The Owl House Oneshot Collection

Puppet Sun

Word Count: 4,109

Originally Finished: 11/13/2022

Rating: General

Warnings: N/A

Characters: Luz Noceda, The Collector, King, Emperor Belos, Amity Blight, Hunter, Gus Porter, Willow Park, Eda Clawthorne

Relationships: Amity Blight/Luz Noceda, Eda Clawthorne & Luz Noceda, The Collector & Luz Noceda, Luz Noceda & Emperor Belos, King Clawthorne & Luz Noceda

Other Tags: Angst, Character Death, Petrification, Self-Hatred, Consensual Possession, Canon Divergence

Summary: Before King fell down the stairs in the Head, Belos knocked Luz off the bridge down to the Golden Guard Graveyard. However, not only did she survive the fall but she met someone who pinky promises to help her.

Luz rushed out the doors, trying to lead Belos, currently in his cursed form, out of the portal room. As she ran, he zigzagged behind her. She didn't hear him and looked back as she gasped for air. She heard Belos growl softly as he stood up behind her.

"We. Don't. Belong here!" He bellowed.

"I'm not like you!"

He raised his arm, looking like he was going to strike. Instead, he smacked Luz off the bridge, sending her hurtling down. For a brief second she thought she heard her friends yelling her name.

Were they here for her? Even after she left them they still came to help?

Luz didn't have time to think about it as the ground began getting closer and closer. She dug through her pockets and pulled out her last hover glyph. Just in time, she activated it and slowed to a stop just above the ground, before dropping. As she got up and looked around, she found herself surrounded by bones and broken golden guard masks.

"Oh Titan..." Luz whispered.

She noticed a cloak wrapped around something a few feet away. Careful to not step on any of the bones, she walked over and moved the cloak. She gasped as she saw a circular disk with a crescent moon.

"Is this...the Collector's mirror? What is it doing here?"

As Luz picked it up to examine it, her hand brushed over the surface and it began to swirl. She yelled and dropped it back into the pile of bones. She looked in awe as a shadowy being slipped out from the mirror. It didn't look physical, which Luz was thankful for. It had its arms crossed and was pouting.

"Leave me alone. I don't associate with fibbers." The Collector said before blowing a raspberry.

"I assume you're talking about Belos. Don't worry, he's not here." Luz explained, slightly uneasy at standing before the being Belos spent so much time, and caused the end of so many lives, looking for.

The Collector opened their eyes and examined Luz then gasped.

"You're the human!"

"Uh, yeah. Luz the Human. I didn't know Belos called me that too."

"Oh no, Phillip just calls you 'Luz' and sometimes 'Luzura'. I meant you're the human the mean old Titan who trapped me here favors. So much magic, so little time. Don't know why he likes you."

"You mean the Titan that forms the Isles?"

"Duh! He was a lot more hesitant with Phillip. Never even showed him the light glyph. He learned that from you, right Luzura?"

"Yeah. He did." Luz sighed, looking down.

"Whatcha doin' down here anyways?"

"Belos' curse acted up when I gave him a sigil. I tried to get him to stop the draining spell but it...didn't work. Now I think my friends are up there. And I can't do anything to help them."