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

Chapter Thirteen: Face My Fears (updated)

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When Booker woke up, he sighed in misery. He looked at Luz's bed and saw she wasn't there. Likely downstairs having breakfast or learning new forms of magic.

Booker has not been able to sleep well for the past few days, as the nightmares of his family dying were still plaguing his mind. Especially now, after he'd seen the memory photo. Eda has told him time and time again that it wasn't his fault, but Booker's survivor's guilt would tell him that it was, no matter how much he tells himself that he didn't start the fire.

Sitting up, Booker put on his school uniform and walked down the stairs. As he entered the Owl House's living room, the blonde boy saw King was watching videos on Luz's phone while she was lying on the ground, using a magnifying glass to look at a flower.

"Any luck?" He asked, pointing to the flower.

"Not yet, but I'm close...." Luz said, drawing a replica of the plant glyph. The plant glyph resembled a flower that was drawn with an upside-down triangle with a line across the bottom, resembling a flowerhead. It was connected to a line heading down to a circle at the bottom, containing a dot in the center. Two other lines stuck out at the top of the ring, resembling leaves.

Booker walked over to the girl and knelt down next to her. Luz took a deep breath and activated it. She gasped in amazement when a flower successfully grew from the paper.

"Yes!" She cheered.

"Let me try," Booker said, scooting over and picking up the magnifying glass. He looked at the glyph on the flower. "Got it."

Crawling away from the Dominican girl, Booker clapped his hands together, and his markings formed the plant glyph. He then slammed his hands on the ground, creating multiple flowers.

He then looked at Luz with a smirk. "Think we should tell Willow she's got competition?"

"You think that's impressive? Check this out! Two warriors battling to the death!" King said as he watched a video of two cats meowing on Luz's phone. One prepared to pounce on the other but fell on its back.

But how was King able to get wifi to see the video? Booker found out when he looked behind and saw his father's portal door. It was opened, allowing the phone to get a wifi signal. "Sooooo, this is how we're using my dad's door now?"

"Just to get wifi for cat videos," Luz said, sitting down on the couch next to King.

"Senseless violence. Yes, attack! Death is your god!" King declared, bouncing up and down in excitement.

"I regret teaching you about the Internet," Luz said, rolling her eyes.

"Hah! What possible regrets could come from the Internet?" King asked, looking at an article he had opened on Luz's photo. "Oh! Did you know that the Earth is actually flat?"

"Okay, no more internet for you." Booker snatched the phone away and tossed it to Luz, who caught it.

"Yeah," Luz said, just about to turn off her phone. However, before she could, it vibrated. She'd gotten a text from her mom.

[How's camp today, cariño? <3, Mamá.]

Luz froze up and gulped in fear. Opening the door to Earth not only allowed her to get Wi-Fi, but it also allowed her mom's text to come through to her phone. It filled Luz with dread and guilt. She never told her about the Demon Realm, fearing the way Camelia would react to the knowledge of another world existing and that her daughter and best friend were in it.