The Owl House Page #4

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

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Gus:
Let Eda go!

Crowd:
[chanting] Let Eda go! Let Eda go! Let Eda go! Let Eda go!

[Camera pans down to the chamber with Luz and Belos]

Luz:
Let my friends go, or else!

Owlbert:
[hoot]

[Luz slams the butt of Eda's staff into the floor, rocketing out of the grip of the hands holding her down. She lands with a flip and slams the staff down, summoning a row of ice spikes that stops inches away from Belos's mask]

Emperor Belos:
Okay. [melts from the throne, reappearing behind Luz, appearing to be more liquid than solid mass] I'll play.

[Belos lifts a finger and flicks it, sending Luz into the base of a towering statue. A crack travels up the statue, until it frees the giant two-headed axe, which Luz just barely dodges]

[Luz sends a fireblast at spikes of earth. She freezes a giant red hand in a block of ice. She mounts the staff to avoid more earth spikes. She pulls the staff around and aims for Belos, fire glyphs in hand]

[Belos stands immobile as the intro monster appears around him]

Luz:
[screams]

[The intro monster swallows Luz. It explodes a second later, and Luz lands on the ground on her feet]

Emperor Belos:
[screen pulsing with his words] What's wrong, human? I thought you wanted to fight.

[The shadow of Belos passes, and Luz turns to face it. More arms grab her legs and arms, pulling her back down to the ground]

Luz:
Huh? Ah!

Emperor Belos:
[appearing from the shadows] Had enough?

Luz:
[smirks] Not even close. [moves her hand to reveal an ice glyph]

[The ice pillar hits Belos's mask, chipping a piece off. Luz looks at the shard before looking back up at Belos]

Emperor Belos:
[chuckles] I like your spirit. [turns around to reveal a glowing blue eye shining out of the broken half of his mask] But try that again and things won't end well for you.

[The arms retreat off of Luz]

Emperor Belos:
Now I'm just a humble messenger for the Titan. In the grand scheme of things, the Owl Lady's life is inconsequential. [steps directly in front of Luz] But then you showed up. If you want to save your mentor, give me the portal to the human realm.

Luz:
But... my home.

[Luz looks up. Cut to the petrification machine, which is completely powered on. A bolt of green energy directs itself to the cage]

Beast Eda, King, and Lilith: [scream]

[Beast Eda dives in front of Lilith and King, taking the full brunt of the blast of magic]

Lilith:
Edalyn!

Beast Eda:
[screams, more beast than Eda]

[Cut back to Belos and Luz]

Emperor Belos:
You probably think we want to invade the human realm, but the Titan's will is not so boarish. You'll understand soon. Tick tock, human. The Owl Lady doesn't have much time left.

Beast Eda:
[distantly screeches]

Luz:
[reaches for the ceiling, for Eda] No! [grabs the clasp of her cloak as a tear runs down her cheek] Fine! [reaches under her cloak and activates the portal door, keeping the key out of sight of Belos. She hugs the door to her chest] Lo siento, mamá. [grabs Eda's staff and stands, reluctantly walking towards Belos and holding out the door] Here, it's yours.

Emperor Belos:
The Titan will be pleased.

[Belos takes the door. Luz's hand lingers on it, not dropping until a few seconds after it's completely out of her grasp. She finally steps on the platform that Lilith had brought her to, pulling the hood of the cloak up]

Emperor Belos:
Go on then. [He taps his staff against the ground, making the platform rise] Go be a hero.

Luz:
I may have lost, but so have you.

[Luz turns around and taps Eda's staff against the platform. Owlbert's eyes glow, as do the fire glyphs on the door before the latter ignite, making the portal to the human realm explode. Belos backs away from the flaming eye, the only substantial part of the door that remains. He glares at Luz through the smoke, who glares right back as the platform carries her out of the chamber]

[Cut to Beast Eda, whose legs begin turning to stone. Luz and the platform rise in between the cage and the petrification machine. Luz grabs a plant glyph and throws it to the base of the machine. Vines burst out of the glyph and rock the machine to the side, stopping it]

Beast Eda:
[screeches and falls to the ground, nearly completely stone]

King:
Wh-- what do we do?!

Lilith:
The spell wasn't completed! Maybe I can help her fight it! [puts her hands on Eda's wing]

Kikimora:
No! What is happening?

Luz:
[activates a fire glyph as she walks behind Kikimora] Free them, now!

[Kikimora shrinks in on herself and traces a spell circle. The cage disappears, and Luz runs to Eda]

Luz:
Eda! Are you okay?

[The stone recedes from Eda's body. Her eyes open]

Beast Eda:
As good as I'll ever be.

Emperor's Coven guards, holding spears, close in on them. Luz prepares herself for a fight, but Eda flings her and King onto her back]

Beast Eda:
Let's fly.

[Lilith gets on in front of Luz and King, and Eda takes off. The Coven guards take aim with their spears, but none hit them. The crowd cheers as Eda flies away. Cut to Kikimora glaring after them, until Emperor Belos walks out, his mask still broken]

Kikimora:
My liege.

Emperor Belos:
[walks to the edge of the roof] Children of the Isles. The Titan has told me to spare the Owl Lady's life, but in return, her curse will strip away all her powers. Let her monstrous form be a lesson about the dangers of wild magic.

[Cut to the Owl House, which Beast Eda lands in front of, panting heavily. Luz, Lilith, and King dismount]

Luz:
Don't worry, Eda. I'll run and get you some elixir and--

Lilith:
No, human. No amount of elixir can heal her now. Oh, sister. [cups Eda's face] I should have done this a long time ago. [puts their foreheads together] With this spell declared, let the pain be shared.

[Lilith and Beast Eda glow blue and float. Their gems glow, and Eda returns back to her usual witch form. Luz shields King from the light, and they both turn when it fades to see Eda, back to normal, and Lilith land softly]

Luz:
Eda!

Lilith and Eda turn their heads to reveal that one of each of their eyes has turned gray, and Lilith now has a streak of gray hair while Eda has a streak of white and her gem is still black. Eda laughs as Luz and King run and hug her]

Luz:
Can you still do magic?

Eda:
[traces a spell circle, which disintegrates] That's a no. It'll take some time to get used to this.

Lilith:
I feel that I've been weakened as well.

Luz:
It's okay. I can teach you what I know, and what we don't know, we can learn together.

[Luz puts a light glyph in Eda's hand. Eda activates it, looking shocked that it worked. The ball of light floats into the night sky. Lilith walks closer to the others]

Eda:
[ruffling Luz's hair] Thanks, kid. [pulls Luz into a hug] I look forward to that.

[Camera focuses on the ball of light, which rises until it gets lost among the stars]

Luz:
[voiceover] And that's how we escaped from the Emperor.

[Cut to Luz's room, where she's laying on her stomach in her sleeping bag. King is asleep at her feet]

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