You think if Luz fell into a time pool that lead to when Philip was a child, instead of trying to teach him that's he wrong, she would be tempted to flat out kill him?
Now, that’s a whole “Let’s kill Hitler” scene if I’ve ever heard one. I think that Luz has probably read enough time travel fiction that she knows that it wouldn’t end well. Probably.
Summary: A mint-haired Amity slips into a time-pool and is absolutely horrified to see her Luz kissing some purple-haired homewrecker
Warnings: spoilers??? swears i think idk
words: 1089
She cannot believe she is lost. She's lived on the Boiling Isles her whole life, sure, but she can't be expected to know every nook and cranny, now can she? She's already tried a series of other methods, and all of them have failed, and she's been forced to watch in the scorching sun for about half an hour.
“Don't worry, you always have a way of sneaking into people's hearts.”
She groans, burying her face into her hands as she resists the urge to jump into the Boiling Sea.
"You are such an idiot, Blight, and a weirdo," She chides herself, and then takes a deep breath. It was fine, she was Amity Blight and she was fine and not completely and totally in love with the human witch from the human realm and she was fine.
She was not fine.
She smoothens her hair back with a little more strength than necessary, and slaps her cheeks a few times, trying to calm herself. Her face is burning.
Why would she say that? That was so cringy and weird and gross and why would she say that? And why would she ever kiss the human girl? Did humans kiss each other? She wondered if the kiss could be taken as platonic? Was it platonic? She replays it mentally, going over every little detail, and arrives at the conclusion that it was definitely not platonic.
She might as well have ruined her relationship with Luz. She doesn't want to do that, they just became friends, and she can't believe how selfish she is, throwing it all away simply because of her ridiculous little crush.
Idiot. Idiot, idiot, idiot.
She is never going to show her face in public again.
Part of her wants to go over to Luz's place and apologize, but she knows she's too cowardly to do that. She has no idea what came over her at that moment, convincing her that kissing Luz's cheek was a good idea, but she hopes that madness has left her already. She wasn't thinking then, and now she's thinking too much.
Maybe, if she sends Luz an orchestra and sings about how sorry she is, she will finally be forgiven-
Her foot slips, and she goes crashing down into the sand, pain shooting up her left ankle as it twists unnaturally. Her right foot has disappeared into a pool of sand, a pool oddly liquid.
She winces, trying to drag herself out with one leg fully submerged, and manages to somehow get even more stuck. Something pulls at her right leg, and then she's tugged over to the other side.
Sand fully engulfs every part of her for a moment, and she has to shut her eyes and mouth to make sure she's not stuffed with it, and when she opens them she's lying on the shore again. She spits and sputters, wiping sand from her face and mouth, and looks around her.
How the...?
A girl giggles, not too far from her, and she stumbles, trying to get up and wincing as the pain in her leg increases. Her hand hovers over the pool uncertainly, before she dips it down, before dipping her whole face into it as well. She's sure she must look like an idiot, but that's the least of her concerns.
When her head appears on the other side, at the shore, she gasps. A time pool.
Of course, she's read obsessively about them, but she never thought they would actually exist. She has made a monumental discovery, her name might even go down in the history books, and the very thought leaves her dizzy.
She inches herself back into the pool, trying her best not to hurt her already broken foot, and goes over to her timeline, then sticks her head out to the other one. What even is she doing.
She sees a purple-haired woman come into view, only the back of her visible, followed by...Luz?
A very, very happy Luz. She takes the girl's hand, and Amity notices (not at all jealous) how Luz's face is red. They haven't noticed her little head sticking out from the sand yet, much too engrossed in each other.
"My cotton candy haired goddess" Amity hears her say, and then Luz does the unforgivable.
Luz kisses her, and Amity gasps, quite audibly, and has to duck back into the sand to not be seen. She calms her racing heart, so sure that she would've died had the two seen her, and when she's calm she fumes silently to herself.
Who was that girl? Her build looked familiar, but she couldn't pin it. That light purple shade, she's unsure where she's seen it before but she's sure she has. Who was purple hair? Who's trying to steal her Luz? Who the absolute fuck was that purple-haired witch?
Was she prettier than Amity? If Luz had chosen her then she probably was. But then again, Luz wasn't shallow enough to be fooled by mere looks. She was probably an angel to have been chosen by Luz. Still, was Amity's green hair not as pretty as the other girl's purple? Was green ugly? Was she ugly?
Obviously, Luz would choose some 'Cotton candy haired goddess' over her, after how horrible she'd been to Luz? She thought they were over that, but maybe they weren't.
She tries to stand, and the pain is almost unbearable, but it's nothing compared to the thought of losing Luz to some wannabe pixie bitch.
She's going to scream.
But, first, she needs to figure out who that purple-haired witch was. She can't think of anyone with purple hair, but people do tend to dye their hair.
Whatever. It didn't matter. The fact that Luz chose some other girl over her is...fine. As long as Luz is happy and treated well, she's sure she can curb her jealous tendencies and continue being a good friend. Plus, this would solve a bunch of problems, like her mother hating and disowning her for being in love with a human, and her absolutely humiliating herself in front of Luz and ruining their friendship. All in all, this is for the best.
But, then why does it feel so wrong? She hates how it makes her feel, there's a burning feeling in her chest and she has to fight back tears as she walks home. She hates how she feels so upset over this, despite herself, and she hates how badly she wishes she was the purple-haired witch.
Are the timepools too powerful of a plot device for the boiling isles. I feel like more people would use them to time travel to change the future?
Yeah, they’re pretty much a setup for Deus ex Machina. The main thing that stops them from getting abused is that they’re incredibly temporary and easy to lose.
I’ve been doing an rp with a few friends, including @the-brothers-wittebane (Go check them out, they’re an epic role-player. Especially with Hunter.). @chiconisroc is doing an amazing job as Belos. It was just an absolute crack rp that grew plot like spider legs and began scuttling away from us. Caleb (me) is adopting every traumatized child in sight (including two versions of his brother), Lilith accidentally started rebelling because she doesn’t want two traumatized Puritan children to be hurt, Philip is slowly getting the racism argued out of him by his new mom, Hunter is confused on what the heck is going on, and Belos is trying to keep it all together while trying to murder his latest grimwalker.
