The Seventh Son (Male OC x Luz Noceda x Amity Blight)

Chapter Eleven: The Secret Room of Shortcuts

Booker and Luz had done it. They had passed the entrance exam and officially became Hexside students. And they did it without destroying the auditorium. Now, it was time for them to begin their first day. Eda, on her staff, was taking them to their first day of school. Booker sat behind her and Luz behind him. Both kids were wearing a Hexside uniform, though the normal uniform parts are a lighter gray than most, and their sleeves and leggings are white.

While Booker was excited to start the school year, he looked back to see his crush was acting nervously. "What's wrong with you?" He asked.

"Mmm, we gotta go back. This was a mistake!" Luz exclaimed, "I'm gonna mess things up again, and everyone will see, and—

"Luz, come on. Don't be like that," said Booker with a comforting smile. "Nothing like that is going to happen."

"You say that now, and the next moment, we're causing something to explode. Just like the super confetti science experiment!"

"You. You caused something to explode. I had nothing to do with that." Booker said, turning his head to face forward.

"You were my lab partner!"

"Booker's right, you gotta calm down," said Eda, looking back at the kids. "What are you nervous about? You've been to school before."

"That's why I'm nervous," exclaimed Luz. "At my human school, I didn't make a good first impression. This is a chance to be seen as something other than a screw-up."

"Hey, don't worry about what those dorks think. If you want my advice, walk into class and punch the toughest kid you see. To establish dominance." Eda explained to help calm the young girl.

"Now that I can do," said Booker with a smirk, pumping his fist.

"Aw, we won't be doing that. But thanks," said Luz, placing a hand on Booker's shoulder.

They landed at the front of Hexside, and the two students dismounted the staff and stood on the stone pathway. They took their backpacks off and put them on.

"Last chance to back out and earn a new Bad Girl Coven patch," said Eda, as she held up a new patch for her made-up Coven. This one was the Quitter Badge. "Quitting: It's like trying, but easier."

"Nah, I'll just earn it when I quit showering, like Booker," said Luz, pointing her thumb at Booker. Booker frowned and smelt his armpit before Luz grabbed his hand and started running off. "Bye!"

"Hold up!" Eda called out to the kids. Booker and Luz stopped and looked at her as she smiled at them. "Just try not to be too much of a goody-Luz-shoes, Luz. And Booker, make me proud and cause a bit of chaos. You got this."

"Thanks, Eda. In fact..." Luz reached into her pockets and pulled sock puppets of herself, Booker, and Eda out of her pockets. "I have written a heartfelt sonnet to commemorate this occasion. Here, Booker. You be Eda."

But Eda was already flying off into the sky. "Whoops! A gust of wind just got me. See you after school! Byeeeee!"

Booker and Luz watched her fly away before the boy held up Puppet Eda. "You're gonna do great, kid," he made her say, and then he made the puppet kiss her on the cheek.

Luz blushed at that. "Thanks, Puppet Eda," she said, walking to the school with Booker.

{Play music: Into the Badlands theme}

As the portal gate opens and the camera zooms in on it, Booker and Luz are seen to be in the sky. They opened their eyes, only to realize they were falling, which caused them to freak out before something zoomed past them and caught them. Booker and Luz opened their eyes, with Luz behind Booker and holding his arm while Booker held onto the staff to stay on. The two kids saw they were saved by Eda, who smirked at the duo as they flew to her house on her Palisman staff.