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"Okay, first day back after the petrification ceremony. Just be chill." Luz pushes the door open and is seen by Y/n, Willow, and Gus. They run towards each other screaming happily.
Luz tears up. "Oh my gosh!"
The reunited trio hugs. Gus's voice is noticeably deeper. "Luz! You're okay!" Luz notices Gus is taller. "Whoa, Gus! Did I uh, miss a birthday or something?" Gus shrugs. "Witch puberty."
"I can't thank you guys enough for helping me and Eda at the conformatorium," Luz said. "That's cool, I just hope it helps Eda learn my name. She keeps calling me Goops."
"Hey, Goops!"
Gus dejected. "It's already spreading..." Y/n pats his back.
"Hey, Luz," Amity said. "Amity!" Luz exclaimed.
'In celebration of your return, I've brought you a homemade fairy pie." Amity said. "Oh, wow! That sounds so-" The fairy pie, which is filled with still alive screaming fairies. Luz disgusted expression. "...Good..."
"The ingredients are... very fresh." Amity looks away blushing. "Thank you." Luz takes the pie. "You know, after everything that's happened, I'm just happy to return to some sense of normalcy."
Sounds coming through the school PA system. "You can't just barge in here!" "Yes, we can. We are the Parent Creature Association. Luz Noceda, Y/n L/n, Willow Park, and Augustus Porter, report to Principal Bump's office now! And you too, Amity!"
"Mom?!"
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Cuts to Principal Bump's office. Odalia and Alador flank Principal Bump while the kids are sitting in front of them. "The abomination situation, the destruction of detention, the rampage of grom."
Y/n, Willow, and Gus have looks of worry on their faces, Luz looks confused and Amity angrily looks to the side, arms crossed. "These are but a few of the incidents that have endangered Hexside students, including our daughter."
Amity shoots her a deadly glare. "So, the PCA has decided to... " She notices Alador trying to touch Frewin's moving tail and clears her throat.
"Oh, right. Um, these four are bad influences and must be executed." Amity, Luz, Y/n, Willow, and Gus gasp. "Ahem, I mean expelled." "What?!"
Amity stares at her mother furiously. Odalia through Amity's necklace. "Take this as a lesson, mittens. A Blight always upholds their end of the deal." Amity gasps then backs down with a dejected look.
"Sadly, I have no choice in the matter. Luz, Y/n Willow, Augustus, effective immediately you are no longer students of Hexside."
"No! But us... Good... Amity, tell them!" Luz yelled. Odalia stares at Amity sternly while Amity looks at her with a defeated expression.
"Good. Now, you'll be taking double the classes to make up for lost time. Actually, I'm appalled that you're not in class right now. What are you thinking?"
"Right, sorry..."
Odalia snaps her finger. Two Hexside guards barge in and drag Y/n, Willow, Gus, and Luz away. "No, wait! Ahh! No! W-w-w-wait, I'm a good- I'm a good- " Ahh!" "No! Please!" "No, please! No! Wait! No! Amity! Amity!?" Luz yelled for Amity.
Odalia puts her hand on Amity's shoulder, while Amity glances back at Luz with a sad expression. The door closes.
Cuts to Hexside School. "It finally happened! Our memorable adventures caught up to us. Oh, my dad can't find out about this!" Gus yelled as he picked up the leaf.
"I guess I'll have to start surviving off the land." Gus attempts to lick the leaf but can't bring himself to do it. "Ah! This is impossible!" He runs away, crying.
"No! No! My moms I'm going to kill me if they find out! I'm going to get so grounded when I get home!" Y/n yelled
Willow hugs a tree. "I guess this is goodbye. I'll water you one last time... with my tears!" Luz groans. She notices Alador and Odalia coming out of school and descending the steps.
"Hey!" Odalia glances back. "How dare you mess with my friends' lives! What have we ever done to you?!"
"Luz, was it? Please, this isn't personal. I actually appreciate your tenacity. We're just trying to teach our daughter a valuable lesson in business." Odalia explained.
"How does this teach anything? We're still gonna be friends with her. I'm calling applesauce on this business baloney!" Luz said.
"Your human language is hard to understand, but I think I see your point." She grabs and crushes the butterfly Alador is chasing and releases it.
"If you're interested in talking things through, I'm sure we can come to some sort of an agreement." Hands Luz a Blight Industry business card.
"Gus chomp!" He munches on the card. "Come on, Luz. We can figure this out on our own." Willow said.
"Yeah! We don't need in help from her!" Y/n said. Gus spits out the card. "That's right, we'll get back into Hexside or die trying!" "No one's dying," Willow said. "Not with that attitude." Y/n, Willow, and Gus turn and walk away.
Odalia chuckles. "Yes, well, when that doesn't work, you know where to find us." Odalia pushes Alador and they walk away together.
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Four posters show that Willow, Luz, and Gus are banned from Hexside. "Operation Change Bump's Mind. Let's go!" Luz exclaimed.
Principal Bump looked at pictures of him and the kids taken during grom night with a sad expression.
Someone knocks on the window, there's a basket from the trio with a note pleading Principal Bump to un-expel them, a drawing of him, and a disfigured cake that is supposed to resemble his face.
Principal Bump gets spooked by the cake and throws it down, hitting the kids on the head.
The kids then try to enter by pretending to be Hexside teachers using Gus' illusion magic but bump into Principal Bump and the teachers outside. Principal Bump breaks their illusion spell and the trio backs off. Principal Bump turns and walks away with tears.
The kids then try to fly inside using Eda's staff but back off when Principal Bump points a crossbow at them. Principal Bump cries. "Life is just so dull without them!" He continues crying.
The Hexside guards close the main door. "Ah, this is hopeless!" Gus yelled. "Nothing we do is working!" Y/n shouted. "Don't worry guys, as long as we stick together we'll think of something" Luz said.
A crow phone crows and lands atop Willow's head. "Oh no," Willow said. "Willow Park, did you get expelled?!" Two other crows' phones land atop Y/n and Gus's heads.
"This is Perry Porter with breaking news. In light of recent events, Augustus Porter will be grounded for no less than a year!"
"Y/N L/N YOU ARE IN SO MUCH TROUBLE AS SOON AS YOU GET HOME!" One of Y/n's moms yelled. The crow phone grabs Gus by his collar and starts flying up.
"Help, Luz! Let me go! No, please, no!" Gus begged as he grabbed her by the shoulders.
"Just one? Willow's grounded for three at least!" Willow's dad yelled.
"Are you kidding?! Y/n is the least grounded for five years!" The three crow phones grab Willow and Gus and fly away. "No, ah! Help, Luz!" "Help, Luz!" "Luz! Save me!" Luz's friends called out for help.
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The scene cuts to Willow's room. Willow is sitting and looking down with a sad expression as Harvey, her father, drops a pile of textbooks on her desk. Gilbert, her other father, also stands by the door.
"To make sure you're getting a top-notch education, we're quitting our jobs to homeschool you." "And we'll spend all our free time having fun as a family." "See you at first light for a test on the uh-" He looks at the book he picked up.
"life cycle of a common swamp toad!" Willow's dad closes the door. Willow continues to look down sadly, but an illusion of a tiny Gus appears. "Willow! Hey, Willow!" He points at the window.
Willow gasps, then walks towards the window. Willow's dad opens the door, causing Willow to gasp again.
"Hey, Willow, uh-" he notices the tiny Gus illusion, then looks at Willow who is heading towards the window. He smiles, puts a finger on his mouth, makes a "shhh" sound then closes the door.
Willow smiles, then turns around and opens the window. Gus and Amity are standing outside below. "Luz is in trouble!" Amity yelled. Y/n and Gus annoyed said, "Again."
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The Blight Industries exterior. Y/n, Gus, Willow, and Amity are standing outside thinking how to get in. "Okay, I can use the root system underground to tunnel our way in," Willow said.
"That'll take too long. We should just rush the guards at the door!" Amity says. "No, no, no. I'll distract them with illusions of beautiful lady guards." Gus exclaimed.
"This isn't a cartoon from the '40s, Gus!" Willow said. "We need a better plan!" Y/n yelled. "This could work!" "We should just bust our way through!" "No! We'll." Y/n yelled. "You're stunting my growth as an artist! Just let me try this!" Gus shouted. "We are running out of time! We gotta get in now!" "We have to help Luz now!"
"Here's an idea." Gus, Y/n, Willow, and Amity look toward Edric. "Why don't you just walk through the front?" Edric and Emira throw each of them a cloak. "Ed! Em! You're helping?" Amity said. "Of course! Just... don't tell Mom." The Kids put on their cloaks and walk inside.
Edric puts paper that says 'Hex me!' on their back. The twins laugh at this, but Amity throws them back and they hit Edric in the face. "Ahhh! Ugh!" Amity points two fingers at the twins and walks backward, growling.
Inside the factory. The trio runs inside into an excited crowd cheering and clapping while Luz is busy trying to get away from the Abomaton's attack. "Ah!" Luz dodges the attack. "Whoa!" She dodges the attack again. Luz uses ice glyph magic to block the abomination's attack, but the arrow breaks the ice block, pushing Luz backward.
An abomination fist punches Luz upwards, Luz screams, and the hand catches her when she falls. The crowd continues cheering and applauding. The abomination points the bow at Luz while Luz grunts and closes her eyes, waiting for the incoming attack.
"Thank you, thank you. And they said we couldn't make crossbows more fun! Next, we're very excited to show you our last product from this line!" Luz sighs of relief. "Thank goodness, only one more to go."
"My husband has been toiling away to bring you..." Odalia steps aside, the ground opens up and Luz yelps and crawls away. An Abomaton rises. "The Abomaton 2.0!" The crowd gasps.
Amity takes off her hood then turns around and starts climbing up a ladder. "Amity, wait!" Willow yelled. Y/n, Gus, and Willow take off their hoods but immediately get grabbed by security abominations.
"It's bigger! It's better! The Abomination 2.0 is the perfect soldier. It won't rest until its enemy is completely eliminated!" The crowd oohs and a few of them claps. Luz laughs nervously. "You're a big boy, aren't ya?"
The Abomaton's hands turn into weapons. Luz makes a scared noise and looks at the Abomaton with a terrified expression. The Abomaton starts attacking Luz and manages to grab Luz by her foot.
"Okay! It's super strong! I think the crowd gets it!" Luz said. "She has a point, Odalia." "Didn't you hear me? It won't rest until its enemy is completely eliminated!" The Abomaton lifts Luz by her foot, Luz screams and is thrown upwards. Luz lands on a beam. "Okay, at least it can't get me up here..." The Abomaton jumps up and lands behind Luz.
"Luz, you fool!"
Luz uses an ice glyph to block the Abomaton. The Automatons breaks it. Luz picks up a piece of shattered ice and uses it as a sword to fight off the Abomaton. Amity is seen climbing up a ladder while Luz keeps on fighting the Abomination.
She uses plant magic to lift herself then swings around towards the Abomaton with a fire glyph just as it fires another blast. An explosion happens.
The Abomaton falls to the ground, breaking the floor. The crowd runs away. Luz is hanging onto a vine for her dear life with her eyes shut. She opens her eyes and notices that she is facing the Abomaton and is close to the ground. The vine breaks.
"Ah! Hey! I'm alive!" The Abomination grabs Luz by her foot again. "Oh, no." The Abomaton's hand turns into an axe and swings at Luz. "I'm dead!" She closes her eyes, waiting for inevitable death, but something stops the Abomaton. "Huh?"
The Abomaton's hands explode. "Hey! The crowd gasps, and Amity is seen standing on a beam. "Stay away from My Luz!" She casts spell circles. Luz looks at Amity with a surprised expression. "Amity?"
Amity slides down a rope and faces the Abomaton. "Huh-uh!" Amity lands. Odalia uses her necklace. "Amity Blight, you are in so much troub-" Amity takes off and breaks her necklace. Odalia gasps.
"Luz," she looks back. "are you okay?" Luz looks at Amity with an amazed expression, blushing. "Uh-huh." Luz gasps. "Look out!" Amity's spell circle disappears, and the Abomaton stands up and tries to punch Amity, but Amity holds him back with her spell circles with all her might. The Abomaton's hands start melting.
"Amity! Get away from the human!!" Odalia yelled. "No, you're gonna listen to me for once. Luz, Y/n, Willow, and Gus are my friends!" Amity yelled as pushed the Abomaton backwards.
"They're nice to each other, they listen to each other. They make me think about the kind of person I really want to be!" Amity forces the Abomaton to kneel.
Luz runs towards Amity and they stand together back-to-back. They accidentally glance at each other and immediately look away, both blushing with awkward expressions.
Odalia looks at the 'units ordered' meter angrily as Alador appears to be intrigued by the turn of events. "Ugh! What do you want?!" "Let my friends back into Hexside, or else your precious investors will watch me rip this thing apart bit. By! Bit!" "Can you actually do that?" Luz whispers. "Shhh!"
The crowd boos. "Come on!" "This is horrible!"
Odalia looks at the 'units ordered' meter in frustration. Odalia groans. "Fine! It's a deal! Just stop with the theatrics!"
Luz and Amity glance at each other and smile. Amity stops using her spell circles. The Abomaton's hand changes into a large hammer and brings it down towards the duo. Amity rushes over to protect Luz.
The Abomaton's hammer pounds right where the duo are. The Automatons lifts the hammer. The duo is seen pretending to have died. The Abomaton's hammer is revealed to be hollow in the middle and it transforms back to a normal hand.
The duo open their eyes, look at each other, and smile, then go back to pretending to be dying. The Abomaton's eyes go dark. The crowd gasps.
The Automatons shuts down. The crowd cheers and applauds. Willow gasps. "Luz!" Y/n, Willow, and Gus run toward Amity and Luz with worried expressions.
Willow helps Luz get up. Willow, Y/n, Luz, Gus, and Amity walk away together.
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Inside the Blight Industries factory. The abomination servants are sweeping the floor. Odalia walks towards Alador. "Oh, despite the spectacle, this was quite a successful sale! Excellent job on the 2.0, dear."
"Yes!" Golden Guard walks in with two coven scouts. "Your Abomatons are quite extraordinary. Too bad no one will be receiving them." Odalia immediately kneels and then makes Alador do the same.
"The emperor will be buying every one of your Abomatons, and will personally fund research into making them stronger." Odalia looks up. "Th-That's great news! We are honored to have-"
"You should be. Emperor Belos doesn't take kindly to citizens making a... private army." The Golden Guard turns and walks away. Alador and Odalia stand up and look at each other with worried expressions.
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