I Was a Teenage Abomination

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*Luz, Ava ,Eda, and King standing on a beach.*
Eda: Well, Luz! Ava (elbows them)Did you ever in your life think you'd see something as breathtaking as this?(She gestures to the corpse of a trash slug that towers over them. It's surrounded by trash and muck. Flies audibly buzz around the corpse.)
Ava :uh...Eda I think we both have very different definitions of breathtaking.
Luz:(shaking her head) I don't like this. (She plugs her nose.)
Eda:(walks to the trash slug) Yes, it doesn't get much more inspiring than the trash slug. It makes a home, a life from what others have thrown by the wayside. (pulls a rubber chicken from the trash slug's mouth) Until, blam, it gets blasted by a wave one day and croaks from all the salt. And then we get to sell the stuff it ate. (She pulls out a pickaxe.)
Luz: Please don't make me.(Eda then pulls out a sword and Ava immediately takes it)
Ava : Oh! But I will take this.thanks Eda!
King: (walking away)Aw, come on, Luz. (unfurls a towel) It's not every day you get to go to the dump and pick apart a garbage carcass.
Eda: Ah, nuts to you both.(Eda swings the pick at the trash slug.)
Luz: So, Eda...(Glass shatters.)What if we tried some new lessons for our apprenticeship? Like...(Something crashes.)Read ancient scrolls or mix together potions, or‐
Eda: (while tossing things from the trash slug's mouth)Ugh. That sounds like a bunch of magic school stuff.
Luz: Wait. Is there a magic school here? Like, winding towers, cute uniforms, dark plots that threaten your life kind of magic school?
Eda: Mm‐hmm. What's worse, they force you to learn magic the "proper" way. But magic isn't proper. It's wild and unpredictable. And that's why it's so beautiful. I didn't finish school, and look at me! Who wouldn't envy where I am right now?(Flies are flying around the pile of trash Eda is currently standing in. Luz's expression falls.)
Ava : your a great teacher Eda!(she keeps spinning her sword around.)
Eda: Uh... Hey, here's a lesson. (drops her pick) A great witch is resourceful, (sticks Luz's hand in a puddle of trash slug bile)like this.(Eda drags Luz's hand back and forth before letting go. Luz continues digging until she pulls something out.)
Luz: Oh, hey. Greasy slime ball.
Ava :(runs over and sees it) oh,nice Luz.
Eda:(closes Luz's hands around the slime ball) Use your slime ball wisely, young witch. (stands and heads back for the trash slug) Back at it! We'll hit the stink nodes first.
Luz: Actually, if it's okay, (starts backing away) I think I'll head home and look at pictures of animals that are still... alive. Come with me Ava !Love you, King. (pets his belly and King giggles)You little beach peach. (continues walking into the woods and Ava follows her.King sighs)
Eda: (shrugs) More for me, then.(She climbs into the trash slug, sending several things clattering.)There we go. Okay.(She tosses out a cheese grater, an electric fan, and a tuba, the last of which lands on King's head.)
King: Ow! (struggles to free himself)
Eda: This is awesome!

*A monster that looks very distantly related to a butterfly flies across the woods, panting. Luz and Ava are walking down the path, Luz is glaring at the slime ball.*
Luz: Ugh! If magic's all about digging for slime balls, maybe I don't have the stomach for it. (pockets the slime ball)
Ava : oh,come on Luz,don't give up yet.
Girl's voice: You can do it! You can!
Ava : oh,wow the good timing,
Luz: (looks around)Mysterious voice of encouragement? (looks through bushes and gasps) No! Little witch girl.
Ava : Shhh...don't let her hear us.
Girl: (stands to pace around)You can do it. Even if you get a bad grade, it's not a reflection of you as a witch. And my parents are right. (stops pacing)There are better opportunities on this track. Now, get to school! (steps forward and points confidently, but gets sad when she realizes she stepped on a flower) Oh, no! Oh, little friend! I'm sorry!(She kneels down and repeatedly traces a spell circle. The flower perks back up and fully blooms.Luz and Ava  gasps.The girl's ear wiggles as something rumbles off screen. She turns as a wagon, being moved by magic, rolls to a stop in front of her, carrying a pot and a girl reading a book.)
Amity: (looks away from her book) Willow! Wow. (hops off the pot) You're so unnoticeable I almost rolled into ya. (chuckles.The flower that Willow just healed wilts.)
Willow: Hi, Amity. (stands up)
Amity: Uh, shouldn't you get to class early to prep your...(Rattling cuts her off. They turn to Willow's pot as it spills, pouring out a purple substance and an eyeball that blinks and groans.)
Amity: Oh, Willow. You don't have anything to show, do you?
Luz: Witch drama!
Ava : Luz,shh!(she cover her mouth.Willow pulls up her hood as she blushes.)
Amity: (sighs)This is why people call you "Half‐a‐Witch Willow."Oh, looks like someone wants to say something to you. (takes the cover off her pot)Abomination,rise.(Her abomination rises, becoming more solid until it's humanoid in shape. It bends out of the pot to poke Willow's forehead, leaving behind mud in a star-shape.)
Abomination: You're a... star.
Amity: Aw. It's like mine. (readjusts a star shaped badge that reads "Top Student")But much smaller and meaningless. As top student, it's my duty to tell you to keep at it. (puts an arm around Willow) Even you could get a passing grade someday. Abomination, cower.(It groans as it melts back into the pot. Amity replaces the pot lid and takes hold of the cart.)
Ava :It looks like we got ourselves a mean girl...(she looks at Amity And her eyes flash lighting and she super speeds over and misses up Amity's hair and speeds back towards Luz)
Amity: what just happened?!
Willow: I don't know,but nice hairstyle Amity.(Amity groans and fixes her hair)
Amity: See you in class, superstar.(Amity walks away. Willow removes her hood. As Amity leaves, Luz sticks her tongue out at her while Ava glares.)
Willow: "Oh, see you in class, superstar!" (wipes the star from her forehead) I hate when she does that.(Luz flinches as she watches while Ava gasps. Wind blows leaves around Willow as she rants.)I hate making abominations. I hate getting bad grades. Ugh! I can't stand this anymore. (shouts, her eyes glowing green.Luz gasps.The flower from earlier gets lost among giant thorny roots that burst out around it. They surround Willow, glowing and writhing angrily. Two snakes out and grabs Luz and Ava  by the ankle.)
Luz:(screams)ah!
Ava :whoa!(The root drops Luz on the ground a bit behind Willow, who turns and glares at her, her eyes still glowing.)

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