Grim, Speak the Shadows

Part 14

Willow kicked her slippers off and then spent the next five minutes just sitting on her bed, thinking, before finally deciding to pull out her scroll. It was now the early hours of the morning, but she had a few texts she needed to send out. When she went to check her messages though, she was a little surprised to see that Luz had already messaged her. Gus too, but Luz's seemed a little more urgent. She'd get back to Gus in a minute.

THEOWLLADY: WILLOW WILLOW WILLOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEOWLLADY: Have you seen Hunter????????

THEOWLLADY: This is Luz btw

THEOWLLADY: Something bad happened and i'm worried about hunter but idk where he went

THEOWLLADY: Pretty sure yr his only friend so i thought id check with you to see if you know where he is???

THEOWLLADY: have you heard from him at all?? Any texts or anything???

Wow, Luz really was worried about him, wasn't she? What happened? She really hoped Luz would give her a better idea of what was going on with Hunter. She knew Belos wanted to kill him, but...that was about it. She didn't really know anything else.

Hello_Willow: Luz!!!

Hello_Willow: Hunter actually just showed up at my house a little while ago

THEOWLLADY: He did??? Oh good i was so worried about what might happen to him

THEOWLLADY: We had a really...crazy night. Did he tell you anything?

Hello_Willow: He told me that he couldn't go back to the castle or Belos would kill him

Hello_Willow: Luz what happened??? Hunter is really loyal to Belos so why would his uncle want to kill him???

Hello_Willow: Plz tell me what happened, i'm worried and I want to help him but I need to know what happened first

THEOWLLADY: It might be kinda hard to tell you over Penstagram...should we talk in person??

Hmm...Talking in person would be easier, but Willow didn't want to leave Hunter. Maybe Luz could come over here? She could sneak in through her bedroom window. Yeah, she'd ask Luz if that could work. It was getting really late, but Willow knew she wouldn't be able to sleep until she knew what happened, and all of this craziness probably was better explained in person instead of over text.

Hello_Willow: Yeah, can you come over here? To my house? Hunter might freak out if he knows I'm gone

THEOWLLADY: Sure! I'll borrow Eda's staff and be there soon!

Hello_Willow: Okay! Be quiet though, and come in through my bedroom window. I don't want my dads or Hunter to know you're here.

THEOWLLADY: 👍👍

As she waited for Luz to come over, Willow decided to look over the messages Gus sent. She kinda just left him hanging.

HUMAN.GUS: Willow?

HUMAN.GUS: u back yet?

Hello_Willow: yeah, sorry

Hello_Willow: ummm so guess who just showed up at my door?

HUMAN.GUS: ?

HUMAN.GUS: Who? Luz?

Hello_Willow: Hunter, actually

HUMAN.GUS: ...

HUMAN.GUS: HUNTER??

HUMAN.GUS: Golden Guard Hunter??