One of those “Hunter is put in the human realm as a child and is adopted by Camila” AUs
Hunter fully believes that he is human, the ears and fangs are just unexplainable. They’re things that Gravesfield has just come to accept along with the fact that Hunter supposedly has no parents, he just appeared in town one day and Camila took him in
Just like Luz’s imagination being what casts her as an outsider at school, Hunter’s appearance also leaves him friendless. They’re both dubbed the weird kids at school and unlike Luz, Hunter does his absolute best to try to fit in. He’s interested in many things that Luz is (like Azura), but unlike Luz, the mocking and bullying gets to him more than it does to her. She acts like she doesn’t care and therefor keeps being herself while Hunter internalizes it
Because Hunter isn’t as imaginative, he doesn’t get sent to camp with Luz. BUT, he is there to say goodbye and after Camila leaves, he tries to talk to Luz about how good camp could be, but she’s too busy trying to get her Azura book from the trash can. They both see Owlbert and they chase after him together. They both go through the door and the same events happen, just that Hunter is there.
It’s when Eda introduces herself, takes off her bandana and shows her ears that Hunter is just baffled. All his life, he’s been an outcast and bullied for his appearance, and now there’s this other person in this whole new world, with ears just like his and it raises many questions.
let’s skip the boring parts and get to the action. despite finding out that Eda is a witch and that every witch has pointed ears, Hunter is still weary and he wants to go home, but he sticks it out for Luz. They stay to learn magic and Hunter just sends a text to his mom like “decided to join Luz at camp” or whatever and she buys it you know. Don’t question the logic. Anyway, unlike Luz, who decides to be Eda’s mentee, Hunter goes off on his own and tries to find answers. He’s got the ears, and if Eda’s the same and she’s a witch, then maybe it means that Hunter isn’t just a weird human after all. But Eda won’t give him answers so he’s going out to look for them.
Hunter ends up getting into some trouble and gets taken in by the coven scouts. They were going to take him to the conformatorium, but Kikimora finds them before they can. Instead, she takes Hunter and presents him to Belos, who is all too interested in the witch that believes he’s human, and this boy is staying with the Owl Lady?
And actually, I haven’t worked out the details yet, but the basic plot line is that Belos decides to take advantage of Hunter and promises answers as long as Hunter works for him a bit. Hunter agrees because it’s much more than Eda offers him. Belos teaches Hunter about the demon realm and offers to give Hunter power; in return, Hunter gives Belos any information about Eda that he can. For the first few weeks, Hunter travels between the Owl House and the castle (via scouts). Luz does question why Hunter doesn’t want Eda mentoring him too, and Hunter just brushes it off like he’s not interested.
Then things get interesting and there’s this argument. So, before that, Belos ends up convincing Hunter that Eda is up to no good and that she’s a bad person. Hunter wants to protect his little sister and he’s confides in Luz what he’s been up to and also what he’s been told about Eda. Luz, post Convention, tries to argue that Eda isn’t a bad person and that Hunter being fed wrong information. That’s when the argument comes in play and Hunter leaves the Owl House for good and stays at the castle. He still works for Belos and similar to Lilith who’s working to help her sister, Hunter is working and improving in order to get Luz to see that Belos is the good guy and is right.
Blah blah the whole AU is basically Luz and Hunter travelling into the demon realm, separate after a conflict of interests, and they’re both trying to get each other back. As much as they disagree with each other, Luz doesn’t want to go home without Hunter. But Hunter is all too invested in the demon realm and Belos’ Day of Unity. He’s just found out that he’s a witch that’s somehow gone into the human realm as a child, and now he doesn’t think he wants to go back. Belos and the Boiling Isles has so much to offer him, so why should he? And Luz just wants her brother back and for things to go back to how they were between them.
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