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Season #2 Episode #3: Echoes of the Past

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King:
And then, something happened...

[The camera shakes to what sounds like an explosion. The unborn King reacts to the sound.]

King:
...but I was too small to do anything. So, I went back to sleep.

[Fade to black. Fade in again, this time to a more developed King inside the egg.]

King:
And the next time I woke up...

[The eggshell starts to crack, and a slit of light shines through. King reacts to the light and reaches for it. Cut to the secret room, where King emerges from his egg and tumbles down the steps of the pedestal. The newborn King opens his eyes for the first time and sees the castle's mysterious symbol on the skylight.]

[King pulls himself across the room until he reaches the door. It magically reacts to his touch and opens, revealing the monster behind it. The two look at each other. The monster picks up King, cradles him and walks to the shaft. It dives down the hole with King in its arms, and King reaches for the light from the top as it disappears from view. Fade to black.]

[Cut back to the present. King takes the broken horn off his stump, a look of revelation on his face.]

Luz:
King...

King:
That roar. It meant "son". I don't know how I know that, but I do. Someone called me their son. Luz, I think it was my dad!

Luz:
Maybe that was him on all those wall carvings.

[The monster breaks through the door down and prepares to strike with his axe-hand. As Luz cowers in fear, King defiantly runs up to it and raises his paw.]

King:
Stop.

[The monster suddenly pauses, and it bows to him in respect.]

Eda:
That thing was defending King from us this whole time? Huh. Alright.

[Lilith takes a picture of the wall carvings with an instant flash camera; the others look at her.]

Lilith:
Oh, sorry. Were we discussing important revelations? I'll... [clears throat] I'll just... do this later.

[She takes the photo from the camera and sheepishly hides it behind her back. Hooty eats and swallows the camera.]

Hooty:
Gulp!

Luz:
[to King] Maybe you weren't exactly the King of Demons, but...

King:
I was important to someone. [starts tearing up] If... If he's out there, I want to find him. I'm not that old! It could be possible! [sniff] Would you help me?

Luz:
I'd do anything for you, buddy.

King:
Then... can we keep him? [points to the monster]

Luz & Eda & Lilith: No!

[Hooty wraps his body around the three.]

Hooty:
Yeeeees!

[Cut to the Owl House, where Luz is tucking King into bed while he carves the castle's symbol onto his collar medallion with a fork.]

Luz:
Whatcha doin' there, King?

King:
That symbol was all over that tower. What if it's my name?

[Luz glues the broken piece of King's horn onto the stump with glue, making it whole again. She wipes off some excess glue with her finger.]

King:
Aah... gooey!

[The camera cuts to a wide shot of King's room, revealing the monster, which King had named "Jean-Luc", sitting lifelessly in the corner of his room.]

King:
[put this collar back on] It's too bad Jean-Luc stopped moving outside the ruins. I liked having a big, scary minion.

[Luz looks at him and is creeped out by his presence.]

Luz:
Yeah. Too bad.

King:
Luz, is it okay to still call me "King"? It feels kind of weird when I'm not the king of anything.

Luz:
Well, you'll always be the king of my heart. That's good enough, right?

King:
[thinks for a moment] Yeah! Goodnight, Luz.

[King lies down, and Luz kisses him on the forehead.]

King:
And Francois.

[King holds up his plush rabbit. Luz kisses it.]

King:
Now, Jean-Luc.

[Luz looks at the inanimate Jean-Luc; some of his fleshy red goop drips onto his knee. Luz grunts in disgust and starts walking backwards towards the door.]

Luz:
Bummer, looks like I'm all out of kisses. Maybe next time. Goodnight! [closes the door]

[In the living room, Eda and Lilith are looking over the photos that Lilith took of the ruins.]

Eda:
I've never seen markings like this.

[Lilith opens one of her books as Luz enters and sits down next to Eda]

Eda:
Hmmm... Ooh, is it some kind of ancient language?

Lilith:
And those old carvings. Who were they depicting?

Eda:
[to Luz] Any ideas, "mystery whisperer"?

[Luz picks up one of the photos.]

Luz:
I don't know. But whatever we discover, we'll be there for King... no matter what.

[The camera focuses on the photo, which is of the carvings depicting the large, spear-wielding demon. Cut to black.]

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