Unspoken Words

Chapter 1: More than Friends

Beep! Beep! Beep!

Luz slowly blinked awake, smacking her lips together to get the bad taste out of her mouth. She grumbled to herself as she stuck out a hand to the nightstand adjacent to her and felt around for her cellphone. After a few seconds, she wrapped her hand around it and shut off her alarm. With a content hum, she snuggled back into her sheets and was just about to drift off into dreamland again when the bedroom door burst open.

"Luz! Wake up!" King stormed into the room. "You promised you would make me cakepans today!"

Luz grumbled and burrowed deeper into her sheets, pulling a pillow over her head. Undeterred, King huffed and jumped onto Luz, landing on her back. Luz grunted again and turned over, pushing him off. The demon squeaked as he fell to the floor, rubbing his sore rear. He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes in irritation.

"Luz! C'mon, I'm hungry!" King whined.

No response.

King tried for a different approach.

"And, you have to get up anyway for school!" He shook her by the shoulder. "Don't you want to see your friends?"

Luz shifted again, this time settling on her back. Her eyes remained closed.

A mischievous grin crossed King's face as an idea struck him. He placed his paws on his hips, leaning back a bit.

"If you don't get up now, I'm happy to call Hooty over and see if he can get you out of bed."

After a moment, Luz let out a heavy sigh, admitting defeat. She sat up and rubbed her eyes tiredly.

"Fine, you win," Her voice cracked from disuse. King pumped his arms giddily and bolted towards the door. "And for the record, they're called pancakes!" She called out as he left the room in a rush, eager for breakfast.

Luz yawned and stretched her arms over her head. She rose to her feet and walked over to her duffel bag, digging around for her rumpled Hexside multi-track uniform. Once she finally pulled it out, she smiled when she noticed a purple-pink stain on the collar. She traced a finger over it briefly, and then changed out of her pajamas into the uniform.

Just yesterday, in Abomination 101, Luz had finally managed to successfully summon her first abomination, with the help of Amity of course. Sure, it had exploded all over the room when she tried to dispel it, but the kinks could always be worked out later. Luz thought she had gotten all of the stains out with a potion she nabbed from Eda, but apparently not.

Once she slipped on her Vans and ran her fingers through her hair in a half-assed attempt to comb it, she made her way downstairs where the rest of the Owl House inhabitants were waiting. Lilith was seated on the couch, thumbing through a heavy tome. Her glasses were laid askew and her hair disheveled, indicating she was fresh out of bed. Luz waved to her as she passed.

"Morning, Lilith."

"Good morning Luz," She nodded.

Lilith reached out for a cup of tea on the table and took a small sip, placing the mug back on the table gently and returning back to her book. Meanwhile, Luz pushed the door to the kitchen open. King was already seated at the dining table, bouncing in anticipation of eating the fabled pancakes Luz had been raving about for the last few days. Eda had managed to get all the right demon world substitutes for the ingredients only recently, and today was the first day Luz would be making them.

She grabbed a black apron that read Witch way to the appleblood? off of the door hook, and tied it over her uniform so it wouldn't get dirty. Luz set to work immediately, cracking Ulama bird eggs into a bowl and whisking them with a practiced flourish. As she prepared breakfast, she made small talk with King, asking him questions about demon lore. She had to pick a demon and present on it for an upcoming Beast Keeping class presentation and was still undecided.