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Season #1 Episode #19: Young Blood, Old Souls

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[Teen Lilith looks at a scroll with an owl seal on it. Her face goes from nervous to determined, and breaks the seal. A bright red light comes from the scroll, taking over the screen. Cut to a door opening to Eda's room as she sleeps. An indistinct, shadowy figure becomes Lilith as she steps forward and pulls down the hood of her cloak. She approaches Eda's bed, holding out the cursed scroll. It glows red again, reflecting in Lilith's glasses ominously]

Lilith:
[voiceover] I thought it would just be for a day.

[Cut to the Hexside Grudgby pitch again. This time the stands are packed, and Teen Eda and Lilith stand opposite each other. They each raise an arm in a dueling pose, before Lilith runs forward with a yell, a blue flame appearing in her hand. Eda watches her approach]

Teen Eda:
No!

[Teen Lilith skids to a halt, the flame on her hand dying out. She looks surprised]

Teen Eda:
I refuse to battle my sister. [walks up to a shell-shocked Lilith] I've decided that covens aren't really my style. Hey, don't forget me when you're big shot, sis.

Lilith:
[voiceover] And as Edalyn walked away...

[Teen Eda barely makes it to the edge of the Grudgby pitch before she starts yelling in pain and falls to her hands and knees. Feathers burst from her hand and race up her arm, tearing the seam of her uniform. Brown wings sprout from her back, her ears grow as she covers her face with claws, until she screams in a voice part-witch and part-beast, her eyes pitch black. The newly transformed Owl Beast looks at the crowd, looks at Lilith, terrified]

Crowd:
[yells and jeers]

Crowd Member:
What is that?!

Crowd Member 2:
That girl is a monster!

[A rock hits Beast Eda's forehead. Emperor's Coven members continue to throw rocks at her as the crowd boos, until Beast Eda flares her wings and snarls at them]

Crowd Member 3:
Get out! GO!

[Beast Eda does just that, turning tail and running away]

Teen Lilith:
Edalyn!

Emperor Belos Delegate: [grabs Lilith's arm] Lilith Clawthrone, We welcome you to the Emperor's coven!

[He holds Teen Lilith's arm up in triumph as the crowd cheers]

Lilith:
[voiceover] I made my sacrifice for the emperor, and it was time to receive my reward.

[Cut to present day]

Lilith:
I've been pursuing Edalyn because if she joined the Emperor's coven, Emperor Belos told me he would heal her curse. But he lied to me. I know how to rescue Edalyn, but I can't do it alone.

Luz:
How do I know I can trust you?

[Lilith appears to think for a second before tracing a large spell circle. Owlbert and the rest of Eda's staff appear in her hands. She holds them both out to Luz, who takes them]

Luz:
Owlbert! You're okay.

[Owlbert opens his eyes and coos, nuzzling into Luz. She puts him on her shoulder and uses the staff to stand]

Luz:
All right, Lilith. I don't like your whole, [she points at Lilith and traces a circle with her finger] deal, but... [her expression softens] we need your help to save Eda.

[Luz holds out the door key as Lilith stands]

Lilith:
Thank you.

[The vines around King loosen and let's him go]

King:
Weh?

Lilith:
Now lets head back.

[Lilith heads for the door. Luz starts to follow her, but a breeze makes her look back at the human realm behind them. A nostalgic, mournful tune plays as she stares at the trees. Lilith walks through the door, but King notices Luz lingering]

King:
Hey Luz, You...need a minute?

Luz:
No. I'm coming.

[She walks up the steps as King follows Lilith. Luz pauses just before entering, taking one last look at the human realm, before disappearing in the glowing white. The glow disappears with her, leaving just a broken down house with a closed door]

[Cut to an Emperor's Coven guard drumming a beat. Zoom out to reveal several drumming guards in two lines in front of a large crowd]

Willow:
I don't see Luz anywhere

Gus:
Do you thinks she got caught?

[An alarm sounds, and the cage with Beast Eda in it rises onto a towering platform in front of the crowd]

Perry Porter:
Well folks, Eda the Owl Lady has appeared on stage, which means the petrification process is about to begin.

[Kikimora finishes rising with the cage. She walks forward and pushes a lever, making the three headed statue rise from the ground. Beast Eda visibly looks nervous as the machine crackles to power. Cut to the inside of the Conformatorium, where Lilith, Luz, and King are passing by towering statues covered in what appear to be meaty tendrils. They stop in front of a small platform]

Lilith:
You can take this up to the stage where they're holding Edalyn.

Luz:
Thank you, Lilith. What will you do know?

Lilith:
I will stay in the Emperor's coven, but I will make sure nothing like this ever happen again.

Luz:
That's good to hear. [looks around] Wait, why are there no guards around?

[A red tendril wraps itself around Lilith's legs, pulling her down]

Lilith:
[screams]

Luz:
Lilith!

King:
[screams as he also gets taken by a tendril]

Luz:
King!

[Lilith and King are dragged up near the ceiling before being suspended on either side of the far wall. Fires ignite below them, flanking a skull-like throne that Belos is sitting in, his staff in hand]

Emperor Belos:
Ah, Lilith. You chose the wrong side.

[Lilith and King are pulled upwards. Luz stares in horror and tries to walk forward, but two arms grab her legs]

Luz:
No!

Emperor Belos:
Ah puh-puh. I'd actually like to have a word with you, human.

[Luz glares at Belos]

[Cut to Lilith and King being forced into Beast Eda's cage by two Emperor's Coven members. They both land, kneeling, as the bars close behind them]

Lilith:
[looks up] Hello, Edalyn.

Beast Eda:
[glares for several seconds] Lilith. [begins pacing] You hurt Luz. You cursed me. Before anything turns me to stone, I'll tear you apart. [raises her claw]

King:
[jumps between Eda and Lilith] No, don't!

Eda:
[gasps]

King:
She was trying to help. She even betrayed the Emperor for you!

Beast Eda:
What?

Lilith:
If I knew something like this would happen, Edalyn, I--

[Lilith tries to cup Eda's face, but the activation of the petrification machine earns both of their attentions. The machine's eyes begin to glow, first yellow, then green. Cut to the crowd]

Willow & Gus: [gasp]

Willow:
We gotta do something.

Perry Porter:
And in a shocking turn of events, head Coven leader Lilith is now in the holding cage. Escorted by what appears to be a deranged cat.

[Gus pulls on his sleeve]

Perry Porter:
Augustus? I'm live!

Gus:
Dad, you have to stop!

Willow:
[grabs Perry's microphone] Yeah. What's happening to Eda isn't right. She might not always follow the rules, but she hasn't done anything worthy of a petrification!

Eye-Eating Prisoner: She helped me escape jail.

Morton:
She helps me stay in business!

Principal Bump:
She helped me love teaching again... after she left.

Willow:
The Emperor should let Eda go.

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