This story was requested by gabeherndon308.

Hello and welcome, readers. My name is Cowboy Alchemist, and I'm happy to finally present my Owl House story:

"The Seventh Son"

Despite being out for a short amount of time, The Owl House has quickly become one of my favorite new shows. Not in the same league as Primal, but I still really enjoy it. It's very much like Gravity Falls with its style and storytelling. However, while there are times that I feel like it's trying to be Gravity Falls, that's something I can't really blame the creators for, as Alex Harsh is one of the voice actors. And if this series is connected to Gravity Falls in any way, then I'm definitely down to having a crossover event. That being said, I really like The Owl House, as it's such an enjoyable show. It's able to have its own identity and stick out amongst its peers.

At first, I didn't know if I wanted to do it, but decided to give the story my own spin. JUST LIKE IN ALL OF MY STORIES, it'll follow the events of the canon story while also make small and big changes along the way. The biggest is of course our OC and what his role brings to the story. In the beginning, I was going to replace Luz's character with the OC and just have him hook up with either Willow or Amity, but after a poll voting, Luz was the clear winner.

I'm not really sure what else to say, other than I'm just happy to have this story started. And I hope you like it.

I own nothing but my OC! The Owl House belongs to Dana Terrance and Disney. I really shouldn't have to say that, but there you go.

Chapter One:

"Booker Bridges"

"Booker," said a Nun, looking down the 13-year-old boy sitting on his bed. Booker Bridges was an orphan who was slightly shorter than most boys his age and had messy, gold-blonde hair and gold-yellow eyes. He wore a black t-shirt under a green lizard hoodie with a roll of fake spikes going down his back and two big eyes on the hood. He wore blue jeans and white and black shoes.

The most distinct feature about him was his ears were slightly pointy.

Booker adverted his eyes from the Nun as she looked down at him. The Nun then reached down and with her hand under his chin, made him look up at her. Showing the cut on his right cheek and the black eye he had. "Booker..." she reached down and made him turn his head towards her. He jerked away, making her sigh in annoyance. "What're we gonna do with you? You must be tired of these lectures. I know I'm tired of giving them. Now you have to stay here even longer when you could have been in a new home. With a new family."

"I don't care," Booker said, looking down at his bed.

The nun sighed and nodded her head. "Yes, that is the crux of the problem," she said, walking over to a bookshelf that held many other books like a fantasy novel series called The Good Witch Azura and the Dark One. He was intruded to the series by a friend from his school when he still had his family. Before the accident. The content of the novels focused on the adventures of the title character, Azura, who embarked on magical quests fighting evil and bringing peace across enchanted lands. The Dark One of the title refers to the second main character, Dominic, who was just a normal farmer boy before discovering that he's been gifted with powerful magic that he's seeking to control.

Booker turned his head to look at the book that was laying next to him. "I don't see why I'm in trouble-"

"Because you started the fight," the nun interrupted, looking at him with a critical gaze.

"He wouldn't give me back my book," Booker protested.

The nun sighed and shook her head. "I told you to leave those books in your room. You only have yourself to blame," she said, walking back to stand in front of him.

"Doesn't give that punk the right to just snatch it from me," Booker growled.

"Does that give you the right to start throwing punches?"

Booker remained silent for a moment. The nun was about to turn and walk out of the run when he said, "It wasn't just about the book..."

She turned back and looked at him. "What was it, then?" The nun questioned. "Did he make fun of your height?"

"No!" Booker snapped, before calming down. "It was...Nothing." he sighed in defeat, and looked down. She wouldn't understand and he wasn't in the mood for talking about it now. "I'll save it for confession."

This was not an answer that the nun wanted to heard, and she started to leave in a huff. "I don't know why Father Dean even tries," she said harshly, stopping and turning back to Booker. "Even after 7 years in this church, you're still going down this sad road to destruction. What a waste."

Booker watched with a glare as she walked out of the room and slammed the door behind her. He sighed and laid down in his bed. Turning his head to look at the book next to him, he grabbed the novel and opened it to a page. Inside that page was a photo that he hid from the nuns. It showed him as a 7-year-old boy with his family. Booker came from a very loving family that was named the Bridges. He had a father, a mother, and 6 older brothers. He was the seventh youngest of them all. They were all happy and were respect among the community. But, about 7 years ago on the day of his birthday, tragedy would strike when a fire mysterious started in their home. Booker was found out of the house, lying unconscious when people ran out to see the disaster.

In the end, he would be the only survivor of that fire. Everyone, parents, and brothers, were killed in the flames.

Tomorrow it'll be his birthday. His 14th birthday. 7 years after he was orphaned.

The next morning, Booker was sent off to school. He walked alone, as many of the other orphans that went to the school with him didn't like to associate with him. He was known for being one of two troublemakers of the school. And as he approached the public school, he heard his name being called out by the other troublemaker.

"Booker! Over here!" He called out his best friend and secret crush. Luz Noceda was a Dominican-American girl with tan skin, dark titian hair, and hazel-brown eyes. Her clothing consisted of a pair of black earrings, a white and purple hoodie with cat ears attached to the hood, short jean-shorts, dark gray leggings, and a pair of white slip-on shoes.

"There's the birthday boy!" Luz exclaimed, holding out a little cupcake to him with a small candle on it.

"Hey, Luz," Booker said with a bright smile and took the cupcake. No matter what, she was always able to bring a smile to his face, and always celebrating his birthday was one of those treats she did for him. "Are you ready for the presentation?"

"You know I am!" Luz said with a bright smile. However, that smile dropped when she saw the cut on his face and his black eye. Instantly, she became worried and reached out to touch his face. "Booker, what happened?"

"It's nothing," he said, trying to brush it off.

"You and I both know that a lie," Luz told him sternly, still holding his face. Booker moved her hand away. "You got into another fight, didn't you? You said that you'd stay out of trouble."

"It was just some fatass that was talking shit about my parents," Booker said, blowing out the candle, throwing it in the trash, and then eating the cupcake to try and calm himself. "I tried to be cool about it, but he just had said they're burning in hell..."

Luz smiled at him. "You know that they're just trying to get to you, right? Just do what I do, and just laugh it off," she said to him before the two started walking into the school. "So, did you get everything that we'll need?"

"Yep, but Luz, are you sure about this?" Booker asked his friend. "You know that I love Azura and the Dark One-"

"The Good Witch Azura and the Dark One." Luz corrected him. Her love for the book series ran much deeper than Bookers, and it led to him being convinced that she was obsessed with the series a long time ago.

"Whatever," Booker then moved to stand in front of Luz, stopping her. "I just think that maybe we're going a little too far with this. I'm already on thin ice with the orphanage."

"Relax. Everything is going to be just fine," Luz said, waving him off. "It's not like we're going to get in trouble and get sent to the Principle's office. I promise that we're not only going to ace this report, but we're going to do it without getting in trouble."

"Well, you did it," the Principle of the school told the two students as they sat in front of him with guilty expressions. Called into the office with them were Luz's mother and the priest that runs the orphanage. "The two of you have single-handedly been sent to this office more times than any other student in this school! It makes me so sad seeing you two walking through the halls." The principle slumped into his chair. "Two students full of energy getting in more trouble than even the bullies."

"I don't see what the big deal is," Booker said. "All we've done is do our book report."

"Booker," sighed the priest, Father Dean. The man looked at his most troubling resident with a disapproving expression. "You report is why you're here. You used live snakes for your team book report."

"Yeah, and I think we knocked it out of the park, Father Dean," Luz said with a smile.

"Really, then tell me, did 'knocking it out of the park' involve THAT!" the Principle shouted at the two and pointed to the window of his office's door. On the other side of the door, there were several students that were running around screaming with snakes biting them.

"...Oh. That's where the backup snakes were," Booker said nervously rubbing the back of his head.

Luz's mother, Camilla, then pulled out the very same firecracker that Booker built for their report. "And what were you two going to do with this, Mija?"

"That...was for the Act Three closer," Luz said, finally realizing just how much trouble she was in, and how much trouble she'd placed her best friend in. The two kids were then startled when the Principle shot up from his seat and slammed his hands on the desk.

"This is what I'm talking about! Docter Noceda and Father Dean, with all due respect, but your daughter and Booker have caused nothing but trouble at this school and quite frankly have become menaces!" The Principle yelled, making Booker and Luz gasp in shock and fear before he pointed at each of them. "She's scaring everyone with her weirdness and he's no better! Oh, and he's getting into fights! Father Dean, you know that this school is more than willing to allow your orphans to go here, but this incident is the last straw for this little runt!"

The moment he called him 'little runt', Booker's anger skyrocketed. He was about to lung at the Principle and beat him to a pulp when Father Dean and Luz had to hold him back. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING A HALF-PINT, BEACH BALL MIDGIT!? I'M STILL GROWING YOU JERK!"

"That's not what he said, Booker!" Luz yelled.

"Principle, please!" Father Dean begged. He then turned to Booker with a stern frown after seating him back down on the seat. "I know that Booker has caused problems in the past, but he's a good kid. I've talked with Doctor Noceda and we've come to an agreement that would help them."

The Principle groaned from the agony of not being able to tell the saint no. "Just make them normal somehow already and I'll let them come back!" He yelled at the priest before breaking down into tears and covered his face with his hands. "I can't take this anymore!"

Booker and Luz gave each other awkward glances. Even Camilla and Father Dean didn't know how to respond to this. They've seen the Principle yell and shout that the kids and they allowed it as it was to discipline them, but never had they seen a fully grown man be reduced to tears all because of a few misbehaving kids. The two adults took the kids and lean them out of the office as the Principle continued to cry his eyes out.

When the door closed, Father Dean rubbed his temple to ease the headache coming on. Booker looked at him with an expression of shame. "Father Dean, I'm so sorry..."

"Booker, stop. It's too late. What's done is done," he said to the boy. He's never used that tone of voice any of the other boys but him, and it was when he did something really bad. "Right now, we need to talk to the two of you about something important. Something that'll help the two of you."

Camilla pulled out a pamphlet and handed it to the two friends. Booker took it and Luz looked at it with him. It was a pamphlet for a camp called Reality Check Summer Camp. It was a camp that was supposed to help kids with wild and uncontrollable imaginations to get a handle on them and have them think back in the box. After looking at it, Luz looked up at her mom in disbelief. "You're sending us to Summer Camp?"

"Mija, I love your creativity, but it's gotten out of hand," Camilla said to her daughter, kneeling down in front of her. "Do you remember why you two were in the principal's office the last three times?" Luz looked away from her mother in shame.

"We all love that you express yourselves, but this just proved, Luz, that you're unable to separate fantasy from reality," Father Dean said to the young girl. "And Booker." Booker looked up at him. "While you've got a better hold on your imagination, this Summer Camp could do you some good. It'll only be for three months. You'll be so busy balancing checkbooks and learning to...appreciate public radio, the time will fly by!"

"But we don't like any of that stuff," Booker protested, with Luz nodding her head in agreement. "We like editing anime clips to music and reading fantasy books with convoluted back‐stories, and then reenacting our favorite moments."

"Kids, your fantasy world is holding you back," Camilla bluntly told the two. "Do the two of you even have friends other than each other? Real ones, not imagined or drawn or reptilian?"

"Booker, I know that it's been...difficult for you. Lossing your family the way that you did that you use all this fantasy stuff to cope with it, but it's time that you let go of the past and look to the future," Father Dean told Booker. Booker looked away from his caretaker with a frown. "Just give this a chance."

Booker and Luz looked to each other with looks of uncertainty.

Booker's burnt down house still stood where it remained the day the accident happened. Nothing was done to clean it up or even repair it. The only thing that was done was plant trees around it to hide it away. It's chared and burnt structure still stood as a monument for a family that people loved. And as he stood in front of it, Booker looked sadly at it. It's been years since he'd been back to it, but he only came because Luz's house was right next to it.

"Booker?" He turned his head to see Luz staring at him with sad eyes. "Are you okay?"

Booker looked away from her, before looking back with a forced smile. "Don't worry. I'm fine," he said. "What about you? Are you ready for this?"

Luz pulled out her The Good Witch Azura and the Dark One book and stared at this sadly. "I don't know. For all I know, I might as well do this," she said, blowing a raspberry and throwing the book into the trash.

"Yeah, well, I don't think it'll be like that," Booker said, walking over to her, trying to cheer her up. He then walked over to the trash can to grab her book. "Why don't you just take the book with you..." he stopped when he looked into the trash can and his eyes widened when he couldn't see the book in the trash can. "Where's the book?"

"Huh?" Luz walked over and looked into the trashcan. She only meant to do that as an exaggeration, but now she starting to freak out when she saw it was gone and started digging around in the trash. "Where is it?! Where is it?!"

The two friends then heard an owl hooting and looked up to see a brown owl staring at them with a bag filled with.

"Is that an owl," Booker asked the obvious.

But then Luz spotted her novel sticking out of the bag and gasped. "Give that back, you tiny trash thief!" She yelled and chased after it. Booker followed after her and the two ran after it as it headed for Booker's old home.

Luz continued to follow the owl, but Booker stopped for a moment when he saw where it was going.

"Come on!" Luz came back and grabbed his arm. But Booker didn't budge. She looked back to see it was his old home. She hesitated for a moment before angrily grunting and pulled his arm again with a determined expression. "Booker, I know that it's you're home, but I'm not going to let an adorable owl seal a book I spent months getting my hands on."

Booker stared at her face as she gave him some puppy eyes. Even without those eyes, he couldn't say no to his crush. "We were stuck together since third grade, why stop now?" He grabbed her hand and together they entered into the burnt house.

"Stop adorably hopping away, you‐‐" Luz stopped her sentence and the two kids stopped running after the owl when they looked up and took in the sight of the inside. "Huh? Whoa."

Booker's home looked like it was turned into someone else's storage closest. Or, when they saw the flaps, a storage tent. The place was much smaller and it was filled with weird stuff. Most of it junk like a refrigerator, an old grandfather clock, clothes, boxes, and various other items.

"What is this place? Someone's garage?" Booker ask,

"I know. I thought I had a lot of weird stuff, but this‐‐" she picked up a freaky little doll with a baby head that had a pink hanger running right through its ears, attached to the body of an alligator, with a fork for one of its arms. "...this is impressive." It tried to reach for her, but Booker grabbed it and threw it away.

"Finally, you're back," said a woman from the other side of the velvet purple curtains. Luz gasped, but Booker placed a hand on her mouth to silence her. He then shushed at her and the two friends walked over to the flaps.

"Now let's see what we've got here," said the woman when they opened the curtains slightly. She was wearing a sleeveless two-tone maroon dress with a ripped-like hem design and gray leggings. For footwear, she wears maroon high-heeled boots. Her untamed hair is thick, long, and layered with two tones of gray.

She was a tall, slender woman, but what stood out was her ivory skin and orange claw-like nails.

The owl from before landed on the top of a wooden staff. The woman then grabbed it and started turning him like it screwed, which turned out to be truer than Booker and Luz though. On the last turn, it had become a wooden talisman.

Booker and Luz watched as she opened the bag and started pulling items out of it. First was a new iPhone. "Garbage..." she threw the phone away before pulling out a diamond ring. "Garbage..." She then pulled out another object. This time something that looked like the holy grail. "Garbage." The woman then looked into the bag again and gasped. She then pulled out a pair of drooping eyes spring glasses. "Now, this... This will make me rich," she said, wearing them over her golden eyes.

Booker looked back at the door they came from and grabbed Luz's hand. "Luz, we got to get out of here," he whispered.

Luz was about to when she saw the woman pulling out her book from the bag. "And this... Oh, this'll make good kindling," she said, about to set it on fire over a candle's flame.

When she saw this, Luz gasped and pulled her arm away from him. Excuse me, sorry, it's mine, thank you!" She quickly said, snacking the book out of the woman's hands and then running back into the tent.

"Come on!" Booker hissed, holding the door. Suddenly, before the two could get out of there. The door yanked out of his hands and closed. The door with a giant eye then folded up. Now it was a case and floated away.

Booker turned back to Luz, but gasped when he saw the woman facing them with a key and the glasses still on. "You two are not going anywhere," she said with a glare, taking off the glasses, gazing into their souls.

"Suck it, bitch!" Booker retorted, before he and Luz lifted up the tart and got out. They ran as fast as they could, but then stopped when they stopped. What they saw was beyond anything their overactive imaginations could've come up with.

Standing at the edge of a cliff, the two friends found themselves looking out at a town that looked like something out of their worst nightmares. It was looking at a surreal depiction of hell. The town was pretty much alive, full of random hands and eyes in strange places and with some built with monstrous parts. There was really no other way to say it. It was a town where the monsters were the town.

And the people weren't any better. Monsterous people. Ice creams that ate the people wanting to eat them. Giant birds. Giants heads with only legs to get around. And even a giant bug with a man's face married to a strange pink fly before going off to work.

"Oh, no, no, no, no!" Luz said, shaking her head as they back away.

"I don't think we're in Kansas anymore," Booker said. "As if we were in Kansas, but Jesus! Did we just step into a twisted version of Middle-Earth?"

"I don't know. What's going on?" Luz asked fearfully, slightly hugging Booker's arm. Making the blonde blush. The two then shrieked when they came face to face with a tiny purple fairy. "Oh, hello, little fairy. Are you going to tell me this is all a fantastical dream," she asked, shrugging her shoulders and give it a nervous smile.

"Give me your skins!" The fairy suddenly shouted, showing large teeth.

Luz screamed before Booker punched the fairy in the face. "Not today!" He yelling, sending the fairy fair away.

"Where are we? Did we die?!" Luz questioned, hiding her face her Booker's shoulder, who tried to comfort her by just patting her head. It was something that calmed her. "Are we...in hell?" Suddenly a hand landed on the kids' shoulders.

"You wish you were," said the woman, looking down at them.

"I'm so sorry! I just wanted my book! If you're gonna eat my skin, just make it quick! Just do it now!" Luz screamed after the woman dragged them kicking and screaming back through the tent and then out in front of it. She then threw them in front of a table where Luz started to freak out. She buried her face into the back of Booker's shoulder as she held out her arm. Booker placed himself in front of her protectively, glaring at the woman in question.

"Eat you? Why would I eat... two potential customers?" The woman suddenly smiled, gesturing to her sign above her. Red lettering on a yellow background readout 'Human Collectibles'. Spread out on the green tablecloth atop the white table were various items that came from Earth. In front of the tent are blue and yellow shelves to display items, along with a wooden chest.

Booker and Luz looked confused.

"Can I offer you a human foot filled with holes?" She asked, pulling out a green croc sandal. "A bar of green human candy?" She pulled out a case of deodorant. "Oh, oh! How about this black shadow box that reflects only sadness?" She held up a battery-powered TV. Holding it out to Booker and Luz to show them their reflection in the black glass.

In the reflection, the two kids stared at their reflections before Luz chuckled and stepped out from behind Booker. "That's not all it can do. Here, let me see it," she said. Taking the TV, she grabbed two batteries from a bowl that was labeled as 'human candy' and put them in. Pressing the button at the bottom, the TV powered on to show some really 80's workout video. "Voilà!"

However, Booker heard the sound of voices behind him and turned around to see that the creatures of the market place had heard the dancing music. Having taken notice of the TV and were starting to bid money, or in this case snails, for the 'screaming box'. One even asked if they could eat the guy in the video.

The crowd all clamored as the woman looked a little surprised, but then looked in the kids' direction. "What did you say your names were?"

"I'm Luz. Luz Noceda," Luz said with a smile.

"The name's Booker Bridges," Booker said.

While the woman was grabbing people's money, she stopped for a moment and her eyes widened when she heard that name. She then turned around and pointed at him. "Wait, did you say your name was...Bridges?"

"Uh, yeah? Why?" Booker asked, a little confused.

The woman was slightly for a moment and stared at his golden eyes for a moment. "Well, Luz, Booker, that was pretty clever..." she said, going back to taking people's money. "...for little humans."

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING LITTLE?!" Booker shouted. Luz pulled him back and rubbed his back to calm him down before turning back to the woman.

"That's kind of a weird thing for another human to say," she said, tilting her head at her.

"Oh, dear child..." she playfully rolled her eyes, before grabbing the green bandana wrapped around her forehead and yanked it off, revealing a pair of long pointy ears with orange spherical earrings on them. "I'm not like you two." She then climbed onto the table to dramatically introduce herself. "I'm Eda the Owl Lady, the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles."

"A witch?" Booker and Luz asked simultaneously.

"I am a respected, feared‐‐"

"Busted!" said another voice before a large fist smashed the TV into pieces. The people all ran away from the stand, as a large, buff human-like creature stood before them. He wore dark and white garments with a metal cone face mask. The only thing visible was the eyes that were glaring at Eda. "Eda the Owl Lady, you are wanted for misuse of magic and demonic misdemeanors," the guard said, holding up a wanted poster of her.

"Whoa! Witch criminal!" Luz said.

"You are hereby ordered to come with me to the Conformatorium," the guard said, grabbing Eda by her waist and tried to pull her.

"Would you guys quit following me around?" Eda snatched her arm away from him with a glare. "I haven't done squat.

"And you two are coming too..." the guard said, grabbing Booker and Luz by their hoods and held them up. "...for fraternizing with a criminal."

Booker reacted instantly. He grabbed the nose of the mask and punched the guy in the eye. Making him scream in pain, causing him to drop the to kids. Years of being trapped in that orphanage where he was picked on a lot made him a skilled fighter. Booker grabbed the man by his arm and threw him over his shoulder and slammed him on his back.

Luz stared at her best friend with amazed-filled eyes with a small blush on her cheeks.

The man then started to great back up on his feet and glared angrily at the blonde-haired boy. "You're dead, you little-!" Just a Booker started to get angry when he heard the word 'little', the man was hit across the face by Eda's staff.

"Booker, that was so cool!" Luz exclaimed, running over to him with her book in hand.

"Thanks," Booker said. He then looked her up and down for any injuries. "What about you? Are you hurt?"

"I'm fine..." Luz trailed of her when she saw Eda using her magic to have all of her things and the items of the stand floating in the air, surrounded with a gold aura.

"Whoops. Can't forget this." Eda pulled out the key she used to close the magical door up into a case. Pressing the eye button, it made the case/door float over with the rest of the stuff. She then had it all wrapped up inside of the green cover. Sticking her staff through the knot. "Follow me, humans!"

See the guard about to get up again, they started running after her. "This is crazy. If I die here, my mom's gonna kill me!" Luz yelled.

"I think that guy will take care of that!" Booker yelled.

"Ha! I won't let 'em hurt you. Humans like you are much more valuable to me alive than dead. Especially you," Eda with a smile.

Booker narrowed his eyes at her. "Wait. What's that supposed to‐‐"

Suddenly the witch grabbed the two kids and jumped into the air. Raising her staff high over her head. The owl talisman then opened its wings, and after placing the kids on it, Eda flew off into the sky just before the guard could grab them. "You won't get away with this, Owl Lady!" He yelled with a raised fist. "Yeah, all right. You did. You got away with it. She got away with it, everybody! Typical."

"You can open your eyes now, human," said Eda. The two kids were in the front of the staff, Booker was at the front of the staff while Luz was behind him. While he was holding onto the staff for dear life, she was holding for dear life onto him. Burying her face into his shoulder again and hugging him tight enough to the point that he could feel her heart beating against his back.

Luz hesitantly removed her head from his shoulder as he opened his eyes. They both looked down to see the ground hundreds of feet below them, rushing past. Booker tightened his grip on the staff and Luz held onto him even tighter. "Okay, I going to need some answers! I mean, flying staffs? Crazy monsters? You're a wanted witch criminal?" Booker asked, looking back at Eda. "What is this place?"

"This is the Boiling Isles," Eda as they flew through the sky. Booker and Luz took the moment to observe the land. Taking in the view of the blood-red trees, the violet sky, and strange mountains that looked oddly like rib bones. "Every myth you humans have is caused by a little of our world leaking into yours."

A second later, a giant griffin flew up next to the staff and screeched. Clawing at the sky. "A griffin!" Luz gasped in amazement. And then just like how she and Booker did a project on it, the griffin opened its beak and breathed out a swarm of spiders. "I knew it!" she exclaimed happily.

"Yep. Griffins, vampires, giraffes," Eda listed.

"Giraffes? But, they're from our world," Booker said.

"Oh, that's because we banished those guys. Bunch of freaks," she said, bringing the staff down to the ground. When they landed, Eda got off. Booker and Luz were about to as well when they saw Eda's still living hand was still holding onto it.

Booker screamed at the sight of it, causing himself and Luz, who was still hugging him from behind, to fall off.

"Oops. That happens sometimes," Eda said, grabbed the hand, and putting it back on like it was no big deal. "So, you're Malcolm's kid, right?"

Booker and Luz were getting up and dusting themselves off when he froze for a moment and looked at Eda with wide eyes. "You knew my dad?" he asked.

"Yep! It's been a while, but I've got to say, you've got your old man's face." Eda reached down and gave his cheek and pinch. Booker slapped her arm away, making her chuckled. "Yep, me and ol' Mal Bridges go back a long time ago. One of the best wizards in the Demon Realm."

There was silence in the air. No one made a sound until Luz said, "Whhhhhaaaaaaaaaaa?" slowly turning her head to look at Booker with wide eyes.

"He's...a what?" Booker asked.

"A wizard, just like you," Eda said, flicking one of his ears. "So, where is good old Mal, huh? Got married and had you, huh?" Booker's eyes widened at first before lowing his head. Luz looked a little uncomfortable. "So, how is he?"

"Dad...died 7 years ago," Booker said sadly.

Eda's eyes widened at that and she looked sad too. "Mal?..." she whispered before seeing how miserable Booker looked. "Uh, wow. I-I'm sorry. I didn't know. If it isn't much to ask...how'd it happen?"

"It was a fire," Luz said, walking over to hug Booker with one arm around his shoulders. "Booker was the only one that survived. The fire took his parents and six older brothers."

"Ah, geez, I'm really sorry to-" Eda suddenly stopped and froze up for a moment. "D-Did you just say that you had...six older brothers?"

"Uh, yeah?" Booker looked confused.

Eda turned around and placed a hand under her chin for a moment. She then turned back to Booker and walked up to him. Kneeling down on one knee, she stared into his eyes. Golden eyes. She then looked at his hair. His gold-colored hair. Could it be? She stood up for from and said to herself, "Mal was the seventh son of his family. Having had six older brothers...and if this kid is the seventh son he had..." her eyes widened.

He did it. He actually did it.

"Oh, Eda? Are you okay," asked Booker.

"Hm? Oh, yeah. Listen, let's go back to my place, it's not safe out here," Eda said, grabbed her staff in one hand and then used her magic to have the green bag float in the air and follow her. "Now, come along, humans."

Booker and Luz shared a glance before following her as they approached a large house made from white brick with a sloping blue roof. A stained glass window above the door gives the impression of a large orange demon eye. Much of the house consists of a crumbling stone tower with orange moss growing

"Aren't you worried about those guards finding us?" Luz asked as they approached the door.

"Nope. My house has a state‐of‐the‐art defense system," Eda bragged proudly.

"Hoot‐hoot!" Booker nearly flinched when he heard the high-pitched voice, but when he looked, it saw what it was. In the door was a wooden Barn Owl's face with brown eyes and an orange beak. "Password, please!" it said before Eda poked it in the eyes with two fingers. "Aah!"

"We got no time for this, Hooty. Let us in," Eda said, deadpanning.

"All right, all right! Geez! You never want to have any fun! Ow! Hoot!" Suddenly Hooty retched and opened his mouth to the size and shape of a doorway. Eda, Luz, and Booker walked inside, before Hooty retched again and closed his mouth. Burping at the end.

"Welcome to..." Eda held up a hand and snapped her fingers. "the Owl House..."

Booker and Luz's eyes filled with wonder and excitement as it turned out the house was much bigger on the inside. The first room they were in was the living room, and when the candles light up, the entire place seemed to just come to life. A fire started in the fire fireplace as a broom started sweeping and a wooden spoon started steering in a cauldron. Massive artworks of an owl creature on the ceiling started to glow brightly, bringing even more light to the room to show it had two couches, a wall of artifacts, and Eda's wanted poster.

"...where I hide away from the pressures of modern life. Also the cops. Mm, also ex‐boyfriends." Eda snorted a chuckle.

"This place is beautiful!" Luz said as she and Booker looked around the room wide eyes. Fascinated by every aspect of the house. "Do you live here all alone?"

Suddenly the ground started shaking with the sound of thudding footsteps. Luz quickly hid behind Booker as Eda crossed her arms. "Actually, I have a roommate."

Booker turned in the direction of a doorway that led into a hall and got into a fighting position for what was coming. "Who dares intrude upon I," said a deep voice as a large shadow could be seen on the walls. But, when the creature showed itself, it was extremely anticlimactic to see it wearing a ducky towel and holding a rubber ducky. "The king of demons?"

The 'king of demons' appearance erased all worries of him being a threat too. As it turned out, it was some sort of a magical canine creature with mostly dark gray fur, although his torso and the tip of his tail were covered in light gray fur. He had three fingers and two toes that (excluding his thumbs) looked like white claws. He wore a red collar with a yellow tag and had pink eyes with yellow scleras. The highlight of his appearance was a buffalo-like skull, with a broken horn attached to his head that hid his mouth.

Booker stared at it as he gave his ducky a few squeezes. Making it squeak. But the moment Luz saw him, she gasped.

"¡Ay, que lindo!" Luz exclaimed in Spanish, rushing over and picking up the small demon and started hugging him tightly. Rubbing her face against his. "Eda, he's so cute! Who's a widdle guy? Who's a widdle guy? Is it you? Is it you?" She asked, gushing over the demon.

"No! I don't know who your little guy is!" He exclaimed, freaking out and desperately trying to get Luz away from him. "Eda, who is this monster?!"

"Okay, Luz, that's enough," Booker chuckled, pulling Luz away as she tried to hug the demon again. "Well, it was nice to meet you, Eda. But I think we've had enough of this dark fantasy stuff that we're not really ready for, so can you help me get back home?" He asked with a hopeful smile.

Eda then stuck her staff in front of them, making Luz stop and had Booker instinctively place himself in front of her protectively. "Alright," she said with a heartily laugh. Eda then turned to the demon. "King, this is Booker and Luz. They're humans and they're gonna here to help us with our little... situation."

"Oh! Hooray!" King exclaimed, now understanding.

Booker's eyes widened before he and Luz stepped in front of Eda. "Wait, wait, wait. What are you talking about? You said that you would get us home, not that we would help you," Booker said.

"Yeah, I don't like the sound of this 'situation,'" Luz said with air quotes.

"Just... let me explain," Eda said, stepping into the middle of the room. With both hands, she used her fingers to draw a circle of light, which took on the appearance of gold flames. in front of her. In that ring, she showed an image as she told a story. "King was once a mighty king of demons, until his crown of power was stolen, and he became... this."

"You mean this little bundle of joy?" Luz asked, hugging King again.

"The crown is being held by the evil Warden Wrath and locked away behind a magical force field that only a human can break through- a human, like you two," Eda finished, making the ring and the images disappear. "Well, human and half-human, but it's all the same. If you help us retrieve his crown, we'll send you back to your realm. So whaddya say?" Eda picked up King and held him up by his head. "Plus, who could say no to this cute face?"

"No! Please don't encourage them!" King screamed before Eda dropped him.

"I mean, we're kinda your only way home," Eda said.

Booker was very conflicted. Here he was, just learning that his dad, one of the best people on the planet, wasn't even human, but was a powerful wizard. Then, just seven years after he died, he was teleported to the same world that he came from, met one of his friends, and now he and his crush were going on a quest for a demon king. He looked at Luz and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder. She only stared at him as Booker turned back to Eda.

"So we don't really have a choice, do we?" he asked, uncertain.

"Nope! Now, we've got no time to lose," Eda said, grabbing the two kids before they could react, placing them on both of her shoulders, and started walking them to the front door.

Before following them, King picked up his rubber ducky. "Soon, Mr. Ducky, we shall drink the fear of those who mocked us," he said before following.

"I can relate," Booker said, gazing down at the floor.

"Where are we going?" Luz asked.

Eda just said, "Somewhere super fun."

Thunder clapped in the darkened sky overhead as the group stood in front of a dark prison that towered ominously. Surround by giant rolls of sharp teeth. It was like something out of horror fantasy book or something from the Souls series.

After gazing up at tower while hiding behind a corner with Luz, Booker turned to glare at Eda. "...You filthy liar," he said.

"The Conformatorium, a place for those considered unsuitable for society," Eda explained the sarcastically. Finding the idea of it ridiculous.

With King on her head, Luz ripped off a poster from a wall. It was another one of Eda's wanted poster with a bounty of one billion. "Whoa. These guys really have the hots for you," she said.

Eda winked. "Yep. But we were never caught because we're too slippery."

"Try to catch me when I'm covered in grease. I'm a squirmy little fella," King said, before slipping off and falling down to the ground.

Booker took the wanted poster and looked at it for a moment before crumbling it up and turned to Eda and King. "So, what's the plan?"

"You two and I will sneak up to the top of the tower, where they're holding my crown," King said, pointing to the tower.

"And I'm gonna make sure the warden's distracted," Eda said.

Luz gasped happily. "Will I need a disguise?" Eda raised an eyebrow and looked to Booker. He shrugged. "I've been waiting to use this." The girl then pulled her cat hood over her head and flicked the ears up. "Meow, meow! Come on, Booker. Now it's your turn."

Booker shrugged with a smile. She got him the hoodie as a gift, so it was the least he could do. He pulled the lizard head over his head. Making it look like he hand two pairs of eyes. His normal eyes and then the eyes on his hood that pointed outwards. "Still think I look stupid, Luz," he complained.

"You like it," she said teasingly. "Besides, te ves tan lindo!" She squealed, hugging him. Booker blushed and laughed lightly.

"Uh, thanks, and you too," he said nervously.

"You both look hideous," King said.

"Shut up!" Booker snapped.

"Oh, you two will fit right in," Eda said before raising her staff and then slamming the bottom of it into the ground, forming a magic circle of light underneath them. "Hang on tight." She stepped off the circle.

Booker and Luz almost lost their balance and nearly fell off when the circle suddenly lifted into the air and floated into the sky. The circle took the two of them and King to a window in the tower, before suddenly disappearing. Booker and Luz quickly grabbed onto the ledge as King grabbed onto their legs.

"Meet you guys at the top of the tower," Eda said, flying away on her staff.

"Why didn't you just take us with you!?" Booker yelled at her. King climbed up their bodies before crawling in. He let Luz go first, and when she did, she helped him inside. However, it resulted in the two falling onto the stone floor.

"Ha‐ha! Cat's don't do that," King said, before Booker hit him over the head.

He and Luz stood up and gasped at the sight of the prison tower's interior. There was a path that spiraled along the walls that would take people up and down. In the walls were hundreds, if not thousands of prison cells that housed many prisoners on each section of the walls till you see a large skylight window that would allow the only source of light into the building.

"Hey, cat lady and lizard boy, how'd you get out of your cell?" asked a woman's voice behind them. The two humans in disguised turned around and saw it was one of the prisoners. She was a slender girl with pointy ears, dark skin, black hair in a ponytail, hazel eyes, and notorious fangs. She was a purple shirt/dress which bared her shoulders and covered all of her upper arms and about half her forearms. She had a gold band around her neck.

"Oh, no, no, no. I'm not a cat," Luz said taking off her hood to reveal herself.

Booker did the same. "These are just clothes, and we're not criminal," he said.

"Not yet, you're not," Kings said, perched on top of Booker's shoulder.

"Neither are we. The stupid warden likes to lock people up who don't fit in," the woman said before grabbing a book and opening it to a random page. "Like, I write fanfics of food falling in love. I like food, I like love... Just let me write about it!"

Then a monster with more than two eyeballs, with a few eye sockets missing an eye, joined in the conversation. "I'm here because I like eating my own eyes," he said, plucking one of his eyes and then eyeing it.

And then it popped right back in its socket.

"We are agents of fwee expwession!" yelled another people with some form of rhotacism. The two kids turned to see a small round creature with large blueish eyes, a rather prominent nose, and reddish hair. She's practically just a big head without a body, with her limbs coming out of it. "They will never siwence us!"

The fanfic writer pointed her thumb at her. "Yeah, she's really big into conspiracy theories," she said, rolling her eyes.

"THE WORLD IS A SIMUWATION! WE ARE BUT PWAYTHINGS FOR A HIGHER BEING!" Tiny Nose yelled while grabbing the bars.

"Wait. These aren't crimes. None of you actually did anything wrong," Luz said pacing around the cell. Trying to fathom why anyone would do this to them.

Then a realization hit Booker and he walked to Luz with a sad expression. "You guys are just like us," he said as Luz pulled out wanted poster. "You're all just a bunch of weirdos. Misfits."

Suddenly there were thudding footsteps coming there way from the other side a door a few cells away from them. "It's Warden Wrath! Hide!" The fanfic writer exclaimed.

Booker then grabbed Luz's hand and pulled her into an empty open cell. Luz hopped up, grabbed the bars, and pulled them down to close it. Just in time before the door opened and the warden stepped inside the tower.

Warden Wrath was a humanoid creature with a large, muscular build. He wore a hood that was non-standard for a guard and a mask with yellow button-like lenses, resembling a medieval plague doctor. He wore a white sleeveless tunic with brass buttons, a leather belt with a brass buckle, and black trousers tucked into dark purple shoes. On the uniform, one can also see a triangular brass badge, which apparently emphasizes his position.

With his silhouette looming over as the light in the other room made him even more menacing, and his yellow lenses glowing, Wrath said in a deep tone, "I can hear you." Just as always, Booker placed himself in front of Luz as she hugged him tightly. King was also do it, as Booker held the two of them protectively. Looking rather nervous at first as Wrath walked deeper into the tower. "Just what are you fools whispering about?"

He looked down, and when Booker followed his gaze, his eyes widened. Luz dropped the wanted poster.

"Ah. The Owl Lady..." he said.

Suddenly, he crushed the poster with a snarl from under his mask. His hand then transformed in to a hammer and he slammed it against the two teenager's call's door. Denting it badly.

"I'll get my hands on her soon enough," he growled.

Then he turned his head towards the three in the cell. Booker lets go of Luz and used his body to shield her and King from Wrath. Glaring at him with a brave expression. If he wanted to hurt his best friend/secret crust or the little demon, then he'll kill him.

"Fight against the oppwessor!" Tiny Nose suddenly shouted. Wrath turned to her and reformed his hand back to normal. Releasing the poster. "We will wesist! We will conquer! We will never be afwaid of you, you old cweep!"

Wrath did say a word and just pulled a level next to the cell door. Opening the cell.

"Hooway! I'm fwee!"

But that joy was cut short like a blade through flesh and bone when Wrath grabbed her. His large hand covering her arms, legs, mouth, and anything below her nose and eyes. "Let this be a lesson to all of you. There's no place in society for you if you can't fit in," he threatened the other two prisoners. Tiny Nose muffled a scream as he crushed her. Almost hard enough to make blood leak from her eyes. Like he was going to pop her.

Booker and Luz watched with terror as the warden then turned and stomped out of the town with the small girl.

Without a moment to waste, Booker and Luz opened the cell door and the three of them ran out to the fanfic writer's cell. "Don't worry. We'll get you out." Luz said as she and her best friend tried to push the door open. Turning to her right, she saw the lever and tried to push it up. But to no avail. "Curse my weak nerd arms!"

"Hang on!" Booker came over and the two tried to push the lever up. But it wouldn't budge.

"Just get out of here while you still can, kid," the writer sighed. "Enjoy freedom for us." She then turned and walked away from the cell bars.

The two teenagers were conflicted and shared their internal conflict with a glance. Were they really going to leave them here? What could they do for them? Realizing it was futile to try and help, and with heavy hearts, they turned and walked out of the tower. Traveling down a hallway toward the location Eda was waiting for them.

"Hey. I just checked. The warden is distracted, tormenting some tiny creature," she said with a smile, floating down to them on her staff. "He won't be coming around here anytime soon."

"Terrific," Booker replied with a grim scowled as Luz looked sad. The two of them pass the witch as she wondered what was wrong with them.

Together, the two humans approached a large door that was boldly labeled with the word CONTRABAND.

"My crown! It's close! I can sense its power!" King exclaimed, rushing to the door. At first, he scratched at it before seeing the large doorknob. Jumping up at it, he grabbed on and tried to use his bod to turn it.

"Aw, he gets so cute when he's thirsty for power," Eda gush at the small demon. However, Booker and Luz weren't amused.

"It's not fair that they're all in here," Luz said, looking up. "They just want to be themselves. Why does everyone think that being a weirdo is so bad?"

Before the conversation could continue, King broke off the doorknob from the door. Cackling victoriously, he pushed against the door with all his might, opening it open slightly before slipping in.

"Come on, before he hurts himself," Eda told the teenagers and they started walking to the door.

"Ow!"

"Oh! Too late." Booker said as they entered inside. The chamber was massive on the inside. Mostly because it was empty. Devoid of anything like furniture or decorations. However, in the middle of the room was a large column of white light that had a green aura to it.

King was in front of this light column. He rubbed his head after his first attempt failed, before trying again. Charging at the light for a headbutt, but when he made contact with it, it deflected him. Bouncing him back until Booker caught him.

"I've got you, little buddy," he said with a smile. King just huffed, before slugging a bit into him.

"We have humans, remember?" Eda said, gesturing to Booker and Luz.

"Oh, yeah," King said.

Booker placed the small demon down. "You ready for this?" he asked her.

Luz took a deep breath before grabbed Booker's hand with a weak, unconfident smile. Trying to be brave for him with a nod.

Together, they walked to the barrier. The closer they got, the warmer it felt. Booker took the first step. Reaching out with his right hand, he placed it on the light. Suddenly, something appeared on his hand that made him, Luz, and even Eda gasp.

A strange, gold mark appeared on the back of Booker's hand. It looked just like a magic spell circle or an alchemy transmutation circle, but this one was different. It was basic in its design. Circles with squares that had four circles in between them, and then two more circles inside the squares. And inside those circles as a strange-looking symbol.

Booker took his hand away from the light, and the circle disappeared. He then slowly reached out and placed his hand on the light again, and the circle appeared again. Pushing against the barrier, his arm was able to slip through, and he pulled Luz with him into it.

Eda stared at the barrier with wide eyes. "Could he really be...?"

When they made it through to the other side of the light, the two teenagers opened their eyes and saw a mountain of various stuff in front of him. At the top was something shining. The two looked at one another and nodded. Together, they began to climb up the mountain.

Along the way, Booker grabbed onto something, and it became loose. Losing his balance, he pulled it out and nearly fell down to the ground, but managed to grab onto something from the pile.

"Booker! are you okay?!" Luz called down, having gotten ahead of him.

Still holding onto what almost made him fall, he looked up to her. "I'm fine! Just go on without me, I'll catch up!" She nodded and continued up. Booker then looked at what was in his hand and his eyes widened with amazement and awe to see it was a sword in its sheath.

The sword was just at the right length of not being too short or too long for the teenager, with a beautiful scabbard. Booker looked down at its grip and saw it was made from a large dragon tooth capped in a metal pommel. Grabbing the smooth tooth, he pulled out the blade and marveled at how beautiful it was. Like it was still brand new. The silver blade itself was a single-edged weapon. It's shaped was a vaguely half leaf-shape, with runes running along the blade of the sword. Its spine was fairly straight, meaning it should also function well as a thrusting weapon, as well as cleaving through enemies.

"I'm keeping this," Booker said with a smirk. Sheathing the sword and then placing it between his back and backpack. He continued to climb with the sword as his new weapon.

It wasn't too long before he and Luz made it to the top together and looked down at the crown with big smiles. However, those smiles disappeared when they saw the crown."Wait a second," Luz said, "Is this a..."

"...You've got to be fucking kidding me," Booker said.

"You stupid, stupid, pellet-eating, owl bitch!" He shouted at Eda the moment he and Luz stepped out of the barrier. Pulling out his newly found sword, he marched up to Eda as she raised her hands in the air. Shocked to see him so angry and with a weapon. "We came all this way on this dangerous quest so that you could send us back to our world! Risk our lives! Almost got killed! And you're telling me that it was for THIS!?"

He held out the crown to reveal it was nothing more than a Burger King paper crowd.

"My crown! Give me! Give me! Give me!" King begged the blonde boy, jumping up and down to try and grab for it. Booker glared at him before tossing the crowd aside. King rushed over to it and picked it up. Raising it over his head, he slowly placed it on for dramatic effect. "Yes. Yes! I can feel my powers returning!" He then pointed to a stuffed rabbit. "You, there. Nightmare critter. I shall call you Francois, and you shall be a minion in my army of darkness. Ha‐ha!" He giggled after picking it up.

He then yelped in fear with Booker stabbed the sword into the stone floor. Booker took a moment to breathe and catch his breath. Luz then took the moment to ask, "That crown doesn't give him any powers, does it?"

"Uh, no." Eda snicked. Suddenly Booker swung the sword at her head and she ducked down to dodge it. "Whoa, hey! Easy with that thing. Someone could get hurt."

"That's kind of the point of me swinging it at your head!" Booker shouted, pointing the blade of the sword at her neck. Furious at the witch as Luz stared at him with wide eyes. "What the hell is wrong with you?! You lied and used us to get a stupid crown that's nothing but paper! Were you ever going to let us go home!?"

"Of course I was, Booker!" Eda exclaimed, pushing the tip of the sword away. Booker wasn't having it and placed the tip between her eyes. Seeing that he wasn't going to lower it, she and held up her free hand and looked at the two teenagers with a serious, but saddened expression. "Oh, look at us, kids. King and I don't have much in this world. We only have each other. So if that dumb crown is important to him, it's important to me. And besides, us weirdos have to stick together, you know?"

Luz looked at Eda in amazement. As for Booker, his death glared softened to a sad expression. In a lot of ways, he could relate. He had no one. All he really has is Luz, and even she's all alone in the world. So, with a long sigh, he lowered the sword to the ground. The curved blade dinging against the floor as his shoulders slumped.

"Well, we owe you two one. Now, let's get out of here before the warden finds us and loses his head," Eda said, before a familiar dark familiar came up from behind her. Towering over the witch.

"Too late."

Wrath turned this hand into a scythe and cuts her head off.

Time slowed down for the two teenagers as they watched the head fly in the air, before Luz caught it. She screamed, staring into Eda's face. But then she suddenly came to life again. "Ow! Oh, I hate it when that happens," she said with an annoyed expression.

Booker and Luz started to scream.

"Eda! Are you okay?" Luz asked worried as she and Booker tried to calm down from the shock.

"Yeah. This just happens when you get older."

"Does it?" Booker whimpered. That's then he noticed Wrath walking towards them

"Finally, I have you cornered, Eda the Owl Lady," he said. Reaching down, he grabbed King's crown off his head, surprising the little demon. Booker stood in front of Luz and Eda with his new sword as the warden stepped closer to them. King jumped up and down to grab back All the while, the witch's body was trying to find its head. "My guards could never get you, but I knew if I took your pet's toy, you'd come running."

He then crushed King's crown right in front of the demon.

King's eyes widened as his pupils shrank as he watched his crown fall to the ground. "No! My power!" Booker scooped him up and held him close with one arm, and the little demon quickly wrapped his arms around his neck. Booker then felt something wet on his skin, and knew that it was King. He was crying. It saddened him, but it also made the young man want to cut the warden in two.

"What do you want with me?" Eda demanded, also angry for he did to King. "I've never actually broken any of your stupid laws... in front of you."

"I want you..." Wrath walked closer to them, before getting down on one knee and pulled out a...

...a bouquet of flowers?

"...to go out with me."

Eda blinked. "Wha...?"

Luz blinked. "What?"

Booker deadpanned. "Are you kidding me?"

"Go, boss!" One of the guards in the room cheered, all of them giving their warden thumbs up for support.

Wrath returned the thumbs up before turning back to Eda. "You've always eluded our capture. You've always been the one who got away. I found that alluring."

"Geez, I thought that little girl was exaggerating when she said you're a creep. You people are messed up," Booker said in disgust.

"I hate everything you're saying right now," Luz said, also feeling the same way.

"You brats stay out of this!" Wrath threw the flowers over his shoulder and then shapeshifted his arm into a mass of tentacles. He launched them at the kids.

Booker pushed Luz and Eda out of the way, before stepping to the side, dodging the tentacles. He then swung down and chopped off the tentacles. Blood spewing out and onto the floor. Wrath screamed in pain as he stumbled back a bit, clutching his injuries arm as it turned back into a hand. His injury healed. He the growled and glared at Booker and looked at the sword.

"So, you found the Dragon's Bite," he asked with a snarl.

At first, Booker was confused until realizing that he was talking about his new sword. "Yeah, I did!" He boasted, twirling Dragon's Bite in his hand. "What're you going to do about it?"

"I'm not going to do anything," Wrath said, before pointing to his left. Booker turned and gasped in shock when he saw the guards had captured Luz, King, and Eda's head. "But I can't promise they wouldn't snap your friend's little neck."

Luz's eyes widened before the guard holding her grabbed her head. Making her scream.

"Stop! Okay!" Booker begged, sheathing Dragon's Bite on his back. "Just, please..."

Wrath turned to the guard holding Eda's head and King and nodded. The guard then tossed Eda's head to him, and the warden caught her by her hair. "So how about it, Owl Lady? The most powerful witch of the Boiling Isles and the feared Warden Wrath. We'd be the strongest power couple ever."

"Dude, that's just wrong in so many ways," Booker yelled, before suddenly he was grabbed by Wrath with his tentacles and held high into the sky. Grunting in pain as the warden's grip tightened on him.

"Silence! Don't think you're getting out of this too, seventh son. You're much more valuable alive than dead, but that doesn't mean I can't torture you," said the warden before turning his attention back to Eda. "So, what do you say? I mean, it's‐‐ it's not like you can say no right now."

Eda frowned as she looked worriedly at the son of her late friend. Booker struggled to break free, but stopped when one of the tentacles shapeshifted into a blade and was placed between his eyes. She then looked to Luz, as she was struggled to get out of the guard's hold, just as King was.

Seeing no other alternative, Eda let out a sigh. "All right, Warden. You win. I'd just like to say something first. Come closer." Wrath leaned in a little. "No. Just come a little bit closer." He leaned in closer. "Just..." He got even closer to her head. "Yeah, that's good."

She then stuck out her tongue and blew a loud raspberry in his face. The warden grunted as Eda's spit got on his mask, causing him to loosen his grip on Booker. Eda started laughing as he wiped the spit off his mask.

"Impudent wench! Don't you know how many germs are in your mouth?" He complained.

"Get over it. You had your guards stalk me, and then you cut off my head. I am not going out with you," she fumed.

"If you don't accept, then I have no choice but to des‐‐" He was cut off when Booker grabbed Eda's staff and whacked him in the back of the head. Knocking him down to the ground, unconscious.

At the same time, Eda's body got behind the two guards holding Luz and King, grabbed their heads, and slammed them against each. Getting them to let go of Luz and King.

"Luz!" Booker tossed Luz the staff and she caught it. "Grab King! We're leaving!" He shouted, picking up Eda's head. Together, they got on the staff as the owl's wings opened. Luz was in the front, holding the witch's head on her lap. Booker was behind her, having King on his shoulder. Eda's body was in the back.

"Expecto... flying? Magicus... escapicus!" Luz exclaimed, trying to get the staff to take off, but it didn't.

Eda looked back at Wrath and saw him getting back up again. "Gun it, magic stick!"

The staff lifted off the ground and started flying out of the room. Just as Warden Wrath stood back up.

"Owl Lady, I won't let you get away again!" Wrath yelled, transforming both of his arms into large masses of tentacles and used them to carry his body forward. Chasing after them at fast speeds.

Booker looked back and saw Wrath following them. He then turned back and as they passed multiple other cells, he saw they were coming upon three familiar ones. "Luz, look!" He yelled, pointing ahead.

Luz saw what he mean and nodded. "Eda, lend me a hand!" she exclaimed, raising her hand up. Eda placed her hand on the back of Luz, and together, the two of them pushed up the levers to the three cell doors, releasing the prisoners.

Soon, they slammed the tower entrance doors open and flew out of the prison. The staff pitched up, before nosing down in a dive. Warden Wrath rushed out of the tower and jumped down to follow after them. He lashed out his tentacles at them, and hit the back of the staff, knocking them off and sending them crashing.

Booker yelled in pain as he's back hit the wall, while holding King tightly to protect him. "Booker! Are you alright?" King asked worriedly as he set him down.

"I'm fine," Booker muttered. Warden Wrath landed on the ground and transformed his hand into a scythe.

Eda dug into her hair and pulled out the interdimensional door. "Booker...Luz... go back to the human world," she said, tossing them the key.

"What about you guys?" Luz asked worriedly. The rest of the guards were starting to come out to watch the fighting.

"If you think this guy is bad, you shoulda seen her last boyfriend," King said as he ran to help Eda as she dodged some attacks from Wrath.

"Not my boyfriend." Eda grabbed King and rolled out of the way from a double attack from Wrath. She then rushed over to the teenagers and pushed them onto her staff. "Go! Go!"

"But‐‐ But I‐‐"

Eda didn't give them a chance to speak as she slapped the back of the staff, and it took off with the kids on it.

"Eda!" Booker yelled as they took off into the sky. From up above, they watched the fight as Wrath removed his mask, revealing a huge mouth of large sharp teeth, as well as almost tiny eyes. From that mouth, he fired from his mouth a breath fire. Eda countered this by forming a ring of light before moving to the left. The fireball entered into the first ring and disappeared, before Eda made a second one. From the second one, the fireball came out of it and hit Wrath in the chest. Knocking him back, into a wall.

The teenagers watched as Wrath got right back up, shapeshifted his hands into scythes, and rushed at Eda. However, from that wall, Booker and Luz saw the prisoners they met peeking out.

"Get the others out of here," Booker told Luz as he directed the staff to the ground. When they landed, he got off and turned towards where Eda and Wrath were fighting.

"Wait!" Luz rushed over and grabbed his arm. "What are you going to do?" she asked worriedly.

Booker turned to her and smiled. "Whatever I can," he said, pulling out Dragon's Bite.

Eda grunted as she was thrown against the ground. He was too powerful. King was tossed to her by the warden and she safely caught him. "No more running away, Owl Lady," said Wrath, raising both of his scythe hands. "Today I capture you once and for all!"

Booker let out a battle cry as he slashed the back of the warden. Making him scream in pain and fall to one knee. He then turned to the teenager and swung one of his bladed hands at him, but Booker parried the attack. He lunged to attack the warden when he was hit in the chest by his hand turned into a hammer.

Pain shot all throughout his body as he hit his back against the wall. Wrath then turned his hand into a fork and lashed at Booker. Pinning him by his neck against the stone wall. Walking towards him while shrinking his arm back to normal length, Wrath said, "I've grown tired of you, Seventh Son." He raised his scythe hand. "It's time to put an end to your-"

"Go, go, go, go!" Shouted a familiar voice. Booker turned to see Luz flying towards them with her cat-ears hood up, leading the other prisoners to attack him. Together, the misfits tackled him to the ground and tried to pin him to the ground.

However, it would prove to be in vain, as he tentacles lashed out and knocked them all back. "You little brat! Who do you think you are?" He growled at Luz

"Do not underestimate me, Warden Wrath, for I am Luz, the human, warrior of peace," Luz said dramatically as the wind blew in her hair. "Now eat this, sucker!" She pulled out the fireworks from her backpack, threw it into the air, and then hit it with the staff towards Wrath.

Wrath just cut it in half.

There was an awkward silence in the air as Luz saw her plan apart. How could it have? This was supposed to be like her big Azura moment. "Uh oh," she said, before she was grabbed by Wrath.

"Well then, human, I'll rip you to piece and feed on you-"

Booker let out a battle cry and charged, swung his sword down, and cut his arm clean off. Wrath scream in pain as his arm released Luz and she dropped to the ground. Booker didn't give him a chance to recover and stabbed the warden in the stomach.

"And I am Booker Bridge!" He proclaimed with the same amount of dramatics as Luz. "I'm a human too, but I'm also the seventh son of the wizard Malcolm Bridges!"

Wrath growled and then to Booker's shock, grabbed the blade of Dragon's Bite and pushed it into his body even more. All the way until the handguard was against his chest and the tip was stabbing out his back. He opened his mouth and got ready to unleash another breath of fire.

Booker glared at him as he tried to pull out the sword. Suddenly, his eyes started glowing, and the mark that appeared on his hand returned on both of them now. Then the runes on Dragon's Bite, which spelled out its name in an ancient language started glowing.

He managed to pull the sword out of Wrath's grip and pull it out of his body before...

SLICE!

Cutting his head clean off.

Wrath's head rolled off his shoulders and thumped onto the ground, before his body fell to his knees and then collapsed. Blood splattering across the floor.

Luz, Eda, King, and the misfit prisoners all looked toward the gold blonde teenager as he was panting like crazy. His eyes then stopped glowing, as did the runes of Dragon's Bite. The circles on his hands disappeared. Booker then turned to the other guards and saw them running away back into the prison.

Such a sight of their oppressor's death and the retreating of his minions had fanfic writer, eye-ball monster, and Tiny Nose cheering for victory and. "Booker!" Luz ran over to him and hugged him tightly with a giant grin on her face. "That was incredible!"

"It certainly was," Eda said, walking over to them with a smile.

King climbed onto Booker's shoulder. "That was actually one of her better breakups," he said.

"Not a breakup," Eda quickly said. "Anyway, let's bounce before any more monsters fall in love with me."

When they returned to the to Owl House, both Booker and Luz were gushing over the events of the battle. "I can't believe you actually got those guys to team up with you like that," Booker exclaimed as they entered into the house.

"And I can't believe you actually were able to chop that guy's head off like that," Luz said, swung her arm pretending to be holding and swinging a sword. She then opened her eyelids wider. "And when your eyes were glowing and you had this marking, and your sword's runes were glowing too!"

Booker stopped and looked at her in confusion. "Wait, what?" He pulled out Dragon's Bite and looked at its runes. "When was it glowing?"

Then it was Luz's turn to be confused. "You...You don't remember? Your eyes were glowing? It was like you were using magic," she stated with a big smile.

However, Booker wasn't all too certain, and there was something on his mind that he wanted to know. "So, Eda, what did he mean when he called me 'seventh son'," Booker asked the witch.

Eda was hesitant for a moment, before sighing and said, "Because that's what you are. More specifically, you're the seventh son of a seventh son," she explained to Mal's last remaining son. "It's an extremely rare phenomenon, and it can happen with daughters. When a child comes from an unbroken line with no siblings of the opposite gender born between and, in turn, be born to a parent what was the seventh child with that same unbroken line, that offspring would be gifted with extraordinary magical abilities."

"Whoa! Just like Dominic!" Luz squealed, referring to the second main character of her favorite series.

Booker looked amazed as he was still holding Dragon's Bite. "So, will I like...be able to dodge bullets?"

"I'm not sure what a bullet is, but let's just say that I do, then I'd say you wouldn't even need to," Eda said with a confident smirk. But then she looked confused again. "But seriously, what's a bullet?"

"So, my dad was the seventh son from his family? Why didn't he tell me?" He asked.

"Well, it's because it's also said that kids like you could become extremely dangerous if you don't learn to properly control your magic," Eda said before placing a hand on her chin. "Not to mention that your world has no magic right? So, it's likely that you've never been exposed to it properly for your magic to start blooming."

She then shrugged her shoulders.

"But that's just speculation," said the witch, placing her staff down on the couch. "Well, a deal's a deal. Let's get you two home."

Snapping her fingers, she called upon the key in Luz's bookbag. Booker and Luz watched as the key flew towards Eda's hand. Pressing the eye button, she summoned the door and opened it.

Booker and Luz stared at the glowing door for a moment before turning back to Eda and King. King sadly looked down at the ground, upset that he wasn't going to see his crown again. So, to make him feel better, Luz dug into her bag and pulled out the head of her Azura doll that had a toy crown in on it."Before I go‐‐ I know it's not the same, but... a king shouldn't be without a crown," she said with a smile.

Taking the crown off the doll's head, handed it to King. He looked at it for a moment and then placed it on his head. "This shall suffice," he told the two humans. Then he pointed to a plant. "You there, plant! You are now under my command."

While her friend trotted over to the potted plant, Eda picked up Luz's book and the summer camp brochure. "Oh, and don't forget this."

Luz took and looked down sadly at the brochure as she and Booker walked towards the door. Then she looked at her novel. Then she looked at the door and stopped, causing Booker to stop to and look back at her.

"Luz," he asked, walking back over to her. "What's the matter?"

What's the matter? They actually went on an adventure that was unlike anyone would be able to believe. They fought evil, saved the innocent, and it was a miracle to be apart of it. And now they were just going to leave it all.

Luz, looked at the mirror on the wall behind the door and gasped. Then she held up the book. Staring at it and then lowering it down. She, Booker, Eda, and King. They were all just like on the cover of the book. That's when an idea struck her brain and she turned around towards Eda and King.

"Okay. I know you got your head cut off, started some kind of prison riot, and Booker killed a warden, but this was the most fun I've ever had. I don't fit in at home. You don't fit in here. If I stay, we could not fit in together," Luz offered. Booker's eyes widened as she pulled out the brochure and crumbled it. "I'm not going back to summer camp."

"Luz? What are you saying?" Booker asked.

Eda chuckled at first. "What's summer camp? What are we talking about here?" she asked in confusion

"I'm saying that I want to stay and become a witch like you! And Azura!" Luz stated, holding out her book to show Eda.

Booker stared at his best friend in shock as Eda laughed. "What? All right, that's crazy," Eda said, pushing the book away from her. "Humans can't become witches."

"Maybe that's because they haven't tried," Luz said with a wink. "If you teach me to become a witch, I'll do anything you want."

"Let her stay!" King tugged on Eda's dress before whispering. "She can make us snacks."

Eda picked up the little demon and said, "Well, I could use a hand keeping this goofball out of the cupboards. But what about you, seventh son?

Luz drew her attention to her best friend as he stood near the door. How could she have forgotten about him? After all, it was was her that dragged him into this world just to get her book back. "Booker, I completely understand if you want to go back. I hope you don't mind me staying," she said shyly.

Booker was silent for a moment before smiling. "Then I guess I'll be seeing you after summer, huh?" he said with a forced smile, trying to hide how much he was going to miss her. He then was surprised when Luz jumped on him and her best friend tightly. Booker's face dropped as he hugged her back. Not wanting to let go.

When they did, he turned around and walked to the magical door. With Dragon's Bite sheathed on his back, Booker opened the door and stared through it. Out into the neighbor that his former home used to be.

And then he just stopped.

He continued to stare out into the world that he just left hours ago.

A world where he was nothing more than an orphan.

Where he never felt like he belonged and was an outcast.

Where he had no future.

Eda, Luz, and King stared at him. The young girl getting a little worried. And then, to their surprise, he closed the door. Without going through to the other side. "Booker, what's the matter," asked Luz as he walked back over to her and the others. She looked worriedly at him as he stared at the ground with a serious and sad expression. "Didn't you want to go home?"

He picked up his head and looked to her. "What's the point, Luz," Booker asked, shaking his head. "Even if I did go, nothing would have changed." He then turned to Eda and walked up to her. "I want to stay with you on the Boiling Isles. There's nothing waiting for me back there. If I really am this Seventh Son, then I want to learn how to use magic and become a wizard, like my dad."

That was not what something Eda was expecting in the slightest. While Luz's request was more of a desire and a need to belong, Booker's was the same, but there was something more to it. It was more personal. Then again, he was an orphan who just learned that his dad was a powerful wizard and her best friend. Just looking at his face, she could tell that this is what he wanted. But taking him on would be dangerous. His powers could spiral out of control and destroy everything around him and there would be people that'll be after him if they knew about his existence.

But luckily for her, Eda loved danger. And Booker was the last thing she had to remember from her best friend.

"All right, you two," Eda said with a chuckle before putting on a serious face. "I'll teach you the way of magic. But you have to work for me before you learn any spells. Especially you, Booker, as we need to find a way for you to control your magic. Deal?" Eda stretched out a hand to the two. Booker nodded and shook her hand, before Luz came over and brought all of them into a bone-crushing hug.

Afterwards, Booker and Luz were shown to their new room for the time they'll be staying there. The boy opened the door and the two best friends walked in. Turnout out it was a storage closet that was dirty and with random items, but it was more than enough for Booker and Luz.

Facing away from each other, the two kids got into their sleeping clothes and then rolled out their sleeping bags on opposite sides of the room and lied down. That's when the both of them got a text on their phones. Luz saw it was from her mother, and Booker saw it was from Father Dean.

"What are you going to tell you mom," Booker asked, turning his head to Luz.

Luz shrugged and said, "She also said that Father Dean was wondering how you were doing. What are you going to say to him?"

Booker sighed. He didn't what to burn that bridge after all the priest did for him in the past. "I don't know," he said, grabbing Dragon's Bite and sitting up.

Just then they heard King clearing his throat and saw him at the door with his new stuffed rabbit. "Your sleep cocoons look fluffy," he said slyly.

Luz looked to Booker and he nodded with a smile. She then turned back to King and patted a spot on her sleeping bag for him. King trotted over to the spot before doing a little dog-circle to soften up the bag, before lying down on it. Luz then sent out a message to her mother and then laid down.

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Booker sat there for amount, deep in his throughs. He then got up with Dragon's Bite and walked over to Luz with a blanket in hand. Setting down the sword, he laid the covers over her. His crush snuggled into them.

Booker smiled before standing up after grabbing Dragon's Bite and walked over to the window and opened the window. Setting his weapon against the wall, he leaned against the windowsill and stared out into the sunset. There were so many emotions going through Booker at that moment as he stared at the horizon of this strange and dangerous world. But at that moment, all he could think about was what the future would bring. This was a moment he's been waiting for a long time. He felt a sense of freedom and new beginnings. He felt like he could connect with his family again as he took on this apprenticeship. It was really hard to explain, other than that he was a sense of freedom and belonging.

He closed the window and went to bed, not noticing the eye of the Owl House blinking.

The Seventh Son

AN: And there we go! This is the first chapter of "The Seventh Son". This one had been anticipated by you guys for a while and I hope it lived up to the exceptions. Just like in "Weirder Things" with Patrick, Dipper, and Mabel, Booker and Luz are the main characters, but Booker is the main character. He and Patrick share a lot in common, and that's intentional. Gravity Falls and The Owl House are two very similar series and it's not just because Alex Hersh is involved.

His sword, Dragon's Bite is base on Orcrist, the Goblin-Cleaver from the Hobbit trilogy. It's just a really cool design and one of my favorite swords from the Middle-Earth saga. the reason I gave Dragon's Bite to Booker is that it would give him a weapon to defend himself against the dangers of the Demon Realm.

And, yeah, I had Warden Wrath killed off in this chapter, as I didn't think he'll be coming back any time soon. Plus, since The Owl House almost borders on the edge of being dark fantasy, just like in "Weider Things", "The Seventh Son" will have some brutal deaths in it. Make the story more mature while also sticking with the vibe of the series.

Booker's hoodie is something I was a little hesitant on, but figured it would be something that a person like Luz would get him. Plus, he likes her, so he'll want to wear it for her. It's kind of like the Taco Backpack in "Gem of War"

Also, I've updated that story last week. Please read and review!

As for the intro of the story, I'm going to be using the theme from Into the Badlands. If you want to see how the theme goes with the opening for The Owl House, then I recommend going on Youtube and looking up "[Theme Swap!] THE OWL HOUSE intro/opening & INTO THE BADLANDS theme". It actually makes the intro to the show really kickass.

I'm going to wait until The Owl House comes back before continuing with it, so as of the moment, I'm placing the story on hiatus. Luckily, it'll be back in a few weeks from now. Next week, I'll be starting on the next chapter of "Godzilla: the Titan-Slayer of Fairy Tail".

Thank you very much for reading. "The Seventh Son" will return. Please be sure to Favorite and Follow if you like the story, and also Review it so that I know that I'm doing good and what to improve. If you any questions or discussions you'd have for me, then please in a Review or a PM me.

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