The Owl House: Coven of Shadows

Haunting of Judith Clawthorne Part 1

A/N: And here is one of the most heavy-hitting chapters of my story. I hadn't planned on it being a two-parter, but with major events like these, I simply had no choice. Anyway, this is where Season 2's elements and/or characters would be introduced here. And it's going to be a heavy one, to be certain.

One night, a Triclops was walking by herself out in the forest holding her raven phone and a bag around her shoulder. She had a slender figure with pink skin, gray-blue eyes, and mid-back length violet hair tied back in a bun. She was also dressed in a dark gray tunic with a dark gray cowl, along with dark gray, heeled boots with a light gray top. As part of the potions track, her sleeves and leggings were yellow, but she was also the head captain of the Grudgby team at Hexside. And unfortunately, that was built out of her usual manner of brashness and "superiority". In fact, she was even talking to her mother very rudely as she was heading over to Amity's house, otherwise known as Blight Manor.

"Yes, Mom, I'm going to the Moonlight Conjuring. No, Mom, you can't come. And yes, Mom, it's sad that you're asking."

Of course, she didn't realize that she was under the watch of someone far worse than even her. It was a dark silhouette with long, black hair, glowing red, snake-like eyes, and what appeared to be a black hawk on the figure's arm. As her raven phone flew away to the air, the figure turned to the hawk and nodded to it before it took off after its prey.

Within seconds afterwards, the raven was suddenly ambushed by the figure's hawk, instantly taken down, letting out one last cry before it was suddenly silenced. The Triclops heard it cry and became concerned, mostly for what it meant to her overall coverage plan.

"Hey! That's my phone, you jerk!"

She diverted herself from the path to Amity's Manor and went straight to the darker part of the forest where she heard her phone cry out. Little did she know of what awaited her as the figure scowled deeply towards her.

The Triclops tried to find her phone in the pitch black darkness, but the deeper she went, the more she became puzzled. Presently, the whole forest seemed to be against her. Everything that seemed familiar to her just... weren't. The triclops just couldn't help but wonder to herself.

"Has anyone even been here before...?"

It was an obvious question to be sure, for it seemed like nobody else was around. No one in their right mind would ever go that path, at least not for long, and she was no exception. Not even the Owl Lady herself would distance herself there. And from the looks of it, it was for good reason.

The whole forest was brimming with the most horrible of noises. A horrible groan echoed amongst the trees, followed by a sound of a dying bird. Unfortunately, she recognized what sound it was.

"My phone!"

The impudent student hoped that whatever happened to it, she'd be able to salvage it. However, what she saw was probably the most horrifying thing she'd ever seen. Her raven phone was torn apart, pieces of its carcass scattered to and fro, blood splattered across the neighboring trees as the hawk was picking the corpse apart. To think such a thing would be seen by her eyes, let alone by any eyes. It was beyond brutal, even for her. In fact, she tried the hardest she could not to retch as the Triclops stood, petrified by the gore of it all.

"I can't- no. I can't even."

She tried to back away from the scene, but in doing so, she made the mistake of snapping a twig by her foot. That instantly caused the hawk to turn over to the sound and glare at the Triclops, making her gasp in fright before it shrieked at her. She fell to the ground while it flew right at her before opening its bloody beak and speaking to her in a dark voice that sounded as though it had come from the depths of Tartarus itself.