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Season #1 Episode #5: Covention

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Eda:
Wait just a sec, Miss Protégé.

[Lilith's eyes widen as Eda goes after her. She lifts Amity's hair.]

Amity:
Hey! What are you--

[Eda rips the glyph off. The abomination shrinks until it's about the height of Amity's knee, though it crumbles completely when its head crushes it. Eda holds the glyph up to the audience.]

Eda:
A power glyph from the Construction Coven.

[everyone gasps]

Student #1:
[gasps] I mean... I knew it.

Willow:
[hushed, to Gus] She cheated!

Eda:
Ah-ha! Yes, yes, yes-yes-yes! You cheated. Perfect, prissy Lilith cheated. Hot dang, I love coventions! La-la-la--

Lilith:
I only did that because I knew you would cheat!

Eda:
Still cheated! Welcome down to my level!

Amity:
[rubbing the back of her neck] But... I didn't know!

[She sees Luz approaching and runs off.]

Luz:
Amity, wait!

King:
Luz! Help me!

[Luz grunts as she frees King, ripping the shirts in the process.]

King:
My offerings!

Luz:
You'll get more offerings, King. [runs after Amity]

King:
Hey, wait for me! [follows her]

[Eda is dancing. Kind of.]

Lilith:
Knock it off. You're making a scene!

Eda:
You cheated. Hey, where's the Rhyming Coven? What rhymes with "cheated"?

Lilith:
Stop acting like a child!

Eda:
You were defeated, don't get heated, get your stank face treated.

Lilith:
Rhyme one more thing. I dare you!

Eda:
Oh, it's okay, I'm done. [pause] Because my rhymes are depleted!

Lilith:
[screaming] That's it!

[Lilith summons her staff and hits Eda with a blast of energy, throwing her through her spikes and into the wall behind the dais. The audience gasps.]

Willow & Gus: [gasp]

[The cloud of Lilith's blue magic clears out. Eda, splayed against the wall, smirks.]

Eda:
There she is!

[She summons her own staff and spins it in a circle. It clatters on the ground. She picks it back up with a roar and sends a burst of energy at Lilith. Lilith grunts and sends one back.]

Student #5:
Witch's duel!

[Lilith's blue magic and Eda's orange magic are evenly matched. They explode in a white light. Cut to the entrance to the theater, which Luz runs out of and looks around. She sees Amity sulking in a dark corner next to the bathrooms.]

Luz:
[gasps] Amity... [walks over] I'm sorry.

Amity:
Ugh, seriously? Just leave me alone.

Luz:
I didn't mean to embarrass you.

Amity:
That's all you ever do! First at school, and now this!

Luz:
Yeah, but--

Amity:
[stands] You made me look like a fool in front of the Emperor's Coven. My future! You think it's so easy to be a witch. I have been working my whole life to get to the top! [advancing on Luz] You lost! You cheated! Say it! Say you're not a witch!

Luz:
[looks at the ground] I'm not a witch.

[She kneels down, pulling out a notepad and pencil. Amity looks confused as she kneels down with her. Luz slowly draws out the light glyph, then taps it. She gently cups the ball of light produced, smiling at it. She holds it up to Amity.]

Luz:
But I'm training hard to be one.

[Amity stares at the light in awe. Cut back to Eda and Lilith's duel, where Lilith is spinning her staff. When Eda's attack stops, she pushes her hand forward, her spell circle turning into a burst of magic. Eda takes a few steps back, spinning and drawing a spell circle on the ground. She lifts her hand, creating a growing pillar of wood that splits Lilith's attack. The pillar bends, its owl face hooting lowly. Lilith stares at it, then teleports away from its approaching beak.]

[Stray magic enters the audience. They scream and flee.]

[Two new owl faces extend from the large pillar. Eda draws four more spell circles on the opposite side. Lilith easily teleports away from all of their beaks, destroying one on the ground, then three in the air with a grunt. Eda smirks and spins her staff, creating an orange shield as Lilith hits it with magic and her staff. The shield cracks, but Eda's expression doesn't change. Owlbert's eyes glow. He flies into Lilith's face, interrupting her attack. He hoots and pulls her hair.]

Lilith:
Ow, ow, ow-ow-ow. Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!

[Eda's shield falls.]

Eda:
Say good night, sister.

[She spins her staff and smacks the butt of it into the wooden pillar. A large owl's face forms right next to Lilith, and with a hoot, it captures her in its beak. All falls silent.]

[Owlbert lands back on Eda's staff. She smiles at him, then looks concerned when she sees the flaming hole in the new owl tube's side. Lilith appears directly behind her.]

Lilith:
Enough of this.

Eda:
[gasps]

[Eda is thrown into the wall with a scream, leaving a crater. Lilith smirks and spins her staff.]

Eda:
Lily, wait. The curse.

[Lilith stops spinning her staff, the gathering magic at her palisman disappearing.]

Eda:
Look at me. Look at my face. The curse is worsening and I can't keep up with it. I don't know how much time I have left.

Lilith:
[approaches Eda] I'll admit I was surprised when I first saw you today.

Eda:
I just had to see my sister for... possibly the last time.

Lilith:
Eda, I--

[She screams as a bag of Hex Mix is thrown in her face. She stares at it as it hits the ground.]

Lilith:
[growls]

Eda:
[running for the exit] It's been fun, but let's call it a draw!

Lilith:
Argh!

[Cut back to Luz and Amity.]

Amity:
[turns away] That's nothing. A child could do a light spell.

[Luz's expression falls. She extinguishes the ball of light and turns away, scooping up her notepad.]

Amity:
But... I've never seen it cast like that.

Luz:
It doesn't come naturally to me like it does for you, so I've had to improvise. [nods to the notepad]

Amity:
[sighs]

[She traces out a spell circle and drags Luz's hand into it. Their hands glow briefly, and the circle disappears.

Amity:
The oath is unbound. [lets Luz go and stands]

Luz:
Did it work? Can I still learn magic?

Amity:
Humans have no magical ability. But I doubt that'll stop you.

[Amity leaves. Luz stands, watching her.]

King:
Luz! You left me!

Luz:
Yeah, sorry. Your legs are just so tiny. Should we get you more offerings?

King:
Nah. That stuff just weighed me down. But I have something for you, Luz. And it's the best thing, because it's free, comes from my heart, and I always have more than I need.

Luz:
[gasps] Is it love?

King:
Ugh! No! [reaches behind him] Tote bags! [puts it on Luz's arm and hops in it as she stands] And they have so many uses! Away, fair chariot! Away!

[Luz pats his head as Eda arrives.]

Eda:
We gotta go.

Luz:
How'd you get away from Lilith?

Eda:
Let's just say she had a real "snack attack." Hah! [snorts and heads for the door] Wait, I got a better one.

Luz:
Eda...

[Eda stops and looks back at her.]

Luz:
Do you think I'll ever be a true witch?

Eda:
What? I don't know. And who's a true witch? These suckers? According to them, that means being in a coven, but I never joined one and I'm better than all of them combined. You gotta be your own witch.

Luz:
[brightens] My own witch.

Eda:
Now, let's go before my sister realizes I tied her pointy shoes together.

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