Owls & Butterflies

Chapter 9

Luz was not sure, the book mentioned they could have closed the portals, it presented no evidence if they did or did not, but the fact is they used the closing to their advantage was saying something..

'They could have just used the opportunity', said her inner voice, 'Or orchestrated everything', said the other.

'Are they even still around??', that was another important question, she never heard of any Guardians, in the age of the internet it would be very difficult to hide such an organization..

'Well,.. let's google it, we will see what comes up,' thought Luz, while getting up and continuing her journey home.

Pulling up her phone and starting to type into google..

*Heroes of Paris*

*What are The Miraculous?*

*Secret identities of Ladybug and Chat Noir - speculation*

*The order of Guadrians - who are they?*

Luz stopped dead in her tracks, 'Well.. that was easier than I thought,' it seemed like the Guardians were still around, she was unsure if that was good news for her.

All of the articles were relatively new, released after she went to the isles and got her internet cut off.

'I need to investigate this thoroughly, but first I have another hurdle to overcome,' she thought, arriving in front of her home.

She still had no idea what to say to her mother.., getting sidetracked by her plans about getting back, but she could not just walk away for a few more hours to think about it, she doubted a miraculous solution would come to her mind anyway.

'Let's be as honest as I can.', she decided as she opened the doors.

"Luz?? Is that you?", asked Camila from the kitchen.

"Yea Mamma it's me.." answered Luz reflexively.

In a flash her mother stood in the entryway "Luz..I..I am sorry," she said, with a barely contained sob.

It did not even occur to Luz how much she wanted to hear that until her mom said it.

She quickly drove away the tears, now was not a time for them, "I changed mom, I know I have not been long for that long but.."

"I know Luz.", her mother interrupted,"I should have taken that into an account, but I was just so scared, I saw what doing magic did to you and I just..overreacted.", said Camila.

"I know mom.", said Luz, her brain now working at twice its normal speed.

She felt as if she was standing on a crossroad.

There were two paths presented to her, she could tell her mother everything, try to make her see, try to convince her that doing magic was alright, tell her about her friends and Amity, how she needed to find them, about Eda, King, Hooty(maybe not him..the tube demon was nightmare fuel), about the Demon isles and how accepted and at home she felt there.

But, what if her mother disagreed, if she could not reason with her mom, Camila would start watching her, making sure she was not hurting herself aka. doing magic, could Luz take that risk..?

'But its not only that,..you are a Magus.', she remained herself, that was right, whether she wanted it or not, she had that 'Defence mechanism' now, which meant that if her mother disagreed with her and could not be convinced, the resulting arguments, surveillance and limiting her, could have consequences for Luz, as she would feel mistrusted and depressed.

She did not see any other path, then the one where she was alone.

"It's okay mom, I just...needed to process it, I still am..going through it all.."