One day, we got a visit from Gus after he got out of school, asking us if we could join him at Hexside the next day. "Gus, we'd love to go to school with you, but I don't know how we can." I explained. "Principal Bump banned both of us from Hexside." "But nothing, Bump did you kiddos a favor." Eda said. "There ain't nothing for you at that dweebus factory. No offense." "That's okay, I come from a long line of dweebuses." Gus explains. "Well, I would love to go someday." Luz said. "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'd rather go to school than unpack boxes in Eda's shitshow coven." I added. "Oh, you two think you're clever, huh?" Eda asked, annoyed. "Ooh, fight, fight, fight!" King chanted. "Can it, King!" Eda snapped. "First off, it's the Bad Girl Coven, and second off, I guess neither of you want in on the T-shirt order, huh?" "I don't care about T-shirts, Eda! I want to learn magic." Luz explains. "And they teach that at Hexside!" "I mean, yeah, well, ugh, I don't wanna hear another word about Hexside!" Eda groaned, walking away. "Unless it's "Hexside is on fire" or, "Let's grab front row seats!"" "Oh, look what you did." King said, going outside. "I'm gonna go rub it in." "Luz, Peter, about the ban." Gus explains. "I, uh, used my HAS presidential authority to pull some strings. You've been given a full pardon." "You mean..." I wondered. "I got the ban lifted!" Gus interrupted. "Oh my gosh, yes!" Luz cheered. "Of course we'll be there tomorrow!" "Gus, this is great! We get to see the school, and save the president." I said. "Luz and I really owe you one." "Great, I'll see you guys tomorrow!" Gus exclaimed, leaving the house.

Alexa's POV

The next morning at school, Gus came to tell his plan to me and Willow. "This isn't going to work out at all!" Willow exclaimed. "Well, I feel like I took care of any potential problems." Gus confessed. "You lied to our best friends and told them you got the ban lifted." I rolled my eyes. "That seems like a potential problem to me." "Neither of you understand. The members were going mad." Gus explains. "They were bloodthirsty, they were touching objects. I had no choice!" "Really? What about all the wanted posters around school?" Willow asked. "What wanted posters?" Gus chuckled, revealing all the posters in his bag. "I also got them these cowls, to keep them undercover." "Undercover from what?" Luz asked from behind him. Gus places the cowls over her and Peter. "Behold, your new cowls!" Gus lied. "Whoa, I love it." Luz commented. "Eh, I would've preferred something more gray, but I guess it's a start." Peter said. "Yup, put it on, hide your ears." Gus said. "Wanna keep you under wraps until the big reveal." Willow and I could only glare at Gus. "Oh, a showman. I get it." Luz smiled, tossing some confetti. "You bring the razzle, and we bring the dazzle." "Do you always have confetti on you or?" I asked. "This girl brought venomous snakes to our school." Peter explains as Gus' alarm goes off. "That's my alarm! Uh, we better get going." Gus gasped, grabbing Luz and Peter by the arms. "See you after school, Willow and Alexa." "Bye, friends! Be safe! Make good choices!" Luz called. "I hope he knows what he's doing." Willow sighed. "Me too." I replied.

Peter's POV

In the hallway, some guards were taking two students to detention. "That's fucked up." I said. "Well, they kinda showed up after your last visit." Gus explains. "They smell trouble. Literally. Okay, time to run for no particular reason." Gus accidentally ran into a fellow student, dropping some of the posters. "Augustus, you should really watch where you're going. Don't want the president of the HAS getting hurt on his last day in office." He said. "These must be your humans? Hmm. Look like some more witchlings to me." "Dazzle." Gus whispered. We pulled down our hoods to reveal our identities. "Two humans!" He gasped. "Not just any humans, expert humans." "We've been doing this for years." I explained. "They're here to authenticate your treasures." Gus said. "See you at the meeting."

"As president of the HAS, I should feel bad about dunking on one of our own members." Gus said. "But as a Gus, I feel like doing this!" Gus began dancing around. Luz walked over to a trophy case. "Whoa, who got the trophy for the most bones?" Luz asked. Gus grabbed us both again. "We don't have time for this right now!" Gus exclaimed. "We gotta get to the clubroom." "Okay." I said. "But next time, you have to give us a full tour." "Yeah, next time." Gus chuckled nervously. "Ooh, it's the abomination professor, we should introduce ourselves, apologize for the incident." Luz gasped. "Hey, Mr abomination professor, remember us?" "Well, what do you know, we suddenly have time for a full tour of Hexside." Gus lied.

After the tour, Gus took us to the meeting. "Human Appreciation Society, it is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you, Luz and Peter, the humans!" Gus announced. "Luz, Peter, will you inspect the items?" "Of course, Mr President." I replied. "Allow us to determine if they're truly of our realm's origin." As I was about to examine the items with Luz, the kid knocked everything off the table. "Stop! Don't make another move, humans!" He snapped. "I have something to say. I'm new here at Hexside. Making friends here has been hard, so I lied. They're all fakes." The other members gasped. "I thought if I was important enough, people would like me, but I've caused enough drama. So, I'll go. I'm sorry." He apologized. "Hey, man, it's okay. You're only human." Luz said. "Well, you know what I mean." "Mattholomule, you aren't alone. You have a place here at the HAS." Gus explains. "Thanks, guys, I knew you'd understand." Mattholomule smiled.

After the meeting, Mattholomule stayed behind with us. "Hey, Gus, Luz, Peter, thank you for being so forgiving." Mattholomule thanked. "We've all been the new kid before. Right, Gus?" I asked. "Yeah." Gus replied. "Well, I just have one thing to say." Mattholomule said as the guards came in the room. "There they are! Here's the intruders!" "Trouble." The guard says quietly. "No, it's fine, the ban's been lifted. Tell them, Gus." Luz said as the guards grabbed us both. "Gus, tell them!"

The guards dragged us down the hallway. "What the hell?! We don't even learn here!" I shouted. "Where are you taking us?!" "Detention." The guard said. "Oh, that won't be so bad, right?" Luz asked. He took us to a door, which turned out to be a monster. Luz and I screamed.

A few minutes later, the door reopened. This time, the guards brought Gus and Mattholomule. "Wait! Get me outta here! Open up!" Mattholomule yelled. "Luz, Peter!" Gus shouted. "Gus, you said the ban was lifted!" Luz grunted. "Well, I..." Gus tried to explain, but the ground collapsed to show a monster with a bunch of students trapped inside. "How is this detention?" I asked. "This is a fucking death sentence!" "I don't know, I've never been in detention before!" Gus replied. "Welcome to my world." Mattholomule said. "Believe it or not, at my old school, I was in detention plenty of times." "That isn't hard to believe, you're kind of a jerk!" Luz exclaimed. "Well, down in detention, this jerk is king." Mattholomule explains. "So, if you wanna get out, you better do exactly what I say." All of a sudden, Mattholomule was captured by the monster. "You lied to us about the ban!" Luz yelled. "Why?!" "I was afraid, I acted stupid." Gus replied. "Yes, you did!" I shouted. "That was a pretty shitty move." "Being younger than everyone is hard. Your overlooked, ignored, but at the HAS, I mattered." Gus confessed. "I could make sure no one would ever get left behind. I didn't want to lose that. I'm sorry." "I get it." Luz said. "I just wish you would've told us the truth." The monster started creeping up towards us. "Let me make it up to you." Gus explains. "I have a plan." "I'm in." I said. "Me too." Luz added. "Where do we start?" Gus grabbed both of our arms again. "By leaving no one behind." He replied, jumping down to rescue Mattholomule, who was trapped inside a large bubble. "You will be a good student." We heard from the bubble. "I will be a good student." Mattholomule repeated. Luz tried to erupt the bubble with her teeth, but was unsuccessful. "You know, it didn't taste as bad as I thought it would." Luz explains. "Jesus Christ, Gus, you're a witch, do magic!" I exclaimed. "Okay, I'll use magic." Gus said, pulling out a paper clip, freeing Mattholomule. "Human magic!" "Am I a good student?" He asked as Luz picked him up from the ground. "Oh, gosh. He's so little." Luz commented as some creatures surrounded us. "This is part of the plan, right?" "Or the illusion of a plan." Gus replied, casting a spell circle with illusions of us. "A genius and a wordsmith." I said as we all escaped the pit. "We're gonna have to break down the door!" Gus warned, carrying a giant bone. "Right behind you." Luz replied. We all grabbed the bone and charged at the door. Once the door was broken, both of us were surprised to see Eda with Principal Bump and Willow. "Eda?" Luz asked. "Guess who got you two into Hexside?" Eda announced. "What?" I wondered. "Are you shitting me right now?!" Principal Bump sent the creatures back to the pit. "What did you do?" He asked. "Ugh, kids." Eda groaned. "To think that any student of yours would be capable of doing anything, but create chaos. Eda, take your students and leave!" Principal Bump snapped. "All three of you are banned from this campus!" "Ugh, c'mon kiddos, let's go." Eda complained as we started walking back to the house. "Wait, Principal Bump, don't blame Luz and Peter." Gus begged. "I told them the ban was lifted, that we were fighting over the Human Appreciation Society. I brought Luz and Peter in because I wanted to win. This is all my fault." "If that's so, Augustus, would you be willing to accept their punishment as your own?" Principal Bump asked. "Yes, Principal Bump, I would." Gus replied. "Huh. Dang, dweebus." Eda said. "Very well, in light of that, barring any more trouble, you two shall be officially enrolled in Hexside school next semester." Principal Bump explains. "Uh, hold on!" Eda exclaimed, bringing me and Luz into a private conversation. "I'm only doing this because I have faith in you two. And I know you're both too smart to fall for that One-Witch, One-Coven nonsense. You can learn a lot from the witches here. And maybe teach them some of that Bad Girl Coven magic, too." "I didn't hear that." Principal Bump said, walking over to Gus. "As for you, I would be saying detention right now, but that seems to be out of order. So, as of now, I'm removing you from the Human Appreciation Society." "Does that make me president?" Mattholomule asked. "Impressive, still alive." Principal Bump replied. "Yes, I suppose you are. Now, with that accomplished, Eda, we have some paperwork to fill out." "Wait, I gotta do more stuff?!" Eda asked. "Ugh! You better enjoy this place, kiddos." "Wanna finish off that tour?" Gus asked us. "I can show you guys what plants not to touch in the greenhouse." Willow suggested. "And then I can let you touch them." "Yeah, let's go!" I replied.