The Boogeyman (The Owl House Lumity fanfic)

Chapter one

Notes: Thank you for giving this a try! We are excited to show our first fanfic. This was a project we worked on the second 'Understanding Willow' aired and we have been working on it ever since! Comments are appreciated! This fanfic will have fanart drawn by me (I_Write_Useless_Fanfics) but if you do wish to draw your own please place a link in the comments so we can see it! We will try to interact with you guys and this fanfic will have a scheduled date for each chapter! (See schedule at the end notes)

We will start a Tumblr account soon if you wish to see fanart that isn't posted on here. (Putting art in this was aggravating ngl) If you make any fanart we might post it on there! (With permission of course)

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The sound of sneakers on cobblestone pathways and heavy breathing was the only warning sound to the shoppers in the marketplace, as they occupied the road toward the school known as Hexside.

Luz knew she was gonna run late as the burning in her legs cried for her to stop but she refused to listen, too determined to get there as fast as possible. The backpack that was slung over her shoulder wasn't helping, causing an imbalance on one side due to the added weight from the books stored safely in the blue bag.

Upon reaching the school the building stood tall almost in an intimidating way. swallowing, Luz ran up the steps to the main entrance, as she swung the doors open the first hour bell sounded. Panting and trying to suck in as much oxygen possible, she still cringed at the bell's scream. Her little break to open the doors didn't stop her running mentality as she continued her pace to the Plant Track in hopes not to be even more late then she already was. 

Turning a sharp corner Luz collided into someone as she stumbled but kept her footing, in her haze she didn't see who, but she kept running, spewing apologies to the poor person she ran into as she got a mumble in reply behind her.

The plant track's classroom was up ahead as she willed her legs to go the extra mile noticing the door was still open, allowing her to enter without the teacher's attention. Luz bolted toward her rightful stool she normally sat on, but the momentum of her sprinting caused her to slide over and off the seat, knocking it over. Alerting the teacher of her presence, as well as a few students.

Luz blinked as she muttered under her breath, stumbling back onto her feet as the teacher cleared their throat. "Miss Luz.." The teacher began as Luz rightend the stool back into place as she frowned at the sternness in his voice. "When you arrive late please try not to make a ruckus."

"I-Im sorry Sir," Luz stammered, as her cheeks blushed slightly in embarrassment. The teacher only nodded before turning back to the chalkboard continuing what he was writing.

A slight nudge got Luz's attention, drawing her gaze from the board to her friend Willow who sat on her left on their shared table. "Why were you late?" she whispered toward Luz, a small show of concern on her features.

"I overslept," she started giving a glance at the teacher before continuing. "My alarm didn't go off and I only had time to get dressed before I was out the door and ran here, I didn't even have breakfast." Willow frowned at the last part giving a small hum as she continued to copy what was on the board into her notes.

"I was just worried, I thought you almost got eaten again," Willow finally responded in a hushed tone, giving a gentle look to Luz. "You should probably write this stuff down by the way Luz," She gestured toward the chalkboard with her pencil discreetly. 

"Oh yeah, you're right," Luz responded sheepishly as she reached into her bag, retrieving her notebook and pencil. The rest of plant track class was uneventful, they only had to write notes as the last remainder of time people used to finish up homework from other classes or to visit with friends.