Chapter Text
“Jeez, Aster, those eyebags make you look like Hunter, only somehow worse.” Said King as he, Luz, Hunter, Aster and Marcy tended to the garden Aster was growing in The Owl House’s backyard.
“You think he looks bad now? You should’ve seen him during Bard class today.” Said Luz. “He nearly conked out and fell off the chair midway through class.”
“You sure you’re getting enough sleep, bud?” Asked Hunter.
“You’re one to talk, Hunter.” Joked Aster, sounding tired. “But in all seriousness, I have spent a few sleepless nights trying to figure out who the voice that woke me up the night I saw Luz try to save Marcy from The Core belonged to, while simultaneously doing homework.
And it didn’t help that last night I had a weird sleep paralysis episode, where some black and white jester thing with the same voice taunted me, saying that the ‘games would begin soon’, or some crap.”
“KIDS! COME QUICK!” Exclaimed Hop-Pop from next door. “BESSIE LAYED EGGS AND THEIR ABOUT TO HATCH!”
The kids looked at each other before hopping the fence to the Plantars (except for King, who Marcy threw over the fence, and was caught by Luz on the other side) and racing over to Bessie’s stable, where Sprig, Polly and Anne were waiting alongside Hop-Pop. After a few anticipating moments, the eggs hatched, and everyone stared at the tiny shells.
But what popped out of the shells a few moments later weren’t newborn snails, but rather newborn birds. Marcy and Hop-Pop then gave a ‘Oh, you’ look to the nearby Joe Sparrow, Luz began cooing about how cute the baby snirds were, Hunter, King, Anne, Sprig and Polly we’re staring at the snirds in horror, and poor Aster fainted at the sight.
“
MOOOOOM!
” Exclaimed Hunter and King in horror simultaneously.