On The S.I.D.E.

Should I Just Make A Different Book For These?

So, yeah, lately, this book has been way more Owl House centered than Sanders Sides centered, even though it's supposed to be an extras book for the S.I.D.E. series...

I might just make an extras book for my Owl House content at this point. Because this is insane.

But this is what I got for you—two more Owl House AUs, plus more Changeling Witch incorrect quotes. Enjoy, I guess.

The Coven Kid AU

Premise

So, this one stemmed from a few swap AUs I've seen around, plus just my own self-indulgence... Basically, the premise is "what if Belos was actually a good emperor," and "what if Luz got taken in by Belos instead of Eda after landing in the Isles," plus a lot of chaotic Hunter-and-Luz sibling content and just chaotic kids in general. I'm not regretting anything.

What the characters are like

Belos: He probably deviates from canon the most, and while I'm not too sure on the specifics, I do know that he still had that insanity rut when he was still going by Philip—but unlike in canon, he got better, and he became the emperor via taking down witches who actually used their magic for evil. His brother is still alive, just in pretty deep hiding, though they still contact each other now and then. The coven system is still in place, but it's not exactly a requirement—kind of like how getting a college education isn't a requirement if you want to succeed, but it's still strongly encouraged and your parents will probably expect that of you. Belos is admittedly in over his head in some places, but he genuinely tries—though, there's still a lot of experimenting with magic involved, since, well... unfortunately, he's still cursed. He's learned to use a concoction made out of crushed Palistrom leaves to keep it at bay instead of using Palismen, thankfully, but it still affects him every now and then (think The Intruder, but with goop). Belos still wants to figure out a way to bridge the gap between the demon and human realms (in the metaphorical sense—he believes that if the two worlds were in steady contact with each other, they could genuinely help each other thrive). And speaking of which...

Luz: Instead of going through Eda's portal door (which she still has), she came through Belos's door, which caused a bit of an uproar in the Coven. She still decided to stay and become a witch, and she actually can go back and forth between the two worlds whenever she wants due to the working doors... though, she hasn't told her mom about this, which is her main conflict throughout the story (it does help having someone who can help her with her history homework, even if she did get graded down due to Belos just dissolving into a rant about the toxicity of Puritan culture and the shitty things that they did to ruin the Americas instead of actually giving her the facts that she needed). She's kind of an unofficial member of the Emperor's Coven—unofficially, because the minimum age for getting a coven seal is eighteen—and everyone either loves her or hates her, depending on who you ask. And yeah, she's definitely found a second family in the people there.

Hunter: He's been raised by Belos his whole life per his father's request, and Belos actually treats him pretty decently—though, Hunter does have to deal with Belos being a little bit overprotective sometimes, especially in regards to him attending Hexside (he gets to go due to lots of bullying and light blackmail). He's in training to become the next Golden Guard, which means that he can tag along on missions, sit in on meetings and make snarky comments, and practice magic with the Coven heads (though he is still very much non-magical—he gets by with artificial magic and glyphs), but he doesn't have the actual status yet, so he's not really taken seriously. Okay, not that he is in canon, but still. And instead of being a Grimwalker, he's a half-witch, half-human kid—the latter part is kept a pretty close secret, of course, but still.