Let me live! | Hunter X Edric The Owl House

2.23 End

„Urgh..." I'm laying on the ground, my whole body trembling. The Collector managed to hit me with that lightning, it stills tickles and I can only see white. After a while, the white disappears and I can see the sky above me. Why can I see the sky, where did the roof disappear to?

"Ed-...Ed-...ric-. EDRIC!!!" I suddenly hear a voice yell beside me. I look to my side suprised and I see Eda and King, both looking at me worried.

"Edric, are you alright??" Asks King as Eda helps me to sit up. I hold my turning head and I nod a little.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine..." I mumble as I take a little look around. Looks like the lightning the Collector casted was the reason for the open air room. How am I still alive if this lighting blasted the roof open?

Both of them share a short glance before looking back to me, smiling.

"Ed, you did it." Says Eda and I look at her confused. She points at my other hand and once I look at it, I see a flag. THE flag. The Owl Flag. I'm clenching it in my hand. It's not hanging on the flagpole anymore. I tore it down.

"It's...it's over..." I mumble quietly. "Over..." I say, a smile appearing on my lips and tears forming in my eyes. "Over. It's finally over. We did it...WE DID IT!!" I yell, hugging both King and Eda. They both hug me back, just as happy as I am.

Two years of survival, fighting and terror.
Finally over.

After a while we let go of each other and we keep on smiling when we notice a shadow suddenly appearing above us. All of us look up to see the Collector hovering above us, growling.

"You cheated!!!" Yells the Collector upset, about to attack us once again.

"No, we didn't!!" Yells King. He and Eda stand up and Eda takes a step forward.

"We did not cheat. But YOU broke the rules! Remember, you can't hurt or fight anyone by directly attacking them! However, you attacked Edric just now with lightning magic!" Says Eda, smirking. "So, our win is valid. You cheated!"

A smile appears on my lips. I stand up, a little wobbly. Once I stand, I walk up to Eda and the three of us look up to the Collector.

"It's over, Collector. We won. And now, you have to fulfill your part of the rules." Collector keeps staring at us, after a few seconds he sighs quietly and lands on the ground.

"Fine." He snaps his finger and once again the whole Owl House starts to shake. I'm loosing my balance, about to fall, when Eda grabs my arm and pulls me onto her staff.

"Let's go!!" She yells and I nod, I grab King off the ground, holding him in my arms. I take a short look into the room and I see Odalia, watching us for a moment before running off.

Once she left I just shake my head and we leave the Owl House with the help of Owlbert.

Outside, we're still flying in the air, as we look back to the giant Owl House. Slowly, all walls and floors start to break apart and fly into the air. We watch as all the pieces fly through the air and slowly move back into their old places. Two years ago, the Owl House was build out of material the Collector gathered from the whole Boiling Isles. Looks like everything is now returning to it's old places.

We fly down on the staff and we see our friends all gathered outside the remains of the Owl House. And once we land, all of them applaud and cheer. The snow storm which surrounded the Owl House also stopped, and everyone is running over to us.

We're just smiling happily when I suddenly feel someone hugging me.

"Son, you did it!! You saved our realm, you saved everybody!!!" Says Dad, smiling and letting go off me. Even though his smiles disappears shortly afterwards. "Woah- what happened to you, what are these scars?"