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Season #2 Episode #4: Keeping up A-fear-ances

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Lilith:
(jumps up to Gwendolyn) Mother! Mother, you know, I was there too.

Gwendolyn:
Oh, hello to you too, sweet flea. (touches Lilith’s hair) Still dyeing your hair, I see. Well, it's very sleek. Now give me a moment with Edalyn, dear. It's important.

[Lilith looks surprised, then becomes sad and backs off.]

Gwendolyn:
That's right! Today, I am about to complete a 30-year mission.

Eda:
(annoyed expression) Oh, no.

Gwendolyn:
Your mother has finally succeeded.

Eda:
(pinches her eyebrows) Here it comes.

Gwendolyn:
Today, I shall be curing (spins her staff and jabs it on the ground) your curse!

Eda:
(digs ear) No, thanks.

Luz and Lilith:
What?!

Eda:
I said, "No, thanks." I got my elixir system. I'm good.

Gwendolyn:
But... But who knows what they put in those nasty concoctions?

Eda:
Actually, I do. And... (grabs Gwendolyn’s staff) would you look at the time? (makes Gwendolyn sit on her staff) I got a lot to do today. So sad to see you go. Okay, bye!

[Eda slaps on Gwendolyn’s staff and sends her flying away. She then dusts off her hands.]

Eda:
Moms. Am I right?

[Luz and Lilith look at Eda with a completely shocked expression on their faces.]

Lilith:
(frustrated) I haven't seen Mother in forever! And she was handing you a cure on a silver platter!

Luz:
I'd kill to see my mom right now, and you just launch yours into the sky?!

Eda:
Oh, listen, she comes around every year, toting a new cure for my curse. (starts walking into the house) But they never work, so I am done getting my hopes up.

Lilith:
(disbelief) Mother visits Edalyn… regularly? (follows Eda into the house)

[Luz looks to her left. Gwendolyn lands, then walks away with sad expression. Luz makes a pitiful sound.]

Luz:
(from a distance) Mrs. Clawthorne?

[Gwendolyn turns around.]

Luz:
Wait! (runs up to Gwendolyn) I'm Luz. Eda's apprentice. I think what you're doing is so sweet. Eda can just be so... Eda sometimes.

Gwendolyn:
Call me Gwen, dear. But please don't blame Edalyn. It was the curse that created the rift between us.

Luz:
I understand. Right now, there's an actual rift between me and my mom in the Human Realm.

Gwendolyn:
Human Realm? Hmm. (gasps) My dear, I may know how to fix both our rifts.

Luz:
(excited) Really?

Gwendolyn:
I've heard some information that may assist you on your quest. Help me cure Eda's curse and that information is yours.

Luz:
(exhilarated) Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes! Where do we start?

Gwendolyn:
We'll be consulting someone… (grabs her necklace, the rune on it starts flashing) very special.

[Scene cuts to Luz and Gwendolyn walking someplace.]

Luz:
So we're gonna meet a curse expert? This is so rad.

Gwendolyn:
Yes, after years of dealing with the Healing Coven, I finally found someone who promised me a cure. (stops) Ah! Here we are.

[Gwendolyn and Luz are standing in front of a stone door. Gwendolyn walks up to it and displays her necklace. The door flashes, then opens up, revealing a cave. Gwendolyn and Luz walks into the cave. Inside, an old witch with 4 hands is sitting on an altar. A gremlin with boils on his eyelids kneels in front of him.]

Gremlin:
Please, they're so itchy.

[The old witch waves his hand, casting a spell circle. A circle of purple light surrounds the gremlin and lifts him up. The light then flashes, and after that, the gremlin is healed. Gwendolyn and Luz gasps at the sight of that, with Gwendolyn looking happy and Luz looking shocked. The gremlin is then put down on the ground.]

Gremlin:
Boils, they're... they're gone! Thank you, Wortlop. Thank you. (runs away crying happily)

Gwendolyn:
That's Master Wortlop. He's a traveling curse expert who's perfected next-level healing magic.

[Master Wortlop gestures for Gwendolyn to come over.]

Gwendolyn:
Ooh.

[Gwendolyn pushes Luz aside and passes her staff to her. She walks up to Wortlop and kneels in front of him.]

Master Wortlop:
Gwendolyn, my pupil. Your aura is shining bright.

Gwendolyn:
It took many months, but I was able to gather the sacred items you requested. (takes out an egg) The copper egg from the Snowy Rib Cage, (takes out a dagger) the silver dagger from the Swampy Toes, and (takes out a chalice) the golden chalice from the desert of Palm Stings.

Master Wortlop:
You're a dedicated mother, aren't you?

[Master Wortlop summons a tome out of thin air.]

Master Wortlop:
Inside this tome is the healing ability you seek. (passes it over to Gwendolyn) But keep it away from the eyes of non-believers, for many will be blinded by the power it holds.

[Gwendolyn looks at the tome in awe.]

Gwendolyn:
I understand. (stands up and bows to Master Wortlop) I am in your debt, Master Wortlop.

[Gwendolyn turns around and walks away with Luz. Luz stops, looks at Master Wortlop admiringly, then runs off to catch up with Gwendolyn. Scene changes to outside the Owl House. Gwendolyn drives a sign into the ground while Luz writes “APPLE BLOOD” and draws an arrow pointing away from the house. King looks at them from inside the house through a window.]

King:
Isn't it amazing, Francois? If Eda's mom can just pop up, who says my dad can't?

[Luz follows Gwendolyn deeper into the forest. King stretches his arms.]

King:
NYEH! Better get my hugging arms ready.

Lilith:
Ha!

[King opens his eyes and stares at Lilith. She is lying on the couch eating ice-cream.]

Lilith:
Yeah, good luck with all that dad stuff. (munches) Sometimes it doesn't matter how dutiful you are or successful you are, parents just won't give you the time of day.

King:
Don't listen to her, Francois. My dad won't be like that.

Lilith:
(sneers) Right. Your mysterious father, who didn't even stick around to watch you hatch.

[King stares at Lilith with a devastated expression.]

Lilith:
(dejected) Looks like you and I are in the same boat, King.

[King whimpers and clutches Francois closer to himself.]

[Scene cuts to the forest. Luz ties up a rope and wipes off sweat from her forehead.]

Gwendolyn:
Nice work, Luz. (her palisman drops her on a stone) With Wortlop's tome and your ability to lure Eda out of the house, we'll be curing that curse in no time.

Luz:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure she's always down for more apple blood. So, (stands up) that Wortlop guy was really something. You're his pupil?

Gwendolyn:
(looks up from her tome) Oh, yes. But first, I had to prove that I was worthy of his secrets. So I spent the last year on a bunch of dangerous quests. And (flashes her bicep muscles) I didn't even get that many scars.

Luz:
(amazed) Cool. Also, dang, girl, (compares her bicep to Gwendolyn’s) your bicep game is ridiculous.

[Someone steps on a stick and causes leaves to rustle.]

Gwendolyn:
(gasps) Our signs must've worked. (runs away together with Luz)

Eda:
(follows the signs into the woods) Oh, baby, time to stock up on Mama's night juice.

[Gwendolyn and Luz overlook Eda from a tree branch high up.]

Gwendolyn:
According to Wortlop's tome, we start by lowering the beast's defenses with special crystals. And they're supposed to be quite calming.

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