Missing

Chapter 11: Found (Part 1)

Editors Note: so I guess this chapter is way too big to publish all at once so I'm gonna just post it in two little parts. -CircularCreations

Somewhere in the forest was a house shattered to pieces. Windows broken, the front door on the ground and black marks all around the house. The inside was no better. Wooden beams hung from above, glass pieces coated the floor, and valuables were everywhere. This was the house criminals were taken from, and 24 hours later, those same criminals returned, having escaped the grip of the Emperor.

Landing in front of the shattered home brought back many uneasy memories to the inhabitants of it, along with Amity. The memories that came from the sight in front of them made them sigh, but they soon all looked back up with a hint of confidence. They are back after all.

Amity hopped off the staff, and tried to balance herself on one foot. With a broken leg that was shooting with pain, and without a crutch, she couldn't walk. She tried to hop her way forward, but the sudden jumping made her leg bob, which made her leg ache in extreme pain. She tumbled forwards from the pain, and was about to fall on the ground, but someone swiftly grabbed her arm, and pulled her back up. Looking back, she saw it was Luz, as she proceeded to wrap her arm around the human's neck, making herself a crutch for Amity. The witch blushed at this, as well as Luz.

The group walked forwards to the house, only to hear a sudden high pitched voice come from the house. A gasp came from the group in shock, only to remember who it was.

Hooty was now conscious, and as the group approached him, they saw his frown turn into a gasp.

"Well look who it is! It's my friends hoot hoot!" He said excitedly, as the group looked down on him with a smile.

"Surprising to see you still kicking around." Eda said with a smirk, while Hooty made a little chuckle.

"Well, I am what you call a resilient little house." He said with a smirk. "Now can someone help me up? It's cold down here!" He yelped.

Eda and Lilith quickly lifted him up and sat him to the side of the house. "You're gonna have to wait on being put back on your hinges. We got other people here that need to be taken care of." Eda said, while walking inside pass Hooty, who gave out a sigh.

Walking inside triggered some more unfortunate memories to the people who were there before. Remembering the events that happened to cause all this damage still haunted Luz, and she started gripping Amity's cloak in fear. Amity rubbed the humans back in hopes of calming her down, and eventually she came back to her senses and relaxed.

"Man, we got a lot to clean up in here don't we?" Lilith said with a sigh, taking a look around with everything on the ground. She then noticed that Gus, Willow, and the twins moved up towards her.

"Don't worry, you got more than enough help to get this mess sorted." Gus said, with a smile towards Lilith, as the group behind him nodded. Lilith smiled, as she grabbed a nearby broom.

"Thank you kids..for everything." Lilith said, while the kids grabbed other cleaning utensils nearby.

"We're all gonna have to be in hiding now after all of that, so we need to stick together and have each other's back." Gus said, as he looked over to Amity and Luz, who nodded at each other at the comment.