Lines by Belos 1
[A deteriorating Belos is tormented by a vision of Caleb Wittebane, the brother he murdered for falling in love with Evelyn, glaring at him with a bloodstained dagger floating over him.]
BBelos
[enraged] Don't...mock me! I tried to save your soul! It's your fault this all HAPPENED!
[He shrieks and tries to slash at Caleb with his arms, only for them to pass harmlessly through him. Belos' left hand falls off, and he collapses weakly.]
BBelos
I need...a new body...
[Caleb closes his eyes in disappointment as Belos drags himself away.]
Scenes with Belos 12
[Emperor Belos receives Lilith as Luz watches through a keyhole in the throne room doors]
[kneels] I am at your service, Emperor Belos.
BBelos
Just a moment, Lilith. [cracks open a palisman offered by his guards and absorbs its essence] Ah...that's better. [Luz, horrified, gasps and retreats with her hand covering her mouth] How's the hunt for the Owl Lady? I hear you attempted a raid this morning.
BBelos
Unsuccessful. That was obvious enough. It's been a little over a month since you promised to bring me the Owl Lady. Well, where is she?
If I just had more time, I...
BBelos
I'm getting bored of your excuses, Lilith. Don't worry, I'll give you the time you need. Bring the Owl Lady to me by twilight. She'll join the Emperor's Coven, and in return, I'll heal her little curse. But if you fail... [claws at his throne's armrest; the giant heart above the throne beats faster and more frantically] You will be stripped of your rank and banished from my coven. You do know what happens to covenless witches, don't you?
[Lilith fearfully eyes the murals next to the throne, knowing she is down to her last chance]
[stands] I...I understand. I will not fail. [she leaves]
[Belos has just captured King and Lilith, leaving Luz alone to face him]
Let my friends go or else! [attacks with ice spikes, which stop just short of his face]
BBelos
[unfazed] Okay... [teleports behind her] I'll play. [retaliates and quickly overpowers Luz despite her resistance] What's wrong, human? I thought you wanted to fight. [pins her down] Had enough?
[she catches him off-guard with an ice spell that chips off part of his mask]
BBelos
[chuckles, impressed] I like your spirit. But try that again and things won't end well for you. [releases her] Now, I'm just a humble messenger for the Titan. In the grand scheme of things, the Owl Lady's life is inconsequential. But then you showed up. If you want to save your mentor, give me the portal to the Human Realm.
[outside, the petrification begins; Eda shields King and Lilith and screams in pain, which Luz hears]
BBelos
[smirks] You probably think we want to invade the Human Realm, but the Titan's will is not so boorish. You'll understand soon. Tick-tock, human. The Owl Lady doesn't have much time left.
[While Luz and Hunter are inside his mind, Belos tricks them into helping him capture the creature resembling his monster form, composed of the souls of the Palismen he's devoured.]
BBelos
Ah. I was finally able to catch it. This thing's been a thorn in my side for years. All these weepy Palismen souls, their voices constantly nagging me. [grabs a bird Palisman out of the creature] Vile. But without them, I wouldn't be able to do this. [to Hunter's horror, Belos transforms his arm and crushes the Palsiman] Ah... I'm feeling better already. Thank you for distracting it.
[close to tears] What did you do to the other guards? To our family?! It wasn't wild magic, was it?!
BBelos
[coldly, flicking Hunter's hair] What a shame. [sighs] Out of all the grimwalkers, you looked the most like him.
[Confronting Belos while inside his mind, Luz has learned that he is really Philip Wittebane, who tricked her into helping him when she travelled into the past.]
BBelos
It does feel good to hear another human say that name. I had to change it when Philip was run out of too many towns. I told you once before, "Luzura"... [morphing into Philip] perhaps we were destined to meet.
And what about Hunter? What's a grimwalker?
BBelos
[turning back] He's... a better version of an old friend. But thanks to you, I'll have to make another one.
But... why? Why go through all this?!
BBelos
I'll do anything to save humanity from evil.
[shakes her head in revulsion] No. You're evil!
BBelos
[nonchalantly] Can't reason with crazy.
[in shadow form, excited] We did it! It's done, it's done! Now you can set me free and we can play new games!
BBelos
[with a cruel smirk] I'm afraid that's impossible.
[confused] Uh... excuse-a-what now? [Belos sets down the mirror dismissively] B-But you said... you'd use the Titan blood to help free me!
BBelos
And I'm sorry, but I just realized I only have enough Titan's Blood to open the portal.
[After removing his cape and tying back his hair, Belos takes out the portal key and drains the last of the blood into a device powering the portal]
[with rising anger and hurt] But you said we were friends! W-We pinky-swore! You lied! Liar! Liar! LIAR, LIAR, LIAR, LIAR, LIAR, LIAR!!! LIAR-- [disappears as Belos covers the mirror with his cape]
[entering with the orb containing Luz (whom she thinks is Hunter)] Emperor, congratulations on this momentous day. I come bearing a gift. [Belos slowly walks towards her] You had been looking for the Golden Guard, and here he is! Perhaps this act is worthy of me returning to my old post? Or, if you're looking for a new right hand...?
BBelos
Have you as my right hand? I'd sooner cut off my whole arm.
[taken aback] But... uh... I just want to help!
BBelos
You want to help? [takes the cloak-covered mirror, with the Collector's muffled screams still audible, and forces Kikimora out of the room with magic] Go find a hole to wither away in. [leaves a shocked Kikimora, goes to the edge of the bridge and uncovers the mirror] And you...
[appearing again] I gave you the draining spell! I taught you magic stronger than anybody's!
BBelos
And that's why I won't release you. Can't have you giving that to anyone else. Goodbye. [throws the mirror and cloak over the edge]
[screaming as the mirror falls] YOU'RE A LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE!!!
BBelos
I didn't realize you're already combining glyphs! You do have a strange intuition with these. It took me years to figure that out. Almost like the Titan himself didn't want me to have that knowledge. Though you're still decades away from beating me. [seizes Luz in a morphed hand]
[screams in anger] EAT DIRT, BELOS!
BBelos
It's Philip. And despite our differences, I want to help you, Luz. I can send you home. I have just enough Titan blood for one more trip. [Luz glances at the portal] Please. I don't want to see another human life destroyed by this place.
[disgusted] You're such a hypocrite. You talk big about protecting humanity, but after everything you've done, you're barely human yourself!
[As she speaks, Belos' scar reappears on his face]
BBelos
I do pity you. These monsters have warped your sense of reality. Perhaps it'd be merciful to put you out of your misery.
[A transformed Belos corners Luz and the Hexsquad, and prepares to kill them - but his scythe-shaped arm is effortlessly held back by the Collector in his true, childlike form, to everyone's surprise.]
[smiling cheerfully] Whatcha playin'?
BBelos
[trying to hide his fear as the Collector glares at him] Collector! You're free, just as promised...
"As promised"? I remember someone throwing me off a bridge... [smiles again] I'm not angry, though. Say, you wanna play tag? [twirls his finger, dragging Belos towards him] I'm it.
[The Collector taps Belos' face, immediately launching him into the door and splattering his body into a pile of slime, to the Hexsquad's further shock.]
[giggles] Too slow! [approaches the Hexsquad curiously] You guys look slow too. Do you need a head start?
[hurrying in, nervously] Whoa, whoa, Collector! Buddy, pal!
Remember what we talked about? You gotta help all my friends outside, or, uh... we won't get to play "Owl House"! [looks back at the group]
[playing along] Uh... Owl House? Uh, gosh! [chuckles nervously] I love that game!
The memories last a lifetime!
[squeals, looking particularly terrified]
I'll explain the rules later. But remember, we need lots of players.
[The Collector looks outside, wincing as he sees the eclipse, and briefly enlarges his eyes like binoculars to see everyone having their magic drained away.]
[He moves the moon with a simple movement with one finger, stopping the spell and saving Hunter and everyone else. The Hexsquad wait to see what happens next.]
Hmm... [chuckles] If we're gonna play Owl House, [floats up into the air] we're gonna need an Owl House!
[He claps his hands, and the Titan's skull starts to disassemble into rearranging pieces, while the Hexsquad looks on in growing fear]
[excited and delighted] WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BLAST, EVERYONE!
[Luz arrives in the flooded Old Gravesfield cemetery and creates an ice bridge to the island in the centre; there, she finds Hunter, whom Belos has secretly possessed]
Hunter. Are you okay? Do you see Belos?
Oh, no. Just my imagination playing tricks again. Why don't you find the Titan Blood while I find my Palisman? Little guy got...spooked off.
Good idea. All this Belos talk has me on edge. [to herself] I hate to ruin Amity's surprise. I really appreciate that everyone wanted to do this. You guys are great friends.
[clutches his arm as Belos' possession nears completion] Have you found the blood yet?
I'm on it. I just have to— [sees Flapjack cowering behind a headstone] Flapjack? Why do you look so scared?
[Belos, now fully in control of Hunter's body, approaches her from behind, eyes aglow and with his and Hunter's voices laid over each other]
BBelos
Luz...didn't you use an ice glyph to get here? [horns sprout from Hunter's head as he speaks] Your magic is working.
[Luz's eyes dilate with horror as she realizes; she suddenly hears Amity call out to her and turns away]
Luz? I think she's this way.
[Luz takes Flapjack onto her shoulder and turns back around to find the Belos-possessed Hunter standing in front of her, his face and arms now marled with Belos' ooze]
BBelos
I saw you. Glyphs do work here.
BBelos
I did. Thanks again for all the help, Luz. But I don't need you anymore.
[he swipes at her with his transformed arm, narrowly missing her and Flapjack]
BBelos
[digs up the Titan's Blood vial] Ah... There you are. [Luz knocks the vial out of his hand with an ice spike and attacks him, missing each time; he stares at her mockingly] You're not even trying right now. What? Afraid you'll hurt him?
[Luz sweats with fear and anger as her other friends, Vee included, and mother arrive]
BBelos
[raising Hunter's voice above his own to mock Luz] See? this is why you're so useful, Luz. You're so desperate to help people...you even helped me meet the Collector.
[The others look shocked]
Luz [increasingly panicked, her secret now out] I didn't mean to! I thought I was doing something good!
BBelos
You did do something good. I thought this one was another lost cause. Because of you, we can finish our work as witch-hunters, starting with THEM!
[He proceeds to attack the group using Hunter's body]
BBelos
[seizes Flapjack using Hunter's body after fighting off Amity, Willow, Gus, Vee, and the Nocedas] That's right. You wouldn't want me harming your precious palisman, would you? Oh, but then again, I don't care what you want. Goodbye, Evelyn...
[To everyone's horror, he pierces Flapjack and starts absorbing his green essence, but Hunter's personality starts to resist, forcing him to let go, and the wounded Flapjack flies back to Luz.]
[crying] Flapjack! Flapjack, you'll be okay...
[regaining control] You know what I'd like, Belos? [struggles and groans in pain] I'd like to leave the Emperor's Coven and never step foot in that throne room again. I'd like to study wild magic, and learn how to carve palismen. I'd like to attend Hexside as a regular student and play flyer derby with my friends. [grabs the vial of blood] But most of all, I'd like to make sure you NEVER! HURT ANYONE! AGAIN! [throws the vial into the moat]
BBelos
[retakes control of Hunter, enraged] NO!
[Belos jumps into water to retrieve the vial, but he and Hunter cannot swim because of the possession and begin to drown]
Move. [dives into the moat and resurfaces with the possessed Hunter, whom she drags onto the bridge]
[Belos leaves Hunter's body and materializes before the group in his lich form while grabbing the Titan's Blood vial]
BBelos
Caleb! You would stab me in the back?!
[coldly] You did it to him first.
BBelos
[growls and smashes the vial of blood against an archway, creating a portal to the Demon Realm] This is for the good of your souls. You'll thank me later! [he leaves through the portal]
[dumbfounded] THAT'S THE "BELOS" YOU'VE BEEN FIGHTING THIS WHOLE TIME?!
[After infecting the Titan's heart, Belos begins to attack the entire Boiling Isles with an all-consuming mold and emerges in a massive, Titan-like form.]
BBelos
FINALLY! I CAN CLEANSE THIS PERDITION MYSELF!
[He blasts the surrounding landscape with blue flames, causing the mold to spread further.]
How'd he get here without a body?!
[The Collector finds Raine's earring with a bit of mold stuck on it, and seems to realize that Belos was controlling Raine's puppet body to manipulate him before.]
What do we do?! There's no way we can stop that!
[looking determined] Yes, there is. [begins glowing] And I know how. [he flies straight towards Belos, stopping just short of the monster's face]
[smiling] I get it now. You just need kindness and forgiveness, huh? [he hugs Belos's skull, to everyone's shock and confusion, then turns back to the others happily] Luz, look! We can all be buddies now!
[Belos prepares to blast him in the back.]
COLLECTOR! [flies out on her staff]
[Luz reaches and protects him just before Belos's attack can hit home.]
Huh? But... I thought I was doing the right thing!
[smiling gently] No, no, you did good, Collector. But this is a little more complicated. Don't worry, I think it... missed... me...
[She turns to realize that the mold is consuming her right hand, and Eda and King watch in horror as it spreads across her body.]
[scared] Luz... what's happening?
[starting to tear up] Eda, King... looks like we're gonna be split up again... I feel like I should be used to this feeling by now, but... I still don't know what to say...
[Luz's body is completely consumed and dissolves into orbs of light. The Collector catches one and holds it tightly while he and Stringbean float back down. He turns to Eda and King, sad and confused.]
BBelos
You can't defeat me!
[grinning] Do not underestimate me, Belos... for I am the good witch Luz! Child of the Human Realm, student of the Demon Realm, and warrior of peace! NOW EAT THIS, SUCKA!!!!! [rips him out of the Titan's heart]
[After Luz, empowered by the Titan's magic, rips Belos out of the Titan's heart, stopping him from destroying the Boiling Isles, he assumes the form of the younger Philip Wittebane.]
BBelos
[as Philip] Luz... Luz, I'm... I'm free! Thank goodness you saved me from... from that horrible curse! [Luz silently glares at him in disgust, clearly not believing him. A storm starts to brew around them.] Yes, I-I was cursed with a terrible, terrible sickness, by...by dark magic, just like your mentor. It forced me to do all those horrible things, but...but now I'm free! [Boiling rain starts to fall, and it begins to dissolve away his glamour; he cries out in pain and begins crawling towards her in a panic] Qui-Quickly, now! Don't-Don't you want to make peace, Luz?! [Luz is still unfazed, the boiling rain clearly not affecting her. Belos drops all pretenses as he is reduced to his melting skeletal form] Don't just stand there! [groans in pain and keeps crawling towards her, still falling apart] You'll be just as bad, just as conniving, just as evil, and just as unforgivable as those WITCHES! [grabs her leg] We're human! WE'RE BETTER THAN THIS!
[Luz steps back without saying a word. Eda, King and Raine move in front of her, protected by a leaf Raine has conjured, and look down at Belos with anger.]
BBelos
[eyes widen with horror] Huh?
[Eda, King, and Raine repeatedly stomp on what remains of Belos, finally killing him for good. The weather clears around them.]
RRaine
[exchanges smirks with Eda] That was...extremely satisfying.
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