King Oneshots (The Owl House)

A minion in his army of darkness

Summary: King gets scared while watching a horror movie with Luz and Eda. He hugs his stuffed toy, Francois, for comfort.

There he was, The King of Demons on his comfy throne with his loyal subjects - loyal subjects as in Eda, Luz, and Francois and throne as in couch. A tub of ice cream sat snuggly on top of a raggy blanket that covered his short legs. He shoved spoonfuls of the vanilla treat into his mouth before the movie even started. Yes, it was fitting for a king such as himself.

Of course, King could only make it to such a fitting throne because of his royal negotiation skills. Luz and Eda foolishly underestimated his tolerance for such themes of spiritual demons, death, and general violence. He was the king of demons! From a young age, he knew that his future was meant to be filled with his minions defeating armies in bloody battles while he subdued all threats who got in his way with his bare hands. But no! Luz and Eda thought he couldn't handle The Poltergeistering.

His eyes were fixated on the old box TV Eda snuck out of the human realm earlier that year. He would admit, the shadowiness of the colorless movie and the old hotel it was set in gave him slight claustrophobia that gnawed at him. The main character was a human boy around his age and height that King grew weirdly attached to. The movie made everything around the boy look huge with the way the trees loomed over the camera and the parents towered on top of him.

"Did you guys seriously think I couldn't handle this," he laughed.

Half an hour along the line, King's feet started to sweat and he felt himself start to tremble. It wasn't because of the movie though. No, it was because Luz borrowed the blanket after she got cold. The boy in the movie just happened to find himself alone in the woods at the very same time King felt shivers down his neck.

A cloaked figure drifted across the screen, emitting a low growl as it approached the boy. Drops of red liquid leaked beneath the floating figure. King's heart was racing.

"King?"

He jumped and looked at the voice. Luz's eyes were examining him cautiously as her lips pursed into an anxious frown. Eda was also looking at him with ... fear? No. King knew it was with concern as well, as much as he didn't want to admit it.

"Are you alright?" asked Luz. "We can stop watching if you want."

King shook his head defiantly. "No, no. I'm completely fine, not scared at all." He narrowed his eyes. "Are you scared ?"

Luz hesitated for a moment. "Mmm, okay. Just say when it's too scary. Even demon kings can feel scared."

King's eyes were attached to the screen once again. He purposely relaxed his tense face into a nonchalant expression to stop Luz's and Eda's inspective gazes. Only when he steadied his shaking claws did they turn their gaze to the screen.

He couldn't conceal the little jump he made when the figure lunged for the boy's ankles simultaneously with shrieking violins. The boy scrambled away, screaming, pleading as the creature raced towards him in contorted movements. The feeling of being alone in the big woods felt so real, so familiar.

King saw the fur of his tale stand up out of the corner of his eye. But that's when he saw a terrifyingly pink friend with a button eye. Yes, his sole companion and right-hand man, Francois. His brave minion sat with a stoic expression. His relaxed frame was completely unphased by the horrors occurring on screen.

Francois was coming closer to him and sat on King's lap as if to protect him from the monster in the movie. King wrapped his arms protectively around his loyal subject, knowing this tactic would intimidate the demon on screen. Yes, he felt more confident. One could say that if he was scared, which he could never be as a demon himself, Francois made him feel a lot better.

Every time there was a harrowing scream, a demonic figure, a bleeding animal, the feeling of the soft bunny against his tummy reminded him that he was okay.

A/N Feel free to make requests. I might not get to them though

I don't really feel like doing shipping, smut, crossovers (unless it's gravity falls), SH, or AUs.

"I was adopted when I was two then I become an owl tube" 😔✊