AN: howdy ya'll long time no see. I'm going to try and update stories weekly for the foreseeable future and that includes past stories. i have ideas for three more owl house fics and a rwby fic i'm working on. this is just a little bit of fluff to start the ball rolling. remember to please review as it is a huge motivating factor for writing and genuinely give some feedback! enjoy!

Luz woke up on August the Fourteenth ready for another great day on the magical boiling isles. In her past life she might've quoted some Latin or some piece of niche foreign media to express how she felt to the outside world. But today she got up, smiled and went downstairs simply exuding pleasantness. King was waiting for her arrival as happy to see her as he'd been every day since she arrived. She prepared breakfast for her mentor Eda, and King. Hooty the house owl informed the house that it was 9:00 am, Luz hoped that Eda would get up so that she could film her doing magic and learn even more spells. She knew from experience however, that there was no getting Eda to do anything on any type of schedule. Eda eventually found her way down the stairs around 10:00.

Luz, serving her breakfast asked "how is your day going "

. Eda, taking a pause her face slowly whitened and she replied.

"Day….. now wait a minute!" her eyes opened wide she sped through the kitchen and turned to a calendar.

Flipping through it she muttered to herself "Oh no no no this isn't good"

After a second's thought she shouted frenziedly "Luz! We need to go somewhere fast!"

The ground began to tremble and Luz who was now scared and excited for adventure nervously responded "Where?"

Eda immediately, while prepping her staff for take off replied "somewhere people who know me, won't find me!"

Luz scooped up king and her magical supplies, which included a pen paper and a notepad of prewritten spells stuffed them all into a recently acquired fanny pack and hopped on Eda's Staff.

Gently guiding the staff toward her destination she says " i have an idea"

Eda, relieved, says "I'm glad i could count on you".

After a minute or so of silence Luz ask "what's going on?"

Eda chuckles "it's Beating Heart day"

Luz gave Eda a puzzled look.

"It's a day where past lovers seek to win the hearts of those they haven't gotten over by cutting it out of them." Eda said in a way that made the seriousness of her comment impossible to determine by Luz.

Luz gave a mildly disgusted face. Eda, seeing this responded "it's not as bad as it seems besides where are you taking us?"

Just as the staff rounded a forest and went high up in the sky Luz guided it to a tower and as she got off proudly presented the school by saying "School!"

Eda rolled her eyes and got off the staff. "I hate it here, though i've never seen it from this view"

Luz kicked down three times and a magical trapdoor appeared and while climbing down she yelled triumphantly "nobody will look for you at school that's for sure"

Eda shrugged, she had to agree with that.

In the tower Luz and Eda were greeted enthusiastically by Willow and Gus. After explaining the situation and catching up with each other, Luz asks what Willow and Gus were planning on doing. After some impressively discreet blushing, Willow explains that her and lucas were planning on watching the beating heart ceremony that the school was going to put on. Luz being able to take a hint for once about how her intrusion might be unwelcome stood up and tried to dismiss herself and eda when eda cut her off.

"A bunch of school kids participating in a-! Oh that sounds entertaining" Eda Chuckled, Luz you don't want to miss this.

The two students shared an awkward and embarrassed look, Luz knew she was lacking vital information but Eda was absolutely bubbling with excitement. Glad she had prepared Luz reached into her pockets and pulled out her pad of spells, she flipped for a while until she found what she wanted. Two disguising spells, she tapped her pen to her runes and the spells were cast. Eda took notice.

"Good thinking Luz! Now it's time!" she cackled "Lead the way kiddos!"

As they headed down the tower Luz whispered to her friends "what's going on?" while the gang made their way to the school's coliseum Willow did most of the talking. She explained that the Beating Heart Ceremony was a yearly celebration of the pursuit of love. She explained how the event had changed since its inception and now it was mostly a friendly magic tournament. It's mostly for older students but anyone can join technically. Willow hastily added that she and gus just wanted to watch and neither planned on participating. Luz followed and groaned internally about Eda's apparent obliviousness to Willow's and Gus' romantic intentions. After arriving at the coliseum and purchasing tickets they made their way to the seats. Their seats were in the middle of the coliseum which means the action could be perceived with minimum eye strain. In an attempt to give Willow and guys some space she told eda she wanted to explore the different table set up around. Eda, knowing exactly Willow and Gus' romantic intentions and wanting in part to view the cuteness that would ensue dismissed her. Eda made some comment about not wanting to miss the beginning of the action so Luz awkwardly slinked away to find something interesting to do.

Luz exited the seating area and wandered among the booths. She saw a booth selling diaries that would be accessible to only the owner and would give the diary entries of someone else if they tried to read it. Luz was fascinated but honestly her phone could do the same thing. She had had that thought recently that a lot of magic was just doing in a more dramatic way stuff her phone could already do. For example her own first spell which she had learned months ago but it felt like a lifetime was just a simple light spell.

Just then Luz's disguising spell wore off, she made a self conscious look around. Nobody noticed, Luz put on a big smile and continued to explore. That's one thing about the boiling isles, you could really just wear a catsuit every day of your life and nobody would give you a second glance. Well, nobody but the authorities and the school officials that is. Back in her own skin Luz strolled around with a giant grin on her face. This was the life. Luz saw some magical books, potions, wands and so many fascinating things she was blown away. Even after months living here she couldn't help but approach things with a fresh and unbelievable perspective.

Finally she saw an unglamorous booth with a bunch of arguing teen girls her own age. As she approached she began to make out some familiar faces.

"Amity!" she shouted as she ran up to the table. As Amity turned and saw who called her name her heart sank. Her friends were going to have a field day making fun of Luz. For good reason she thought but she wasn't going to act as cruel as possible to a girl who obviously needed mental help. "Luz what are you doing here? You know you're not allowed to be at this school" amity chastised.

"Oh amity you know i don't go through the trouble of knowing the rules" Luz retorted.

Amity sighed, giving a glance to her sniggering friend. "Look Luz you know we're not friends right? I can't have any distractions right now I'm have to focus for the tournament" Amity patiently explained to Luz as if she were a dumb child.

Luz perked was saddened by the beginning of amity's words but perked up at the end. "You're competing?" Luz knew amity like talking about herself and Luz was interested in what it took to truly be a great witch.

Amity swelled a bit with pride. "Yes i'm going to be one of the few first years at the academy to ever make it into the final rounds. So as you could see I'm very busy"

Luz was familiar with her and amity's dynamic and decided to lean into the competitive side of their friendship. "I bet I could do that too!" Luz said enthusiastically.

Amity scoffed. "I'd like to see you try, Human" she added the last bit in a scathing voice to appeal to her friends who were no doubt scrutinizing every aspect of that interaction.

"Good idea Amity! Where do I sign up?" Luz bubbled and expected the sign-ups to be closed but was getting excited at the idea of showing off all that she'd learned. Deciding to take a small jab at her friend Luz said "just make sure when we face off you don't cheat this time".

At this Amity blushed and bristled, angrily embarrassed. "Actually this is the sign-up table to compete" amity said. "And don't forget you cheated in that duel too".

Luz approached the table with a cheerful wink toward amity. "I know" she said oozing confidence and competence that would've felt alien to her before spending time on the boiling isles.

Amity was more than annoyed at this. " I hope you get matched against an ugly brute" she whispered in Luz's ear as she passed. Luz not knowing the specific rules of the tournament missed the implication.

After signing up and idly trying to start a conversation with amity's friends and failing after they just laughed at her and stared at her like an animal she gave up. Passing amity again she said in a smug way "I hope you get matched with the loveliest person in the tournament.

Amity rejoined her friends as Luz walked away, she complained to her friends about how cringe Luz was, how dumb she was and how much she's going to lose by in the first round.

Luz walked back to rejoin her friends. After telling her of what happened Willow and Gus looked terrified while eda looked delighted. She was under the impression that Luz was going to give payback to amity.

Just then an announcer came on the magical sound amplification system.

"ARE YOU ALL READY FOR THE BREAKING HEART DAY CEREMONY" the announcer paused for applause. "PLEASE FIND YOUR SEATS AS I ANNOUNCE THE ROUND ONE PAIRINGS ALL COMPETITORS PLEASE MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE SIGN IN BOOTH WHEN I ANNOUNCE YOUR NAME" after running through many names that Luz had never heard of she finally heard her own, paired with amity. Willow and Gus looked terrified and Luz got up and put on a brave face. After all, she had wanted to join the tournament to prove a point to amity so it makes karmic sense that they get paired together.

As she walks away Willow calls after her "good luck" and Luz flashes her a smile. Luz flips through her notebook taking inventory of her spells. Then she produces her magic pen and begins to prepare slightly more aggressive spells. Thinking that earth moving spells might be effective against amity's monsters she preps those on her way to the booth.