Okay, so this one isn't very plot-based, it's just fluff. You don't need much of any context from the first 14 chapters to understand it, just that I'm shipping the Blight twins with the Weasley twins I guess
Link to previous chapter: https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000191022
Link to chapter one: https://theowlhouse.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000189445
On February fourteenth, Luz decided to do something nice for Amity. But first she had to figure out where dinner would be.
Where should I take her on a date? Luz kept wondering all morning. Eventually, she asked Eda where she could take Amity for a nice romantic evening.
“Well, I suppose there’s Bone Appetit, they’re really fancy, but also about as expensive as it can be. I don’t have nearly enough snails for it, so you’d better hope Blight foots the bill.” Eda answered.
“Do I need a reservation to go there?” Luz asked.
“How would I know?” Eda said, “I’ve never even bothered to steal from there, much less be a” she shuddered, “paying customer,”
Luz, wanting to make sure the place would work, decided to grab Stringbean and check for herself.
Entering the restaurant, Luz could tell it was definitely not in her price range. The floors were made of what looked like marble, ornate chandeliers hung over every table, and the waitstaff (most of whom were standing idly) were all clad in elegant clothes that Luz felt probably made Amity’s clothes budget seem small. Despite the luxurious atmosphere, there were maybe four patrons and thirty tables.
“Hi,” Luz said to the maître d’hôtel, who was looking at his scroll, “I want to have dinner with my girlfriend here tonight, do I need to make a reservation?”
The demon looked at her as if he was trying to figure out if she was joking.
“Kid, look around this place. Do you think you need a reservation?” the demon said in a deep voice, “We usually only get about twenty customers in a day. I keep telling the boss we need to lower prices to get more business, but he’s insistent that lowering the price would make us less money.”
“Okay, thank you!” Luz said, “I’ll be back tonight!”
“Whatever.” The demon replied as he looked at his scroll from behind the podium.
Luz exited the restaurant feeling elated at the idea of a romantic dinner with Amity. But first, Luz wanted to do something else for her girlfriend.
Quickly returning to the Owl House, Luz grabbed her sketchbook and the wrapped present Luz had made over the course of the previous weekend, then exited almost as quickly.
“Woah, kid, where are you going in such a hurry?” Eda pestered as Luz walked out the door. “And what about that Bone Appetit place? Are you set for dinner there tonight? I know how much Valentine’s Day means to you Humans, so I want to ensure it’s all good!”
“It’s all fine, Eda! I’m going to Amity’s, and dinner is taken care of, so our date will be great!” Luz exclaimed.
Eda mumbled something about Raine under her breath.
“What was that, Eda?” Luz bugged.
“Nothing!” She blurted.
“She said she’s taking Raine on a date tonight!” King interjected.
“I did not!” She defended.
“Yes, you did!” He taunted.
Eda got up and started to nab the young Titan, who responded by getting on all fours and running around the couch.
“Oh, get back here you!” Eda cried. Luz took the opportunity to escape while Eda was distracted.
The Boiling Isles were beautiful. The red trees glimmered in the sunlight just perfectly.
Showing up at Blight Manor, Luz got off Stringbean and tried to make herself as presentable as possible. She clutched her sketchbook and present in one hand and used Stringbean to make a bouquet of red roses in the other.
Great, now how do I ring the doorbell? Luz wondered as she stepped up to the front door. Luckily, she wouldn’t have to figure out an answer to that question, as the twins opened the door at just the right moment.
“Oh, hey Beanie!” Emira said, “You here to see Mittens? She’s in the workshop with Dad.”
“We were just on our way out,” Ed added pleasantly, “Have fun on your date you two!”
Luz and the twins swapped sides of the door, and they closed it behind themselves. Luz made her way through the familiar mansion to the workshop.
The workshop door was open, inside Amity and Alador were standing side-by-side, working on an abomination creation that Luz couldn’t identify. Neither Blight heard her walk in, they were too focused on the task at hand. Luz knocked lightly on the door to get their attention without startling them, they looked up at her.
“Hi, Amity! Hi Alador!” Luz beamed, “Do you know what today is?” She handed Amity the bouquet she grew.
“Thank you!” Amity took the flowers, “Uhh, it’s Scabuary 32nd?” Amity stated, confused, “Oh! It’s February fourteenth! That’s Valentine's Day! Right?”
“Yup, but there’s something else about today that makes it extra special!” Luz told her.
Amity paused for a moment, trying to figure out what Luz meant. “Oh! It’s been a year and a half, hasn’t it?” She finally concluded.
“Yup!” Luz proclaimed, “Eighteen Human Realm months, on the dot! Or thirteen and a half Demon Realm months! But who’s counting?”
“You are,” Amity giggled, “So I’m guessing you have a date planned.”
“Oh, Amity! Of course, I do!” Luz exclaimed.
“Oh, yeah, I hope you’re okay with that, Alador,” Luz said, realizing she was kinda stealing Amity from father/daughter time.
“Luz, you’re fine,” The brown-haired witch told her, “The two of us have been working all morning, and we both probably need a break anyway.”
He sighed and led them out into the living room. The door closed behind them.
“Honestly, Amity is better with Abominations at sixteen than I was at twenty-six, I might have more experience under my belt, but she is seriously talented.” Alador confided, “I’m so proud to have Amity as a daughter, and you are a huge part of why she’s grown into who she is now.”
“Dad!” Amity blushed, seeming embarrassed.
“Well, I’ll leave you two love-griffins alone.” Alador huffed, walking towards the stairs.
Luz grabbed the present she had wrapped and handed it to Amity. She unwrapped it to find two matching necklaces. They were gold-colored pendants with four symbols Luz knew she would recognize.
“Oh, Luz!” She cried, pulling Luz into a hug, “They’re beautiful! And are those the four glyphs?”
“Yeah!” Luz told her, “Since the glyphs don’t work anymore after we defeated Belos, I figured, why not use them for decoration?”
“It looks great! Did you make this yourself?” Amity asked.
“Yeah, it took forever though,” Luz admitted. “This was originally going to be a Christmas present.”
Amity chuckled, “Yeah, it’s like that sometimes.”
The sweet potato put her new necklace on, Luz took the other necklace and equipped it as well. Then Amity looked at the sketchbook.
“Why did you bring that?” She inquired.
“I’m getting there,” Luz admitted, “I drew some things, and I hope you like them!”
Luz opened the sketchbook to show Amity what she had been working on instead of figuring out how to breathe underwater. She really hoped Amity didn’t realize that this was her form of procrastinating, but she also felt that Amity probably would. There were ten whole days left! She was fine!
On each page was an intricate colored pencil drawing of a major moment in Luz’s life since arriving in the Boiling Isles almost twenty months prior. (wow, had it really been that long?) First was a drawing of Eda showing the exterior of The Owl House to Luz on her first day.
Then she showed more pictures; Luz covering herself in abomination slime and sneaking into Hexside, Luz discovering the light glyph, her duel with Amity at the Covention, her discovery of the ice glyph on the knee, her admittance into every track at Hexside, her dance with Amity at Grom, Amity and Luz becoming girlfriends, her failed portal door, her moment with Amity after the Bonesborough Brawl, her findings of what Belos truly had planned, the discovery of King’s true identity, the Day of Unity, the Collector’s freedom, Luz coming out to Camilla, one of their failed return portals, the Titan himself, and lastly, an unfinished picture of what Eda, King, and Raine said she looked like taking out Belos. All of them were intricate drawings that had taken her hours each. Amity was speechless.
“How, what, I- uhh.” Amity blabbered.
“Sorry the last one is unfinished, Eda insisted I go to bed last night rather than stay up and finish it.” Luz confided.
“Luz, these are incredible! You don’t need to apologize for anything! These are the most beautiful drawings I’ve ever seen!” Amity exclaimed. “And Eda had a point, your sleep is more important than finishing this now. Hey, any chance you could tell me more about each one of these?”
“Well, this first drawing is of Eda showing me The Owl House for the first time, I had just shown up in the Demon Realm about, like, ten minutes prior I think…” Luz kept talking about each drawing, some explanations were short, like for Grom, but others, like her drawing of the Titan, took much more explaining.
Hours later, her phone’s alarm went off.
“Oh my gosh! I lost all track of time! I made plans for us to go to Bone Appetit together!” Luz panicked.
“You mean the restaurant downtown?” Amity asked. Luz nodded.
“Well, let’s get down there!” Amity stated.
The two of them made their way downtown. Amity was on Ghost, and Luz was on Stringbean.
Arriving at the restaurant, Luz led them in.
“Oh, you’re back,” The demon from earlier said to her, not even looking up from his scroll, “Well, take a seat.”
Amity and Luz took a seat near the back of the establishment, only two other couples were inside, and there were four waitstaff. One waiter came over to the young couple and handed them menus, asking what they would like to drink.
“I’ll take a soft apple blood, please,” Luz said.
“And I’ll have chai teeth, please, and thank you,” Amity said. The waiter wrote this down and departed, soon returning with their drinks.
Luz thought the apple blood tasted good, and Amity seemed to enjoy her chai teeth. They looked at the menu, and Luz was almost overwhelmed by how many items were before her. Lists of seefood, assorted Griffin meats, Giraffe necks, Phoenix meat, dragon wings, Hydra heads, and so many more that Luz couldn’t choose. Amity, however, seemed rather at peace with the quantity of choices.
After far too short of a time, the waiter returned to take their orders.
“I’ll take a Griffin wing, please,” Amity said, Luz parroted her request, at a loss for what to get.
Shortly after, two massive pieces of meat were taken out and placed before the teenage lovers, they looked like chicken wings, but about twenty times bigger. Luz did her best to mind her manners at such a nice locale, but she still struggled, there were too many rules to remember, despite Amity’s gentle guidance.
The griffin wings were gone before Luz knew it, and the lovebirds were sitting across each other, staring into the other’s eyes. Amity’s golden eyes glimmered in the candlelight like they were twenty-four karat.
The moment could have gone on for hours, but eventually, the waiter brought them the bill.
“Luz, I’ll pay. A lot of the snails we have came from Odalia, so I don’t feel bad spending any of it,” Amity said, footing the bill.
Exiting the restaurant, Luz took Amity’s hand and walked down to the beach. The sunset was beautiful on the boiling sea. But it was only the second most beautiful thing, after one cotton-candy-haired Goddess, of course.
“Happy Valentine’s Day,” Luz whispered in her girlfriend’s ear as she embraced her in a hug, the sun dipping below the horizon. “Te amo,”
Fred had a great idea planned for the four trouble-making twins. Fred and George had just made a large batch of Canary Cream, and they were ready to be used on all the lovebirds in Hogsmeade.
Edric and Emira met them in front of the Entrance hall, and they walked into town together. His green hair flowed in the wind like grass in a meadow.
George told a joke about the Boiling Isles must be quiet, if their ears were so pointy. Edric’s laugh was like a symphony of perfection and his smile was like a painting worthy of the Louvre. The four of them entered Hogsmeade around noon, and they had to explain the plan to the Blights.
“So, we’re going to sneak this Canary Cream into everyone’s food and drinks,” Fred explained, “It’ll be great! All those lovebirds will be like real birds!”
Edric loved it immediately, but Emira seemed hesitant.
“Are you sure about this?” She asked.
“Don’t worry Em,” George said, “They’ll turn back in less than an hour.”
“Just some harmless fun!” Fred added. This seemed to ease the witch.
“So where do we come in?” Edric asked.
“I was just getting there,” Fred told them, “You two are master illusionists, and we can’t be seen while we do this,”
“Okay,” Ed barely followed, his confusion like a painting of Picasso.
“We need you two to make us invisible,” George explained bluntly.
“Ooh, okay!” Ed exclaimed, his face lighting up like a lightbulb.
The four made their way to Madam Puddlefoot’s, and the Blights made them invisible. Fred took out the canary cream and started magically putting it in everyone’s tea.
Within moments, people across the tea shop quickly started to sprout feathers, Fred and George both couldn’t help but laugh. Somehow, the illusion didn’t hold as soon as they started to howl with laughter.
The room was filled with a lot of lovebirds all right, a lot of lovebirds that were very angry at the twins for turning them into birds and ruining their dates.
Fred and George ran out of there as fast as they could. Several witches and wizards were hot on their tails.
“So, now what?” Ed asked.
“Well, let’s run for now, then we’ll figure it out,” Fred added.
They made their way to the walls surrounding the Hogwarts grounds, but they had been cornered by their feathery foes.
“You thinking what I’m thinking bro?” George said. Fred nodded at his twin.
“Accio broomstick!” Fred and George both said at the same time. The Blight twins took the hint and got on their palisman staves.
The four of them took off and flew over the wall and into the grounds.Fred cheered as they flew through the air. The breeze flowed through his hair, and he led the way back to the Entrance Hall, where their next trick was planned.
Fred and George got off of their brooms, Ed and Em followed suit. Ed’s bear and Em’s dog soon returned to their animate forms.
“So, now what?” Emira asked.
“Now, we turn all of these Valentine’s Day things into doves,” George said with a mischievous smile.
“Great idea!” Ed said. He soon started to show off just how hard he had worked at transfiguration. He was turning the Valentines into doves like it was nothing. Fred was impressed, this was rather advanced transfiguration, and they had it perfect. They would be really helpful with making the joke shop a reality, maybe they would even have to change their name, maybe to "Weasley's Blight" or something.
Fred and George didn’t want the Blights to get all of the fun, so they went and turned as many as they could into beautiful doves. It soon became a competition. Fred counted to fifty, seventy, one hundred, one-hundred-fifty different things turned to doves.
An hour later, they all met back up to see who had gotten the most. It was close, Emira had one-hundred-fifty-four, Edric had one-hundred-fifty-six, George had one-hundred-sixty-six, and Fred won with one-hundred-seventy-four things turned into doves.
“Good job, you two,” Fred cheered, “Even though you lost, we have years of experience on you when it comes to transfiguration, so it being this close is insane on how good you two are at this!”
“Thanks,” Ed blushed.
“Now, let’s scram before Filch catches us,” George said.
“Good idea,” Fred replied, “See you around, Blight” He winked at Edric.
The two sets of twins both departed before the caretaker could notice their misdeeds.
Fred and George both entered the common room and sighed.
“Ah, that was some good old-fashioned mischief,” Fred said, “We should do that more often.”
George laughed in agreement.
“Yeah, we should just do more tom-foolery,”
“Get up to more hijinks,”
“Maybe even some shenanigans now and again.”
The twins sighed and went upstairs to their dormitory, where they had been working on some new inventions based on what they had taken from the Blights when they went to the Boiling Isles.
“This goop should make great everlasting chewing gum!” Fred said, trying something new with some Abomination slime
“Is it edible though?” George asked.
“Well, let’s find out!” Fred replied, popping some in his mouth. It tasted terrible, but its texture was perfect for chewing gum. No matter how long he chewed, the goop kept the same consistency, and the (terrible) flavour never went away.
“I think it’s perfect!” Fred exclaimed as he took the disgusting thing out of his mouth, “We just need to find some way to make it taste good.”
The two of them tried countless things to change the flavour of it, what eventually worked was adding some pixie dust they had lying around and mixing them together with magic.