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Season #1 Episode #4: The Intruder

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King:
Weh!

[Cut to the two approaching the staircase, Luz using the flashlight on her phone to light the way. Floorboards creak as they go upstairs. They reach a hallway and stop as the door to Eda's room creaks open. They share a nervous look. Luz opens the doors all the way, revealing an empty room and a shattered window, through which we can again see a lightning strike.]

Luz:
Oh, my gosh. Eda! [runs to Eda's nest]

King:
She got snaggle‐backed.

Luz:
Eda? [holds up a damaged pillow] No! Slash marks. King! You're the demon expert. I need your help.

King:
I'll go get my demon book.

[He runs out of the room and down the hall. A shadow snarls as it passes over him. He returns holding two books.]

King:
Wait, wait. First edition or second? [gasps] Luz? [drops the books] The Snaggleback got her.

[The shadow snarls again as it passes behind him. He chases after it.]

King:
You craven beast. Give me back my boo‐boo buddy.

[He rounds a corner and gasps. A door creaks closed, Luz's shoe upside down in front of it.]

King:
Luz?

[He picks up the shoe. Holding it like a weapon, he opens the door and enters the closet. He looks around until noticing a shadow hiding behind clothes.]

King:
There's nowhere for you to run! [moves the clothes aside] Snaggleback? Wow. You are a lot shorter in person.

Snaggleback:
[stammering] I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I‐I just needed a place to hide from the rains.

King:
Then why did you break down our door and take Luz? That's not cool, man. Bad Snaggleback!

Snaggleback:
I- I didn't do any of that stuff. I snuck in through a window just now.

King:
Huh? Well, then what...

[crashing]

Snaggleback:
Oh, no! A twist!

[A shadowed claw pulls Snaggleback through the ceiling. Snarls and stomps can be heard as King backs away from the hole. Something bangs against the door.]

King:
[yells, then whimpers]

[The door creaks open, revealing the shadowy beast, still snarling. It spits out Snaggleback's shell, then roars.]

King:
Oh, my.

[The beast advances, forcing King against the wall.]

King:
[yelps] Stay back. Hey, hey. I am the king of demons, okay? And as such, I demand you to barf my friends back up.

[The beast screeches and raises a claw. King yells and ducks, and the claws score the wall where his head was a moment before, King runs.]

[King is far more nimble than the beast, rounding corners with ease while the beast slams into the walls. King is yelping and the beast is snarling. When King rounds a second corner, Luz's arm reaches out and pulls him into a room. The door closes with a squeak. The beast enters the hallway slowly, exhaling loudly. Cut to inside Eda's room, where Luz is holding King. Footsteps are heard outside as a shadow passes the door.]

King:
Luz?

Luz:
King! Oh, I'm so glad you're safe.

King:
Where did you go?

Luz:
I was checking on Eda, and she was gone, and then you were gone. I also tripped and lost my shoe. Oh, hey, you found it. [takes it]

King:
I‐‐

[Luz raises her foot to put her shoe on, revealing a piece of paper on the bottom of her foot.]

King:
What's that? [takes it and reads it] "Keeps the curse at bay." [gasps, pulls out the tag in his collar and puts them together] "An elixir a day, keeps the curse at bay."

Luz:
Curse? Wait, what are you trying to say?

King:
I was wrong the whole time. That's no Snaggleback. That creature is...

[They both scream as a clawed hand bursts through the door. A body follows it, and it growls and turns to reveal a familiar face.]

Luz:
Eda?

[Eda snarls and stalks closer, raising a claw to swipe at them. Luz screams and braces. Her phone falls out of her pocket, and the camera goes off when it hits the floor. The flash blinds Eda, making her scream. Luz takes the distraction to grab King and hide on a balcony. Eda screams, and it echoes loudly.]

[Eda stalks the room, sniffing. Luz has her hands over her mouth while King has his on his head. Eda seems to smell them, growling and sniffing closer to them. Luz grabs a can and throws it. Eda growls at the sound and chases it.]

Luz:
Oh, man. Did you see her eyes? They were like‐‐ [snarls] What happened to her?

King:
Don't you see? The elixir I gave you doesn't give Eda powers. It prevents her from turning into that thing. She's turned into a nightmare and it's all my fault. I'm so sorry, Luz. I‐I just wanted you to be into demons like you're into magic. I don't have many friends, and no one even pays that much attention to me. I thought maybe if I taught you, finally someone would care about creatures like me.

Luz:
Well... [holds out the pen] let's finish the lesson.

King:
Huh?

Luz:
Eda's turned into some kind of demon, and we need to save her. So who knows more about demons than the best teacher in the world?

[King brightens and points to himself. Luz nods. He takes the pen, then giggles and hugs Luz. He smacks some leaves onto the floor.]

King:
Let's see. [draws on the leaves] She was bigger, covered in feathers, and had giant black eyes. Demons with black eyes are usually sensitive to light. [looks at Luz's phone] That's it. Light! Luz, use your human wonder rectangle.

Luz:
I can't. My camera's all blasted.

King:
Then... what about that light spell?

Luz:
[sighs] You saw me. I can't draw circles in the air. I'm not like Eda. [plays the video]

Eda:
[on video] ...spell circle is really key...

[The video glitches.]

Luz:
[gasps] There's a pattern in the spell circle.

King:
[looks at Luz's phone] What? Where?

Luz:
[grabs a leaf and the pen] It looks like this. [draws over the pattern] There.

[She taps the pattern with the tip of the pen. The drawing on the leaf begins glowing.]

Luz:
[gasps]

[The leaf folds into itself, brightening until it's a small floating ball of light. Luz gently cups it in her hands, bringing it to eye level.]

Luz:
It's beautiful.

[Thunder rumbles and rain hisses as it hits the shield.]

Luz:
Oh, my gosh. I just did magic. [stands triumphantly] I just did magic! I just did magic!

King:
Shh! We're not going to stop anything with something that small.

[Distant screeching makes both of them cower.]

King:
What do we do now?

Luz:
I think I know how to get Eda back. Will you help me, boo‐boo buddy? [offers a fist bump]

King:
[hums] I'm kind of over that nickname. But okay. [fist bumps her]

[Cut to the living room, where Beast Eda is sniffing around. She pounces onto the treasure chest next to the fallen door, sniffing a book. A clicking sound distracts her.]

King:
[holding the pen] Oh, what lovely thing do we have here? It's just so dang shiny. Oh, my. Oh, dear.

[Eda stares at the pen's light, cooing. She screeches and lunges for it. King runs and Eda follows. King ducks down a hallway. Eda slides on a pile of books and papers. She crashes into a wall, and gasps when Luz tosses a blanket over her head.]

Luz:
I'm sorry, Eda. But it's for your own good.

[She finishes drawing a giant light glyph on the wall. With a grunt, she slams it to activate it. Blinding light is produced.]

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