[Open on a Slayground in the middle of Bonesborough. Several baby-track Hexside students are there. A sign at the front gate reads "THE SLAYGROUND funded by the Bonesborough department of parks & wreck". Cut to a sign above a bench that reads "ALL BLOODTHIRSTY MONSTERS MUST BE LEASHED". Eda, Y/N and Luz are sitting on a bench under the sign.]
Luz: [Visibly nervous.] What if he gets hurt? What if the kids are mean to him? [Gasps.] My parental instincts are freaking out, man.
Y/N: Since when do you have parental instincts?
Eda: He's fine. Look at him.
[Cut to King trying to climb the slide.]
Luz: It does look like he's having fun.
[King grunts.]
Luz: Aw. I wonder what cute little game he's playing.
Y/N: I think I can make myself an idea.
King: Stand back, cretins. [Grunting as he reaches the top.] Yes! Yes! This is a throne worthy of a tyrant. Bow to me you snotty underlings. Bow!
Kids [Share a look.] Okay.
[One does a handstand while the other does a backbend.]
King: Yes, appease your master.
Usurper: This isn't for standing, it's for sliding. You try. [Shoves him.]
King: Whoa, whoa! [Screams, grunts when he hits ground.] Eda! [Runs to his friends, clings to Luz's leg.] That monster took my throne.
Eda: You mean the baby?
King: No, the usurper. I want you to go over there and blow him up. Kaboom!
Usurper: [Riding a spring rider.] Kaboom!
Eda: [Unscrews Owlbert from her staff.] Yeah, I'm not using Owlbert to blow up a five-year-old.
[Owlbert hoots.]
Eda: He's got better things to do. Like this... [Pets him.]
[Owlbert warbles.]
Luz: Aw, what a sweetie. How did you get him?
Eda: Get? I made Owlbert from the branch of an ancient tree.
Y/N: How does that even work? Did the piece of wood came to life just like that?
Eda: Is more complicated than that but that's a way to put it, palismans sure are a mystery.
Owlbert: [Hops onto Eda's hand, hoots.]
Eda: Oh, he's my palisman and we're bonded for life. [Owlbert hops to her shoulder, nuzzling her cheek.] I'd annihilate anyone who'd hurt him.
King: Fine. Don't help. Revenge will taste all the sweeter if they fall by my hand alone. [Laughs.]
Usurper: [Shoves King over.] Tag, you're it! [Laughs and runs off.]
Eda: Oh, man. Here we go. King's squeak of rage.
King: [Stands.] Nyeh... nyeh... [Squeals while wriggling and punching on the air, pauses, then continues squealing as he charges after his rival.]
Eda: [Laughs.] He is like a little teakettle. [Snorts.]
[Owlbert scratches at his face.]
Luz: Hey, what's that? [Points to Owlbert's foot, which seems to have a hole.]
Eda: That's his interlock. So he only fits on to my staff. Every palisman has one.
[As she speaks, everything but her, her staff, and the bench disappears.]
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A chance to start over (The Owl House x male reader)
RandomBeing different was a challenge, but that is what made us different and special from everyone else. It was our gift, but before what happened, it was a curse, but a different place might be what we needed. Character credits to Dana Terrace and story...
