Ch. 17: The "Family" Discussion
After a few minutes of explaining what happened to Amity, everyone was sitting down in the den with Amity holding the bowl she drank from in her lap.
"I really did all of that?" Amity asked, a bit embarrassed as her tail swung next to her.
"Yeah but don't worry. Nobody blames you for what you did." Luz said as she put a hand on her shoulder, though her attention was drawn next to Amity.
Sitting next to Amity on the other side, was King, who was currently fixated on her tail and tried all he could to catch it.
'I'm gonna get you, so stay still!' King thought as he tired against but the tail just escaped his grasp!
Though this was cute, Luz had to focus more on Amity since she needed her full attention right now.
"Nobody can blame you if they found themselves out n the same situation." Willow said.
"Cute as it is and film worthy but we didn't record a second of it." Gus said, truthfully.
"Thank you, I'd rather keep this as private as possible." Amity said to Gus, even though Willow elbowed Gus for saying that.
As the group of friends were comforting Amity on her sudden change, Eda was gazing at them with a questioning look on her face as she was thinking about the sudden "cure" for Amity's cursed state.
'How the heck could a simple scratch on the chin turn her back to normal when an elixir would've worked better? I know her curse is different from mine but it should've worked better than a simple chin scratch.' Eda thought as she sat in the lounge chair next to the couch.
But even If that was a cure, it was a temporary cure at beast as Amity may adapt to it and it may become useless unless they find a more permanent solution like Eda's elixirs.
"Well, I think I should get home now. My brother and sister probably know out by now." Amity said, bringing Eda out of her thought as she got up and walked to the door. "I'll see you guys later."
"See ya, Amity." Luz said with a wave.
"See you later." Willow said.
"Bye. And don't forget to hide your tail." Gus pointed out, pointing to Amity's remaining cat tail.
"Oh right, thank." Amity said as she stopped, looking back at her tail before she curled it up and hid it under her dress. "Is it noticeable?"
"No, you're good." Luz said with a thumbs up.
Amity nodded her thanks to them before she exited the owl house, ignoring a shaken and scared Hooty as he watched her leave.
"H-Have a nice day." Hooty said to Amity.
As she left, Eda kept her gaze on Amity because she was still worried about her curse.
Wondering if she should really be letting the young witch leave yet.
'Why do I care so much? She's not my kid.' Eda thought as she got up to get some apple blood, maybe that would relax her a bit.
-One walk home later-
After a rather long walk home, a walk that felt much longer because because she was trying her best to hide her new tail, Amity had finally gotten back to her home of Blight Manor. She just wanted to enjoy the time she had left of her weekend and her parents being away.
'I just want to stay in my room and read the rest of the Azura book I borrowed from Luz.' Amity thought as she pulled out a house key and used it to unlock the front door.
Opening the doors, Amity jumped back in a jolt as she saw her mother and father standing right there! Like they were waiting for her!
'They're back early!?' She thought as she slowly calmed herself down with slow breathes.
"Hello, Mittens. Glad to see your home." Odalia said with a "smile" on her face while Alador looked blankly at her. "How was you day so far?"
"It was fine, I just had to meet with some friends this morning at the market." Amity lied as she walked past her parents to her room.
She only got few steps past them before she was caught by the shoulder.
"Before you go, Mittens, I think we should talk you about something." Odalia said to Amity.
'Is it about my suspension from school?' Amity thought.
"Okay, about what?" Amity asked, turning around to her parents.
"About how you've been acting these past few days. Edric and Emira told us EVERYTHING and that's just made us all worried sick." Odalia said with a "concerned" look.
'They told them!?' Amity thought with shock but tried her best to hide it.
"And?" Amity asked but was afraid of the answer.
"With a little talk with your mother, we've come to a solution to help you through this." Odalia said to her with a smile.
Rather then put her at ease, it made Amity nervous as that feeling of danger returned! The very same feeling she experienced with Lilith before she ran from her!
'Danger! Run!' Something inside Amity shouted as Odalia raised her hand and snapped her fingers.
Suddenly, policemen came out from the bushes of the front yard and walked towards them.
"W-What is going on?" Amity stuttered out before someone jumped to the ground, turning to reveal they were Warden Wrath from the Conformatorium! "Why are these guards at our mansion?"
"It's alright, Amity. Nothing bad is happening." Alador said as he came to Amity's other shoulder and put his hand on it. "We've simply decided to enlist the help of coven professionals to help you at the Conformatorium."
"The Conformatorium?!?!" Amity shouted in shock, looking up to her father!
"The Conformatorium?!" The twins said as they watched from the stairs!
They never thought this would happen after telling their parents about Amity's curse, to have her put into the Conformatorium like some wild witch! They raised her like their own but now, they're trying to have her committed!
"Alright, kid, there's no need to make this difficult. Just come quietly and we'll get you all the help you need." A guard said as he walked up to Amity, who tried to get away but her "parents" held her in place!
'Danger! Danger! Danger!' The feeling inside of Amity shouted at her, putting her on edge as the guard got closer to her with his hand op. 'Danger! Resist! Survive! Fight! Fight! FIGHT!!!'
Her panic slowly turned to anger as Amity's body changed again. Her nails becoming claws, her teeth becoming fangs, her eyes turning catlike, and her tail becoming unfurled!
"REOW!" Amity screeched, surprising everyone, before she tackled the first guard to the ground!
She lifted her claws and began scratching his face, tearing off the cone mask in one swipe before began screaming in pain!
"AAAAH! Gets her off me! Get her off me!" He said as he raised his arms but they did nothing to protect him!
The other guards overcame their shock and rush over to help their fellow guard along with capture Amity but the cursed girl wasn't going to have any of it. Amity jumped off the guard and clutched the top of the doorway before swinging and flipping over the crowd of guards.
"Get her! She's just one witch!" Wrath shouted at the guards.
Amity hissed at him as she charged, rushing through and around multiple leg before she tackles him and began clawing him in the mask which was soon turn off to leave his face unguarded!
'Hmm, he looks like Braxas.' Amity thought for a moment before going back to clawing.
"REOW!" Amity screeched as she clawed Wrath without mercy!
"Aaah! You wild witch!" Wrath shouted, trying to get her off him but Amity kept moving while still clawing!
The other guards rushed to help their warden before he began swinging wildly, knocking all of them back as Amity managed to dodge while staying attached to his body! Eventually, Amity jumped off, landing on the ground while knocking Wrath to the ground. Wrath got irritated by the cursed witch.
"That's it, Guards, capture her!" He shouted.
The guards ran towards Amity, carrying nets, cages, and even lethal weapons like spears and crossbows.
The cursed girl glared at them with a growl as she charged at them, her claws out as she dodged, jumped, and ducked while leaving deep slash marks on them.
As she attacked more and more, an arrow managed to cut her forehead. Not enough to do any true damage, but the wound would create a scar. Amity turned and hissed at the guard that shot at her. This caused enough of a distraction to get a net over Amity and hold her down. The guards tied the net up, trapping Amity.
"Good, that... thing, is secured." Wrath said.
Wrath walked over to Amity and picked her up by the net, moving back as she tried to claw him again but her arms were stuck.
"Not this time, little runt, but that net is tear proof. And from what I saw, you're too feral to use magic. So you can't do a thing. Hahahahahaha!" Wrath teased as he began dangling Amity around before him.
This made Amity furious but at the same time, queasy, as she felt her stomach rumble and she began to dry heave. Wrath stopped shaking Amity as he looked at her in curiosity and disgust.
'Eww, is she going to vomit?' He thought as Amity's cheeks puffed!
Before he or anyone could comment, Amity hacked up a large hairball infused with abomination and fire magic!
"AAAAAH!" Wrath shouted as he was sent flying back, crashing into some soldiers and crashing into the chimney of Blight Manor!
The hair ball also burned a hole in the net and gave Amity a chance to escape before the other coven guards tried to hold her down.
"Ugh! You little runt. I am going to throw you in the deepest, darkest cell of the Conformatorium!" Wrath said before feeling a rock hit his head? "Huh?"
Looking up, Wrath saw more rocks fall as cracks began to form on the chimney. Everyone seemed to hear this as they turned from Amity to see the chimney cracking.
"It's gonna fall!" One shouted, pointing to it as Wrath watched it slowly fall on him.
"Oh come o-" he said before it collapsed on him, knocking him out and kicking up a cloud of dirt and rubble.
Odalia and Alador covered their eyes at the dust while the coven guards rushed to help their boss. During the confusion, Emira and Edric ran out to see if Amity was okay. They removed the net, only for Amity to hiss at them and claw at them. It was because of them that this was happening, so her trust was now complete broken with them.
"Mittens-" Emira said before Amity swiped her claws, trying it cut her!
Emira and Edric pulled back as Amity glared at them, not trusting them at all. In both her rational mind and her animal mind.
'Enemies. Hate. No trust!' Her inner voice thought as Amity turned in her limbs and began running towards the manor walls, climbing up to escape!
"AMITY!" her "siblings" called out to her but she didn't listen as she ran from her former home
It was no longer safe for her there. Only one place would be safe for Amity now.
As she did, Odalia and Alador saw that Amity had escaped and had mixed reactions to this.
"You incompetent fools! We brought you here for one job and you couldn't even do that! Amity wasn't even in her rational mind and you couldn't even catch her like a dog catcher?!" She screamed at them as they pulled the rubble off of Wrath.
"Ma'am you have to understand, we couldn't have possibly predicted she would-" A soldier was cut off by Odalia pointing in his face.
"You should've been prepared for anything! You deal with dangerous criminals every day, yet you bumbling morons can't handle a cursed, 14 year old girl?!" She screamed at them again!
"Not to mention the damages you all will be paying for as a result of your lack of preparation." Alador said before heading into the home. "I'll get the ladder and some abominations to begin repairs."
"Alador, do NOT do a thing! These fools caused this mess, so THEY will be fixing it!" Odalia said but her husband didn't stop.
"What?! But ma'am!" The soldier said before Odalia glared at him again!
"Quiet! If you think this will slide, you are dead wrong! I will report this to your supervisor! Nay, I will report this to Kikimora and Lilith if I have to!" Odalia shouted, making them fear that they may lose their jobs because of this!
'Why did today have to go so bad?' The coven guards thought in dread.
(Special thanks to MrHardcor3 for helping with the ending of this chapter.)
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