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A lone figure stood in an empty void, save for an endless sea of floating orbs above, each depicting fantastical scenes.
“Is it time?”
As the figure asked this question posed to no one else but themselves, three particular orbs floated down towards the figure and came to rest hovering just in front of them.
The figure glanced upwards to regard them.
One depicted two children, twins, having a tearful goodbye at a bus stop with friends and family at the end of their summer in a weird sleepy little town somewhere in the woods .
The second depicted a trio of girls, adorned in decorated armor near a cliff, surrounded by strange bipedal amphibious being sharing a similarly tragic farewell of their own with their respective found families. It was clear from the looks on each of their faces, the girls were going through the hardest thing .
The final orb depicted a once quaint house, though now vandalized with graffiti and shattered windows, and stripped of all furniture and amenities. Nonetheless, a crowd had gathered within. The focus of the scene though was on a lone girl standing in front of the house overlooking the boiling ocean on top of a cliff. She wore a white witch costume and held a purple staff with a peculiar serpentine figure atop it. She stood there looking determined to face the future, staring out at sea, watching and dreaming .
The lone figure smiled, sending the three orbs back up to rejoin the endless multitude that floated above.
“Yes. I believe it is finally time.”
———Somewhere Else———
In a dark room three bursts of light happen in quick succession, each bringing forth children, dropping them on the floor. The first flash deposited two children at once, while the next two dropped off one child each.
Groaning, the kids recovered from their falls and began to take notice of each other and the room they found themselves in.
“Oh no..” A boy in a brown winter hat groans. “Seems Gravity Falls still has one last surprise for us before we leave, Mabel.” He muttered as he stood protectively in front of his sister, just in case the other kids in the room were hostile.
“Gravity Falls?” The brown haired girl that came in wearing an armored chest plate inquired. “I hope that’s on earth, because that’s where the portal was supposed to take me.” She paused, “Well, it was supposed to drop me off in Los Angeles, but as long as I’m somewhere on earth I should be able to get home.”
“Earth?!” The final girl, who came in by herself, shrieked. She pulled her white witch hat off her head and began to nervously pace as she ran her fingers through hair. “The portal shouldn’t even be operational right now, and even if it was, I wasn’t near either connection point! Where’s everyone else?! Mama! Eda! King!” She stopped as she realized her hand was empty, grasping empty air for a staff that was no longer there. “Stri-“ she tried to call out before a glowing purple null symbol appeared over her mouth and she was magically silenced.
“Sorry about that.” A lone figure spoke. “That’s a precaution to prevent you all from spoiling each other.”
The armored girl quickly put herself between the other children and the lone figure that had suddenly appeared. Growling, she jutted a finger accusingly at them. “Sounds like you’re responsible for bringing all of us here. Well, let me just tell you that you’ve made a huge mistake kidnapping me! I will take you down!” She boldly declared.
“Everyone of you were brought here because each of you have had experiences with magic, non-human beings, and/or other weirdness.” The lone figure stated.
Each of them started eyeing the other children in the room with them.
The lone figure continued, ignoring that they were all still wary of the situation. “Furthermore, all of you have encountered inter-dimensional traversal of some form or another. Two of your groups have actually been to another universe, and two of your groups have been involved in fighting off an invasion from another universe.”
That got everyone’s attention.
Dipper and Mabel’s eyes widened as they took in the information. They fought against Weirdmaggedon, but neither of them had actually traveled to another universe. That could only mean the other two kids had been outside their dimension. Dipper unconsciously reached for a book that was no longer there, fighting the urge to burst out into questions for the other two groups.
Anne looked down at the floor in thought. She knew where her own group stood, even though Sasha and Marcy weren’t currently here. They had both been to another world and helped fight off an invasion. Did that mean the twins and the lone girl wearing a Halloween costume had done one each?
Luz looked between the other two groups before turning once again to the lone figure. “Hey, uh, sorry to interrupt, but I was wondering why you’re referring to me as a ‘group’? It makes sense for those two,” she pointed at Dipper and Mabel. “…are clearly twins, but me and the other girl are clearly alone.
The lone figure turned to Luz. “Yes. Sorry about that. Let me address that now. I’ve bought you all here to witness each other’s struggles, experiences, and encounters with the abnormal. As we watch your experiences unfold, others you shared your journeys with will join you in this space. In fact, some will even join you now before we begin.”
There was a rumble behind each group. Turning to the noise, each found a doorway behind them, each one labeled with which group it belonged to.
From the door labeled “Gravity Falls” came three people familiar to the twins
“Grunkle Stan! Soos! Wendy!” Mabel cried out as she ran at them, Dipper close behind.
From the door labeled “Amphibia” came the three members of the Plantar family, Hop Pop, Sprig, and Polly.
“Guys!” Anne ran over to them to hug them. She continued to look on hopefully before hanging her head in disappointment when no one else came out.
From the door labeled “The Owl House” came only two figures. The tall figure of Eda the Owl Lady and the small form of King.
“Luz!” King called out as he tackled said girl to the ground.
The lone figure cleared their throat. “Now, just because certain friends have not come through the doorways yet, doesn’t mean they aren’t here. In fact, most of your missing friends are through your respective doorways, they simply can’t come through yet.”
Anne started moving towards her door, while Luz looked ready to do the same.
“But before you go and see them,” The lone figure interrupted. “Let me finish explaining things. I’ve already mentioned that you all will be watching each other’s respective journeys. While the focus is on your own journey, I ask that you try to avoid spoiling what will happen next for the others. While the focus is on another group’s experiences, I encourage you all to discuss what you are seeing with others and even theorize what you think will happen next.”
The lone figure waved a hand and chairs for everyone appeared in front of a screen.
“Next, I will tell you how we will all be watching your journeys. Out of the entire multiverse, there's a dimension that’s unknowingly peeking into others. To residents of this universe, their unintended viewing of other universes take the forms of tv shows, movies, books, even video games. The ‘creators’ of all this collective media unknowingly see the events of these other worlds in their dreams and transcribe it in different forms. All three of your adventures take the form of cartoons in this world. Cartoons that we will be watching.”
There were cheers from Mabel and Luz, absolutely thrilled to be watching cartoons starring themselves.
“Also, regarding your respective friends who haven’t joined us in this main room yet. They will still be able to see what we are watching currently, so they won’t need to be brought up to speed on anything once they are able to come through the doorways to join the main group. There will be scheduled breaks every few episodes. During that time, you are free to go into your respective doorways to spend time with anyone who has yet to join the main group. I also understand if you wish to check on your absent friends before we begin, I will wait for everyone to return before we start. Be aware that while checking on them, you’ll be able to get a rough idea of when they’ll be able to pass through the doorway to join the main group. For most, this is when they first show up on screen, but for others, their entry will happen at a point much later than their first appearance.”
After a few seconds of silence the lone figure made sure everyone had taken in the plethora of information, before continuing.
“One last thing. We will be alternating focus every few episodes, aside from the first episode of each journey; those we will watch one after the other. Another thing to keep in mind is some of your journeys are shorter than others, so while I will do my best to cycle through your adventures equally, we may run into a situation where one journey has ended much earlier than the other two.”
The lone figure clapped their hands together. “That should be everything. You are free to check on your remaining friends. I will call you back when it’s time to begin.
---Gravity Falls Room---
The Mystery Shack crew hurried into their room once they had been dismissed. As they approached the doorway, Dipper noted he couldn’t see anything past the darkness within it. Once the group crossed the threshold however, the darkness vanished allowing them to see within the room. Dipper glanced over his shoulder and noted that while they weren’t able to see within this room while in the main viewing area, the reverse was not true. He could clearly see into the room they had just come from, though he still couldn’t see within the other ‘waiting’ rooms.
Turning forward again, Dipper looked around to see who else had been brought here that was unable to join them in the main room. He quickly spotted Great Uncle Ford and McGucket, both of whom made sense to him. If that strange lone figure wanted everyone to avoid ‘spoilers’ those two by themselves were pretty big ones. To his mild surprise however, he also spotted Pacifica, Candy, Grenda, and Wendy’s friends. Lastly, before making his way to Ford to talk to him, Dipper spotted Mabel hugging her pig, Waddles, excitedly before she picked him up and ran over to Candy and Grenda
“Dipper!” Ford called out as he spotted the boy and waved him over. “Glad you and your sister are alright.”
“Same here.” Dipper agreed. “Where do you think we’ve been brought to?”
Ford looked around the room they were in. It was more a large open area that resembled the forest that surrounded Gravity Falls than an actual room, but it had its own viewing screen and seats for those here, as well as a copy of the Mystery Shack in the back of the room within which one could find bedrooms, bathrooms, and a kitchen.
“In my professional opinion, we all seem to be in some sort of pocket dimension. So far, I haven’t seen any evidence that the one who brought us here is lying to us or means us any harm, but we need to remain on guard. Keep your eyes peeled for anything that may suggest otherwise. I’ll see if I can’t figure out a way to escape just in case, in the meantime.”
Dipper nodded. “Speaking of that lone figure… do you also get a weird feeling when looking at them?”
Ford nodded. “I do, and I think I may know what is happening with that. Try to verbally describe our host.”
Dipper opened his mouth to comply with Ford’s request, but shut it again when he drew a blank on what their host looked like. “What the…”
“Like I thought, either the lone figure is literally visibly indistinct and we’re under a hypnotic suggestion to ignore that, or the lone figure themselves is under an effect that’s causing us to constantly forget what they look like. Personally, I’m leaning towards the first option since we seem to be compelled to refer to them as ‘the lone figure’ as often as possible.”
Dipper nodded. He hadn’t realized that last part himself yet until Ford pointed it out, but looking back, it checked out.
“Another thing about the lone figure, they seem to be able to be in multiple places at once. While you and Mabel were in the main room with those other kids getting the rundown on this place, another lone figure was in here doing the same thing. They also were passing out these name tags.”
Ford grabbed his coat and held it up to show Dipper. On it, in addition to Ford’s name were two phrases.
Stanford Pines
S2E11/Not What He Seems
S2E12/A Tale of Two Stans
Dipper hummed as he pondered what those words could mean. “The lone figure said we’d be watching our adventures in the form of cartoons. These look like episode titles. Maybe these are tied to when you’re able to join everyone else in the main room? Wonder why there’s two of them, though?”
Ford gave Dipper a proud grin. “Well done, Dipper! That’s what I also theorized. I’ve already compared with everyone else in the room, and it seems I’ll be the last one to be introduced to the main room, at least for our group.”
Standing back up, Ford patted Dipper on the back. “Now, enough talking to me, go check on the others that were brought with us. I’m going to go talk to Stan” the older man gestured to his own twin who was standing near the doorway looking into the main room and scratching his chin in thought.
Dipper ran off while Ford made his way over to his brother. “What’s the matter, Stan? Trying to figure out how to make some money off this?” Ford joked.
Stan shook his head and turned toward Ford. “No no… not yet at least. It was that woman. The one who showed up for the kid in the Halloween costume. I swear I’ve seen her before. I just can’t figure out where.”
Ford jolted in surprise. “Really? Hm, the lone figure said all our groups had encounters with dimensional travel, maybe she’s been to our world before?”
Stan grunted noncommittally. “Maybe. I feel like there’s more to it than that, though.”
Ford patted his brother on the back. “I’m sure it’ll come to you. No use worrying over it for now.”
Stan nodded. “You’re right. Let’s go check on the kids.”
Elsewhere in the room, Dipper approached Mabel and her friends where they were playing with Waddles. He took note of their name tags as he approached. Even Waddles had a name tag.
Candy Chiu
S1E7/Double Dipper
Grenda Grendinator
S1E7/Double Dipper
Waddles
S1E9/The Time Traveler’s Pig
“Hey girls.” Dipper greeted. “How are you all holding up?”
“Heya Dipper!” Mabel exclaimed. “Saw you talking to Ford. What did you guys figure out? Do we need to break out of here? Punch that lone figure in the face? I still have my grappling hook if that helps!”
Dipper shook his head. “That shouldn’t be necessary. Ford doesn’t think the lone figure means us any harm currently, but he wants us to keep an eye out just in case.”
Mabel shot her brother a thumbs up and went back to talking with Candy and Grenda
As Dipper looked around the room, marveling how it somehow seemed to be a tiny part of the woods around the shack, he caught sight of Wendy hanging out with her friends and made note of their name tags. Most of them had the same episode listed for when they could join the main room.
S1E5/The Inconveniencing
One stood apart from the others however.
Robbie Valentino
S2E9/The Love God
Dipper briefly wondered why Robbie would be introduced to the main room so much later than the rest of his friends before he realized that the incident with The Love God was when Robbie rejoined the friend group and stopped being so antagonistic towards Dipper.
The lone figure mentioned most people would be brought in when they appeared on screen, but others would be brought in much later. Robbie started as a minor enemy before later becoming a friend. Was that the trigger for someone to join the group? If they started as a friend, they’d be brought in immediately. But if they started as an enemy, they wouldn’t join the main group until those watching saw the people in question had changed.
Dipper supposed it made sense. A lot easier to smooth over any potential bad blood if those watching got to see first hand that someone had gotten better before they were brought in.
Though that did make him wonder about the last two members of the Gravity Falls group. Looking around, Dipper quickly spotted McGucket talking to Ford and Stan as he fiddled with some machinery he’d pulled out from somewhere. The boy took note of Fiddleford’s name tag.
Fiddleford McGucket
S2E7/Society of the Blind Eye
Dipper nodded to himself. It made sense. McGucket may not have really started as an enemy, unless you count the gobblewonker which Dipper didn’t, it wasn’t until the incident with Blind Eye Society that the old man could truly be considered an ally.
It could also be the fact that McGucket showing up early could easily spoil for those not in the know that the kooky old man is more important to the events of their summer than he seems. Either way, McGucket coming in during that event makes sense.
Dipper looked around one last time, trying to find Pacifica. It took him a minute but he finally spotted her sitting on the steps of the duplicate Mystery Shack huddled in on herself. Given how she was sitting, Dipper wasn’t able to see her name tag and it looked like she was upset about something. Dipper felt like he should go check on her, so he made his way over to her.
She looked up at his approach, but otherwise didn’t move from her hunched-in position.
“Uh, hey Pacifica.” Dipper greeted.
“Hey Dipper.” She greeted back quietly.
“Is… everything okay?” He cautiously asked.
Pacifica stared ahead blankly for a bit instead of answering right away. Finally she spoke again, just barely above a whisper. “I’m not close to anyone here.”
Dipper looked over his shoulder at the rest of the group. He couldn’t help but agree, no one here was part of the usual kind of people Pacifica would hang out with.
“Well… what about Mabel, Candy, and Grenda? I’m sure you’d find you have some stuff in common with them?” Dipper offered.
Pacifica quirked an eyebrow at him. “I spent a long time bullying Candy and Grenda before you and your sister came to town, and that’s not even getting into the things I said to Mabel after you two showed up. Do you really think they’d want to hang out with me?”
Dipper shrugged. “Won’t know until you try. I can’t speak for them, but Mabel at least didn’t seem to mind you being present at our birthday party.”
Pacifica shrugged but remained quiet.
“Can I sit with you?” Dipper asked.
Pacifica scooted over, and Dipper sat next to her.
“I still think you should try reaching out to them, but if you want I can keep you company during the breaks the lone figure mentioned.”
The blonde girl finally smiled at that. “I’d like that. Thanks Dipper.” She said as she finally sat up straight, allowing Dipper to catch her name tag at last.
Pacifica Northwest
S2E10/Northwest Mansion Mystery
Dipper sighed. There was only one event that could refer to. He wasn’t surprised, though. He was kinda expecting that event to be Pacifica’s trigger to be able to enter the main room.
The two sat in companionable silence keeping each other company until the lone figure called the main groups to return to the main room.
—-Meanwhile in the Amphibia Room—-
Anne and the Plantars walked into a room that resembled the Wartwood town square. It was obviously not the actual town square given that the Plantar Family House took the place of the town hall. Across from it, the Amphibia viewing area was set up to resemble the town’s outdoor theater, stump seats and everything. She was immediately tackled by her extremely relieved friends, Sasha and Marcy.
“Anne! We’re so glad you’re okay!” Sasha declared. “We were in Los Angeles waiting for you by the portal when we were suddenly in this place.”
Marcy nodded. “That creepy lone figure showed up and started explaining things to everyone that had been brought here. They also handed out these name tags that also have episode titles on them. I’m guessing these have to do when we can enter the main room, although some of these names don’t make it clear what events they’re referring to.” She said as she began examining her own. “Mine’s especially confusing. Almost everyone else has one episode title, while I have four listed.”
She turned her tag around to show Anne
Marcy Wu
S2E6/Marcy at the Gates
S2E20/True Colors
S3E7b/Olivia and Yunan
S3E17/All In
“Huh, weird.” Anne commented. She thought carefully trying to figure what events those titles could possibly be referring to, but aside from the first title which clearly referred to when she had reunited with Marcy at the gates of Newtopia, she couldn’t think of what the others were referring to yet, let alone why Marcy would be introduced three separate times. She turned to Sasha. “What about you, Sash? What’s your tag say?”
“I just have one title, but it’s shared with one of Marcy’s” Sasha replied, tapping the name tag attached to her armor.
Sasha Waybright
S2E20/True Colors
Anne studied it some more, comparing it to Marcy’s tag. “S2… Season 2? The lone figure did say we’d be watching cartoons based on all our adventures. You both have that title, which implies you’re both present during whatever event that title refers to. That means, whatever it is, is way after the incident at Toad Tower. That’s crazy late to be bringing you in, Sasha.”
Sasha shrugged. “I was also a real jerk to you and the Plantars at first. I’m fine with waiting until later before coming in. Might avoid getting some stink-eyes from those in the audience who are not in the know.”
Anne nodded. “True. So who else is here?” She asked, glancing around.
All around the duplicate Wartwood town square, Anne spotted familiar faces. Some she expected to see, others surprised her with their inclusion. Grime, Olivia, and Yunan were having a hushed conversation near the duplicate Plantar family home. Bessie was sat near the town fountain looking around excitedly at all the new people she hadn’t seen before. Dr. Jan and Terri were running around taking notes and sketches of everything and anyone amphibious, a few times even trying to directly interview the Amphibian natives. Wally was enthusiastically answering questions from them and was clearly giving incorrect answers, with Ivy and Maddie laughing hysterically nearby. She even saw the IT gals near the waiting room's screen, apparently trying to improve the sound system.
While she was looking around, she saw her parents and Mr. X walking over to the trio of girls. Anne waved at them.
“Mom! Dad! And… uh, Mr. X!” Anne greeted. “Did you guys need something?” She asked the trio of adults as they reached the girls.
Bee and Oum hugged their daughter and Mrs. Boonchuy spoke up. “Your father and I just wanted to check in with you. From what we’ve been able to piece together from the others, something big happened after you three left for Amphibia. I just wanted to make sure everything was okay.”
Anne would swear she felt an ice-cold stone drop into her stomach as she realized that eventually her parents were going to witness her temporary death. It ended up okay in the end, but she knows it’s going to hurt them. She did her best to push the feeling down, so as not to tip them off that something was wrong. She'd tell them later...
“Yeah mom! There was a last minute surprise, but everything ended up okay. We were actually about to head back to earth when we got pulled into here.” Anne cheerfully reassured her mom.
Mrs. Boonchuy looked a little unsure, but after a moment smiled and hugged her daughter one more time before she and her husband broke off to go look around duplicate Wartwood.
With the departure of Anne’s parents, that left only Mr. X standing with the trio of girls.
“Soooo…” Anne started, but was interrupted by the bald FBI agent.
“Two things.” The FBI agent stated. “First, Grime lost his arm in the final battle, yes?” They asked. When the girls nodded, they continued. “It would seem it’s back. At least visually. The lone figure has put an illusion of an arm over where Grime’s original arm used to be. He isn’t the only one. Your friend, Polly has the reverse effect on her. Her legs have been rendered invisible. I assume the lone figure did this so as to avoid clueing the other groups in on something that happened before they’ve seen it for themselves. Finally, my second reason for stopping by, I overheard that our name tags are supposed to reveal when those of us in these sectioned-off rooms can join you and the others in the main room. Since we are waiting for this whole thing to begin, I decided to take it upon myself to compile a list of everyone here and when you can expect them in the main room.” The FBI agent announced, handing over a sheet of paper. “I hope you find this helpful, Anne.”
Anne glanced down at the sheet of information, then back up at Mr. X.
“Uh… Thank you?” Anne responded, a bit confused.
X nodded. “You’re welcome. Now, where can I find someplace clean and dry to stand around here? I’ve nearly ruined my shoes.”
“The town hall was usually pretty clean.” The Thai girl offered.
“Great! Where is it?” He eagerly asked
“Looks like it’s been replaced by the Plantar home.”
Groaning, Mr. X walked away, leaving the Calamity Trio to look over the list Mr. X had compiled.
Bessie
S1E5a/Anne Theft Auto
“Aw dang it!” Anne groaned. “If that’s what I think it is, then Hop Pop’s going to learn that I took Bessie for a joyride. That’s one of the few things I actually managed to get away with.”
Sasha laughed. “You pretty much stole the family car? Hardcore, Boonchuy.”
Marcy looked around the room again and hung her head in disappointment. “I wish Joe Sparrow was here.”
Anne patted her back. “Sorry, Marbles. The lone figure probably just didn’t want to bring in too many animals.”
Ivy Sundew
S1E7a/Dating Season
S1E19b/Anne of the Year
“Dating Season?” Sasha questioned. “Is this when Sprig and Ivy got together?”
Anne shook her head. “No, if this is Ivy’s introduction, then that isn’t when they first got together. They actually weren’t interested in a relationship with each other at first. It wasn’t until right before Toad Tower that they…” Anne trailed off as her eyes widened in realization. “Wait! The second title listed for her. ‘Anne of the Year’! That sounds like when I was nominated for Frog of the Year! It must be listed since that’s when they got together, but that was immediately before Toad Tower which means…
“The very next episode is about us finding each other again… and what a massive jerk and bully I was.” Sasha finished quietly for Anne, her tone becoming subdued.
Marcy hugged Sasha. “None of that. You improved yourself. You’re a better person now.”
“One-eyed” Wally Ribbiton
S1E15b/Wally and Anne
“Wally?” Sasha questioned. “Surely he made an appearance sooner than fifteen episodes in?”
“Ooh!” Marcy interjected. “Given the title, it must be some important adventure you and Wally went on together, Anne. Anything coming to mind?”
“Oh yeah.” Anne responded. “It was when we were hunting for the Mos…” Anne’s eyes widened. “Oh heck yes! I can’t wait for this episode. The Plantars are gonna eat their words!”
Sasha and Marcy shared a look before shrugging.
Maddie Flour
S1E17a/Cursed!
“Ugh… This better not be our encounter with Barry.” Anne groaned. “I don’t want to have to relive that.”
“Who?” Marcy asked.
“Don’t worry about it.” Sasha cut in. “Let’s move on.”
Lady Olivia
S2E6/Marcy at the Gates
“Title buddies!” Marcy cheered. “Lady Olivia and I are going in together!”
“Hmm..” Anne tapped her chin. “Have you girls noticed that some of these episodes are listed with an A or B, while others are just the number? What’s up with that?”
Marcy perked up. “Oh! Our show must be the kind that does multiple ‘mini-sodes’ per episode, so we get twice the adventure for the price of one!”
“And the episodes that don’t have an A or B?” Sasha asked.
“Major episode that are super important to the main plot! So they’re longer than normal and take up the whole runtime!” The Taiwanese girl exclaimed.
As Anne and Sasha smiled at Marcy’s enthusiasm and looked back down at the list, Marcy frowned as she started to process everything she just said, comparing it to what they had already theorized. Three of the four episodes listed on her tag were theoretically big important plot ones. Furthermore, Sasha would be introduced during her second listed episode. There was something significant about that. She just wasn’t sure what yet.
General Yunan Longclaw
S2E20/True Colors
Captain Grimothy “Grime”
S2E20/True Colors
“Hey, these two are coming out into the main group together.” Anne pointed out. “Crazy to think they started as enemies, given how well they get along now, organizing the new government.”
“Not just them.” Sasha pointed out, holding up her own name tag. “That’s my trigger episode too. Not to mention, it’s Marcy’s second trigger. Whatever having more than one trigger is supposed to mean, anyways.”
Marcy’s breathing quickened, her eyes darting around the list, reading ahead while the other two were still discussing the current two entries. Former enemies coming out together… or was it former enemies coming together? All the Amphibia natives in their group would be introduced at this point. The only ones that would be left were those from Earth. Starting with Anne’s parents in the very first episode for Season 3, which meant Season 3 started with Anne returning to Earth. ‘True Colors’ was 20 episodes into Season 2. Was that far enough for a season finale? A potential season finale, important enough to her own story to be listed on her name tag despite the fact she should already be introduced. Anne going to earth in what might possibly be very next episode…
A familiar dull ache settled into her back and middle of her chest.
“Oh frog…”
The Boonchuys (Bee and Oum)
S3E1/The New Normal
“Marcy? Is…everything okay?” Anne asked, having noticed that her friend wasn’t paying attention to the list and clutching her chest.
Dr. Jan
S3E4a/Fight at the Museum
“Hey, Marcy!” Sasha said louder when their friend still didn’t respond.
The IT Gals
S3E5a/Fixing Frobo
"Marcy?" The blonde repeated in concern now.
Terri
S3E8b/If You Give a Frog a Cookie
“Oh frog! She’s having a panic attack!” Anne realized.
“What?!” Sasha stood up, dropping the list to the ground. She turned and waved to the others. “Hey! We need some help over here! Who knows how to stop a panic attack?!”
Several of the adults immediately began rushing over to help.
Mr. X
S3E17/All In
The list laid on the ground, trampled and forgotten in all the excitement.
—-Meanwhile in The Owl House room—-
Eda and King dragged Luz through the Owl House doorway, where she was bombarded with hugs from her friends, mother, and her girlfriend, Amity. Finally, after several minutes of concerned hugs, Luz was freed. Shaking feeling back into her limbs, she looked around the room.
For a second, she thought she was back in the Boiling Isles. She could make out the details of the Titan’s head in the distance, she could see Bonesborough nearby, the Boiling Sea simmering all the way to the horizon, all from the front yard of the Owl House. However, she quickly realized the scale of things were all wrong, the air lacked its typical humidity, and the Owl house itself looked the way it did before the Emperor’s Coven ransacked it and confiscated literally everything inside. There was also various chairs of both Human Realm and Boiling Isles design set up in front of a massive crystal ball.
“Woah…” Luz muttered as she took it all in. “This looks crazy.”
Amity nodded in agreement. “While the lone figure was explaining everything, they were also using their powers to create this space.” She took Luz’s hands and pushed something into them. “Also, someone missed you” the witch teased.
Luz opened her hands to see what her girlfriend had given her and gasped happily when she saw who she was holding.
“Stringbean!” She exclaimed.
She nuzzled the snake-shifter against her cheek, but pulled away when she felt something poke her cheek.
“What was that?” She looked her palisman over and noticed they were wearing some sort of tag.
Stringbean
S3E2/For the Future
“What’s this?” Luz asked as she turned Stringbean towards Amity to show her.
“Oh! We’ve all got one! Though mine seems slightly different from everyone else’s.” Amity replied as she pointed to her own name tag.
Amity Blight
S1E15/Understanding Willow
S2E8/Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Hooty’s Door
“Ooh. You got two. How mysterious, sweet potato.” Luz teased her girlfriend.
Amity blushed lightly and smiled. “Maybe a little. I’m curious what it means to have multiples.”
Luz hummed her agreement and began looking around again to see who else had been brought to this place when something astonishing caught her eye.
“Woah! How did-?” Luz kissed Amity on the cheek. “Hold on, sweet potato. I gotta check on something, I’ll be right back” the human girl said, before running off and leaving a flustered Amity in her wake.
Luz ran towards Eda, who was standing near the doorway staring back into the main room looking lost in thought. “Eda!” She called out, getting the Owl Lady’s attention. “When did you get your arm back?” Luz asked after coming to a stop.
Eda laughed. “Oh that. I didn’t. Here, give it a squeeze.” The older woman offered her supposedly restored hand to her apprentice. Luz took it in her own and squeezed as told. There was some resistance, but Eda’s arm quickly poofed into smoky wisps before reforming back into shape.
“That’s weird. How’d that happen?” Luz asked.
Eda shrugged. “That lone figure fella. They muttered something about spoilers and next thing I knew, I had this fake arm.”
“The lone figure seems weirdly obsessed with making sure we don’t give anything away to the other groups. They remind me of myself trying to avoid spoilers for the Good Witch Azura books.” The human girl observed. She looked back up to her mentor. “So who else is here?”
“Oh right” Eda muttered as she turned away from the doorway. “You started in the main room, so you haven’t seen everyone in the group. You saw your mom and friends, right?”
“Yeah. Mom, Willow, Gus, Amity, Hunter, and Vee all greeted me after you and King dragged me in.”
Eda nodded. “Right. So, Lilith is also here. Once we realized this was a copy of the Owl House we’re used to, Lily insisted we make sure it’s safe before using anything inside. So she marched inside dragging Darius and Eberwolf with her. Raine followed after them and has been periodically poking their head out to update the rest of us on what they’ve all found inside. So far we got beds, bathrooms, and the kitchen apparently has everything you need for both Human realm and Demon Realm cuisines. Your mom seemed real happy about that, kiddo.”
The Owl lady pointed at the door. “Also, Hooty has been affixed to the front door once again.”
Luz turned to look at the door once again and saw the familiar tubular body of Hooty extending from the front door and going into the house through a window, presumably following Lilith around inside.
“And most everyone’s palismen are hanging around somewhere.”
Luz nodded, then held up Stringbean towards Eda, showing her the name tag attached to him. “By the way, Amity told me almost everyone has one of these. I think they’re supposed to indicate when everyone else can join the main group, did you happen to get anyone else’s information?”
Eda chuckled. “Yeah, your friend, Goops, was convinced it was some puzzle and went around taking note of everyone’s name tags. Hang on. I got a copy of it here” Eda said as she fished through her hair for the list. Pulling it out, she handed it to Luz, who looked it over for the entries she hadn’t seen yet.
Hooty
S1E1/A Lying Witch and a Warden
Luz giggled at the title. If these were cartoon titles like she thought they were, this was her very first day in the Boiling Isles. She couldn’t help but think at how accurate the title was for what happened on her first day.
Willow Park
S1E3/I was a Teenage Abomination
Gus Porter
S1E3/I was a Teenage Abomination
She smiled, seeing that her two first friends would be coming into the main room together and if she was reading these titles right, it was the 3rd episode of her adventures. She couldn’t wait to introduce her friends to those other kids.
Lilith Clawthorne
S1E19/Young Blood, Old Souls
She thought the title sounded a little ominous. Not to mention how late in the first season it was. Luz guessed that meant Cool Aunt Lilith was going to be brought in well after her first appearance.
Vee Noceda
S2E10/Yesterday’s Lie
Well… that’s not good. Luz knows very well when she first met Vee and having everything that happened that day being referred to under the title, ‘Yesterday’s Lie’ kinda rubbed her the wrong way.
Alador Blight
S2E14/Reaching Out
"Amity's dad is here?" Luz commented in surprise. "You didn't mention him a second ago."
"Oh right." Eda replied, shaking her head. "Sorry, I forgot to point him out since he tends to be quiet. He's over by the Crystal Ball, examining if there's anything special about how it's built."
Luz glanced over and sure enough, there was an open hatch at the base of giant crystal ball, with a pair of abomination goo covered boots jutting out from it, that missed before.
Raine Whispers
S2E15/Them’s the Breaks, Kid
Luz tried to think about when she first met Raine. It was right after the rebellion saved her and Eda, right? That must be what event is covered by this episode.
Hunter
S2E16/Hollow Mind
Luz stared down at the title, getting the uncomfortable feeling it was staring back up at her. There was a cold feeling in her chest as she read the title one more time. Shuddering, she moved on down the list.
Darius Deamonne
S2E19/O Titan, Where art thou?
Eberwolf
S2E19/O Titan, Where art thou?
She blinked as she read the two matching entries again, then back up at Raine’s entry. She met all three of them at the same time. So it made sense to introduce them together, right?. So why was Raine being brought in separately from the other two? Also, Luz realized that she was probably mistaken about which event Raine’s entry referred to. Maybe it was when Eda was first helping them with the BATTS?
Camilla Noceda
S2E21/King’s Tide
She stared at her mother’s name, confused. Why was her Mamá coming in so late? Surely she would make an appearance in the first episode, right? Unless she was one of the ones being brought in far past her first appearance, but then, wouldn’t sharing Vee’s entry make more sense? This episode looked like it was named after King, but her Mama didn't meet King until after their adventure was said and done. Titan, she didn't meet him until just before they were all pulled into this bizarre theater! When would her mother be onscreen the same time as Kin-
Her thoughts screeched to a halt as realization hit her. The two didn't have to be onscreen at the same time. They just had to be in the same episode. Luz looked down at the entry again. An episode with something important happening to or with King, with her mama making a significant enough appearance that it triggered her entry into the main room. Luz could only think of two moments she knew for sure could be important enough for that. The first was ruled out, otherwise her Mama would be entering with Vee. That left only the second option. This episode was... when...
"No. I'm not gonna think about that. We got back. That's all that matters." She told herself as she wiped away the tears that had just started to form, and turned her attention to the last entry.
Palismen: Ghost, Clover, Emmiline
S2E6/Hunting Palismen
Luz grinned when she reached the end of the list and saw the Palismen were included. She noted not every Palismen was included in this list though, like Owlbert. She guessed that meant they shared their entrances with the witches they were bonded to.
Her smile fell a little when she realized that there was one Palismen that wasn’t listed with the others. She glanced up at her friends, and winced when she saw Hunter standing by himself, leaned against a wall and staring out at the Boiling Sea. Setting down the list, she went back to where Amity was, now talking to Willow and Gus, and pointed out Hunter. Together, the 4 of them went over to Hunter and made sure he knew he wasn’t alone.
—-Main Room—-
The lone figure stared vacantly at the empty screen. Suddenly, their eyes refocused as they blinked a few times.
“That should be plenty of time. Let’s get started.”
With a clap, it began.