The Owl House Page #4

Season #1 Episode #2: Witches Before Wizards

---

Luz:
Yes! I am the Chosen One! I knew it! I always suspected there was a reason nobody understood my wacky antics back at home. [jumps and twirls in a circle, then holds the staff with both hands] Now I have concrete proof. [laughs]

[The staff disintegrates, the dust blowing away in the wind]

Luz:
No!

[She grabs at the dust. Around her, the rest of the illusions fade: flowers at her feet wilt, water drains from the lake and retreats up the riverbanks, and even leaves disappear in a swirl]

Luz:
What?

[Cut to Eda and King flying through the woods on Eda's staff]

Eda:
I know this guy. He's no wizard. He's what you'd call a puppeteer, a demon who specializes in scamming and manipulating people. He's trying to use Luz to get to me.

King:
Yeah, and we're flying directly into his trap. Hurray.

Eda:
Well, if you can think of a better plan, I'd love to hear it. Hey, faster, you. [slaps her staff]

Owlbert:
[hoots]

[Cut to the Celestial Lake, now surrounded in fog. Luz backs up, holding her sword in front of her]

Luz:
[whimpers]

Adegast:
[appearing from the fog] Luz, the human.

Luz:
Magical wizard?

Adegast:
Your hubris has failed you, Witch Apprentice. [cackling]

[Adegast lifts the wizard puppet to reveal an ocotopus-like demon. The ground begins to crack]

Luz:
Huh?

[Her previous travelling companions and cats from the village arise from the stone, a tentacle in each of their backs. They're lifted in the air and surround Luz, who slowly spins around]

Luz:
Okay, Luz. Don't panic. This is classic Chosen One biz. You just have to rescue everybody and defeat the final boss.

Adegast:
I am everybody! You fool, don't you see? I'm no wizard. And you're no Chosen One. I've tricked you. [evil laughter]

Luz:
What?

[As she's distracted by the reveal, her cape floats up around her. It turns to chains, forcing her to her knees. The bracelets become hand cuffs and the ring becomes chains that lock her hands together, secured with a padlock]

Luz:
No! Betrayed by my own cool accessories. Why are you doing this?

Adegast:
Your mentor has been stealing customers from my potions business for years. She must be destroyed.

Luz:
Does everybody have a beef with Eda here?

[all agreeing]

Luz:
[sighs]

Adegast:
And you lured her right into my trap, all because you wanted to think you were special.

Luz:
No. Joke's on you, 'cause Eda isn't stupid enough to fall for your trap.

Eda:
Adegast!

Luz:
Oh, heck!

[Eda and King land at the end of the walkway]

Adegast:
Eda, I have you now!

[Two cat puppets erupt from the ground, one grabbing Eda and the other King]

Eda:
That's right. You have me. Now release Luz.

King:
I didn't have to be a part of this!

Adegast:
Oh, she can leave. If she wants to. But I sense she wants a real fantasy.

[The Chris puppet breathes a cloud of fog at Luz. When she opens her eyes, she's free of her restraints, kneeling in a dark void. Adegast's puppets walk up to her from the dark]

Nevareth:
Stay with us, Luz. Stay with Adegast. We need you here. You could be our Chosen One.

Princess:
Yeah, you can eat our tiny foods forever.

Nevereth:
Luz, why would you want to live in a world where people laugh at you?

Luz:
It is beautiful here.

Eda:
Luz!

Luz:
And you guys think I'm special.

Eda:
No! [grunts as the tentacle nearly envelops her]

[The puppets all close in on Luz]

Luz:
But it's not real. [grunts and waves the fog away, running forward to pick up her sword] I am a Witch's Apprentice. And I'm gonna earn my magic staff the hard way. I believed you, Magic Man. Now feel my wrath!

[Luz stabs the wizard puppet through the stomach, making it disappear with a poof]

Adegast:
[screams]

[Eda and King free themselves, landing next to Luz with grunts. Luz swings her sword at the princess like it's a bat, making her poof away. Three cat puppets approach Eda. She draws a spell circle, sending a plume of orange smoke at them. They disintegrate with distorted screams]

Adegast:
[screams]

[Nevareth tries to blindside Luz, but his yell alerts her. She catches his sword with her own and duels him]

Luz:
I thought we had a connection, Nevareth! [plunges her sword through his chest]

Nevareth:
[grunts] Ah, my flawless pecs! [poofs]

[Eda lands next to Luz, the two sharing a smile]

Adegast:
Back off! [holds up King] Or the dog gets it.

King:
I am not a‐‐ [muffled grunt]

[Eda and Luz drop their weapons and raise their hands in surrender]

Luz:
King, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you and never trusted that wizard. You were right. He isn't mystical or magical. He's just a big, slimy jerk.

[She kicks her sword, sending it flying point first into Adegast's head. He screams and drops King, who is caught by Luz. The scream changes pitch as Adegast shrinks to less than an eighth of his previous size. Eda and Luz walk up to him]

Eda:
[picks him up] Well, that's the last time I take an outside referral. [eats him] Mmm. Oh, did you want some of that?

Luz:
No. I'm just confused.

Eda:
Thinking of calling it quits, huh?

Luz:
This place is nothing like I imagined.

Eda:
Hmm. Maybe not here. But come with me. I got something to show you.

[Cut to the three of them on Eda's staff, hovering in the sky. Luz is wearing a blindfold]

Eda:
Okay, you can look.

Luz:
[takes the blindfold off] Whoa!

[The camera pans to reveal the whole of the Boiling Isles: the decomposing body of a Titan. It's laying with its arms splayed in the sea, its skull illuminated by the setting sun]

Eda:
The bones of the Isles. Up close, the Isles can be slimy‐‐

King:
And very stinky.

Eda:
And gross. But if you look at it from a different perspective...

[The three of them look to the sky above the Titan's skull, where stars are beginning to appear. As they watch, a shooting star crosses the sky, there for only a moment]

Luz:
It's beautiful.

King:
Yeah. [leans against Luz]

Luz:
Eda, how did you know that wizard was lying?

Eda:
Look, kid, everyone wants to believe they're "chosen". But if we all waited around for a prophecy to make us special, [chuckles] we'd die waiting. And that's why you need to choose yourself.

Luz:
Does that mean you'll give me a magic staff of my own?

Eda:
Not yet. But... someday.

[Luz leans against Eda as they watch the sun continue to set]

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes