The Curse of Memories ☆ | The Golden Guard

☆Eclipse Lake☆

Sitting on the couch watching Eda scream to try to activate a harpy form is not something you see every day.

"Eda, you're supposed to be helping Hooty build our defences." Amity walks into the living room confused and pauses when she witnesses the chaos happening. After screaming for a couple more seconds Eda signs. "Whoo! Ah, don't mind me. I'm just learning how to turn into Harpy Eda on command."

"We found some human workouts that say you need to scream a bunch to let your inner beast out," I explain passing the VHS to Amity. 

"What? Y/N you're in here too? Why aren't you doing your job either?" She asks. I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know, Hooty said he can handle it, plus this is way more interesting." I jester to the woman screaming at the top of her lungs. Amity looks over the cover of the VHS. "This looks ancient." She comments.

"What? No. It's only..." Eda grabs it from Amity and looks over it. "30 years old? I remember seeing this in theatres." Eda says surprised.

"Yes, you're old. Who cares? We have a crisis on our hands!" Amity says.

"Chill, bossy boots. Everything's fine." Eda response.

Amity leads both of us upstairs to Luz's room. She opens the door and points at a very sick Luz. "Does this seem fine to you?"

"Woah. It's like I have snakes for arms." Luz wiggles her arms around in front of her.

"Please. She just has the common mold. It's harmless."

"But she's a human. We have no idea how it'll affect her." As Amity speaks Luz sits up from her sleeping bag. "If I ate the portal key, would I return to the Human Realm?" She wonders aloud before trying to eat it. The little abomination that Amity made to care for Luz grabs the key from Luz before she could eat it. The abomination hands the key to Amity and she puts the key around her neck. "I am not giving you this back until you get better, okay?"

Luz frowns at her and pulls out a little device and taps away at it. A small bing is heard and Amity pulls out her matching one. She looks at it for a moment in confusion then looks back at Luz. "Oh, uh... You got it!" Amity shuts the door. And all of us are left in the hallway together.

"I gotta admit, Amity, seeing you around more often is different," Willow says.

"I know. But I was taught to see every situation as an opportunity. And today, I'll show Luz that I am an awesome girlfriend."

"Feels like just a few months ago you almost got her dissected by your crazy principal," King says.

"That was a few months ago."

Suddenly a scream interrupts the conversation. Amity is the first to throw the door open. "Luz!' Amity and Eda both yell in fear of whatever Luz has managed to do in the 20 seconds she was alone. Luz sits on her bed with a notebook and pencil pointing at the Echo mouse sitting on the table.

"M-mouse! Uh. Philip's diary entry!"

The mouse, using its eyes, projects the diary entry on the wall of the room. We stand in silence as in plays, the man talks about a mysterious substance known as Titan's Blood and its realm-bending capabilities, a way to get between the demon realm and the human realm. He speaks of the place one can find Titan's Blood, Eclipse Lake. Luz quickly sketches the info shown in the projection. The projection stops. 'Titan, those projections give me the creeps.' Luz stands up.

"I have to go to Eclipse Lake!" She tries to jump past us but is stopped by Eda grabbing a hold of her legs. Luz grabs the door frame. "Luz, no. You are not well." Willows says pushing Luz back into the room.