Boiling Gems (The Owl House x Steven Universe)

Summary: Body swaping, a tale as old as time

Lucci watched as Luz carved into the sign. "So … what is this?" He asked, gesturing to her latest … thing. He was used to seeing his….friend (so weird to use that word after all this time) sketch in her down time, but this looked more complicated than the usual Azura fanart.

"I call it the circuit glyph." She answered. "Take a bunch of light glyphs, connect them in a line …" She tapped them, as a glow slowly traveled the line to each glyph before it, eventually making the entire sign light up, constantly blinking in different sections. "Behold, showing off the market in style. This'll bring in a lot of customers.

"Wow, gotta say, that's pretty impressive, roomie." Lucci nodded approvingly. "But I don't think mom's going to appreciate it all that much. She has a thing against flashy and colorful advertisements."

"Oh come on, we could use the money. We spent the entire treasure we got from that babysitting job just on paying off her library tabs." She pouted. "And a surprising amount for Hooty."

"He's the strongest out of all of us." Lucci shrugged. "He needs the maintenance or else we're overrun with Coven scouts." 

"Really? I mean, I don't like to put people down, demons or otherwise, but..Hooty's not…you know…"

"The sharpest knife in the murder arsenal?" King asked. "Yeah, trust me, the guy's dumber than a rock, but Lucci once got the bright idea to 'train' against him and broke half his bones in the process."

"I found out I could bend in ways I never could before without stretchy powers…and that I heal really fast…like almost instantly." Lucci was both thankful and terrified of his singing buddy for that day.

"Alright, what's with the lightshow?" Mom asked as she walked by. "Who's bright idea was this … hehe, bright idea …" Mom jokes. Painful but very endearing.

"Oh come on, we could use the advertisement." Luz complained.

"Advertisement for a criminal operation, with multiple coven scouts around, how come I never thought of that?" She asked sarcastically.

"I'd get that normally if this was a busy day, but there's literally been no one around since we got started." Luz rolled her eyes. "And your magic. You and Lucci are able to just poof your problems away with a snap of a finger."

"Gee, thank you for generalizing years of hard work and concentration, that's not insulting at all." Lucci couldn't help but interject. "I told you I'm super powered, not a miracle worker. In my fourteen years of living I have to learn when and where my powers work the best, or are you forgetting about when we were almost boiled alive because I couldn't float?"

"You might be talking to a wall here, Lucci, she's a human." King pointed out. "The only thing she's ever had to worry about before is dumb teen drama, and that's easy to manage."

"It's not as easy to manage as you think." She responded, turning her eye. "In fact, here comes a trial run now." She muttered.

"I see the new human of the isles is hanging out with trash." Spoke the voice of an angel. "As they should be." The girl who's beauty had taken him ever since childhood. Who's three beautiful and astounding eyes were as breathtaking as her fiery spirit.

"And I see that you're hanging around yes men instead of an actual group of friends, no offense Skara." Luz pointed out.

"It's cool, I think the term fits me pretty well." Said bard aquait-buddy(he needed to check exactly where she fit on the chart) took it in stride.

"You call that backtalk, Luz? This is how you do it." King jumped on the terrible and did his best to act as terrifying as possible. "Tremble before me, you feeble mortals! The King of Demons demands rulership of your entire demographic!

"Aww, aren't you adorable." She ruffled the little guy's head, holding him close as she took a selfie. Lucky little demon. "How much for him?"

King slipped out of the angel's grasp and jumped back on the table. "You couldn't afford me sister."

Wait a moment, this was his chance to actually get a decent conversation with her! He would grasp the opportunity with everything he had! "H-Hey, you're Boscha, right?" Lucci felt his face becoming a bit flush. "Ah…I can't exactly sell, King to you, but I have this." He handed over a stuffed pink bunny to her.

"It's cutesy, gross." She scoffed, walking away. "See you in the gutters, Trashthorne."

He smiled brightly. "She gave me a nickname." 

"Wow, he fell hard ." Mom watched as the angel and her groupies left. "And I can safely say I hate her." He trusted his mom's word with his life, but even Lucci had to say that was blasphemy.

"It's almost as disturbing as watching you flirt." King muttered. "Please never fall in love Luz."

"Don't worry, my horoscope says it's the Spinster life for me." Luz waved off, before turning to Mom. "See, we're not bagging any customers at this rate. I got some real good ideas to drum up more business for us if you just let me get a little flashy."

"The criminal's life isn't that easy, kid. King's the one got it made. They just need to be cute and people will let him get away with anything." Mom said, and Lucci agreed. He once saw the guy walk away with dynamite because he said 'I want to see mini stars across my backyard, pretty pwease'.

"I don't have it easy. Have you ever tried running around with these legs? It's like a marathon every time I want to get somewhere." King retorted. "People don't take anything you say seriously and you constantly have to keep your guard up against the more grabby touchy-feeling creeps out there."

Mom sighed. "In times of old, there was only one thing to do when friends disagreed…" She grinned. 

"Hug each other till we pass out?" Luz asked. Honestly that probably would save them a lot of trouble, and be very pleasant too.

"FIGHT TO THE DEATH!" King shouted

"Music battle?" His favorite option of all time.

"Body swap!" …oh no, not again.

"Body swap?!" Luz asked with sparkly eyes.

"Mom, is this going to end like last time when you switched with Aunt Lily just so someone could record her making armpit farts in public?" Lucci asked. "Because I can't deal with the emotional turmoil of her trying to guilt me in your body again." He had to keep his own mom trapped in a bubble for an hour...sure it was just the body, but still very heartbreaking.

"Of course not. This is just to show that my life is the hardest, and that everyone else is wrong." She smirked. "Nothing petty whatsoever."

"And soon I shall rule teenagers just like I do demons!" King shouted with maniacal laughter.

"And I'll finally have magic fingers to blast away every problem I have!" Luz gleefully bellowed. "Let's do this!" 

"You're going to go from just learning one spell to all magic on the isles?" Lucci asked. "Am I the only one that sees a problem here?"

"That's sort of the point here, son. Whoever ends up having the easier life cleans Hooty for a week." Mom laid out the gamble.

"Why does he need so much mud all over his body…why…?" His human friend shivered in terror. "I humbly accept this challenge!"

"Let's do this!" King shouted without fear. "Change me up!"

"Lucci, last chance, do you want in on this?" His mom offered.

"Nah, I love my life enough to not complain about small insecurities I have rooted deep inside me." That's why music existed as his favorite outlet after all.

"… Do you need to talk about it?" She asked with motherly concern.

"Guys, it's fine. I'll just tail King for the moment, since he'll need someone to help him with walking on longer legs."

"Haha, I have outside assistance!" The little demon shouted. "Beware, I already own a lead!"

"We'll see who's cackling maniacally once I rack in enough snails to fill the living room!" Luz promised. "Don't waste anymore time, Eda, let's get freaky!"

"Alright, come on Owlbert! Body Swap!" She swung her staff in the air, as a bright light shone down on the group, dissipating as his mother fell to the floor. "Agg, my first hurdle! High heels!" He assumed that was Luz.

"The curse of being sexy." King(Mom) waved off. "Now if you don't mind, I'm gonna go be cute and eat all the candy I want for the first time in decades."

"Long legs, meaty hands, horrible hormones rushing through my body! It worked, I'm a teenager!" Luz(King) shouted, taking a wobbly step forward. "I shall conquer this new level of balance before I conquer the social hierarchy!" And proceed to fall on his face.

"One step at a time King, use the gravity of your body to move you forward." Lucci explained as he lifted them up. "Now if you don't mind, he's gonna attempt to conquer teenagers. Let's start with Boscha and her group." Might as well do what Lucci wanted to do today with everyone else running around.

"Yea-wait, no, I'm not going near that concept of flirting you have."

"Sure, just walk away." Lucci let go.

King in Luz's body fell to the floor again. "...when I finally master my balance, I'm going to slap you in the face. I'm finally tall enough to reach it."

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Eda laughed as she chomped on the oilpop. "Oh, I haven't had one of these in ages." She had to keep a figure after all, both to impress the masses, and to run from them. But in this little body she could eat anything and feel no consequences.

They didn't see what King was complaining about. It was easy to be cute and get what she wanted. They weren't a known criminal after all … well they were, but the poster was more ambiguous on King than it was 'The Owl Lady'. Honestly, Lucci had a greater chance at being arrested, though that was mainly out of the 'kidnapping' rumors that still stuck around. Damn Lillith.

Either way, being overlooked was the best. She had tiny enough fingers to snag and wiggle through extra tight spaces for pickpocketing, free candy practically rained on her, and she was fury enough to where every spot was a good enough spot for a nap.

"Aww, aren't you a little cutie?" Spoke a voice, a shadow going over her current napping spot.

"Move will ya, I'm tryin to catch some Zs." They waved off.

"Not while you're so exposed your not." And suddenly, Eda felt strong hands grip her.

"What the, put me down!" She shouted. "I am a powerful witch and I shall not be trifled with!" 

Her current pest problem was two old looking fossils garbed in the gaudiest blue and pink cute outfits she's ever seen. "Aw, looks like someone could use a belly rub and some num-nums." The taller one of the two scratched her stomach.

It felt good, way too good, her will to fight back was fading quickly "Leave my belly alone you gaudy gal!" She tried to resist. "I am a free and wild creature!"

"No, no no, little angels like you need to be pampered and taken care of in a nice enclosed space that you'll never be able to leave for the rest of your life." The shorter one patted her head.

"That's prison!"

"That's what we call home, deery." They dragged her into a small shop, full of mind dead looking critters just like King. "You have a new family member, my little precious ones." The animals all made half hearted noises of cheering.

"No one told me being cute meant you didn't have a say in anything." Eda grumbled as she got a good look around. Was this what it was like to be a baby? The woman was certain she didn't make Lucci's infant life this dull and uneventful.

"We'll be right back with you new warm and adorable clothes, little bo-bo. Just sit here and get comfy womfy with your new family." The taller hag placed Eda in a crib as the two women went into a backroom.

"Okay, escape, escape." The crib was easy, it wasn't the first time she slipped through bars. It was the door that was a problem. She was too small to reach the handle, and not strong enough to break the glass. Maybe if she moved the stool she could make a makeshift ladder, but that would take time she didn't have.

"Don't bother, no one else has managed to escape because none of us have any upper body strength or magic." Turning her head, she saw a tiny cat demon with a green bowtie roll on the ground as he played with a ball of yarn.

"Well you seemed to be less brain dead than everyone else." She pointed out. "Mind helping a sister out?"

"There is no out. Our brain's have become too coddle, we've all lost the will to fight." He spoke gravely. "Even if that wasn't the case, all of our might combined can not compare to the might of the almighty child lock." … She'd have to get rid of it at home, way too much sympathy right now. "Only one resident has the power you seek."

"Well don't leave me hanging, bowtie, spit it out." Eda demanded.

"The white manned drooler." He pointed to a tiny creature with white fluffy hair, and an eye inside of its green mouth … an eye that looked like a … crystal …

Eda gulped. "Is that a … Crystal Devil?" The most psychotic and rampaging monsters of the Isles, only popping up, according to 'archeologists', around six thousand or so years ago. Wild creatures that gave even the most ferocious demons hesitance and terror.

"The smallest one anyone has ever encountered. No one knows what dark magic those horrid women had to pull to tame the beast, only that it stays in its corner all day, never moving, never eating, never breathing. The only sign that it's alive is when it hisses people away." Bowtie explained. "Its spit is corrosive, but it prefers to stay docile."

"Corrosive spit, but unsocial unless approached …" This was her only choice, but the problem was that her best option was pissing this thing off enough that it would chase her through a wall. "What's worse in the end, getting melted, or being babied until I'm brain dead?"

"Oh sweetums, we have your fire-bee outfit all warmed up for you!" One of the old hags shouted from the back room.

"Melting flesh it is!" Eda ran up to probably the universe's most dangerous bug and kicked it in the behind. "Yo, small, green, and ugly! I need your ugly mug for a few minutes!" It felt like she just kicked a solid rock.

"Crssss." It let out its unnatural noise, turning to glare at her. "CRAAA!" And began spitting acid straight at her.

"This way! This way!" Eda screamed as she ran to the glass. "Come on you ugly bug!" This was going to be close, but there was no way in hell Eda was ever going to get caught in a black and yellow striped costume, regardless of if this was her body or not. 

"Krscsssss!" It spat a glob of acid as Eda ducked, letting it hit the glass. A few seconds later it became a clear hole.

"NO! Maney and the new angel are acting up! Get the shackles!"

"Freedom!" She jumped through the hole, running. "Gotta go, gotta go!"

"No! Come back baby!"

"Craaaawww!!"

She needed to ditch this problem onto King asap.

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Boscha watched as the Human walked up to their group. "Fellow teenagers." And they were having such a fun time being without anyone annoying and weird. One of the few good things about being in the potion track was basically being given free access to chemical weapons, which meant they could create both street cred and a new trend to market over.

"What do you want, human?" She asked. "Here to try and get me to buy off brand trash?" Boscha was rather indifferent to the round eared creature roaming around, and hearing the rumors of their trouble making was mildly amusing at best, but then it had the gal to act like they were equals or something.

"I come with one purpose alone! To make me your new leader!" They shouted.

Boscha chuckled. "You, the leader? Ms magicless freak?" This was going to be meme worthy one of these days. She needed to post this moment on pinstgram instantly. "Heheh, loser human thinks she actually matters, #noshedoesn't #humanscanbiteit." She could see her gang chuckle.

"Turn that into #imyourboss, because with my help, you can go from potion tossing!" They grabbed their potion bag, heaving it up. "Into potion catapulting!" And threw the entire thing into the city, causing a massive burst of tentacles. "Also #workoutgoals, nerd arms are getting less nerdy."

"Whoa Luz, I know you don't exactly follow the rules, but I didn't think you were such a cool rebel." Right, she forgot Skara was friendly to this dorky wannabe cool girl. Boscha would ditch her if she wasn't ultimately loyal in the end.

"Lets totally ditch Boscha and go hang out with Luz instead!" Unlike the boy with the scarecrow face. He was so bottom of the barrel she didn't bother remembering his name.

"Yeah, at first I hated her because Boscha told me so, but now that she's cooler than her, my tiny teenage brain wants to follow her confidence and mindless destruction!" Amilia shouted, following the mob. The mindless masses of witches.

The solution was simple. All she needed to do was prove she was superior. "Do you really think she can one up me in the end?" Boscha asked.

"Are you a disciple of a wanted criminal that knows pranks before they became mainstream?" The human mocked as they took out a piece of paper. "Because news flash…BOOM!" Suddenly, everything was white and her entire vision became blurry. "That's what I am!"

"MY EYE!" Boscha fell to the ground, everything beginning to spin. "You flashed me in the freaking eye!" Her most sensitive one too!

"That's what I can do with a simple piece of paper! It's only a fraction of the terrible power I hold!" The human cackled.

"Oh, teach me, teach me!" SKARA, WHAT THE FUCK!?

Soon the sound of footsteps followed as she finally managed to blink away the spots, seeing that she was alone. "Ugh, those morons!" The three eyed girl screamed. "Now I have no one to complain to about how horrible this is!"

"..I have two ears ready for listening if you want to rant." She turned, seeing Trashthorne waving with that dumb and goofy looking smile.

"Uggh, have I really fallen this low?" Boscha grumbled. From skyscraper high to alley trash low. "Friends suck."

"Tell me about it. That's why I learned early in my life to never get attached." Trashthorne said.

"Never get attached?" She raised an eyebrow. "You hang around that trashy human all the time."

"Wouldn't you hang around a small creature that didn't know the concept of danger?" No, it was a waste of time. "Besides, she kind of falls around the category of family, but other than that, nadda. When they stab you in the back, I find it better to cut the ties off."

"Trust me, I would if I could, but over half those losers I have to suck it up. They're the only ones that get it." The three eyed girl groaned.

"Get what?" The boy asked.

"That life sucks, so the only way to make anything decent out of it is to be a winner at every opportunity and never care what anyone says about it." She explained as simply as she could for the homeless kid.

He was silent for a moment, probably figuring out some way to tell her to 'fuck off'. "Yeah, I can see it." He shrugged. "You either win and come out on top of a situation, or fail and lose everything."

That was…weirdly accepting. The way Skara talked about him, she expected Trashthorne to be this giant softie that would melt under the sun. "You seem familiar with how it works."

"Kind of part of being the son of a criminal." The boy explained. "Everyday there's a new plan, a new scheme or con you have to come up with, and you have to succeed, or else you'll go hungry that night. It's literally survival or death on most days for me."

She scoffed. "If you're a criminal then you've already failed." Boscha deadpanned. "It's just constant running with no means of growing better and more secure with your life. Unlike me. I'm gonna be a grudgby star and take the world by storm, with fame and money rolling in."

"That's an amazing goal to have. You're definitely skilled enough to do it." Thrashthorne laughed, looking at the sky foundly. "Yeah, some call constantly being on the run a losing situation, but no one's caught me." He made a bubble in his hands and tossed it up and down like a ball. "And I do get stronger. I'm just waiting a little while longer to see what I can do with that strength. After all, I'm a kid. No reason to not go out and enjoy being one."

That was…a weird perspective to have. "You saying I don't know how to have fun?" She glared, deciding to focus on the parts he said that bugged her.

"When you hang out with your 'friends', are you having fun, or are you just drifting the day away?"

Boscha glared. "You think you can accuse me of not having fun. I have fun all the time watching people get crushed into the ground. Like that human, I will make them pay." As soon as she had a way in …

"Hold up, Someone's calling." Trashthone pulled out his scroll. "Lucifer Clawthorne's phone, how may I direct your call?"

"LILITH CAPTURED ME!" The voice of some old hag yelled out loud.

"... I knew you were gonna get arrested, but I didn't think you'd get arrested by one of the top dogs that fast." The boy groaned. "Family, am I right?" He asked her.

"My parents are annoying, but they don't get arrested…somehow." If only being overbearing was a crime.

"LUCCCIII! GET ME OUT OF HERE!"

"Calm down, it's just a code blue, say nothing and I'll be there in a second." The boy hung up. "I um … have some hyper-explosive potions I carry around sometimes for emergencies. Do you want a few?"

She blinked again. Three times this little trashbag caught her off guard. "You do realize I'm going to use these to chuck at your friend, right?"

"Just don't say where you got them from. Other than that, feel free to go wild. They've survived worse." He handed them over. "Glad we finally had a conversation for once, Boscha. Hope we can do this again." And the kid walked off.

"... What the heck just happened?" She asked herself, looking at the bag. Boscha would ignore the weird feelings for now. She had a human to fry.

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Lilith glared at the woman. After over thirty years, the woman FINALLY managed to capture her sister. With all the chasing and the schemes and the traps, it was just the tiniest bit frustrating that Eda practically turned herself in with her showy advertisements. "Are you so desperate you'd call your own son to bail you out?" She asked, feeling that every time they met, Edalyn somehow reached a new low.

"Well maybe I'd break out on my own if you didn't bind my hands." Her sister growled, before clamping their mouth. How off, they never took the chance to stay silent before. Always had a retort to mouth off at one point or another.

"You do realize how ridiculous this whole cat and mouse game has been, right? Just today's charges alone could fill an entire book." She brought out the whole list, which rolled out into the hallway. "A stand without a permit, a hocus without a pocus, public indecency…"

"I'm more surprised you got some of the more recent ones." They muttered. "It'd seem like it'd take a while to type it all out."

"Meh, they pay overtime for the longer lists when it's a pinch." The room's typewriter explained.

Lilith grasped her face exasperated. "Edalyn, you're going to reach a point where even I, with my position and power, can't protect you from the law. Just because you have magic it doesn't mean you can just poof all your problems away! Just think about what's this life has done to you, to you son, dear sister!"

"I am perfectly content with my life." They nodded. "I have money, a home, and my family. I don't need you butting with your Emperor Coven … stuff."

"Edalyn, it hurts me, it truly hurts me to see you reject my help. There isn't a day that hasn't passed by where I don't think about our promise to each other as kids." She grasped her sister's hands. "To become powerful witches in the emperor's coven together."

Their eyes widened. "Eda wanted to join the Emperor's coven?" … Wait, what?

"Eda Clawthorne, stop talking." A familiar voice that sounded deeper than it should've bursted into the room. "My client from this moment forward shall have all questions approved and authorized by me."

"A LAWYER!" She turned as Steve started making a magic circle. "Let me go, let me go!" Some guards tackled the fellow coven member. Almost forgot about his phobia.

"There, there Steve, he's not going to hurt you."

"Lawyers are the bane of people with hearts! They're evil! EVIL!" He shouted as he was dragged away.

"Lucifer, must we go through this charade again?" Lilith groaned. She did not need this today.

"I have no idea who this charming and handsome Lucifer fellow is. I go by one name around these parts: Tiger Millionaire."

"... I am disappointed in your lie." Eda muttered. One of the few things they could agree on at the moment.

"What did I say about talking, Eda Clawthorne? All discussions are to be certified by me." Lucifer talked back sternly.

"Please do not make me bring out the chains." Lilith sighed. "Your presence is already messing up something fairly rare."

"I'll leave as soon as my client leaves scot free." They sat down, slamming a briefcase on the table. "Now, what's the charge?"

Lilith stared blankly at him. "Should I start with not being in a Coven, or do you actually want to see how far you go before you try and fight?"

"I wouldn't have joined this business if I took the easy way out. Bring it on." The boy stated plainly.

Lilith really didn't want to go through this again, especially since this little ruse actually worked once before, albeit on a more weak willed individual. "She's, not, in a coven." She sighed. "Lucifer, please tell me, have you actually ever once considered you can be more than the son of a petty criminal?" The boy had to have some kind of goal or interest she could exploit, just SOMETHING, ANYTHING to convince him she was only trying to help.

"I don't see what you mean. I, Tiger Millionaire, have a masters degree in law. Thus, I am not a criminal." So many reasons she wanted to bang her head against the wall.

"Do you identify as the legal age of over twenty, if you've managed to get a degree that good?" She asked with an eye roll.

"Yes, I do."

"Then you must be in a coven yourself, since you exceeded the maximum age to be covenless."

"I see." The boy nodded, shuffling his briefcase. "Just let me hand you my documents-" He threw the briefcase into the air and covered himself and Eda in a bubble.

"Honestly, this is just too sad." Lillth didn't react at all as she stopped the briefcase in mid air. "A briefcase full of exploding potions. A bit too obvious, don't you think Lucifer?"

"That's the thing about being an expert in law, Lilith Clawthorne." The boy had the audacity to continue the little ruse. "I'm never without more than one loophole at hand."

She could see smoke emanating from the case, reflexively tossing it away as it blew a hole out the wall … which the two used to escape. "See you in court, Lilith Clawthorne!" The boy was already just as bad as his mother.

"You should've let me at him! I won't rest until all lawyers are burned to the ground!" Steve yelled like a broken man from the hallways.

Lilith sighed, realizing it would save her the trouble in the long run … the things she does for family.

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"Why have you forsaken me!?" That was the main question on King's mind as he found herself on the run from the teenagers that he just minutes ago ruled over completely and effortlessly without fault. King quickly found out a downside to having a teenage body was that he couldn't easily slip through tiny holes and crack like his normal body.

"Because Boscha has more firepower than you!" The boy answered as he shot another blast at him.

"Sorry Luz, but as a yes man, I have to follow along with higher authority or else my teenage brain won't know what to do with itself!" The bard girl yelled as more potions were flung his way.

"Take this human! And this! And this!" The three-eyed girl cackled as she continued her assault of multiple potions. "Dance for eternity or lose a leg, either's fine with me!"

Why the titan Lucci had a crush on this girl would forever remain a mysterymystery. You'd think with all his problems with Amity and Willow that he'd stay away from all jerks. "Ahhhhhh! Being a teenager sucks! I want my body back!" He definitely preferred being babied and talked down to over this!

"King!" He turned to see Lucci and Eda(Luz) run at him with Emperor scouts on their back. "What happened!?"

"A lot of crazy …" He paused, looking at the boy's face paint. "You know your Tiger Millionaire lie got vetoed by the house, right?" He asked Lucci.

"Luz got caught by Aunt Lily, and I was able to lie my way into the station before they could brand her with a sigil." The boy countered. "It works well enough, so stop downing my ideas."

"After today, Tiger Millionaire will be made an enemy of the state!" Lilith shouted as they were chased.

"Cool, infamy." Lucci smirked.

"You are waaaaaaaaay too happy about being a criminal!" Luz shouted. "And I'm tired of being in the body of one! I want my body back!"

Right, they just needed Eda, wherever they are. "Guys!" Oh look, there she was now, running pretty fast too.

"Look, I'm sorry-" Eda didn't let Luz finish, grabbing Owlbert.

"No time! Swap back now!" There was a flash of light as Owlbert was thrown into the air. For a minute they all took a second to breathe. 

King looked around, seeing that everyone was taller than him again. "Yes! The king of demons has returned to their rightful body! Now I don't have to deal with angsty and petty teenagers!"

"You what?" Luz in her real body asked as another potion was thrown their way.

"Your ass is history, human !" The three eyed girl shouted.

"I don't even want to know who gave that girl hyper grade exploding potions!" King shouted.

"Oh yes, it'll forever be a-" Lucci's bag ripped, multiple potions rolling on the ground. "….I regret nothing." Traitor!

"Lucci!" Eda shouted. "What did I tell you about selling out others!?"

"It's okay as long as it's not family."

"Exactly, and unless you got married in the last two hours, triangle eyes should never count among exceptions to that!" Eda groaned."At least that thing is no longer my problem."

Scraaaaa!

King turned his once again tiny head to see what was going on, and found himself facing the maw of a screeching bug, who's maw of liquid green death was coming right at him. "Is that a freaking crystal devil!? " The most dangerous demons on the boiling isles!?!?!

"Yeah, I was desperate to escape the women behind it."

"Come on little guy, into the bee costume!" King shivered at the two women who would probably do horrible things to him. Eda made the right call.

"Crystal …" Luz muttered in a trance.

"Edalyn!" They turned to Lilith and a couple of Coven Scouts. "This is the last time you get away!"

"How did you attract Lilith in the small timespan?" Eda asked with bafflement.

"Crystal …" Luz was still out of it.

"She got arrested by her. I blew up the station." Lucci explained. 

The Owl Lady groaned. "Alright, Lucci, you're on defense. I'm on offense. King, scramble them up. This is going to get messy." He'd fight with his family until the bitter end. "Luz-"

Rip 

They all stared at the girl messing with a bag of chips. "Is now really the time for a snack?" Lucci asked.

"Hey Centi." The girl spoke, a teary tone in her voice as she fell to her knees. "It's been a while … the Chaaps are pretty stale. Sorry about that."

The Crystal Devil looked at her in confusion. "Come on little angle, just calm down." Spoke a lady trying to clamp it … only for the beast to begin glowing. "Did you catch a cold!?"

The small creature began to slowly expand. Larger … and larger … Everyone could only stare in horror as what was once a small enemy became a massive entity, drool leaving its lips like acid, smaller versions of itself crawling through its hair. "Crrrrr." It growled out low as it began to step towards the group.

"Stay, stay back your slimy green freak!" One of the coven scouts warned shakily, trying to blast one of the little shrimps to dust. 

"Scraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !" The army of little devils took that as a sign to begin jumps ahead; the horrid numbers of the creatures quickly overwhelming their foes with bites and shots of acid spit.

"I am horribly outmatched!" Well, King had a good life while it lasted. His only regret was not regaining the power he once lost.

The massive beast continued to approach, Lucci and Eda getting on guard to defend against inevitable death … and the human just tossed a chip to it. "That's right Centi, you remember your favorite food of all time, right? I've always kept a bag on me just in case I saw you again."

" Krkrrkrkr ." The freaking crystal devil purred.

"Again? Again?!" Lucci rightfully freaked out. "You know this thing, Luz!?"

"They were my old buddy back on earth." She smiled, tossing another chip as she walked over, giving the white mane a scratch what the fuck? "I guess they left to go become a mama. Your babies are so adorable, yes they are, yes they are." The crystal devil's legs stomped the ground like it was happy.

"….Hm." Eda hummed. "This may be the first time Luz genuinely scares me."

"Same here." Lucci nodded fearfully. "Maybe there's something to that power of friendship thing she's always talking about."

"Hello!" Boscha shouted. "We're still here bitch!"

King looked at the situation, walking over to Luz and pulling out a 'chaap'. "Weh." And tossed it at Boscha.

"Hey, that's uncalled fo-" Lucci tried to say.

"You sold me out. Either stay quiet or I turn the acid onto you." King threatened as the green spit began to fly over their enemies. The screams of fear were soothing to listen to. Being King was the best.

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"I don't get why you're all so scared of her." Luz rubbed Centi as they made their way through the forest. "She's an innocent soul that just wants salty snacks and scratches where she can't reach. Isn't that right?" After all today's headaches, this right here made everything worth it.

"Luz..I know you're new here and this is mostly just the human realm naivety….BUT THAT'S A FREAKING CRYSTAL DEVIL!" Lucci pointed accusedly.

She gasped. "Centi is no devil. She and her babies are adorable little angels." She gave a head pat to one of the mini Centipeetles. "You will be Cazura the wise."

"Luz, that's literally what they're called, and your little angels spit acid everywhere." King pointed out. "There the most deadly and ferocious demons on the isles, so much so, they classify in a category of their own."

Luz rolled her eyes. "Ninety percent of the people we fight spit acid. Also, don't you already have a 'rainbow devil'?" She asked.

"Where do you think she got the name?" Lucci pointed out. "She's renowned to be so vicious and terrifying because having her on your back is like having one of these things on your back." He got scared when one of the little centi-babies started getting close. "Literally no one, NO ONE, has ever had a good encounter with a Crystal Devil."

"Well me and Centi have been friends ever since I was five." Luz gave the creature a scratch. "She was my therapist back then too." Not like she could talk to her mom and worry her, or the kids who all thought she was crazy …

"Suddenly a bunch of questions just got answered." The oldest witch in the group mumbled. "Luz, that..thing you're buddy-buddy with can't be taken lightly." Eda held Owlbert away. "Crystal Devils are half the reason why Palistrom wood is so scarce nowadays. They feed on it, and when they can't find it anymore, they target Palisman."

"Oh it's fine." She waved off. "Just get her something salty and she'll chase after that instead." Luz reached into her bag. "… I'm out of Chaaps."

"Krkrkrscraa…" The cutie's little eyeball began to leer on Owlbert. "Scraaaaaaa."

"Hey hey, we can get you some more Chaaps, don't worry." She scratched the creature's head. "We just need to take a trip to the human world now and then, and we do that all the time."

"Yeah, you do that. Meanwhile, I won't take any chances." Eda handed Owlbert to Lucci. "Code Pink. Operation birdcage."

"Got it." Lucci placed Owlbert in a slightly large bubble. "Sorry buddy, but this is for your own good."

"Hoot." The bird nodded with a shiver. Eh, they would learn to love her like she did.

She could still barely believe it. "You were real…" Luz petted the giant bug's mane as tears of joy fell down her face. "You were real this whole time! Take that, mom and child therapist! I'm not insane, I was NEVER INSANE!"

"We beg to differ on that definition." King grumbled as one of the babies crawled to him. "… Nice mini devil?" He asked hesitantly, slowly scratching its back.

" Scaaaaeeeeeeeeee." The bundle of joy jumped on King's head.

"AAAAAHHH! IT'S TRYING TO MELT ME! KILL IT WITH FIRE!" Nah, that was just snuggling for love. She knew she'd love it here.