Music Under the Spotlight (Lumity Band Au)

Wake up call

Amity POV:

"Amity, bit of a problem!" Boscha's voice pulled my attention away from my siblings, bringing it back down to her and Luz. I watched as Luz's eyes rolled back, then despite Boscha holding her up, she fell on her side, out cold. 

"Luz...?" I managed to choke out, feeling the color drain from my face as my eyes widened in surprise. 

It took only a second, then my brain kicked into overdrive. 

"Luz!" I yelled, the panic quickly rising in my voice. Nearly shoving Boscha out of the way, I carefully positioned Luz so that she was lying on her back. Her face was pale, her lips barely parted as low shallow breaths brushed past. "No no no no no, no please! Luz!" Hot tears pricked the sides of my eyes, blurring my vision. 

I could hear my siblings talking behind me, but all their words sounded like mush to me. "Amity, give her some space to breathe..." I could hear Skara say to me, clearly trying to cover the panic in her voice as she rested a hand on my shoulder. I quickly shrugged her off, not even turning to face the silver haired witch.

Luz's body was limp, and through my tears I could barely see her chest rising and falling. Almost completely still, just like last time. "This isn't happening again, please not again..." I managed to choke out, grabbing onto her shoulders. 

I wanted to shake her, do something, anything to wake her up. My breathing was quick, almost on the brink of hyperventilating. Suddenly, I felt two hands on my shoulders, trying to pull me away. "Mittens don't-" Edric started, probably realizing what I was going to do, however he cut off when I pulled away again. "Amity if you want us to help you need back up!" He finally snapped, making me whirl around to look at him. 

He was afraid, I could see it in his eyes, but that didn't stop me from snapping back at him. "Edric! Don't pull me away..." I snarled, watching his expression flicker for a moment. "I..." My voice died out as my breathing hitched, escaping as a weak sob. 

Emira reached out again, but I quickly smacked her hand away. I could hear her let out a few low curses, then she turned to look at Boscha, giving her a solemn nod. "Look Amity, I know you're gonna want to kill us, but this is to help Luz, so I'm sorry." I heard her say, making my eyes widen.

Before I could get a word out, Emira cast a spell that pushed me far enough away from Luz so they could move in my place. I scrambled to get on my feet, only for Boscha to hook her arms under mine, holding me in place.

I tried to fight against the three eyed witch, struggling to rip my arms from her grasp. "Let me go! Boscha let go of me!" The witch gave me a somber look as she shook her head, grunting when I nearly broke free of her grasp. "Please, you can't just make me stand here while she's like that!" 

"Shit..." She readjusted her grip when I tried to pull away again. "Skara can you give me a hand here?" Skara perked up at the mentioning of her name, looking between me and Luz. I didn't look at her, rather I paid attention to my siblings in the background.

"What exactly are we supposed to do?" I could hear Edric hiss, making my sister's ears twitch. 

"Just give me a minute alright! Let me remember that spell Viney was telling me..." Edric leaned back from my sister for a minute, his eyes flicking up to me, then back down to Luz. I could see Emira gently place two fingers against Luz's neck before sucking in a small breath through her teeth. "Weak pulse, but it's still there..." 

"Again, what exactly are we supposed to do?" Edric asked, this time more desperate than the first time. Then, he glanced over at me before dropping his voice to a point where I could barely hear him. "We aren't exactly healers Em..."