The Owl Kingdom (An Owl House Sequel)

Owls And Turkeys

A very purple turkey loitered around the room helplessly, fully aware it was being stalked. Suddenly, a noise was heard. The turkey turned. A great, white beast was hiding slightly behind the chair, crouched down, though it still felt larger. Its blue eyes stared vitriolically at the helpless turkey. The predator could only toy with the prey. Well, that, or it could strike. The white monster chose the latter. With a silent fury, it jumped, and pinned its prey to the ground. The turkey shrieked. All that was left to do was to finish... the playtime!

"Ghost! What are you doing!?" A Cotton Candy Haired Goddess yelled, as the white creature stood atop the purple turkey. The turkey shifted its mass, becoming a serpent. "Luz had Stringbean shift into a turkey to demonstrate what a turkey was, not how to kill one! She's never gonna trust you again if she finds out!" Amity chewed her nails, before lifting the Palisman off the other. "We're gonna have turkey-REAL turkey soon, so please don't attack your friends." She said, a very nervous connotation to her words. Ghost rolled her eyes, while Stringbean waved goodbye with her teal-orbed tail.

Luz hummed a jolly theme while she set the table, the sweet aroma of meat never leaving her nostrils. This would be a Thanksgiving to remember. What a treat, to have her friends, and lovely sweet potato of a girlfriend, by her side, as they dined on one of the finest meals on Earth. She was also not in a hurry to try Boiling Isles-style meat again. Amity walked in the room, as Luz finished the preparations and gave an affirmative sound. "Hiya Batata!" She said, giving Amity a quick peck on the lips. Amity giggled for a moment, before looking in awe at the fanciest human table she had ever seen. "Wooowww... So much orange." She said inquisitively. "It's just a bunch of dried leaf prints." Luz said. "They fall this time around." "Oh, interesting. Why?" Amity asked. "I'd tell you, but I'm probably gonna get chaotically interrupted before I-" A slam resounded from outside the room. Hunter zoomed in, holding some futuristic-looking jet. Gus ran after him. "Come on! It's my turn with the Hyper-Plane!" He yelled. "Sorry, can't hear you! Busy being transported through space-time and all!" Hunter replied, sounding echoed. They ran in circles for a few seconds, Gus slowly catching up. Just as he was about to touch Hunter's shoulder, he zipped to the other side of the room in a flash of yellow light. "Jerk, you can't use your magic in a race!" Gus yelled in comedic frustration. Hunter replied by looking at Gus and making a "choom-choom-choom" sound. This seemed to enrage Gus further, but he couldn't keep running forever. He stopped abruptly, panting with his hands on his knees. Hunter smirked victoriously. "To quote Cosmic Frontier volume 15, 'The day has been won, not by strength, nor speed, but by wit. And now, every possible opponent is beneath us, and we-" "-CAN ONLY LOOK UP!" Yelled Camilla, grabbing the Hyper-Plane and lifting it so high that Hunter couldn't reach. He jumped and reached, but to no avail. He pouted in frustration. "Makes sense that would happen." Hunter said defeatedly. "He was immediately hit by an asteroid after he said that."

The dinner was glorious, everything the perfect temperature, texture, and taste. Though the food was unfamiliar to the majority of The Hexsquad, they enjoyed the meal like no other. The laughs were filled with mirth and jolly, and feelings of love and compassion radiated the table. Luz looked curiously at Ghost, currently sleeping on Amity's lap, while the rest of the Palisman sat on the table, eating the delicious meal. "What's Ghost been up to? She seems tuckered out." Luz said curiously. "OH, uh, she's been uh... playing with Stringbean a lot lately." Amity said completely calmly and not suspiciously nervously. Stringbean gave Amity a bombastic side-eye, which Amity most certainly noticed. Luz looked at her in a "Really!?" manner. Everyone except Luz looked at her in a "Really?" manner. "Oh, that's cool! Glad they're enjoying each other's company! Lemme know next time, I wanna watch!" Amity seemed to lose color in her face. "Yeeaahh, uh... sure." She said, giving a thumbs-up.

The Palisman seemed to be reacting rather chaotically to the meal. Clover seemed to be trying to pollinate the asparagus, Emmiline and Ghost fought and tussled over a piece of ham, Waffles kept pecking at a specific piece of turkey, and Stringbean kept popping her head out of the pile of mashed potatoes like a Whack-A-Mole. In addition, Vee kept looking at the asparagus very suspiciously, and Amity was preoccupied with trying to make a mound of mashed potatoes into a "Potatabomination" of sorts. Luz was sure Alador would be proud of her. It was certainly one of the most chaotic dinners Luz had ever attended. She thought it was perfect, and wouldn't have wanted it any other way. When the dinner belatedly started winding down, Camilla clanked her fork on her glass of water. "While we're all here, I'd like us all to share something that we are thankful for!" She said. "Who wants to go first?" Everyone was silent, mostly because it seemed like they were pondering more than anything. "I'm thankful for being able to be myself!" Vee said happily, shifting into her Basilisk-form, before returning to a human state, with a show-off grin on her face. "I'm thankful for being able to help and protect others!" Willow said. "I'm thankful for being able to know what I like." Camilla said, winking at Hunter and Gus. "I'm thankful for all the stuff I only recently discovered I like!" Gus said, proudly flaunting the Hyper-Plane he managed to steal when nobody was looking, as Hunter rolled his eyes. "I'm thankful for all the friends and family I've found." Hunter said, somewhat abashedly, but everyone smiled lovingly at him. "I'm thankful for being able to change for the better." Amity said, holding Luz' hand under the table. Luz smiled. "And I'm thankful... for all this."

Happy Thanksgiving! ^^