The Owl House

Season #2 Episode #3: Echoes of the Past

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[Open in the middle of a mystical forest, during a boiling rainstorm. A small, furry creature peeks out from a log when, then hides back in when a hooded stranger runs past. This stranger runs into a ruined building to seek shelter from the boiling rain and pull their hood down, revealing themself to be a younger Eda, with shorter ginger hair. She looks at her cape, annoyed that the rain had burnt holes in it. As she starts to walk further in, unbeknownst to her, a pair of glowing yellow eyes appear from a crevice within a pile of fallen rocks.]

[Eda wanders further into the ruins, past a cluster of stacked rock formations, when a shadowy figure runs past in the foreground, startling Eda.]

Young Eda:
[brandishing her staff] Who's there? Reveal yourself!

[Cut to a perspective view from this mysterious figure, approaching Eda from behind. Eda turns around and gasps.]

[THEME SONG]

[In the present, Luz is at the Owl House. She is studying and experimenting with glyphs in a notebook.]

Luz:
Hmmm...

[She starts drawing a glyph, but scribbles it out. She makes a frustrated grunt. King dives through, tumbling books over.]

King:
Luz, I need your help! I think Francois is trying to start a rebellion.

[Pan to the couch, covered in King's plushies. Francois, his pale pink bunny, is sitting in the center on a pillow. After a beat, a jagged dagger with a red gem on the hilt falls out from behind him.]

Luz:
In a minute, King. I'm getting so close to figuring out this glyph combo.

King:
It's always glyphs and portals with you these days. What about King?

Luz:
Why don't you ask Lilith for help? She was in the Emperor's Coven. She has more experience with unruly mobs than anyone.

[Lilith is kneeling at the desk, extremely focused on drawing a glyph with a red paintbrush. She's bent over, eyes only a short distance from the paper. Her hair is messy and the whites of her eyes are huge, with tiny irises.]

Lilith:
[giggling giddily] Watching the ink dry is the best part.

[King grunts in disapproval.]

Hooty:
[giving Lilith a mug] A fresh cup of tea for my favorite cup of tea. That's you, Lulu.

[Lilith smooths her hair, and her eyes are back to normal]

Lilith:
Well, Hootsifer, you truly are a gem. [pets his head] How do you always know what to do?

King:
[whispering to Luz] What's going on? Is Hooty blackmailing her?

Luz:
Oh, I think they're actually friends. Isn't that nice? [closes her book and stands up, holding a glyph] Okay, this will work for sure. Now you see me...

[Luz slams the glyph to her chest and vanishes. King gasps. Lilith looks up. Luz reappears.]

Luz:
...now you don't. Oh, I guess it only lasts as long as I hold my breath. Still pretty cool, huh?

[King rushes and clings to Luz's leg.]

King:
Don't ever do that again!

[Lilith stands up in amazement.]

Lilith:
Do that again! How ever did you accomplish it?

Luz:
[shaking King off her leg] Well, since you guys discovered that we can make new spells by combining glyphs, I've been experimenting. I got the invisibility idea from your history books, Lilith.

[Lilith stands up and begins walking to the side]

Lilith:
Fascinating! As the lead historical scholar of the Emperor's Coven, my aid could be very helpful in--

[Lilith stumbles over the tower of King's plushies, toppling them.]

King:
An ambush! Men, defend your ruler!

[King tosses a nearby plush at Lilith. Hooty blocks it, and dramatically falls into Lilith's arms.]

Hooty:
I'm done for, Lulu.

Lilith:
Hootsifer, this is make-believe.

Hooty:
Ah, to die in your arms. Avenge me.

[Hooty droops and sticks his tongue out, his eyes becoming X's. King tosses another plushie at Lilith's head.]

King:
The King of Demons yields to no one!

Lilith:
Historically, demons have never been united under a single rule until Belos. There's no such thing as a "King of Demons".

[King throws yet another plush at Lilith's head.]

King:
Blasphemy! Clearly, you know nothing of my reign of terror. Allow me to tell you.

[Cut to a series of medieval-style illustrations depicting King as a large, fearsome King of Demons.]

King:
[voiceover] I was once the mighty King of Demons. I was beloved almost as much as I was feared. But one dark day, an evil spell was cast...

[In one illustration, a giant green hand takes a large crown from King's head. Transition back to King, who falls to his knees.]

King:
...transforming me into this!

Hooty:
Oh? What happened to your "crown of power"?

King:
A trifle! That was just to test Eda and Luz's dedication to me! They passed. My real crown is still out there. But when I shrank, my memories got, uh... fuzzy.

Lilith:
How convenient. A hole in your memory for each hole in your story.

Hooty:
Nice one, Lulu! Up top!

[Lilith "high-fives" Hooty's face, giving him a black eye.]

King:
Hey, I remember plenty!

[Back to the illustrations of a monstrous King, which depict what he describes.]

King:
[voiceover] I remember armies bowing before me, being served the greatest of feasts...

[Cut to a POV shot of King's paw reaching for a bright light as it shrinks from view.]

King:
...and falling from a massive height as evil hex shrank me. One day, I'll return to my rightful place...

[Cut to a dramatic shot of King finishing his soliloquy.]

King:
...and all shall fear me!

[Luz grabs King and gives him a belly rub.]

Luz:
[like talking to a puppy] Aw, you're gonna be such a good tyrant. Who's the scariest demon king? Who is it?

King:
[laughing] Me! It's me!

Lilith:
Your dedication to this farce would be charming if it wasn't so sad.

King:
Don't blame me for your ignorance. I'm not a liar, and I can prove it.

[King storms off into a corridor.]

Lilith:
[offended gasp] He called me ignorant. Me!

Luz:
Stop it, you guys. This story is really important to him, so the least we can do is play along.

Lilith:
You mean indulge his silly fantasy?

Hooty:
Yeah! I'm a house of principles! You're asking me to lie? Hootrageous!

Luz:
Could you please just go with it? For his sake?

[At the doorway, King is struggling to get back through with two long poles in his arms. They fall, and he holds them vertically and walks through. They're Eda and Lilith's staffs.]

King:
All right, you two shall regret ever doubting me. We're going to my castle!

Luz:
Uh...

Hooty:
What's wrong, Luz? I thought you said we should just "go with"--

Luz:
Go with him! I said we should go with him, right? How could I forget what I just said?

[Luz grabs Eda's staff off King, and Lilith takes her's.]

Lilith:
My historical expertise is being questioned, and I will not allow it. Hooty, would you like to accompany us?

Hooty:
[gasps] I-I'll get ready!

[Hooty stretches backwards toward the door. Cutting back to Luz, King, and Lilith, we hear sounds of crashing and squishing organs and splattering. The three all look disgusted and very disturbed until they gasp in horror. Cut to reveal that the part of the door where Hooty would be is now hollow, with pulsing organs at the edges. Below it, Hooty is now sitting in a birdhouse-shaped backpack.]

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