The Curse

[Chapter 1 - Cursed]

[Art Credit - @snartles on Instagram]

As the sun rose the light shined into Luz's room causing her to wake up. Laying on her sleeping bag she groans not wanting to get up, the previous night King demanded they play board games which lasted almost the whole night. In silence she thinks to herself for a moment, "I feel as if I'm forgetting something important today." Suddenly remembering her and Amity were supposed to go to the museum today to learn more about the Boiling Isles and it's past. Luz soon sprang to her feet excited to see Amity. She quickly changed into her classic cat hoodie, black leggings, shorts, and white shoes. Before she can have another moment to herself Luz hears yelling coming from downstairs.

Rushing down to see what all the commotion was about she heard Eda and King squabbling about food again. Entering the kitchen Eda was leaning forward on the table using her arms to hold herself up while King was standing on top of it like he always does. Luz barely managed to squeeze into their conversation, "Morning Eda! Morning King! What's going on here?" Asking with a raised eyebrow and curious tone. "Eda won't give me any food, I am the king of demons! I demand feasts!" Squealing and thrashing after. Both Eda and Luz laugh at the sight of this. "Sorry King, you shouldn't had bet that you could beat me at Hexes Hold'em." Eda soon had a smirk after saying this. "Eda don't be mean to my boo boo buddy, he's the cutest demon amongst the land." Luz said while reaching to give King cuddles. Letting out a sigh Eda decides to let the deal go this one time. Eda starts getting out pans to make breakfast for all of them. King soon after settles down in his high chair and Luz takes a seat.

"So kid, King and I were discussing what we can all do together tonight." Eda said while she cracked Griffin eggs into the pan. "Yeah! I say we watch movies with plenty of snacks to feast upon!" King eagerly jumped out from his chair excited about his idea.  "Actually King, I'm going to the museum with Amity today. Maybe we can watch the movie tomorrow night?" Luz closed her eyes hoping King won't be mad. "Mm... alright, but you owe me belly rubs!"

"Deal!"

After finishing up breakfast Luz says her goodbyes and tells them she'll be back later today. Once she opened the door a cool breeze hit her face. As she stepped outside she became lost in thought trying to make sure she had every thing to write down any helpful information she may come across.
"Heyyy Luz! Where you going? HOOT HOOT!" That irritating voice can only come from one person, or thing... Hooty. Luz was startled by this, "Hooty! What did we talk about scaring people!?" Trying to catch her breath she slowly starts to walk away to get to where she needs to be. "Geez I was only trying to say hello. HOOT" Hooty said in his sarcastic tone. "We'll have to work on it some more sometime Hooty." Luz ran for her life not wanting to be trapped in an endless conversation with the bird tube.
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Barely getting out of the forest she finally made it to the market. It was busy as always full of strange food vendors, potion sellers, bounty hunters and many more odd places and people. Luz made her way down the main road trying to look for a certain green haired witch, Amity Blight. It wasn't long till Luz made it to their meet up spot, looking at the giant clock tower she noticed she was a few minutes early. She stood there for about five minutes till she heard a familiar voice, Amity's. "Hey Luz, you ready to go?" With Amity's small smile this made Luz blush.

"H-hey Amity, ready as I'll ever be." It was obvious Luz was a little nervous. Lately she's been feeling nervous when ever she's around Amity. "Thanks for coming today, it must have been hard trying to convince your parents."

"Actually it wasn't. I told them that the school was giving extra credit to those who went to the museum today. Once they heard that they immediately told me I can attend." Amity was starting to walk in the direction of the museum after saying this. As they were walking Amity gave a warning to Luz, "now remember Luz, try not to touch anything. The artifacts here could be cursed, deadly or harmful." She soon stopped in her tracks to look at Luz with a serious face. Luz saw the sharp look in her eyes, that's when she knew she was being serious. "Of course Amity, I promise!" Luz gave her cute little smile after. Grabbing Amity's hand she ran in the direction of the museum causing Amity to go as red as a tomato.