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Amity breathed, slowly taking in the environment of the Market, she was at the owl lady's stall with Gus and Willow. Willow and Gus were chatting to Eda and King. It felt strange not seeing Luz hanging around at the stall with them. It had been two years since Luz left the Boiling Isles after defeating Emperor Belos. After defeating Belos, Luz had disappeared immediately, without any goodbyes, without a trace. Everyone assumed that Luz didn't want to be in the Boiling Isles anymore and that it was too much for her so she left through the portal that Belos had re-built. No one could access the portal since it crumbled after Luz left, not even Eda.
Over the two years, Amity had grown closer to Willow and Gus, growing apart from Boscha and her former friends. Her heart ached at the thought of Luz. She thought that Luz would at least leave with a note or anything, but she left the Boiling Isles just as quick as she came.
She had spent countless nights, staying awake, and wondering how everyone felt about her absence, no one talked about it - it was like taboo. Willow talked about Luz after she left, but only for a few weeks, she eventually stopped talking about Luz. It's like Luz was never really here. Luz didn't send any letters or texts to Amity over the two years, Amity assumed that Luz wanted nothing to do with her.
Amity remembered all the times she and Luz would walk in the market, holding hands and giggling at Luz's puns. They would talk about various things about the human world and how things worked there, Amity would watch Luz ramble about the human world, a soft smile forming on her face as she watched the girl wildly gesture as she spoke. They had been dating for a while, Amity was the first to confess. She confessed under the infamous Grom tree.
"Alright Kiddos, I think it's time to wrap up for the day." Eda clapped her hands together, snapping Amity out of her thoughts as she turned her attention to the witch.
"I and King are gonna go back to the owl house for the day, you kids be careful now." Eda waved at us and packed away the stall and hopped on the staff to fly away home.
Willow and Gus both agreed they had enough of wandering about and left, saying their byes to Amity.
"See you tomorrow Amity!" Gus waved as he walked away with Willow. Amity waved back, a soft smile on her face, she headed the opposite direction.
She began walking home, her black sneakers hitting the floor every time she took a step forward, her hands fiddling with the hem of her olive green sweater. She briefly ran a hand through her brown hair. Amity hated the green hair she previously had, she was only dying it under her parent's orders. Eventually, she grew tired and dyed it brown, refusing to follow their orders anymore. Her siblings, on the other hand, kept it green since they liked it anyway.
She sharply inhaled as she entered her house, the thud of her sneakers hitting the wooden floors as she entered, closing the door behind her.
"Heya Mittens!" Her siblings shouted from the kitchen.
" I told you, stop calling me that! " she retorted, stomping up the stairs.
She entered her room and kicked off her sneakers, flopping onto the bed. She thought about her Abomination's class and the homework she had to hand in tomorrow. With Hexside on her mind, she slowly drifted to sleep as the night sky grew darker.
The next day, Amity got up and dressed in her usual Hexside uniform, ate breakfast with her siblings, and left the house. She clutched her books against her body as she made her way to Hexside. The trees swayed due to the gentle breeze, her brown hair was getting tousled from the wind. She groaned and cursed the boiling isles as she fixed her hair.
Suddenly, her ears perked up as she noticed a distinct thumping sound from a distance, she looked over to the direction of the sound. Nothing usually happens around this part of the woods so she was curious. Her eyebrows furrowed as she walked deeper into the woods, following the mysterious thumping sound.
Eventually, when she came across someone, Amity groaned, she had no patience to be dealing with anyone in the early hours of the morning.
"Can you keep it down or whatever? It's pretty rude to-" Amity was cut short as the mysterious person turned around.
She gasped softly, her golden eyes met with those familiar brown eyes. She glanced up and down at the person, their warm skin, their messy brown hair. They were wearing a mustard yellow flannel along with some black jeans. The two looked at each other in silence, the other girl looked like she was a deer in headlights.
"Luz Noceda." Amity breathed, dropping her books before stepping closer to the other girl. She didn't know how to feel, Happy? Anger? She had so many questions.
"What gives you the right to turn up here after two years?" she glared at Luz, awaiting her response.
"I- this door took me here? How do you know my name?" Luz asked, crossing her arms, her black boots shuffling the floor.
Amity furrowed her eyebrows at Luz's reaction.
"Aren't you happy to see me? It's been two years!" Amity threw her hands up, exasperated.
"I'm sorry but I don't know who you are." Luz looked at the girl, before continuing,
" Or what this place is. " she added.
Amity's heart sank. She couldn't believe Luz was pulling pranks on her.
"Luz I'm serious! Enough with the games." Amity huffed
"I'm serious too, I don't know shit about anything." Luz cursed and looked at the brown-haired girl.
Amity was stunned, Luz never usually cursed.
"I- I'm taking you to Eda. You need to see her at least." Amity quickly spoke as she grabbed Luz's wrist and dragged her along to the owl house.
"Hey, get off!" Luz shook her hand to free herself from Amity's grasp.
"I'll just follow you or whatever, don't get grabby." Luz sighed.
Amity bit her lip and nodded, motioning for Luz to follow her. This felt strange - The Luz she knew two years ago wasn't like this- Luz had certainly changed, she was more… bitter and snarky.
They walked together in silence, Amity occasionally glancing at Luz and taking in her features, she looked very different. Her hair had grown into a mullet, her pierced ears no longer had the black round studs but she had small silver hoops in place.
"What are you staring at?" Luz grumbled, snapping Amity out of her thoughts.
"Uh- Nothing. Sorry." She apologized.
Her heart sank once again, why was Luz so mean to her?
"What is this place anyway?" Luz questioned
"The Boiling Isles, I thought you'd know. " Amity answered
"Why do you act like you know me? Or like I've been here before?" Luz questioned again.
"Because I do, and because you have, you vanished two years ago after defeating Belos"
Amity sighed, remembering that Luz left, without a goodbye. Amity wasn't okay for a while after that.
"Two years ago? No- I was at a summer camp for months so I couldn't have been anywhere else. " Luz shook her head furrowing her eyebrows as she clutched her yellow flannel.
They both questioned each other as they walked towards the Owl House.
"Hoot! If it isn't the one and only, Luz! I'm so happy to see you! You have no idea-" Hooty interrupted their conversation as they approached the house, he was cut off by Luz.
"Wow. You're annoying." Luz winced at the sound of his voice before looking at Amity. Amity shrugged as Hooty reassured himself and opened the door.
King was in the living room, he perked up at the sight of Luz and squealed, Luz's eyes widening as he sprinted towards her and hugged her tightly.
"Luz! I thought you'd never come back, I missed you, We have so much-" King rambled but was cut off by Luz once again.
"Woah Woah, you need to calm down. Are you a dog or something?" Luz rolled her eyes as she grabbed King and shoved him to the side.
The grey-haired woman peeked from the corner, upon seeing Luz she smiled brightly and stepped forward, opening her arms.
"Hey Kiddo, welcome back, thought you'd never return." Eda chuckled.
"Uh.. sure, thanks. " Luz crossed her arms.
Eda frowned, noticing her change in behavior.
"So, Luz here claims to not know anything about being here or anyone. " Amity eyed Luz. Quite unsettled by her presence.
"Luz defeated Belos and left, I'm assuming you don't want anything to do with the Boiling Isles after that huh?" Eda looked at Luz, her arms dropping to her sides.
"Seriously, I don't know what this place is or what anyone is. This place is weird?" Luz raised her brows and walked around the room, eyeing the furniture.
"I'd remember being here, or anyone- It's very... unusual compared to my hometown," she stated
Eda squinted her eyes, trying to make sense of it all. Amity could see her trying to figure out the cause of the problem, Eda's eyes flickered back and forth as she racked her brain for answers.
"It's possible that Belos may have cursed you with amnesia, as far I know- there's no cure for it and that explains why you don't remember being here or anyone." she stroked her chin.
Amity's heart sank. She didn't want Luz to forget her. There was no way the girl she used to date had amnesia.
" Belos? Cursing me with amnesia? Seriously why is this dude so important?" Luz grumbled before flopping on the sofa.
"Anyway I don't have time for this, can someone wake me up now or something? I wanna go home. " Luz raised her brow, motioning her hands.
"Uh, you're in another dimension, kid. I don't think sending you home will be easy considering what happened with Belos." Eda spoke quietly, her voice almost a whisper as she started to process the situation. She would usually crack a joke to lighten the situation, but with the seriousness of it, she didn't. Amity inhaled sharply at this, not wanting anything to be real.
"Well, I have many questions," Luz stated.
Eda had spent a few hours with Luz, explaining things that she did on the boiling isles and who Belos was and why he was so important. In the meanwhile, Eda and King introduced themselves.
Amity remained silent most of the time, just listening to Eda and nodding along. Her heart had cracked into little pieces. She didn't want to start over again. She had been in love with Luz ever since they first met. Now they're strangers.
Luz turned at Amity, glancing at her uniform and dyed brown hair before speaking.
"I don't think you've introduced yourself yet. You're the only one who hasn't yet," she stated.
Amity glanced at the floor, trying to ignore the pain, she spoke hesitatingly
"I'm Amity, Amity Blight. We were in Abomination class together, so I guess I was your classmate." she nodded at Luz, not wanting to reveal anything more. What was the point anyway? Her memory didn't seem to be returning any time soon.
After that, Amity decided it was best to let Luz and Eda catch up, King had wandered upstairs to take a nap. Amity left the owl house, Hooty saying his goodbyes, she scowled at the owl before walking into the woods.
The witch kicked a few pebbles, the thought of things being different now that Belos had cursed Luz. They wouldn't be the same - and she was positive Luz would not have any feelings for her anymore. Amity sighed and made her way home. She ignored her siblings' greetings as she headed upstairs and into her room.
She couldn't ignore the dull aching pain in her heart. Luz was beautiful, kind, and smart. The Luz she knew was like that. Now she's different.
Amity may never get the chance to confess to her again. She curled up on her bed as her eyes welled up with tears and her nose stung. The sniffles turned into broken sobs, with her hiccupping echoing the room. Luz made Amity feel so many things and Amity hated it.