"Oh... Hooty.."

"How's about a deal..?"

The Boiling Isles was a lovely, beautiful place. With many young witches off to Hexside after a small break (so that repairs could be done after a.. disastrous event)... Including Luz.

King had already told Hooty to leave him alone today, and Eda was off running errands to go and make money.. well, somehow... and Lilith had moved back in with her mother.

So now, with nothing even approaching the owl house, Hooty was alone.. with not a single soul to talk too.. oh.. woe is him!!!!

Well, there was a fly, and he tried to befriend it.. but.. his hunger got the best of him. So, the fly didn't last very long in the end. Could you blame him, though!? Sometimes demons need a snack!

Hooty sighed, his long tube body vibrating along with it.. oh! That was new, he'll tell Eda about it whenever she gets here. He thought, however, he might forget by the time she got back. No, that was ridiculous. An owl tube remembers everything.

He decided now would be a good time to take a nap. Hooty closed his eyes.. waiting for the sweet release of sleep.

Sleep didn't come, but a strange blue light and an odd triangle shape in the air, did.

"WELL WELL WELL", a very handsome voice spoke, "WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?"

Hooty startled, looking around. For he did not notice the one eyed-floating triangle thing floating literally right in front of him, "WHO ARE YOU!? SHOW YOURSELF!!! I'M WARNING YOU!!"

The triangle thing grabbed Hooty's face, "HEY!! Hey! I'm right here! Calm your tube, guy! I just noticed someone in need and wanted to come to help."

"Wha-What!?"

The triangle tipped his his top hat at Hooty, and then he spoke, "Name's Bill, Bill Cipher! Nice to meet you, Hooty."

"WH-WHAT!? How do you know my name!?" Hooty flailed, attempting to get the triangle thing, Bill, off of him.

"Hey hey-! I'm not here to hurt you!! I just overheard a thing or too! I could tell, you need a friend! Don't ya?", said Bill, Hooty nodded.

"Well would you look at that! Me too!!"

Hooty looked Bill in the eye, smiling... somehow.. "Re-Really!? Does that mean you wanna be.. my friend!?", Hooty exclaimed, getting ready to roll around in the dirt as a celebration.

"Now now, don't get ahead of yourself! How's about a deal?"

"A deal?"

Bill snapped his fingers, "Yes! I'll be your friend! On one condition.. you steal that portal door so I can get out to that human world!"

Hooty stared, considering this deal, "Hmm.. I'm not so sure.. The portal door was destroyed as far I know.. and.. it really means a lot to Luz..", Hooty said doubtfully, tilting his tube head to the side.

Bill rollled his eye.

"Sooo just steal it from her whenever she figured out how to make a new one.. cmon now, do you want a friend or not?" He asserted, studying the owl tube carefully.. the handsome owl tube..

Hooty paused, then looked back up to Bill, "Sure! Yes! I suppose if I gain a friend from it, it's not so bad!"

"YES! Then it's a deal!", Bill held his hand out for Hooty to shake it.. before realizing Hooty did not have hands, or arms for that matter.. he blushed, putting it away.. instead he snapped his fingers.

"I'll check back in next week! See you later!!"

And then Bill teleported away, much to Hooty's disappointment.

TO BE CONTINUED