The Owl House

Season #2 Episode #3: Echoes of the Past

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[Open in the middle of a mystical forest, during a boiling rainstorm. A small, furry creature peeks out from a log when, then hides back in when a hooded stranger runs past. This stranger runs into a ruined building to seek shelter from the boiling rain and pull their hood down, revealing themself to be a younger Eda, with shorter ginger hair. She looks at her cape, annoyed that the rain had burnt holes in it. As she starts to walk further in, unbeknownst to her, a pair of glowing yellow eyes appear from a crevice within a pile of fallen rocks.]

[Eda wanders further into the ruins, past a cluster of stacked rock formations, when a shadowy figure runs past in the foreground, startling Eda.]

Young Eda:
[brandishing her staff] Who's there? Reveal yourself!

[Cut to a perspective view from this mysterious figure, approaching Eda from behind. Eda turns around and gasps.]

[THEME SONG]

[In the present, Luz is at the Owl House. She is studying and experimenting with glyphs in a notebook.]

Luz:
Hmmm...

[She starts drawing a glyph, but scribbles it out. She makes a frustrated grunt. King dives through, tumbling books over.]

King:
Luz, I need your help! I think Francois is trying to start a rebellion.

[Pan to the couch, covered in King's plushies. Francois, his pale pink bunny, is sitting in the center on a pillow. After a beat, a jagged dagger with a red gem on the hilt falls out from behind him.]

Luz:
In a minute, King. I'm getting so close to figuring out this glyph combo.

King:
It's always glyphs and portals with you these days. What about King?

Luz:
Why don't you ask Lilith for help? She was in the Emperor's Coven. She has more experience with unruly mobs than anyone.

[Lilith is kneeling at the desk, extremely focused on drawing a glyph with a red paintbrush. She's bent over, eyes only a short distance from the paper. Her hair is messy and the whites of her eyes are huge, with tiny irises.]

Lilith:
[giggling giddily] Watching the ink dry is the best part.

[King grunts in disapproval.]

Hooty:
[giving Lilith a mug] A fresh cup of tea for my favorite cup of tea. That's you, Lulu.

[Lilith smooths her hair, and her eyes are back to normal]

Lilith:
Well, Hootsifer, you truly are a gem. [pets his head] How do you always know what to do?

King:
[whispering to Luz] What's going on? Is Hooty blackmailing her?

Luz:
Oh, I think they're actually friends. Isn't that nice? [closes her book and stands up, holding a glyph] Okay, this will work for sure. Now you see me...

[Luz slams the glyph to her chest and vanishes. King gasps. Lilith looks up. Luz reappears.]

Luz:
...now you don't. Oh, I guess it only lasts as long as I hold my breath. Still pretty cool, huh?

[King rushes and clings to Luz's leg.]

King:
Don't ever do that again!

[Lilith stands up in amazement.]

Lilith:
Do that again! How ever did you accomplish it?

Luz:
[shaking King off her leg] Well, since you guys discovered that we can make new spells by combining glyphs, I've been experimenting. I got the invisibility idea from your history books, Lilith.

[Lilith stands up and begins walking to the side]

Lilith:
Fascinating! As the lead historical scholar of the Emperor's Coven, my aid could be very helpful in--

[Lilith stumbles over the tower of King's plushies, toppling them.]

King:
An ambush! Men, defend your ruler!

[King tosses a nearby plush at Lilith. Hooty blocks it, and dramatically falls into Lilith's arms.]

Hooty:
I'm done for, Lulu.

Lilith:
Hootsifer, this is make-believe.

Hooty:
Ah, to die in your arms. Avenge me.

[Hooty droops and sticks his tongue out, his eyes becoming X's. King tosses another plushie at Lilith's head.]

King:
The King of Demons yields to no one!

Lilith:
Historically, demons have never been united under a single rule until Belos. There's no such thing as a "King of Demons".

[King throws yet another plush at Lilith's head.]

King:
Blasphemy! Clearly, you know nothing of my reign of terror. Allow me to tell you.

[Cut to a series of medieval-style illustrations depicting King as a large, fearsome King of Demons.]

King:
[voiceover] I was once the mighty King of Demons. I was beloved almost as much as I was feared. But one dark day, an evil spell was cast...

[In one illustration, a giant green hand takes a large crown from King's head. Transition back to King, who falls to his knees.]

King:
...transforming me into this!

Hooty:
Oh? What happened to your "crown of power"?

King:
A trifle! That was just to test Eda and Luz's dedication to me! They passed. My real crown is still out there. But when I shrank, my memories got, uh... fuzzy.

Lilith:
How convenient. A hole in your memory for each hole in your story.

Hooty:
Nice one, Lulu! Up top!

[Lilith "high-fives" Hooty's face, giving him a black eye.]

King:
Hey, I remember plenty!

[Back to the illustrations of a monstrous King, which depict what he describes.]

King:
[voiceover] I remember armies bowing before me, being served the greatest of feasts...

[Cut to a POV shot of King's paw reaching for a bright light as it shrinks from view.]

King:
...and falling from a massive height as evil hex shrank me. One day, I'll return to my rightful place...

[Cut to a dramatic shot of King finishing his soliloquy.]

King:
...and all shall fear me!

[Luz grabs King and gives him a belly rub.]

Luz:
[like talking to a puppy] Aw, you're gonna be such a good tyrant. Who's the scariest demon king? Who is it?

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