Another day on the Boiling Isle means another day for Adrien and Luz to work at Eda's stand, trying to sell human junk to the people. It's been a few days since the incident with Eda's curse. Since then, the Owl House was repaired from the damage that the Owl Lady caused, but that was it. (A/N: Adrien is still sporting a scar on the left side of his cheek from his battle with cursed Eda. If you're wondering why I'm telling you this, you'll understand soon.)

As they waited for potential customers, Eda was dusting off some of the items, while Adrien set up more items for sale. On the other hand, Luz was reading to King one of her Azura and the Dark One's books.

"'Emboldened by the dishonor Hecate had shown, Dominic lifted his sword to the cotton-candy skies and shouted, 'I challenge you to a Magic Duel!''" Luz read the page to the little demon.

"Isn't that the page I made that little drawing?" Adrien asked.

"Yup!" Luz looked at the bottom right corner of the page. There was Adrien's small drawing of Dominic and Hecate. She flipped the corner of the page back and forth, showing Dominic's sword and Hecate's staff hitting one another. "Pew, pew, pew!"

"Show me the picture," King said, wanting to see.

"What?"

"Show me the picture!" Luz turned the book around to show the little demon the page. "Hah! I can draw better than that. You know, they once called me the King of Artists."

"King, are you just making up all these titles because they make you feel more important than you really are," Adrien said with a smirk.

"Burn~," Luz said as the two fist-bumped.

"No, I don't!" King shouted, before calming down. "Doesn't matter. What's important is that my followers would leave me offerings in fear of me!"

"Yeah, 'fear of you.'" Adrien rolled his eyes.

"Well, I can offer you more of this tantalizing book," Luz offered.

Eda groaned out loud in annoyance. "Ugh! Please stop reading that crap! Its flowery language is an insult to witches and wizards alike. And driving away all of our serious customers!" She complained while lightly swatting the two best friends with the feather duster.

"Um, Eda? What customers?" Adrien asked his teacher, gesturing to the sheet. Show that it was completely empty and devoid of life. No people or even the other stands. "We've been here for hours, and we haven't seen a single person!"

"There aren't even any other stands around. What's going on?" Luz asked the Owl Lady.

"This is a bad omen," Eda said in a serious tone. "There must be something horrible happening today."

"Luz! Adrien!" shouted a familiar voice. Adrien and Luz turned and were pleasantly surprised to see Willow and Gus, their new friends from Hexside, running over to them.

"Gus, Willow! Hey!" Luz greeted her friends.

"Something amazing is happening today!" Gus said with excitement.

"Really? What's going on?" Adrien asked.

"It's the annual covention!" Willow said, holding up a flier to show the friends. "Student witches get to see all the types of covens before they're placed in one. There's even a mystery guest this year!" She pointed to the bottom of the flier, where the two words were brightly shown.

"A job fair for witches! Eda, can we go?" Luz asked her mentor with excitement.

"Absolutely not." Eda quickly shot down. This just caused Luz to groan and slid onto the ground, but was stopped when Adrien held her up from under her arms.

"But why not? Sounds like it could be fun," said Adrien, struggling to hold up Luz. "Okay, Luz, please get up."

"It is most certainly not. I never joined a coven for a reason. Sure it's like a fun club for witches, but you're also giving up your magical independence to be part of a crooked system," Eda said, slamming her fist on the table.

"Yeah, they're still here, by the way," Adrien said, pointing his thumb back at Willow and Gus.

"Eh, but, you know, no judgment. In any case, I haven't been to one since we were girls," Eda said, looking away.

"'We,'" Adrien said, as Luz popped back up with equal interest. "Who's we?"

"I- the- I mean-" Eda sputtered, trying to come up with a response, but was interrupted by Luz pointing her finger at the witch.

"You have a mysterious past! Now we gotta go!" She exclaimed.

"No."

Adrien and Luz frowned at the old woman. They then looked at one another and gave each other a mischievous smirk. Turning back to Eda, they crossed their arms. "Okay, teach. Let the record show we tried to reason with you," Adrien said.

"Now it's time for the nuclear opinion," Luz said, handing King her Azura and the Dark One book.

"You wouldn't," Eda said, glaring.

Luz snapped her fingers, and King opened the book. "' You shall not shan't doeth no more harm,'..." King read the age out long as he walked up to Eda, who could only stare into nothingness in horror.

"So flowery, so awful," Eda said, trying to walk away. But King followed her.

As one final act to get away from the awful tween novel, Eda brought out the transdimensional portal Malcolm gave her. She threw it up, and the door unfolded and opened to the human world. Eda walked through it, only for Adrien to pick up King and throw him through the portal after her before it closed.

"3, 2, 1," Adrien counted with his fingers.

The portal opened again, and Eda came back with King on top of her head. Still torturing her with reading.

"Stop it! Stop it! I will literally do anything. Just stop this!" Eda begged her two students.

"Anything?" Adrien asked with a smirk.

"Yes! Anything!"

"Will you come with us to the covention?"

"Yes! Yes! I'll go! Just make him stop!"

"Down boy," Adrien said. King closed the book and jumped over to the hybrid's shoulder. Giving Luz back her book. Eda sighed in relief, before realizing that she had just played into their hands. Again.

And just like that, they were all standing in front of the large building housing the covention minutes later. While the kids were excited, Eda let out a loud groan as she pinched the bridge of her nose.

Later, Eda tried to put her cowl on, but her big hair made it difficult for the woman. Adrien and Luz worked together to push her hair into the cowl, while King got on her head to get it over her head. "Gotta keep a low profile," she grunted.

"Is this cowl really necessary?" Luz grunted, still pushing the hair.

"Do you think all my wanted posters are for petty theft?" Eda asked, finally managing to push the hair into the cowl. At that moment, multiple stolen items fell out of her cowl onto the ground. Causing a moment of silence.

"Do you want me to answer that?" Adrien deadpanned.

"Well...partly. But the big whammy is I disobeyed the law and refused to join a coven," Eda said, gathering all of the stolen items and stuffing them back into her cowl.

"Wait, that's a thing?" Adrien asked, raising an eyebrow. "That's why you're on the run?"

"That's right. If I'm seen, I could go to jail. Again," Eda said.

"Maybe this informative event will inspire you to join a coven," Willow said, with one of Eda's wanted posters. This annoyed Eda, and she made a small spell circle. The spell pulled Willow's hood over her face.

"Eda!" Adrien said, helping his friend get the cloak off.

"Let's just get this over with," Eda groaned like a whiny teenager as the group walked towards the door.

When they entered the building, Adrien and Luz were left in shock and awe. The large room building was filled with magical wonders. Creatures of all shapes and sizes walked around or flew above the crowd on broomsticks. Nine large multicolored tapestries hung from what roof, with different booths all over the place under them.

"Whoa...Was I even alive before now?" Luz said with wide eyes.

Adrien looked at the tapestries and pointed at them. "What do those represent?"

"Those are the main nine covens, but there are hundreds of other ones you can join," Gus explained as they started walking past the booths.

Willow began listing off the ones that she knew about. "There's Flower Coven, Artist Coven, Big Dog Coven, Small Cat Coven, Tiniest Cat Coven-" She was interrupted by Eda's groan of annoyance.

"Is there a coven for grumpy," Adrien asked with a smirk.

"What was that?" Eda glared at him. But the kids and King ran off.

As they continued walking and glancing at the stands, Luz stopped and pointed at something. "Ooh, what's that?"

She was pointing at a muscular wizard that was wearing a hard hat. Behind him were two large stacks of wood and bricks. Standing near him was a familiar face. Or rather a nose.

"Hey, that conspiracy theorist from the Conformitorium?" Adrien asked, pointing at Tiny Nose.

"That's the Construction Coven," Willow said. The friends watched as the man took the two pallets the stacks were on and threw them into the air. Adrien gasped and was about to shield himself and Luz when the building material came back down, assembling and forming a fully functioning house.

"Oh, shit! That's awesome!" Adrien exclaimed at the amazing feat of strength and skill he had just witnessed.

"It's one of the main nine covens. They use power glyphs to increase their strength." Willow explained as the wizard took off his hard hat, revealing a small stack of papers. They turned out to be stickers when the man peeled off one side.

Luz saw the glyph and saw it was a fist with a thunderbolt in it. "Oh! Adrien, maybe we can use that glyph," she said, pointing at the glyphs.

"But how will I get my hands on it?" Adrien asked.

Turned out, luck would be on his side when the construction wizard slapped the glyph on Tiny Nose. She suddenly screamed and looked like she was going Super Saiyan. So much power exploded from the little creature's body. At first, the wizard nodded, but that was before Tiny Nose grabbed him and threw him into the air.

"I'm the destroyer of worlds!" She then went on a total rampage as the other wizards and witches tried to stop her.

Just then, the construction wizard that was thrown landed in front of them. The hat came off, and stickers flew everywhere.

"Yoink!" Adrien snatched one of the stickers from the air. Tearing off the plastic piece, he placed his hand on the glyph and watched as his magic circle copied the glyph on his hand.

"Yowza-wowza!" Luz said, still shocked by Tiny Nose's rampage. Suddenly a blue copy of Luz appeared behind her.

"Yowza-wowza!" It said, startling her.

"Yowza-wha-a-a?" Luz and Adrien watched as the copy walked over to another one of the covens. It waved at her and winked at Adrien before disappearing, revealing it was being controlled by two other students with the same colors as Gus. The sign of their coven was a handheld mirror.

"Ah! You've been taken in by the allure of the Illusionist Coven. We like magic with a hint..." Gus said, stepping forth and making his own magic circle before poofing into smoke. He then reappeared again a few feet away from where he originally was. "...of showmanship."

His fellow members poofed in behind him, and then they bowed together.

"Wow! Acceptance? Comradery? A sense of belonging? Covens sound incredible!" Luz said with a big grin.

"I'll say," said Adrien before looking at his teacher. "How come you never joined one, Eda?"

"Watch closely, you two," Eda said, turning the best friends towards the Illusionist Coven. Having them watch as a new member was initiated with a magic branding. "When you join a coven, all your other magic is sealed away. From now on, that kid will only be able to make illusions. Since I never joined a coven, I can do every kind of magic." She showed this by conjuring a fireball in one hand and an orb of water in the other before dispelling them. "That's why I'm the most powerful witch on the Boiling Isles." She walked away, leaving the kids in awe before running to catch up with her.

As they walked along, Adrien pulled Eda back away from Willow and Gus. While they didn't notice, Luz did and walked over to join her friend and her master. While looking around, Adrien noticed a stand with a man sitting behind it while drinking a bottle of apple's blood.

"Hey, Eda" Adrien called out to his teacher, who looked at him. "What coven is that?"

As soon as Eda saw the man she sighed sadly. "That's Magic Knight Coven. It encourages young witches to use all of their magic and to preserve the welfare of a knight." 

"It sounds awesome! Wait, why are there no people there"

"Well, it's also the least popular coven in the whole coven system."

Adrien looked at the coven sadly, over no one being there. The man with it looked over at Adrien and his eyes immediately went wide as he saw Rita.

"Is that?"

"Guys! Look!" Gus called to the three, getting their attention. Gus and Willow were standing at the entrance of a section that had guards standing at attention. Each guard wore a white cape and cowl with a raven-looking mask. Above the entrance was a coven bander that was of a sword with wings and a circle in the middle.

"That panel looks popular," Luz commented,

"It's the Emperor's Coven!" Gus exclaimed with excitement. "Do you think they'll sign my forehead?"

"Only one way to find out!" Willow said as they started heading towards the entrance. Adrien and Luz were going to join them, but were stopped when they realized that Eda wasn't.

"Aren't you coming, Eda?" Adrien asked.

"No way. Of all the covens, they're the worst. I'll wait out here," Eda said with a huff.

"Look, Eda, I get it. Covens: bad. Individualism: good. But Adrien and I are still trying to find our way in this world, so we're going to go in there and make up our own mind, okay?" Luz said, before walking in with Adrien.

In the end, Eda was forced to join them when she feared that one of the attending covens might have recognized her from her wanted poster. Adrien and Luz were quite surprised to see that the Emperor's Coven had its own large, domed theater with rings of seats that overlooked the arena. There was a stage underneath a banner with the coven's symbol on it.

"All right, let's see this mess," Eda said, sitting down next to the two friends. The lights started to dim down, signaling the beginning of the show.

Music started to play as Principal Bump of Hexside appeared from a green pillar of energy. The spotlight shone on him as the crowd started applauding and cheering. He then made a small magic circle that conjured a microphone with bat wings.

"Hello, Bonesborough! Students ask me all the time, 'Principal Bump, what's the height of magical achievement?'" Bump said to the crowd.

"Is it this?!" said one of the students, before doing his own spell that grew his head to freakishly large proportions. However, his neck couldn't support the weight of it and tilted over. Crushing another student.

"Wow. I failed you as a principal," Bump said, wincing at that. He then grabbed the mic. "It's being selected to join the best of the best. And there are none better than the jewel of the coven system and the enforcers of His will, the Emperor's Coven."

As he said this, three soldiers of the Emperor's Coven emerged from the floor in front of Bump. The crowd cheered and clapped for them. Adrien and Luz were amazed by their entrance, before Willow and Gus caught their attention. The two friends were pointing at Gus's head, which was signed by the coven. Adrien gave them a thumbs up.

"Feast your eyes on this elite force; each member handpicked to help usher in a new age of controlled magic," Bump said. The crowd watched as the three coven members held up their fingers and drew their own spell circle. Shooting their separate types of magic like water, fire, and lightning in the air. Combining together into a large firework.

While her apprentices were in awe, Eda was less than impressed. Leaning over to a random monster, she asked, "When does that elite force get here?" The Owl Lady started laughing at her own joke after slapping her knee. The monster scooted away from her.

"Members of the Emperor's Coven have access to all- yes, all forms of magic. Ooh. Aah." Bump said, as the crowd copied his 'ooh' and 'aah' for some reason. "But... only the best can ascend these ranks. Some day that could be one of you!"

He pointed at someone in the crowd. Adrien followed his finger and saw it was none other than the Wicked Witch of the West herself, Amity Blight. However, she didn't seem all that mean today. When Bump pointed at her, she squealed cutely in excitement at his words.

Adrien was a little surprised to see Amity again, but chose not to think too much about her.

The three coven soldiers then grabbed the corners of their capes and, in unison, raised them up. Causing them to magically disappear as Bump continued on with the introductions. "And now, I'm pleased to introduce the esteemed leader of this coven and this year's mystery guest. You know her, you love her! Lilith!"

While everyone else gasped in shock and excitement, Eda had a different reaction. She stopped laughing and looked shocked at the mention of the name.

Up above, they all watched as a flash of light conjured a large raven perched on a branch, made of glowing blue energy. The raven dove off the branch and flew down towards the stage. Landing in front of Bump and dispersing a large magic wave of energy that washed over the crowd.

Adrien shielded his eyes from the energy, but when it was over, he looked at the raven and saw a figure standing inside of it. The person was wearing a white raven mask and a white cape and cowl. The person then raised her arms into the air, causing the raven to screech, before disappearing into orbs of light. Revealing the individual.

Lilith appeared as a tall, slender middle-aged woman that looked to be in her mid-to-late forties. She had ivory skin, pointy ears, dark blue lips, dark gray claw-like nails, long, dark blue hair, and cyan eyes. Just like Eda with her jewel, Lilith had an inverted kite-shaped sky blue gem on her sternum. She wore a long-sleeved two-tone dark gray dress and dark gray laced boots.

While Luz and Adrien clapped and the crowd cheered, Eda was still in shock seeing Lilith. Noticing their teacher's expression, Adrien asked her, "You know her?"

"You could say that," Eda said.

Luz gasped. "Mysterious past."

"Thank you, all," Lilith said with a small smile, using her magic to take off her cloak and mask. Handing them over to Bump. "It wasn't easy for me to rise to the top. I also started from humble beginnings. Now I have the highest honor of enforcing the Emperor's will. So be more! The Emperor's Coven awaits you!"

With a twirl, Lilith made another, much larger raven appear that expanded and then exploded into many orbs of light. Amazing everyone in the crowd as they cheered for her.

Everyone but Eda, who glared at Lilith.

After they exited the arena, Adrien and Luz were about to explore more of the covention when they noticed Eda turning to the right and about to walk off. "Eda! Where are you going?" Luz asked.

"I'm gonna head home and wash the con funk off my skin," Eda told her.

"Does it have something to do with that Lilith woman? How do you know here?" Adrien asked.

"That's not something I want to talk about, Adrien. Now if you'll excuse me," said Eda and started walking away again. But was stopped when Luz grabbed her arm.

"But we haven't even taken the quiz to determine our coven type!" Luz said, raising up a book. Eda responded by using her magic to blast a hole into the page. As she walked away, Adrien and Luz looked at the book. "Ooh, a punky potionist."

"Wait, where's King?" Adrien asked, now realizing that the little demon was gone.

"I thought he was with you," said Luz

"I was with you!"

Realizing this, Luz started to panic and looked around for their friend. "King! King! Baby precious!"

"We'll split up and find him," Adrien said. Luz nodded and ran off to go find King. The boy does the same, but Adrien accidentally bumps into someone when he's about to walk away.

"Oh, hey, sorry about that-" He stopped and gasped when he saw a certain green-haired girl.

"Watch where you-" Amity said, turning around and halted her sentence when she saw it was Adrien. She glared furiously at him. "You again!"

"Hehehe, Hey..." Adrien said with a nervous laugh.

"You've got a lot of nerves coming here after what you and Willow's abomination did," Amity said, pointing at Adrien.

"Look, we're sorry about that. We just wanted to help Willow. Also, Luz isn't an abomination, she's a human. Just like me. Actually, I'm Half Human and Half Witch..." Adrien said as he gently pushed Amity's finger away from his face. "Why don't we start over. I'm Adrien, and I'm a Halfa."

"Don't touch me!" Amity yanked her hand away from Adrien. "You're the one that got me in trouble with Principal Bump, and I never get in trouble."

"That wasn't our intention," Adrien said, following after Amity as she walked away from him. "And you're not innocent either."

Amity turned back to him. "What was that?"

"You tried to have Luz dissected by that old man." Adrien reminded her.

"Yeah? Well, you shouldn't be here! This covention is for witches only," Amity stated.

"I'm a half-witch, genius," Adrien said, already given up on trying to be nice with her. "And Luz and I are learning how to use magic. We're receiving magic lessons from a powerful witch and a ferocious demon."

"Adrien! I found King," Luz said, running over with a smile. However, that smile vanished when she stopped and saw Amity. "Wait, what are you doing with Amity? And Amity's here?"

"Unfortunately," Adrien sighed, frowning at Amity.

Amity glared at the two humans before something caught her attention. Looking past them, she then asked, "Is that your ferocious demon there?"

Adrien turned and was met with a sight that made him sweatdrop.

King was walking with a green baseball cap on his head, wearing a pale green t-shirt with a pin, a blue and light blue striped scarf, and holding a pink cupcake in his hands. Behind him were witches from the bakers' coven with a tray of cupcakes in hand.

"Cupcakes in my tummy-tum makes the King say yummy-yum!" King said, smiling.

Facepalming, Adrien said, "Yeah, that's him."

"So you'll join the Bakers Coven?" A baker asked King.

King stopped and looked at them as he stuffed the cupcake in his mouth. "Hmm... Nope!" He quickly snatched another cupcake and ran off towards Luz, Adrien, and Amity. "Hey, guys! Look at all those offerings."

"You alright there, buddy?" Adrien asked, with him and Luz helping him up.

"Heck yeah, I am! The King of Demons is back!" Adrien and Luz laughed at how cute that was, before Adrien looked at King's cupcake.

"I'll get that for ya," Adrien said, reaching out to grab the treat.

Suddenly, without warning, Amity stepped on it. Causing King to gasp in horror.

"Oops. That was an accident," Amity said with a mocking smirk. Not at all sorry for her action.

"What the heck's your problem?!" Adrien snapped, standing up and glaring at Amity. "Why'd you do that?!"

"I think I've made it clear that you're my problem," Amity said, snobbishly lifting her nose up and turning her head away. "You two and your pet are giving witches-in-training a bad name."

"I'm not a pet!" King said, scratching himself like a dog.

"He's a very good boy and the King of Demons!" Luz said, hugging King's head against her chest.

"Tsh. Whatever." Amity scoffed before turning and started walking away.

"Apologize," said Adrien, causing Amity to stop and turn back to the group of friends.

"I'm sorry, what did you say?" Amity asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I said apologize. Say you're sorry to King," Adrien said with a glare, pointing back to King.

"And why should I, Halfa," Amity said with a smirk.

That was the last draw for the Halfa. The way she acted and talked made Adrien remember most of the bullies he dealt with back home. The kind that acts all high class and mighty, thinking they were superior to everyone around them. Amity was just like those bullies, and he got fired up.

"Alright, that's it!" Adrien yelled, startling the three around him a bit. He pointed his finger at Amity. "You can make fun of my ears. You can make fun of me being a Halfa. You can make fun of me being Half Human"

"And you can say I can't be a witch-" Adrien continued before he was interrupted.

"I just did," Amity said with a smirk. "'Cause you can't."

"...but it's another thing to bully my friends," Adrien finished, narrowing his glaring eyes.

"Yeah? And what are you going to do about it?" Amity challenged.

As she watched the two fight, Luz suddenly gasped and let go of King. "This is just like when the Arthur stared down an evil dragon," she whispered with excitement with sparkling eyes.

Adrien was about to respond when Luz suddenly stood up and pointed at Amity. "He'll challenge you to a Witch's Duel!"

Everyone around them gasped at that. Amity was a little surprised by this before looking at Adrien. "Is that right?"

"If it means I get to you down a few notches, then yeah," Adrien said, pulling out Rita and pointed the sword at Amity.

"I challenge you to a duel!"

Amity's face grew a smug expression as she stepped towards Adrien. Adrien lowered Rita to his side as she got in his face as he kept his glare.

"I accept," Amity said, then taking a step back. "Let's set the terms for this duel, shall we?"

"One, if I win, you apologize to King for squashing his cupcake," Adrien said, nodding towards King as he was picking up what was left of his treat.

"Good night, sweet child..." He mournfully said.

Adrien thought for a moment before looking back at Amity. "Two, you'll accept that humans can be witches, as well as human hybrids. Will that be enough to satisfy the wicked witch."

Amity growled in anger before smirking smugly again. "Fine by me. But when I win, not only do you have to tell the whole covention you two are not witches, you both have to stop learning magic. Forever!"

"What?!" Adrien asked, shocked.

"What's the matter? You afraid?" Amity asked, smirking.

"Do it, Adrien! For my honor!" King shouted.

"Yeah, you can take her, Adrien. You've beaten bullies before, and you can do it again," Luz said for encouragement, punching the air. Looking back at Amity, Adrien's shocked expression turned to a look of determination.

"Deal."

Sheathing Rita back in its scabbard, Adrien held out his hand to Amity to shake on their deal. Amity, however, made a spell circle around his hand before grabbing it. The Halfa looked down at his hand as the magic signs returned. But Amity didn't seem to notice.

"The everlasting oath is sealed," Amity said smugly as she let go of Adrien's hand.

Adrien pulled his hand back and stared at the magic circle. Watching as the glowing circle faded before clenching his first.

"When and where?" Adrien asked as he glared at Amity.

"Meet back inside the theater in one hour," Amity said. With that, she turned and walked off with a flick of her hair. "Let's see what kind of witch you are, hybrid."

"I got this," Adrien said, turning to his best friend. "I got this, right?"

"Oh yeah," Luz said with a nod.

The two turned to King and saw him munching on what he could of the cupcake. When he turned his head to them, he stopped. "Mmm? Oh, yeah. No," he said, not sounding any sort of concern for Adrien. "There's no way you'll win."

"REALLY, KING!? YOU TOLD ME TO DO IT FOR YOUR HONOR!" Adrien yelled angrily, grabbing the demon by the front of his shirt and shook him for a moment.

"I was being dramatic!" King argued back. "Amity is a full-fledged witch studying at one of the best magic schools. You only know one spell. And it's a LIGHT SPELL!"

Adrien's eyes widened at the sudden realization at what he, but mostly Luz had gotten him into. "Oh my God, I only know the light spell!" He yelled, dropping King and grabbing his head. Now totally freaking out.

Meanwhile, Eda was trying to sneak her way out of the covention. This was not how she wanted to spend her afternoon and just wanted to leave and go home. Away from wanted posters, from the corrupt coven system conforming young witches into their ranks. And most of all, to get away before she saw her.

"Sister?"

Eda gasped when she heard that voice. Stopping in her tracks, she turned around and what was meant with the sight of her older sister, Lilith.

Lilith noticed her sister as she was doing some autographs for a few kids. "It's been so long since I've seen you last!" She said, finishing up another autograph before walking towards Eda. The kids following close behind. "What are you wearing? You look like some sort of trash collector. Oh, right. You are."

"Oh, Lily. I just had to see the leader of the Emperor's Coven in action," Eda said, before kneeling down to the children around Lilith. "You know, when we were kids, Lilith was so excited to see the Emperor's Coven, she pissed herself."

This made the kids giggle and laugh, while making Lilith blush in embarrassment. "That-That's all for today," She said, herding them along and having them be sent on their way with a wave.

She then turned around, dropping the pleasantries.

"You shouldn't even be here. You're a wanted criminal! Unless..." Lilith's eyes widened, and she gasped. "I don't believe it! You are here to join the Emperor's Coven!" She exclaimed, grasping her little sister's hands.

It took Eda a second to chortle at that statement, before she took her hands away and broke out into fits of laughter. "In your dreams."

She continued to laugh as Lilith narrowed her eyes into a frown. "You think being covenless makes you so much smarter than everyone else. But while you run from the law like a degenerate, I'm mentoring the next generation of powerful witch students into the world."

"Well, I have my own student too. And I bet they could wipe the floor with any of your prissy little blue-bloods."

Lilith walked up to her face. "Is that a challenge?"

"Oh, it's a promise."

"And where are your students?"

"Eda, we need your help!" Adrien and Luz yelled as they ran up to Eda. Both of them were freaking out.

"We met Amity, and we got into a fight!" Adrien said.

"And Adrien accidentally challenged Amity to a witch's duel," Luz said.

"And because I only know the light spell, there's no way I'm going to win!" Adrien stopped and calmly pointed at Lilith. "And aren't you the witch from the presentation?"

Lilith looked at the child for a rew minutes before looking closer and her eyes widened.

"Adrien?" Lilith asked.

Adrien raises his eye-brow."How do you know my name?"

Lilith has tears slowly coming out her eyes, that's when she sees the claw marks on his cheek she reaches out her hand to touch his cheek.

"What happened here?" Lilith asked.

"U-Uh I was attacked by an owl." Adrien says while slowly pushing Lilith's hand off his cheek, he grabs Luz's hand then runs off. "Eda meet us over here when you are done talking."

Eda just nods to him and, both Lilith and Eda watch as he gets further away from them. Lilith wipes away her tears and Eda looks at her with narrow eyes.

"It's him, Adrien............................

my son. Lilith says shocked.

"Yes, he is." Eda says with a sad smile.

"What is he doing here?" Lilith asked as she narrowed her eyes to her sister. "Did you bring him here, you know what happens to halfa's!"

"Calm down, no one knows he's a Halfa or that he's Dag's son." Eda explained. "I still can't believe you're still with him, after what he did to Dag"

"Now is not to talk about this, I will see you in an hour for the duae. And don't tell Adrien about me being his mother, or you being his aunt."

"Why should I?"

"Edalyn please, I don't know how he will react."

Eda looks at her sister to see that more tears were coming out of her eyes, Eda just sighs. "Fine I won't tell him...Yet, but the more you wait the worse his reaction can be."

"Good, for one day, you won't have to hide from the law, because I want to see how good a teacher you are." Lilith said, lifting a finger and drew a spell circle. All around the convention, Eda's wanted posters were burnt to ashes. "For one day, you won't have to hide from the law, because I want to see how good a teacher you really are."

Lilith then turned and walked off to find Amity to prepare the young witch for the duel.

"Come on, kids. Time to prepare for bloodshed." Eda said, putting a hand on Adrien and Luz's shoulder.

"But- whose blood?" Luz asked, nervous.

"Anyone's guess!"

"Oh my God," Adrien groaned.

Taking the kids to a corner of the building, Eda gets ready to prepare Adrien to fight Amity. Putting on a workout headband on her head, she turned to her male student. Luz was sitting on a box to the side, watching and supporting her friend. "All right, Adrien. Let's start your training. Now, I'm coming at you with a blast of fire. What do you do?"

"I dodge the attack, morph, and then attack with Rita," Adrien said, rubbing his chin.

"Alright. A little basic, but still good. But let me see what kind of magic you'd use to counter me," Eda asked her student. Adrien glanced at Luz with a 'is she for really look.' With a sigh, he clapped his hands and formed a light spell. "Oh, that's right. I haven't taught you many spells, huh?"

"No, no, you have not," Adrien said with a frown as Luz shook her head.

"Boy, I hope you didn't make an everlasting oath to stop learning magic or anything. You'd be toast," Eda said with a smirk.

That made Luz and Adrien glance nervously at one another. The girl turned back to the witch. "I-Is there a glowy hand thing that happens, or, uh-"

"Abomination. Rise."

Hearing Amity's voice, the trio looked to see her summoning an abomination. This one was smaller than what she created that day in school and the ones that attack Adrien, Luz, and Willow. The creature took off its head and threw it at a wizard from the bakers' coven. Hitting him in the head and knocking him out. Standing nearby, Tiny Nose grabbed him and threw him to the side, before screaming and powering up.

"Ooh, boy," Eda

"Oh, Dios mío. I can't believe that we're gonna have to stop learning magic, and it's all my fault! I should never have made you challenge Amity."

"Hey, we're not stopping anything. I mean, I was able to beat all those abominations at the school; I more than certain I can do it again," Adrien said, trying to reassure her. But not even he was so sure. There was no telling what other tricks Amity had up her shelves. However, that wasn't going to stop him from kicking that bitch off her high horse.

An hour later, and it was time for the duel. Going back to the theater, Adrien stood with Luz and Eda as Lilith and Amity stood across from them. Everyone in the covention, except King, assembled to watch the two apprentices duke it out for supremacy. Amity looked smugly at Adrien, as the Halfa glared back at her. Wanting nothing more than to wipe that smug look off her face.

"Beloved citizens, the Emperor's Coven proudly presents an impromptu demonstration of the sort of witch we seek every year. Introducing Amity Blight," Lilith announced to the crowd, presenting the green-haired girl to the people. Amity gave a smug look as the crowd, and all of her classmates cheered for her. Willow and Gus, however, looked worried. "Versus... a human/witch hybrid."

"You know damn well what my name is, you ass!" Adrien yelled, as the crowd started to mutter.

"A human? Where? I don't see one!"

"A hybrid? How disgusting!"

"Humans can't do magic!

"Why would any witch want to breed with a human?"

"He's not Amity."

"Is he from grade school?"

"You might as well quit, weirdo!"

"Good luck, freakshot!"

And all those jeers caused Adrien to get really mad, but he kept his composure. "I guess no matter where you go, you'll always be ousted"

"Good kid," Eda tells him, pulling him back down to the ground. "Save that anger for Amity."

Adrien growled in anger as the crowd still made fun of him. He sighed to calm down. Staring at Amity, Adrien said to his teacher, "Eda, be real with me. Do I have a chance of beating Amity?"

"Yes," Eda said with a smile. But then she thought for a moment. "No? Maybe? What's the right answer?"

"Forget it!" Adrien said.

"Hey. Adrien," Luz said, walking up to him.

Adrien turned to her with a curious look. Luz looked down for a moment, blushing with embarrassment, before pulling him into a hug that he returned. It was something he and Luz did all the time. But she then did something that Adrien never thought she'd ever do to him.

Luz kissed him on the cheek.

It was a very brief moment, but for Adrien, it was as if time was slowing down as the feeling of her lips still lingered in his mind. The way her lips felt so soft and moist when they touched his skin made his heart skip a beat. Luz pulled away from his face and the hug as he stared at her with blushing red cheeks and sparkling eyes.

Luz looked away with a big blush of her own. "Good luck," she said, rubbing her arm.

Adrien blinked his eyes and came back to reality. Remembering that he still had to fight, Adrien turned back to Amity. This was it. He's fighting for not only himself, but for his crush's right to learn magic. There was no going back from this. The bell screamed for the match to start. Taking a deep breath, the Halfa started walking towards his opponent.

"Please be careful," Luz said worriedly. But then she noticed that Eda was looking at her with a knowing smirk and her hands on her hips. "What? That kiss was for good luck! That's it! Nothing more! I promise!"

Eda's smirk. "I didn't say anything." Luz's blush grew.

Both combatants walked towards the center of the arena and stopped in front of each other.

"You ready to do this, Amity?" Adrien said, pulling out Rita.

"That's something I should be asking you, hybrid," Amity said smugly, cracking her knuckles. "Last chance to walk away."

"And miss kicking your butt? Witch, please," Adrien said with a smirk, getting into a fighting stance.

Amity started the fight by drawing a large circle on the ground in front of her. "Abomination. Rise," Amity said, raising her hands into the air.

What came out was something Adrien wasn't ready for, and his eyes widened with horror as a giant abomination squeezed itself out of the circle. It was massive. At least 5 times the size of the Halfa. The abomination reared its head back before bringing it back towards Adrien let out a mighty roar that rattled his bones.

"Didn't see that coming," Adrien said nervously.

"Whoa," Amity said, just as surprised as Adrien. But then she smirked and turned to him. "Show me what you got, hybrid!"

The abomination raised its fist and brought it down towards Adrien. Adrien quickly jumped out of the way as the monster's hand slammed into the ground. Landing on the ground with a thud, Adrien quickly got back up and turned back to Amity.

"You could have crushed me!" He yelled, before having to dodge another attack from the monster.

Running towards the arm, Adrien raised Rita and swung at the wrist. The moment it cuts into the being, its hand and wrist splatter across the ground.

"What?!" Amity shouted in shock. With how large her abomination is, the goo that made it up would have been extremely thick. That sword shouldn't have been able to cut it off or even destroy it. "How did you do that?!"

"I don't know. All I did was cut it with...Rita..." Adrien trailed off as he looked at his sword. Remembering how he was about to kill both Warden Wraith and Adegast, and how he was able to destroy the Abominations from the school

Meaning, it doesn't just conduct magic it can repel magic.

His attention was brought back to the abomination when the gooey golem reformed its hand. It then groaned while twisting off its head, and then threw it at Adrien. The Halfa stood his ground, before swinging down when the head was within striking distance. Splitting the head and turning it into puddles of goo.

"Yeah! That's showing them!" Eda cheered.

"Whoo! Go Adrien!" Luz cheered like the cheerleader she was back home.

Adrien looked up at the abomination as it was reforming its head. Thinking quickly, Adrien threw the sword at its chest. Rita stabbed into the abomination, and caused it to lose its form and collapse. Shocking Amity and everyone in the audience.

"Alright, Amity. You wanted a fight," he said, reaching out his hand and calling back Rita. "Well, you got one!"

Lilith didn't look pleased with how the fight was going. Amity growled in anger, before summoning another abomination.

Back in the upper stands, King was scattering in the upper stand. He was wearing a whole bunch of coven swag, including clothes and hats stacked on top of each other.

" Things that are free People are giving offerings to me! " He sang, walking over to where Willow and Gus were sitting. "I love offerings! What did I miss?"

"Adrien's in a witch's duel!" Willow said, sounding worried.

"Yeah! And he can win it all! Yeah-yeah!" Gus cheered, throwing his fingers into the air.

"Wha...?" King asked, surprised.

The abomination charged at Adrien, but the Halfa had an idea. Remembering what Eda said about Rita, he concentrated his magic into the blade. His sword lit up, before an orb of light was created at the tip of the sword.

Grabbing the light, Adrien threw it at the abomination's head. The golem saw the light floating in front of it and stared at it. Seemingly transfixed by the bright light.

"What are you doing! Get him!" Amity shouted at the monster, but Adrien was quick to act. Running underneath the abomination, Adrien would cut into its right leg, destroying it and bringing the monster down on one knee. "How did you do that?!

"Sorry Amity, but a knight never reveals his secrets," Adrien quipped with a smirk, shrugging his shoulders. Before, a ball of goop collided with his sword and knocked it out of his hand.

Rita landed on the ground, far from where he was standing. Without his weapon in hand, Adrien turned back to see the abomination towering over him. Now having reformed its leg.

"This I gotta see!" King said, before climbing down the row of benches to get a closer look.

"Go Amity!" cheered one of Amity's fans.

"Hey! You root for Adrien or nobody!" The small demon exclaimed, marching over to teach him a lesson. But before he could, King suddenly slipped on one of his scarfs again and started tumbling down.

From where she was standing, Lilith watched with growing interest as Adrien clapped his hands together. To her amazement, Adrien conjured a ball of light. The abomination stopped and looked down at the light with great interest.

"You want this?" Adrien moved the light back and forth between his hands. The abomination's head followed it. "Then fetch!" Adrien threw the orb of light off to the side, and the giant abomination ran after it, before he called back Rita.

"How are you doing that?" Amity demanded to know after seeing his magic. Now she wanted answers to how this boy was beating her, and started walking towards her opponent. "You and your friend are humans. You shouldn't be able to do magic!"

"Yeah? Well, guess what, I'm not a normal human or an even witch," Adrien said, sheathing the sword and standing ready to fight her. "I'm something else." Adrien pulled out his Solar Cell Morpher.

Before the fighting could start between the two, King suddenly fell down from the stands and landed in between the teenagers.

"King?" Adrien asked, confused as to the demon's sudden appearance.

King sat up and shook his head, before standing up. "I'm okay!" He said and was about to walk away. That was until Amity's hand grabbed the back of his many shirts and held him into the air. The demon trashed around to free himself of Amity's grip. "Hey! Put me down!"

"Ah, does the little pet not like being picked up?" Amity asked in a mocking tone.

"Amity, let King go!" Adrien shouted, glaring at the green-haired girl.

"Why, Adrien?" Amity taunted, raising an eyebrow. "What'll happen if I don't let your little teacher go?"

Adrien growled, "Then I'll make you regret it."

Amity scoffed. "I'm not the one that's about to lose," said the witch with the sense of superiority.

"And why's that?"

"Adrien, look out!" Luz suddenly screamed out to her friend. Terrified and worried by what she saw. When Adrien turned to her, his eyes widened, and he looked up to see the abomination towering over him with its foot raised over him. 

"Magical Source, Mys-"It then stomped down on Adrien.

Luz gasped in horror, thinking that her best friend was just crushed before her eyes. Eda glared and growled in frustration. She knew that Adrien wasn't dead, as the abomination's body was made up of goo. But she knew that if Adrien couldn't get out of it, the match was over.

Lilith smiled and walked over to Amity, who had dropped King on the ground. "I'm sorry, Eda, but it looks like you lo...

Right after she declared Amity as the winner, Lilith stopped when she noticed a bright light. Then Amity noticed it, and when she saw where it was coming from, she gasped in shock.

The bright light was coming from underneath the foot of the abomination. The same one that crushed Adrien's body. As it grew in intensity, Adrien's silhouette became visible from inside the abomination. His magic circles glowing brightly.

From where he laid on the ground, King looked at the boy's body in the abomination's leg with wide eyes. Everyone in the audience looked at the light with confusion and wondered what was happening. Even Willow and Gus were wondering just what was going on.

Luz stared into amazement, but Eda just smirked.

"Uh oh."

A sudden blast of golding energy sent the abomination flying up at the ceiling and slammed into it. Breaking apart into several pieces that rained down on the arena.

Luz uncovered her eyes after the blast and gasped at what she saw.

Adrien was in his Solaris Knight form. 

In the center of his magic circles was the light glyph.

The entire stadium was silent as they stared at the last Halfa, who was sitting on his hands and knees. Never before seeing something like this in their lives.

Lilith stared at Adrien with wide eyes. "Is he...?"

Leanbow looked in awe over what he saw. "The glowing, he's in-"

Amity stared at her opponent with wide eyes, before glaring at Adrien. "W-What is this?! Is this some kind of human trick you're pulling?" She demanded to know.

Adrien didn't say anything. Clenching her fists and becoming even more enraged. "Who are you?!"

"I'm.........."

The Solaris Knight. ☀️

(Play this!)

https://youtu.be/G_s3MbQa-1M

Again, a wave of magical energy blasted from Adrien's body. Even more powerful than before. Knocking back Amity, King, Lilith, Eda, and Luz. The blast of energy rocked the building and started cracking the walls. Adrien moved so fast that he grabbed King and set him down in the stands. The demon quickly ran to Luz, who picked him up quickly.

Amity stood up from the ground, but refused to be beaten by the hybrid. "Abomination, rise!" Amity yelled, and summoned another large abomination. "Take him down!" The abomination followed her orders and charged at Adrien.

The Halfa quickly ran towards the abomniation, leaped into the air, and-

"Light Speed!"

(Imagine that he's moving like Kizaru from One Piece)

Amity gains a shocked face over how her abomination was defeated so easily.  She then creates multiple circles, which spawn multiple abominations some big and some small. "Let's see you stand against this! Attack!"

The abominations charge at Adrien, but he still doesn't falter, shown by how he just walks towards them. "I may not be a full witch like you, but that doesn't mean I can't fight" Adrien rushed forward.

Adrien continues to cut down the abominations one my  one as everyone looks in awe over the power they were witnessing. 

Luz looks in shock at her friend. "He's moving like-like-"

"Light" Eda finishes.

Adrien stopped fighting and began to walk towards Amity, who immediately began to step back in fear, but tried to stand her ground. "I will not be beaten by some mere, Knight!! Haaaa!" She creates one more abomination, perhaps the biggest one there. "Attack!"

The gigantic abomination rushes forward, but Adrien just raises his sword in the air and begins to draw, which Luz notices.

"Wait, is he drawing the-?" Luz asked hers

"Solaris: Light Glyph!" Adrien yelled after finishing drawing it. He puts his Rits through and the sword turns into pure light magic. He holds his blade tight and-

"Light Slash!"

The slash cuts the abomination in half and causes it to explode into tiny little sludge balls that scatter everywhere. Once Adrien lands, he rushes forward and holds his blade to Amity who falls backwards in shock. "Gasp!"

"It's over, I've won. " Adrien declared, but he soon demorphed and began to fall to the ground. "Ugh" He fell to the ground.

"Adrien!" Luz called out for his friend, as she runs over with King and Eda. She soon makes it over and shakes her friend in worry. "Adrien, Adrien! Are you okay?!"

"Aghh" Adrien gets up as he holds his head in pain. He looks around and see's Luz.

"Hey, Luz"

"Adrien, you're okay!" She hugs Adrien and he gingerly hugs her back. Soon they separate and Eda comes over and helps her student up.

"Easy, Kid." Looks over at Lilith smugly. "Well, it looks like I'm a pretty good teacher."

Lilith doesn't respond as she is still shocked that her son had that power. Adrien looks over at Amity, carefully walks over to her, and holds his hand out to help her up.  "Nice fight"

Amity however just slaps his hand away and gets up in anger. "Why don't you two do me a favor and stay away from me," Amity snarled, before turning and started marching away from the two. But as she watched the snobby girl walk away, Eda noticed something of the back of Amity's neck.

"Wait just a sec, Miss Protégé," Eda said, walking up to Amity and lifted up her hair.

"Hey! What are you-" Amity said, before she felt something getting peeled off the back of her neck. Eda then held it up for her and everyone to see.

"A power glyph from the Construction Coven!" Eda said to everyone. Everyone gasped at this revelation. Shocked and appalled that Amity, Lilith's best protege, had used an underhanded tactic to get the upper hand.

"You used a power glyph?" Luz asked.

"What? N-No, I didn't know! I'd never cheat!" Amity said in genuine shock and fear.

Adrien saw she was telling the truth, and it just made him more confused. "But if you did, then who..." he trailed off when the realization hit him.

There was only one other person that could have gotten close to Amity. Someone close even for her to not notice putting the glyph on the back of her neck.

"It was you!" Adrien shouted, pointing accusingly at Lilith. "You put the power glyph on Amity's neck, Lilith!"

Everyone in the auditorium was in total shock. More so when they learned Amity cheated. The head of the Emperor's Coven, the one that was looked up to as the symbol of order, used her own star student to cheat!

"Ah-ha! Yes, yes, yes-yes-yes!" Eda cheered as she started doing a victory dance before turning and mocking her sister. "You cheated. Perfect, prissy Lilith cheated. Hot damn, I love coventions! La-la-la-"

"I only did that because I knew you would cheat!" Lilith said, trying to defend her actions. She pointed to Rita on Adrien's back as Eda began dancing around her. "I mean, a repel-magic sword?!"

"Guess what, nothing in the rule books about that!" Eda said mockingly. "So you're the only cheater here! Welcome down to my level!"

But while Eda was celebrating her sister's embarrassment, Amity was having a different experience. Still in shock by this revelation, the green-haired witch looked around and saw their faces. Their shock, sadness, and disappointment at her.

"But... I didn't know!" She said.

Adrien looked at her, and any dislike for her left as he genuinely felt sorry for her. Realizing Lilith used her in her petty revelry with her sister.

"Amity..." He walked up to her. Amity glanced at him, before running out of the theater. "Wait, come back!" Adrien called out to her, chasing after her.

"Adrien!" Luz running after him.

"Hey, wait for me!" King followed them, but tripped over the same scarf.

Meanwhile, Eda was still dancing, and Lilith was getting fed up with her. "Knock it off. You're making a scene!"

"You cheated!" Eda pointed at her with a big grin. She's dreamt of this moment for years and wasn't going to stop. "Hey, where's the Rhyming Coven? What rhymes with "cheated'?'"

"Stop acting like a child!"

"You were defeated, don't get heated, get your stank face treated."

"Rhyme one more thing," Lilith growled, having reached her melting point. "I dare you!"

"Oh, it's okay, I'm done," Eda said, waving her hand. But then grinned at her own lie. "Because my rhymes are depleted!"

"That's it!" Lilith screamed, summoning her staff. Just like when she tried to stop Adrien, Lilith spun it around and produced a blue ring of energy, before firing her magic at Eda.

Eda was knocked back by the blast into the arena's podium in an explosion. Shocking everyone in the theater.

When the dust cleared, despite the hit she took, Eda opened her eyes and smirked. "There she is!" she said, summoning her staff. Just like Lilith, she spun it around to make a ring of yellow energy.

But she missed one twirl and dropped her staff. Quickly picking it up, she fired her magic at Lilith. Lilith fired back, and the two opposing magics collided in the middle.

"Witch's duel!" Amity's fan shouted, as the two sisters battled one another.

After making their way out of the theater, Adrien and Luz looked around for Amity. "Where'd she go?" Luz asked before spotting her in a dark space right near the bathrooms. She was squatting down on the ground. Knees to her chest and her head burrowed in them.

Turning to her friend, Luz said, "Adrien, you've got to talk to her."

"But..."

"You have to be the one to talk to her," Luz said, pointing at her friend.

Adrien frowned and looked down at the ground for a moment, knowing that she was right. Even if Amity was a bit of a bitch. Turning to Amity, Adrien started walking over to her.

"Amity..." He said, standing over her.

"What do you want?" Amity said, turning her head away from Adrien and Luz.

"I...I just want to talk," Adrien said.

"Ugh, seriously? Just leave me alone."

"Amity look, I'm sorry," Adrien said with sincerity. "But I won that duel"

Amity whipped her head towards him to glare at the halfa. "You think that's what I'm upset about?!"

"What?" Adrien asked, confused as Luz.

"You embarrassed me!" Amity snapped, standing up to look at him in the eyes. Taking Adrien aback. "Ever since I've met you and Luz, all you two ever do is embarrass me! First at school, and now this! You made me look like a fool in front of the Emperor's Coven. My future! You think it's so easy to be a witch. I have been working my whole life to get to the top! And then suddenly come into my life and mess up everything! You're not a witch! You're a hybrid, and you don't belong here! Say it! Say you don't belong here!"

Adrien remained quiet and stared at her.

"SAY IT!"

"...You're right," he admitted. This surprised both Amity and Luz. "I'm not a witch, and I don't belong here. I honestly don't know if I really belong anywhere."

He then brought up his hands, confusing Amity as she watched. Focusing his magic, Amity's eyes widened as she saw the magic sign appear on his hands. Adrien then clapped his hands together, before pulling them apart, producing a light spell.

"But I'm not going to stop trying," Adrien said with a smile.

"How did you..." Amity whispered, still amazed by the way that Adrien made the spell. She quickly scoffed and turned away. "That's nothing. A child could cast that," she said, stepping away from Adrien.

"Yup." Adrien flicked the light at her, and it lightly touched her shoulder.

Amity turned her head and looked at it, before holding it herself.

"But...I've never seen it cast like that," Amity said, turning to face Adrien. "Does it have to do with what Principle Bump called you? A Halfa."

"Yeah. It's why I have these magical abilities. For Luz, it doesn't come naturally," Adrien said, tapping the light spell and making it pop.

"Adrien's right," Luz said with a small smile. She knelt down, confusing Amity, but she kneeled down with her to see what she was going to do. Luz brought out her notepad and drew a light glyph, and tapped it. The paper crumpled up and turned into a ball of light.

She picked it up and said, "Even though I'm not a witch, I'm training hard to be one. All I have to do is improvise."

"But I honestly think she has a better handle on her magic than I do." Amity looked at him with a surprised expression. "In that fight, I was doing my best to win, but even if I can do that, I still have a lot to learn to control my power and myself. And you shouldn't stop just because you were embarrassed today. Life isn't a one-way journey. There are multiple paths you can take towards your future. You just have to take the one that leads to where you want to go."

Amity looked at him with wide eyes, as a moment of silence hung in the air.

"We'll leave you alone," Adrien said, with Luz standing up. The two friends were about to leave when Amity stopped them.

"Wait," Amity said. Adrien and Luz stopped as Amity stood up and used her magic to make a spell circle. Gently grabbing Adrien's hand with her left hand, she put her right hand through the ring and then grabbed his hand. Pulling it into the ring caused both hands to glow for a moment.

"The oath is unbound," Amity said, before walking away from the duo.

"Did it work? Can we still learn magic?" Luz asked.

"Humans have no magical ability. But I doubt that'll stop your friend," Amity said, looking over her shoulder at the girl. Then she gazed over at Adrien. "And...Adrien, was it? I...I wish you the best in learning that power of yours..."

And with that, she walked off.

"So you think she's a friend now," Luz asked.

"No, but I think we're now at an understanding," Adrien said, rubbing his wrist.

"Luz! Adrien!" They both turned to see King running up to them. Luz knelt down to him. "You left me!

"Yeah, sorry," Luz apologized. "Your legs are just so tiny."

"Wow, King, don't you think you've got enough swag?" Adrien asked with an amused smirk.

"Maybe. But I have something for you two!" King said. "And it's the best thing, because it's free, comes from my heart, and I always have more than I need."

Luz gasped at this. "Is it love?"

King made a disgusted expression. "Ugh! No!" He then pulled out a covention bag. "Tote bags!"

"Wow, how generous of you," Adrien said sarcastically as he took the bag, and King climbed on his arm.

"And they have so many uses!" King then jumped into the bag and pointed at the exit. "Away, fair chariot! Away!" Adrien and Luz laughed, with the Latina girl petting the dog-like demon's head.

Then Eda came up behind them in a rush. "We gotta go."

"Wait, what about your sister?" Adrien asked.

"Let's just say she had a real 'snack attack.' Hah!" She laughed and snorted at her own joke. "Wait, I got a better one."

Adrien followed her, but stopped when he realized that Luz wasn't with him. Turning back around, he saw her standing with her head down.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Adrien asked.

"Eda..." Luz said, making Eda stop to look at her apprentice. "Do you think Adrien and I'll ever be a true witch?

"What? I don't know. And who's a true witch? These suckers? According to them, that means being in a coven, but I never joined one, and I'm better than all of them combined. You gotta be your own witches," Eda said to the kids. "or knights"

"Our own witch," Luz said with a growing smile. Liking the sound of that.

"Now, let's go before my sister realizes I tied her pointy shoes together," Eda told the kids. They then heard Lilith screaming in the background. "And that's our cue!"

"So, you have a sister now?" Adrien asked as they walked out of the covention.

"Yes! Now that's a mysterious past payoff!" Luz cheered.

"Oh, you think that's all the mystery I got? Wait until you hear about my parents," Eda said.

"What?! You've got parents?! I need to know more!"

"You very much don't!" King said.

As they walked together, Luz's happy smile dropped before she turned to Adrien. "Hey, Adrien, I'm so sorry for making you fight Amit," she said, looking down at her hands clasped together with an expression of shame. "It was stupid of me to do, and I shouldn't have done it."

"It's alright, Luz," Adrien said, but Luz looked at him in disbelief. "That fight showed me that I have an entirely new power, and now I can get to work controlling it"

Luz looked at him with a surprised look, before she smiled and blushed. She then grabbed his hand and interlocked his fingers with her. The Latina girl honestly didn't know why she was doing this. First, it was the kiss, and now this? But it felt so right, and it made her smile.

"Hey, do you think going into Solaris Knight mode is going to come back and haunt me," Adrien asked Eda, while still holding Luz's hand and King his bag.

"Eh, I doubt it," Eda said.

Behind a stand, the man from the knight coven watched them walk out. "There is no doubt about it, he's Daggeron's kid"

Back, in the theater's backstage dressing room, the door opened, and Lilith struggled to walk in with her shoes still tied together. She tripped over, before pulling herself up by a dresser. "You make it so hard to want to help you, Edalyn," she said. "But now my boy..."

She was interrupted when a magical device in the form of a pendant with the Emperor Coven's symbol activated. It popped open, making the witch gasp in surprise. The glass showing another person on the other side.

That person was Kikimora, the emperor's assistant. She's a demon of diminutive stature and childish proportions. Standing several heads shorter than her subordinates, with red skin and pupils, yellow sclera, and three-pronged, taloned appendages similar to those of a fowl. Her most defining feature, though, was the conjoined hands that make up her hair. With one hand forming a fringe that hid one of her eyes from view, the other was clenched behind her head to form a bun.

Being a high-ranking affiliate of the Emperor's Coven, Kikimora wore robes reminiscent. A white tunic over a black ensemble and a high-collared veil that shrouds her face's lower regions. A triangular accessory fastened this veil.

"Lilith, I see you let The Owl Lady get the best of your temper. Just remember what Emperor Belos has promised to you," Kikimora told the woman.

"I will capture her, ma'am. But right now, I have to speak with the Emperor," Lilith said to the assistant.

The little demon scoffed. "You think that you can just demand to know the whereabouts of our fare Emperor Belos?"

"It's important. I've found the Son of the Solaris Knight"

This made Kikimora gasp in shock. "B-But, how's that possible? We destroy hi-"

"Kikimora," said a male voice off-screen. One that made her flinch. "Who are you talking to?

"I-It's Lilith, my lord," she said to the person off-screen. "She said that she had found a...a..."

"I'll take it from here."

Lilith watched as the screen pulled away from Kikimora. And then showed another person that made her eyes widen. A man who wore a mask with two long, upward-facing horns. The eyes were hollow through the mask, creating the appearance of having no eyeballs. And the man that dawned a large cape with white and brown, as well as gold trim.

This was the Emperor of the Boiling Isles, Emperor Belos.

"Lilith," the emperor said.

The witch quickly knelt before her ruler. "Emperor Belos, I'm honored to be speaking to you. I've encountered a child that I know will be please you-"

"I'm growing impatient, Lilith. Speak what you have to tell me, now."

Lilith nervously gulped the lump in her throat before telling him her news. "I've encountered the Halfa today, in the company of my sister. He is the son of the Solaris Knight, Daggeron."

After those sentences left her mouth, there was perhaps the longest and most tense moment of silence she's ever received from Belos. Sweat started to build upon her face as she tried to maintain a professional face to hide her anxiousness.

"Lilith. For your sake, and for the sake of your sister, I do hope you're not lying to me," Belos said sternly.

"I'm not, Emperor," Lilith said, bowing her head. "I've seen his powers with my own eyes."

Again, there was a moment of silence, but then he turned his head to the right. "Then it finally happened. At long last, the Cycle of the Halfas has ended once again. And a new child has been born," he said. Belos then turned back to Lilith. "You are to find this child and bring him to me."

"And if I capture him, will you still uphold your promise?" Lilith asked with a look of hope.

"Bring me the child and your sister, and I shall," Belos said. "Am I clear, Lilith?"

Lilith bowed her head slightly. "Crystal, my lord."

"Splendid." Emperor Belos said, before the screen turned back into a mirror. Lilith looked up and stared at her own reflection. She then turned to a picture she had on the deck. Showing her when she was a teenager with Eda and the man known as a Daggeron. It was a reminder of happier times. A time before everything changes.

Walking over to the picture, Lilith looked at it sadly, then frowning.

"I'm sorry, Dag, but our son and Edalyn's days are numbered."

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