61Sorry for the lack of updates. Life has been hard and I had to get a new laptop.
The Owl House belongs to Disney.
Grim Tales from Down Below Belongs to Bleedman.
OOC-ness may be involved.
Let the story begin.
After a rather interesting day, everything seemed to have calmed down and Eda was relaxing in her safe house/home with Luz and King sleeping together on Luz's sleeping bag.
"With her here, I don't see how things can get any more interesting." Eda commented as she sat on her couch, starring at the ceiling as she thought back on how one human girl could result in so much excitement.
Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"A knock? Nobody knocks at my door because nobody but me, King, and Luz know about this house." Eda said as she stood up from the couch and grabbed her staff.
Walking to the door, Eda opened it to see who was knocking. What she saw...could not have possibly surprised her more Standing in the doorstep of the Owl House, were two walking skeletons. One was a full grown adult was wearing a black hooded robe with a red inside while the other appeared to be a child that wore a gray tracksuit with a hood, he also had a tuft of brunette hair hovering over her right eye socket and a duffel bag over his right shoulder. Eda had seen a lot of strange things in her life here on the Isle but this was the weirdest of the weird.
"Good evenin, Eda." the skeleton man said in a Jamaican accent.
"Uh.. Hey. Is this something about how 'my time has come' and all that jazz?" Eda asked with a raised eye brow but no fear.
"Not quite. Believe me, ya got more years than I would like but this is more of a business proposal." the skeleton said before properly introducing himself. "As ya know, I am de Grim Reaper, and this is my son, Junior." he said while gesturing to himself and the smaller skeleton next to him.
The boy didn't say anything as he simply waved to the witchy woman.
"Oooookay. Would you and your son like to come in, uh Mr. Reaper?" Eda said as she stepped aside to let them in.
"Thank you an please, call me Grim." Grim said as he and Junior walked inside of the owl house.
"Nice place." Junior said with a whistle.
Taking a moment to admire the uniqueness of the house, Junior and Grim made their way towards the couch and sat down while Eda pulled up a chair to sit in.
"So, Grim, what exactly is this business proposal you told me about?" she asked the Reaper and child.
"At some point, my boy is to take my place. As death. However.. All reapers need to know magic. I know you already have one apprentice.. But my son needs to learn magic. All reapers need to know magic. So.. Let him take lessons.. And I shall pay you. . About ten million.. Whatever." Grim said as the owl lady gained a shocked look.
Eda nearly feel out of her seat at the offer she was given and almost immediately asked if she heard him right.
"I'm sorry, Grim but did you say you'll give me ten million snails(their currency) to take your son as a second apprentice?" she asked slowly as she place a hand over her heart.
"Yes, that is what I'm offering for you to take my son as a second apprentice." Grim said as he conjured up the Isle's currency, in a large bag and placed it on the coffee table between them.
"Wow" Eda said as she reached for the bag and looked inside to be greeted with with sight of dozens of snails in rubber banded stacks.
More than any she had seen or earned before, and all this just to teach a skeleton kid magic? Only an idiot would turn this down!
"Well Grim, since you've graciously offered all this money, I would be honored and happy to teach the next master life and death!" Eda said with a fast smile as she dragged the sack off the table to the side of her chair.
"Good. Pleasure doing business with you." Grim said.
Standing up and holding his bony hand out, Grim was meet with a respectable handshake from Eda as she stood up from her chair.
"So, is there any type of magic he needs to know? Summoning, elemental, possession?" Eda asked as they broke the handshake.
"I have a list of everything you need to teach Junior." Grim said as he reached into his robe and pulled out a scroll. "Follow each subject in the exactly order given. It will make teaching the next one easier."
"You got it!" Eda said as she grabbed the scroll while Grim turned to his son.
"And you Junior, I want you to be on your best behaviour for Ms. Eda. She isn't exactly the best from what research I've done on her." Grim said as Eda looked offended.
"Hey!" She said as Junior chuckled a bit before nodding to his father.
"I promise dad, I'll be a good and patient student for her." Junior said.
"Good. I'll see you soon." Grim said as he gave Junior one last hug.
Grim broke the hug before opening a large portal and walked into it to return to his kingdom in the underworld. Once the portal closed, Junior turned to Eda and asked a very important question.
"So...is there a spare room I can sleep in?" he asked as it was getting late into the night.
"Right this way" Eda said as she gestured for Junior to follow her.
Leading Junior through the house, Eda showed him to the clutter closet that Luz and King were currently sleeping.
"Sorry about this, I don't get much many visitors so bedrooms are short." Eda said as she rubbed the back of her head.
"It's fine. I can just sleep on the couch if you really don't have any other rooms." Junior said as he adjusted the bag on his shoulder.
"Well.. If that's okay with you, it's okay with me." Eda said
Nodding to the witch that would be his teacher tomorrow and leaving the unknown girl with a demon to their sleep, Junior and Eda made their way back to the den. Junior sat on the couch while Eda summoned a blanket for him.
"Now, I hope you have lovely night sleep. Far warning though, I am not fully awake in the morning without a cup of apple blood." Eda said as she began to walk to her room, planning to look over the scroll of Junior's magic subjects before going to sleep.
""Apple blood?" Don't you mean "apple juice?"" Junior asked as he gazed at Eda, who turned her head all the way around to Junior with a smirk.
"No, I mean apple blood. That's just one of the many weird things you'll learn here on the Boiling Isles, kid. Better get used to it now, you'll probably be here for a while." she said to him as she turned her head back forward and went upstairs.
"I guess I have to." Junior said as he shifted on the couch. "See you tomorrow, Ma'am."
"See ya, kid. And just call me "Eda!"" She said before walking up the stairs to her room, opening and closing the door once she was inside. "Now, before I hit the hay, let's see what I'll be teaching Junior; and possible Luz too; tomorrow."
Eda walked towards her bed, snapping her fingers to make the back of money Grim gave her appear beside the bed, and sat down before opening the scroll to see the lessons recommend for Junior.
"These I can teach him." Eda said as she rolled the scroll back up, placing it on her night stand before switching into her night clothes. "Long day tomorrow."
Yawning a bit, Eda laid down in her bed before waving the lights off and going to sleep.
'I wonder if Grim will be mad with me teaching Luz in Junior's lessons too. Eh, I'm sure everything is gonna be fine.' Eda thought before finally falling asleep.
(The Powers and abilities provided on this list are from this wiki: /Reapers)
Scroll list:
Chronokinesis: slowing down time.
Dreamwalking: entering people's dreams or subconscious.
Healing: transferring life force to heal injuries or sicknesses.
Invisibility: turn invisible to humans.
Necrokinesis: kill someone with a single touch.
Perception Alteration: manipulate human perception so they appear any way they wish.
Possession: Possessing human minds.
Resurrection: Bringing people back to life.
Soul Awareness: tracking souls.
Telekinesis: moving objects with his mind
Teleportation: teleport anywhere in existence or in mind.
