The Intruder

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Open on the Owl House exterior. Cut to a video recording of King's eye.

Luz does a voiceover. "And here we have the most fearsome creature in the world, the King of Demons."

The video zooms out to show King trying to tear a sock off his nose.

"Facing his natural enemy, the ducky sock!"

King grunts and tears the sock into pieces, then punches the remnants. "Where are you now, ducky sock?"

"So, why'd you call me here again?"

"Oh, yeah," King grunts while he climbs up a table. "Human Luz, you've been so obsessed with witchcraft that you haven't learned anything about my kind. Prepare yourself for..." He rips off a curtain to reveal a corkboard of photos of various demons; puts on a hat and spins the cord on top of it. "Demons 101. Demons like me are grim tricksters of the twilight, creatures of sulfur and bone."

Luz zooms in with her camera. "And cute little paws."

King sighs. "And cute little paws. True. We live only to create chaos and misery. Our only weaknesses are purified water and passive-aggressive comments. Sometimes."

"Oh, you guys are sensitive."

"Even demons have inner demons." King tears off one of the pictures to reveal a snarling demon. "The most powerful demon of all is the Snaggleback. He's a—"

"Bad boy!"

A colored filter appears over the screen, followed by several stickers. Luz aims her phone down and taps on her screen.

"Luz, pay attention. This information could save your life someday."

"No, no. I am so paying attention. This is my paying attention face." Luz nods. "Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm."

Lightning crashes, immediately followed by a thunder rumble. Luz and King look outside.

"Uh-oh. Looks like it's gonna rain."

Luz gasps. "I love the rain."

"Hey, wait."

Luz opens the door and exhales. "I always love feeling the first few drops in my hair." She kneels to talk to a flower. "I bet you do too, little buddy."

A water drop drops down to the flower, making it wither and die immediately.

"What?"

Eda runs to the house. "Boiling rain! Everybody inside now!"

"Huh?" Luz yelps.

Eda grabs her arm and drags the both of them inside. Objects crash and clatter.

"Phew! That was close. But the important thing is you didn't get hurt."

Luz is lying painfully. "Yep." She groans as a cup falls on her head. "Not hurt."

In Bonesborough, the residents are screaming and running from the boiling rain. Buildings attached to the side of a cliff fall off. Cut to Willow's house, where she takes plants off of a balcony. "Ow, ow, ow, ow." She drags a curtain closed with her teeth. Cut to an alleyway, where Tiny Nose is running. She shrieks, and ducks into a crack in a wall, which she tosses a rat out of and hisses. Cut to the outside of the Owl House, where King is putting a bandage on a burn on Luz's arm. He puts another bandage on his snout.

"Look, now we're boo-boo buddies."

Luz squeals, then falls over. "Oh, my gosh, I love you so much." She looks at Eda, who is creating a spell under a force field. "A boiling rainstorm on the Boiling Isles. The weather here is so fun."

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