, which is almost definitely not gonna happen, it would take weeks to complete it. Realistically, you could be stuck like that for months, Eda." Luz frowned sadly.

That put a downer on things; sure Eda was alive and a combination of the light glyph and elixirs could help her keep control of herself, but she was still stuck as the Owl Beast. Magic was out of the question, and even living a normal life would be next to impossible.

Lilith looked at her sister sadly; "This is all my fault… I should never have let my petty jealousy blind me. I caused you so much grief… you and your children."

Eda huffed; "You've got that right! Honestly, if King hadn't told me why you cursed me, I'd have torn you to shreds! And I still haven't forgiven you for that or kidnapping Luz!"

"We haven't either." King said angrily. He was grateful for Lilith's help in saving Eda, but he was still far from forgiving her.

Luz nodded; "I-I still sort of think of you as family. You're Mom's sister and I don't have any other aunts that I know off… but I also can't forgive you. It's going to take a lot of time before that'll change." she said, being held by Amity, who naturally had a bone to pick with her former mentor.

Lilith bowed her head contritely; "I understand. I don't blame any of you; I haven't forgiven myself either. Which is why I've made a decision…"

She knelt beside her sister and put her hands on Eda's face; "Luz told me before that my fate would be the same as yours, Edalyn. When you were petrified, I resigned myself to the same fate. But your daughter and son refused to give up, and managed to save you. So while I cannot cure your curse… I too refuse to give up and let you live with it. I will share your fate."

Eda's eyes widened; "Y-You're talking about that pain splitting spell from when we were kids!?"

"Yes, sister. I will take half of your curse. That should make it easier to bear." Lilith nodded.

The others gasped, while Raine then stepped forward.

"No, you'll take a third." Raine said, kneeling beside the sisters; "I will take a piece of this curse too."

"Raine, no!" Eda cried, "I've already put enough of a burden on you!"

"Eda, I love you. Your burdens ARE my burdens. I'd rather share them with you then be forced to watch as you suffer alone. We broke up last time because you couldn't share them and I couldn't stand to watch you suffer from the sidelines." Raine said, putting a hand on Eda's cheek; "Please let me do this. Besides, a curse split three ways has got to be easier to deal with than if it was only split two!"

Eda's eyes filled with tears; "I never deserved you, Raine. You were always too good for me."

The bard smiled and kissed her cheek; "I only became as good as I am so I could live up to you. I want us to be together again, Eda. I have to be at least that good to keep up!"

"Y-You're gonna make me cry in front of my kids again!" Eda sniffled, "Fine! You and Lilith were always too dang stubborn for me to dissuade, so do whatever you want!"

Raine and Lilith both smiled and joined hands, while each placed one hand on Eda's face and brought their three foreheads together. Luz looked ready to step forward and offer to take a piece of the curse too, but Amity held her back with a hug and Willow, Gus, King, Skara, and Matt all surrounded her. It was a silent gesture that she had done enough, and didn't need to do more for the sake of her Mom.

Lilith whispered the incantation of the spell to Raine, then the two began to recite it together; "With this spell declared, let the pain be shared!"

Eda, Lilith, and Raine were suddenly engulfed in a brilliant light, which caused all three to float into the air. Their bodies were visible within the light as silhouettes, and Luz and the others watched as orbs of magic appeared from each of their hearts. These orbs of magic combined in a blinding flash, after which Eda's body began to shrink back to her normal self; her claws and wings disappearing and her witch form being restored. She, her sister, and her lover slowly descended back to the ground, their eyes closed and their hands joined. Eda's Bile Monitor was still black, and a streak of her greying hair had turned pure white on the left side of her head, while a streak of Lilith's hair on the right side of her head had turned grey. Raine's hair remained mint-coloured on the top, but the back and sides turned silver. The three then opened their eyes to reveal that they'd changed; Eda's left eye had turned grey, as had Lilith's right eye, and both Raine's green eyes had paled slightly, turning from forest green to mint green like the top of their hair.

"Mom!" King and Luz cried, rushing over to hug the Owl Lady.

"Kids!" she cried right back, happily embracing them. Now that she was herself again, Eda squeezed them both with all her strength and repeatedly kissed them on their cheeks and foreheads, making both children giggle and squirm.

"We're so glad you're back to normal!" King beamed.

"Me too, kiddo. And you're both calling me Mom!" Eda exclaimed happily.

Luz blushed; "W-Well you kind of are our Mom. You're not a replacement for my Mami… but if Willow can have two Dads then I can have two Moms!" she declared. She hoped her Mami would be accepting of that when the time came for the two to meet.

"Same for me! I-I still wanna find out more about my blood Mom, but either way, she's gone and you're not. You're the one who raised me." King said, feeling a little bit bashful to be acting so cuddly in front of so many people. Naturally none commented however; they all just smiled happily at the display.

When Luz and King finally separated from Eda, they immediately hugged Raine instead. The Bard was surprised by the sudden embrace, but laughed happily all the same.

"Thanks Titi! You sacrificed a lot to save Mom!" Luz declared.

Raine blinked in surprise and looked over their heads, mouthing the word "Titi?" to Eda.

The Owl Lady smirked; "Luz speaks Spanish. Tio is her word for Uncle, Tia for Aunt, and Titi is the gender-neutral version."

Raine gasped softly as King said; "You're not our parent, but we still think you're the best partner Mom could ask for!". His sister nodded proudly along beside him.

The Bard began to tear up and tightly returned the hug; "Aw… and you're the best kids she could ask for! You two really pulled off a miracle today."

Luz looked up at them with a beaming smile, then shyly turned to look at Lilith, who was stood there awkwardly. The woman wasn't expecting a hug after what she'd done, and she wouldn't get one either, but Luz still felt the need to say; "Thank you too, Lilith. This doesn't fix everything you've done… but it's a start."

Lilith smiled, touched that Luz was at least giving her a chance. King didn't say a word, but he was a lot more hot-blooded than Luz, so that was to be expected. Eda looked to her sister and said; "Luz is right. It'll take a lot more than this to clean the slate… but if you're serious about paying us back for what you did, then we'll give you a chance."

"T-Thank you, Edalyn. I promise, I won't make you regret this." Lilith said, overjoyed to have a chance at redeeming herself.

Amity eyed the woman silently; she still felt pretty angry over her kidnapping her girlfriend, leading to her being scarred and tortured, but she admitted that it wasn't like Lilith had wanted or expected those things to happen. Besides, before Amity met Luz, she may very well have done anything and everything to rise to the top; that was what her Mother had taught her after all. She may very well have cursed someone to stay ahead too, and that was a realisation about her past self that Amity hated. Ultimately, Luz was willing to give Lilith another chance, so Amity would follow her lead… she did have a lot of good memories training with her mentor after all.

"I'm gonna guess that you're both homeless now, right?" Eda asked her now cursed lover and sister.

"I have a small apartment in the Capital City Manubrium, but I usually sleep at the Bard Coven HQ. I doubt it'll be safe to go back to either now." Raine answered.

Lilith grimaced; "I lived in the castle…"

Eda sighed; "Raine, you're naturally welcome to move in with me. I've still got a lot of your old stuff from before that you never took back when we first broke up." she offered, before looking to Luz and King; "What do the two of you say to letting Lilith stay with us too?"

King crossed his arms grumpily, but Luz said; "I don't mind too much… at least until she finds another place in Bonesborough."

That was enough to make King sigh and agree too, before adding; "I won't complain, but she's got to be the one to do all the Hooty chores while she's living with us!"

Eda and Luz both grinned; "Oh, I think that's very fair." Eda said ominously, making Lilith gulp nervously, especially when she looked over and saw Hooty smiling at her with a gleam in his beady little eyes.

"I-I thank you for your hospitality. I'll endeavour to not disappoint you." she said, resigning herself to her fate.

The other residents of the Owl House chuckled. Luz then looked to Eda and asked; "How's your magic? Your stone is all black…"

Eda silently drew a spell circle, which promptly disintegrated. "Well, I guess sharing the curse didn't undo the damage… I'm a witch again, but I'm powerless. This is going to take some getting used to."

Lilith tried casting a spell too, but found it weak and feeble; "I have been diminished as well."

Raine then tried to play a bardic spell with their violin, and while it didn't result in the corrosive effect that Eda's attempt had the day before, their magic still felt stiff and sluggish. The music once flowed through them like water, but now it flowed like glue. "I can do a little…" they said with a frown.

King and the others looked downcast for a moment, but Luz just smiled brightly; "I might have a solution for that!"

"What kind of solution?" Eda asked suspiciously, knowing how self-sacrificing her daughter could be.

Luz grinned and produced the white and gold flame she'd made during the battle with Belos; the one that mixed fire magic with the properties of light magic. "I discovered this after bonding with the fire glyph! It feels exactly like how Rasiel described Angelic Blessings!"

Rasiel's eyes widened; "You believe unlocking fire magic has allowed you to finally perform blessings!?"

Luz nodded happily, making Lilith ask; "Pardon me, but I'm not as informed on angelic matters as the rest of you. What exactly is an Angelic Blessing?"

"It's an ability than angels use to share their power with others. They donate small amounts of magic to someone, either boosting their natural magic or even granting magic to those who don't have any." Rasiel explained; "All angels can do it, so long as they have magic to spare, but for some reason Luz wasn't able to before… her powers have been stunted in bizarre ways that I still can't get my head around."

"So Luz's holy fire can give us some magic?" Raine asked incredulously.

"I think so! Who wants to try it out?" Luz asked, poking her holy fire to prove it didn't burn.

"I volunteer to be the test subject." Lilith said, stepping forward.

Luz smiled and tossed the fireball at her, and immediately, Lilith was totally engulfed in white and gold flames. The others gasped and briefly panicked, but after initially flinching, Lilith was completely fine.

"I-It doesn't burn! It feels almost like a full body massage!" Lilith said, her shoulders loosening; "I could get use to this…"

The flames burned for a few more seconds, before dying down and fading into Lilith's skin. She was completely unburnt and could feel the well of magic inside her return to a more reasonable level. It still wasn't as much as she'd had before sharing Eda's curse, but it was enough to let her use magic without too much difficulty.

She demonstrated by casting a simple fireball spell of her own, smiling as it came out just as strong as she'd wanted; "Amazing! It works!"

Eda and Raine beamed and turned to Luz, but before either could even ask, Luz hit them with her Angelic Blessings. The magic filled them both, and Eda's Bile Monitor turned pearly white. Both immediately cast spells and were overjoyed to find they worked.

"This is perfect! With this, we can still use magic and be helpful!" Raine grinned.

"And if Luz is around while we're out of elixirs, this should stop the curse from flaring up from lack of magic!" Eda nodded.

Luz smiled happily; "I'm glad it worked out! Though I'm a little tired now…"

"That's no surprise. You just gave some of your magic to three people." Rasiel said with a shake of his head.

"She'll be okay though, right?" Amity asked worriedly, "This isn't permanent for her?"

"No. Luz will regenerate her lost magic like anyone else. Though you three…" the elder angel pointed to Eda, Lilith, and Raine, "… won't be able to do the same. If you use the magic Luz just gave you, it won't come back on its own. You'll need to rely on Luz for a recharge."

The three sharing the curse exchanged looks. That wasn't an ideal situation (though Luz would obviously recharge them without complaint) but it would at least be able to tide them over until they found another solution. With luck, Camila would consent to helping them make a new Panacea Mirror to finally cure the curse, but until then, they'd have to be careful not to overdo it with their magic; they didn't want to turn Luz into their magic battery after all.

Either way, with the curse dealt with for the moment and their magic issues largely sorted out too, the Owl Family, the Hexsquad, and the CATTs could consider the whole day to be a resounding success!

Steve, Derwin, Katya, and Amber volunteered to take Amity, Willow, Gus, Skara, and Matt home as they headed out themselves. The three young CATTs members had also lived at the Bard Coven HQ, since they couldn't afford apartments of their own (and had largely been taken care of by Raine), so they decided to bunk with many of the other CATTs at the barracks of the Bonesborough Precinct now that it was under their control.

Luz gave a hug and her heartfelt thanks to Willow, Gus, Skara, and Matt, then kissed Amity and told her how much she loved her, before watching and waving as they all headed home with Steve and the CATTs. Once they were gone, Luz finally joined her family in heading into the Owl House, where all but Rasiel would end up falling asleep together in Eda's nest. For that night, even Lilith was welcome, and Rasiel happily draped a blanket over all of them before going to sleep on the couch.

It had been a very long day, and once that would shape the history of the Boiling Isles. Everything would change for the little family from that day forward… but so long as they were together, they would face it without fear.