Chapter 23: Hooty's Moving Hassle ( Part 2 )
It was now night at the Owl house, and Amora could hear the silent sounds of crickets chirping outside as she sat on the couch, watching Eda.
Eda: Amora, you're in charge while I'm out. ( Puts a cloak on. ) Make sure Hooty doesn't get into any trouble.
Hooty: ( muffled: ) Hoot hoot! ( Opens the door ) I don't need a babysitter. I'm a big boy house!
Amora: ( with a nervous smile: ) You can count on me, Eda. ( Nervously laughs as she rubs her wrist )
Eda: You're acting suspicious. You're doing that thing where you rub your wrist.
Amora: ( as she rubs her wrist nervously: ) I'm not. Uh... ( Stops rubbing her wrist ) Oh, where's King?
Eda: He's right here.
Eda opens her cloak to reveal King, snoring, and strapped in a pink baby carrier. Amora awed at the sleeping demon with a smile.
Eda: His little body just conks out when he's weightless. Look at this.
Eda moves side to side, King doesn't wake up as he moves like a ragdoll.
Amora: Aww, so dangly.
Eda then walks outside and Amora followed her with a slightly nervous look on her face.
Eda: Anyway, really going now. And Amora...
Amora's nervous look grew as Eda looked at her with a stern look.
Eda: ( in a menacing tone: ) ...if you mess up the house, I will never trust you again. ( Lighter tone: ) No pressure! Byeeeeee!
Amora then watched Eda fly away on Owlbert, and she waves after them for a few seconds before she glanced at the bushes she knew her friends were hiding in, debating if she should be doing this, but then her mind reminded her that she was doing it for her friends.
Amora: ( whispers, to her friends: ) Okay, she's gone. You can come out now.
Willow: Release!
The two bushes glow and explode, revealing Willow and Gus in their casual clothes.
Willow: I'm a sneaky sneakster!
As soon as Willow spoke, Knight bolted out the house and ran to the witch girl with a smile on his face as he jumped into his owner's friends' arms, making Willow laugh as the cub licked her cheek with his tail wagging happily.
Gus: I've got leaves in my pants...and I like it.
Knight gave Gus a look when he said that, making both Amora and Willow chuckle before the human girl led them inside, ignoring Hooty as she gently shuts the door behind them.
Amora: Welcome to, the living room. We sorta call it that because it's technically living. You can actually see the walls breathing.
Willow looks at the walls closer, and she saw the walls were moving with heavy breaths.
Willow: Enchanting.
Amora then saw Gus rummaging through a chest.
Gus: And look at all these human treasures.
Amora's eyes widened slightly when Gus pulled out a skull from the chest.
Gus: And actual humans!
Amora: ( trying to change the subject, with a nervous smile: ) A-And I've made us some snacks, they're in the kitchen and I hope I did a decent job. I'm still getting use to the umm... interesting food here on the isles. Oh, and try to avoid going into the upstairs closet, Acorn does not like being woken up.
Willow: ( to Amora, with a smile: ) I'm sure you did great, Amora.
Gus then walks up to the two girls with a bucket on his head.
Gus: We've got a bucket!
Amora chuckles in response.
Willow: And best of all we have actual friends to do the conjuring with! This is so exciting!
Amora: ( with a curious expression: ) How does this conjuring stuff work?
Willow: Well first, we find an object to animate. Since it's our first time we should pick something meaningful. ( Walks over to some flowers. ) Something beautiful.
Gus then burst through the flowers with an action figure.
Gus: Like this strangely buff little man?
Gus then taps the figure's stomach, making it talk.
Action figure: I'm half beef, half Bob!
Amora: I guess it could work.
Willow: That's not exactly what I meant by " beautiful ".
Gus lowers the action figure, before he whimpers as he gives Willow the sad eyes, causing Willow to give in.
Willow: Okay, buff boy it is.
Gus: ( happily: ) Tonight he shall be risen!
Amora chuckled, before she helped her friends with setting everything up for the conjuring. Knight sat on the couch as he watched the three teens as Gus places the action figure on the ground between the three of them. There were several lit candles around them.
Willow: According to the conjuring books I've read, we say the incantation and make a connection with the doll.
Gus: Figurine.
The trio then held hands, before they begin to say the incantation.
Willow & Gus: Moonlight, we call, we sing. Moonlight take this chance. Moonlight come tie the string. Moonlight start the dance!
Amora: ( at the same time as Willow & Gus: ) Moonlight tie...string... and I don't know the words!
Before the trio knew it, a burst of blue light bursts from between them, spreading around the living room, extinguishing the candles, and a blue star appears on Knight's forehead as he stared at the light while in some kind of trance.
( Somewhere away from the Owl house )
The captured Nightbitter tied to the demon hunters' cart looked up at the moon as it saw the moon stop moving, and a burst of blue light comes out of it and hitting something far away from it and the hunters. It stared at the moonlight in a similar trance to Knight's as a blue crescent moon appeared on it's forehead, causing the hunters to gasp when they saw this as the Nightbitter they have captured began to grow bigger in size, breaking free from it's ropes and the muzzle. The adult bitter wasted no time and bolted away from the hunters as she stopped growing, she became twice the size she was before seeing the moonlight.
( Back at the Owl house )
The trio all open one eye and look at the action figure while Knight shook his head as he broke out of the trance he was in.
Gus: That's your cue, little guy.
The group then felt the entire house rumble, and they all screamed as the house seemed to rise out of its foundation, and once it stopped, the living room was in great disarray.
Amora: Is everyone okay? ( A book falls on her head ) Ow! What happened?
Gus: Little buff guy, what did you do?
Action figure: A real man never takes accountability!
Amora: Don't listen to that, Gus.
Willow: Guys, I think we might've animated the house by accident!
Amora: The house? ( Gasps ) Hooty!
Amora quickly ran outside, and she nearly falls off the ledge, but Knight quickly came to her aid and grabbed the back of her sweater with his mouth, preventing her from falling as Gus and Willow joined them outside and helped the bitter cub pull his owner away from the ledge. They all scream as the house began to walk and the door slams shut, Hooty was making ghostly noises.
Amora ran to the door and looked at Hooty with concern when she saw the state he was in. Knight just held onto the ground below him with his claws for balance.
Amora: Hooty? Hooty! Hooty, you have to stop!
Hooty: By the power of moonlight, I have risen. Hoot hoot.
Amora: ( confused: ) What?!
Gus: He's in some kind of trance!
The Owl house stepped through two trees, the jostling makes Gus yell as he and Amora lose their balance, but Amora quickly caught Gus before he could fall off.
Amora: ( as she pulled her friend to safety: l Don't worry, Gus, I got you.
Gus: Thanks, Amora.
Willow: Our magic must've spread through the house instead of the doll!
Gus: Figurine!
Amora was about to say something, but she suddenly loses her balance and nearly fell off, but both caught her and all three of them grabbed the others' hand for balance, causing the glow from before to return.
Amora: Hooty, stop!
The house stops moments before it would have walked off a cliff. Willow and Gus pulled Amora back up and they all let go of each other, staring at their hands.
Gus: How'd we do that?
Amora glanced up at the moon before a idea came to her head.
Amora: Willow, Gus, hold hands again. I think I have an idea.
They held each other's hands again, the glowing returning once again, causing the house to take several steps away from the cliff.
Willow: We're controlling it with the power of friendship. Uh, and the moon. Probably the moon.
Gus: This is amazing! What do we do now?
Amora: On one hand, we should stay put.
Gus: On the other hand, we've got a giant walking house and should totally take it on a joyride!
Amora nervously glanced at the now-decending moon before she turned to her friends with a nervous smile.
Amora: Okay, but we have to be back before the moon sets or Eda will kill me.
The house then began to move, Knight now holding onto Amora's leg with his tongue sticking out happily as he felt the night air hit his face.
Gus: Joyride!
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That's it for this chapter, I hope you like it
Till next time my agents of mischief 😜
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